Does Being Spiritual Mean Not Acknowledging Evil?

One school of thought says that to be spiritual and always focus on the good, you mustn’t focus on anything evil. After all, what you focus on expands and if you want to create your reality so that it includes only that which you decide is “good,” then you shouldn’t focus on anything called “bad.”

Eeeeehhhhhh. (Buzzer sound) Wrong.

If you notice war happening, it’s alright to notice that there’s war happening.

When two people fall in love, they often overlook each other’s flaws. “Love is blind,” as the saying goes. People see only what they want to see and in some situations, it can come around to bite them in the butt.

Now, it is true that what we focus on expands, yet we don’t want to be blind to our reality. Being honest with ourselves is very valuable. So what do we do?

The key here is non-attachment.

We all know about bacteria, for example. We are aware that there are germs all around us which can make us sick. Nevertheless, most of us don’t spend all day in fear worrying about germs. (Sure there are people with OCD, which is basically just a strong ego, but here we’re talking about your typical person.) Since we are all aware of bacteria and the possibility of getting sick, we make sure we wash our hands before eating, especially if our hands are dirty.

We have awareness of bacteria and we handle it accordingly, then we effortlessly move forward with our lives. We don’t get “stuck” on dealing with bacteria.

It’s the same thing with anything else. It is the attachment or aversion to something that typically keeps us focused on it. Pretending a problem doesn’t exist doesn’t fix the problem. It just doesn’t work that way.

The key to handling all of life’s problems is non-attachment.

One of my favorite tools for letting go of all attachments is The Sedona Method.

When we get attached to something and want to hold onto it, we are saying that we lack the ability to get enough of it, we lack the ability to control it, and want to hold onto something once we obtain it, lest we lose it. It’s an overall feeling of lack.

On the flipside, when we have an aversion to something, we are constantly pushing it away. We are experiencing the energy of fear. Pushing something away only further solidifies the negative experience of it in our reality. Case(s) in point: The War on Drugs, The War on Terrorism, The music industry suing its own customers for downloading music, etc.

Instead of fighting what is, pushing against what is, or desperately going after what you want, let go of all attachment whatsoever.

The more you can accept what is, the more you can move into action to have things be the way you choose.

Allow yourself to call a spade a spade. If you see something in your reality, notice that it’s there without any emotional attachment or struggle. Be the nonjudgmental observer. From this place of lightness and ease, you can then start applying the techniques taught by The Law of Attraction and much more easily and effectively create your reality.

As you begin to let go of struggling with what is, you open yourself up to new ideas and possibilities that you never would have seen had you been so focused on the negative, or deliberately trying to limit yourself and stare at the positive.

Motivation is seeing something you don’t like and thus having a reason to move away from it.

Inspiration is having an idea in mind and heading towards it.

Instead of moving away from something you don’t like, or even pretending that it doesn’t exist, know exactly what it is you wish to experience in your life and move towards that.

Being “spiritual” does not in any way imply that you are unwilling to notice something that is evil. “Evil” is simply something that is sourced in ego, like all suffering. “Good,” the way we’ll call it here, is something sourced in Divine Love.

Judgments aren’t necessary. We’re simply making observations.

Observing something “evil” doesn’t create more “evil” in your life experience. It is only the judgment and emotional resistance to it, in the form of attachment or aversion, which cements it in your reality.

So allow yourself to observe life as it is, then focus your attention on what it is that you do want to see and you will see more of it.

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