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Originally Posted by Starman
In my opinion what we call “evil” is the activity of bondage, as the soul, our deeper being, seeks to set us consciously free. Bondage is a test of faith, and that is the purpose of what many call “evil.”
Alas, we will know the truth and the truth will set us free. In knowing, and experiencing that truth of being, all evil vanishes. There is really no such thing as “evil,” there is only the illusion of bondage and the reality of freedom.
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Good way to look at it.
The Q then become 'bondage' ('slavery') to
what, to being to ? To being 'driven' or 'dominated' by
what?
Self-(ego)-interest I would say.
In the myth, Lucifer (a/k/a Satan) just couldn't stand being
subordinate, i.e.
not being 'Number One'.
He responded to the 'failure' of his 'rebellion' in said regard by becoming 'vengeful' and willfully aiming to
desecrate Life. This is the kind of 'evil' I think Jyotir/Aurobindo spoke of.
P.S.
IMO,
self is actually a
necessary (and potentially beneficial) tool/means for
serving the 'cause' (meaning
purpose) of Life which (I think) is to
maximally experience and express Love and Joy
in relationship to and with others (who in combination constitute Life's Being-n-Doing).
It is when 'self'
rebelliously runs
rampant (goes 'crazy' and puts its 'own' Love and Joy 'ahead' of that of co-related others) that Life ends up being dis-severed and de-secrated.
For all the 'damage' it does, 'evil' is a
short-sighted and ultimately pathetic 'rebellion', however. As the myth accurately (IMO) portrays, in terms of 'its' goals', it is 'doomed' to eventually 'fail'. (What's more, it also inadvertently ends up
serving Life' purpose, as it 'wakes up' those who are positively relational at heart to what
not to 'fall'
for!)