{"id":403,"date":"2022-01-28T12:57:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T12:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/?p=403"},"modified":"2022-01-28T12:57:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T12:57:11","slug":"evil-starts-in-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/28\/evil-starts-in-the-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Evil starts in the mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>It is a man&#8217;s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.<\/p><cite>Buddha<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A person\u2019s mind is an amazing thing\/. It is within our minds that we decide to do good or evil. The worst evil in this world is a person\u2019s mind because that is where evil starts. Anything terrible that any criminal has done started within their mind first. But what triggers the mind into going towards the good or the evil? This, I think, is the essence of psychology. Knowing why people do what they do is what psychology is all about. However, I am just a writer, so how can I use this to my advantage? Understanding that all evil starts within the person\u2019s mind can help me create a character with more depth. By understanding how the mind works enough, I can write a character that seems natural yet is off-centered. The characters that I like to write tend to have issues. But for me, when I am writing and developing a character, I want it to appear like this person could be real. So learning and exploring how the mind works and why people do what they do is an important factor for me and constantly ongoing. The mind is essential to life, yet we know little about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/brain-g8b7598705_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"405\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/brain-g8b7598705_640.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/?attachment_id=405\" class=\"wp-image-405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/brain-g8b7598705_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/brain-g8b7598705_640-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/brain-g8b7598705_640-210x105.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a man&#8217;s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. Buddha A person\u2019s mind is an amazing thing\/. It is within our minds that we decide to do good or evil. The worst evil in this world is a person\u2019s mind because that is where evil starts. Anything [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406,"href":"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions\/406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavier-black.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}