,,the ,,way ,,of ,,peace      ,,by      
,,james ,,allen      ,,author ,,of ,,as 
,a ,,man ,,thinketh1 ,,out ,,from ,,the 
,,heart          ,,contents      ,,the  
,,power ,,of ,,meditation    ,,the ,,two
 ,,masters1 ,,self ,,and ,,truth        
,,the ,,acquirement ,,of ,,spiritual    
,,power    ,,the ,,realization ,,of     
,,selfless ,,love    ,,entering ,,into  
,,the ,,infinite    ,,saints1 ,,sages1  
,,and ,,saviors2 ,,the ,,law ,,of       
,,service    ,,the ,,realization ,,of   
,,perfect ,,peace          ,,the ,,power
 ,,of ,,meditation      ,spiritual      
meditation is the pathway to ,divinity4 
,it is the mystic ladder  which reaches 
from earth to heaven1 from error to     
,truth1 from pain to  peace4 ,every     
saint has climbed it2 every sinner must 
sooner or later come  to it1 and every  
weary pilgrim that turns his back upon  
self and the world1  and sets his face  
resolutely toward the ,father's ,home1  
must plant his feet  upon its golden    
rounds4 ,without its aid you cannot grow

 into the divine  state1 the divine     
likeness1 the divine peace1 and the     
fadeless glories and  unpolluting joys  
of ,truth will remain hidden from you4  
,meditation is the intense dwelling1 in 
thought1 upon an idea or theme1 with    
the object of thoroughly comprehending  
it1 and whatsoever you constantly       
meditate upon you will not only come to 
understand1 but will grow more and  more
 into its likeness1 for it will become  
incorporated into your very  being1 will
 become1 in fact1 your very self4 ,if1  
therefore1 you constantly  dwell upon   
that which is selfish and debasing1 you 
will ultimately become  selfish and     
debased2 if you ceaselessly think upon  
that which is pure and  unselfish you   
will surely become pure and unselfish4  
,tell me what that is upon which you    
most frequently and intensely think1    
that to which1 in your silent hours1    
your soul most naturally turns1 and ,i  
will tell you to what place of pain or  
peace you are traveling1 and whether    

you are growing into the likeness of the
 divine or the bestial4    ,there is an 
unavoidable tendency to become literally
 the embodiment of that  quality upon   
which one most constantly thinks4 ,let1 
therefore1 the object  of your          
meditation be above and not below1 so   
that every time you revert to  it in    
thought you will be lifted up2 let it be
 pure and unmixed with any  selfish     
element2 so shall your heart become     
purified and drawn nearer to  ,truth1   
and not defiled and dragged more        
hopelessly into error4    ,meditation1  
in the spiritual sense in which ,i am   
now using it1 is the  secret of all     
growth in spiritual life and knowledge4 
,every prophet1 sage1  and savior became
 such by the power of meditation4       
,buddha meditated upon  the ,truth until
 he could say1 ,i am the ,truth4 ,jesus 
brooded upon the  ,divine immanence     
until at last he could declare1 ,i and  
my ,father are ,one4    ,meditation     
centered upon divine realities is the   

very essence and soul of  prayer4 ,it is
 the silent reaching of the soul toward 
the ,eternal4 ,mere  petitionary prayer 
without meditation is a body without a  
soul1 and is  powerless to lift the mind
 and heart above sin and affliction4 ,if
 you are  daily praying for wisdom1 for 
peace1 for loftier purity and a fuller  
realization of ,truth1 and that for     
which you pray is still far from you1 it
  means that you are praying for one    
thing while living out in thought and   
act another4 ,if you will cease from    
such waywardness1 taking your mind off  
those things the selfish clinging to    
which debars you from the possession  of
 the stainless realities for which you  
pray3 if you will no longer ask  ,god to
 grant you that which you do not        
deserve1 or to bestow upon you that     
love and compassion which you refuse to 
bestow upon others1 but will  commence  
to think and act in the spirit of       
,truth1 you will day by day be  growing 
into those realities1 so that ultimately

 you will become one with  them4    ,he 
who would secure any worldly advantage  
must be willing to work  vigorously for 
it1 and he would be foolish indeed who1 
waiting with folded  hands1 expected it 
to come to him for the mere asking4 ,do 
not then vainly  imagine that you can   
obtain the heavenly possessions without 
making an  effort4 ,only when you       
commence to work earnestly in the       
,kingdom of ,truth  will you be allowed 
to partake of the ,bread of ,life1 and  
when you have1 by  patient and          
uncomplaining effort1 earned the        
spiritual wages for which you  ask1 they
 will not be withheld from you4    ,if  
you really seek ,truth1 and not merely  
your own gratification2 if you  love it 
above all worldly pleasures and gains2  
more1 even1 than happiness  itself1 you 
will be willing to make the effort      
necessary for its  achievement4    ,if  
you would be freed from sin and sorrow2 
if you would taste of that  spotless    
purity for which you sigh and pray2 if  

you would realize wisdom  and knowledge1
 and would enter into the possession of 
profound and abiding  peace1 come now   
and enter the path of meditation1 and   
let the supreme  object of your         
meditation be ,truth4    ,at the outset1
 meditation must be distinguished from  
idle reverie4 ,there  is nothing dreamy 
and unpractical about it4 ,it is a      
process of searching  and uncompromising
 thought which allows nothing to remain 
but the simple  and naked truth4 ,thus  
meditating you will no longer strive to 
build  yourself up in your prejudices1  
but1 forgetting self1 you will remember 
only that you are seeking the ,truth4   
,and so you will remove1 one by one1    
the errors which you have built around  
yourself in the past1 and will          
patiently wait for the revelation of    
,truth which will come when your errors 
have been sufficiently removed4 ,in the 
silent humility of your heart you  will 
realize that        ,there is an inmost 
centre in us all      ,where ,truth     

abides in fulness2 and around1          
,wall upon wall1 the gross flesh hems it
 in2      ,this perfect1 clear          
perception1 which is ,truth1      ,a    
baffling and perverting carnal mesh     
,blinds it1 and makes all error2 and to 
know1      ,rather consists in opening  
out a way      ,whence the imprisoned   
splendour may escape1      ,than in     
effecting entry for a light             
,supposed to be without4    ,select some
 portion of the day in which to         
meditate1 and keep that period  sacred  
to your purpose4 ,the best time is the  
very early morning when the  spirit of  
repose is upon everything4 ,all natural 
conditions will then be in  your favor2 
the passions1 after the long bodily fast
 of the night1 will be  subdued1 the    
excitements and worries of the previous 
day will have died  away1 and the mind1 
strong and yet restful1 will be         
receptive to spiritual  instruction4    
,indeed1 one of the first efforts you   
will be called upon to  make will be to 

shake off lethargy and indulgence1 and  
if you refuse you  will be unable to    
advance1 for the demands of the spirit  
are imperative4    ,to be spiritually   
awakened is also to be mentally and     
physically awakened4  ,the sluggard and 
the self-indulgent can have no knowledge
 of ,truth4 ,he who1  possessed of      
health and strength1 wastes the calm1   
precious hours of the  silent morning in
 drowsy indulgence is totally unfit to  
climb the heavenly  heights4    ,he     
whose awakening consciousness has become
 alive to its lofty  possibilities1 who 
is beginning to shake off the darkness  
of ignorance in  which the world is     
enveloped1 rises before the stars have  
ceased their  vigil1 and1 grappling with
 the darkness within his soul1 strives1 
by holy  aspiration1 to perceive the    
light of ,truth while the unawakened    
world  dreams on4        ,the heights by
 great men reached and kept1            
,were not attained by sudden flight1    
,but they1 while their companions slept1

