When the totality went about searching for the one from whom they had come forth—and the totality was inside of him, the incomprehensible, inconceivable one who is superior to every thought—ignorance of the Father brought about anguish and terror;

Ignorance of God is the root of all wrongdoing, all suffering, all evil. If we know and understand God, we cannot do evil because we would understand that doing so only harms ourselves and creates the mess of a world we live in today.