Appreciation Of Evil

Having an appreciation of evil is a matter of fully understanding a situation.

Evil tries to persuade – ‘Let’s pretend’ and ‘Believe me’ should set off alarm bells.
And that’s when evil becomes our teacher.

If we do not recognise an intention to persuade us, we have nothing to work with. A thousand-Buddha temple is not going to protect us. Evil relies on confusion, and its elimination requires constant vigilance regarding distractions both gross and subtle. To confuse is to confound, mixing up words with experience.

Evil is not an enemy; it’s just confused thinking.
Having compassion for evil is not about feeding confused thinking;
it’s understanding evil’s obsession.

Mistaken views sound an alarm which brightens consciousness. That is our natural intuition, before we conform to stereotypes.

Evil is a powerful tool which works against itself, and so works for us.

We need to train in recognising that all appearances
are spontaneous clarity – divine splendour.

Intuition = spiritual insight.