EVIL isn't DARK: what people don't understand about the other force

Popular culture has trained people to associate evil with darkness. However, evil rarely presents itself as something hideous, twisted, and dark, and darkness is actually an aspect of divine nature. This conceptualization throws people off track, and leaves them vulnerable to the ensnarements of the negative force. In this episode, I will discuss how this misunderstanding likely came to pass, and how to keep yourself safe through more accurate discernment.
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[@psychacks]

Thinking of going to grad school? Check out STELLAR, my top-rated program and the world's only empirically-validated GRE test prep system. Use the code "PSYCH" for 10% off all membership plans: stellargre.com. Popular culture has trained people to associate evil with darkness. However, evil rarely presents itself as something hideous, twisted, and dark, and darkness is actually an aspect of divine nature. This conceptualization throws people off track, and leaves them vulnerable to the ensnarements of the negative force. In this episode, I will discuss how this misunderstanding likely came to pass, and how to keep yourself safe through more accurate discernment. Orion is a licensed psychologist in the state of California. Podcast available of Spotify, Instagram, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and others. See the "About" tab for more information on donations and consultations. Website: oriontarabanpsyd.com #spirituality #spiritual #evil

[@modickens1272]

Evil can exist with one person in a room. But evil cannot thrive without a captive audience that denies reality. Evil's biggest assest is confirmation bias, and obedience and its greatest adversary is an open mind and a questioning mind, and moral standards .

[@bretfoster4855]

Bill Gates and his created pandemic, and forced vaxx. Revelations says they will line up like sheep for the slaughter.

[@bluntlyspeaking8289]

Obedience, yes!

[@idlehourlinda6476]

Such wisdom here. We need to train our eyes not to see the good in people, but rather to see the truth. If we blind ourselves to the evil, we open the door for it to flourish.

[@cmlxjcky]

If evil was easy to spot, it would be easy to eliminate.

[@wcclarence2147]

Nah. Eliminating evil require GREAT courage

[@consciousgentile5141]

It IS easy to spot

[@milanm403]

NO evil people are not easy to spot. My mother always used to say that evil people do not have horns. (i am translating from my language, i hope it make sense).

[@AnRodz]

I get your point. But it''s not hard to spot either. Keeps coming back, we need to keep whamming it until extermination haha.

[@ChuckNorris-nk8tq]

Have you ever noticed that trying to eliminate evil causes more evil? 🤔

[@Angell_Lee]

As someone who has been molested, when their eyes become black and bring shivers down your spine when they transform before doing their evil acts. It's something it would be hard to even believe until pure evil is seen, which I do not wish on anyone. Just know it exists, because they prey on the naive and kind-hearted. I believe those people are void of their sense of self and morality. The closer you are to your intuition/sense of self, the further away you are of becoming that void energy of evil. Much love, I love all your videos xo

[@Angell_Lee]

@AuthenticMath sending you love dear one, I am so sorry this happened to you. Wishing that the best is here for you and so much love and beauty. You deserve the best xo

[@zetristan4525]

My heart goes out to both of you, and I wish that you are in safety now. And that you won't give fear power over you, but will use the brutal experiences of the past to be wise in protecting others and 100% committed to balanced kindness to yourself always too.🌦️🌱

[@Angell_Lee]

@@zetristan4525 Thank you dear one, you deserve all the love and infinity what you are giving. You are the rarest Gem xo

[@zetristan4525]

@@Angell_Lee We have to have a big heart for all fellow experiencers (without being stupid. But no time for cynicism either). What's important is that you don't end up feeling "small" because that's how you once were: Then you take each with self-confidence / not needily. 💗

[@blairsaid]

I agree. Real evil is something I think very few people have experienced. But when you see it and you sense it, you would never wish it upon another person, because evil relishes in nothing but chaos and destruction. I hope that you've been able to overcome your encounter with malevolence, perhaps you are strong enough now to defend yourself from it and ward it off.

[@dahliafiend]

Yep. Such an essential lesson. I hate how different looking people are labeled as scary looking. The cruelest peoole I’ve known were or are attractive or at the very least charming and sociable.

