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Men understand this law in the natural world, and work with it; but few understand it in the mental and moral world (though its operation there is just as simple and undeviating), and they, therefore, do not co operate with it. MEN UNDERSTAND THIS LAW IN THE NATURAL WORLD AND WORK WITH IT BUT FEW UNDERSTAND IT IN THE MENTAL AND MORAL WORLD THOUGH ITS OPERATION THERE IS JUST AS SIMPLE AND UNDEVIATING AND THEY THEREFORE DO NOT CO OPERATE WITH IT
 one suffers because of one's virtue; but not until a man has extirpated every sickly, bitter, and impure thought from his mind, and washed every sinful stain from his soul, can he be in a position to know and declare that his sufferings are the result of his good, and not of his bad qualities; and on the way to, yet long before he has reached, that supreme perfection, he will have found, working in his mind and life, the Great Law which is absolutely just, and which cannot, therefore, give good for evil, evil for good. Possessed of such knowledge, he will then know, looking back upon his past ignorance and blindness, that his life is, and always was, justly ordered, and that all his past experiences, good and bad, were the equitable outworking of his evolving, yet unevolved self. Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results. This is but saying that nothing can come from corn but corn, nothing from nettles but nettles. N SUFFERING AND HAPPINESS IT IS PLEASING TO HUMAN VANITY TO BELIEVE THAT ONE SUFFERS BECAUSE OF ONE'S VIRTUE BUT NOT UNTIL A MAN HAS EXTIRPATED EVERY SICKLY BITTER AND IMPURE THOUGHT FROM HIS MIND AND WASHED EVERY SINFUL STAIN FROM HIS SOUL CAN HE BE IN A POSITION TO KNOW AND DECLARE THAT HIS SUFFERINGS ARE THE RESULT OF HIS GOOD AND NOT OF HIS BAD QUALITIES AND ON THE WAY TO THAT SUPREME PERFECTION HE WILL HAVE FOUND WORKING IN HIS MIND AND LIFE THE GREAT LAW WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY JUST AND WHICH CANNOT GIVE GOOD FOR EVIL EVIL FOR GOOD POSSESSED OF SUCH KNOWLEDGE HE WILL THEN KNOW LOOKING BACK UPON HIS PAST IGNORANCE AND BLINDNESS THAT HIS LIFE IS AND ALWAYS WAS JUSTLY ORDERED AND THAT ALL HIS PAST EXPERIENCES GOOD AND BAD WERE THE EQUITABLE OUTWORKING OF HIS EVOLVING YET UNEVOLVED SELF GOOD THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS CAN NEVER PRODUCE BAD RESULTS BAD THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS CAN NEVER PRODUCE GOOD RESULTS THIS IS BUT SAYING THAT NOTHING CAN COME FROM CORN BUT CORN NOTHING FROM NETTLES BUT NETTLES
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