Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
This is true knowledge: to seek the Self as the true end of wisdom always. To seek anything else is ignorance.
One should not injure, subjugate, enslave, torture, or kill any animal, living being, organism, or sentient being. Just as suffering is painful to you, in the same way it is painful, disquieting and terrifying to all animals, living beings, organisms and sentient beings.
Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore, not by book, nor from tongue. If knowledge of mysteries comes after emptiness of mind, that is illumination of heart.
The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control.