[@shawnmetoyer8518]

No disagreements with your description but I think you left out another aspect oh evil. It hides as banal indifference and pettiness. If you want to observe evil in action, watch bureaucrats, guidance councilors and social workers in action. Many of them are goodness personified, but it is where I've observed the most evil in action.

[@patrickmcmanus1360]

The banality of evil. Exactly

[@SquidShield]

What are some evil things social workers have done? I don't doubt it, just curious.

[@patrickmcmanus1360]

@@SquidShield Remove children from safe homes because of court sanctioned abuse of power - at least you could say they were just following order in some cases. The “caring profession” namely K12 teaching and elderly care statistically attract people who are looking to take advantage of power imbalances.

[@SquidShield]

​@@patrickmcmanus1360 True. My girlfriend worked at a nursing home for a while and most of her coworkers hardly saw the residents(elderly) as people.

[@patrickmcmanus1360]

@@SquidShield It is messed up but also made worse by our social devaluing of elderly and mothers and so called “non productive” members of society.

[@avashurov]

This simple explanation gave me goosebumps. I used to believe that good and evil is easy to discern, but it's not that simple and the path to hell is paved with good intentions. Intentions that you think are good because you don't get the whole picture and how they will affect you and people around you and can bring down a whole civilizations... Or suffering to multiple generations

[@yaqubebased1961]

The rise and fall of civilizations is cyclical and a necessity. It is chaos that creates new things.

[@FairladyS130]

A very common example of evil can come from someone with authority over another who gets the opportunity to exercise their power in a way that gives them pleasure at what hurt they are inflicting. The authority may be only momentary, that does not matter and the actor may in general be seen as a good person.

[@pjuliano9000]

I agree evil hides in plain sight. Some people can see it and some do not. For me it took some painful experiences for them to become apparent and obvious.

[@andrewcoleman8677]

I'm a clergyman and I will use this in a sermon (quoting you) thank you!

[@bellatindale3120]

Good idea

[@jdsiv3]

good content. I believe the light/dark analogy also persists because in the dark one cannot see well, thus it is harder to avoid being attacked. "evil" lurks in that darkness. This affirms what you are saying - it is not the darkness itself that is evil, but the idea conceptually is that evil is 'hidden' - it hides its true face and thus is not easily seen for what it is.

[@datguy8662]

I might correct : Voldemort used to be the most handsome student at Hogwarts. At that time he was called Tom Riddle. He did not show any agression so everybody thought highly of him.

[@nucle4rpenguins534]

It might still stand though as a good "evil model". Tom Riddle, someone having many good attributes (physically good looking, an excellent mage & student, etc.) had deep potential but also and a large lust for power. In this series he was tempted to the latter. This we see manifested physically later with his appearance change into that overblown grotesque form (noseless voldermort), as well as literally "seeing" for what he truly is now. At that point he simply does not care to hide it or is too delusional to see what others see him as. It mirrors quite a few instances on how evil is portrayed I think, in that people hide their malevolence until a certain point point where it's no longer apt.

[@redrodlrowon]

Dear Sir, please continue doing the work you are doing here. It is quite simply one of the most extraordinary services to the public that I have ever witnessed. Thank You.

[@jans724]

Very true! I escaped from and am fighting co-parenting with a covert narcissist who has obvious anti-social personality disorder as well. No empathy whatsoever even for her children. None! And no conscience! And she takes pleasure in other people's pain. She really enjoys it. I could never imagine such an evil person.., it's simply not possible to comprehend. I had no imagination for such pure evil. I always believed it would be more easy to detect. And it's covered in a mask of virtue.., tenderness..., softness..,.. light.., so people are deceived. I agree with the comment about the demonic evil. But it's all new to me. Thank's for the video!

[@AnRodz]

I am with you, brother. Not exactly were you are, but in the same world. Don't worry; virtue always shines for he who wants to see.

