This is Why Bad Things Happen

Book 1: The External Universe | Chapter 1.7 | 29 July 2020

Evolution is about conflict.

If an organism faces no external opposition, then its endurance will not summon adaptation. Its growth will stall, and unless it is the cause for another organism's conflict, it will contribute nothing but small crumbs to the evolution of the Universe. It serves a limited purpose. Meanwhile, those that come under threat must cultivate quick means of defence, or they face extermination. Nature learns far more from the latter, assisting the surge of evolution, and therefore the mission of the Universe itself.

Conflict is intentional by design. It is essential for expansion. Within the Universal Energy system, creating conflict is a priority. It will introduce instability only to rebalance itself to progress, an enforced measure to disallow inactivity, moving forward as a matter of survival. One could even argue that the Universe is perpetually initiating a battle against itself. It becomes stronger by finding harmony after rectifying an uncomfortable disruption, learning how to manage this upset, then conjuring a more potent upset, level after level after level, expanding in all areas, unstoppable for infinity.

When we look at the human chronology, environmental conflicts and an urgency to flourish took us from single-celled organisms to bacteria to fish to amphibians to mammals. And now here we are, on the cutting edge of evolution just like everything else you see, having withstood every previous conflict yet facing further conflicts still, continuing to advance. It is an incredible biological timeline but exists in a very miniature scope. This conflict-based behaviour is happening on a universal scale, infinitely, out there forever.

Such a trajectory then begs the question: has a species served its purpose when it no longer provides evolutionary information for the Universe to use in the Great Build? Is that why so many strands of life have gone extinct? Would this mean that utter peace and harmony within the Universe would lead to the end of everything? It's a theory which Janthopoyism takes very seriously.

Thankfully, humans are exciting creatures. If our sole purpose is to learn by living through new experiences and solving unprecedented conflicts, then the end of our civilisation has a long way to go. You may hear murmurings of a different sort, where the prophets of doom cry about the demise of civilisation or where well-meaning gurus of love beam that Earth's spiritual awakening is moments away. Perhaps either is correct, but it's important to note that every generation has wholeheartedly believed that they were part of the end since the dawn of thought. It appears to be a natural ego response to the world, inherently stitched into our biology, yet never coming to fruition quite as dramatically as predicted. But know that if these truly are the last days, then it was nothing but a lucky guess, for every age has guessed the same outcome, for thousands upon thousands upon thousands of years.

Janthopoyism's reluctant yet official stance on apocalyptic matters is that none of us will see such an event, nor will our children or their children's children. Instead, we're only getting started, our momentum speeding up and feeding the Universe more yummy data than we ever have before. Yes, we are special! We are more special and valuable to the Universe than ever before! So why would a system acquiring knowledge through us decide to snuff out our contributions when we are exploding across discoveries in every field, unlike our history has ever seen? Would it not make more sense for the Universe to keep us alive and continuously throw us stranger curveballs to uncover further information, using us to explore new and exhilarating paths of evolution? Janthopoyism's conclusion is obvious.

And this is why bad things happen.

On an individualistic degree, a social degree, a global degree, and a universal degree, good things and bad things must happen all of the time. The perpetual loop of conflict vs reconciliation is a balancing act that fuels the Universal Energy forward. Every outstanding human achievement directly results from this turmoil, a problem that needs fixing, a gap that howls to be satisfied. Even those who reached a plane of pure enlightenment only pursued this for reasons of unfulfillment. And once complete contentment is obtained, the desire to do anything else will fade away. You would not yearn to master new things, and this would mark the end of your internal offerings.

We understand that the world may seem particularly bad now. And this is because it is. It's worse than it has ever been.

However, it is akin to an equation maintaining equilibrium. The bad is racing faster in one direction, but the good is racing just as fast in the other direction. To base your opinion of the world on the negative information others have chosen for you (like "the news") is to do Life a great disservice. Indeed, Life is worse and equally better than it's ever been, because just like the Universe and everything in it, the quality of the conflict is evolving too.

The mass enhancements in our modern lives are easy to appreciate if you are open to their presence. Communication, technology, access to knowledge, international travel... these powerful factors are immeasurably superior now than any other period on record. Human equality and ecological preservation may appear to take a step back now and then, but if you found yourself zapped behind only a few decades ago, you would shake from the general lack of worldly awareness. You would struggle to handle the world in which you found yourself. You would appreciate the mental advancements that we take for granted today. You would want nothing more than to be back in the right here, right now.

And if nothing else, the internet gets markedly slower the further backwards you go and disappears entirely in 1982. Would you honestly be ok with that?

To end, let's digest the following passage from Linda Johnsen as she interprets an excerpt from the Yoga Vasishtha, a major text of Hinduism:

"The most dramatic moment in Lila's journeys through time and space occurs when Sarasvati takes her to see her next incarnation. Due to her immense attachment to her husband, Lila will find and marry him again in her next life—only to see him butchered on the battlefield!
The Yoga Vasishtha describes the scene vividly. An invading army is slaughtering the population. Families are being burnt to death in their houses, women are being raped, little children are being hacked to pieces. Lila recoils in horror. Then Sarasvati turns to her and says, very seriously, 'Lila, can you see that this is also the play of Divine Consciousness?'"

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