if sinning is where parts violate the whole that they're part of there's an inverse error (let's call it nissing) where a whole violates its parts in a way that undermines its health eg autoimmune disorders, exploiting workers/citizens, abusive relationships
"Nissing": when a whole violates the parts that compose it
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it's hard to point at nissing, in a way, because it's hard to point at what the "whole" is doing, since in most cases you can say "well isn't it the other parts that are doing that?" if the king abuses his subjects, is the whole doing so? what exactly is? monarchy-culture?
and I don't want to say that it's "justified" to sin against a whole that is nissing against you but it's sure understandable! and I think, in practice, inevitable to some degree. eg a group that will mock your desires isn't one to be honest to.
humans, unlike cells in a body getting attacked by an autoimmune disorder, can physically leave a group, on various scales
some scales of this have been blocked for most of the history of civilization, as part of how civilization has maintained its power but a lot is opening up, which is changing culture
huh, this shift into globalism & pluralism creating space for people to move around is actually recreating an element of the context that enabled preconquest cultures to be so wholesome
coercion is impossible to the degree people feel free to just leave
sinning, even against a social order that doesn't respect you, corrupts the mind/soul, and makes you less whole
thus in general, even if a whole is nissing against you, you will be saner if you leave than if you sin back
if you want to help the others who are living in corrupt wholes, make ways for them to leave as well! whether underground railroad or worldview-offramps
a good heuristic for healing wholes that can't separate, which fundamentally is "individuals" and "everyone" (all things in between less-so)