The notion of evil
‘Evil is an extreme manifestation of human unconsciousness’
Eckhart Tolle
'Evil’, which is a concept that only has meaning relative
to human understanding and behavior. For instance, a lion killing a rival in
the animal kingdom is accepted as natural and normal. However, in human society
this would be regarded as wrong and therefore evil.
Evil is therefore linked to
human norms, values and accountability, and would emerge in a situation where the
human consciousness has not fully unfolded, been regressed, or lowered to such the point where only
basic drives and instincts remain.
This un-evolved or regressed state of mind would lead
to selfish, aggressive and murderous acts which, in human terms, could
legitimately be categorized as ‘evil’.
What is also true, is that shadow layers of the human unconscious mind do exist and these can contain a host of primitive archetypal forms which are of such a nature and quality that they are able to lower one's consciousness,
resulting in rather unpleasant emotional experiences based on unhappy
memories, human frailties,
doubts and fears.
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