(2024-03-15, 04:05 PM)nbtruthman Wrote: It occurs to me that you have left out one type of "Evil" that very much appears to be "True Evil", in opposition to the various rationalizations you have offered which are mainly pointing out ignorance on the part of inexperienced souls. This "True Evil" is the undoubted existence in many severely warped human persons of cruelty of a high order perpetrated in order to actually enjoy the suffering of others. Sadism is the premier example. These people simply "get off" by causing and relishing and enjoying the great misery or agony they have caused on the part of their victims.
How do you rationalize this form of Evil?
Only if you think that is an inherent part of someone's personality, will you consider them evil. Some souls, during incarnation, simply fall prey to the very worst, as they aren't wise or experienced enough to understand how much misery it causes. Remember, souls do not think like humans ~ souls also incarnate as every kind of animal, plant, bacteria, fungi, etc, so souls are fundamentally something that are above any notions we incarnate beings may have.
Yes, for the human who understands pain and suffering, cruelty is unthinkable and even sickening.
In order to understand someone who relishes cruelty, it requires understanding why they are like that... that is, the causes. Some individuals go through horrific trauma, such as friends and family dying senselessly, and in an attempt to rationalize it, some can only take a very twisted view, caused by trauma, which causes others to want to suffer like their friends and family might have.
Children can be casually cruel sometimes, if not taught ethics and morality... so they can go on to live as if they never grew up, never being disciplined. I've read of cases like a woman stabbing a man 100 times, using the excuse of "cannabis psychosis" and "being forced to smoke". If someone is never taught to treat others like you would wish to be treated, and are instead constantly coddled and babied, the lesson is they can do whatever they want.
The point is that human morality isn't a universal, but is something learnt. Through culture, society and many lifetimes... and some souls simply go through experiences where they never learn ethics and morality, so they spiral down a dark path. Souls aren't human ~ they learn to be human, through many lifetimes, many experiences, seeking out experiences that can hopefully teach them something valuable.
The life of cruel sadist... I cannot imagine it, but the takeaway from that would be having to face all of the pain and suffering inflicted on others, to feel it all. Life reviews have their place... that soul would eventually learn of how senseless and pointless it all is. There's nothing to gain but misery.
One of my soul's lifetimes would have gone like that... but my soul cut it short by having that incarnation be murdered before it could get worse. A mercy, I think.
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
~ Carl Jung
~ Carl Jung