AND WHAT IS THIS EVIL?

Evil may be defined in so many different ways depending on where one is coming from. But the amazing thing s is that whether our orientation is scientific, we still see evil as that negative that is in opposition to the positive. For example, particles of opposite charge annihilate into energy while particles with similar charge bind together in a law of attraction to form into the different matter in the universe.

If we are philosophically oriented, we see evil as the bad that opposes the good. In mathematics the positive is represented by a plus sign while the negative is represented by a minus sign, with the minus reducing from the plus.

Equally, from a religious perspective, we talk of the evil that is in opposition to the Good.

The difference in all the orientations depicted above, is that whereas in all disciplines evil is considered as a force, in religion, it is viewed as a being.

One of the greatest inspirational writers of all time, James Allen, in his book, “The Path of Prosperity,” defines evil as the passing shadow, thrown by the intercepting self, across a transcendent Form of the Eternal Good.

If we take some time and analyze this deep seated definition, we find ourselves drawn deeply and swimming in the realms of the eternal spiritual reality.

This situation would have posed great danger to our scientific friends; withdrawing from this discourse on the basis that science has no room for religious proposition, until obviously the advent of quantum science also christened spiritual science.

So, I think we are now comfortable to proceed with our discourse, on the premise of our belief that we now have everyone on board.

So, evil is just but a shadow, huh?

The above statement does not make sense until one peers with the spiritual eye, deep beyond the physical into our God- like nature in the realm of the unseen. This spiritual eye also referred to as the sixth sense, or the voice of reason as well as intuition- the voice of God, has guided great men of science, philosophy, religion and art, to such great heights that is the culmination of all the advancements witnessed in the world today.

In using this small still voice of God, we come to a rediscovery of our attributes through the consciousness that gives us our reality and make us humans; different from other living creatures …and man became a living being!

In the realm of the spiritual, which is the realm of our consciousness, we find both scientific as well as religious, including philosophical, convergences, where in unison, all these disciplines declare that, “herein lays our reality- the centre of our being.”

And so, it becomes blatantly clear that our reality is more than what we see with our naked eye.

This facet of life radiates in our mind, realities that sounds the depth of our thinking in reflecting our spiritual nature, which is infinite, taking us to new and deep frontiers on the depth of our knowledge and guided by this voice of reason, understands how it is so, that the world is a mirror in which each sees a reflection of himself.

Of great importance is the discovery, through ascension to the plane of perception, whereon we see and realize the vision of the law that guides us on how to deal with this evil.

Accordingly, with this realization comes the knowledge that everything is included in a ceaseless interaction of cause and effect, and that nothing can be divorced from the law.

It therefore become plain, according to James Allen, how true it is that from the most trivial thought, word, or act of man, up to the grouping of the celestial bodies, law reigns supreme!

In this great and immutable law, we find such aphorisms that give us great insights into the law that guides these statements:

“Whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap,” as well as many others, including the one that says, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” James Allen sees these laws, in flaming letter, inscribed upon the portal of Eternity.

It therefore becomes clear that no arbitrary condition can, even for a moment, exist, for such a condition, as James says, would be a denial and annihilation of law. Therefore, no man can escape the fact that we are the sum total of our thinking for that is nothing but the law!

In this simple but true fact, we find that the solution to deal with all the evil in the world, lies inside each one of us and the applicable formula is based on our mental attitude.