Good vs Evil

“Evil exists because people believe in it”

-Stevie Hogendoorn-

Good and evil. Often a theme within religious and spiritual movements.

Evil is often compared with: Darkness, demons and the Devil. Natural disasters and wars are also frequently linked to evil. But is blaming evil not just a way to make the unthinkable acceptable to our rational thinking ?

In most religious forms it’s simple: All good comes from God and all evil from Satan. First of all that’s hard to swallow for me because I don’t believe in the Devil. I’ll admit. As a child and even when hitting puberty I used to ask myself: If there is a God why doesn’t he take action in wars and create peace. I think we’re actually forced to think in good and evil. Think about it. Look back at your life. How often didn’t you think that something has been done to

(of course unjustified) you at the points in life where things didn’t work out as well as you planned it ? At that point you’ve manifested evil and truly believe something has been done to you. I’ve been on that road. But what I’ve noticed is that if you believe in evil it will keep on manifesting.

But what if you would take responsibility in life ? And look at ‘evil’ as a lesson to help you in your personal progress. Wouldn’t that contribute in self love and love for the other ? As long as there is a collective consciousness in which the largest part of the world keeps on feeding the black wolf, the things we call evil remains a true belief. Believing in evil is something our big leaders would prefer. The more afraid you are the more you live in fear so power over people remains to those who can sow the most fear. I sometimes get frowns thrown at me because I don’t read any newspapers and don’t know anything about politics…So now you know why. I believe the media plays a big part in the spreading of ‘evil’ and indoctrinate the people.

Evil does not come from above nor below us. You don’t get punished in life by a higher law. We do it to ourselves or the other does it to you. We’re sensitive to negativity and are very critical toward ourselves.  We’re taught from an early age to measure ourselves to others. We’re being told how we should look, what we should eat and I can go on…I can make a list of expectations of how we should serve or function in society. People who go their own way are misunderstood and become an outcast.

You can make choices as a human being without getting the desired result. We can learn through experience how we don’t want it to be. Unfortunately we can also have traumatic experiences. But remember, we also have the gift besides all the shit we’ll come across we are not doomed to maintain this our whole life. We are capable of change and go through life in a state of strength and power. What I’m trying to say is: Nothing is done to us, we’re the once who keep on running the same circle.

Do you believe in evil or that bad things are done to you ? Then you’ll be right because on a subconscious level you will always look for a negative confirmation. But if you expect there’s only ‘good’ you will discover that everything has a positive and loving intention to help you grow as a human being and empower your awareness…

The 'Now' expiriment

Mr. Tolle wrote a book about it and I still haven’t read it. “The Power of Now”.

That gives me the privilege to write my own thoughts and theories about this theme.

So if there are similarities with mr. Tolle we probably agree on the subject.

Just live in the ‘now’ is easier said than done. Ask a random person on the street who claims to live in the ‘now’ how he or she does that and you’ll probably get a vague answer. Maybe also from me but hopefully vague enough to think about it anyway. So the obvious question:

What exactly is living in the ‘now’ ?

In short I would say: Don’t occupy yourself with tomorrow and don’t carry your past into the present. But it isn't as simple as it sounds. Because today our mind is thinking about tomorrow and tomorrow today will be yesterday…Haha As long as I understand it myself. I have discovered within myself there’s always an aspect that occupies itself with the future and that aspect can get really frustrated by not being able and not knowing what the future has in store. Also when it cannot calculate or influence the near future. This is an extra handicap for people who always have a hard time making decisions especially when the source is a certain emotion. And with the mind set on tomorrow (or a little further in the future) can be killing but apparently we are in need of it psychologically. Probably for reassurance. We are capable of writing scenarios based on agenda’s but on an emotional level ?

It appears to be a combination of keeping control and fear of the unknown. And especially about not accepting that you just can’t or don’t know. Did you ever ended a relationship ? Or a marriage ? Suddenly lose your job ? The cause of it is easy to tell (I assume). But what about the consequences ? How about tomorrow, the next day after that or next week ? Without a doubt there are workshops or educations about this matter but I will try to save you some money. Simply challenging you to an experiment. And in all honesty : Without guaranties.

Try for at least a week or if it goes well two to NOT occupy yourself with tomorrow or any other days that are in the near future. If there’s a thought about the future: recognize it and then put it away. Curious if you carry any prohibitive convictions with you ? Write them all down. Because they all come from the same place anyway (=mind) and mean nothing if you consider letting go of thoughts about your future.

Many of the thinks you create in your mind is born from an emotional condition and in my vision basically an illusion. You just don’t know ! The acceptance of the illusion and the not knowing will create a lot of free space on your internal hard disk. There’s nothing wrong with fantasizing about your future as long as you know it’s a fantasy….

A question I do have is: What if you want to live in the ‘now’, what shall we do with the past ? Future decisions are mainly based on past events. Would we then also need to block the past from my experiment ? Or just the associations with the past that might block the future ?  Will this be an issue if you don’t occupy yourself with tomorrow ? I’m very curious about that one…  

Struggle to survive ?

Is a struggle slowing us down, or is its intention to make us students of life ?

People often blame the past or people in our surroundings for the stagnation in the present. Even letting it flow into our figments of tomorrow. Some playing the role of a victim while

others choose to stick their head in the sand and pray for a miracle. In both cases they’re

doing nothing but staying in captivity. Not realizing that if they don’t paddle they won’t reach the shore and stay lost at sea. Being aware of a struggle is great but as long as they’re being passive the struggle will not go magically go away. Not even with a rocket launcher.

In my opinion we should try to understand why we’re holding ourselves back from moving forward. Truly analyze where the beginning lies, what motivation lies underneath it. But mostly what to do about it to lift the veil and influence the outcome in the near future. Nothing will happen  for the people who complain while their ass is glued to their chair. The world doesn’t come to them they should get up and start to walk. Unless they can find peace to  sentence themselves for life. Due to stubbornness or do I dare call it laziness ? I just worry because the world is bitter, battered and bruised enough. The focus is already too much on egotistic tendencies. A lot of people convinced they have to fight the battles themselves while the brilliance lie in asking for help. A big part of this worlds’ population like to help other people in many ways and feel good about it. But how come many of us don’t ask for it when needed ?

Since many people are too proud to ask lets always try to offer them the help. Nine out of ten times it’s appreciated. Because eventually they’ll need a listening ear even if it means nodding your head up and down and just showing some understanding and empathy. I found that it’s a true luxury to involve a friend where you feel at ease and takes you seriously.

The mind can drive you crazy and a friend can help you sort it out or offer a different perspective to continue their journey…