        ,were toiling upward in the     
night4    ,no saint1 no holy man1 no    
teacher of ,truth ever lived who did not
 rise  early in the morning4 ,jesus     
habitually rose early1 and climbed the  
solitary  mountains to engage in holy   
communion4 ,buddha always rose an hour  
before  sunrise and engaged in          
meditation1 and all his disciples were  
enjoined to  do the same4    ,if you    
have to commence your daily duties at a 
very early hour1 and are  thus debarred 
from giving the early morning to        
systematic meditation1 try  to give an  
hour at night1 and should this1 by the  
length and laboriousness  of your daily 
task be denied you1 you need not        
despair1 for you may turn  your thoughts
 upward in holy meditation in the       
intervals of your work1 or  in those few
 idle minutes which you now waste in    
aimlessness2 and should  your work be of
 that kind which becomes by practice    
automatic1 you may  meditate while      
engaged upon it4 ,that eminent          

,christian saint and  philosopher1      
,jacob ,boehme1 realized his vast       
knowledge of divine things  whilst      
working long hours as a shoemaker4 ,in  
every life there is time to  think1 and 
the busiest1 the most laborious is not  
shut out from aspiration  and           
meditation4    ,spiritual meditation and
 self-discipline are inseparable2 you   
will1  therefore1 commence to meditate  
upon yourself so as to try and          
understand  yourself1 for1 remember1 the
 great object you will have in view will
 be the  complete removal of all your   
errors in order that you may realize    
,truth4  ,you will begin to question    
your motives1 thoughts1 and acts1       
comparing them  with your ideal1 and    
endeavoring to look upon them with a    
calm and  impartial eye4 ,in this manner
 you will be continually gaining more of
 that  mental and spiritual equilibrium 
without which men are but helpless      
straws  upon the ocean of life4 ,if you 
are given to hatred or anger you will   

meditate upon gentleness and            
forgiveness1 so as to become acutely    
alive to  a sense of your harsh and     
foolish conduct4 ,you will then begin to
 dwell in  thoughts of love1 of         
gentleness1 of abounding forgiveness2   
and as you  overcome the lower by the   
higher1 there will gradually1 silently  
steal into  your heart a knowledge of   
the divine ,law of ,love with an        
understanding of  its bearing upon all  
the intricacies of life and conduct4    
,and in applying  this knowledge to your
 every thought1 word1 and act1 you will 
grow more and  more gentle1 more and    
more loving1 more and more divine4 ,and 
thus with  every error1 every selfish   
desire1 every human weakness2 by the    
power of  meditation is it overcome1 and
 as each sin1 each error is thrust out1 
a  fuller and clearer measure of the    
,light of ,truth illumines the pilgrim  
soul4    ,thus meditating1 you will be  
ceaselessly fortifying yourself against 
your  only real enemy1 your selfish1    

perishable self1 and will be            
establishing  yourself more and more    
firmly in the divine and imperishable   
self that is  inseparable from ,truth4  
,the direct outcome of your meditations 
will be a  calm1 spiritual strength     
which will be your stay and             
resting-place in the  struggle of life4 
,great is the overcoming power of holy  
thought1 and the  strength and knowledge
 gained in the hour of silent meditation
 will enrich  the soul with saving      
remembrance in the hour of strife1 of   
sorrow1 or of  temptation4    ,as1 by   
the power of meditation1 you grow in    
wisdom1 you will relinquish1  more and  
more1 your selfish desires which are    
fickle1 impermanent1 and  productive of 
sorrow and pain2 and will take your     
stand1 with increasing  steadfastness   
and trust1 upon unchangeable principles1
 and will realize  heavenly rest4       
,the use of meditation is the           
acquirement of a knowledge of eternal   
principles1 and the power which results 

from meditation is the ability to  rest 
upon and trust those principles1 and so 
become one with the ,eternal4  ,the end 
of meditation is1 therefore1 direct     
knowledge of ,truth1 ,god1 and  the     
realization of divine and profound      
peace4    ,let your meditations take    
their rise from the ethical ground which
 you now  occupy4 ,remember that you are
 to grow into ,truth by steady          
perseverance4  ,if you are an orthodox  
,christian1 meditate ceaselessly upon   
the spotless  purity and divine         
excellence of the character of ,jesus1  
and apply his every  precept to your    
inner life and outward conduct1 so as to
 approximate more  and more toward his  
perfection4 ,do not be as those         
religious ones1 who1  refusing to       
meditate upon the ,law of ,truth1 and to
 put into practice the  precepts given  
to them by their ,master1 are content to
 formally worship1 to  cling to their   
particular creeds1 and to continue in   
the ceaseless round of  sin and         

suffering4 ,strive to rise1 by the power
 of meditation1 above all  selfish      
clinging to partial gods or party       
creeds2 above dead formalities  and     
lifeless ignorance4 ,thus walking the   
high way of wisdom1 with mind  fixed    
upon the spotless ,truth1 you shall know
 no halting-place short of the          
realization of ,truth4    ,he who       
earnestly meditates first perceives a   
truth1 as it were1 afar off1  and then  
realizes it by daily practice4 ,it is   
only the doer of the ,word of  ,truth   
that can know of the doctrine of ,truth1
 for though by pure thought  the ,truth 
is perceived1 it is only actualized by  
practice4    ,said the divine ,gautama1 
the ,buddha1 ,he who gives himself up to
 vanity1  and does not give himself up  
to meditation1 forgetting the real aim  
of life  and grasping at pleasure1 will 
in time envy him who has exerted himself
 in  meditation1 and he instructed his  
disciples in the following ,five ,great 
,meditations3--    ,the first meditation

 is the meditation of love1 in which you
 so adjust  your heart that you long for
 the weal and welfare of all beings1    
including  the happiness of your        
enemies4    ,the second meditation is   
the meditation of pity1 in which you    
think of all  beings in distress1       
vividly representing in your imagination
 their sorrows  and anxieties so as to  
arouse a deep compassion for them in    
your soul4    ,the third meditation is  
the meditation of joy1 in which you     
think of the  prosperity of others1 and 
rejoice with their rejoicings4    ,the  
fourth meditation is the meditation of  
impurity1 in which you consider  the    
evil consequences of corruption1 the    
effects of sin and diseases4 ,how       
trivial often the pleasure of the       
moment1 and how fatal its consequences4 
,the fifth meditation is the meditation 
on serenity1 in which you rise  above   
love and hate1 tyranny and oppression1  
wealth and want1 and regard  your own   
fate with impartial calmness and perfect

