What is the Dark and how did it come to exist?

"When I created this universe the laws that I placed at the root of its existence relied on the interaction of opposites.

It is through the ceaseless interaction and churning of opposites that growth development and evolution occur.

This is true at every level, animate and inanimate in this universe.

Your universe cannot exist without opposites and their interaction. There can be no good in the universe without evil, no light without dark.

Although most look to me through the light, where indeed My face shines, some also look into dark and find Me there. I do not recommend this route to find my true transcendent Nature which is beyond these pairs of opposites, because those that look into the dark more easily loose their way in indulgence, material pleasures and evil deeds with harmful consequences to themselves.

But remember, those who walk towards the light may also fall into sins of greed, self-satisfaction and lack of compassion.

Remember also although I am seen through the light and champion the good, I am beyond the light and dark.

One cannot follow both paths, for those that aspire to know me and walk in the light, the dark is a negative influence, an entrapment, an obstacle and hindrance to be avoided.

But in guarding oneself from this restrictive entrapment on the way to freedom, it is necessary to understand that evil also reflects my Divine pinciples and is an enduring part of this universe".