What is Good and what is Evil?
Evil could be defined as: anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego etc.
Good could be defined as: joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith etc.
This is not correct though. Good and evil are judgments. There is nothing that is universally good or evil. These are judgments placed on emotions, actions, events etc that are based on ones beliefs, emotions and perspectives. Good and Evil are not universal truths. What is evil to one may very well be good to another. Anger is judged as evil. However in some cases anger is good. An example of a good anger would be when one is abused in some manner by another person and that anger creates a desire for change. That desire for change gets the abused person to act in a manner that gets them out of the relationship by expressing their anger towards the other person. The Anger in this case is not evil, it is a motivator. Now the action that is generated from anger, if it comes from a place of fear, could generate a harmful response. However, the anger itself is not evil.
During the Civil War of the United States. Both sides felt they were on the good side and prayed to the same God for help. In every war, battle and argument both sides always feel that they are on the good side. Who has ever labeled themselves as evil. Not a single leader in history has said, "I am evil, follow me". Heck the devil doesn't even do that. Everyone always thinks they are acting in a good way. People's fear is feed by judgments of good and evil either by themselves or by others. Dan Millman said, "Everyone always acts in a way that, given what they knew and felt at that time, they thought was best." When one understands this then one can truly forgive.
Good and Evil are judgments so be careful how they are used.
If you have read my other article "Fear, Not Money, is the Root of all Evil" then you will understand that anger, envy, jealousy etc are all based in fear. Joy, Peace, Hope etc are all based in Love. If you replace Evil with Fear and Good with Love then you have the two wolves of Fear and Love. Which one wins. Which one do you feed?
Beware. Someone else always wants to feed your wolf of fear. Make sure you prevent them from feeding it too.
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