 tranquillity4    ,by engaging in these 
meditations the disciples of the ,buddha
 arrived at a  knowledge of the ,truth4 
,but whether you engage in these        
particular  meditations or not matters  
little so long as your object is ,truth1
 so long  as you hunger and thirst for  
that righteousness which is a holy heart
 and a  blameless life4 ,in your        
meditations1 therefore1 let your heart  
grow and  expand with ever-broadening   
love1 until1 freed from all hatred1 and 
passion1 and condemnation1 it embraces  
the whole universe with thoughtful      
tenderness4 ,as the flower opens its    
petals to receive the morning light1 so 
open your soul more and more to the     
glorious light of ,truth4 ,soar upward  
upon the wings of aspiration2 be        
fearless1 and believe in the loftiest   
possibilities4 ,believe that a life of  
absolute meekness is possible2  believe 
that a life of stainless purity is      
possible2 believe that a life of        
perfect holiness is possible2 believe   

that the realization of the highest     
truth is possible4 ,he who so believes1 
climbs rapidly the heavenly hills1      
whilst the unbelievers continue to grope
 darkly and painfully in the  fog-bound 
valleys4    ,so believing1 so aspiring1 
so meditating1 divinely sweet and       
beautiful will  be your spiritual       
experiences1 and glorious the           
revelations that will  enrapture your   
inward vision4 ,as you realize the      
divine ,love1 the divine  ,justice1 the 
divine ,purity1 the ,perfect ,law of    
,good1 or ,god1 great will be  your     
bliss and deep your peace4 ,old things  
will pass away1 and all things  will    
become new4 ,the veil of the material   
universe1 so dense and  impenetrable to 
the eye of error1 so thin and gauzy to  
the eye of ,truth1  will be lifted and  
the spiritual universe will be revealed4
 ,time will  cease1 and you will live   
only in ,eternity4 ,change and mortality
 will no  more cause you anxiety and    
sorrow1 for you will become established 

in the  unchangeable1 and will dwell in 
the very heart of immortality4          
,,star ,,of ,,wisdom        ,star that  
of the birth of ,vishnu1      ,birth of 
,krishna1 ,buddha1 ,jesus1      ,told   
the wise ones1 ,heavenward looking1     
,waiting1 watching for thy gleaming     
,in the darkness of the night-time1     
,in the starless gloom of midnight2     
,shining ,herald of the coming      ,of 
the kingdom of the righteous2           
,teller of the ,mystic story      ,of   
the lowly birth of ,godhead      ,in the
 stable of the passions1      ,in the   
manger of the mind-soul2      ,silent   
singer of the secret      ,of compassion
 deep and holy      ,to the heart with  
sorrow burdened1      ,to the soul with 
waiting weary3--      ,star of          
all-surpassing brightness1      ,thou   
again dost deck the midnight2      ,thou
 again dost cheer the wise ones         
,watching in the creedal darkness1      
,weary of the endless battle      ,with 
the grinding blades of error2           

,tired of lifeless1 useless idols1      
,of the dead forms of religions2        
,spent with watching for thy shining2   
,thou hast ended their despairing2      
,thou hast lighted up their pathway2    
,thou hast brought again the old ,truths
      ,to the hearts of all thy         
,watchers2      ,to the souls of them   
that love thee      ,thou dost speak of 
,joy and ,gladness1      ,of the peace  
that comes of ,sorrow4      ,blessed are
 they that can see thee1      ,weary    
wanderers in the ,night-time2           
,blessed they who feel the throbbing1   
,in their bosoms feel the pulsing       
,of a deep ,love stirred within them    
,by the great power of thy shining4     
,let us learn thy lesson truly2         
,learn it faithfully and humbly2        
,learn it meekly1 wisely1 gladly1       
,ancient ,star of holy ,vishnu1         
,light of ,krishna1 ,buddha1 ,jesus4    
,,the ,,two ,,masters1 ,,self ,,and     
,,truth      ,upon the battlefield of   
the human soul two masters are ever     

contending for  the crown of supremacy1 
for the kingship and dominion of the    
heart2 the  master of self1 called also 
the ,prince of this world1 and the      
master of  ,truth1 called also the      
,father ,god4 ,the master self is that  
rebellious one  whose weapons are       
passion1 pride1 avarice1 vanity1        
self-will1 implements of  darkness2 the 
master ,truth is that meek and lowly one
 whose weapons are  gentleness1         
patience1 purity1 sacrifice1 humility1  
love1 instruments of  ,light4    ,in    
every soul the battle is waged1 and as a
 soldier cannot engage at once  in two  
opposing armies1 so every heart is      
enlisted either in the ranks of  self or
 of ,truth4 ,there is no half-and-half  
course2 ,there is self and  there is    
,truth2 where self is1 ,truth is not1   
where ,truth is1 self is not4  ,thus    
spake ,buddha1 the teacher of ,truth1   
and ,jesus1 the manifested ,christ1     
declared that ,no man can serve two     
masters2 for either he will hate the    

one and love the other2 or else he will 
hold to the one1 and despise the  other4
 ,ye cannot serve ,god and ,mammon4     
,truth is so simple1 so absolutely      
undeviating and uncompromising that it  
admits of no complexity1 no turning1 no 
qualification4 ,self is ingenious1      
crooked1 and1 governed by subtle and    
snaky desire1 admits of endless         
turnings and qualifications1 and the    
deluded worshipers of self vainly       
imagine that they can gratify every     
worldly desire1 and at the same time    
possess the ,truth4 ,but the lovers of  
,truth worship ,truth with the sacrifice
  of self1 and ceaselessly guard        
themselves against worldliness and      
self-seeking4    ,do you seek to know   
and to realize ,truth8 ,then you must be
 prepared to  sacrifice1 to renounce to 
the uttermost1 for ,truth in all its    
glory can  only be perceived and known  
when the last vestige of self has       
disappeared4    ,the eternal ,christ    
declared that he who would be ,his      

disciple must deny  himself daily4 ,are 
you willing to deny yourself1 to give up
 your lusts1  your prejudices1 your     
opinions8 ,if so1 you may enter the     
narrow way of  ,truth1 and find that    
peace from which the world is shut out4 
,the absolute  denial1 the utter        
extinction1 of self is the perfect state
 of ,truth1 and  all religions and      
philosophies are but so many aids to    
this supreme  attainment4    ,self is   
the denial of ,truth4 ,truth is the     
denial of self4 ,as you let self  die1  
you will be reborn in ,truth4 ,as you   
cling to self1 ,truth will be  hidden   
from you4    ,whilst you cling to self1 
your path will be beset with            
difficulties1 and  repeated pains1      
sorrows1 and disappointments will be    
your lot4 ,there are no  difficulties in
 ,truth1 and coming to ,truth1 you will 
be freed from all  sorrow and           
disappointment4    ,truth in itself is  
not hidden and dark4 ,it is always      
revealed and is  perfectly transparent4 

