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our ’good’ and ’bad’ are very subjective notions. And it’s not our ’bad’ that’s really the problem - it’s our ’good’! Because the moment you have a ’good’ - if something happens that isn’t ’like it’ then it’s ’bad’. Before you can have a sense of bad, you have to have a very fixed sense of good. Before you can know what ’should not be’, you’re quite convinced, whether you realize it or not, that you know what ’should be’. And maybe you’re even right as to what ’should be’ - but the big thing that you’ve neglected is the question of what ’could be’. What ’should be’ and what ’could be’ are not the same thing! Work has very much to do with knowing the possible from the impossible, under varying circumstances.
For the best understanding of ’good’ - the word ’useful’ should be employed. Good has to be connected to something - it has to have a context. The word ’good’ is too loose, too vague, too subjective. ’Useful’ can have a clear meaning - within a context!

So, what is this word 'good', what is it good for, just what is it connected with; is it temporary or lasting, who does it serve - who is it good for - or are we driving ourselves crazy with an impossible question?
Okay, so don't be 'good', be 'selfish'! But that is supposed to be good for you - no? So it seems we can't really get rid of that word so easily!
Good implies, first of all - not against anybody! The moment you are against anyone, for her or him or it you are bad, not good! If you feel ill will towards anyone, at one level or another they are aware of it and return the ill feeling. There is so much ill will around, both short and long term, that we become used to that atmosphere and are unable, for the most part, to distinguish its source.
A really selfish person, intelligent and conscious, will never risk any attitude other than sincere good will towards any man, situation or living reality.

"You can understand the parts from the Whole, but you can never understand the Whole from the parts."
At first you start experiencing 'parts', but you must have some CONCEPT of the WHOLE. If not, the parts that you come to see can't make a connection. It all has to lead to a 'balanced conclusion' where the parts connect in harmony within the Whole. The Whole is a Unity and a Harmony – THAT which we call God, the Universe, Higher Intelligence.

The religious mind 'sees' that everything in the world is interconnected and interdependent. To be intelligently concerned with the part, one must be concerned and knowledgeable of the Whole. The religious mind has no difficulty sensing the extraordinary intelligence in the whole set-up and has no embarrassment in admitting the probability, if not the necessity, of a Higher Intelligence/God behind it all.
The religious mind uses the word 'GOD' as the ALL THAT IS. And also sees that the 'all that is' shows every sign of being intelligent and not merely an accident of nature. The religious mind says, in addition, "I may not know the Truth, but obviously ALL THAT IS is the Truth and thus if I am to have any chance of coming into an understanding or harmony with IT, I must be uncompromisingly careful in regard to the truth, large or small, that falls within my realm." In other words, only the truth can lead to knowing the Truth. So obvious and so perverted is this simplicity.