Lesson Nine: The Following Darkness

Once light begins to shine through you, it may also attract darkness. In an age of science and technology, it is easy to dismiss evil in its more traditional understanding as an irrational folly of the human imagination, or a human proposition. It is not. The language we choose to define it may change, but its substance stays the same. The wisest prophet never dismisses evil as a reality, they simply don't feed into it. Parasidic in form, it thrives on fear. It grows only when fear takes hold of your life and deters you from your path. It may encircle you with others who are wrapped in darkness through fear, but the light of truth will always keep it at bay. Light can cancel out darkness, but there is nothing that can cancel out light.