Penance is expected as satisfaction for sin. One has to engage one's will. The end will be a victory or conquest. The creational paradigm underlines the basic unity of all things. Everything is related.
Evil is the upsetting of the relationship.
Such upsetting is the result of ignorance and desire. But true knowledge can root out desire. The goal of life is the experiential realization of the relatedness of al things and the consequent integration of created reality. One regains the sense of totality that one had lost. The totality is all there to be regained.