16 July 1997


     RI-908i  'The Ostrich-factor - on facing evil or criminality'


from Ambassador for Mankind


Message # RI-908i for Internet



The reason why many people don't confront evil precisely as it is,
 is because
  they feel they have to - if they recognize it -
    react to it with some kind or shade of evil and have to
    use other irrational attitudes
     like
       breaking their communication with the evil part of the person,
       breaking their affinity for the evil part of the person,
       breaking their understanding of the evil of the person,
       breaking their friendship with the person.


This applies both to decent AND to evil people's
 unwillingness to face evil:

        They feel - knowingly or unknowingly -
         that they can't control themselves
          to keep reacting decently towards evil, when facing it.


This is not surprising, as
 evil ALWAYS contains an INTENTION of the originator
  to make the victim of it, or the observer of it,
   be evil and react evilly in response, with a response like:

        "A criminal does not deserve to be treated decently."
        "I feel like doing the same back to him
          so he himself feels what it is like, when evil is done."
        "He does not deserve any help because he is evil."

In other words:
  When someone is caught in an evil or criminal impulse,
   he does not WANT to be treated decently.
  Basically he does, of course,
   but not while he is acting out an evil or criminal impulse.



This is the morass of
  'human' behavior and 'human' impulses towards evil.

To top it all, in order not to have to face evil,
 people start to MIS-DEFINE
   'decent', 'compassion', 'friendship',
  as
    NOT looking at someone's evil and
    doing as if the evil observed is something different.

"Psychology" is full of this misdefining of evil.



But decency CAN be defined.



In order to avoid one's OWN
 somewhat, or very, irrational reaction to evil or criminality,
   one rather does not look or
   one rather does as if the evil one sees, is something ELSE.

Whole "philosophies" are based on this principle.


Yet the only decent and effective reaction to evil, is
  to DUPLICATE it (examine it, and look at it precisely as it is),
    if necessary with the therapeutic Repetitive Command
       'What reality about the person,
        who is in some way being evil,
        CAN you not duplicate?'

And THAT is decent - extremely decent to do.



'Being mean
  because you consider that the other deserves it',
    is just that:  'Being mean'!

'Wanting to be mean
  because you feel or believe or are convinced
   that another deserves it',
  is just that:  'Wanting to be mean'!

And more:
 It is you EXACTLY doing
  what a person, who acts out of evil, wants you to do.
    HE WANTS you to be mean to him,
    he WANTS of you that you let him be crazy, or take drugs, etc.,
    he WANTS of you that you let him be evil,
    he WANTS of you that you destroy yourself
     by trying to get you to be mean to him.




NEVER, EVER respond to evil with evil.

ALWAYS, ALWAYS respond to evil with decency,
  which is DUPLICATION, LOOKING.


Not looking at evil,
 and
doing as if it does not exist
 or as if it is something else,
   IS evil and
   is a self-destructive act as well.




Koos Nolst Trenite - Ambassador for Mankind

Copyright 1997 by Koos Nolst Trenite


Footnote:

    Definition of Sanity:

        Sanity
         is a state of constantly
          evaluating
             your own behavior, and
             your own intentions,
              and
             the behavior of others, and
             the intentions of others,
           towards survival for all.

    (taken from
       RI-714i 'State of Sanity, Definition of' of 24 Oct 1996
       http://Art-Org.com/ri-bulletins/ri-714i.htm)


Koos Nolst Trenite - Ambassador for Mankind

Copyright 1997 by Koos Nolst Trenite


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References (available at the Library "http://Art-Org.com"):

  (some Bulletins of the 'Understanding Suppression Series' -
   available at http://Art-Org.com/ri-bulletins/usp.htm)

  USP-061 '"It is all a misunderstanding"' of 18 May 1994
  USP-057 'Not admitting failures in handling Suppressive Persons' 15 Apr 94
  USP-055 '"Looking at reality of others is deadly"' of 14 Apr 1994
  USP-054 'Decision to remain insane forever' of 13 Apr 1994

  USP-053 'Fighting to remain insane' of 13 Apr 1994
  USP-052 'He is "not insane"' of 13 Apr 1994
  USP-051 'Fighting any attempts to really help him' of 10 Apr 1994
  USP-048 'Admiration for Suppressive Acts' of 21 Mar 1994

