Evil comes from humans, not ghosts, devils or spirits.

Most people associate ghosts, devils and spirits with evil. Bring up a subject on them and the sudden chilling thought of fear and evil envelopes the body. Yet, are ghosts, devils and spirits really evil? Are what have usually been portrays in films true? Have we not been lead astray in our belief of such other worldly beings?

Of course, it is true that spiritual possessions do occur. In fact, it was due to this fact that I was once involved in the study of ways to remove such spirits from people possessed by spirits. A friend and I went to an Indian temple in Harvard Estate near the town of Gurun, Kedah. Initially, I went there to learn about meditation and the opening of the third eye and the seven chakras. The flow of qi in the human body has been a long time interest of mine since its flow ensures our health. (This is a Chinese practice which I started learning together with Shaolin Kungfu moves. I read that the West have accepted and known about qi.)   

Before I digress too far, let us return to the temple at Harvard estate where, the chief priest, a person known to us as 'Bapa', which means father, used to teach us the art of ridding a human body of undesirable spirits. In our first lesson, we are told that we should not harm the spirits if it complies and leave the body of its victim. As an explanation for that, he told us it is not the spirit which is up to no good. The evil arise from a human behind the spirit. There are humans who learn to control spirits and made use of them to harm other humans. Such humans make use of their powers over such spirits to cause mischief and sickness to the people possessed by his spirits. Such humans may be paid by people to perform such devilish deeds. To help those possessed, 'Bapa' would need to exorcise the spirit by demands and threats before capturing it in a container. 

One day, 'Bapa' told us to practice hard as we may be faced with an adversary strong enough to retaliate for interfering with his orders to have a person possessed.  You see, it is not the spirit which has evil intentions. It was merely obeying the instructions of its master. The evil act, the devilish deeds, are those of the master and the people who employ its master to act on the victim. Whether the victim is as bad as the spirit's master or his employers, is not for us to question as Bapa's aim is merely to help another human overcome his problems. So, no matter how we look at it, the spirit is just a tool in the hands of its master. The evil comes only from the humans.

From then on, I fear the darkness and the spiritual world even less. Truth was brought by Bapa with his explanation. However, that truth stopped me from continuing my lessons on the expelling of spirits from humans as it could lead me to a world where the battle among the forces of good and evil will often erupt. In such a conflict, as in all conflicts among humans, we do not really know the actual devil. So I left that to wiser men than I.