Why Is There Evil in the World?

Why is there evil in the world? Does it have its own source of existence?
Rupert explains that consciousness can only know form through the localised or limited perspective of an apparently separate subject of experience, the finite mind. But the finite mind doesn't realise that it is only a temporary localisation or an apparent limitation of infinite consciousness - it believes that it is a self-existing finite mind - so it thinks i can hurt another person without being hurt itself.
All the acts that we consider to be evil in society are acts that are generated by people who have a deep feeling of being separate. What we judge or describe as evil behaviour always has its source in the sense of separation. But evil doesn't exist as a source which is independent on its own. Nothing has an independent source. Ultimately, the source of everything is consciousness or love.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Why Is There Evil?
0:41 The Definition Of Consciousness
1:58 The Finite Mind
2:25 The Sense Of Separation
3:20 The Separate Self
4:08 The Belief In Being Separate
5:26 What Is Evil?
6:13 Does Evil Exist?
7:02 Everything Is Love
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[@ghiblinerd6196]

This was an explanation as to why people hurt each other. Not an answer to “why is there evil.”

[@sigmaoctantis1892]

Evil is not a thing of itself. Evil is a label we give to behaviour we find horrifying or disgusting. Rupert is pointing out that these behaviours we label as evil are the result of ignorance of our true nature. So, the explanation of why people hurt each other is an example of this process.

[@ronishchaudhary]

What hurts, is labeled evil.

[@jacknilsson8767]

Could be out of love to. Tough love.​@@ronishchaudhary

[@bond872]

Exactly...and even on seperation he got a lil bit here n there...not questioning him but the answer was not at on the mark..

[@pervertical7]

There is something more than just our plain ignorance - fully conscious denial of love. Cruel torturing innocent children or animals or any sentient being requires something way more deeper, darker than just plain ignorance. The so-called core of darkness, anti-life, unconditional hate. And It exists. Don't fool yourself. There is plenty of evidence in our daily experience of our world, that such dark fields of consciousness exists.

[@annikabirgittanordlander6887]

Thank you for sharing. Much love and compassion to anyone feeling separate; the most challenging experience in existence 🌎😘

[@faloxv]

Hope it doesn't take so long or last as feeling separate!

[@annikabirgittanordlander6887]

@@faloxv 😘

[@Cl4rendon]

We would not be able to perceive light without darkness.

[@Buddhishgirl]

This is the most detailed yet clear explanation I have heard so far. 🙏

[@joajoajb]

@ priscillabeauchemin4752. I'm afraid, I have to strongly disagree with that view. Not quite sure, what made you say that. Rupert's view on Existence is an old religious view, which is based on childish assumption. If I were to tell you, I can get apple juice from oranges, what would you say? Because, that is exactly what Rupert is saying without realizing it. What Rupert is saying, is, that, all sufferings, all unloving qualities originally come from that which is inherently all love and non-suffering. Only under a religious or a spiritual ideology, can such childish, insane claims get a free pass. It is untrue. It's a WRONG understanding of Existence. What is not within, does not and cannot manifest as the without..consciousness can only manifest what is within. Be honest. Don't fall asleep in narcissistic self praises. Do not misinform yourself. When you misinform yourself, it is consciouness that is misinforming itself. Look around. Nature is full of violence pain and suffering. Why? Because that's what Nature is within its Own Psyche. All the pains and sufferings, are the itches and impulses within consciouness ,that, had to manifest. What is not within consciouness, cannot and does not manifest. What Consciousness needs is self introspection deep into its Own Psyche as to why it has all these itches and impulses to manifest, rather than indulging itself in self deceiving notions about Itself. We can never be too careful if it concerns the Absolute True Nature of ourselves or Existence as Is in Itself.

[@Buddhishgirl]

@@joajoajb that's interesting... I am far from being able to explain this as clearly as Rupert or other spiritual teachers I like, but all these itches as you put it are arising in consciousness but consciousness itself is not them. It is what experiences all of these itches, movements, etc. As a person, the more itches, false beliefs, etc. that we have, the more they obscure consciousness, which than cannot manifest as it would naturally. The manifestation, as already mentioned, is done through a limited form - our body-mind- so if this form is solidified into its conditioning and false beliefs, these will be what will manifest... until they are dissolved through, yes, maybe introspection, but introspection is done from a person or ego standpoint, consciousness doesn't need to introspect, it is not the psyche. Maybe someone will get what I mean and be able to clarify, I don't need to convince you, but I am interested in clarifying my understanding. Hopefully, others will give their input. 🙂

[@dipper888bp]

The only true answer is “I don’t know.” Nobody knows, they just have ideas.

[@Buddhishgirl]

​@@joajoajb i forgot to ask you something: thinking people can wake up and then act from that consciousness, from that place of love, is that what you mean is childish thinking? Anyways, what is the clearest to me is that nothing Rupert says sounds dogmatic or religious to me in any way, on the contrary.

[@joajoajb]

@@Buddhishgirl when you deceive yourself, it is consciouness that is deceiving Itself. Defining consciouness as all peace, happiness or infinite love come from the old religious ideology, defining the deity God as all good and all loving...etc. And, giving all the bad, undesirable qualities to a nonexistent ,imaginary entity the Devil. Under Rupert's religious ideology, that all good and all loving deity God becomes an all peace and all happiness consciousness, and, the Devil becomes mind, or finite mind. Rest of the doctrine remains much the same, except for the packaging. It's a WRONG understanding of Existence. Even in this presentation, he again tried to blame a nonexistent entity, the finite mind as the source of sufferings. He said, the sense of separation is the source of evil or unloving activities. No, it cannot be like that. The only Source is consciouness in this case. It is consciouness Alone, that, starts the sense of separation. No one else!! This is a form of self deception . Consciouness cannot and does not start anything that is not within itself. You do not get suffering from non-suffering. No matter how you twist ,turn and distort. Only what is within can manifest as without. No suffering within, no suffering without. When you deceive yourself, it is consciouness that is deceiving Itself. Mo one else and nothing else period. Consciouness has been deceiving Itself for far too long, to perpetuate its Own desires, itches and impulses. It is consciouness that either enjoys or suffers its Own itches and impulses within its Own Psyche. No one else, and nothing less. No devil, No mind, No finite mind, no big self, no small self, no higher self, no lower self...etc. These are all forms of mental disorder, that, consciouness vibrates within its Own Psyche. No where else. It is consciouness and consciouness Alone doing the whole show. It is consciouness and consciouness Alone that gets liberated from its Own itches and impulses. No one else and nothing else. NONE WHATSOEVER!! The only way consciouness gets liberated is thru self introspection. Not indulging itself in self deceiving ideologies, notions, or Self deceiving, schizophrenic and narcissistic self praises and worships games. This is why, it's Never a good idea to mix religious ideologies, concepts or terminologies with any reasonable model of Reality. It is bound for self ignorance and self dishonesty, which are two main forms of self deception. Oh, How long will you go on deceiving yourself? When will you ever introspect yourself? Look around, countless life forms are screaming in pain and suffering from the top of their lungs to absolutely no avail, while you're busy deceiving yourself, boasting and bragging how peaceful and infinitely loving. Eternity or infinity means absolutely nothing in self deception, other than condemning itself to an eternal damnation as the history of life shows. You slept enough. One can Never be too careful if it comes to the Absolute True Nature of oneself or Existence as Is in Itself. You take good care of yourself!

