@ThePainefulTruth Said 
OK the darkness is not evil, it's a mental state, but since you don't physically live in darkness, it is still symbolic and therefore a worthy guide. Your match to spotlight analogy tells me that you value light over darkness and that you desire to overcome the darkness at least to a degree. So, is it your desire to get out of the cavern, create some openings to let the outside light in, find/create more internal light sources, or.....what?
Symbolic or reality, darkness is always the absence of light.
Well that's the whole thing - I don't think anyone would choose to be illogically insane lil' gremlins running around - that's just absurd.
A lot of these old religions and philosophy's are centred around subjective perceptions of people who were suffering some form of mental illness.
Where it gets confusing is that, although mentally ill, not all strange experiences are delusional it is just the individual's subjective association that is making those strange instances appear worse than what they actually are.
And often times our subjective associations have been conditioned and influenced by many who came through here before us.
Jan 07, 2012 @ 07:23:22
