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WISDOM FOR DAILY DOINGS ...
WISDOM FOR DAILY DOINGS ...
GOOD AND EVIL
The universe contains two dynamic forces. They are good and evil.
Good and evil are twin forces, born of the same father. They are
called dvandvas or the pairs of opposites. They have no independent
existence. Evil exists to glorify good. This is its only raison
d'etre. Evil is negative good!
Evil is a destructive force. Good is a constructive force. There is
neither absolute good nor absolute evil in this universe. Evil has no
independent existence apart from good. Wherever there is good, there
is evil. You cannot expect absolute good in this relative world.
You can find absolute good in Brahman alone. From the viewpoint of
the basic reality which lies at the back of evil and good, evil and
good dwindle into an airy nothing. Evil and good are only mental
creations. Transcend good and evil and reach the abode of supreme
peace and immortality.
For a jnani, who has knowledge of the self, there is neither good nor
bad. The `why' of evil can only be under¬stood when you get atma
jnana (self knowledge). Do not rack your brain now. This is a
transcendental mystery which only Brahman knows. Finite intellect
that is conditioned in time, space and causation cannot find out a
solution to this problem of evil. When you are fully established in
your self, then evil and good both vanish altogether.
Transmute evil into good by changing your mental attitude, or angle
of vision. Out of evil good often cometh. Destruction is necessary
for regeneration, for renovation and for reconstruction.
Tamas (inertia) is evil. Satva (purity) is good. So convert tamas
into satva. Then evil is transmuted into good. Selfishness is evil
and selflessness is good. Lust is evil, brahmacarya (celibacy) is
good. Greed is evil. Generosity, integrity, disinterestedness all
these are good. Pride is evil and humility is good.
-- Swami Sivananda Saraswathy
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