I have an interesting viewpoint I wanted to discuss. Most people believe that Evil is not necessary and is wasteful. Well, here's the truth. If evil did not exist in our reality there would be no purpose, no drive to continue living. There would only be good.. and where the is one and not the other there can be no appreciation of itself. Do you understand? Let me break this down in an extreme parable.
A man was born in heaven. The clouds beneath his feet were soft and white, the golden gates glimmered in the sunny sky. Filled with love and friends and family there was no thought of anger or hate. His life was perfect, or so it seemed. He could not understand why everyone else was so happy who had just arrived. Heaven was all this man knew, was he missing something? Is it selfish to think that heaven is not good enough? The man struggled with these thoughts and asked God to see the place these newcomers arrived from. The Lord showed him the earth and said, go there, live among the people. So the man was sent to earth to live as a human. Everything man became overwhelmed by the emotions he began feeling. There was pain, there was suffering, there was death, there was famine. The man couldn't understand why people had to live in this life the way it was. The man prayed to God to release him from the earth to return back to heaven, but God would not listen to his plea. The man lived out his days on the earth, learning and growing the way most humans do. He raised a family, had three children and a beautiful wife. One day, his entire family was shot in a drive-by shooting, including himself. His wife lay there in his arms bleeding to death. The man had been shot in the chest and lost grip of his wife. The man asked God in that moment "Why have you forsaken me Lord? What have I done to deserve this?" But God did not reply. The man awoke in heaven, and the Lord greeted him with a hug and said, "Son, do you now understand why I have created this place? You must understand inside of yourself the duality that is life. There is happiness, there is sadness, there is fear and there is love. All of these things have I instilled inside of you. Now you can appreciate what I have made for you."
In this short story, I hope I have made it clear exactly why we must endure hardships, and why we must accept evil deeds as nothing more than an experience to grow from. You see, without evil there can be no appreciation of Good.. and if you do not appreciate Good, it serves no purpose for you. Take the good with the bad, no more or less than the other.
This brings me to my second point, the drive-by shooting as most would say is an act of evil. But is it really? It's an act of chaos. Look around yourself, the world is a constant repetition of chaos. Chance, luck, destiny, choice. Everything is intertwined within the divine chaos that initially was sparked by God. These choices and these decisions that we make have formed the world in our image, not God's. We are the only image left of God. Evil things must happen sometimes, in order for good things to come. You cannot be happy with everything being handed to you, it's not in our nature.
Thanks,
Matthew Avello
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