Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Evil Suspicion

L&G-

It's a constant no matter where you go or what you do there will always be people looking incredulously @ you and freeriding on your efforts, just waiting for you to do something unacceptable1 so they can lay blame. Consider the fact that every culture2 affirms certain norms at the expense of others – i.e., certain attitudes/behaviors and actions will be emphasized as 'good' while behaviors/attitudes and actions that do not conform to those standards will be designated as 'bad'. When people feed off of you by suspicion, it is based on logic3 that is derived from morals grounded in something other than [your] tradition. That is to say, people who accuse you by sight and whom spread the tension, ergo fear, of said suspicion, are not speaking the same language you speak. They are developing these negatives in the darkroom of their own minds – minds which are brainwashed w/ ignorance by a multitude of sources. In fact, the tension you feel is none other than a lack of enlightenment, literally and figuratively.

Morality is written on our hearts (God's law) and therefore, when people act in defiance to said law, it will create a tension there. The Law of Conservation of Matter states that matter cannot be created or destroyed, only redistributed. This principle is of the same accord as the Law of Conservation of Justice such that justice cannot be created or destroyed; only redistributed. If someone commits a crime for which they are to blame, they must justify it or else face the consequences (anxiety/guilt --> loss of sleep, bad health, etc.). Shame can kill a man; in fact shame has killed many men. When someone acts suspicious of you [by sight] – i.e., judging you by your appearance – and you feel that tension, it is b/c the person has some type of blame to pass. Don't be fooled into shame by Satan4.


1 unacceptable. A normative term.
2 culture. Body of social norms including: attitudes, values, standards [for living], ethics and morals
3 logic. Ethical code derived from morals rooted in tradition.
4 Satan. Literally: 'the accuser'.



P.S. Not to obfuscate, but cultural varieties are derived from interpretations of an underpinning tradition (e.g., Anglo Saxon American culture of Christianity v. Anglo Saxon British culture of Christianity).



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