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Hi Ben -- I'm just rereading this. It's a profound reflection. Also, while you might think you go from the personal dark to a more abstract universal concept of darkness, the last item can be turned into the personal as well. Lack of nuance (binary thinking) and violence (onto one's self.)
I hadn't considered that, thanks for the perspective. If I thought there was a benefit in doing so, I would compile a catalog of personal demons. A list of the specific feelings of an incursion of darkness, and if possible what triggered them. There have definitely been times where I have felt something negative that seemed... External somehow. Sadness that's somehow alive, or at least moving, dynamic.