I did not mean to sound condescending. It's just I have seen and dealt with shadow people all my life, and I can tell you with 100% certainty (on my behalf) that these things do not like you or want you to succeed. They may give you a little info here and there, tell ya a thing or two, but it will only be to decieve you more into believing what they tell you in the future. The ultimate evil is not physical assault on others...it is Self-Obsession, and Mastery over others. And this is the goal of these "shadow" beings, which are just lower levels of your own consciousness. If this entity is showing you visions of ANYONE burning in hell, I would take it at face-value. Dark things produce dark visions. Unconditional Love, Patience, Forgiveness, Truth, Justice and Wisdom. If it were an entity of ANY honor whatsoever, it would've mentioned at least ONE of those cornerstones of human evolution. All I'm saying, is trust your intuition. Life is nothing but symbols. Darkness and Fire don't seem to symbolize much of what our human spiritual goals are. Good luck, bud.
I too have lived my life surrounded by some shadow. For a long time I felt I was just going crazy whenever incidents would happen. It has not actually done any harm to me. They may make you scared or fearful, but there are some things you can learn from fear. Without fear man would not be what it is today. Ex: The threat of Heaven or Hell has "scared" people to live good lives, in fear of the afterlife. Now is this a bad thing? I don't think so at all. I personally don't believe in a heaven or hell so I live a good life for me, but if others need that fear to do so then even good thing can come of fear.
If they are just lower levels of our own consciousness then they aren't separate entities. If it is a part of myself then why should I be afraid of myself, and how could I feed off my own fear, and why would I want to? I believe they are different entities, and that they can't all be classified as bad. Some will be and some won't be.
The fact that they are a shadow doesn't mean they are evil, or untrustworthy. Nobody can say with 100% certainty what they are or why they interact with us. Maybe they could be shadows cause maybe we aren't able to see something too complex to understand. Maybe they may be shadows because they could be a reflection of our eternal souls. Maybe they are shadows because that's what makes up their form. Maybe they could be symbolic for the darkness that resides in all man. Maybe their aliens. Maybe their souls that have passed on and reside in the afterlife..... They could be anything. Until the shadows begin to communicate with every user, and convey the same message about what they are. Then we will never truly know. I'm not saying you're completely wrong. For all I know you could be right, but at the same time all the maybes I gave could be right as well. My point is we don't know and until then it is just ones opinion.
"Unconditional Love, Patience, Forgiveness, Truth, Justice and Wisdom"
Okay let's assume you've spent a total of 24 hours with a shadow. Maybe 5 minutes here, 10 seconds there and so on. In such a short amount of time how can one be expected to bring up all that goes into life? I could spend 24 hours with another human, a good person, and still those things may never come up. This doesn't mean that person has no honor. This means I can't learn everything about someone or something immediately, and in short time.
"it would've mentioned at least ONE of those cornerstones of human evolution"
Doesn't fear have a lot to do with our evolution, and isn't it a part of us just as much as Unconditional Love, Patience, Forgiveness, Truth, Justice and Wisdom? Just because it's not something you like doesn't mean we don't need it. Without fear in the world we would be a hell of a lot different. Also this is just me and you. Somebody else could have experienced a shadow that preached about love, respect, sugar, spice, and everything nice.