dark= evil, light =good why?

i came across a bunch of replies on this topic from a canadian post 2 years ago.  here it is:http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100424162723AAGoH0D  this is a pretty cool topic.  i have always been drawn to darkness, even as a child.  most of my fears come from daytime, not night.  i find peace and wonder in the night.  the ancient pagans worshiped the moon as our mother goddess.  how evil could night be?  i have seen things at night that i find wonderful.  the full moon on the ocean while standing on a cliff.  meteors streaking across the sky.  the moons of jupiter casting their shadows on the planet itself.  i have stared in wonder at the women i have loved as they soak in the candle light.  this is not evil, this is beautiful.  i have been in clubs filled with smoke and danced in blacklight to deep, haunting music.  again, this is not evil.  this is wonderful.  it takes me to a place far away from the pain in this world that effects me most.  i love the shadows, the rich textures of concrete and steel in the harsh streetlights of cities at night.  i love the way grass glows from moonlight, i love swimming in pools at night.  it's quiet and peaceful at night.  i love to walk my dog at night.  he sniffs around, thriving on the same wonder i feel.  how can this be evil??? 

i find light to be unbearable at times.  i have always had sensitive eyes.  light has always hurt me.  my pale skin gets burned.  how is light good?  people look their worst at noon when the light is beating down on them from directly above.  the bags under their eyes show, the whites of their eyes hide in dimness, their stretch marks, age spots, wrinkles, grays; every imperfection bursts out at you in the daylight.  how is this good?  i am not one to ignore the beautiful scenery that one misses at night.  i love watching the surf roll in.  i love a nice walk in the park on a sunny day (as long as my sunscreen and sunglasses are used).  but there is no built-in moral compass that points to light as inherently good.  

i am a person of darkness.  i delight in dreams that come to me in the evening.  i thrive in staring out at the shadows that dance in my backyard.  i love seeing the little night animals scurry about.  i love the excitement of going into a club, filled with smoke and shadows, dancing lights and pounding music.  i have spent the best part of this last year trying to sever this anchor to my dark side.  i have to accept that it will never leave.  Jung stated that this is in us all; this beastial side.  i am very aware of what i can accomplish if i allow myself  too long of a detour into that part of me.  but Jung's shadow is not exactly what i am talking about.  I am referring to the seeking of mysteries, the dancing in the cemeteries without fear.  I am talking about grabbing the night for ourselves and laughing in peace and happiness.  i know not everyone is like me.  i know some of you probably think i am completely nuts for these admissions.  oh well,  enjoy the day.  the day is good and safe and you can see everything.  me, i'll take the unknown, the imagination, the mystery.  i'll take the hard-cutting lights, the deep, rich shadows, the piurples and deep violets of a sunset.  i'll take the blue-black of a wanning day.  i'll take the stars above me, the moon reflecting upon me.  i see no evil in darkness;  not in the night around me, nor in the dark within me.

Taking it in its deepest sense, the shadow is the invisible saurian tail that man still drags behind him. Carefully amputated, it becomes the healing serpent of the mysteries. Only monkeys parade with it.  CG Jung

“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” Charles Austin Beard

 A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.
Jean Genet