[@GG-lm9ik]

And yet you were attracted to her. I was/am in the exact same boat as you. Maybe in our quest for constant balance, we seek what is different from us. Hopefully not what is similar? So why were we attracted to her? We must grow beyond this.

[@jans724]

@@GG-lm9ik Sorry to hear you're in the same boat. It was a complete deception. Theatre and facade that she could keep up just long enough for me getting hooked by us having a daughter. Then the mask dropped. It was a complete dr. Jekyll - mr- Hyde situation. I managed to get out but had two years of custody battle, false allegations, having to prove myself innocent (as a man you're guilty til proven innocent) and finally got 50 % time with my daughter. Now my focus is on protecting her and reduce the constant conflicts. It's important that information about these type of women and personality disorder are spread.

[@debibrandon7312]

Great points/observations. Thank you. The "banality of evil" ... an entire bookcase could be written about evil, and has been. Dostoevsky wrote "humans can get used to anything" and Solzhenitsyn “If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? During the life of any heart this line keeps changing place; sometimes it is squeezed one way by exuberant evil and sometimes it shifts to allow enough space for good to flourish. One and the same human being is, at various ages, under various circumstances, a totally different human being. At times he is close to being a devil, at times to sainthood. But his name doesn't change, and to that name we ascribe the whole lot, good and evil. And the most sobering thought of all, scratch the very thin veneer of civilization and you quickly find savage evil. "Evil is us"

[@michaelnazar9358]

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[@VaronPlateando]

yes, above actually is | was title of a book by hannah ahrendt analysing findings within the process against adolf eichmann (ss) in 1961.

[@zero1188]

Evil is something people don’t understand. Its not really evil, their lack of understanding paints it evil in order to understand. But its not truly evil

[@joshuamacbeath]

Excellent video. Pornography and abortion immediately spring to mind when it comes to evil imitating beauty (in pornography’s case) and a shortcut to success (in abortion’s case).

[@FreedomRider-id6yv]

Define “pornography”

[@clauaome25]

🤣🤣🤣

[@d.l.l.6578]

Joshua: thank you!

[@nutsallinyomouf]

I think most men who have had an 8, 9 or a 10 learn pretty quick that evil can wear a beautiful mask.

[@AnRodz]

truth! haha

[@SofiaChiu]

As a Christian listening to this I can really agree.

[@digital_ascetic9526]

The fountainhead is one of my favorite novels for this very reason. Although I disagree with objectivism overall, Toohey sent a fucking shiver down my spine because he wore the veil of 'good' so well.

[@GeorgeDonnelly]

Deeply insightful, as always. I'm really enjoying these short talks, thank you.

[@kocurel]

so happy to see you grow. Been here from the start and the content is still valuable after all this time

[@johndoe4073]

Such clear and powerful explanation. Thank you for passing along this wisdom.

[@Seanz421]

This is first class KZbin channel and I'm so grateful to have found it. I had already subbed, but the way you just spoke on this unusual yet profoundly relevant subject has sealed it for me! All the best toward reach the next 25k and beyond!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@GhostlyNomad130]

Just binged pretty much all your content! Fantastic work, Funnily enough, the longer I spend in the Manosphere, The better the recommended content gets. Also, THANK GOD it's not Hours long. Impressive and helpful info but a couple of hours is a HUGE commitment.

[@tristanjones4318]

This video was pleasantly surprising and refreshing to hear. My best advice to anyone trying to discern the difference between good and evil is to slow down, quite the mind of thoughts and find their inner compass...the heart. When doing so answers always become clear. Meditation...the best way to find truth in this crazy world. Respect for posting this amazing video !

[@oninotsume]

Great work Mr O''Riley Terraband!! Your best video hands down and you've made some good ones!! 🙂

[@shadowwolf225]

I've watched a bunch of your videos dude. All of them each have significant wisdom to them, but this one right here should be required learning before interacting with society. Spot on and well done!

[@jayman8974]

Love your content Orion

[@NilsMacQ]

Such a good video, and so true. Going to start looking at everything a little differently

[@saras.2173]

You are so right, Dr. T. This video has given me something to think about. It’s refreshing to find theologically sound information.