,but the blind and wayward self cannot  
perceive it4  ,the light of day is not  
hidden except to the blind1 and the     
,light of ,truth  is not hidden except  
to those who are blinded by self4       
,truth is the one ,reality in the       
universe1 the inward ,harmony1 the      
perfect  ,justice1 the eternal ,love4   
,nothing can be added to it1 nor taken  
from it4  ,it does not depend upon any  
man1 but all men depend upon it4 ,you   
cannot  perceive the beauty of ,truth   
while you are looking out through the   
eyes of  self4 ,if you are vain1 you    
will color everything with your own     
vanities4 ,if  lustful1 your heart and  
mind will be so clouded with the smoke  
and flames  of passion1 that everything 
will appear distorted through them4 ,if 
proud  and opinionative1 you will see   
nothing in the whole universe except the
  magnitude and importance of your own  
opinions4    ,there is one quality which
 pre-eminently distinguishes the man of 
,truth  from the man of self1 and that  

is humility4 ,to be not only free from  
vanity1 stubbornness and egotism1 but to
 regard one's own opinions as of no     
value1 this indeed is true humility4    
,he who is immersed in self regards his 
own opinions as ,truth1 and the         
opinions of other men as error4 ,but    
that humble ,truth-lover who has learned
  to distinguish between opinion and    
,truth1 regards all men with the eye of 
charity1 and does not seek to defend his
 opinions against theirs1 but           
sacrifices those opinions that he may   
love the more1 that he may manifest  the
 spirit of ,truth1 for ,truth in its    
very nature is ineffable and can only   
be lived4 ,he who has most of charity   
has most of ,truth4    ,men engage in   
heated controversies1 and foolishly     
imagine they are  defending the ,truth1 
when in reality they are merely         
defending their own  petty interests and
 perishable opinions4 ,the follower of  
self takes up arms  against others4 ,the
 follower of ,truth takes up arms       

against himself4 ,truth1  being         
unchangeable and eternal1 is independent
 of your opinion and of mine4  ,we may  
enter into it1 or we may stay outside2  
but both our defense and our  attack are
 superfluous1 and are hurled back upon  
ourselves4    ,men1 enslaved by self1   
passionate1 proud1 and condemnatory1    
believe their  particular creed or      
religion to be the ,truth1 and all other
 religions to be  error2 and they       
proselytize with passionate ardor4      
,there is but one  religion1 the        
religion of ,truth4 ,there is but one   
error1 the error of self4  ,truth is not
 a formal belief2 it is an unselfish1   
holy1 and aspiring heart1  and he who   
has ,truth is at peace with all1 and    
cherishes all with thoughts  of love4   
,you may easily know whether you are a  
child of ,truth or a worshiper of  self1
 if you will silently examine your mind1
 heart1 and conduct4 ,do you  harbor    
thoughts of suspicion1 enmity1 envy1    
lust1 pride1 or do you  strenuously     

fight against these8 ,if the former1 you
 are chained to self1 no  matter what   
religion you may profess2 if the latter1
 you are a candidate  for ,truth1 even  
though outwardly you may profess no     
religion4 ,are you  passionate1         
self-willed1 ever seeking to gain your  
own ends1  self-indulgent1 and          
self-centered2 or are you gentle1 mild1 
unselfish1 quit  of every form of       
self-indulgence1 and are ever ready to  
give up your own8  ,if the former1 self 
is your master2 if the latter1 ,truth is
 the object of  your affection4 ,do you 
strive for riches8 ,do you fight1 with  
passion1 for  your party8 ,do you lust  
for power and leadership8 ,are you given
 to  ostentation and self-praise8 ,or   
have you given up the love of riches8   
,have  you relinquished all strife8 ,are
 you content to take the lowest place1  
and  to be passed by unnoticed8 ,and    
have you ceased to talk about yourself  
and  to regard yourself with            
self-complacent pride8 ,if the former1  

even though  you may imagine you worship
 ,god1 the god of your heart is self4   
,if the  latter1 even though you may    
withhold your lips from worship1 you are
  dwelling with the ,most ,high4    ,the
 signs by which the ,truth-lover is     
known are unmistakable4 ,hear the ,holy 
,krishna declare them1 in ,sir ,edwin   
,arnold's beautiful rendering of the    
,bhagavad ,gita3--        ,fearlessness1
 singleness of soul1 the will           
,always to strive for wisdom2 opened    
hand      ,and governed appetites2 and  
piety1      ,and love of lonely study2  
humbleness1      ,uprightness1 heed to  
injure nought which lives               
,truthfulness1 slowness unto wrath1 a   
mind      ,that lightly letteth go what 
others prize2      ,and equanimity1 and 
charity      ,which spieth no man's     
faults2 and tenderness      ,towards all
 that suffer2 a contented heart1        
,fluttered by no desires2 a bearing     
mild1      ,modest and grave1 with      
manhood nobly mixed1      ,with         

patience1 fortitude and purity2      ,an
 unrevengeful spirit1 never given       
,to rate itself too high--such be the   
signs1      ,o ,indian ,prince6 of him  
whose feet are set      ,on that fair   
path which leads to heavenly birth6     
,when men1 lost in the devious ways of  
error and self1 have forgotten the      
heavenly birth1 the state of holiness   
and ,truth1 they set up artificial      
standards by which to judge one another1
 and make acceptance of1 and  adherence 
to1 their own particular theology1 the  
test of ,truth2 and so men  are divided 
one against another1 and there is       
ceaseless enmity and strife1  and       
unending sorrow and suffering4          
,reader1 do you seek to realize the     
birth into ,truth8 ,there is only one   
way3  ,let self die4 ,all those lusts1  
appetites1 desires1 opinions1 limited   
conceptions and prejudices to which you 
have hitherto so tenaciously clung1  let
 them fall from you4 ,let them no longer
 hold you in bondage1 and ,truth  will  

be yours4 ,cease to look upon your own  
religion as superior to all  others1 and
 strive humbly to learn the supreme     
lesson of charity4 ,no longer  cling to 
the idea1 so productive of strife and   
sorrow1 that the ,savior whom  you      
worship is the only ,savior1 and that   
the ,savior whom your brother  worships 
with equal sincerity and ardor1 is an   
impostor2 but seek  diligently the path 
of holiness1 and then you will realize  
that every holy  man is a savior of     
mankind4    ,the giving up of self is   
not merely the renunciation of outward  
things4 ,it  consists of the            
renunciation of the inward sin1 the     
inward error4 ,not by  giving up vain   
clothing2 not by relinquishing riches2  
not by abstaining  from certain foods2  
not by speaking smooth words2 not by    
merely doing these  things is the ,truth
 found2 but by giving up the spirit of  
vanity2 by  relinquishing the desire for
 riches2 by abstaining from the lust of 
self-indulgence2 by giving up all       

