The Use ofEvil.^183
may carry them more easilyin your mmds I
dividethesubjectunderfourheads:-
1
.
TheOriginof Evil.
2. TheRelativityof Evil.
3. TheUseof Evil.
4. TheEndingof Evil.
UnderthesefourheadsI hopetoshow you
thatevil isanecessary part of manifestation, a
necessarycondition of manifestation, andorigi-
nates v/ith manifestation. That also it does
not exist absolutely, in and by itself, but is
relative, relative in that it exists in relations
betwreenthingsandnotinthethingsthemselves,
and also because it varies w^ith time, w^ith
succession of events, and with the progress of
the universe. Then I hope to showyou the
purposes it subserves, the uses it fulfils, and,
lastly, how we may escape from it, how we
may,bythe use of evil,break the bonds that
tie us to the wheel of birth and death; how
althoughliving inthe world,we maylivein it
without generating Karma, and so, to use a
well-knownphrase,mayburn upKarmainthe
fire of Knowledge. Following thesedivisions
underwhich 1 shall arrange the details,^1 may
beabletogivetoyourminds,themindsof the
rising andeducated youth of India,ideasthat
maybeworthy of your consideration,inorder
