Good, Evil, Free Will and Hero-making

I do not distinguish between the moral and the natural, all is in nature, including morality which is part of nature. The best morality most closely follows nature. This relates to not distinguishing between essence and existence, essence lives within existence.

Good and evil reside within nature, featuring the good of evolution and the evil of devolution. When we are unconscious we are at the mercy of nature, which is shaped in many different directions by evolution from without, even as we are activated by the Will To Godhood from within. Higher consciousness and intelligence allow us to better see and harmonize with upward evolution toward higher species of existence, and eventually to Godhood.

This defines not a limited Godhood but a natural Godhood.

We are “free” to choose between good and evil the more we rise in intelligence and consciousness, and less free to choose the lower we fall in consciousness and intelligence. This is why the world can be seen as a place of Hero-making, with the trials and tribulations of upward evolution, against the forces of devolution, which can be diabolical. This is where the virtues of courage, honor, altruism, etc. come from.

Heroism leads to the evolutionary virtues of the Evolutionary Outward Path, and Saintliness leads to the desire-free bliss of the Soul in the Involutionary Inward Path. This Twofold Path is included in Evolutionary Christianity, and there is and will be Celebration Masses for both Paths.