Theos-Talk Archives (April 2006 Message tt00533)

"Dear Friends,

Please note that false people and scoundrels never say they are 
false. They challenge us: "How do you know that I am false? How do 
you know what I am?" But sincere people will defend their views and 
state their principles.

Regards,  Carlos."

What if they do both?  It is my perspective that all people are 
false.  Falsehood is inherent within mortal human nature.  Just like 
ego, lust and hate.

In effect, there are four 'universal sins':

1. Ego (conceit)
2. Lust (evil desire)
3. Hate (vengeance)
4. Falsity (dishonesty)

A 'universal sin', as I am using the term, is a 'sin' which all 
human beings have performed to some degree or another, even from 
childhood.  'Universal sins' largely come from a psychological 
mindset.  Conversely, a 'non-universal sin' would be something which 
not everyone has performed, albeit stemming from the 'universal 
sins'.  For example, not everyone has committed murder, adultery or 
bank robbery.

I am suggesting that all are 'sinners', although we may or may not 
define 'sin' differently.  There is no such thing as 'false people' 
and 'true people'.  The world is not black and white.  Rather, all 
people are false.  (I am nonetheless agnostic, but like the 
Theosophist, I believe in such a thing as morality.)

Now an individual's falsity (or ego, lust, hate) may either exceed 
our own, or be less than our own.  But when we judge another to be 
false, and our own self to be true, it is only by the standard of 
our own ego.  How ethical we believe ourselves to be, as opposed to 
the other person.  The world revolves around us, and we judge the 
morality of others according to whether their good or evil behaviors 
are more or less than our own.  This deficient form of judgment is 
commonly termed as 'comparative morality.'

If I murder 100 people, and another murders 1000 people, then I will 
judge them to be evil.  But if I murder 100 people, while another 
murders only 10 people, then I will judge the other to be a saint.  
I dispense grace or law to others as revolving around my own 
moralistic ego.  In this illustrative context, I am simply another 
moralist, who judges others after a fashion of 'comparative 
morality'.

Another example.  If I am 50 pounds overweight, I shall judge others 
who are 100 pounds overweight to be fat, but people who are only 25 
pounds overweight would be skinny to me.  The fat people are the bad 
people, and the skinny people are the good people.  After all, we 
are each consciously responsible for our own weight.

Blessings

Vince

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "carlosaveline" 
<carlosaveline@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Friends,
> 
> Please note that false people and scoundrels never say they are 
false.
> They challenge us: "How do you know that I am false? How do you 
know what I am?" 
> But sincere people will defend their views and state their 
principles. 
> 
> Regards,  Carlos. 
> 
> 
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