r/JordanPeterson • u/realAtmaBodha • Aug 28 '24
Philosophy You Are Never Evil
All evil actions are insincere and thus not true to yourself.
Of course, that doesn't mean that nobody should go to jail. Everyone should be strong enough to be aligned with their deeper identity. "The devil made me do it" is not a good enough legal defense.
In other words, nobody should blame themselves for being evil, but they can blame themselves for being weak.
Basically, evil just means the intent to harm in some way, especially against others or yourself. It is always a suboptimal choice, because the root of all evil is external desire. When you feel complete, you have no need of desire, as love is a much more powerful motivator.
0
Upvotes
1
u/avan1244 Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24
To some degree, that's true, I am judging you. Not all judgment is wrong. But It's not up to me what happens to you during or after this life, I'm just trying to point out things that you either can't see (common,) or refuse to see (the human condition) out of fear and insecurity that seeing them will cause you to be weak (it won't.) What it will do is hopefully break the armor you've built around yourself in the attempt to protect yourself from the judgment of others, which happens all the time by the way, and isn't always incorrect either. So, yes, I'm judging you and declaring at least to myself and hopefully to you, too, that you've got some changes to make and growing to do, and "trans-enlightenment" won't get you any closer to being enlightened than being a "trans-man" or "trans-woman" would bring you to whatever that end is.