To my understanding the word Satan in Hebrew is translated as "adversary". So... I think the more you see adversaries or enemies out there in the world the more you will have "Satan" in your life.
I really like this view point. Resonates with the teachings of Jesus as well.
If you can learn to see that virtually everyone is struggling in their own ways and that virtually everyone is doing what they think is best for themselves even if it seems evil to you... Then, I think you will likely be much closer to true peace within yourself even if the outer world is still very chaotic.
One of my favorite philosophies is Ubuntu. A term that came about in South Africa and Zimbabwe roughly translating to "I am, because we are". I find it keeps me grounded when thinking of great "evils". They've been sculpted by their own experiences just like you or me, unfortunately those experiences lead them down an awful path. But its a path that any of us would have also went down given the same experiences and brain chemistry.
Thanks for sharing some of your perspective. :) And, yeah... I think it does resonate with the teachings of Jesus based on what I've learned about such, would be quite a conversation to have to talk about him about some of these kinds of things if he really existed in a historical sense. :)
I've heard of Ubuntu before and I think it's fascinated me for quite a while. It was more difficult for me to understand in the past when I was super individualized, but the more I learn how we are all connected the more it makes sense to me.
Also, I really like what you said about how any of us would likely went down the same path if we had the same experiences and brain chemistry. I tend to agree! Though, some people believe we have souls we are born with that would cause us to do things differently, I don't know what's true and not sure science could prove such a thing, but I tend to think what you said sounds more logical... But, who knows... Maybe we do have souls that make us different regardless of experiences, brain chemistry etc.
I went to your page briefly and see you made your first post either on that account or your first post and I wanted to welcome you, I shared your post and read a little bit of your it, but am really tired and about to go to sleep... So, I'll do my best to read the whole thing tomorrow and give you a thoughtful response. Looks like an interesting read though! I look forward to checking it out more later. Cheers! :)
Certainly possible, I have come to the belief that either a god in some form (not necessarily anthropomorphic, or even aware of itself) exists, or reality is far, far stranger then anyone could hope to understand. Super evolved alien or not. I started losing faith in anything making sense around the time I discovered time dilation. Does make reality a nice playground for intelligence though.
Appreciate it! I used to post a couple years ago, back before hive split off. Looking to go much further then I did back then though. I'm starting with re-writing a series I started but didn't do enough justice, and hoping to take it far further then I did back then.