Phil wrote:I was thinking this was a sort of response to "employing the dark side". In that context, the creator of that discussion wants to present techniques and practises of using what he calls "dark side", somehow removing the "morality".
My belief is that the desciptor dark (or light) attached to a action implies deception and/or selfishness (if there is a difference)...which to me makes everything he describes as morality based as anything I tried to say...which was mainly: as creatures that live off of light and thrive with community, any employment of the "dark side" I have experienced has turned out if not completely self-defeating and/or self destructive, at least ends up not as intended.
I am trying hard not to imply "morality" there, just because something turns out other than expected/intended does not make it "bad". I just find that the results of my actions more often and practically/tangibly shape the reality I want to see when I stay in the light, truth.
Those that prefer the darkness, deception may make it interesting sometimes, but I find enough interest in my reality--so with those beings like me, who I feel should know better, who choose dark tactics or intentions or paths...I try to expose to the light. That's my "employment" of that "side".
But can you remove morality? Is it something that can ever be tangibly removed?
I'm not so sure.
I'm not convinced that morality in any form can be.
For example: can you remove the instinct to breath? Or blinking? Or knowing your name? I am not suggesting situations in cases where a brain injury or physical malady occurs. I'm saying, say, in the case of a transgendered person. Once the transition begins, once the transition is complete, once the transition has been completed and the individual has lived for 10, 20, 30 years as the other gender with another name, they still remember their original name.
Ingressum instruas, progressum dirigas, egressum compleas.