Hekate Walking This Earth

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Justice isnā€™t always what people want though, really they want mercy and handouts from the more powerful; at least Christianity actually recognises this with the formal concept of grace.

And ancient religions that were more like magick (ā€œPlease help me with my problems, and Iā€™ll give you an offering when you haveā€) also recognised that without the obligation factor, or the whole ā€œI require your endless devotionā€ part, of course.

If justice is the act of protecting oneā€™s natural rights to the full expression of life, is justice there in the actions of the strong upon the weak? Who are the weak to demand strength they donā€™t possess be leveraged for their benefit? And why do we exercise that only in some situations: to save a child from being eaten, but not a lamb? Until you know where you stand on these, people and spirits can fuck with you (I donā€™t mean you personally @Edith_Guzman, just in general).

I described my working model of values here, I donā€™t have answers to what anyone else should believe but I think that the language used can sometimes be its own trap, and thatā€™s my area of interestā€¦ :thinking:

But everything wants mercy and help when the consequences of its actions are not whatā€™s expected, whether itā€™s a fly that fell in a glass of fruit juice and is struggling not to drown, or much bigger things. Everything reaches out for aid, or accepts it when given.

Bit of a diversion but something Iā€™ve seen over and over again, close enough to being a universal law in its own right in fact. :laughing:

True dat! :+1:

Goddess Hera, the Mother of Heaven, appeared to me saying she wished to do just that, in part because of all the evils (trafficking, exploitation, and blackmail, to name just a few) that it brings in its wake, that I mentioned in PM. :+1:

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