Michael Myers is evil but balloons are good.  It gets me thinking…

In the Abrahamic religions, there is a constant struggle between good and evil.  But paradoxically, the main causes of evil in this world has been human attempts to eradicate evil, or what has been viewed as evil.  In contrast, Buddhism emphasizes enlightenment and ignorance.   One way to summarize the basic Buddhist teaching is that we suffer, and cause others to suffer, because of greed, hatred or delusion (i.e. the Three Roots of Evil).

The hard part is knowing when that level of enlightenment (or knowledge, conscience, maturity) has been reached when one can transform greed into generosity, hatred into kindness, delusion into wisdom.  I conclude therefore that the struggle between good and evil is not an easily graduated one.  You have to forget your personal references to see all the points of references in the world that can help you see universal greed, hatred or delusion.  So I guess, I’ll keep concentrating on myself by paradoxically forgetting about myself…

Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Focal Length: 50 mm