We Are All at Different Points

In a National Geographic documentary filmed in Chihuahua, Mexico, where I grew up, a cartel hitman was asked if he thought killing was wrong. His response was striking: "No. It's my job. It pays well, and I have to feed my family. Besides, the people I kill are involved in this business." Where most would recoil at taking human life, this man saw it as justified, even righteous, through his particular lens of survival and duty.

That’s because each perspective flows from different levels of moral understanding, shaped by different circumstances. Right and wrong evolve with our consciousness.

"But surely there are universal rights and wrongs that never change!" One might argue. Yes, but this objection misunderstands the point. The Yogis do not say moral truths don't exist. They say that our ability to perceive and understand those truths depends on our level of development. It's similar to how a child gradually comes to understand mathematical truths that were always true but weren't yet visible to their developing mind.