Originally a comment on BrendaStewart’s short and quite accurate diary, What to do or what not to do, that is the question… which I reprint here in its entirety.
“Man alive, if only I could do some deep thinking here.
If only I had the smarts enough to figure this whole thing out.
What to do or what not to do, is the question. Do you know?”
My response below:
Can none of you conceive of absolute evil?
We whinny on past the concept like a herd of frightened horses at every turn, despite the fact that IT IS THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE EXPLANATION FOR THESE KINDS OF EVENTS.
Absolute evil.
Every great religious movement has recognized its existence during all the millions of years of human evolution.
During Prohibition they used to sing “Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
Well…how many BILLIONS have recognized this force as it presents in the pathology of human life?
Absolute evil…the banality of:
How much more plainly can it be presented?
We speak of “mistakes”, of “bad planning”, of “wasted opportunities”.
BULLSHIT!!!
If it walks like a duck…
When a set of forces CONSISTENTLY AND FOREVER creates death and chaos on the face of the earth (No matter WHAT myth you need to create in order to objectify what is truly non-corporeal in form.), the only question that remains is…
How best to DEAL with it.
We are not doing so hot, right now.
And why?
Because “the devil”…and again, call it what you will, it’s all the same to me…has this trick.
His BEST trick.
Convincing you that he doesn’t exist.
Well, babies…he DOES.
Bet on it.
He’s a shape-shifter.
A multipler inhabitor of human forms.
He’s always BUSILY at work.
And…he’s a trickster.
“Get thee behind me” said Christ.
And “NEWSTRIKE!!!” say I.
You literally cannot believe a thing he says.
Not goddamned THING.
Nor can you use his own tools against him.
From the Richard Wilhelm translation of the I CHING
In a resolute struggle of the good against evil, there are, however, definite rules that must not be disregarded, if it is to succeed.
First, resolution must be based on a union of strength and friendliness.
Second, a compromise with evil is not possible; evil must under all circumstances be openly discredited. Nor must our own passions and shortcomings be glossed over.
Third, the struggle must not be carried on directly by force. If evil is branded, it thinks of weapons, and if we do it the favor of fighting against it blow for blow, we lose in the end because thus we ourselves get entangled in hatred and passion. Therefore it is important to begin at home, to be on guard in our own persons against the faults we have branded. In this way, finding no opponent, the sharp edges of the weapons of evil becomes dulled.
Yup.
This is nothing new, this situation.
Just another set of changes.
“Evil must under all circumstances be openly discredited.”
But…you cannot do that if you do not recognize the very EXISTENCE of evil.
Read the above comments again. (Comments on BrendaStewart’s original diary.)
“Personally, I think that everything that Bush has attempted to do has failed is because he is little incompetent rich kid who had the skids greased for him his entire life by an America run by and for the investment class.”
“Their inconsistent policies, blustering and saber rattling re: Iran, N. Korea are not having the desired effect.”
Etc. etc. etc.
Please.
Step THROUGH the mirror with your eyes in the air.
“It” is working PERFECTLY.
For “its” own aims.
Which ARE chaos and destruction.
Wake the fuck up.
Nothing could be plainer, once you see what’s up.
And…HOW do you “openly discredit” evil?
By NAMING it. For what it is.
The same old same old.
Just like it always was.
Can it be defeated?
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” – MLK Jr.
That is not theory. It is FACT, based upon the evidence of all of human history.
BET on it.
“You bet your life.” Groucho Marx.
Yup.
Our lives are the only chips that we HAVE to bet, in THIS game.
“Nor must our own passions and shortcomings be glossed over?”
Yup.
Think on it.
Thank you and good night.
And…
Sweet dreams.
AG
