EVIL isn't DARK: what people don't understand about the other force 

Thinking of going to grad school? Check out STELLAR, my top-rated program and the world's only empirically-validated GRE test prep system. Use the code "PSYCH" for 10% off all membership plans: stellargre.com. Popular culture has trained people to associate evil with darkness. However, evil rarely presents itself as something hideous, twisted, and dark, and darkness is actually an aspect of divine nature. This conceptualization throws people off track, and leaves them vulnerable to the ensnarements of the negative force. In this episode, I will discuss how this misunderstanding likely came to pass, and how to keep yourself safe through more accurate discernment. Orion is a licensed psychologist in the state of California. Podcast available of Spotify, Instagram, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and others. See the "About" tab for more information on donations and consultations. Website: oriontarabanpsyd.com #spirituality #spiritual #evil

Evil can exist with one person in a room. But evil cannot thrive without a captive audience that denies reality. Evil's biggest assest is confirmation bias, and obedience and its greatest adversary is an open mind and a questioning mind, and moral standards .

Such wisdom here. We need to train our eyes not to see the good in people, but rather to see the truth. If we blind ourselves to the evil, we open the door for it to flourish.

If evil was easy to spot, it would be easy to eliminate.

As someone who has been molested, when their eyes become black and bring shivers down your spine when they transform before doing their evil acts. It's something it would be hard to even believe until pure evil is seen, which I do not wish on anyone. Just know it exists, because they prey on the naive and kind-hearted. I believe those people are void of their sense of self and morality. The closer you are to your intuition/sense of self, the further away you are of becoming that void energy of evil. Much love, I love all your videos xo

Yep. Such an essential lesson. I hate how different looking people are labeled as scary looking. The cruelest peoole I’ve known were or are attractive or at the very least charming and sociable.

This simple explanation gave me goosebumps. I used to believe that good and evil is easy to discern, but it's not that simple and the path to hell is paved with good intentions. Intentions that you think are good because you don't get the whole picture and how they will affect you and people around you and can bring down a whole civilizations... Or suffering to multiple generations

I agree evil hides in plain sight. Some people can see it and some do not. For me it took some painful experiences for them to become apparent and obvious.

A very common example of evil can come from someone with authority over another who gets the opportunity to exercise their power in a way that gives them pleasure at what hurt they are inflicting. The authority may be only momentary, that does not matter and the actor may in general be seen as a good person.

I'm a clergyman and I will use this in a sermon (quoting you) thank you!

No disagreements with your description but I think you left out another aspect oh evil. It hides as banal indifference and pettiness. If you want to observe evil in action, watch bureaucrats, guidance councilors and social workers in action. Many of them are goodness personified, but it is where I've observed the most evil in action.

good content. I believe the light/dark analogy also persists because in the dark one cannot see well, thus it is harder to avoid being attacked. "evil" lurks in that darkness. This affirms what you are saying - it is not the darkness itself that is evil, but the idea conceptually is that evil is 'hidden' - it hides its true face and thus is not easily seen for what it is.

Dear Sir, please continue doing the work you are doing here. It is quite simply one of the most extraordinary services to the public that I have ever witnessed. Thank You.

Very true! I escaped from and am fighting co-parenting with a covert narcissist who has obvious anti-social personality disorder as well. No empathy whatsoever even for her children. None! And no conscience! And she takes pleasure in other people's pain. She really enjoys it. I could never imagine such an evil person.., it's simply not possible to comprehend. I had no imagination for such pure evil. I always believed it would be more easy to detect. And it's covered in a mask of virtue.., tenderness..., softness..,.. light.., so people are deceived. I agree with the comment about the demonic evil. But it's all new to me. Thank's for the video!

The fountainhead is one of my favorite novels for this very reason. Although I disagree with objectivism overall, Toohey sent a fucking shiver down my spine because he wore the veil of 'good' so well.

Great points/observations. Thank you. The "banality of evil" ... an entire bookcase could be written about evil, and has been. Dostoevsky wrote "humans can get used to anything" and Solzhenitsyn “If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? During the life of any heart this line keeps changing place; sometimes it is squeezed one way by exuberant evil and sometimes it shifts to allow enough space for good to flourish. One and the same human being is, at various ages, under various circumstances, a totally different human being. At times he is close to being a devil, at times to sainthood. But his name doesn't change, and to that name we ascribe the whole lot, good and evil. And the most sobering thought of all, scratch the very thin veneer of civilization and you quickly find savage evil. "Evil is us"

I might correct : Voldemort used to be the most handsome student at Hogwarts. At that time he was called Tom Riddle. He did not show any agression so everybody thought highly of him.

