The Greatest Purveyor Of Evil In The World Is The Indifference And Apathy Of Good People

I'm going to have to disagree here. To me, it's all about balance.

Be both light and dark but identify with neither.

Because that is the truth.

Without dark, there is no light.

Really? They spoke out against the injustices occurring around them and around the world, and they had the fortitude to walk the walk, instead of just talk the talk. I think you might have written that comment before you had a chance to think about it.

I'm going to have to disagree here. To me, it's all about balance.

Be both light and dark but identify with neither.

Because that is the truth.

Without dark, there is no light.

That depends on your life perspective - if you are resistant to all things of order, and choose to live against the grain on each and every thing you do, then you eliminate the possibility that there may be some goodness in order and civility.

Everyone is different, but we all must find a way to peacefully live together. Trying to relate to someone different or being empathetic goes a long way in that endeavor, but it is also important to remember your individuality, and not allow yourself to be a floor mat for the world.

this is also an idiotic concept. what is so great about light? i want what is beyond the lie of duality.

this is also an idiotic concept. what is so great about light? i want what is beyond the lie of duality.

No one will ever be perfect, and with that in mind, what you have said starts to makes sense. However, accepting the darkness inside of you is surrendering to it, and you cannot have darkness while you have light. It may seem like you have struck a balance, but that balance will not last, because sooner or later, you must choose a master - and you cannot serve two opposite masters.

I'm going to have to disagree here. To me, it's all about balance.

Be both light and dark but identify with neither.

Because that is the truth.

Without dark, there is no light.

Exactly what I said.

Identify with neither.

In order to balance yourself you must embrace the darkness as well as the light as an integral part of you.

You cannot fight it.

I am so tired of this sophmoric New Age idiocy.

"All is equal, light and dark."

Did you EVER think for a moment that dark doesn't play fair? That dark runs with scissors? THAT DARK IS IMBALANCE?

How, exacctly, do balance light and dark, when light IS balance, and dark IS imbalance?

Do you drooling iddiots EVER think for yourselves? Do you EVER look up from your doobie and your stupid platitudes and your fucking daisies in your fucking hair and think about the fact that THE PURPOSE OF GOOD IS TO FIGHT EVIL?

You want to be a zen master? Get the fuck out of here and go live in a monastery. In the real world, you moral fucking coward, you have to choose - light OR dark. Because while you're "embracing opposites," you're blocking light from getting a clear shot at darkness, while darkness is cutting a victim's throat.

GOD DAMN LIBERALS.

Not exactly - your concept of "oneness" is an idea that was conceived to bring peace with all that is around you, to include the darkness. However, accepting the darkness within you and around you is the same indifference and apathy toward evil that I spoke about in the first part of this thread. When you spend your life being indifferent to everything, all you have done is removed yourself from life to bring yourself peace, and in a world filled with indifference, evil prevails. Therefore, you are taking a side even if you think you are not.

Says you.

It will come to you.

Think about it, if you do nothing to stop the evil in the world and you choose instead to accept it, with the empty justification that you also accept the good in life, then you are ignoring the unfair and imbalanced way that evil operates, and evil will win over good. You either stop evil or you do not, and if you do not, it does not matter if you are the perpetrator of evil or the bystander, you are helping the evil.

One day grasshopper, one day.

You're down here.

And I'm waaaaaay up here. You're not going deep enough.

As long as you're paying taxes, you're part of it. Most of the evil we face today could not thrive the way it is if we weren't paying for it.

I am so tired of this sophmoric New Age idiocy.

"All is equal, light and dark."

Did you EVER think for a moment that dark doesn't play fair? That dark runs with scissors? THAT DARK IS IMBALANCE?

How, exacctly, do balance light and dark, when light IS balance, and dark IS imbalance?

Do you drooling iddiots EVER think for yourselves? Do you EVER look up from your doobie and your stupid platitudes and your fucking daisies in your fucking hair and think about the fact that THE PURPOSE OF GOOD IS TO FIGHT EVIL?

You want to be a zen master? Get the fuck out of here and go live in a monastery. In the real world, you moral fucking coward, you have to choose - light OR dark. Because while you're "embracing opposites," you're blocking light from getting a clear shot at darkness, while darkness is cutting a victim's throat.

GOD DAMN LIBERALS.

"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality."
-Dante Alighieri, Inferno

Exactly what I said.

Identify with neither.

In order to balance yourself you must embrace the darkness as well as the light as an integral part of you.

You cannot fight it.

Evil is easy to spot today, of that fact there is no doubt. From the genocide occurring in Syria to the worldwide victims of human trafficking and rape, examples of evil are never short in supply, abundance, and severity. However, this evil does not occur in a vacuum of indicators, causes, and pain - it occurs solely on the grounds that the good people in this world who know it is wrong choose to do nothing about it. It is this lack of concern and utter complacency that has led to the culture of corruption, immorality, violence, and death we see today.

Many will claim that there is nothing that can be done, that the way the world works is beyond their individual or collective ability to affect it. On the surface, this may seem accurate, but it ignores the incredible examples of individuals, lone people in history that have made an amazing and lasting impact on the world. These are people like Mahatma Ghandi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, and countless others who chose to be the change instead of continuing to regret the sadness of reality.

We cannot count on political leaders and those in power to make this happen for us, they are too far gone in their aspirations and ambitions to care about the state of the world, least of all the benefit of others. We must do this, all of us, no matter where you come from, what you do for work, or what your political or religious leanings may be. We can help to bring about real change by our actions, by our own example. You can be an inspiration to others if you want to, and when you can bring hope to someone who would not have had it otherwise, you become a hero.

Some very encouraging words of wisdom here OP.

I used to say the same but unfortunately, experience in this world thought me that evil has a lot of help from much greater power than we think. There are things so absurd, i often wonder if this reality is not just a big cruel joke. The fact that so many of those awful things you mentioned are happening without anyone or anything being able to stop them just prove how powerless we are made to be not just because we want to but because we just can't.

Sometimes a great evil takes a long time to build up which make it unstoppable when it comes full fruition, yet you'd think we'd be able see the signs and prevent such evil from happening but it still happens. There are greater dark forces at work that are hindering the good forces. This is why you get the duality knee-jerk response.

Evil is easy to spot today, of that fact there is no doubt. From the genocide occurring in Syria to the worldwide victims of human trafficking and rape, examples of evil are never short in supply, abundance, and severity. However, this evil does not occur in a vacuum of indicators, causes, and pain - it occurs solely on the grounds that the good people in this world who know it is wrong choose to do nothing about it. It is this lack of concern and utter complacency that has led to the culture of corruption, immorality, violence, and death we see today.

Many will claim that there is nothing that can be done, that the way the world works is beyond their individual or collective ability to affect it. On the surface, this may seem accurate, but it ignores the incredible examples of individuals, lone people in history that have made an amazing and lasting impact on the world. These are people like Mahatma Ghandi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, and countless others who chose to be the change instead of continuing to regret the sadness of reality.

We cannot count on political leaders and those in power to make this happen for us, they are too far gone in their aspirations and ambitions to care about the state of the world, least of all the benefit of others. We must do this, all of us, no matter where you come from, what you do for work, or what your political or religious leanings may be. We can help to bring about real change by our actions, by our own example. You can be an inspiration to others if you want to, and when you can bring hope to someone who would not have had it otherwise, you become a hero.

MLK = adulterer (not such a good example, imho)

ghandi, apparently also an adulterer and have seen in some places possibly a pedophile ..... plus he gave into paki muslims. not good.