Starting Spiritual Practice
Does saying God sees no bad people mean harming others is not wrong?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
Saying there are no bad people in divine eyes does not excuse harm. It asks us to explore why mistakes occur and what remains unknown, beyond anger and dislike. Conduct needing correction must still change.
This perspective recognizes wrongdoing through limited understanding and possible change through learning. Genuine ignorance differs from knowingly doing wrong. Hearing that forgiveness is possible cannot erase the distinction.
I have described guilt as showing some people already suffering inwardly while making mistakes. That concerns particular inner states, not identical feelings in everyone. Learning divine perspective adds compassion, reduces emotional control, and improves conduct without bypassing human fundamentals.
I retold an adopted son’s story: exploring his family and fearing harmful impulses, he felt his adoptive mother’s love and learned restraint because he did not want to hurt her. Childhood care may support willingness to change. This neither condemns origins nor suggests that declarations of love remove accountability for harm.
Teaching children offers another comparison. Scolding ignorance does not necessarily create understanding; teaching gives that chance. With others, ask how to explain beyond anger while recognizing needed correction and not letting emotions continually follow their behavior.