Reflections... Thanks for that point of clarification. Especially the separation between BEING and DOING/BEHAVING.

madisgram... I guess on good days, I feel the higher energy source I connect with when I am "in the flow" or have listen to that inner voice and reaped abundance that I even conceived of. But then there are the separated days where you feel lost and disconnected. Where you remember past transgressions and get caught up in all the things you've been told by others. These are the days when I start questioning...if there is this positive energy source that is capable of doing amazing things, there is likely a similar negative energy source that is just as capable of doing horrid things. Sometimes I'm not exactly sure were on the continum I am. Maybe thats because...I move a lot. LOL

Safron... I think sometimes the only thing that can sometime pull me out of my "I AM EVIL" funk is my recognition that I feel really bad about it and then realize "evil people, don't feel bad, ashamed, guilty".

Here is one for the group John Dewey once said, "the deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important." If feeling loved and appreciated and wanting to feel like you matter to others is a basic human need. Why is it if we acknowledge this desire, express it, or take actions to get others to appreciate us more, we are often labeled a butt-kisser, pride seeker, needy, or whatever. I know any urge can lead us to excessive behavior that can be unhealthy. I'm just curious, about this. There are a lot of things that I feel that I've been taught are wrong or sinful. Safron you mentioned "our primitive nature", why is it often evil to act in accord with our primitive nature, even if it might not hurt or affect anyone else?

I guess it just comes down to how you go about meeting the need.