Excellent video. Pornography and abortion immediately spring to mind when it comes to evil imitating beauty (in pornography’s case) and a shortcut to success (in abortion’s case).

It's really insightful. As editor, I've often come to think that people consider themselves too much as characters in a story forgetting that stories are atrificial by default, and that any story ends when the author feels like it. And we fall prey on the idea of evil stories are telling us.

As a Christian listening to this I can really agree.

Deeply insightful, as always. I'm really enjoying these short talks, thank you.

Such clear and powerful explanation. Thank you for passing along this wisdom.

Very wise! It makes perfect sense that true evil will use deception and act in disguise to manipulate and lower awareness.

You just happened to end up in my RU-vid feed. I liked my first sample of your work (women approach their relationships with men like men approach jobs). I had a look at your selection of videos and this one really jumped out at me. I have been studying Animism and ancient philosophies of man. You have done a great job here explaining how the spirits of the earth are just as important as the spirits of the sky. You've done it in your own way of course but I find it incredibly rare to find anyone outside of perhaps contemporary Shamans who understand the world of spirits. I have subscribed based on this video. For my part, I will just add that the darkness and the Spirits of the Earth have been Demonized, literally. The Hebrew, Muslim, Christian religions have all mislead people in this regards. They have damaged our natural, common, universal understanding of the world of spirits. Thanks again for your good work!

This video was pleasantly surprising and refreshing to hear. My best advice to anyone trying to discern the difference between good and evil is to slow down, quite the mind of thoughts and find their inner compass...the heart. When doing so answers always become clear. Meditation...the best way to find truth in this crazy world. Respect for posting this amazing video !

I've watched a bunch of your videos dude. All of them each have significant wisdom to them, but this one right here should be required learning before interacting with society. Spot on and well done!

PH, you know I jokingly poke fun of you sometimes, but I gotta say, you definitely Wisdom-mog me on this topic. Congratulations on 20K subscribers 😎

Very insightful. I wish I fully understood that at a younger age. Very powerful way to address a substantial question of life.

Brilliant! Thank you. I first heard of this concept in a book by former witch, Johanna Michelson (sp?) called "The Beautiful Side of Evil". I believe this will become visible to sleepers when "celebrities" are unmasked for what they are. Hopefully soon. TY for your helpful and insightful videos.

so happy to see you grow. Been here from the start and the content is still valuable after all this time

C.S lewis said that people committed to the evil because they wanted a final good outcome. So cruelty, for example, exists for the pleasure of the person. Cruelty is evil, but pleasure is a good of this world (in moderation).

This is first class RU-vid channel and I'm so grateful to have found it. I had already subbed, but the way you just spoke on this unusual yet profoundly relevant subject has sealed it for me! All the best toward reach the next 25k and beyond!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I'm going to use the term "Sun burn & beautiful stars" .... Sun burns mean when people nagging you to be overly nice and whimpy. The beautiful stars means good in darkness .

The line between good and evil runs through every human heart. The individual is responsible for that heart.

Very interesting subject to share and explore - and interesting addition to your channel. Please bring them on.

As a general rule of thumb, we can confidently say that anything which does not come from love is evil.

Just binged pretty much all your content! Fantastic work, Funnily enough, the longer I spend in the Manosphere, The better the recommended content gets. Also, THANK GOD it's not Hours long. Impressive and helpful info but a couple of hours is a HUGE commitment.

Keep up the good work

Spot on, its perfect description of women.

Evil usually offers a shortcut or an impossibility. It most often knows it doesn't work and it doesn't care. Hating god for the crime of existence.

I just realized that you are, to me, J, god's messenger sent to train me and teach and resurface the obvious truths I already know. I am eternally grateful to you for coming back to me again and again.

If one looks into esoteric teachings light and darkness is part of the divine. Even in tao there is light in darlness and darkness in light. There is also the false light. I would evil can be both in the light and the dark. So i pretty much agree with what he said . I learn this myself as i got older that evil can in the dark and in the light.