[@Legion6363]

Nice quiet calm explanation. Doesnt explain at all why it must express itself with such depravity as adrenochrome farming now does it.

[@DrunkenBoatCaptain]

Is that the boundary at which god cannot be ultimately good? Why not stubbing your toe?

[@TheAmbamatamantrasvideos]

We keep duality in this world because we give it attention. Our mind gives power to suffering and pain because we make it appear in our consciousness. By wanting pleasure the opposite appears. When we wake up from this illusion there is no world, no duality, no pain. Only empty Awareness ❤ Bliss.

[@roxana6354]

Thanks a lot❤❤❤

[@TheAmbamatamantrasvideos]

​@@roxana6354❤, 🙏🏼what you give attention to grows, so attention for Love will make it grow. 😊

[@peterneumann7145]

That’s not bliss. You are scared of emotions, happiness , sadness whatever. You want to be a cabbage ?. None of these so called gurus have found true happiness. They theorise, now they make a living out of it. There is no answer, no easy solution. Just be a good person.

[@TheAmbamatamantrasvideos]

​@@peterneumann7145how can you say i am scared of emotions? You project your own feelings.! You know nothing about me. Im not a cabbage im a woman of 76 and had my experiences in life.. ...and it made me a good person

[@davidmickles5012]

​@@peterneumann7145 < ""There is no answer, no easy solution. Just be a good person."" > I'd say that's a very good answer, and a possible solution. 🙏❤

[@menemme]

If you are dealing in absolutes then Rupert is 100% right. Truth is, only consciusness exists. Period. HOWEVER, as long as duality only is perceived (that would be 99% of us), within that duality one must recognize the emergence of a seemingly separate second force in opposition to the Self and a plethora of gods and evil spirits (Ramana Maharshi stated this clearly). Jesus, Buddha, and a long list of Saints have all faced a battle with an external force whose sole aim is to maintain you bound to the material world as the only reality. Christianity has called that force The Adversary (Satan). Its existence is very much necessary. It is very real as long as you live in duality and even though you have attained jnana moksha, liberation etc... while living with a physical body, you still have to deal with it. Just part of the Lila.

[@PK.Soniclight]

The Other is also Oneself & "The Trance of Unworthiness": I have great respect for Rupert, and/but as others have stated, his offerings come through his own particular lens of consciousness. Even he has admitted that no teaching is perfect or complete -- including his own. The one aspect that he has never addressed directly due to the kind of audience he attracts, is that if we take the basic abuser/victim duality, the emphasis is on how one treats others. But equally pernicious and vicious is how this manifests within and towards oneself. I can say this with some "authority" - I've been dealing with decades long chronic anxiety/depression. I live by "ahimsa" (non-violence) towards others, animals, insects and even plants. And yet, the inner violence (sense of at times almost being literally damned) towards myself persists. Tara Brach coined a phrase that can point to the essence of this: "the trance of unworthiness." Where does that come from? In this sense Rupert and those teachers in the same orbit are correct - a sense of separation. However... The "other" can also be oneself. And while very rocky, this does push me to consider that whatever drama and viciousness I still am seemingly addicted to, there is essentially NO difference between its manifestations outside of oneself (war, crime, and all the other horrors we keep recycling over "time") and what or how one treats/perceives oneself to be. To take a classic example: Did the Nazis or the Jews attract each other? (One could use any number more current examples, paradoxically Israeli-Gaza), but let's go with the most used one: --- Did the former manifest their own self-contempt by acting it out on the latter (kill off what one judges as others) and/or did the latter attract the former for the exact same perceptual distortion - except in reverse (be killed by one's self-judgement acted out through others)? Otherwise put, what is projected and acted outward ultimately is simply a reflection of how one perceives and judges oneself to be. "As within, so without." Which Rupert and other teachings point to in their own way - the separate self thing. These dynamics happen all over from the minute to the huge, and have been going on for eons. May we all at some point let go of all this inner and outer madness. And everything I've written here is also imperfect and incomplete. But it's my own stumbling journey in trying to wake up, somehow.

[@sandycarter5300]

Because I completely relate to "your" struggle, here are a few conclusions I've reached. 1.) Rupert uses the terms finite minds continually. "He" makes constant references to the localization of consciousness. These are both false and quite impossible. 2.) There are no nazis, no jews. There is no this one or that one. Impersonal "programs", literal programs, downloads run continually, and these comprise the sense of consciousness that arises with the belief in subject/object. This one false sense of life, this virtual reality is all of its programs. You are not addicted to any of it because this "you" does not exist. Nor does the apparent "other". You are, and can only be, Awareness, undefiled, pure, whole, indivisible Awareness. The one Consciousness begins to recognize that it is not the impersonal narrative that runs. That is merely false identification. Nothing is ever personal. Nothing!

[@sandycarter5300]

Hopefully the comment will be received.

[@sandycarter5300]

Only programs, downloads are running. These are impersonal.

[@ddlynndesigns]

I recall Ram Dass saying: "identify with NO Thing." A fascinating practice as the observer is being observed.

[@kimlavery9775]

Clear and beautiful insight Rupert - thank you 💜

[@suncat9]

Rupert explained that evil is the result of consciousness not recognizing itself, and interpreting other physical manifestations of the one consciousness as "other." However, he didn't explain WHY this apparent or illusory separateness exists.

[@hengrave5]

I agree and his answers to problems are always filtered through his particular vision of reality. It reminds me of the old saying: to a man with a hammer everything looks like a nail. If the same question was asked to 100 gurus, I think we would hear many differing and possibly contradictory versions. It leaves me to postulate that ultimately only the questioner can answer his own questions; what other people say is just information to play with.

[@parvaji]

Does it?

[@bam2385]

Does infinite consciousness ask this question? You also didn't ask this question in deep sleep. The supposedly experiencer in the waking state asks it. Ask yourself who feels separate trace your I back. Without self enquiry questions will be endless. First find out who you are then see if questions like that arise.

[@carlavela7106]

The Universe is the Mind of THAT that we call God. An Infinite Mind. That Mind is Consciousness. So Consciousness apparently in the Dream it imagined that it fragmented itself into tiny particles (Big Bang)or atoms or starseeds, etc To be able to experience each part of the "creation" that's a Dream in the Mind of THAT/God the I Am. It imagined that it's a finite mind called ego. Ego is a mental energy imaginary unexistent. Only useful for navigating this movie-illusion that is a Dream. The Infinite Mind apparently contracted itself into tiny particles, but with this it provoked to forgot its True Divine Nature. Becoming unconscious and unaware of its origin.

[@DrunkenBoatCaptain]

He says elsewhere that separation and apparent evil is the price non dual awareness pays to experience anything at all. From the highest perspective that is a fair price. From a human perspective it can never make sense.

[@MarcioSouza1]

“Evil … is perpetrated by people who have a very deep sense of separation” Respectfully, what a BS answer. Evil does exist Every year millions of children suffer through no fault of their own, and often through no fault of anyone else (eg natural disasters, disease etc) I was hoping for a good answer but all he did was string together a ton of unsupported and underexplained claims. It’s frustrating how often seemingly eloquent, vague, and feel-good woo woo, however logically indefensible, passes for a good answer.

