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"[There are] those who cast off
the proper path to walk in the ways of darkness; those who rejoice in
doing evil and delight in malevolence upheavals, Natural law dictates to us the reality of duality in our lives. We all know that there is both night and day, bitter and sweet, harm and help. What we should also know intuitively and instinctually is that there is also good and evil, right and wrong. While we all recognize the reality of duality in the natural world surrounding us, we often cloud the reality of the duality within us. We often fail to recognize and distinguish the separation between good and evil, right and wrong. As such, the two often merge within us causing us great confusion and harm. Good and evil are as different as are night and day. One with eyes clearly sees this. However, one who is blind cannot tell the difference. How many today are morally and spiritually blind and cannot differentiate between what is naturally good and evil, and inherently right and wrong. Today often when one with vision speaks out and declares what is clearly morally and spiritually correct, such a one is silenced, scorned and condemned. One with vision today is told not to see and not to speak out. The blind do not wish to know the difference between right and wrong, good and evil. For in their darkness they can pursue whatever malevolent course they desire and convince themselves of the correctness of their way. After all, who can see them to tell them otherwise? It is hard for many today to deal with a simple fact of natural law; evil does exist, it does surround us, it can be found even in those very close by. Evil is found is misguided actions; evil is found in imbalanced emotions; evil is found in a clouded mind. When combined together a clouded mind, unstable heart and misguided actions create havoc and destruction not only for an individual but also for all others around. And if none are allowed to bring correction, then one mistake leads to another, which leads to yet another, until everything spirals out of control creating a path of terrible suffering. Good is its own reward, evil is its own punishment. When one chooses to deny evil and turn a blind eye to what is wrong, these forces grow unchecked and like a ravenous wolf eventually turn upon all with an unquenchable hunger. Learn now a great lesson of Torah and one of the secrets of the Kabbalah… To everything there is a time and a purpose under Heaven. There is both a time and a place for war and peace, hate and love, evil and good. Everything is a creation of the Almighty. Moreover, our job as human souls is to learn the time and place for each thing. The place for war, hate and evil does not have to be within the human experience. We have the choice to place these things outside our reality and make their time to be the past and not the future. Yet, in order for us to do this great act of separation, we must first learn how to distinguish between the two forces in order to separate them. As long as good and evil, right and wrong are confused, not being clearly defined and demarcated, forever will we suffer from our lack of insight by not putting things into their proper places and in to their proper times. Evil will continue to exist for as long as we allow it to exist. As long as we tolerate evil, redefine it, rationalize it, and seek to justify it, forever will it rear its ugly head and turn to bite the hand that feeds it. We cannot defeat evil until we are first ready to point a finger directly in its face and expose it for the evil it truly is. The first step in overcoming an enemy is to recognize who and what it is. A thing is known by it opposite. In order to know what is good one must first recognize what is evil. In order to know what is right one must first recognize what is wrong. Knowing the one will define what is the other. If you do not know the one, you will not know the other. When both are not known, no parameters sets, no boundaries defined, then evil conquers goods, suffering and sorrow rule supreme. The solution begins with knowledge. Knowledge must lead to action. Successful action is built upon resolve. Begin with knowing and embracing the One of the universe. By embracing the Creator, one will come to understand His creation.
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