Beyond the land of good and evil

Beyond the land of good and evil:

 

Let’s go to the lands beyond right and wrong.

At some point, we understand that being wrong is merely an error of perspective.

At some point, we understand that being right is pure blindness.

 

After all, our excuses and justifications can make any bad action we do seem good in our eyes. Denial will cause our patterns to take root and seize the stone walls of our personality. There’s no need to predict the future to know our path, as everything we do will become a debt we incur with ourselves.

 

No one is evil, but everyone is ignorant.

Everyone thinks they’re a good person, capable of judging where others err, with eyes sealed by the stitches of good intentions, while the impact on other people's hearts is left helpless in the realm of exaggeration.

 

Taking accountability for the impact we generate without making excuses won't make us right; it will only make us present.

Cleansing our heart only means discovering it.

 

We challenge our cycles, rise above our former selves, and offer a genuinely compassionate bow to who we were when we could do nothing but survive.

 

We come to the lands beyond right and wrong, and stop being enslaved by our judgments and comparisons. Here, hurting others is hurting ourselves, since nothing is good or bad.

 

We hurt others—it is inevitable—because we do not think some things are important, and they do, and vice versa.

So, we can be wrong. In fact, we will be wrong; here is our prophecy.

Yes, here we can make mistakes; the only thing we cannot do is run away from them.

 

We will meet here, in the lands beyond, where mirrors are shattered by law because those who arrive here know how to look inward.

We will meet here, in the lands beyond, where wisdom is simply mistakes seen from the other side, and where interdependence and repair are the natural flow of life.

 

We just need infinite courage for the murmur of our mind to quiet and to return to its original state, if only for a second.

 

Empathy will help us reach the gateless gate.

 

Accountability will help us cross it.

 

We leave the mask of the I at the threshold, before the door disappears behind us.

The I was not necessary. There was no need to protect it, see?

 

Let’s go to the lands beyond right and wrong.

We won't waste our time.

If you feel like you are about to fall off a cliff, dare: you will return to who you truly are.

 

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