hatred1 strife1 condemnation1 and       
self-seeking1 and becoming gentle and   
pure at heart2 by doing these things  is
 the ,truth found4 ,to do the former1   
and not to do the latter1 is  pharisaism
 and hypocrisy1 whereas the latter      
includes the former4 ,you may  renounce 
the outward world1 and isolate yourself 
in a cave or in the depths  of a forest1
 but you will take all your selfishness 
with you1 and unless  you renounce that1
 great indeed will be your wretchedness 
and deep your  delusion4 ,you may remain
 just where you are1 performing all your
 duties1  and yet renounce the world1   
the inward enemy4 ,to be in the world   
and yet  not of the world is the highest
 perfection1 the most blessed peace1 is 
to  achieve the greatest victory4 ,the  
renunciation of self is the way of      
,truth1  therefore1        ,enter the   
,path2 there is no grief like hate1     
,no pain like passion1 no deceit like   
sense2      ,enter the ,path2 far hath  
he gone whose foot        ,treads down  

one fond offense4    ,as you succeed in 
overcoming self you will begin to see   
things in their  right relations4 ,he   
who is swayed by any passion1 prejudice1
 like or  dislike1 adjusts everything to
 that particular bias1 and sees only his
 own  delusions4 ,he who is absolutely  
free from all passion1 prejudice1       
preference1 and partiality1 sees himself
 as he is2 sees others as they are2     
sees all things in their proper         
proportions and right relations4 ,having
  nothing to attack1 nothing to defend1 
nothing to conceal1 and no interests  to
 guard1 he is at peace4 ,he has realized
 the profound simplicity of ,truth1  for
 this unbiased1 tranquil1 blessed state 
of mind and heart is the state  of      
,truth4 ,he who attains to it dwells    
with the angels1 and sits at the        
footstool of the ,supreme4 ,knowing the 
,great ,law2 knowing the origin of      
sorrow2 knowing the secret of suffering2
 knowing the way of emancipation in     
,truth1 how can such a one engage in    

strife or condemnation2 for though he   
knows that the blind1 self-seeking      
world1 surrounded with the clouds of its
  own illusions1 and enveloped in the   
darkness of error and self1 cannot      
perceive the steadfast ,light of ,truth1
 and is utterly incapable of            
comprehending the profound simplicity of
 the heart that has died1 or is  dying1 
to self1 yet he also knows that when the
 suffering ages have piled  up mountains
 of sorrow1 the crushed and burdened    
soul of the world will fly  to its final
 refuge1 and that when the ages are     
completed1 every prodigal  will come    
back to the fold of ,truth4 ,and so he  
dwells in goodwill toward  all1 and     
regards all with that tender compassion 
which a father bestows  upon his wayward
 children4    ,men cannot understand    
,truth because they cling to self1      
because they  believe in and love self1 
because they believe self to be the only
 reality1  whereas it is the one        
delusion4    ,when you cease to believe 

in and love self you will desert it1 and
 will fly  to ,truth1 and will find the 
eternal ,reality4    ,when men are      
intoxicated with the wines of luxury1   
and pleasure1 and  vanity1 the thirst of
 life grows and deepens within them1 and
 they delude  themselves with dreams of 
fleshly immortality1 but when they come 
to reap  the harvest of their own       
sowing1 and pain and sorrow supervene1  
then1  crushed and humiliated1          
relinquishing self and all the          
intoxications of  self1 they come1 with 
aching hearts to the one immortality1   
the immortality  that destroys all      
delusions1 the spiritual immortality in 
,truth4    ,men pass from evil to good1 
from self to ,truth1 through the dark   
gate of  sorrow1 for sorrow and self are
 inseparable4 ,only in the peace and    
bliss of  ,truth is all sorrow          
vanquished4 ,if you suffer              
disappointment because your  cherished  
plans have been thwarted1 or because    
someone has not come up to  your        

anticipations1 it is because you are    
clinging to self4 ,if you suffer        
remorse for your conduct1 it is because 
you have given way to self4 ,if you  are
 overwhelmed with chagrin and regret    
because of the attitude of someone  else
 toward you1 it is because you have been
 cherishing self4 ,if you are  wounded  
on account of what has been done to you 
or said of you1 it is  because you are  
walking in the painful way of self4 ,all
 suffering is of  self4 ,all suffering  
ends in ,truth4 ,when you have entered  
into and realized  ,truth1 you will no  
longer suffer disappointment1 remorse1  
and regret1 and  sorrow will flee from  
you4        ,self is the only prison    
that can ever bind the soul2      ,truth
 is the only angel that can bid the     
gates unroll2      ,and when he comes to
 call thee1 arise and follow fast2      
,his way may lie through darkness1 but  
it leads to light at last4    ,the woe  
of the world is of its own making4      
,sorrow purifies and deepens the  soul1 

and the extremity of sorrow is the      
prelude to ,truth4    ,have you suffered
 much8 ,have you sorrowed deeply8 ,have 
you pondered  seriously upon the problem
 of life8 ,if so1 you are prepared to   
wage war  against self1 and to become a 
disciple of ,truth4    ,the intellectual
 who do not see the necessity for giving
 up self1 frame  endless theories about 
the universe1 and call them ,truth2 but 
do thou  pursue that direct line of     
conduct which is the practice of        
righteousness1  and thou wilt realize   
the ,truth which has no place in theory1
 and which  never changes4 ,cultivate   
your heart4 ,water it continually with  
unselfish  love and deep-felt pity1 and 
strive to shut out from it all thoughts 
and  feelings which are not in          
accordance with ,love4 ,return good for 
evil1 love  for hatred1 gentleness for  
ill-treatment1 and remain silent when   
attacked4  ,so shall you transmute all  
your selfish desires into the pure gold 
of ,love1  and self will disappear in   

