Insight Vol 1_105

find that each time the thought will have
less and less power if you will only resist
with all your force.

Q. Is there any way by which we can
resist evil magnetisms?
A. Yes, by keeping in the way - Evil is
like Darkness. perfectly negative,
and goodness and light can always
di[cis?]ipate both one and the other. Evil
is the absense of good and nothing of itself.

Q. Are there not many persons in the world
whose magnetisms are evil and who would
injure us if they could?
A. There are many such - but if you
carry only a lighted taper into an
[immense?] Cathedral darkness disappears.

Q. We seem to have so few chances to
do good outside of our own family, are
opportunities for doing good given us as
a reward?
A. Your first proposition is not just the
truth, there are always opportunities