I can see your point - again a lot of this is allegorical.
But take the left hand path and the right hand path.
The left is evil and the right is good.
Lets step back for a moment and consider that only 'good' guys when wars.
Now its easy to say with this its because of divine influence.
Well lets look closer and realize that while the war is going on that both sides are seen as good. There is never a side that is evil.
One could argue, that the divine weeds out and reveals the truth with the victor.
Well, I would disagree with this, because the fruit of the victors of war (or the losers) do not align at all with the teachings of Jesus.
So now that we realize that everyone declares what is good based on their perspective we see what is at work...duality.
Now duality is really singular.
Lets take the north and south pole as an example.
One could be located at the north pole, and yet another at the south...both could believe with the utmost that indeed they are separate and are at
polar ends.
The reality is ever so evident if they move from their spot to see the bigger picture, that north and south is connected with land and sea
inbetween...the planet is a whole - not two spheres separated from each other.
So religion in essence, although in its allegories the light of the truth shines through - a lot is obscured by the ego - which is a tool that has not
been used so in turn uses us.
In reality we are but babes still on the teat not understanding that which is before us.
We are told stories and then cling to one aspect and take a 'polar stance' and not a 'world' stance, believing that we are somehow disconnected
from the rest.
So back to the right and left path.
Good is now that which pushes down the other path. Good says its good, and no one questions 'goods' motives as it is 'good'. - your evil if you
question!
(oft we forget that Jesus says search with all your heart and you will find. This is often taken as search within the confines of ones own dogmatic
belief system, away from evil.)
Am I saying that evil is good and good is evil?
One must realize that words are pointers which point beyond what they are saying - and there are many layers of understanding.
Its this discomfort that we must overcome - that is the unwillingness to face the unknown, or face up to our own ignorance...that indeed we dont konw
anything at all, really, when it comes to the bigger scheme of things.
After all knowing does not come from the head. It comes from the greater source...God, collective conscious, etc. - thinking is duality and keeps you
in the game.
the game can be fun if you know you are playing it and that "the world is but a stage and the people its actors, and all will have their turn and
then pass..."
But it would make sense, as I mentioned, on one level - to have that which is the dominant ("I am right" - "I am good", male aspect, pushing down
the subservient (female aspect) and saying "you are wrong" - "you are evil", etc.)
In other words its ego pushing down consciousness - but that may not even be correct, as true consciousness cannot be pushed down, so in reality its
pushing down an aspect of itself.
There is much more 'thought' that can go into this...but 'thought' wont ultimately be the tool that rescues us from the state we are in. Jesus
pointed out how this works quite nicely...and no its not according to todays fundamentalist, evangelical Christians, etc.
I find it funny how someone can throw out a statement and everyone just believes it.
i.e. Obama "Change...Change you can believe in" - and the crowd goes wild!
Yet he is willing to bomb Iran - sounds like old energy (people who we currently have in the white house) to me.
Also, the democrats were voted in office to get people out of Iraq...didnt happen, but people believe change happened.
Im reminded of what Eckhart Tolle said, which was along the lines of "Ego says it wants change...but if there is a change in government its just the
same thing and sometimes worse than before.)
The point is we really dont understand the nature of reality...we dont understand the true nature of how things work...if we stay polarized, we stay
in Satans realm as it were...again a game is fun...but do you know (or want to know) that it is a game?
People claim they do, but I fear their actions say differently.
Again, look at politics to see. Its all superficial. Yes the seed is their for true change, but its always been there - and it starts within each and
everyone of us.
We "perish" for our lack of belief, as the Bible put it. And big time.
When we read the Bible we cant see the elephant (truth) in front of us, but believe the lies pushed down by an egoic agenda...because, we in turn, are
'possessed', as it were, by the ego.
- That is true demon possession if you ask me. - none of these silly, scary fire side tales with no proof. The proof is in our waking life.
You will never be able to convince anyone of anything or prove a point...well, if you do then all that happens is a polar shift where a person goes
from one extreme to the other. As Jesus put it, the missionaries (of any faith) make the individual "Twice the son of hell" - check out my blog link
below to see my article on this.
In essence, the ego is hard to change, but once it does, it is even more cemented in its story, and I have seen this time and again.
I will point out, for those Christians out there, something you already know, but the good book

says you do not need a man to teach you, because
you have the spirit within. For what its worth...however you want to interpret it...this is true.
But for the most part we are swayed by popular belief. So in a sense we are the ones that create the hell around us. The politicians and 'evil'
government only reflect mass consciousness.
You may say that your afraid to step out...you are all alone.
Yes fear keeps one isolated, at least in feeling to the truth that we are all connected to the source of all life. (As God said in Psalms...even in
Sheol I am there...and come to think of it, a Greek Orthodox priest had some good points in an article called the River of Fire concerning the nature
of God and 'hell' - the article is partially in my blog link below called river of fire, along with the other article I pointed out earlier for
those interested.)
So here we have it...in one swoop we can end all the silly debates and embrace both sides...yes, I understand that words are limited, and that we
perceive what is being said through the filter of our mental grid system that has been established from the influence of our cultural milieu sense
birth. - so the statment that you can embrace both sides may freak some out. - Open your eyes, open your heart...step by step you will see the
truth...and it will set you free.
Hey Im an ex- OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), so I know what Im talking about.
Again I have blogged about that to. For me Eckhart Tolles way of saying things helped to clear up some of the dry dogma that comes with most religious
text...and no its not something to believe, its about practicality...
Peace
dAlen