know evil
We cannot escape it, for it is present even in our loved ones.
And, you guessed it;
In ourselves.
It can enter if we leave but one door open. One area, where we allow ourselves the luxury of being in the dark and- BOOM!
For Christ’s sake;
Know what you’re dealing with.
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I’m not too big on organized religion, but I’ll give them one thing;
At least they know what they’re dealing with.
There is a concept of Evil, something which has been dangerously missing from most spiritual lineages which emphasize union, light and love.
And I get it; If for 2000 years the most sordid crimes and systemic oppression has taken place in the name of the Lord, you’re not exactly keen on taking Christian ideas on board on the nature of good and evil.
In particular not when they can be linked directly to keeping the rich rich, the poor poor, and to keeping everyone not a white male the furthest away from power as patriarchy allows.
Which seems to have unlimited give, in that area.
But just because evil preaches about evil, and uses fear of it for its own gain, that does not mean evil itself does not exist. Nor that evil was ever limited to the people who had so effectively weaponized it.
Quit the opposite.
We must see human history as proof, that evil exists.
The least we can do is learn from history, even if it is just in its most generally-agreed-upon interpretation.
Looking back, and with an endgame against evil sorely missing, it should come as no surprise evil was allowed to endure, in the words of Lord of the Rings.
Perhaps because someone always takes the ring of power before it can be cast into the fires of Mount Doom;
Or perhaps because unlike in folklore, evil cannot be destroyed.
Whatever the reason, now is the time to look around you, or look into history and to judge for yourself;
Do you think Evil was present, during * fill in any catastrophic violation of human rights * ?
If the answer is Yes, then this means this Evil is still present today.
And it is your job to recognize it, and take the surprise out of it!
Whatever happens on a world stage or whatever happens to you personally, you have already won half the battle if you expected it, because you have done your share of the cognitive reasoning.
It’s like when the dark planet Pluto was discovered in the 20th century;
They had known for ages this planet was there because they had suspected it since 1846 and they had calculated it since 1903, when Pluto was called Planet X.
An active search began, and in 1930 they found it, and called it Pluto.
I want you to be as unsurprised when encountering evil, as astronomers were discovering Pluto.
You are like an astronomer whom looking at known data, either suspects or knows for a fact, that planet X exists.
You do not have to go looking for it, but study whatever important historic facts you think are relevant here, and trust your conclusions on the subject.
And if you conclude Evil exists, then you should ingrain that knowledge deeply.
And think about what your strategy is, preferably before Evil comes knocking at your door. But definitely before you dip even one toe into the battlefield.
You should not be treading that lightly, thinking it will not be so bad.
Not unless you believe every oppressed group in history also had their negative thought patterns to blame for their demise.
In my opinion “just” love and acceptance, is not going to cut it.
Which does not mean that you cannot choose that!
Love and acceptance can still be all the armor you will bring, but like Gandhi, it should be a conscious choice.
If you choose to turn the other cheek, because you have thought it through and these are the principles you live by.
But don’t let it be because you underestimate what you’re up against.
Okay.
So Evil in the modern age?
Do we have a concept of what to look for?
Where to look, where it resides/ its lair, and do we know what its weapons are?
I am by no means an expert, but I have a few pointers which might be useful to get you started and create your own perspective.
Evil is the absence of awareness and/ or consent is being bypassed
and/or the blocking of real connection
And another pointer is that evil comes with a resistance to bring this awareness, to bring light (a conscious decision or reflection) into its darkness.
Evil is darkness that comes with protection towards light.
You can recognize this protection by a quickening in the conversation, a skipping of steps, or (most commonly) a discussion or education about a certain topic starting past/after the point where the foundational decision has been made.
Think of it as the toothbrush trick for children, but now for adults.
“Do you want to use the blue toothbrush or the red?”
And us not noticing the decision to brush our teeth has been taken from us.
Whether this is evil depends on the response when being called out. This goes for systems as well as people.
