I don’t think that statement, title or subject is true. My philosophy is very different. I think that given the really, really big picture that good comes from all things, all disasters, all terrorist activities to name enough to get a few raised eyebrows and a few smirks. In all the happenings including the most horrific, there will be those whose lives will have been changed or redirected thus having the potential to influence others with the growth promotion and maturity that comes with life changing experiences. Good has a way of accompanying all experience. Humans can profit from others’ experiences.
Now from a
narrow perspective, as the mortals on this planet have such a long way to go to
actualize the idealism that might resemble the potentials of a perfect world,
we see evil and iniquity, graft and corruption, lies and propaganda, dirty
politics and corrupt corporations, vice and prejudice, hatred and subjugation;
I could go on. From this perspective there is great difficulty to see where
good can or will come of these kinds of effects on people’s lives.
We seem to
think that the victims of this world are deprived of something. They are,
however in the larger picture, there is only good. There is only the eventual
achievement of perfection.
And I will
define the perfection that I am talking about. I was an art therapist at a
residential treatment center for asthmatics and had as many as 110 kids doing
arts and crafts at any given time. One day the kids were working with clay,
this is probably the best therapeutic tools for hand-eye coordination an area
where many asthmatics as children didn’t develop as other kids did. In child
development in which I had much training, this deficiency is very common with
childhood asthma. Using clay to create
an image of one’s desire is the challenge.
This was a very successful program of which I am very proud. The results
were life changing for those residents. As I observed a room full of kids
working with clay to achieve an imagined result there was total silence. I saw
that every child was in a state of perfection relative to his or her ability
and capability to visualize and each of them was totally focused on the desired
result. That was a moment that brought about a major revelation in my life.
Perfection is relative.
I know that
it may take an eternity to understand that there is only good, only truth, only
love, only beauty, therefore as we have a challenging experience or see the reports
of disasters, etc. I have to see that in the long run eventually only good
exists and only for the growth potential that is the purpose of all experience.
So you now
see why only good will comes of it. I am not without having had numerous
disastrous and greatly challenging experiences. I only see the goodness, the
truth, the beauty and the superficial ugliness around me. I see those who
struggle without hope. You see reports of disasters on almost a daily
basis. No good will come of it is a
pessimistic and unrealistic way to look at things when a much higher and more
optimistic opportunity is staring us in our face. I now have only good in my
life. Where I came from was quite the opposite and so were my confused
beliefs. Previously I never thought any
good would come out of it when I was totally devastated. That happens but it is
always temporary. Right now is the opportunity to be the most positive and to
claim superb self-respect, the secret of maturity, happiness and maturation. In
all situations good will always come of it, we need only to view from that
perspective and develop that outlook. Our experiences will then have a depth
and meaning that expands our consciousness, enrichens our lives and gives
meaning to existence.
© 6 May 2013
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