True Evil

There is this idea that darkness is the primary home in which evil resides, but I don't think that's true at all. Evil is cunning, for it will deceive you to get its way. It will lie as many times as it takes, to make you forget that it ever existed among our brethren, within our ranks, in our brotherhood, and even within oneself. For that is the evil that you should be wary of.

The evil that I speak of, resides in the light, not the dark. It is too easy for evil to be seen in the dark, after all, that is where it is supposed to be. So it uses light as a curtain to hide itself. Light isn't its ally, it is merely coercion, that's all.

The evil that I speak of, is intelligent, is persistent in its pursuit. The pursuit of true evil and malevolence demands absolute dedication. It is willing to die by the fires of chaos if that means it gets to drag the world to the brink of destruction.

But it will not tell you that, it will not show you that. It will play with you, slowly and artfully. To get entangled in its web is only a matter of course, that is how meticulous it is.

To defeat such extraordinary evil, what can be done but become such yourself? For monsters exist within each of us. This monster that I speak of, is a primal beast that lies deep within our subconscious, which if we let loose would swallow the whole world as we know it. We should not ignore that beast, our inner monster feeds on resentment, so don't give it any opportunity.

We should make this beast an ally and a friend, not an enemy. You wouldn't want yourself as an enemy. Understand the beast by understanding yourself and then tame it, so it's under control. So you don't burn the world and laugh while the smoke chokes you to death.

All these emotions that you feel. Don't reject them, accept them. Embrace them with open arms, light and dark alike. It is ambitious of you to want to bury them, but it never works, not for long. Hone them and make them as sharp as a sword. They are the mighty tools you have in your arsenal. Be aware of them and acknowledge them, but be the one in control, always. For evil will always lurk in the corner looking to corrupt it.

If you can't, then keep practising it. Because if you don't, then you end up being a naïve idiot that got burned by his own fire. Someone that preached about fighting evil but then ends up becoming just that in the end. Someone that is a slave to his impulses. You wouldn't want that.

The way to fight a monster is to become one yourself, but a controlled one. Which is the important distinction! But you must first conquer yourself, to become a controlled monster. Before you go out to fight the monsters of the world, you must first fight the monster within and win. Only then are you competent enough and capable enough to fight the monsters of the world.

"My shadow was resentful towards me. It screamed at me for how I locked him up and never gave him any attention, not realising that he too, was a part of me. Just an ugly monster that I never wanted to look at, because that would remind me of the horrors he is capable of. Every day, he lashed out at the cage begging for attention. One day, I saw him crying and I couldn't ignore that because I could feel his pain, after all, we had the same wounds. So I opened the cage and hugged him. An embrace so warm it made the devil cry. That was all he wanted, for me to acknowledge that I was him and he was me. Ever since that day, my shadow wasn't resentful towards me. He stopped hating me and the world that made us suffer. So I became one with my shadow. He, now, is my sword and I, his master. Together we can do anything, and in that, I felt relief. "

P.S. - This is the earliest I’ve woken up to write something. Hope it turns out well!