From within
Jesus asks for and summons all of our attention with regard to what he is explaining now.
Jesus says that what is outside of us cannot harm us. What can harm man comes from within. Why?
Everything that is outside of us comes from, is derived from, is created and desired by the thinking heart of God, the Logos-Creator. Everything that is created by the heart of God is born out of unity, aims towards unity, lives and moves towards the unity of all with the One. What is created by the human mind, what is produced by the logos, the interior dialogue of man is produced as intentions and actions and is projected outwards, it is not necessarily born from unity and its ultimate aim may not be the unity of the All and the One.
The distinction made by Jesus in the face of all of mankind is not between the external world, what is outside of us, and our internal world, our interior world. Jesus distinguishes between two worlds which are the result of two different ways of thinking. There is the created world, coming out from within God, from the divine Logos. It is a world born out of unity and aiming at union and unity. And there is the world that comes out from inside of man, from the human logos, which can produce intentions and realities which are not born out of unity and do not tend towards union. That is why bad things can arise not from the inner dialogue of God, but only from the inner dialogue of man. In particular, in the Greek text the word used to convey "bad things" is not the usual neutral plural form of the adjective kakòs, "bad," but the adjective poneròs, "what causes suffering, affliction." It is an adjective that describes a state of fatigue, stress, grief, sorrow, illness. According to Jesus, bad things are not bad because of moral prescription, but because they are really harmful to life, leading to poor inner conditions, to conditions dangerous for life, to unnecessary things, to strenuous situations which bring harm and division. This distinction between the divine Logos and the human logos is a powerful source of knowledge which, if understood and accepted, permanently prevents us from thinking that God is the cause and origin of evil and division, of danger and fatigue during our lifetime. Understanding this truth makes it impossible for our mind - which is always looking for the reasons and the causes of its fatigue, death, suffering, disease - from considering God, who is innocent, guilty of all that is bad.
It is not outside, but in our interior world, in the logos of our mind, that we must seek the causes of war, conflict, hatred, suffering, pain, stress, sadness, desolation and fear. In the same way, it is not outside, but in our inner logos, with the help of God, that we can begin to weave thoughts of peace, of humility, of healing, of gratitude and joy according to God's world and Jesus' evangelic procedures.