You are so right, Dr. T. This video has given me something to think about. It’s refreshing to find theologically sound information.

Such a good video, and so true. Going to start looking at everything a little differently

Brilliant 👏 Thank you for sharing your thoughts about light and how to able to decipher the real light from the fake one ✌️ Thank you for your courage and wisdom 👍

i agree. though evil comes in darkness and ugly like voldimort as well. the spirit of cain dwells in the impotent and weak......while evil can appear as light, it ends up twisted and perverted in the end.

Sometimes it looks at you in the mirror and sometimes in other faces. It's in the choices that we make every day. Good or evil.

That‘s why Berserk is so great. It really flips this normal idea of the good guy being light and the bad guy being darkness on its head

You hit on a few things I feel strongly and a few pet peeves. I have a few things to add: 1. I’ve always agreed strongly that the light/dark metaphor is an overused good/evil metaphor. It’s not without precedent in the Bible-John uses it, as do a number of other places in the Bible-but there are also instances where darkness is presented either positively or with nuance, such as Isaiah 43:5 (“I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches from that secret place”), Isaiah 45:7 (“I form light and create darkness”), Jeremiah 13:16 (“Give glory to the Lord before he brings the darkness”), and Psalm 139 (“Darkness is as light to you.”) 2. My pet peeve is when people think yin-yang represents good/evil when it doesn’t… it represents light/dark, white/black… just as it equally represents other diametric natural forces that rely on each other. But it was never meant to represent good/evil which fundamentally do not together represent balance. 3. The name “Lucifer” was an accidental addition to Christian theology, as the name doesn’t actually appear in the Bible. It came about when translators thought there was a connection between a passage in Isaiah talking about a king and the broader story of Satan. The translation read “Lucifer” which was the name of an existing pagan god. 4. I do wish evil were depicted as more beautiful and alluring, as if it weren’t then we would not be remotely interested in it. The fruit always seems delicious until the consequences are felt and the damage is done.

VERY GOOD CONTENT!!! That's the first time I've ever heard Genesis Chapter 1 and Louis Armstrong in one sentence. Kudos!!

That may have been the best sermon I’ve ever heard

Such an insightful video. Thank you! Even Plato compares the form of the Good to the light of the Sun.

I think this can be easily understood by looking at the German version of the word eveil, "übel". Evil has a connotation of intent, it's more closely aligned to malign. Whereas the German übel just means bad. So evil doesn't need to be malign. As you said, most evil is done by pursuing something that seems good.

For all those who haven’t got it yet. He’s talking about your beloved politicians , philanthropists, your beloved unelected officials and entertainment personalities that you drool over and also everyone the news portrayed as saints …Super deep man

This was very good!! Nice..

"People of the Lie" by M.Scott Peck. An excellent and disturbing book on this topic.

I think most men who have had an 8, 9 or a 10 learn pretty quick that evil can wear a beautiful mask.

nice to see that you're not only doing relationship content. interesting video!

You have gained a follower my freind

I believe that evil manifests through fear and doubt.

Evil is error, disorder and mismatch.

Like Augustine's "evil is the deprivation of good," the only thing evil about starvation is the absence of the good (food) in the starving person's belly. It's only the absence of good we call evil.

I enjoy hearing this man wisdom!

And that is how we get fooled so easily - we're naive.

Evil can be justified or not. Evil is ugly once it’s addressed but it’s present in so many cases , for example, lies are evil and so many people get away with it, though it seem ugly once it’s exposed.

Evil often looks good...in the short run.

Evil, more times than not greets you with a smile, wears a suit & promises their intentions are to help you.

Love your content Orion

my personal experience has been that evil spirits enfold us in many layers that NEVER seem as evil at first. like Dante`s Inferno in The Divine Comedy. not sure can a human will remove it, because these layers are inside the self. which explains the need for the 3rd element - divine. perhaps Catholic since it`s the most advanced in this field.

This is exactly the philosophy of Islām - Hell / Jahannam is surrounded by pleasures and appealing things that are in fact evil and harmful... And Heaven / Jannah is surrounded with difficulties that most people avoid, but are so good for you.

Hey I love your videos and how professional they are. One tip: if u could move the camera back a bit would be nice. It’s quite close up. Other than that, keep them coming!