[@kyle4234]

There is no seperation in the universe. There are no seperate entities. Seperation is an illusion propagated from ignorance of the absolute truth to reality. This is eternity. Once you realize beyond all doubt that you are all that exists in this world, you will realize suffering, pain, death, life are all like clouds passing in the sky-ultimately ethereal, and unreal due to their transiency. The experience is all that there is, but the memory of it will be lost within eternity. When you realize you are both the doctor and the cancer patient, both the murderer and the victim, both the tsunami, and innocent children drowing, you will realize what Rupert speaks of. There is no seperation. There is only hide and seek. Neither of us exist beyond the temporary egos which have culminated from eternal cosmic imagination. To believe that there is a perpetrator and a victim is to still be lost within the mirage of duality. If you say that i defend Rupert because i have some sort of attachment or bias towards him as a "teacher", i will say that this image before me, (rupert) carries no more meaning to me than a passing stray cat. He is just a mirror image, another ego wandering this dreamscape. There is nothing special about him, aside from the fact that he is one of those rare characters in your dream who tells you that you are dreaming.

[@kyle4234]

There is no seperation in the universe. There are no seperate entities. Seperation is an illusion propagated from ignorance of the absolute truth to reality. This is eternity. Once you realize beyond all doubt that you are all that exists in this world, you will realize suffering, pain, death, life are all like clouds passing in the sky-ultimately ethereal, and unreal due to their transiency. The experience is all that there is, but the memory of it will be lost within eternity. When you realize you are both the doctor and the cancer patient, both the murderer and the victim, both the tsunami, and innocent children drowing, you will realize what Rupert speaks of. There is no seperation. There is only hide and seek. Neither of us exist beyond the temporary egos which have culminated from eternal cosmic imagination. To believe that there is a perpetrator and a victim is to still be lost within the mirage of duality. If you say that i defend Rupert because i have some sort of attachment or bias towards him as a "teacher", i will say that this image before me, (rupert) carries no more meaning to me than a passing stray cat. He is just a mirror image, another ego wandering this dreamscape. There is nothing special about him, aside from the fact that he is one of those rare characters in your dream who tells you that you are dreaming.

[@tutorial9322]

Thank you Rupert❤️ Love your clear words!

[@superduperdom]

The vast majority of people feel separate, it’s the norm, it doesn’t make them evil. There have been many so-called enlightened gurus who have done ‘bad’ things, worse than most unenlightened people.

[@OrichalcumHammer]

Enlightened beings are finite at the end of the day, they are just in touch with Infinite but wrt to only 1 facet of life and not all.

[@DANCEGARAGEPUNK]

Evil is just a word to describe the absence of love, we all allow the starving to die, we all lack love to varying degrees ! : )

[@PabitraPadhy]

Beautifully explained. Exactly, it's the identification to an independent self is what's causing chaos. But if you ask how to rectify it, then in that question realise that you want a solution because you are involved in that activity.

[@timjonesvideos]

You cannot have a dual, relative world of experience, where everything is 'good', anymore than you could have a world where everything is left, or everything is up, or everything is cold. Cold in relation to what? It is like wanting a one sided coin. The opposites define each other and are ultimately all conceptual anyway.

[@rikkikeen1859]

Please help me understand. To me it’s clear as humans we have the capacity to bring about a more heavenly or hellish reality albeit in flux. So not a static utopia but let’s say harmony. How do we square non dual awareness and value or action without falling into moral relativism or inertia/doubt? For example in Christianity, we are all children of God but through baptism people then believe to be one with Christ and “saved”. I know I’m not being particularly clear but I’m feeling unwell. Thanks

[@timjonesvideos]

@@rikkikeen1859 I'm just some guy and definitely do not have all the answers, but... my take on it is there is an absolute or transcendent realm, which takes on the appearance of an 'apparently' relative world, in order to have experiences. In the transcendent everything just 'is', there is no experience, no good or bad, birth or death, no separate individuals or any distinctions at all. So perhaps the goal is to be in the relative world, but not of it (ie, to realize it is play, but also that we are definitely subject to karma while here in a physical body). It is a paradox.

[@fabianabecaro1714]

Rupert, agradeço muito à você por compartilhar seu incrível e maravilhoso conhecimento.💫💫💫

[@fcz32]

Rupert says no such thing as demonic forces? Does Rupert believe in what would appear to be souls or beings that exist in different apparent realities? If consciousness localized itself and resulted in ego, what’s to stop it from having created Lucifer for example? Why can there not be gods or powerful (relative to humans) beings with egos and whose reality is intertwined with ours as humans? I understand it’s all a big game/illusion and everything traces back to Source, but how could he or anyone know how deep the game goes?

[@13hills]

I wouldn’t say that he doesn’t consider those things, but he is speaking of the ultimate reality that all things are from one unified source. It may be confusing or complex in a comment section but I’ll try to break down what I’ve come to learn. The ignorance or forgetting that comes with being born in the material results in the idea of separateness but in ultimate reality there is no separation to this. Things like Lucifer are beings (who have been anthropomorphized and mythically expanded upon) that are impulses or forces in creation that are all part of the game as you said. Lucifer being the ecstatic-spiritualizing-electric force that is unbalanced or ungrounded in a sense. Like if someone is driven to know all of the wisdom of the ages but has no love or groundedness, the Luciferic forces are involved in that way, it is a spiritualizing force. Satan comes from the word meaning Opposer, and has been intertwined with the idea of Lucifer to create this one ultimate devil being in the good vs evil debate of religion. If God is Love and unity then you could see Satan as fragmentation and perceived seperatness. If God is One complete crystalline mirror as an object example, and it becomes fragmented into many many pieces, the Satanic force is the one that says we are separate and claws for further separation and complexity (away from simplicity) because it doesn’t know that the source of its being is Love so it is purely lost in the illusion of seperatness or can even be called a force that acts in further separation. Lucifer is the unbalanced spiritual force and Satan is like the opposer, also tied to Ahriman which would be like a being wishing to keep people and the idea of seperatness crystallized and stuck in the materialist mind with 0 understanding of the spiritual truth of God or unity or love. All of these Beings stem from the interplay of the story of creation and materialization because for the One to become the Many the spirit localizing itself into various archetypal natures and energies would create various perspectives and that don’t recognize the Whole of the pattern and thus act out of ignorance of Love or God or Unity. And just like for humans who are acting out of their animal instincts of survival which stems on vigilance and fear of the outside world for safety (instead of a regulated nervous system that can operate from Love) these forces that operate in separation will unfold in their own manner of interplay separation seeking more seperatness and fear claiming more fear and acting out of ignorance ultimately until God is recognized truly and illusion and judgment of it is lifted.

[@DrunkenBoatCaptain]

How could even the moist elaborate construct of consciousness be even vaguely separate from it?

[@fcz32]

@@13hills thanks I really enjoyed reading your response. Pretty much everything you said resonated with me. I agree that as humans we’re going to tend to personify everything. But I still can’t help but wonder how far the illusion of self, or ego, goes. And then what role those other illusory selves may play in our shared reality.

