Take a small piece of paper – hold it up in front of you.

There will be a right side and a left side.

Tear it in half and throw away the left side so all you have left is the right side.

IMPOSSIBLE – why, because you now have a new left side.

In Chinese philosophy, the concept of yin yang is used to describe how polar or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. e.g. dark and light, female and male, low and high, cold and hot. That being said generally Taoist philosophy discounts good/bad distinctions as superficial labels, preferring to focus on the idea of balance. (Wikipedia)

However for this example I would like you to remain focused on the logic that contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent and refrain from the semantics that allow us to become distracted from the obvious truth.

Ok now consider yourself – and what you have been taught about good and bad.

Now go get a chainsaw and cut away your bad half. (KIDDING)

But you get my point if you had a bad side and you got rid of it you will only have a new bad side. Hmmmm.

So does that mean you will always be bad – well if bad was a part of you then the answer would be yes. BUT that’s where the truth comes into play. YOU ARE NOT BAD NOR ARE YOU GOOD – you’re just what you are – a PERFECT creation of you.

That being said, it now comes down to choice and external interpretation. What is good and what is bad and what you base you choice upon.

We all can choose to be good or bad – BUT IT’S NOT US THAT IS GOOD OR BAD – it is the action we take based upon our choice that was determined to be good or bad, based upon what we’ve been taught to be good or bad from the men who wrote the religious texts or those who interpret the religious texts or from the modern day law makers who now make the modern day form of government and YES – who are in control and determine what is good or bad.

Here is an example of bad and good (EXTREME EXAMPLE)

I’m sitting in a restaurant and I take out a gun and shoot three people behind the counter. I’m a bad person?

I’m a soldier in Afghanistan and I shoot three armed Taliban threatening to harm a group of women. I’m a good person?

After I shoot the three restaurant workers it becomes clear that they were homegrown terrorists and that they had plans to bomb a school in Vancouver. I’m a good person?

After I shoot the three armed Taliban soldiers it becomes clear they are young boys and they were only serving because if they didn’t their families would be killed by the extremist leaders. I’m a bad person?

The point being – I’M STILL THE SAME PERSON – what made my choice good or bad was your interpretation of my actions in each example – because the result was the same.

We’ve been fed a lot of information over the course of our lives based upon the interpretation of those in power as to what’s good or bad and it’s now time for these teachings to be seriously challenged. Why, because many of these teachings are no longer applicable in today’s world and the original intent has become redundant, unproductive and in many cases down right dangerous.

The time is now for us to reclaim our own conscience, to trust ourselves and to base our choices not on what’s going to be the most rewarding externally (money, heaven, and/or the acceptance of others) but what is going to create the most peace internally. We were all created equal. We don’t need to follow to understand and to know. It is within us all. We don’t need to allow guilt and shame to determine our choices. We can base our choices upon our internal peace. We must overcome controlling and manipulating forms of control if we ever hope to find self-love and internal peace and we must remember that we were all created perfect – as perfect as we can possibly be.