Great explanation. Lucifer is the perfect example of the concept.

Great work Mr O''Riley Terraband!! Your best video hands down and you've made some good ones!! 🙂

10 points for use of the word "reified". You're now officially in the smart-guy club.

I think you're spot on with this mate.

A piece about indifference and apathy could component this piece about evil.

I'd like to hear about handling people's "love bombing" when you first meet them.

another wise advice. it's obvious...after your explanation

Agree with your conclusion and observation. Nice, insightful video. I would add that our modern culture is too squeamish about evil, and paints an entirely too cartoonish a picture of what evil is. Too often we simply won't admit, personally, as a family, as a community, or culture at large that real evil does exist right now - as you said, in plain sight. So, people don't think about what they see because everything attractive and cute must be good.

This channel just gets more interesting

Homeboy just dropping truth over here. Damn.

People who display false virtue, through grand proclamation. We want other's perception of us to supplant the inner guilt, shame, and regret we all feel. Good intentions, and group related rationality for bad behavior towards a utopian outcome, that's always jus over the horizon. This mindset allows self deception, and denial of the harm being done to all.

Temptation is in our lives daily.

Wow, amazing video man. Loved it. Subscribed ✅

Lucifer was also the most beautiful of the angels. that brings alot of sense to my dating life

If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Truly, fantastic content

So true. The Whitehorse Inn did a podcast on what Satan's Church would look like if it had a physical location. Very similar thoughts. So much of evil wears a mask.

I really like how you think 💯

We re all unique amalgamation of good and evil.

He who acts in haste will not go unpunished(short cuts )

An almost parallel influence would be attractive, and ugly. Evil isn't always ugly, in fact, it's always, initially, attractive. Evil has always been betrayed as ugly, but there's always been a trend to regard ugly as an "acquired taste", too.

I think you are a wise man.

Thank you for the video. I would like to have a follow up on how to be able to distinguish or unveil the cloak of light! And what it means that you often are surrounded by evil. This is a figure appearing in early hagiography: the good woman attracting bad man….

Theologically correct sir

Excellent stuff.

as a darkskin man who has been described as intimidating.....thanks

Great topic, Dr Taraban! Yes, evil tends to wear a bright and attractive costume like the Pied Piper but it leads your astray to your death. The Bible actually says that Satan's false ministers infiltrate the church and it should be expected because even he is transformed into an angel of light. People choose shortcuts and expediency over sacrifice and righteousness and it causes devastation for them and many others. I don't think it's darkness which represents evil since God made it, but more what darkness is used for. People are clandestine and secretive over their evil deeds so darkness is the metaphor for it but the unborn child is created in the dark womb and the serpent tempted Eve in broad daylight. Hey Dr, did you know the constellation Orion is mentioned in the Bible? It's in Job.

I just want to take it back, Dr. Orion, as the value of all your other videos has been substantial for me. Your stilted subjective idea of the idea of "evil" is not with standing here, but otherwise I have found your shows to be substantially above par from, the others in your genre. You have an intellect that's cast iron or I don't know if that's the perfect analogy but it's maybe crystalline iron. There's some thing foundational about how you see in a balanced way. I guess you and I would have a really good conversation about this idea of evil sinse I respect the shit out of your way of thinking. So many people have this sugarcoating/virtue signaling way of presenting themselves, which is false, false, false, false false. It's because they don't have a grasp of objectivity. so this tells me that my view of your "evil" topic shows me that I have a bit of bias that I have to work through. If I respect your thought, so much, well, anyway, I just think that evil is not a force, and it's not an entity, and you'd have to have a folklore level of sophistication in terms of, a superstitious, , religious belief that evil is a "force". When I say above par, I think that you bring a confidence to your ideas, and you don't make it so people can't disagree. This is good. Super honorable. Maybe it's the confidence in conjunction with the humility that makes you quote above par" for me in this statement. I think other people can really stick to the text a bit too much for my taste, and that's why I completely would prefer Carl Jung, as opposed to Freud, but maybe that's because the more I understand about occult, which means secret or shielded, the more I understand where your religion and the others came from. That's what Carl Jung understood. I doubt he talked about evil as an entity.

Evil is mostly dark and sometimes light. Good is mostly light but sometimes dark like wicca.