[@13hills]

@@fcz32 🙏🏼 I feel as if the illusion of ‘the dream’ could go on infinitely if you zoomed in or zoomed out but I also bet that if we saw the whole picture of it would be mind-blowing and yet beautiful like a firework show x♾️, as long as we are not lost in the illusion. To seek the depths of the illusion feels like a rabbit whole but to go down the rabbit whole to seek the non-illusory truth is an amazing awakening of the self that I think we will all one day know 🙏🏼

[@13hills]

@@DrunkenBoatCaptainyour right, it’s not possible, only from the perspective of the finite mind do we create a belief of a separateness

[@pursuitofspirit]

Perfect explanation. Thank you Rupert.

[@aurelienyonrac]

Just look in yourself, why do i do i inflict pain on others? It is as he said. At the bottom is love.

[@matthewworthington6100]

I believe evil is a product of severe trauma (torture) which sometimes, I strongly stress sometimes, creates individuals who are fearful and hate themselves and others - sociopaths - also psychopaths. Both sociopaths and psychopaths have a sense of detachment. As Rupert said being detached is the root of evil - for some not all.

[@attheranch873]

Psychopaths are born without the brain capacity for empathy, they don’t have to be traumatized . Sociopaths are a combination of trauma and other things.

[@glenndespres5317]

Perfect explanation here. A Course in Miracles is also pure non-duality with the same explanation. It also supplies the psychology at play in projection of blame, guilt and attack.

[@scaringclaring5240]

Is that from that malevolence-promoting Marianne Williamson?

[@shunlaiei5981]

We have to focus on self. If anger arises, evil arises. If greed arises, evil arises. If delusions arises, evil arises.

[@nelagarcia2657]

I loved the explanation. Thank you ❤

[@bunberrier]

There are a lot of teachers out there, and I find value in many of them. But Rupert in particular gives insights that never occured to me. Perfect example here... did not see that coming. Sahdguru is another one.

[@trial1884]

Yes, Rupert is very good, right up there. Francis Lucille, his teacher, is the absolute best of all that I have ever come across. Sadhguru gives himself an elevated title. I don't see how that's ego-less or non-dual. In fact, I've heard him say stuff that (in his particular of communication) borders on mocking the "all is one", direct path.

[@U-inverse369]

@@trial1884 Sadghuru has good knowledge but each human is his own best teacher. We are teachers and students at the same time. Always listen to your own intuition.

[@newcruiser]

Because that is how the world is. Accept that. Enjoy and be grateful with what you have even if it is the minimum. That is it. Sometimes we waste so many time trying to find "answers" because of fear to live with what there is. Forget about all that nonsense and practice enjoying at your fullest washing the dishes. Forget about others. Focus on your own peace.

[@joyceleentvaar]

That’s a lot of duality in your comment. There is no you, there are no others and by accepting the egoic understanding of the world, you will never understand the truth.

[@newcruiser]

@@joyceleentvaar There is no duality or non duality. All is ONE. So there is no truth or no no truth. Anyway i like to wash the dishes. Well not always ;)

[@joyceleentvaar]

@@newcruiser true, in essence there isn't. Your dish washing makes me think of a zen koan (look up 'wash your bowl zen koan'). So yeah have fun washing the dishes! :)

[@BlondeManNoName]

Ignorance is the source of evil. _"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do."_ _“God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go wrong or right. Some people think they can imagine a creature which was free but had no possibility of going wrong, but I can't. If a thing is free to be good it's also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible._ _Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. A world of automata - of creatures that worked like machines -would hardly be worth creating._ _The happiness which God designs for His higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to Him and to each other in an ecstasy of love and delight compared with which the most rapturous love between a man and a woman on this earth is mere milk and water. And for that they've got to be free."_ ~ *C.S. Lewis*

[@alisonsalter8352]

Love and Hate/Evil would be a duality. There is only love and a lack of Love (like any negative thing - it is only a lack of the one main thing, rather than there ever been two). Love (Oneness) and ignorance of Love. 🙏🏽

[@ovelhanegra3658]

Yes, as I said on my comment: evil ppl loves to be evil. It's love for them. They enjoy, have pleasure and are devoted to. "Love", right? Not my world! ...

[@evandercaldwell9993]

This is absolutely true!!!! 💖💖💖💖✨

[@dhuhaal243]

How can finite mind gives an absolute answer ?

[@pankajgarg6425]

just like 1+1 gives 2 , an absolute finite answer .

[@tonycohen2000]

Waw, another brilliant one. Very impressive. I'd love to hear Rupert continue this by explaining the purpose of evil. Meaning why it is a necessary step in evolution

[@johanvoellner1849]

because that is how we learn in the 3d? evil is there (or we can use it) to make us better, to make us learn, advance and grow, to make us exercise our wisdom and discernment, and to help us make sure we actually learned the lesson. It is through the dance of contrasts that we actually transform and evolve, at least in this dimension. Its like learning to work through duality toward unity. You know light because you first were exposed to darkness or evil.

[@tonycohen2000]

@@johanvoellner1849 Thanks Johan, that's great. I was reading recently how Hamas was abusing of women on Oct 7 in some of the most horrible ways, and while I agree with what you are saying, a part of me is still having a hard time understanding why such horror could be acceptable from the perspective of awareness. I understand this conceptually but I guess I still need to work on a better grasp on oneness :)

[@BlueBird-cj6xh]

​@@tonycohen2000 if you only saw horror of Hamas , you r a hypocrate.

[@tonycohen2000]

@@BlueBird-cj6xh I did not intend to start a debate on Hamas and Gaza, I apologize for the misunderstanding. I am against all forms of suffering, from anyone. I was reading that one guy was raping a woman and slicing off her breast, and that hit a chord in me. It feels like a unique kind of evil which feels hard to understand. In any case, if you're watching this video I'm sure you want peace

[@DANCEGARAGEPUNK]

@@tonycohen2000 Don`t believe all that you read ! : )

[@TheEndingOfGold]

It can be so complex that being evil makes some people feel good. They might not feel love and happiness in doing an evil act but it is definitely a mechanism for treating something inside that actually needs to be treated by wholeness and compassion.

[@DurgaDas96]

Rupert knows it all! I don’t even have to think for myself anymore.

[@chris5947]

Its designed that way for Earth. Without the negative, there can't be the positive. Can't have hot without cold, can't have light without darkness, can't have soft without hard. Having negative stimulants in our world allows for heroes and positivity to exist. It's a way for us to learn. Afterall, it's all LOVE.

[@moonbirchgrove]

Oh G.O.D., deliver us from evil AND from good ! AKA duality

[@Cardioid2035]

@@moonbirchgrove’deliver us from the duality’ is a great line…

[@tony-1254]

EXACTLY 😊well said,, without contrast , nothing can be

[@plumeria66]

Learn? Consciousness is complete. There is nothing to learn. It’s all just about experiencing.

[@tony-1254]

@@plumeria66 there are different levels of consciousness. It is not complete untill one has been assimilated to the final one consciousness, the egoic consciousness must be overcome in the life's journey to discover that everything and everyone is one consciousness

[@michemiche1764]

A further question might be, what causes the belief that one is separate in the first place? That may be the independent source of evil itself.

