What if the division of the world into Good or Evil is only an illusion?
- Raluca Maria
- 2 days ago
- 3 min read
What if there is something beyond them?

The inner turmoil we experience is very often generated by two antagonistic forces: good or evil. What is labeled “good” is accepted; what is labeled “evil” is rejected. The problem is not the existence of these dichotomous concepts, but the way we have learned to understand and use them.
In truth, good and evil do not exist as separate, absolute realities. They are complementary, like yin and yang, night and day. They coexist in the world and, implicitly, within every human being.
So where does this need come from:
- to label people?
- to divide the world into villains and heroes?
And then, what happens when reality no longer fits into these labels?
In the fantasy series and Netflix adaptation The School for Good and Evil, this very dichotomy is deliberately dismantled: good reveals its dark face when it becomes rigid, arrogant, and cruel in its desire to preserve purity, while evil reveals its luminous side through loyalty, love, and the instinct to protect.
Good and evil are no longer pure moral essences, but facets—masks which, once they fall, reveal fragile moral foundations built on appearances rather than truth.
What if, beyond good and evil, there is actually Truth?
What if truth does not belong to the side of good or the side of evil, but exists beyond this polarization? What if we can no longer see truth because we are too busy dividing the world into “good” and “bad”?
Very often, the things that truly matter do not happen on the front stage, but behind it. On the surface, we are offered scenery: scandals, manufactured conflicts, gossip. Behind the scenes, decisions are made that affect lives, destinies, entire societies.
This mechanism has become increasingly visible in contemporary political life: where justice and the common good should stand, we instead witness—under our very eyes—the grotesque face of ego, power, and manipulation.
Similarly, where institutions should exist to protect the good of society, human health, and the balance of life, we see structures distorted by greed—structures that define what is “healthy” based on corporate interests rather than biological, human, or moral truth.
A well-known example is the case of Nestlé in Japan.
Initially, the company failed in the 1970s because coffee consumption clashed with the country’s deep tea tradition. The successful strategy was not to convince adults, but to “imprint” the taste of coffee in childhood through sweets. Thus, a new generation of consumers was created, and Japan later became one of Nestlé’s largest markets.
Here, it becomes almost impossible to frame the issue strictly in terms of good or evil. Good, because the strategy worked and shareholder profits grew? Evil, because it worked through manipulation?
And yet… something is not right here. Something doesn’t add up.
Is it moral to enrich yourself through manipulation? Or is it moral to respect a people’s traditions and the principles of a healthy, balanced life?
Morality is not about being “good.”
It is about not causing unnecessary harm.
About not taking more than what belongs to you.
About not manipulating what you cannot support with truth.
And then another question arises, perhaps just as uncomfortable in these times, but necessary: why are we afraid of artificial intelligence?
Perhaps because AI is nothing more than a mirror. A mirror of ourselves. Of the society we have built.
What scares us about the mirror? That it shows us we are no longer who we claim to be?
Artificial intelligence does not create out of nothing. It reflects people, their choices, their intentions. It is both an extension and a mirror of human society. As long as people know how to seek truth, AI will learn to seek the same.
We should not be afraid of AI, but of truth. Of the truth this mirror can reveal. Of the question: what is my truth, really?
Truth does not reside in the camp of good or evil.
Truth exists beyond them.Truth is what is moral.
Truth is what is truly healthy—not only for the body or the mind, but for the human soul.
And in this context, a painful question emerges: what value do human souls still have, when greed has become the main currency of the world? When being rich, accumulating wealth, holding power, social status, or visibility measured in millions of views have become empty banners?
Because in the end, the problem is not technology, politics, the growing hatred we see everywhere, or the Epstein files.
The problem is our own consciousness. and, consequently our collective consciousness.




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