[@AnRodz]

I call him J, as per Jedi !

[@armaandhillon11]

Wow, amazing video man. Loved it. Subscribed ✅

[@arispaparis]

Truly, fantastic content

[@ovidiuzav]

very enlightening episode! :)

[@atuanoiniin]

This was very good!! Nice..

[@margaretharks7304]

I enjoy hearing this man wisdom!

[@thaimuayshoo1171]

PH, you know I jokingly poke fun of you sometimes, but I gotta say, you definitely Wisdom-mog me on this topic. Congratulations on 20K subscribers 😎

[@marsultortheavenger409]

Spot on, its perfect description of women.

[@rizzed_out_puppy]

Keep up the good work

[@motokokusanagi1172]

Very wise! It makes perfect sense that true evil will use deception and act in disguise to manipulate and lower awareness.

[@Patcannistan]

Excellent stuff.

[@jimm7439]

Brilliant! Thank you. I first heard of this concept in a book by former witch, Johanna Michelson (sp?) called "The Beautiful Side of Evil". I believe this will become visible to sleepers when "celebrities" are unmasked for what they are. Hopefully soon. TY for your helpful and insightful videos.

[@_..____]

Very interesting subject to share and explore - and interesting addition to your channel. Please bring them on.

[@markminister2599]

Very insightful. I wish I fully understood that at a younger age. Very powerful way to address a substantial question of life.

[@Cynane27]

I think you're spot on with this mate.

[@ericsilverman1225]

Such an insightful video. Thank you! Even Plato compares the form of the Good to the light of the Sun.

[@erwinhewitt7438]

For all those who haven’t got it yet. He’s talking about your beloved politicians , philanthropists, your beloved unelected officials and entertainment personalities that you drool over and also everyone the news portrayed as saints …Super deep man

[@josephkarogo-amethystinsur7247]

VERY GOOD CONTENT!!! That's the first time I've ever heard Genesis Chapter 1 and Louis Armstrong in one sentence. Kudos!!

[@rolandsaucier1006]

You just happened to end up in my KZbin feed. I liked my first sample of your work (women approach their relationships with men like men approach jobs). I had a look at your selection of videos and this one really jumped out at me. I have been studying Animism and ancient philosophies of man. You have done a great job here explaining how the spirits of the earth are just as important as the spirits of the sky. You've done it in your own way of course but I find it incredibly rare to find anyone outside of perhaps contemporary Shamans who understand the world of spirits. I have subscribed based on this video. For my part, I will just add that the darkness and the Spirits of the Earth have been Demonized, literally. The Hebrew, Muslim, Christian religions have all mislead people in this regards. They have damaged our natural, common, universal understanding of the world of spirits. Thanks again for your good work!

[@hair2050]

I’m watching this from Mongolia 🇲🇳 where I personally know shamans. I come from a typical generic Christian background and over the years have been piecing together a worldview that is reasonable and logical to me, and it happens to have fallen more or less right in the place he describes. I sincerely appreciate the somewhat off topic mussing.

[@lindaaquarium1236]

Brilliant 👏 Thank you for sharing your thoughts about light and how to able to decipher the real light from the fake one ✌️ Thank you for your courage and wisdom 👍

[@furtrapper11]

That may have been the best sermon I’ve ever heard

[@thepointlesswords290]

You are very accurate👍

[@Hedgehog3342]

If one looks into esoteric teachings light and darkness is part of the divine. Even in tao there is light in darlness and darkness in light. There is also the false light. I would evil can be both in the light and the dark. So i pretty much agree with what he said . I learn this myself as i got older that evil can in the dark and in the light.

[@maxavail]

As a general rule of thumb, we can confidently say that anything which does not come from love is evil.

[@imad4857]

What?! Hell no, all evil people love themselves and many others love their families 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@AnRodz]

​@@imad4857 evil people can love themselves, why not?

