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Innocence
Freedom from sin or guilt in general; the state of
being untouched by evil; moral purity. Freedom from specific guilt; the fact of not being guilty of a charge; guiltlessness. Freedom from
cunning or artifice; guilelessness, artlessness, simplicity, lack of suspicion; lack of knowledge or sense, An innocent person or thing.
Harmlessness, innocuousness.
Oxford Dictionary
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Innocence is the state usually attributed to
the newborn baby or very young before they are corrupted by the ways of the ‘real’ world and by the evil in it. Unfortunately this
belief (known as ‘tabula rasa’) has more than a few holes in it. It completely ignores the easily observable fact that humans, together
with all other sentient beings are born with the instincts of fear, aggression, nurture and desire.
Religious belief equates this
biologically-imbued heritage to being born in sin or in Maya, as it is called in the Eastern mysticism. ‘A bummer of a birthmark’ as
Far-Side fans will recognize.
Instead of repenting for one’s ‘sins’ in
perpetual guilt for feeling or being aggressive or escaping the never-ending cycle of suffering by the delusion of becoming enlightened,
which are the only ‘solutions’ to date, there is now a simple and effective way out.
To be intrepid enough to rid oneself of the survival instincts
of fear and aggression such that one becomes happy and harmless, free of malice and sorrow. Then, and only then, will innocence be an actual
fact in a human being, rather than remaining an unrealistic unliveable ideal or a passionate imaginary delusion.
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As is evident from the PCE, the only way to evince
genuine peace and harmony with one’s fellow human beings is to have no ‘self’ – no ‘me’ who can feel offended, or who feels the
need to fight with others. To become innocent, actually free of all feelings of malice and sorrow, is the key to both finding personal peace
and happiness and to be able to live in peace and harmony with one’s fellow human beings. Actual innocence lies beyond
‘self’-immolation. Given that the very nature of the actual universe is both pure and perfect, these same qualities are then
automatically and spontaneously the qualities of one who lives in Actual Freedom.
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