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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.
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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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Freedom from the Human Condition – Happy and Harmless
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