Filed under: Viewdo | Tags: destiny, Good and evil, moderation, moral gratification, vice, virtue, walk the line in between, what we want out of life, wordly pleasure
People seem to be composed of layers. As we make decisions on how we handle/interpret our lives, we appeal to different emotions or virtues and vices in order to act as we do. As each decision occurs, it solidifies a piece of who we are since we either like the reaction that occurred, or choose to use an alternative approach in the event’s next occurrence. Perhaps this is why fiction appeals to us, as it is an interpretation of what may have occurred with our lives should we have strayed from our preconceived notion of what we want out of life.
To this effect, we can see destiny. By following the virtue of good, one may choose to uphold justice or attempt to better society, while evil may lead us to not accept the harder lifestyle. Even here you can see my slant, as seeing good as being the equivalent to working hard in its effort to provide, which then allow evils the opportunity to have an easier lifestyle of lethargy and waste, since it may not produce any sort of public good while benefiting off of its labor.
In truth though, it may take evil just as much effort in order to accomplish this goal. Therefore it seems a cosmic balance can be struck. Those that want the moral gratification of being pure versus those that want to enjoy more of the worldly pleasures and not work in the efforts of the good, while some of us choose to try to walk a line in between. Moderation may be desired since it exposes us to both sides, allowing us to reap the benefits and enjoy the most of what life has to offer rather than not knowing what lay on the path not traveled.
One can understand those that turn to evil as possibly a personality complex, as those who are not able to rise to prominence by following the structured hierarchy of the good can find such prestige in an area opposed to the efforts of mainstream thought.
Do we have a good and evil checking account where we write off and try to balance out our sins?
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Cool!
Comment by flash-player July 7, 2009 @ 8:52 pm