4 Mar 2012 - QA 20

Is it possible for the world to become free of evil? I have heard that even when the creation happened, there were Rakshasas or demons. Today I see we have to live with both the opposites – evil and good; darkness and light.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Correct!
I also heard that one lady from some spiritual organization saying, ‘Oh, that soul was very pure in Satyuga and eventually it became less pure, and in Kaliyuga it became impure.’ This is complete non-sense. It is not like that.
In Satyuga also there were Rakshasas (demons) like Hiranyaksha, Hiranyakashipu and the Avtaras had to come four times to get rid of them from the Earth.
So, it is not that Rakshasas are there only in Kaliyuga and Dwaparayuga. These are all wrong concepts and completely wrong understanding. I wonder how they say these sorts of things, that the soul is coming down and this is happening and that is happening.
Atma (soul) is not a red dot that comes down. Atma is like space – ever pure, ever free, and untouched by anything.
These Aasuri Shakti (evil powers) and Daivi Shakti (Divine powers) have been there all the time.
Aasuri Shakti has to be under the feet of Daivi Shakti, then that is a better age. But if Aasuri Shakti is on the top of Daivi Shakti, then it is misery.
So, there will always be some bad element in the society. But their number will be either less or more, that depends on the health of the society.
However big and nice a house is, there will be a dustbin in the house. And the dustbin will be in a corner and all the garbage will be put in that dustbin, and it will be covered. Otherwise the whole house will look like a garbage can.
This is the difference. Either you have a garbage can in the house which is well managed or there is garbage all over the house, everywhere, and only one clean spot will be there somewhere in the house. That is how Daivi Shakti and Aasuri Shakti always will continue to exist on the planet.
Sometimes this will dominate and sometimes that will dominate.