Philosophies That State Good and Bad are the Same
“Some esoteric philosophies state that there is no real difference between good and bad, or even pure and impure thoughts, because energy is just energy. However, if we reason, even a bit, we can conclude that pure and virtuous thoughts are more beneficial than impure thoughts for a number of reasons. Since the actual action is the one done by the mind, corresponding karmic consequences will arise and accrue. It is easy to see how we bring benefit or harm to others based on how we behave in bodily actions and speech under the influence of positive or negative states of mind. In addition, to others who have inner vision, even the appearance of our thoughts, and the energy produced by our thoughts, are colored by the agenda of either uncontaminated or polluted thought impulses. Since impure thought is, by nature, confusion in motivation and arises from previous impure thoughts and distorted states of mind, their product, the unaligned energies, are nearly useless for good nutrition for ...