If their response is irritation, pushback, and denial about their attack on our sovereignty;
Then their behavior is evil.
If they accept being called out, and acknowledge you caught them or are genuinely interested in where they missed the mark;
If they apologize and feel remorse, then no harm was intended.
But beware of the speed of this process!
If it’s too quick and they try to brush over the situation, then they are still evil because they are blocking real connection.
Which is the absolute hallmark of evil!
Anyone placing something in between you and them (f.e. a religious conviction, a judgement about you, a problem you need to solve for them, or a political color) is evil, because they are blocking you from knowing them and are forcing you to deal with their shield.
Maybe it is not that “they” are evil, but their behavior is, and you should be weary all the same.
As part of your defensive arsenal in general, I do recommend having a few of those distracting topics handy for your own protection.
Collect a few viewpoints which will repel people, preferably viewpoints that are authentically yours, but I would be liberal here.
And select on effectiveness over authenticity.
Know what to say, to create distance between you and someone violating your space.
Unless you go for the all love and peace option, but I don’t expect that will be too many of us.
Naturally, the areas people are unwilling to discuss also offer opportunities to weaponize their darkness against them.
Again, this is up for your conscious decision making if you want to go that way.
Remember that there is no awareness in evil.
It is not the act but the very absence of awareness that makes it evil, or that gives evil a doorway to come in. If you believe in dark entities then it is generally believed they hook on into the dark spots. That the more dark spots you have in your awareness, the more things you do not want to talk about, brush over, or are ashamed of, the easier it is for dark forces to latch on, which can be detrimental to you but also to those around you.
Evil entities who are not strong enough to reach people around you directly, can then hurt them through you.
This is when you hear words coming out of your mouth, wondering where the hell they came from!
Whether you believe in these unseen forces or not, the general gist of this first pointer (awareness/consent/blocking connection), and in all probability also of the second piece below, which I will write next, is;
Stay strong. Stay present. Stay aware.
Really show up in full connection with whomever you come in touch with.
And be prepared.
Okay second piece.
This, like the first part, is assembled from several singular points I had noted down. Hopefully being able to combine them into one fluent story.
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Evil is when fear is brought to the table, when it is unclear who is responsible, when shame is involved
Fear.
Nothing good can come of it.
I know it is very popular to say things like fear being natural, and a protective device, but those opinions are not mine.
And if you can see me going down that road, please push this blogpost 9 November 2024, under my nose! Because I need to read my own words.
So why do I hold fear in such a low regard?
Because first of all you do not think clearly, when you are in fear. So by definition you are incapable of making a rational decision, because your mental capacity has been highjacked by this emotion.
And I will leave it to the experts in neuro psychology to come up with a scientific explanation, but I think I understand the gist of it, and that this claim is correct.
You’re not thinking clearly.
Stop.
Calm down.
And do not do anything until you have mastered your fear.
The second reason you should not do anything when you are in fear, is that your intention, your mindset, your manifestation abilities if you believe in those, are setup wrongly!
Because you’re holding this thing you’re fearful of, and that you’re trying to avoid or move away from, in your mind’s eye when you are making your move in this state. Which will always have detrimental effects.
You must move, decide towards, and act, on what you DO want.
Not panic out of fear.
But the third reason, and most relevant to the topic at hand, is that fear makes you manipulatable.
All anyone, including evil, needs to do is to touch on your fear, and you’ll vote/buy/do anything to prevent your worst fears from coming true.
The person who is selling you something or informing you on something should never be the same person as the one telling you fearful things.
Because
a. they have a direct interest in you being fearful, because then you buy.
Ask yourself, if this person had not first touched on my fear, would I have bought?
And
b. because fear has cut back your brain power to make a well-informed decision.
So the person who informed you, should never be the one benefiting from your (hopefully temporary) weak position here.
If you want, come back when you’ve done your research and compared other opinions and options.
