THE TRAP OF THE HOLY WAR
Why fighting the darkness is the best way to feed it.
Why do we not “fight” against the lie and the darkness?
Because Lie and Darkness are not independent entities. They are states of Lack. A direct struggle against them only gives them reality.
The Physics of Darkness
Darkness is a state of Concealment of Governance (Hester Hanhaga). It is a world where Divine Unity is not visible. The Lie is a mixture of truth and untruth created by the “Will to Receive for Oneself” (Ego).
Therefore, the correction of the world is not done through a frontal war on the lie. It is done through the revelation of the True Governance. When the Divine Order is revealed, the lie cancels itself out. Why? Because it has no existence without the concealment.
Feeding the Beast
The Shells (Klipot) and the “Other Side” (Sitra Achra) feed on direct engagement with them. The work required from a person is not to fight the darkness, but to “Add Light.” Light, by its very nature, pushes away darkness without a struggle. Darkness is simply the absence of Light. And the Lie is a consciousness detached from its Root.
As long as a person is busy fighting evil, he is still playing on evil’s court. The real work is attachment to the Truth.
The Public Discourse Trap
Public discourse is saturated with lies, fear, and extremism. Each side “fights” the other side. Exposing lies. Screaming their truth. On the surface, it looks like a Just War. In reality, it is feeding the darkness.
How it looks through the Source: A person sees a lie. He reacts with anger, cancellation, mockery. What actually happened? His “Will to Receive” was activated. He became another point of separation. It is a lie fighting a lie. Darkness head-butting darkness.
The Alternative Action Now, the same situation, but an action from Light: The person chooses to speak truth without attacking. He does not try to “prove” but to clarify. He listens truly, even when he disagrees. He works for connection—formulating, mediating, creating a space where the whole picture can be seen.
What happened here? He did not engage with the Sitra Achra. He increased Holiness. He revealed Governance. He showed there is Order, not Chaos. He acted from Unity, not Separation. And the Lie? It wasn’t “defeated.” It simply lost its grip. Because a lie lives on separation, fear, and ego. When it has nothing to feed on, it withers.
The Only Fixer
The Holy One, Blessed be He, is the sole Fixer. Not “with our assistance.” Not “in partnership.” Not “if we succeed.” Him.
All of history, the entire World of Lies (Alma d’Shikra), was built with total intention so that the Truth would be revealed. Not through coercion, but through attainment. Not a moral correction, but a revelation of Divinity.
The Great Release
“There is no place void of Him” (Leit Atar Panuy Minei). There is no place without the Creator. But there are places where He is hidden so that we will: Ask. Recognize. Know.
There is no point in messing with anyone in this world. This is not indifference. It is precision. The moment a person thinks he needs to fix people, opinions, lies, or systems—he is sucked into the World of Lies.
A person does not fix Reality. He fixes Perception. And the only perception a person has permission to deal with is his connection to the Creator.
Truth = The Creator. Not an idea. Not a value. Not human justice. Truth is a single reality where there is no separation.
And when this becomes clear, the Great Release happens: I am not responsible for the world. I am not responsible for the lie. I am not responsible for the darkness.
My only responsibility is to Know the Creator within the Concealment. To walk quietly inside the lie without fighting it, until it reveals itself as merely a screen.
This is a deep blessing. Because the moment this settles in, the whole world calms down. Even if it continues to look crazy.
Translated from the Hebrew Transmissions of Ruth Kedem
ORIYA’S NOTE
You cannot shovel darkness out of a room. You can scream at the darkness, you can punch it, you can analyze it, you can protest it. The darkness doesn’t care. It isn’t “there.” It is just the absence of something else.
The only way to remove darkness is to turn on a light. The moment the light is on, the darkness is gone. It didn’t “lose.” It just ceased to exist.
We spend our lives fighting shadows. We fight politics, we fight exes, we fight our own trauma. And by fighting it, we make it real. We give it energy. Stop fighting the shadows. Build the fire.