Definitions:
By Good I mean that which occupies a high state of existence.
By Evil I mean that which occupies a low state of existence.
Notice that 'high' and 'low' are subjective terms and are only really understood through subjective means, i.e. by something being higher or lower than another. This does not mean the very nature of good and evil is subjective and that there is hence no objective system of meta-ethics, for notice that if we prescribed an ultimate state of goodness and an ultimate state of evil we come to our definitions of God and the void.
For God is being highest infinite in attributes, and nothing is state of existence with the lowest possible attribute, and we had previously defined states of existence to simply be a measure of attribute.
We should also come to the epiphany that our path of life should be strive to attain a higher state of existence and to hence transcend from material bonds and ascend to infinite singularity, not confine the mind to form. This is what is 'good', and what is 'evil' is that which would reduce our state of existence, i.e. form a path of intellectual humiliation and that which would subordinate our very being.
To lower our very being is to fall to material desire and form, and fall to a state of mind which only seeks to further its immediate material pleasure forsaking all knowledge and accepting falsehood and ignorance, which is truly evil. The states of arrogance, greed, selfishness and anger shall all destroy our essence and seem counter-productive to the very benefit of thought, to which the mind is a blessing.
Note: Even thought the existence of God has not been proven it is easy to criticize his being by stating that highest infinite singularity would contain evil. But our definition of evil must vary between ethics and meta-ethics, perhaps more appropriate would be that which lowers the state of existence and the definitions must be used in its suitable context. In this case, it is an elementary idea that God would contain 'evil' but the very question is of whether God himself is evil. For him to be he must devalue his very existence by lowering its state which from the very definition is impossible for the singularity and form bond to make a unified existence where one cannot exist independently without the other.
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