No,thereisaway,andIspeakitwithgladness,bywhichevilcanbeslainforever;thereisaprocessbywhichdisease,poverty,oranyadverseconditionorcircumstancecanbeputononesidenevertoreturn;thereisamethodbywhichapermanentprosperitycanbesecured,freefromallfearoftherectumofadversity,andthereisapracticebywhichunbrokenandunendingpeaceandblisscanbepartakenofandrealized.
Andthebeginningofthewaywhichleadstothisgloriousrealizationistheacquirementofarightunderstandingofthenatureofevil.
Itisnotsufficienttodenyorignoreevil;;youmustfindoutwhyitisthere,andwhatlessonithasforyou.
Itisofnoavailtofretandfumeandchafeatthechainswhichbindyou;,reader,youmustbegintoexamineandunderstandyourself.
Evilisnotanabstractsomethingoutsideyourself;itisanexperienceinyourownheart,andbypatientlyexaminingandrectifyingyourheartyouwillbegraduallyledintothediscoveryoftheoriginandnatureofevil,whichwillnecessarilybefollowedbyitscompleteeradication.
Alleviliscorrectiveandremedial,,ignoranceofthetruenatureandrelationofthings,andsolongasweremaininthatstateofignorance,weremainsubjecttoevil.
Evilhasalwaysbeensymbolizedbydarkness,andGoodbylight,andhiddenwithinthesymboliscontainedtheperfectinterpretation,thereality;for,justaslightalwaysfloodstheuniverse,anddarknessisonlyamerespeckorshadowcastbyasmallbodyinterceptingafewraysoftheillimitablelight,sotheLightoftheSupremeGoodisthepositiveandlife-givingpowerwhichfloodstheuniverse,andeviltheinsignificantshadowcastbytheselfthatinterceptsandshutsofftheilluminatingrayswhichstriveforentrance.