So someone who FIRST triggers your fear, or even creates an entirely new fear, only to then offer the solution, is evil.
Then the second thing I mentioned;
Fear is when no one is responsible.
Get your red flags out!
This can be a war type of situation where whole areas go without proper rule and the right of the strongest prevails.
But it’s usually a lot more subtle than that.
It is every promise, deal or rejection, that is not made in written form;
It is every situation without someone in charge.
It is everything that is implied but not said out loud.
Is it always evil?
Fortunately no.
If you ask:
“Who’s in charge?”
“What do you mean?”
or
“Will I receive that in writing?”
And someone cooperates, then it has stopped being evil. Whether from having been called out or because it was always all very openly discussed, does not really matter.
But making people take responsibility for what they say, want and need, should definitely become second nature to you.
Don’t give the devil free rides.
And then, finally, to close this blogpost with;
Things are evil when shame is involved.
Intimately connected to the concept of Fear, but definitely the better paralyzer of the two, we have the concept of Shame.
The reason it’s related is because Shame is fear of social exclusion.
The reason Shame is even more effective than Fear, in destabilizing and manipulating people and selling them absolutely on everything you want them to believe, buy or do, is because that fear of social exclusion, is our primal fear.
It’s even a bigger fear than our own physical death, because we know we will all die some day anyway, and the best thing we can hope for is to die surrounded by loved ones.
Exactly what social exclusion prevents.
Shame is fear of dying alone, weaponized.
If someone or something makes you feel ashamed about yourself that thing has got its fangs and claws into you so deeply, you will need Lion Courage to release yourself!
But do it!
I am handing you Lion Courage, Rock Star Courage RIGHT NOW!
YOU CAN DO IT!
Sit with it, let it wash over you, every situation where you feel, as they say that nowadays “cringe”.
Whether it is Shame or its little brother Cringe, take that Lion Courage and bring all of your awareness to it.
Because those are not just doorways where evil can come in, it’s more like the whole backwall of the castle missing.
And now, we are at the end of the blogpost.
It has become so much longer than I intended, and also far more serious.
And still I know I will go about the rest of my day thinking “Oh I forgot this one.” or “I should have said that”
Which brings me to the final characteristic of Evil.
It is the illusion of undoing.
Evil, is Live spelled backwards. It is the undoing of creation, it is destruction in all its aspects including undoing your own writing.
Or altering it.
If we want to become messengers of the light, we must allow the light to work through us. Our human ego must step back and we must let God, or Good, take the wheel.
Just like Evil uses our blindspots to enter, God, or Good, uses where our awareness is.
The best way to fight evil is to amp up on your awareness to its maximum potential, and to stay away from everything that lowers your consciousness.
Let awareness become your coin, your wealth, your riches.
Your awareness is your light which is not just your protection from evil, but the way you can bring good into this world.
I know it’s not exactly a reputable source, but I think a meme I encountered last week sums it up!
You do not arrive in the New World.
The New World, arrives through you.
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It is possible the above story has already given you an outline of what you want to discuss.
If you think you would benefit from a broader approach, my suggestion will be to sort your story into:
1. the earthly plane
Your possessions, worldly matters, income streams, worries and responsibilities you fear you can’t meet.
A helpful term could be how do things look from the perspective of financial freedom, or worldly freedom.
2. your purpose
What is the work you love doing, what are the moments big or small, that you know you are aligned. Has God told you, what you’re here for?
This is about creative freedom, or even karmic freedom.
Are you free to do the work, that is yours?
3. your Rock Star expansion
What is the fullest expression you are here to bring?
And what are the areas you’re playing small, as if cut off from your powers?
We investigate if in those areas, the rules you play by are yours, or society’s.
“3” is related to sexual freedom.
Like anything, it is up to you if that is part of our conversation or not.
Because all three points are just a suggestion, they offer a good framework providing one hour for every topic, to go deeper looking for answers.
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