It certainly exists!! And that evil comes from your being, some people channel it in a positive or negative way... but it is in you..!! Everything you do will at some point come back to you... there is no escape!! I read a book or rather an essay in PDF... on how to make that evil turn to your advantage... it was a long time ago..

I agree completely. Even in the context of trauma, it is like evil is being passed from person to person. I tend to think of it as a force, but a very real thing to contend with. It takes effort to push that force away and not be overtaken.

dude u are spot on. thank u for doing the great work in the psychology field.

i do not teach people how to cope but have the moral responsibility to teach & enourage them how to take action.

evil must be combated with sufficient force to stop the evil from continuing. the principle of non-aggression must be balanced with the principle of self-defense. this means committing no violence, and responding with great force when necessary.

let's take obesity for example: that is true suffering - acceptance of evil and indulging in it. to combat obesity one can limit portions or simply start starving oneself by whatever means necessary to stop the cravings.

great post. i may have gotten off the theme slightly, but we need a variety of real examples. we are spirits in the flesh.

I'd say that the individual is responsible for fixing his shortcomings and improving himself. But many times, he is not to take the "blame" for his shortcomings. Nobody is perfect. Responsibility focuses on improvement; blame focuses on denigrating the person.

Isn't the blaming itself a way for the blamer to escape his own responsibility and project his shortcomings onto others?

Rom 7:19-25 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25. I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

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I think this is a really interesting question and I have felt differently about my answer over time. While I do think dark forces are present in this realm, I see them still as part of our reflection. Meaning it is all part of the collective self. Anytime I am blaming anything on anyone outside of myself I feel that I am choosing not to acknowledge my own shadow. I tend to be an idealist that wishes for some kind of utopian peaceful existence for humans. Maybe that isn't possible in this reality. Maybe there will always be "evil". But I like to aim for the target of light and love. And I believe we all have a lot of shadow work to address the darkness that we project into our realities.

I think it's something that exists, and it's a completely different entity outside of the human. An invisible and energetic entity. We certainly can't say that it is responsible for our bad behavior. (The responsibility for our bad behavior is entirely ours) But Satan can lead us energetically. And that usually ends badly for us. Example: The phenomena we like to call Murphy's law are often the result of these bad directions by Satan. Another example: Something that comes to mind happens to us soon. (This is not something that happens all the time. There are those who call it the universal law of attraction. But I wonder if they are triggered by another force....) Yes, I think they can read thoughts. Because they are energetic beings, and thought is also a kind of energy.