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| − | "Do not combat evil because it will seduce you as you do so. With only ambition, you will combat [[evil]] and it will always be victorious. For its proponents were once combatants against it in many cases. In other words, many of those who now support and speak for evil were once opposed to it."<ref>''Relationships and Higher Purpose'', Chapter 8: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/relationships-higher-purpose/problem-evil The Problem of Evil and the Forces of Dissonance]</ref> | + | "Do not combat [[evil]] because it will seduce you as you do so. With only ambition, you will combat [[Quotes About Evil|evil]] and it will always be victorious. For its proponents were once combatants against it in many cases. In other words, many of those who now support and speak for evil were once opposed to it."<ref>''Relationships and Higher Purpose'', Chapter 8: [https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/volume-4/relationships-higher-purpose/problem-evil The Problem of Evil and the Forces of Dissonance]</ref> |
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| + | "If you fight evil, it becomes stronger. Evil loves attention. It thrives on attention. It is really something that is unreal in itself, but as more attention is given to it, and the more it is rejected and resisted, which is another form of attention, then it remains strong, and it has a powerful potentiality, a powerful potential. If you fight evil within yourself, you will not be successful because you are feeding it as you fight it. | ||
| + | What is important is to make it unnecessary."<ref>[https://www.newmessage.org/the-message/other-revelations/ending-violence-within/ Ending Violence Within] (September 4, 2008)</ref></blockquote> | ||
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[[War]] | [[War]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:42, 14 February 2023
"Do not combat evil because it will seduce you as you do so. With only ambition, you will combat evil and it will always be victorious. For its proponents were once combatants against it in many cases. In other words, many of those who now support and speak for evil were once opposed to it."[1]
"If you fight evil, it becomes stronger. Evil loves attention. It thrives on attention. It is really something that is unreal in itself, but as more attention is given to it, and the more it is rejected and resisted, which is another form of attention, then it remains strong, and it has a powerful potentiality, a powerful potential. If you fight evil within yourself, you will not be successful because you are feeding it as you fight it.
What is important is to make it unnecessary."[2]
References
- ↑ Relationships and Higher Purpose, Chapter 8: The Problem of Evil and the Forces of Dissonance
- ↑ Ending Violence Within (September 4, 2008)
See also
Further study
- The One God, Chapter 7: What Creates Evil