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10.2
The greatest evil-deliberate self ignorance
 
  As we have discussed, there are a great many actions that human beings have traditionally classed as evil. Yet one stands out as the greatest of all. It is the evil that the most advanced sages and holy men have considered- the greatest evil is deliberate self ignorance.  
10.2.1 Sometimes we don't want to know  
  To most people, life proves very early on that there are things we simply don't want to know.  
  The daily ritual of flick-passing windows faced envelopes, or looking away from sickly looking people on the street are two constant examples. Life shows us that to be too aware sometimes is suppose to be too painful, too much pressure- so we plead ignorance.  
  That we monitor the truth, bending it, molding it to the circumstance at the time- the "white lie" concept that it is better to tell a white lie than the truth that may hurt. And withholding information or delivering it in a vague ambiguous way is the easiest form of lie and deliberate self ignorance.  
10.2.2 The sadness inflicted by deliberate self ignorance  
  Selfishness owes a large part of existence to our occasional deliberate self ignorance. To plead ignorance, to be silent sometimes allows us to hope that "bad things" will go away.  
  But bad things look for points of non-resistance, for it offers the best environment for growth of more evil. This has been proven countless times throughout history, from genocide to murder, from Hitler to Rwanda, deliberate ignorance only increases the darkness.  
  It was Thomas Jefferson who once said "freedom is only kept with constant vigilence and action". And so are many of the freedoms we often take for granted.  
  Nowhere is deliberate self ignorance sadder than the deliberate self ignorance of the physical self and the onset of terminal diseases.  
  As we have constantly stressed, the desire for life si the highest goal of ALL. And yet we see the terrible existence of killer viruses and cancers.  
  Within our prime protein-aware self, the desire for life is paramount. That we wish to live is our strongest conscious connection to the goal of UCA and the Universe.  
  Yet at a cellular, and molecular level, we see our bodies unable or not dealing with the threat of deadly viruses and cancerous growth.  
  If we consider the other side of the battle, it is intriguing that the cancer or virus is not aware that its actions shall lead to the death of the host, and self. For if a virus or cancer truly understood the meaning of its actions, and was aligned to UCA then it should choose life instead of death.  
  The main problem in answering and addressing these understandings is when we perpetuate consistent deliberate ignorance. That we refuse to look, that we refuse to accept certain memories, or parts of our self only creates division and allows darkness to grow.  
10.2.3 The deliberate ignorance inflicted by others on us.  
  What we have also seen is the deliberate ignorance that others have and continue to inflict on us.  
  We live in societies with the same misaligned values and models as the earliest civilizations. We have the dark soul- The "I" that constantly seeks to distract us from knowing our self and knowing our potential.  
  Considering all this ignorance, it is a wonder we have come so far. Yet even as we speak, it continues to grow around us until the source- deliberate ignorance suppression, repression is challenged.  
     
     
 
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