,truth4 ,so will you walk blamelessly   
among men1  yoked with the easy yoke of 
lowliness1 and clothed with the divine  
garment  of humility4        ,o come1   
weary brother6 thy struggling and       
striving        ,end thou in the heart  
of the ,master of ruth2      ,across    
self's drear desert why wilt thou be    
driving1        ,athirst for the        
quickening waters of ,truth        ,when
 here1 by the path of thy searching and 
sinning1        ,flows ,life's gladsome 
stream1 lies ,love's oasis green8       
,come1 turn thou and rest2 know the end 
and beginning1        ,the sought and   
the searcher1 the seer and seen4        
,thy ,master sits not in the            
unapproached mountains1        ,nor     
dwells in the mirage which floats on the
 air1      ,nor shalt thou discover ,his
 magical fountains        ,in pathways  
of sand that encircle despair4          
,in selfhood's dark desert cease wearily
 seeking        ,the odorous tracks of  
the feet of thy ,king2      ,and if thou

 wouldst hear the sweet sound of ,his   
speaking1        ,be deaf to all voices 
that emptily sing4        ,flee the     
vanishing places2 renounce all thou     
hast2        ,leave all that thou       
lovest1 and1 naked and bare1            
,thyself at the shrine of the ,innermost
 cast2        ,the ,highest1 the        
,holiest1 the ,changeless is there4     
,within1 in the heart of the ,silence   
,he dwelleth2        ,leave sorrow and  
sin1 leave thy wanderings sore2         
,come bathe in ,his ,joy1 whilst ,he1   
whispering1 telleth        ,thy soul    
what it seeketh1 and wander no more4    
,then cease1 weary brother1 thy         
struggling and striving2        ,find   
peace in the heart of the ,master of    
ruth4      ,across self's dark desert   
cease wearily driving2        ,come2    
drink at the beautiful waters of ,truth4
          ,,the ,,acquirement ,,of      
,,spiritual ,,power      ,the world is  
filled with men and women seeking       
pleasure1 excitement1  novelty2 seeking 

ever to be moved to laughter or tears2  
not seeking  strength1 stability1 and   
power2 but courting weakness1 and       
eagerly engaged  in dispersing what     
power they have4    ,men and women of   
real power and influence are few1       
because few are prepared  to make the   
sacrifice necessary to the acquirement  
of power1 and fewer  still are ready to 
patiently build up character4    ,to be 
swayed by your fluctuating thoughts and 
impulses is to be weak and  powerless2  
to rightly control and direct those     
forces is to be strong and  powerful4   
,men of strong animal passions have much
 of the ferocity of the  beast1 but this
 is not power4 ,the elements of power   
are there2 but it is  only when this    
ferocity is tamed and subdued by the    
higher intelligence  that real power    
begins2 and men can only grow in power  
by awakening  themselves to higher and  
ever higher states of intelligence and  
consciousness4    ,the difference       
between a man of weakness and one of    

power lies not in the  strength of the  
personal will 7for the stubborn man is  
usually weak and  foolish71 but in that 
focus of consciousness which represents 
their states  of knowledge4    ,the     
pleasure-seekers1 the lovers of         
excitement1 the hunters after novelty1  
and the victims of impulse and          
hysterical emotion lack that knowledge  
of  principles which gives balance1     
stability1 and influence4    ,a man     
commences to develop power when1        
checking his impulses and selfish       
inclinations1 he falls back upon the    
higher and calmer consciousness within  
him1 and begins to steady himself upon a
 principle4 ,the realization of         
unchanging principles in consciousness  
is at once the source and secret of  the
 highest power4    ,when1 after much    
searching1 and suffering1 and           
sacrificing1 the light of an  eternal   
principle dawns upon the soul1 a divine 
calm ensues and joy  unspeakable        
gladdens the heart4    ,he who has      

realized such a principle ceases to     
wander1 and remains poised  and         
self-possessed4 ,he ceases to be        
passion's slave1 and becomes a          
master-builder in the ,temple of        
,destiny4    ,the man that is governed  
by self1 and not by a principle1 changes
 his front  when his selfish comforts   
are threatened4 ,deeply intent upon     
defending and  guarding his own         
interests1 he regards all means as      
lawful that will  subserve that end4 ,he
 is continually scheming as to how he   
may protect  himself against his        
enemies1 being too self-centered to     
perceive that he is  his own enemy4     
,such a man's work crumbles away1 for it
 is divorced from  ,truth and power4    
,all effort that is grounded upon self1 
perishes2 only that  work endures that  
is built upon an indestructible         
principle4    ,the man that stands upon 
a principle is the same calm1 dauntless1
  self-possessed man under all          
circumstances4 ,when the hour of trial  

comes1  and he has to decide between his
 personal comforts and ,truth1 he gives 
up  his comforts and remains firm4 ,even
 the prospect of torture and death      
cannot alter or deter him4 ,the man of  
self regards the loss of his wealth1    
his comforts1 or his life as the        
greatest calamities which can befall    
him4  ,the man of principle looks upon  
these incidents as comparatively        
insignificant1 and not to be weighed    
with loss of character1 loss of ,truth4 
,to desert ,truth is1 to him1 the only  
happening which can really be called a  
calamity4    ,it is the hour of crisis  
which decides who are the minions of    
darkness1 and  who the children of      
,light4 ,it is the epoch of threatening 
disaster1 ruin1  and persecution which  
divides the sheep from the goats1 and   
reveals to the  reverential gaze of     
succeeding ages the men and women of    
power4    ,it is easy for a man1 so long
 as he is left in the enjoyment of his  
possessions1 to persuade himself that he

 believes in and adheres to the         
principles of ,peace1 ,brotherhood1 and 
,universal ,love2 but if1 when his      
enjoyments are threatened1 or he        
imagines they are threatened1 he begins 
to  clamor loudly for war1 he shows that
 he believes in and stands upon1 not    
,peace1 ,brotherhood1 and ,love1 but    
strife1 selfishness1 and hatred4    ,he 
who does not desert his principles when 
threatened with the loss of  every      
earthly thing1 even to the loss of      
reputation and life1 is the man of      
power2 is the man whose every word and  
work endures2 is the man whom the       
afterworld honors1 reveres1 and         
worships4 ,rather than desert that      
principle  of ,divine ,love on which he 
rested1 and in which all his trust was  
placed1  ,jesus endured the utmost      
extremity of agony and deprivation2 and 
today the  world prostrates itself at   
his pierced feet in rapt adoration4     
,there is no way to the acquirement of  
spiritual power except by that inward   

illumination and enlightenment which is 
the realization of spiritual            
principles2 and those principles can    
only be realized by constant practice   
and application4    ,take the principle 
of divine ,love1 and quietly and        
diligently meditate upon  it with the   
object of arriving at a thorough        
understanding of it4 ,bring its         
searching light to bear upon all your   
habits1 your actions1 your speech and   
intercourse with others1 your every     
secret thought and desire4 ,as you      
persevere in this course1 the divine    
,love will become more and more         
perfectly revealed to you1 and your own 
shortcomings will stand out in more  and
 more vivid contrast1 spurring you on to
 renewed endeavor2 and having  once     
caught a glimpse of the incomparable    
majesty of that imperishable  principle1
 you will never again rest in your      
weakness1 your selfishness1  your       
imperfection1 but will pursue that ,love
 until you have relinquished  every     

