That perceived struggle between good and evil is simply absent during unitive experiences—and this state of Oneness is our natural state that we can always return to. Hate cannot oppose love; they simply operate in different dimensions.
In contrast, the perceived struggle between good and evil in us is the ego making a comeback. Gerald May states in Will and Spirit, “The ego (of which self-definition is a part) senses its conscious demise and does something to get back in control.
So, when the war of good and evil appears—the call of the two opposing wolves that demand to be fed, as the Native Americans describe it—you can spot first and foremost ego at work. Ask, to whom is that struggle of good and evil occurring?
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