[@jl5034]

Yes! And for what purpose? ...to experience everything?? Why would consciousness want to experience suffering? Which reminds me, Rupert and other gurus, have said that suffering is good.

[@tomrhodes1629]

Evil is nothing more than ignorance. And there is a good reason for this ignorance... Why is there evil in the world? The answer is clear, once you know exactly why you're here - which is the best-kept secret in this entire world. Elijah has returned, as prophesied, and testifies: DESIRE. Your desires are honored, and everyone who comes to this evil (ignorant) world of LIMITATION did so through desire. I've published the complete explanation in book form. But it should be clear to anyone, mankind's desire for evil, which is indeed ignorance and nothing more. ("Father forgive them for they know not what they do.") And many of us can see that a man like Adolf Hitler or a man like Donald Trump are men who typify evil. And yet, look how many people yearn for such devils and the ignorance they spew upon the world! DESIRE. Desire Truth and you will get GOD and Reality, otherwise known as Heaven. But desire anything less and you get exactly what you've got, which is limitation: HELL.

[@wattaura7621]

Improper and abused regurgitated language.

[@earlsimon8474]

We’re all in this world but not of this world. The amount of ofnish you feel is directly related to your alienation from your true self.😊

[@kennethwilliams4169]

Satan was so annoyed to hear this , just look at the curtains moving behind Rupert 😁

[@Buddhishgirl]

😂

[@juanp.m.7524]

🤣

[@exDamascus]

Someone needs to ask him about the influence of negative forces from the lower non physical realms. I wonder what his awareness is of the worlds beyond the physical.

[@roxana6354]

World of duality: Live vs. Evil.

[@BuddhaofBlackpool]

I wish I could charge a few grand and have middle class trustafarians lapping up all my obscure conjectures.

[@practice-righteousness]

The false "prophets" tells people, what they want to hear. The true prophets tells people, what they ought to hear.

[@DANCEGARAGEPUNK]

Nothing obscure mate - these are Christs teachings : )

[@U-inverse369]

resonates with me and i ignore all the other voices, that uninentionally want to have impact on my energy. Trust your intuition and not the ego mind.

[@seek695]

Accroding to vedic philosophy humans have been bestowed with freewill What we want what are our goals how we go about to achieve them is totally induidualist I am the doer ,I am the enjoyer of the fruits of my action God has no role in setting our goal We sow we reap All our enjoyments and suffering arise from our action God has inunciated a path to reach the goal of life ,that is the ultimate truth This is dharma Onne who follows that way realises the truth

[@ransetruman2984]

thank you beloved

[@swamitripurari5650]

From his perspective he explained how evil functions or its dynamics in action: Out of illusion consciousness thinks it is separate from itself and local instead of all prevasive. Hence it fights with itsefl without realizing it is doing so. But this does not explain why there is evil. If the infinite consciousness is love (hard for that to be so if there is no other to love), why in its infinite wisdom does it separate into local apparently independent individual units of consciousness in the first place, when doing so generates evil?

[@catherineS3739]

I like your question! I'm pondering if infinite consciousness is love but requires itself to seperate into local independent units of consciousness, which in turn generates conflict ie: good/bad, could it be for the evolution of humans/mankind? Both polarities could be seen as divine because without contrast nothing can be understood, thus serving your evolution and in turn the evolution of mankind. All things exist in relationship - a cause and effect world - from a Quantum level to a macro cosmic level. IF we're NOT connected nothing could cause anything to exist. This "connectedness" in turn creates energy which exists in all things. Therefore each person's conscious/unconscious experience will ultimately uplift self, others and Universe. Through this unravelling of the many layers of human consciousness perceptions we begin to wake the spiritual (or such word that is true to you) body. Metaphysical and evolutionary perspectives ultimately serve the same purpose.

[@evawilldrive]

Respectful awareness, respectful learning, circulation of matter by some critters eating others? I have read a proposition on a planet where all the nurturance we would need is Love.

[@sonikwro]

Consiousness loves evil. In other way it wouldn't even put attention to it. Creating a victime creates evil. So evil is a story for consiousness to trigger itself for creating more love. In other words love triggers love to creates more love. Isn't it genius design?

[@cheezy-rider]

If no one sees a lion eating a wild beast alive does it it not happen. Suffering exists outside of anyone's consciousness. Out attempts and failures at dealing with this are a result not a cause

[@mooskamoo]

Is okay to admit you don’t know Rupert. This comes across as a pretty weak explanation of one of the most profound questions in life. ‘Evil comes from people who feel separate’ and ‘the source of everything is love’ doesn’t really begin to answer the question. Better to admit you don’t have a decent explanation, even the historical Buddha sidestepped these kind of questions using analogies such as ‘when you have an arrow in your leg, you don’t need to find where it came from, just remove it with appropriate methods’.

[@practice-righteousness]

I agree! If you want to know the purpose of evil happening, besides the obvious reason, that some people make the choice of doing so for various selfish reasons, then read, what I wrote, 2 comments above yours (when you click on "Newest first")! 🙂

[@onebody9598]

Please help: Why does something 'living' oft times have to kill - causing the suffering and ending the 'life' of - something, to live? I hear people saying it's the circle of life, etc but I feel it doesn't fully answer the question.

[@PaulOutdoors]

The Bible answers the question

[@onebody9598]

@@PaulOutdoors thanks Paul, I am brought up in the Christian tradition. Where particularly in the Bible or are you talking in the general sense about the Bible as a whole?

[@dariusl.770]

Thank you for another great video! I am just curious if Mr. Rupert's mind is aware that Mary and Jane is one of the street names of marihuana?

[@Sun.powder]

Perfect Thank you ,Thank you.

[@user-uf5db1tn8t]

Do you consider yourself to be a good person? Of course, you do. Have you ever treated someone poorly? Of course, you have.

[@cyberpunkworld]

Let us face it. This is good quality culture speech, and it can only improve.

[@db-333]

Perfect ❤🙏🏻🫶🏻

[@humanitech]

Its just dipolar energy and matter...doing their unstable dipolar positive ans negative dance ...of creative destructive interactions, reactions, flips and reversals ....to create more temporary dipolar formations... Which then all reverse at some point to hopefully get reused and recycled! ❤😂

[@anupamsircar111]

The answer to this question about why there is evil in this world is simply that there are many things that are unknown and will forever remain unknown because we do not/cannot really understand the grand design of things using our limited minds. As most of you know, in the double-slit experiment, observation (that can be equated to trying to understand something) changes the very outcome of the experiment. The answer can come only from beyond the mind, but even those who have reached that state are unable to explain it with words. We have all been told that the infinite is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient. Therefore, the statement "the infinite cannot know the finite" and therefore has to "manifest itself" is just a construct of the mind and best avoided. Evil is perhaps there just so that we can clearly see it as a huge obstacle and understand that until the time we can completely shun it, we cannot hope to find peace and bliss in life. The same with greed, anger, jealousy, etc. What advaita vedanta, or any other path for that matter, is trying to tell us is very simple: simplify our lives (minimize our wants, take care care of our physical well-being, and also improve ourselves morally so that we do not have hatred, anger, envy, greed, jealousy, etc. [this is the basic foundation without which we cannot build anything higher because our cares and worries will prevent progress]), focus on the real and unreal (i.e., things we have control over and things that we cannot change [this will take care of over-ambition, failures in life, disease, suffering, and death]), and accept stoically everything that is happening to us as part of the grand design (that we do not understand and should not waste our time trying to understand). The above conscious practices will automatically calm our minds without any need to meditate. In fact, we will not be able to meditate effectively until and unless we have mastered the above practices. In essence, a simple and clean life will lead to discrimination about what is important in life and what is not; this will lead to peace and bliss right here and right now without having to wait for a rebirth (another construct of the mind). If grace is granted by the grand designer at this stage, we will also be able to help others so that they too can smoothen their journey through life.