discordant element1 and have brought    
yourself into perfect harmony  with it4 
,and that state of inward harmony is    
spiritual power4 ,take also  other      
spiritual principles1 such as ,purity   
and ,compassion1 and apply them  in the 
same way1 and1 so exacting is ,truth1   
you will be able to make no  stay1 no   
resting-place until the inmost garment  
of your soul is bereft of  every stain1 
and your heart has become incapable of  
any hard1 condemnatory1  and pitiless   
impulse4    ,only in so far as you      
understand1 realize1 and rely upon1     
these principles1  will you acquire     
spiritual power1 and that power will be 
manifested in and  through you in the   
form of increasing dispassion1 patience 
and equanimity4    ,dispassion argues   
superior self-control2 sublime patience 
is the very  hall-mark of divine        
knowledge1 and to retain an unbroken    
calm amid all the  duties and           
distractions of life1 marks off the man 
of power4 ,it is easy in  the world to  

live after the world's opinion2 it is   
easy in solitude to live  after our own2
 but the great man is he who in the     
midst of the crowd keeps  with perfect  
sweetness the independence of solitude4 
,some mystics hold that perfection in   
dispassion is the source of that power  
by which miracles 7so-called7 are       
performed1 and truly he who has gained  
such perfect control of all his interior
 forces that no shock1 however  great1  
can for one moment unbalance him1 must  
be capable of guiding and  directing    
those forces with a master-hand4    ,to 
grow in self-control1 in patience1 in   
equanimity1 is to grow in strength  and 
power2 and you can only thus grow by    
focusing your consciousness upon a      
principle4 ,as a child1 after making    
many and vigorous attempts to walk      
unaided1 at last succeeds1 after        
numerous falls1 in accomplishing this1  
so  you must enter the way of power by  
first attempting to stand alone4 ,break 
away from the tyranny of custom1        

tradition1 conventionality1 and the     
opinions of others1 until you succeed in
 walking lonely and erect among  men4   
,rely upon your own judgment2 be true to
 your own conscience2 follow  the ,light
 that is within you2 all outward lights 
are so many  will-o'-the-wisps4 ,there  
will be those who will tell you that you
 are  foolish2 that your judgment is    
faulty2 that your conscience is all     
awry1  and that the ,light within you is
 darkness2 but heed them not4 ,if what  
they  say is true the sooner you1 as a  
searcher for wisdom1 find it out the    
better1 and you can only make the       
discovery by bringing your powers to the
  test4 ,therefore1 pursue your course  
bravely4 ,your conscience is at least   
your own1 and to follow it is to be a   
man2 to follow the conscience of        
another is to be a slave4 ,you will have
 many falls1 will suffer many  wounds1  
will endure many buffetings for a time1 
but press on in faith1  believing that  
sure and certain victory lies ahead4    

,search for a rock1 a  principle1 and   
having found it cling to it2 get it     
under your feet and  stand erect upon   
it1 until at last1 immovably fixed upon 
it1 you succeed in  defying the fury of 
the waves and storms of selfishness4    
,for selfishness in any and every form  
is dissipation1 weakness1 death2        
unselfishness in its spiritual aspect is
 conservation1 power1 life4 ,as you     
grow in spiritual life1 and become      
established upon principles1 you will   
become as beautiful and as unchangeable 
as those principles1 will taste of  the 
sweetness of their immortal essence1 and
 will realize the eternal and           
indestructible nature of the ,god       
within4        ,no harmful shaft can    
reach the righteous man1                
,standing erect amid the storms of hate1
      ,defying hurt and injury and ban1 
,surrounded by the trembling slaves of  
,fate4        ,majestic in the strength 
of silent power1        ,serene he      
stands1 nor changes not nor turns2      

,patient and firm in suffering's darkest
 hour1        ,time bends to him1 and   
death and doom he spurns4               
,wrath's lurid lightnings round about   
him play1        ,and hell's deep       
thunders roll about his head2      ,yet 
heeds he not1 for him they cannot slay  
,who stands whence earth and time and   
space are fled4        ,sheltered by    
deathless love1 what fear hath he8      
,armored in changeless ,truth1 what can 
he know      ,of loss and gain8 ,knowing
 eternity1        ,he moves not whilst  
the shadows come and go4        ,call   
him immortal1 call him ,truth and ,light
        ,and splendor of prophetic      
majesty      ,who bideth thus amid the  
powers of night1        ,clothed with   
the glory of divinity4          ,,the   
,,realization ,,of ,,selfless ,,love    
,it is said that ,michael ,angelo saw in
 every rough block of stone a thing of  
beauty awaiting the master-hand to bring
 it into reality4 ,even so1 within  each
 there reposes the ,divine ,image       

awaiting the master-hand of ,faith and  
the chisel of ,patience to bring it into
 manifestation4 ,and that ,divine       
,image is revealed and realized as      
stainless1 selfless ,love4    ,hidden   
deep in every human heart1 though       
frequently covered up with a mass  of   
hard and almost impenetrable accretions1
 is the spirit of ,divine ,love1  whose 
holy and spotless essence is undying and
 eternal4 ,it is the ,truth in  man2 it 
is that which belongs to the ,supreme3  
that which is real and  immortal4 ,all  
else changes and passes away2 this alone
 is permanent and  imperishable2 and to 
realize this ,love by ceaseless         
diligence in the  practice of the       
highest righteousness1 to live in it and
 to become fully  conscious in it1 is to
 enter into immortality here and now1 is
 to become  one with ,truth1 one with   
,god1 one with the central ,heart of all
 things1 and  to know our own divine and
 eternal nature4    ,to reach this      
,love1 to understand and experience it1 

one must work with  great persistency   
and diligence upon his heart and mind1  
must ever renew  his patience and keep  
strong his faith1 for there will be much
 to remove1  much to accomplish before  
the ,divine ,image is revealed in all   
its glorious  beauty4    ,he who strives
 to reach and to accomplish the divine  
will be tried to the  very uttermost2   
and this is absolutely necessary1 for   
how else could one  acquire that sublime
 patience without which there is no real
 wisdom1 no  divinity8 ,ever and anon1  
as he proceeds1 all his work will seem  
to be  futile1 and his efforts appear to
 be thrown away4 ,now and then a hasty  
touch will mar his image1 and perhaps   
when he imagines his work is almost     
completed he will find what he imagined 
to be the beautiful form of ,divine     
,love utterly destroyed1 and he must    
begin again with his past bitter        
experience to guide and help him4 ,but  
he who has resolutely set himself to    
realize the ,highest recognizes no such 

thing as defeat4 ,all failures are      
apparent1 not real4 ,every slip1 every  
fall1 every return to selfishness is  a 
lesson learned1 an experience gained1   
from which a golden grain of wisdom  is 
extracted1 helping the striver toward   
the accomplishment of his lofty  object4
 ,to recognize        ,that of our vices
 we can frame        ,a ladder if we    
will but tread      ,beneath our feet   
each deed of shame1    is to enter the  
way that leads unmistakably toward the  
,divine1 and the  failings of one who   
thus recognizes are so many dead selves1
 upon which he  rises1 as upon          
stepping-stones1 to higher things4      
,once come to regard your failings1 your
 sorrows and sufferings as so many      
voices telling you plainly where you are
 weak and faulty1 where you fall  below 
the true and the divine1 you will then  
begin to ceaselessly watch  yourself1   
and every slip1 every pang of pain will 
show you where you are to  set to work1 
and what you have to remove out of your 

