He is our Father. There is nothing real in us which does not come from him. We belong to him. He loves us, since he loves himself and we are his. Nevertheless he is our Father who is in heaven—not elsewhere. If we think to have a Father here below, it is not he, it is a false God. But we know where He is. We do not have to search for him, we only have to change the direction in which we are looking. We cannot take a single step toward him. Yet we must be happy in the knowledge that he is indefinitely beyond our reach. Thus we can be certain that the evil in us, even if it overwhelms our whole being, in no way sullies the divine purity, bliss, and perfection.