(I hereby present an english translation of my latest blogpost. I have made it myself, and I want to apologize in advance for any inaccuracy in the translation)
The concept of human development, that humans develop physically and mentally (spiritually) througout their hole lives, and potentially eternally, is no doubt a good, healthy and constructive idea. But if this concept is being combined with a concept of a certain end, a point in life when you imagine to reach perfection, however different this perfection is understood by different people - in a religious framework perhaps even divinity - the concept easily becomes destructive - it may become a concept of death - if in reality life is exactly to develop (eternally) and that perfection is unreachable for humans. In any case we never become like God.
If life is to develop, then the concept of the end of development - perfection or the divine - is the quite contrary; that is - death.
If this is correct, this concept is a sort of mental short circuit that may create great suffering to people. First, people who praise this ideal, the concept of being or possibly achieving perfection, will easily be led into thinking or rather feeling, that they are not good enough as they are, good enough as humans, mothers/fathers, friends etc. because the ideal is perfection, which they have not reached and possibly can never reach. Secondly, as said before, it is a concept or ideal that contradicts life, if life is to develop.
A metaphor covering this concept - the pain of it - may be the little child who hopefully runs after a ball which he inevitably kicks away with his feet just before he grabs it with his hands.
The concept of perfection may be said to run deep in the history of philosophy, culture and religion centered by the biblical myth of Adam and Eve who were misled by the snake with a (false) promise of becoming like God if they would eat of the Tree of Knowledge. Further more - if "Toward the Light" is the foundation of the understanding - the concept origins from a real event in the transcendental world - the fall of the eldest. According to "Toward the Light" the eldest got possest by arrogance, selfadmiration and lust for power when confronted with darkness - they wanted to become like God (like in the biblical myth) and to create life themselves.
This is the root of the concept. For the eldest the arrogance, selfadmiration and lust for power (and selfoveresteem) became the initial steps into a long fall into ever deeper darkness, evil and suffering - which demonstrates how dangerous it is to strive for perfection (or divinity) even if the consequences for most people will not be as serious as it became for the eldest.
However, I think that it is a safe conclusion that people who strive for perfection (or divinity) - if we understand this concept as being the end of our development; that is; death - are not happy people. A possible way to proceed and get on with life may be to comprehend that this concept is not sustainable.
The concept of human development, that humans develop physically and mentally (spiritually) througout their hole lives, and potentially eternally, is no doubt a good, healthy and constructive idea. But if this concept is being combined with a concept of a certain end, a point in life when you imagine to reach perfection, however different this perfection is understood by different people - in a religious framework perhaps even divinity - the concept easily becomes destructive - it may become a concept of death - if in reality life is exactly to develop (eternally) and that perfection is unreachable for humans. In any case we never become like God.
If life is to develop, then the concept of the end of development - perfection or the divine - is the quite contrary; that is - death.
If this is correct, this concept is a sort of mental short circuit that may create great suffering to people. First, people who praise this ideal, the concept of being or possibly achieving perfection, will easily be led into thinking or rather feeling, that they are not good enough as they are, good enough as humans, mothers/fathers, friends etc. because the ideal is perfection, which they have not reached and possibly can never reach. Secondly, as said before, it is a concept or ideal that contradicts life, if life is to develop.
A metaphor covering this concept - the pain of it - may be the little child who hopefully runs after a ball which he inevitably kicks away with his feet just before he grabs it with his hands.
The concept of perfection may be said to run deep in the history of philosophy, culture and religion centered by the biblical myth of Adam and Eve who were misled by the snake with a (false) promise of becoming like God if they would eat of the Tree of Knowledge. Further more - if "Toward the Light" is the foundation of the understanding - the concept origins from a real event in the transcendental world - the fall of the eldest. According to "Toward the Light" the eldest got possest by arrogance, selfadmiration and lust for power when confronted with darkness - they wanted to become like God (like in the biblical myth) and to create life themselves.
This is the root of the concept. For the eldest the arrogance, selfadmiration and lust for power (and selfoveresteem) became the initial steps into a long fall into ever deeper darkness, evil and suffering - which demonstrates how dangerous it is to strive for perfection (or divinity) even if the consequences for most people will not be as serious as it became for the eldest.
However, I think that it is a safe conclusion that people who strive for perfection (or divinity) - if we understand this concept as being the end of our development; that is; death - are not happy people. A possible way to proceed and get on with life may be to comprehend that this concept is not sustainable.
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