prompt us onward toward the greater good, the greater life and the greater joy. When we accept this view of things we shall not think of anything as evil. We shall think of all states of incompleteness as good because they are necessary to progress and actually are expressions of fundamental reality moving toward higher realizations of absolute reality. And in a certain sense all unpleasant conditions that come from retarding the progress of these states of incompleteness are also good because they tend to produce progress where progress has been retarded.

The purpose of pain is not only to prevent greater pain, but to teach man how to eliminate all pain. The same is true of all conditions called evil. They tend not only to prevent greater evils, but also tend to arouse in man the desire to remove all evil in every shape and form. It is therefore scientific to state that everything is good because everything, that is at all, is an expression of fundamental reality, and fundamental reality is absolutely good.

When man begins to view all things in the light of this understanding he will realize the fact that all pain, all suffering, and all undesirable experiences come from retarded progress, and that he will need pain so long as he continues to retard his progress. But when he no longer retards his progress at any time he will no longer need pain to prompt him onward. He will live every moment