There is no such thing as darkness. That is to say that darkness is not something, but rather the absence of something; something we call light. Darkness is only a term that we use to describe a space in which light is not present, but darkness itself has no substance, no independent reality of it’s own.

There is no such thing as cold. Cold is merely the absence of heat. Heat is energy. Cold is the lack of energy. It is the space in which that energy is not present. It is empty of itself. But when heat enters into that space it fills it.

The same is true of hatred. Hatred is merely the absence of love. It is the empty space where love is not present, but has no reality of it’s own. Love is energy. Hatred is the absence of that energy. When light enters a room, darkness does not dissolve. It doesn’t leave the room and go someplace else, because darkness is not something. It’s an empty space. So hatred is only an...