The Search for Peace in Times of Chaos—Volume Special Doctrine Good vs Evil: To understand the Taoist notion of good and evil, it is important to distinguish between the concepts of evil versus the reality of evil As a concept, Taoists not hold the position of good against evil; rather they see the interdependence of all dualities So when one labels something as a good, one automatically creates evil The reality of good and evil is that all actions contain some aspect of each When people interfere with the natural balance by trying to impose their egoistic plans, they will not succeed; rather, the nonegoistic person allows nature to unfold, watching it ebb and flow from good to bad and back again