Why does punishment incur some form of 'rightness' to someone who has committed, say, a murder. Was the murder not enough of a punishment for that person, must they be continually extracted to the point where they have no reason to live? To live with the past in such a way is surely punishment enough for such an action.

I see Good/Evil in a similar perspective as hot/cold. It's just a function of the universe, and applies solely on your perception. For one, something that a person does may be considered good, such as killing an animal for food. For another, this may be considered evil, and that person may even seek to punish the action of the other, for they are stuck in right and wrong, another perception in duality.

Is it not that in winter you turn on the heater because it is cold, and in summer, to turn on that same heater would be craziness.

It's all perception. It's not a fundamental of the universe, it's mind-stuff. And because we live in the duality of the physical, it will always be there, albeit within the perceptions of those around us. It also depends on where you are coming from, are you coming from duality consciousness, or are you expressing something more unified?

I also noticed that some of the posters here were referring anger to evil. What? Anger is not evil, anger is just anger. It's a natural emotion that we have as human beings. Does a dog not become angry, or a wolf? What about children, they express anger.

So, it is the way that the anger is expressed that becomes something that is 'evil', or what have you. It is not anger itself that is evil. And in and of itself, it is purely natural to feel angry sometimes.

The idea of emotional purity can either disrupt your evolution or enhance it, it depends on where you are coming from again, if you seek to 'remove' certain emotions from your consciousness, it will come up in other areas in your life. You were given the five natural emotions for a reason. Use them, they are great tools, use them as the highest expression of yourself that you can envision.

blessings,

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