Find the Strength to Expunge It

The iron bars of Halberstadt prison could not contain George Müller's rage. At twenty, he sat in darkness, jailed for unpaid debts. His mind spinning with schemes of revenge. Theft, lies, drunkenness, gambling. These were the tools of his trade.

But something was dying in that cell. Something that had fed on his fury for years.

The Yogis taught that within each heart lives a poisonous plant. It grows in darkness, feeds on selfishness, and spreads its roots through countless lifetimes. Most people nurture it unknowingly. They water it with resentment, fertilize it with fear, and wonder why their lives bear bitter fruit.

"Seek in the heart the source of evil, and expunge it," Mabel Collins wrote. "Only the strong can kill it out."

And George Müller's proved to be strong. His transformation began with confession. To himself. He named the poison that had been growing in his heart for twenty years. And "his heart bled," as the ancient teaching warns, "and his whole life seemed to be utterly dissolved."