Text of the meditation
Every form of unhappiness springs from a wrong condition of mind. All sin is ignorance. It is a condition of darkness and undevelopment. The wrong-thinker and the wrong-doer are in the same position in the school of life as the ignorant pupil in the school of learning.
They have yet to learn how to think and act correctly, that is, in accordance with Law. The pupil is not happy so long as they do their lessons wrongly, and unhappiness cannot be escaped while sin remains unconquered. Life is a series of lessons. Some are diligent in learning them, and they become pure, wise and altogether happy.
Others are negligent and do not apply themselves, and they remain impure, foolish and unhappy. Happiness is mental harmony.
James Allen (1864–1912), Book of Meditations for Every Day in the Year (1913) – public-domain text, gently modernised.
The original 1913 text is in the public domain.
