One Epic Evil Paragraph – Second Thunder: Seeking the Black Ishayas

”With your time-withered hand holding the serpent to my neck? Thank you, but no. You see how meager your victory! Next time, or the time after -- in some other space, some future or past age -- I shall succeed! This Sphere has grown too weak to withstand me. I shall rule all!” 
 
Valin is the epitome of evil in the Thunder series, the clearest depiction of the egoic worldview that is possible. He is the opposition that wars inside each of us as long as we give space for duality and the belief in separation from the Source. 
 
Valin is telling us in this quote that if we choose to give space for the belief in suffering, there he will be, ready to dominate and rule all. Perhaps you did make a choice once to let go and let God, but if you are not consistent with pursuing what is Real, then the opposition will use that against you.
 
Valin does have quite a bit of faith in himself; and there certainly seems to be a big commitment to play his part in the equation of the game of duality. If we want there to be a duality of good and evil, then there must be equal strength in the opposites, logically. Hence, the creation of good and evil can never be overcome at the level where it has been created.
 
Valin wants us to believe in his reality and his power so that the war can continue. Every ounce of energy given to fight him is actually adding to the false reality of fear. That is his greatest asset; that is his weapon of choice. Without our support there is no war, there is no Valin.
 
Like any good salesman, he is putting up a convincing show of how powerful he is. Even at the moment of defeat he still comes up with a spiel like this where he promises to come back over and over again… if there ever is a moment of weakness .
 
You could also see him as the most perfect sparring partner. One who says, “I will give you the challenge and I will push you to the limits of who you think you are so that you will move beyond those limits.”
 
Is it a friend or foe that comes to us with that kind of conviction? 
 
Nataraja

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