My paradigm of life is that my purpose is the continual expansion of awareness. There are countless dimensions to that. One recurring thread is that a major component of expanded awareness is the ability to hold the coexistence of opposites. The more I can hold opposites at the same time and the larger of those opposites that I can hold, the more comprehensive my understanding is. With that, right and wrong, good and evil are one part of the whole. The deeper I can hold each; the deeper my understanding is. Reducing life to one or the other is a fundamental mistake and shortcoming in understanding truth.
I believe it is very likely there is more to consciousness then the current dominant paradigm of our intellectual epoch (Materialism) wants to shove down our throats. That doesn't mean I think there is necessarily some kind of "God", only that consciousness is likely fundamental to reality, as a necessary Observer - or the 'It from Bit" as John Wheeler might quip. So that gives me some hope - in the mystery and often darkness of one's suffering, and of so many others one is forced to witness.
My paradigm of life is that my purpose is the continual expansion of awareness. There are countless dimensions to that. One recurring thread is that a major component of expanded awareness is the ability to hold the coexistence of opposites. The more I can hold opposites at the same time and the larger of those opposites that I can hold, the more comprehensive my understanding is. With that, right and wrong, good and evil are one part of the whole. The deeper I can hold each; the deeper my understanding is. Reducing life to one or the other is a fundamental mistake and shortcoming in understanding truth.
This is fair, and honestly, what we all do regardless, until we die
I believe it is very likely there is more to consciousness then the current dominant paradigm of our intellectual epoch (Materialism) wants to shove down our throats. That doesn't mean I think there is necessarily some kind of "God", only that consciousness is likely fundamental to reality, as a necessary Observer - or the 'It from Bit" as John Wheeler might quip. So that gives me some hope - in the mystery and often darkness of one's suffering, and of so many others one is forced to witness.