[@pps1223]

Beautiful

[@RVEEATOR]

This ‘explanation’ is simply ridden with internal conflicts and inconsistency. It is ‘dualistic’ from beginning to end. Are we seriously supposed to believe that (omniscient) consciousness, whilst looking at or observing itself (in order to ‘know itself’) is so tragically naive, that it ‘believes’ it can act in an evil fashion with impunity? Please…you can indeed fool some of the people all of the time..

[@emendatus1]

There is no danger to consciousness!

[@davidg11235]

I disagree with this answer. It’s basically saying people do “evil” because of having ego-defined as *any* sense of individuality or separation-and if they just felt everyone else’s emotions exactly the way they feel their own, they wouldn’t do anything bad! I think it can take highly sensitive and empathic people (like me) a long time to realize the fault in this. The reality is, you and I are not one being. We are two, with vast worlds inside each of us, with different needs and narratives and experiences. Feeling other people’s hurt is not what makes us good people or keeps our behavior “good.” It is an element of it, but caring whether you hurt other people (as most people do) and living your values around that is enough. Sometimes you will hurt other people while doing the right thing. Everyone has their own emotions and triggers, so you can treat other people as well as you can, but you aren’t responsible for others’ emotions. In good, healthy relationships and communities, individuals bring a lot of skill and care and energy to bear on understanding and managing their own feelings, so then they can lean on each other for extra support when they need it. Not everyone has the same goals or values and is going to be a “team player” with you, and those relationships need to be dissolved or become less close to make room for more aligned connections. A better lens, I think, is to remember we are animals, and we are of the natural world, which can be brutal. It is normal for animals to kill each other, or starve, or freeze to death, but also to form cooperative families and societies. We would like to live in a society where those “bad” things are not normal or typical, so we try to create “man-made” structures (our various social institutions and customary forms of connection and care) that accomplish that, just as we build a house and try to protect it from the rain, rot, mold, rodents, insects (I own a house, in the forest, and one small hole or unnoticed bit of deterioration can lead to water damage, or rats peeing and pooping in the walls; the exterior paint does just enough to protect the siding from the elements, which does just enough to protect the wall underneath). The point is, nature trying to tear my house down while I try to keep it erect is not evil or unnatural. Nor is my building and maintaining a house unnatural. The world is, as a baseline, chaotic and harmful (but arguably beautiful in spite of that), and we try to bring comfort and safety and function and flow to a life lived together with other people-but not a billion other people, just the people who want to bring the same sort of feeling and circumstances into the world as us.

[@tomrhodes1629]

Why is there evil in the world? The answer is clear, once you know exactly why you're here - which is the best-kept secret in this entire world. Elijah has returned, as prophesied, and testifies: DESIRE. Your desires are honored, and everyone who comes to this evil (ignorant) world of LIMITATION did so through desire. I've published the complete explanation in book form. But it should be clear to anyone, mankind's desire for evil, which is ignorance and nothing more. ("Father forgive them for they know not what they do.") And many of us can see that a man like Adolf Hitler or a man like Donald Trump are men who typify evil. And yet, look how many people yearn for such devils and the ignorance they spew upon the world! DESIRE. Desire Truth and you will get GOD and Reality, otherwise known as Heaven. But desire anything less and you get exactly what you've got, which is limitation: HELL.

[@BlondeManNoName]

_“God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go wrong or right. Some people think they can imagine a creature which was free but had no possibility of going wrong, but I can't. If a thing is free to be good it's also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible._ _Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. A world of automata - of creatures that worked like machines -would hardly be worth creating._ _The happiness which God designs for His higher creatures is the happiness of being freely, voluntarily united to Him and to each other in an ecstasy of love and delight compared with which the most rapturous love between a man and a woman on this earth is mere milk and water. And for that they've got to be free."_ ~ *C.S. Lewis*

[@onebody9598]

Sorry, I agree with some of what you said, but we are certainly not animals. We are subject to different Laws than that of the animal kingdom. The Golden Rule is a prime example of this and when our behaviour is not aligned to this Natural Law we experience negative consequences (immediate or later). This Law is also called karma, and it is in operation at all times and is immutable. Man made laws are man made and as such are changed depending on whims. Natural Law(s) cannot be changed. We either become aware of them and align our behaviour to suit or we suffer the consequences individually and collectively.

[@practice-righteousness]

@@onebody9598 I almost agree with everything, you wrote, but it's NOT a "Natural Law", but it's The Creator's Law of Love, Matthew 7,12, as the Law of Karma is also a Law made by The Creator. Mathew 7,12 is NOT a "golden rule" (I know, people call it that, and that's properly why, you referred to it that way), because it actually states in the last part of that word of Jesus: "...for this is THE LAW." - The Creator's/God's Law, which every sincere seeker of God's truth should strive to eventually master - because striving to master this moral ideal is the same as seeking God's truth! But well done, understanding the truth, as it's supposed to be understood! I respect that! 😎👍 Another more easily understandable way of expressing Matthew 7,12, is as follows: "You shall not do unto others, as you would not, that others should do unto you. You shall do unto others, as you would, that others should do unto you." (Jesus)

[@onebody9598]

@@practice-righteousness thank you so much for your reply. Yes, I think the wording has caused some confusion between us. Natural Laws are Divine (Spiritual) Laws and our behaviour is governed by them. The law of Love as you have called the 'Golden Rule' as it is also known as i.e, do unto others, etc, is the summary (whole) of Natural/Divine Law(s) There are consequences for not aligning our behaviour with this, and they are felt individually and collectively. And so we try by the Grace of God ❤️🙏 Respect to you too 🙂and peace be with you 🙂👍❤️🙏x

[@infinisourced]

I would say not to try and understand this particular one beyond your own spiritual evolution. If I witness something violent, it is not going to come across to me as "love". At some stage in my process, I may be at peace with much more of what happens in the world I would term "evil". Your internal feelings can help protect you if you feel triggered in a situation in life. Honor that. What I am saying is don't pretend yourself beyond where you are (spiritually), or you will suffer needlessly in that as well.

[@GabrielSBarbaraS]

I am like a mirror, if someone is evil to me, then I connect with that person in an evil way or worst yet, not at all. If someone is pleasant to me, then I am pleasant back, or better yet I go out of my way to give them love. That's my way of connecting and disconnecting. I found out this world can be an cruel place and many times you need to have the back bone to stand your ground. Or nobody or nothing will. ( This is my way of Jesus saving me )

[@michemiche1764]

To be a mirror, is to be a slave to the actions of those around you. How much more saved would you feel if you gave love to the person who gave evil to you? That is what Jesus did. 💛

[@GabrielSBarbaraS]

@@michemiche1764 Been there, done that. Found out when dealing with evil, good guys finish last. In my 70 years here, I found out the smoke and mirror paradigm, mitigates enabling people with agendas that don't fit well with harmony. I wish for you , that who you perceive as your savior to bless and keep you free from evil. Thankyou for your fair point of view.

