Chaos v. Order

"The idea that order and chaos are at odds seems to be an echo of the good/bad, God/Satan, Grinch/Santa dualistic thinking that humans are supremely adapted to, as one might expect of an animal that evolved surrounded by "bad" things like hunger, predators, cold, etc.

The real spiritual challenge for such a thinking being is to overcome such instinctive responses to see that all forces in the universe act in concert. It's not that there are no forces that are "bad" for us; it's that these forces just ARE, regardless of how they affect us, and that we can adapt to, and operate healthfully in, a universe that is a balance of these forces.

We don't have to conquer or eliminate those aspects of ourself that are bad for us (that is, that are "evil"). We just have to see that our limitations include a susceptibility to those forces. If we understand the background of our being, we don't have to fight it by dividing and pigeon-holing our reality into friendly and unfriendly parts.

We can live and work with all of the parts, so long as we understand that some of those parts can burn us. Three year olds get burned by hot stove burners, but we've learned to live with these evil things because we understand them well enough to play it safe."
-"Lightning Joe"

That's the challenge we face, in understanding the universe.