[@imad4857]

@@AnRodz it’s natural, not weird

[@Canadian_Eh_I]

This channel just gets more interesting

[@serenasztein5065]

Agreed, God bless you

[@ares7521]

That‘s why Berserk is so great. It really flips this normal idea of the good guy being light and the bad guy being darkness on its head

[@3335pooh]

nice to see that you're not only doing relationship content. interesting video!

[@reywalt2231]

You have gained a follower my freind

[@swanee9414]

10 points for use of the word "reified". You're now officially in the smart-guy club.

[@weazbk1]

Very well said

[@j78l54]

Hey I love your videos and how professional they are. One tip: if u could move the camera back a bit would be nice. It’s quite close up. Other than that, keep them coming!

[@VictorSalajan-fs8ix]

Thanks!

[@MalikJasson]

I really like how you think 💯

[@chickenbroski99]

This is really insightful and interesting stuff. I've subbed.

[@maxhung69]

another wise advice. it's obvious...after your explanation

[@Tackitt]

Great explanation. Lucifer is the perfect example of the concept.

[@burt2800]

I think this can be easily understood by looking at the German version of the word eveil, "übel". Evil has a connotation of intent, it's more closely aligned to malign. Whereas the German übel just means bad. So evil doesn't need to be malign. As you said, most evil is done by pursuing something that seems good.

[@burningsodium]

Evil often looks good...in the short run.

[@JonathanBhagan]

Theologically correct sir

[@AnRodz]

I just realized that you are, to me, J, god's messenger sent to train me and teach and resurface the obvious truths I already know. I am eternally grateful to you for coming back to me again and again.

[@xxChacaronXX]

I'm going to use the term "Sun burn & beautiful stars" .... Sun burns mean when people nagging you to be overly nice and whimpy. The beautiful stars means good in darkness .

[@clemsugarmansongbook]

Homeboy just dropping truth over here. Damn.

[@frantzgabriel2755]

Good stuff! A.lot to think about here

[@toagonel7045]

You hit on a few things I feel strongly and a few pet peeves. I have a few things to add: 1. I’ve always agreed strongly that the light/dark metaphor is an overused good/evil metaphor. It’s not without precedent in the Bible-John uses it, as do a number of other places in the Bible-but there are also instances where darkness is presented either positively or with nuance, such as Isaiah 43:5 (“I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches from that secret place”), Isaiah 45:7 (“I form light and create darkness”), Jeremiah 13:16 (“Give glory to the Lord before he brings the darkness”), and Psalm 139 (“Darkness is as light to you.”) 2. My pet peeve is when people think yin-yang represents good/evil when it doesn’t… it represents light/dark, white/black… just as it equally represents other diametric natural forces that rely on each other. But it was never meant to represent good/evil which fundamentally do not together represent balance. 3. The name “Lucifer” was an accidental addition to Christian theology, as the name doesn’t actually appear in the Bible. It came about when translators thought there was a connection between a passage in Isaiah talking about a king and the broader story of Satan. The translation read “Lucifer” which was the name of an existing pagan god. 4. I do wish evil were depicted as more beautiful and alluring, as if it weren’t then we would not be remotely interested in it. The fruit always seems delicious until the consequences are felt and the damage is done.

[@lloydgush]

Evil usually offers a shortcut or an impossibility. It most often knows it doesn't work and it doesn't care. Hating god for the crime of existence.

[@THEDRAWINGSTUDIO1]

C.S lewis said that people committed to the evil because they wanted a final good outcome. So cruelty, for example, exists for the pleasure of the person. Cruelty is evil, but pleasure is a good of this world (in moderation).

[@luban2531]

I think you are a wise man.

[@everitadave]

my personal experience has been that evil spirits enfold us in many layers that NEVER seem as evil at first. like Dante`s Inferno in The Divine Comedy. not sure can a human will remove it, because these layers are inside the self. which explains the need for the 3rd element - divine. perhaps Catholic since it`s the most advanced in this field.

[@user-uw3fi2zg4t]

the pope smokes dope

[@mwolf2620]

Orthodoxy is more advanced than the Roman church.