[@886888aa]

Evil exists because of our Ignorance, we ignore the reality of our connectedness. Awareness is the thread that connects all beings. If we realized this we wouldn’t harm another as there are no others.

[@markofmixy]

‘It’s all love’ 🙏❤️🙏

[@darend8896]

For evil to exist, good must also exist, you cannot have one without the other. It will always be this way for eternity.

[@robertbrown8576]

Bull crap!

[@user-tk4kn2ho1p]

The Universe is a symphony of polarities. Humanity has the freedom of choice.

[@siewkonsum7291]

It can also be deduced that there is NO freedom of choice or Will. If there is, then bad things should NOT happen to the person because he/she can choose bad things NOT to happen, instead good things to happen & will happen!

[@humblegrenade118]

Because we have the choice to have it that way

[@alexpapadimitriou6242]

Interesting. I do believe in an evil force outside of ourselves. But I like the idea of the finite person vs infinite.

[@crystalmolecule5021]

Evil are souls who lost the light and they live in deep suffering and are feeding with suffering.We see in the society very often.

[@daniellearame3370]

I respect Rupert highly , I wish I could asked him in his presence this question , for getting an answer, from him directly ; my question is Rupert do you know that you know everything about the whole existence or consciousness or God ?

[@parvaji]

Maybe Rupert would reply "I know that I know nothing"... maybe...

[@pentackle166]

Rupert is like us, also has a finite mind. You may dig a hole on the beach but you will never be able to fit the ocean inside it, no matter how big it is. Likewise, the finite mind can never understand the infinite, a sub system can never grasp a meta system

[@bam2385]

This was answered in an Upanishad where disciple asked does an enlightened one know everything that's happening in the world seeing he's all pervading consciousness. The guru answered he's knows what needs to be known the substance but not the details. For example who ever knows the gold in all the golden ornaments (bracelet ring) knows their substance is only gold. So it knows everything about the ornaments (namely gold) but it doesn't know or does he need to know the illusory details such as how big or dimensions of ring bracelet etc. Some enlightened one may have siddis or powers that know the details as well but it's not necessary when you know the gold. When all the ornaments are melted only gold remains when the ornaments or supposedly created only gold remains.

[@zoomby4380]

​@@bam2385So true..😊❤😊

[@tomrhodes1629]

Become as a child, admit that you know nothing, and all is given to you. I know this to be true from first-hand experience... Why is there evil in the world? The answer is clear, once you know exactly why you're here - which is the best-kept secret in this entire world. Elijah has returned, as prophesied, and testifies: DESIRE. Your desires are honored, and everyone who comes to this evil (ignorant) world of LIMITATION did so through desire. I've published the complete explanation in book form. But it should be clear to anyone, mankind's desire for evil, which is ignorance and nothing more. ("Father forgive them for they know not what they do.") And many of us can see that a man like Adolf Hitler or a man like Donald Trump are men who typify evil. And yet, look how many people yearn for such devils and the ignorance they spew upon the world! DESIRE. Desire Truth and you will get GOD and Reality, otherwise known as Heaven. But desire anything less and you get exactly what you've got, which is limitation: HELL.

[@mb_ytc1]

Excellent explanation ❤ However, how do you account for evolution? ‘natural selection’, stars being destroyed so that new elements are created, etc. A lot of ‘hurt’ happens in the process. What’s the end goal of the evolution? Who knows?

[@user-hy9nh4yk3p]

Mystics - practice - to experience - God directly - even in the heart - if possible. As one experiences - more and more of the Divine within - the world becomes a dream. Upon reflection - the world is made - by human thinking and actions - and because the hearts - are focussed on the worldly and matter - results are clear. Hearts need to be linked - with the Highest - in all experiences. See/feel/become - those results. Him and Him, alone. Fare thee well.

[@paulrae9029]

We are meant to feel separate, that's how we know and experience life. Without a feeling of separation we cannot know or experience anything.

[@johnb8854]

*Discover and Understand the DIFFERENCE, between the human body and "LIFE The Real Self" !*

[@aneurinellis3926]

It's all too simple. This, what we believe is real is 💯% a dream. Therefore in the dream everything imaginable appears to be real until you wake up. It's too simple an equation, but for the ones lost in the dream, the dreamer is trapped and overstimulated by the dream.

[@xman933]

If we are localizations to enable infinite consciousness to have localized experiences the infinite cannot have and since we manifest as localizations without knowledge of our oneness with the infinite and other local manifestations, could it be the experiences we humans have, including that of evil, are precisely the experiences we are purposed to have as localized manifestations in order to inform the infinite?

[@mimisapphire8329]

What did Blake refer to when writing about the dark satanic mills? I know some say it was quite literal, meaning the mills of the industrial revolution taking place around him at the time. I suppose in contemporary terms this could be the global corporations/arms dealers etc. However, was he actually referring to the egoic minds/thoughts etc?

[@mralexander99]

Asking the question “If God Exists, Why is there evil in the world ?”…… just doesn’t make any sense. Because, “If you are not in awe, you are not paying close enough attention.” So, the question becomes, Why are you not paying close enough attention to find out if you experience awe? And if awe arises in your experience, then the question“If God Exists, Why is there evil in the world ?” Falls away into the abyss of questions that need answers and dissipates into thin air….as it dawns on us that the question is meaningless?

[@ElmerTan-ut4qn]

Once everything is understood, there will be no worries. Whatever you don't understand, trouble will arise. Worry is a danger and an obstacle in our lives. Worry will produce wrong thinking, wrong ideas, wrong views and expressions, which in turn will lead us (body, mouth, and mind) to make wrong behaviors. These deviant educations will bring misfortune in your life. Even if you go down to the lower three lower realms, you still don’t know why you go down. Without knowing the truth, one remains ignorant. After understanding the truth, our wisdom will be revealed.

[@jeevan_ddn]

Creation has both positive & negative aspect. Without its negative side creation is incomplete. Everything you see has both sides. Hope it helps.

[@Pappafd]

Why was the curtains moving, and there was water in the background????

[@mindfulkayaker7737]

Jesus said that those who suffers are blessed. I learnt the deep meaning of this statement after a very serious accident that my little daughter had just exactly when we ha leaved our Country of birth in search for freedom. If it were not for that immense suffering, due to my highly materialistic Marxist former education I would never redirected the focus of my search of freedom to spirituality

[@infos-danse3767]

"Even the source of evil is love", it's important to understand that this evil (due to the illusion of separation) is not real, it's an illusion, a dream of the primordial Consciousness, otherwise it makes no sense.

[@philosophyofthestars]

This explanation is a common one…evil is the result of ignorance. Except what happens when it isn’t? Most people answering this question are ignorant of evil and thus aren’t giving a full picture of it. People do evil out of ignorance, yes. But that isn’t pure, conscious evil.

[@DANCEGARAGEPUNK]

Anyone conscious will realise that Evil is a word for the absence of Love !

