As we end this chapter there is one vital point that appears contradictory
and needs clarification. If the knowledge that man’s will is not free is
supposed to prevent that for which blame and punishment were previously
necessary, and if a person who saw his child deliberately kidnapped and
killed would be compelled to desire revenge as a normal reaction in the
direction of satisfaction, how can this knowledge prevent some form of
retaliation? Just because you have learned that man’s will is not free is not
a sufficient explanation as to why you should not want to avenge this
child’s murder by tracking down the criminal and cutting his heart out with
a knife, so once again we must understand what God means when He
mathematically instructs us not to blame. When the knowledge in this book
is released and understood, every person as always will be standing on this
moment of time or life called here, so to speak, and preparing to move to
the next spot called there.
As the principles set forth in this book become a
permanent part of the environment (more will be explained in the economic
chapter) you will know that the person who kidnapped and killed your child
or committed some other form of hurt which occurred prior to the release of
this knowledge – regardless of how much you hate and despise what was
done – will never blame in any way your desire for retribution, which
means that he will never run and hide to avoid your act of revenge because
this is a form of tacit blame; and when it fully dawns on you that he will
never make any effort to fight back no matter what you do to him, never lift
a hand to stop whatever you desire to do, it becomes impossible for you to
derive any satisfaction from this act of retaliation especially when you know
that he will never again be permitted by his conscience – because of the
realization that he will not be blamed – to do to another what was originally
done to you and your family. As a result, the chain of retaliation will be
broken which will prevent any further criminal behavior.
Time and time again a person desiring personal revenge has been able to
experience a certain amount of control over his desire, but never to the
degree that will permit this Great Transition to get underway – with the help
of our slide rule. When he fully realizes that the perpetrator whom he
wishes to hurt in return will never desire to retaliate with further hurt, or
desire to commit another crime to anyone anywhere, he is compelled to lose
his desire for revenge because it is impossible to derive any satisfaction
from the advance knowledge that he will be excused by the entire world.
The full realization that he can no longer justify this act of personal revenge
because no one will consider it wrong or tell him what to do (remember, no
longer will anyone judge what is right for another); that he will be able to
do what he wishes to this person without any form of justification because
he knows in advance that he will not be blamed and that everyone,
including the one to be retaliated upon, will be compelled of their own free
will to completely excuse what is definitely not his responsibility –
ALTHOUGH HE KNOWS IT WOULD BE HIS RESPONSIBILITY –
makes him desire to forgo what he knows he doesn’t have to do.
He knows
he is not under any compulsion to do what has not yet been done and when
he becomes aware that no one henceforth will judge his actions, that he is
completely free from the trammels of public opinion to do, without the
slightest fear of criticism, whatever he thinks is better for himself, that he
will not even be punished by the laws that were created for this purpose, it
becomes mathematically impossible for him to desire hurting this other
person under these conditions regardless of what was originally done to
him. It would be equivalent to deriving satisfaction from continuing to beat
up an individual who, though fully able to fight back, refuses to lift a hand
in his own defense. This allows the Great Transition to get underway, as
you will see in greater detail as we proceed, without any fear of harm. Let
us observe why the perpetrator can no longer continue his crime spree under
the changed conditions.