In the earthly humanity of today, the cultural focus of the good tends to converge on compassion. Meanwhile, it is easy to confuse commiseration with a false sense of empathy, justifying the malevolent attitudes of others as well-intentioned.

Righteous indignation, on the other hand, when the ire of the good erupts in defense of vulnerable people or sacred causes, is largely forgotten and commonly demonized, with any manifestation of aggressiveness being understood as emotional imbalance, aggression or violence.

By contrast, one must not neglect the horror at evil: the repudiation, even if calm, of any action that harms individuals and communities, at the same time as it is essential, in return, to identify with the spirit of solidarity and the commitment to the practice of the common good, starting with the service that reaches a few creatures, loved ones or not.

Carefully observe where your heart is tuning into. Be sure: the best expressions of kindness, wisdom and justice do not always take the contours of your expectations, much less what conventions define as morally most defensible.

Broaden your temporal horizon, adopt a broader historical perspective, and you will notice how notions of right and wrong absorb the nuances of a time and place, changing drastically from one century to another, from one people to another.

Detach yourself, as much as possible, from the conditioning to which you have been subjected, so that you can effectively intuit and evaluate, with greater clarity, what your conscience, your most acute discernment, points out as the best, your duty, which ultimately constitutes your purpose in your current physical existence and in the circumstances of life in which you now find yourself.

Benjamin Teixeira de Aguiar (medium)
Eugênia-Aspásia (Spirit)
in the Name of Mary Christ
King George, Virginia, USA
September 7, 2023