We have all heard people say there's evil in the world. My opinion is that there are expressions of evilness, in the world, but there is no such thing as the existence of evil, as a reality of its own!
Suppose, we assume that all self-aware conscious in the universe exists here on earth. Then, let's suppose everyone on earth ceased to exist, would evil still exist? If evil still existed independent of our self-consciousness existence, what would be the purpose of such evil? A basic understanding that I accept is that everything in real existence must have a purpose. Any real existence without a purpose seems totally illogical, to me.
The sun, for example, emits heat and light which create and sustain all forms of life. Hence, the sun has a purpose for existence. To think that our conscious existence,so unique and intricate doesn't have a purpose for existence is incomprehensible to me.
Suppose we do have a purpose for existence. We still have only an average of 60 to 80 years to discover and experience that purpose. To me, that would make our living of one life, an imposed self-conscious existence of torture, heartache, pain, and sorrow, interspersed with a smile, now and then, in our acknowledgment of the wonder of existence.
My theory is that we infinitely exist in an infinite progression of self-consciousness. The world we now consciously experience is just a flicker of existence, to our self-consciousness, out of an infinite variety of infinite flickers. Thus, the purpose of our existence is to consciously experience an infinite variety of infinite flickers.
I would be interested in hearing from others, on their interpretations of our self-conscious existence. Please don't tell me that we jjust must accept the things we don't understand; I don't believe that.