Where does corruption come from?

[Maxmars]

Intent pushes me towards vengeance. It's not the source.

I would presume that implies that you are the source.

But intent is the object of your action... your deliberation.

The thing that sparks action... the heart often has something to say about that, no?

[sahgwa]

Sorry comms channel broke down there.

Forgiveness for self and others. Are some lights bad, or is it all a reflection?

Everything has an opposite. 
Evil has a purpose in the physical realm. 
Without suffering we have stagnation.

[Maxmars]

I absolutely love this.   Seriously, I want to put it to music, perhaps as a rap.

I think that corruption begins with well-intentioned people who form as a group, and then come to believe that whatever they collectively think is best for everyone.   I think it is unfortunately a short step from there to believing that their collective view should be imposed on everyone, even if by legislation or force.   I have said for a long time that you cannot legislate innovation, but you can create such a noxious atmosphere that innovation is forced.   Obviously, that is not the way in which society, civilization or governments should evolve.    Only through voluntary cooperation can true progress evolve.   IMVHO <3

Most kind.

I have a killer idea for a battle rap piece against a pro-illuminati foe... 
But I'm still working on both parts.  It's all a fantasy...  
(Like I can make it anything other than mediocre.)

People cloister.
They stop listening outside the group.
The they gravitate somehow to the idea that
everybody outside the group is "other."
Or worse, everybody outside the group
thinks the group is the "other."

Ambition, pride... yeah... it all get's amplified.
Fear, envy, glowing red hot,
forging refuge in lust, gluttony, hedonism...

The problem is in the cloister's "pretense."
A polite indicator of "intent."
It most usually is.

[sahgwa]

All corruption starts with intent, it's the first variable.

Sometimes time, just time, can cause corruption.

[MonkMode]

This song epitomizes a corrupted heart.




The picture for the video appropriately looks like a heart that has been viciously assaulted by a ball and chain.

[Sirius]

Most kind.

I have a killer idea for a battle rap piece against a pro-illuminati foe... 
But I'm still working on both parts.  It's all a fantasy...  
(Like I can make it anything other than mediocre.)

People cloister.
They stop listening outside the group.
The they gravitate somehow to the idea that
everybody outside the group is "other."
Or worse, everybody outside the group
thinks the group is the "other."

Ambition, pride... yeah... it all get's amplified.
Fear, envy, glowing red hot,
forging refuge in lust, gluttony, hedonism...

The problem is in the cloister's "pretense."
A polite indicator of "intent."
It most usually is.

You managed to make me laugh and give me nightmares at the same time.  That's pretty good writing.

[Maxmars]

Sometimes time, just time, can cause corruption.

But corruption can become a matter of perspective, isn't it?
It manifest in all manner of directions...

I jumped in, perhaps thinking that my idea of corruption is the same as others.

To my mind, the corruption I inferred from the OP's...

"life is the heart's reflection" OR "the heart is life's reflection"

I meant to point out that corruption of purpose is a different thing.

Some might infer that either life, or the heart is a causal agent of the other.

Life is the center of the equation, what it is
or what it isn't, outside the materialistic, is a different matter.

Life looks as one thing - crammed into a three-dimensional construct,
existing in some puddle of time...

But life can mean Human life, it's another thing entirely

Perhaps only a perceptual landscape, (occasionally projected,
very often at least partially hidden.)
It seems some alternate between living life as a task, and as an event. 
In this space, the heart reigns... if allowed.

That "heart" is at the center of this discussion, no?

I may have wandered... surprise!

[sahgwa]

Some might infer that either life, or the heart is a causal agent of the other.

Life is the center of the equation, what it is
or what it isn't, outside the materialistic, is a different matter.

Its a symbiotic self feeding system. 
Heart causes life causes heart.

[Sirius]

Got my answers, thanks @Maxmars and @sahgwa




edit: hmmm interesting, from the heart and love to the center of the universe, forgives, 7 deadly sins, evil and vengeful dragons defeated.

[sahgwa]

Got my answers, thanks @Maxmars and @sahgwa




edit: hmmm interesting, from the heart and love to the center of the universe, forgives, 7 deadly sins, evil and vengeful dragons defeated.

May your heart be lighter than a feather.