  USP-046 '"Breaking" a Suppressive Person worsens him' of 18 Mar 1994
  USP-044 '"Forced to be evil"' of 17 Mar 1994
  USP-043 'Punishing evil with evil' of 16 Mar 1994
  USP-042 'Living with a Suppressive Person - the mystery' of 16 Mar 1994

  USP-039 '"Understanding hurts too much"' of 23 Feb 1994
  USP-038 '"Rightness" and "beauty" of not looking - Nirwana' of 22 Feb 1994
  USP-037 'WANTING to be suppressed' of 21 Feb 1994
  USP-035 'Destroying all reality of the past' of 10 Feb 1994

  USP-034 'Others must admire his "goodness"' of 6 Feb 1994
  USP-032 '"Accept my pretense of being what I am not"' of 6 Feb 1994
  USP-028 'Tact and diplomacy in "handling" a Suppressive Person' 31 Jan 94
  USP-026 '"Helping" another by hiding his evil' of 28 Jan 1994

  USP-025 'Solving life by denying truth' of 23 Jan 1994
  USP-023 'Beyond suspicion' of 23 Jan 1994
  USP-022 'Morals and Justice used to create non-survival' of 23 Jan 1994
  USP-021 'Enforcing inapplicable rules' of 23 Jan 1994

  USP-018 '"Avoiding" Suppressive Persons completely' of 21 Jan 1994
  USP-017 'Help exposes intentions' of 21 Jan 1994
  USP-016 '"Destruction" lurks around every corner' of 19 Jan 1994
  USP-014 'Seeing evil "equals death"' of 7 Jan 1994

  USP-013 'Blocking your perception of them' of 7 Jan 1994
  USP-012 '"Decent people need no help"' of 6 Jan 1994
  USP-011 'Trust blindly given by the group' of 1 Jan 1994
  USP-010 'Reverse Justice' of 1 Jan 1994

  USP-008 '"Understanding others paralyzes action"' of 1 Jan 1994
  USP-004 'Refusal to find out' of 14 Oct 1993
  USP-003 'Insanity and Psychosis fully understood' of 13 Dec 1996
  USP-001 'No good without understanding evil' of 18 May 1994


  (about helping people)

  RI-592i  'How To Look At People' of 5 June 1996
  RI-734i  'Orienting Children' of 13 Nov 1996
  RI-781BPI 'Raising Children - or Keeping Them Small?' of 16 Jan 1997

  RI-631i  'Definition of "Woman"' of 12 July 1996
  RI-629i  'Definition of "Care"' of 12 July 1996

  RI-801i  '"You can never leave" - The spiritual universe' of 14 Mar 1997
  RI-785i  'On Not Remedying Disagreements - "Not Talking"' of 24 Jan 1997

  RI-602i  'Definition of Power' of 20 June 1996
  RI-705i  'Society Resurgence, Use of Rules' of 9 Oct 1996
  RI-750i  'Crimes are not motivated by money' of 1 Dec 1996


  (about sanity)

  RI-449i  'A Rule For Freedom' of 14 Jan 1996
  RI-714i  'State of Sanity, Definition of' of 24 Oct 1996
  RI-537i  'The Right to Demand Awareness' of 15 Apr 1996


  (about facing evil)

  RI-058Ri 'Fair Game Series - Treatment of Enemies' of 1 Jan 95
  RI-487i  'Dialogue: On Enemies and Hostility' of 20 Feb 1996
  RI-535i  '"An Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend" = INSANE' 10 Apr 96

  RI-010i  'Confronting a Suppressive' of 12 Oct 1994
  RI-444i  'The Practice of "SP-declares"' of 5 Jan 1996


  (about RI-Bulletins)

  RI-380Ri 'Obtaining Truth from the RI-Bulletins' of 1 Nov 1995
  RI-50RQi 'RI-xxxi series Archive - Content and Use' 28 Dec 94
               Revised and Replaced on 6 March 1996

These and other RI-Bulletins can well be obtained here - or

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         http://Art-Org.com/ri-bulletins/

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         ftp://thetics.europa.com/outgoing/adams/RI