The best measure of degree in consciousness can be found by the consistency of that general approach to thinking.

The point of thinking well, is to become more conscious, which, in turn, is a prerequisite for solving problems well.

While important distinctions are to be made between Evil and Insanity, Illness and sin to name something correctly gives John Q. Public a certain amount of power over it.

Given state of current affairs, it's impossible to overlook the reality of Evil if you are thinking with integrity.

We have wide spread denial in this country, many downplay Evil or Hesitate to see it for what it's Truth is.


Think of the Ill Effects caused by those who are 'Addicted' to a high opinion of themselves, or far worse.

It has been said that the truly Evil resided outside of jail. When it comes to avarice history has shown such would be generally accurate.

Sinning is most broadly defined as "Missing the Mark", we routinely fail to do the very best of which we are 'Capable', and with each failure we commit a crime of sorts - against ourselves or others.

The reality is that we do betray ourselves and others routinely. The worst of us do it blatantly, even compulsively. Whether it is done consciously or unconsciously is of no matter; the betrayal occurs.
If you do not realize it, then you are not perfectly honest with yourself, which is itself sin.

It is not their sins per se that characterize them; rather it is the 'Subtlety' and "Persistence"  and CONSISTENCY OF THEIR SINS.

Carl Jung ascribed the root of human evil to "The Refusal to Meet the Shadow."

By "The Shadow," Jung meant the Part of our Mind containing those things that we would rather not Own Up To, that we are Continually trying to hide from ourselves and others and sweep under the rug of our consciousness.

Most of us when pushed up against the wall be evidence of our own Sins, Failures, or Imperfections, will acknowledge our shadow.

But by his use of the word 'Refusal," Jung was implying something far more active.


Those who have 'Crossed' over the Line that separates Sin from Evil are characterized most by their 'Absolute' Refusal to tolerated any sense of their own sinfulness.

This is because their central defect is not that they have no conscious but they refuse to bear it's pain.
In other words, it is not so much the sin itself but the refusal to acknowledge it that makes it Evil.

In fact, the evil are often highly intelligent people, who may be quite conscious in most respects but have a very specific unwillingness to acknowledge their shadow.
The briefest definition of evil known it that it is "Militant Ignorance."

But Evil is not generally ignorance; more specifically, it is militant ignorance of the shadow.
Those who are Evil refuse to bear the pain of guilt or allow the shadow into consciousness and "Meet"it. Instead, they will set about - often at great effort - militantly trying to destroy the evidence of their sin or anyone who speaks it or represents it. And in this act of destruction, their Evil is committed.

It has been written although often viewed as a "Downer" - is in many ways a blessing.
Having a genuine awareness of one's shortcomings is what is called a sense of personal sin.
It is not pleasant to be aware of oneself as a naturally lazy, ignorant, self-centered being that rather routinely betrays its Creator, its fellow creatures, and even its own best interests.

Yet this unpleasant sense of personal failure and inadequacy is, paradoxically, the greatest blessing of human being can possess.
Unpleasant as it may be, the gift of Appropriate Guilt is Precisely what Keeps our Sins From Getting Out of Hand. It is our most effective safeguard against our own proclivity for evil.