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OUT FROM THE HEART

are merely negations; they are states of darkness and deprivation and not of positive power. Evil is not a power; it is ignorance and misuse of good. The hater is he who has failed to do the lesson of Love correctly, and he suffers in consequence. When he succeeds in doing it rightly, the hatred will have disappeared, and he will see and understand the darkness and impotence of hatred. It is so with every wrong condition.

The following are some of the more important right mental conditions and their beneficent effects upon the life:—

Right Mental
Conditions
Their Effects
Love. Gentle conditions, bliss, and blessedness.
Purity. Intellectual clearness, joy, invincible confidence.
Selflessness. Courage, satisfaction, happiness, and plenty.
Humility. Calmness, restfulness, knowledge of Truth.