Darkness, whatever the connotation—ceases only when light is introduced.  The darkness of ignorance can only be dispersed by the light of knowledge, a gloomy state of being and heart could be vanished through a vision and thought which inspires hope and enlightenment, a heavily burdened and flooded mind be freed by ideals and truths which are constructive and stimulating, useful and upbeat. Darkness of estrangement heals by the light of unity, remoteness and isolation giving their place to nearness and friendship; and selfishness to love. 

However dense and fearful the darkness may seem, soon as a tiny spark of light is lit, it flees away in instance and disappears. Because, there is no existence for darkness; it is only the absence of light.  A practical daily step in lightening our path as we steer our way amidst the twists and turns, winning over the darkness of all kinds—some being a natural way of life perhaps, a few the hard wisdom for growth and perfection in existence—is to focus on light, aware and intelligently alert and conscious, move forward and up.

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“Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity... Be a treasure to the poor... an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge.  Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech... Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an upholder and defender of the victim of oppression. Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all thine acts.  Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering... Be an ornament to the countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar of the temple of righteousness... a luminary above the horizon of virtue, a dew to the soil of the human heart, an ark on the ocean of knowledge, a sun in the heaven of bounty, a gem on the diadem of wisdom, a shining light in the firmament of thy generation, a fruit upon the tree of humility.”  (“Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah”, p. 285)

Knowledge is light!