[@svst3767]

@@mwolf2620 how can a orthodox theology be more „advanced“. It contradicts itself lol

[@d.l.l.6578]

The blood of Jesus Christ casts out evil.

[@varvarvarvarvarvar]

​​​​@@svst3767The whole concept of monotheism contradicts itself (in Christianity). If there's one God, what's with this Satan stuff? Does God want Satan to do evil or what? That would be the logical answer, but, of course, that can't be the answer, because God is also nothing but goodness. Now, in Zoroastrianism, of course, they have rivaling deities, but Christianity is a monotheistic teaching... So it seems that people just wanted to have both the perks of "there's only one God and it's our God" and the "screw these other evil gods with a spoon!" So they patched it up with "the ways of God are mysterious". No kidding!😂 And now adult men who diligently bend their minds into contours of this nonsense have the audacity to call out their brothers in Christ for not being straight minded enough 😂

[@asiamonet8830]

Shared because you have a beautiful singing voice 😏

[@RT-mn2pb]

Agree with your conclusion and observation. Nice, insightful video. I would add that our modern culture is too squeamish about evil, and paints an entirely too cartoonish a picture of what evil is. Too often we simply won't admit, personally, as a family, as a community, or culture at large that real evil does exist right now - as you said, in plain sight. So, people don't think about what they see because everything attractive and cute must be good.

[@fs960]

"People of the Lie" by M.Scott Peck. An excellent and disturbing book on this topic.

[@bluntlyspeaking8289]

And that is how we get fooled so easily - we're naive.

[@kengaroo5170]

Sometimes it looks at you in the mirror and sometimes in other faces. It's in the choices that we make every day. Good or evil.

[@M.M.49]

Thank you for the video. I would like to have a follow up on how to be able to distinguish or unveil the cloak of light! And what it means that you often are surrounded by evil. This is a figure appearing in early hagiography: the good woman attracting bad man….

[@roses6564]

Evil is error, disorder and mismatch.

[@ItsTimeMichael]

Evil, more times than not greets you with a smile, wears a suit & promises their intentions are to help you.

[@laurengalan2760]

The line between good and evil runs through every human heart. The individual is responsible for that heart.

[@Kanfachan]

A thorough investigation of the history of the 20th century should teach people that evil is not dark at all. It really does resemble goodness to those it ensnares. To a drug addicted person, the pleasure of getting high is good; it is only after they are hooked that they realize the destructiveness of the path become a slave to.

[@ArmyWolves]

You have reminded me of the progression of the movie REQUIM OF A DREAM where the first part of the movie shows the euphoria and exhiliration of their drug use then followed by their slow destruction of their relationships, loss of employment and theid final heartbreaking act where they did all sorts of things to get money to buy drugs until consequences caught up with each of them. Just like the initial euphoria of drug use, sometimes evil may be disguised and may even let you believe that the evildoers are virtuous whilst the victims/oppressed are the ones who are evil who need to be eliminated.

[@mreese8764]

A piece about indifference and apathy could component this piece about evil.

[@taylornovia8911]

Like Augustine's "evil is the deprivation of good," the only thing evil about starvation is the absence of the good (food) in the starving person's belly. It's only the absence of good we call evil.

[@88xScorpio]

I believe that evil manifests through fear and doubt.

[@leonlanncaster]

We re all unique amalgamation of good and evil.

[@cheesball96]

Reminds me of the story, the slow drop of endless fantasy

[@Julie-ns3vh]

❤ true!

[@Cynane27]

As soon as I turned from evil and tried to find God he changed my life.

[@donfranklin6956]

Just...yes.

[@Its_just_zell]

This makes me think about the movie Nefarious.

[@xxChacaronXX]

I'd like to hear about handling people's "love bombing" when you first meet them.

[@lifeskillsongs2510]

1000 times yes! All I can think of with this talk is BPD & NPD

[@IArkProject]

This is exactly the philosophy of Islām - Hell / Jahannam is surrounded by pleasures and appealing things that are in fact evil and harmful... And Heaven / Jannah is surrounded with difficulties that most people avoid, but are so good for you.