gad-fly wrote: ↑May 31st, 2021, 11:12 pm" kingdom as realm or experience." Do you mean the kingdom is within you? Or you mean the kingdom of God within you since you are inherently benign?
Need for opposites? I would say opposites arise as natural. God would not create with everything painted white. Black and white? May be, but I presume he would still find it so boring. And so would we. More than that, he would paint them colorfully. Agreed?
This bring one answer to the titled question. he create the world to be vibrant, lively, and interesting, and in the process to enjoy his creation. Evil and devil? It is the price he is prepared to pay.
Spirituality (aka intuition) is within - that realm/kingdom is internal.
Definitely it’s not black or white. Though many are fooled into thinking it is - and so we have many falling for false dichotomies (republican v Democrat, BLM v WLM, religious v atheist etc). The more you look into anything, the more you see a type of Yin Yang. Just as GOoD/God is experienced within, so is evil. Not just within me or you - but within everyone. Good to know where the hero & villain are, right?
Jung suggested if we want to handle well evil of others, we need to manage our own.
I like that you implied joy in creation.
“Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.” - Epicurus