TRANSMUTE EVIL INTO GOOD - Swamy Sivananda

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+ADw-P align+AD0-center+AD4-TRANSMUTE EVIL INTO

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+ADw-P+AD4-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

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+ADw-P+AD4APA-BR+AD4-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.+ADw-BR+AD4APA-/P+AD4-

+ADw-P+AD4-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.+ADw-/P+AD4-

+ADw-P+AD4APA-BR+AD4-For a jnani, who has knowledge of the self, there is

neither good nor bad. The +AGA-why' of evil can only be understood 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. +ADw-BR+AD4APA-/P+AD4-

+ADw-P+AD4-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.+ADw-BR+AD4APA-/P+AD4-

+ADw-P+AD4-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, brahmacharya (celibacy) is good. Greed is

evil. Generosity, integrity, disinterestedness - all these are good. Pride is

evil and humility is good.+ADw-/P+AD4-

+ADw-P+AD4APA-BR+AD4-- HH Swami Sivananda, Divine Life Society,

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