[@coldflu]

Energy, Frequency, and Vibration

[@colinlavery625]

Why don't you just say: "I don't know" Rupert. That is the best and honest answer. I am by no means sold on Evolutionary theory but (sadly) that probably gives us our best explanation of suffering both man-made and natural.

[@romliahmadabdulnadzir1607]

Brains abstract the physical world into something our brains can simply understand. The same goes for infinity. Once you understand infinity, you'll have an idea of ​​the rules, how it works, how to do bijections between different sets, etc. You build a mental model of infinity, just like you build a mental model of a first or a Chair, or Nicaragua, or happiness, or your mother. Beautiful minds build a home, family, love, happiness etc and unable to comprehend them in connection with finite mind and infinite mind. What is forever is the fundamemtal if you could unferstand.

[@Sights-and-Sounds_777]

Because we are the world...and we've let ourselves fall away from grace for a long time, we become evil, the world becomes us. Fix ourselves, fix the world...

[@timoxyz1466]

The one philosophical, logical issue I see here is as follows: The "almighty" infinite decides to loose itself in its creation thus becoming finite through an act of Will. This act of Will creates the experience of suffering. Therefore it's not an unlucky or unwanted experience but rather something that is willed into existence. Sounds kinda bad right? But remember, the only thing suffering is the infinite itself through "your" localized eyes. There is no self, never was. Labeling this process of something accidental or "the infinite can't know itself directly" is speaking too low of it as it knows everything and has, as the " - " suggest never truly forgotten nor never not known.

[@mrwojna]

We create our dreams. Just because I have nightmares, it doesn’t mean I don’t exist.

[@SuPeRuNkNoWn..]

Has any of his questions been answered with an "I don't know I have no idea." Starting off from a point of "There is an infinite consciousness" is wild, now how does your finite mind, your piece of that infinity prove itself to you and how would you know if that proof is correct.

[@gruyerolivier1842]

Of course this is is true. .........if you have received a grace.....and you are very strong......to face...even a toothache...... One person in 10 millions....... Krisnamurti said he had not met a single person....." Like" him Most people listening practice self persuasion. ......To face very hard events.......

[@danieleslava115]

service to self polarity and service to other self polarity , absorption and radiation , Choose wisely ...

[@simonhitchenk9]

Powerful

[@luureed9882]

Why just person? It is everything animals, nature etc. Consciousness is everything.

[@pantherzzz111]

Very well put, it is this fragmented, isolated mind that becomes fear driven and leads to the looking out for number one mind set, at any cost. Spiritual practice reconnects us with what we truly are, reaching a point where it is impossible to inflict harm on another human being or any living creature. This is the fall from grace spoken of in the Christian Bible, from God consciousness to the ego mind (the false self). When more than one person engages in an act of good or bad, it’s effects are magnified, people caught up in crowd violence, often report doing things they normally would never do. The same is true for prayer, as the Bible says, if two or more are gathered in my name, I’am there with them. The materialistic world has driven people to engage more with the ego mind, becoming more narcissistic and worse, it is one of the reasons why the world is the way it is. We are in deep trouble, unless there is a major shift in consciousness, it all starts with the mind.

[@johnb8854]

*Do you realize the word Spirit originally meant "A Full Description" or "Record of anything" ???* *For example : "Is it in the Spirit of the game ???"* *The Definition of the word Spirit has changed through the course of history...*

[@pantherzzz111]

Spirit is the non physical part of a person, which is the seat of emotions and character, the soul. Or as in your example, the prevailing mood or attitude of a person or group of people, or period of time. As in, I hope the team will build on this spirit of confidence.

[@johnb8854]

@@pantherzzz111 *The human spirit is EVIL as the human body Contains DOUBLE LOGIC in its GENOME, which adversely affects ALL human functions, including Thought and Reason, as well as causing Suffering and DEATH !* *But the Spirit of "LIFE The Real Self" is Holy, as "LIFE The Real Self" is an Offspring, and Child of "The LIGHT",..* *"The LIFE of GOD"... Many CONFUSE "LIFE The Real Self" with the Spirit, but the Spirit is just "A Full Description, and Record" of "LIFE The Real Self" !*

[@johnb8854]

@@pantherzzz111 *The SOUL is NOT "LIFE The Real Self"... Next to my name is a 100 % Accurate miniature drawing of The SOUL...* *HOW do I know this ??? Because I went to "The Marriage Supper of The Lamb", and now I, "LIFE The Real Self" NOT the human body, resides in The HOUSE of GOD !*

[@rikkikeen1859]

Appreciate the original comment. So do you have a comparative religious take on salvation from said Fall? Without a specific or the “right” discipline the modern mind just fragments.

[@YokoSanchez]

Ya .. I don’t hear the answer

[@wstyn]

It just hurts Sometimes it’s repulsive Sometimes it’s completely hopeless and agonizing The situations that humanity faces blow me away, the executions, the violations I’ve seen it’s purpose BUT DAMN DOES IT FUCKING HURT

[@wstyn]

hurt, sometimes* :>

[@carlavela7106]

The "problem" is that the finite mind (ego) is unconscious and unaware of what it wants to experience, that's why it chooses to have "bad" things...

[@federicosieli5099]

It must hurt for the consciousness to perceive itself in this dimension, as well as love must be felt

[@brigitteh4825]

When consciousness appears to manifest itself from a localised point, it must have total freedom within that manifestation otherwise there would be no point to it. Freedom is ‘acting’ between extremes of good and evil.

[@davezzz7664]

we,human, want to survive. So we define the things that hurt us as bad, the things that help us to live as good. However, god doesn’t need to worry about living or death, everything to it is just the shifting of energy. Also, if there’s a god, it must be beyond time and space, so it sees past, present and future at same time. So to my opinion, god doesn’t recognize or need to recognize good or bad. Everything is just being.

[@tattvamasmi]

That what i used to say to everyone when i was child: each and every one is in its nature are kind and love ))) oh, God, why you didn't pick me up those days, while i was ure and innocent!... I had to meet all this evel.. And wear all conceptions...

[@burnlies]

One of the dumpiest questions of many people especially from scholars is that " if there a god, why evil exists? ". They think that if there is a god, it should please its creation. They don't know that evil itself is a by-product of the Creator's mind. Directly and indirectly evil serves the creator's purpose. Using evil, the creator shows Its an absolute totalitarian power and authority over all its creation.

[@zovalentine7305]

The Creator Is Within

[@bertiebassat5545]

So we have a singularity splitting into a dualistic manifest reality in order to create a feedback loop, the term good and evil may as well be hot and cold at the level of the singularity if we remove our humanistic concepts of morality, there seems to be an incompatibility of states of the singularity vs it’s dualistic expression, but such cannot comprehend itself otherwise, without knowing what it is not, this reconciles the disparity. Eventually Anna comes to realise that hurting Alice hurts Anna and in effect this shows Anna who she really is. The only possible purpose of this, is if the singularity is an evolving intelligence that’s is not in a static state, implying it’s active. Or something is searching to know itself and so are all its fragmentations lost in the illusionary construct of space and time. It’s quite fascinating what he’s said really, if you think of death and our finite life’s and apply the know what it’s not theorem, being reductive, can give an interesting conclusion. Is this what the speaker means ?