Pain-Its Meaning and Use

This illuminating lecture by the great servant of humanity, Annie Besant, points out how the evolving soul is educated by pain to understand the Laws of the Universe, the links between cause and effect. Pain roots out desire and turns the soul inward to the eternal.

Then comes the realization that pain does not arise from outside; it tells of inner weaknesses. It is an instrument for the soul to use on the path of perfection and wise service.