A Discourse on Good vs. Evil

We are students of the story, of the epic, the drama that foretells the rise of evil at the great peril of the good.

It is codified in our histories, and discoursed in our literature. And whether fiction or non-fiction. Fact or fantasy, the storyline remains universal.

Evil becomes embodied in a single ego, whose ambition is power for power’s sake, his desires are rooted in greed and self worship. The ego comes to power by playing to the vices of those around him, by stoking the fear of the mob, angering them into action. The ego is the victim, as are his followers, victims of some great perceived injustice.

The ego has a precarious relationship with truth, for he will manipulate it into lies to ensnare a coalition of the willing. He is benevolent to those that give voice to his cause, to those that deny his human faults, to those who will kiss his ring. In this the ego becomes the tyrant. The tyrant ego.

But there is no truer tell, for the good will know evil by the way in which the tyrant ego defines those that oppose him. He has no shortage of enemies. Anyone who is perceived a threat is defeated unmercifully, anyone who might step into his light to shadow him must be shoved aside for good, and above all he must not be questioned, for all tyrants are at heart fragile and insecure, and as such their quest for power is a self serving bid to bolster their own shattered self image.

In contrast is the Hero. She is a confidence of spirit that transcends this world. The Hero is a creative whose defining virtue is an unshakable connection to a higher truth, which at its core is a devotional love for all of creation. And in this way, the Hero is often cast out, is alone, and is pitted against insurmountable odds.

Yet the only true task for the Hero is to stand firmly in contrast to the tyrant ego. For even as the worldly possessions of the Hero are stripped away, and at its worst they may deject and mutilate her body, the truth she represents is beyond this world and that undeniable truth is the undoing of the tyrant ego, for the tyrant ego is self serving, love’s naught but his own image, and will consume not only his enemies, but the chaos he sews consumes even his closest allies, ain time be left with nothing else to consume save hisself.

And while many will suffer in the rise and suffer worse in the demise of the tyrant ego, the Hero emulates love in its truest form, as the creator loves its creation, as the mother loves her child, and that love is our greatest strength and our only hope.