Evil, but not too much

So, I have to mention an experience that happened last night in which

Stephen King, was able to project a sense of " genuine " evil in

one sentence, which to me was kind of frightening. Of course

he has worked at that skill for some time, but I found it quite

unsettling. His wiki page follows;

So, I'm pretty sure only he could explain how he can do that,

and I expect he might have something to say about what

exactly it is, this " evil " thing.

It obviously has to do with with a sense of fear about

some situation that might - potentially - occur, and

so that sense of what might happen, but a lack

of certainty.

So, it appears to me that -- evil -- , in the sense of our

experiencing that feeling or sense of evil, has a compositional

quality. It has two distinct qualities of -- uncertainty -- and

also fear.

So where does that uncertainty come from? I think uncertainty

is a quality embedded in our experience, which basically says,

we don't know what might happen, and the most disturbing

part would be when we have no idea about when or how

that might occur.

My conjecture is as follows:

Generally speaking, there is never a there, there.

When the uncertainty has been removed, the

there of that anticipation, mostly " evaporates ",

which is some of the enjoyment of that kind

of experience which generally ends with some kind

of evaporation.

Now of course, evil, or that sense of "evil" seems to

to be operating at, perhaps, a somewhat higher level

in our current environment. That sense, may be

directly connected to the high levels of

uncertainty we are experiencing. We tend to want to

cling to those ideas or emotions which tend to

eliminate those uncertainties and fears which we

are perceiving.

So finally, as we choose to hold on to those ideas or

sentiments which give us that greater sense of

security, my simple suggestion is, that, we should

try to hang on to those ideas and feelings which are

in fact, most secure.

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