When we are somewhere without light, we call it dark, and cannot see, and call it blind. When we are somewhere filled with light, we are blinded too. We need to turn down the lights, mask the candle in front of us, not look into the Sun. Whether the lights are on or off, the same stuff is in the room. Too much or too little light makes us feel blind. (Of course there are other senses but those of us used to eyesight tend to report this way, yes? )
So, ascending to the light, leaving the dark behind, seems to me just as blind. The whole concept seems to be a misunderstanding, based on fear, separation, and failing to use our full faculties.
There is so much talk about battling darkness that it often seems like the teachings are not coming from who we think they are coming from. What are the motives and benefits of battles?? Not what I am interested in, not who I will align with.
It seems to me it is time for a new metaphor that has a better understanding of dark and light rather than mistakenly conflating them with good and evil. In my experience there is much that is obliterated by light as well as much nourished. The dark has great qualities for moving energy, listening, silence. Light moves through darkness.
What are we actually after? What is evil actually? If we just think of it as darkness, where we cannot see, it gets to keep hiding and stay in our systems.
What if we stopped fearing evil and darkness?