The Devil and the Angel

This subject have been going through my mind and I have been thinking whether to response to this statement that  " it is better to deal with the Devil your know than the Angel you don't know". How can we compare the Devil and the Angel  or the darkness and the light ? It is really nonsense.

The Devil represents " bad " while the Angel stands for " good".  How can we ever thought of dealing with the Devil ? Everything coming from the Devil is bad.  It is oozing out badness only and what is there to deal ? If we want to deal with the Devil , then it is like taking advantage of the bad for ourself.  What is there to benefit us from the Devil ?

If we think deeply, we can understand this statement well.  It is because nobody is perfect and heaven is not for everyone. Lets imaging, if we clear up the darkness, there will be transparency and everything will need to follow strictly by the law.  There is no deviation or no double talks . One is one and the flexibility is limited. If you are an angle, you need to be a perfect angel and there should not be any darkness in you.  How many of us can be Angels? It is impossible to seek perfection in human beings and even if there are , it will only be a few.

For an ordinary folk, we are always drifting between the good and the bad and we cannot survive under each extremes. After all, what is life ? A little bit of greed, a little bit of naughtiness, a little bit of bad thoughts, etc, it should be tolerated. If we do not tolerate imperfections, then we will be the one to suffer.

If the Angel wins over the Devil, there will be brightness and suddenly no drinking, no smoking, no more free sex, no more porn, no more gambling , so on and so on.  Every day, we have to behave ourself  according to the religious teachings and precepts. It maybe for the holy fellas but what about the not so holy fellas or the naughty fellas.  They will revolt and finally, the Angel will be over thrown.

The best is in the Buddhist precepts , following the middle path and avoid the extremes. This is where the majority of the people belongs to. This balance is very important to maintain the equilibrium and to hold on power.  Fairness and to cater for the masses is fundamental to good governance.

This is what we can "live and lets live".

Namaste.