heart in order to  bring it nearer to   
the likeness of the ,divine1 nearer to  
the ,perfect ,love4  ,and as you        
proceed1 day by day detaching yourself  
more and more from the  inward          
selfishness the ,love that is selfless  
will gradually become revealed  to you4 
,and when you are growing patient and   
calm1 when your petulances1  tempers1   
and irritabilities are passing away from
 you1 and the more  powerful lusts and  
prejudices cease to dominate and enslave
 you1 then you  will know that the      
divine is awakening within you1 that you
 are drawing  near to the eternal       
,heart1 that you are not far from that  
selfless ,love1  the possession of which
 is peace and immortality4    ,divine   
,love is distinguished from human loves 
in this supremely important  particular1
 it is free from partiality4 ,human     
loves cling to a particular  object to  
the exclusion of all else1 and when that
 object is removed1 great  and deep is  
the resultant suffering to the one who  

loves4 ,divine ,love  embraces the whole
 universe1 and1 without clinging to any 
part1 yet  contains within itself the   
whole1 and he who comes to it by        
gradually  purifying and broadening his 
human loves until all the selfish and   
impure  elements are burnt out of them1 
ceases from suffering4 ,it is because   
human  loves are narrow and confined and
 mingled with selfishness that they     
cause  suffering4 ,no suffering can     
result from that ,love which is so      
absolutely  pure that it seeks nothing  
for itself4 ,nevertheless1 human loves  
are  absolutely necessary as steps      
toward the ,divine1 and no soul is      
prepared to  partake of ,divine ,love   
until it has become capable of the      
deepest and most  intense human love4   
,it is only by passing through human    
loves and human  sufferings that ,divine
 ,love is reached and realized4    ,all 
human loves are perishable like the     
forms to which they cling2 but  there is
 a ,love that is imperishable1 and that 

does not cling to  appearances4    ,all 
human loves are counterbalanced by human
 hates2 but there is a ,love  that      
admits of no opposite or reaction2      
divine and free from all taint of  self1
 that sheds its fragrance on all alike4 
,human loves are reflections of the     
,divine ,love1 and draw the soul nearer 
to  the reality1 the ,love that knows   
neither sorrow nor change4    ,it is    
well that the mother1 clinging with     
passionate tenderness to the  little    
helpless form of flesh that lies on her 
bosom1 should be overwhelmed  with the  
dark waters of sorrow when she sees it  
laid in the cold earth4 ,it  is well    
that her tears should flow and her heart
 ache1 for only thus can  she be        
reminded of the evanescent nature of the
 joys and objects of sense1  and be     
drawn nearer to the eternal and         
imperishable ,reality4    ,it is well   
that lover1 brother1 sister1 husband1   
wife should suffer deep  anguish1 and be
 enveloped in gloom when the visible    

object of their  affections is torn from
 them1 so that they may learn to turn   
their  affections toward the invisible  
,source of all1 where alone abiding     
satisfaction is to be found4    ,it is  
well that the proud1 the ambitious1 the 
self-seeking1 should suffer  defeat1    
humiliation1 and misfortune2 that they  
should pass through the  scorching fires
 of affliction2 for only thus can the   
wayward soul be  brought to reflect upon
 the enigma of life2 only thus can the  
heart be  softened and purified1 and    
prepared to receive the ,truth4    ,when
 the sting of anguish penetrates the    
heart of human love2 when gloom  and    
loneliness and desertion cloud the soul 
of friendship and trust1 then  it is    
that the heart turns toward the         
sheltering love of the ,eternal1 and    
finds rest in its silent peace4 ,and    
whosoever comes to this ,love is not    
turned away comfortless1 is not pierced 
with anguish nor surrounded with  gloom2
 and is never deserted in the dark hour 

of trial4    ,the glory of ,divine ,love
 can only be revealed in the heart that 
is  chastened by sorrow1 and the image  
of the heavenly state can only be       
perceived and realized when the         
lifeless1 formless accretions of        
ignorance  and self are hewn away4      
,only that ,love that seeks no personal 
gratification or reward1 that does  not 
make distinctions1 and that leaves      
behind no heartaches1 can be called     
divine4    ,men1 clinging to self and to
 the comfortless shadows of evil1 are in
 the  habit of thinking of divine ,love 
as something belonging to a ,god who is 
out  of reach2 as something outside     
themselves1 and that must for ever      
remain  outside4 ,truly1 the ,love of   
,god is ever beyond the reach of self1  
but when  the heart and mind are emptied
 of self then the selfless ,love1 the   
supreme  ,love1 the ,love that is of    
,god or ,good becomes an inward and     
abiding  reality4    ,and this inward   
realization of holy ,love is none other 

than the ,love of  ,christ that is so   
much talked about and so little         
comprehended4 ,the ,love  that not only 
saves the soul from sin1 but lifts it   
also above the power of  temptation4    
,but how may one attain to this sublime 
realization8 ,the answer which ,truth   
has always given1 and will ever give to 
this question is1--,empty thyself1  and 
,i will fill thee4 ,divine ,love cannot 
be known until self is dead1 for  self  
is the denial of ,love1 and how can that
 which is known be also denied8  ,not   
until the stone of self is rolled away  
from the sepulcher of the soul  does the
 immortal ,christ1 the pure ,spirit of  
,love1 hitherto crucified1 dead  and    
buried1 cast off the bands of ignorance1
 and come forth in all the  majesty of  
,his resurrection4    ,you believe that 
the ,christ of ,nazareth was put to     
death and rose again4 ,i  do not say you
 err in that belief2 but if you refuse  
to believe that the  gentle spirit of   
,love is crucified daily upon the dark  

cross of your  selfish desires1 then1 ,i
 say1 you err in this unbelief1 and have
 not yet  perceived1 even afar off1 the 
,love of ,christ4    ,you say that you  
have tasted of salvation in the ,love of
 ,christ4 ,are you  saved from your     
temper1 your irritability1 your vanity1 
your personal  dislikes1 your judgment  
and condemnation of others8 ,if not1    
from what are  you saved1 and wherein   
have you realized the transforming ,love
 of ,christ8    ,he who has realized the
 ,love that is divine has become a new  
man1 and has  ceased to be swayed and   
dominated by the old elements of self4  
,he is known  for his patience1 his     
purity1 his self-control1 his deep      
charity of heart1  and his unalterable  
sweetness4    ,divine or selfless ,love 
is not a mere sentiment or emotion2 it  
is a state  of knowledge which destroys 
the dominion of evil and the belief in  
evil1  and lifts the soul into the      
joyful realization of the supreme ,good4
 ,to the  divinely wise1 knowledge and  

,love are one and inseparable4    ,it is
 toward the complete realization of this
 divine ,love that the whole  world is  
moving2 it was for this purpose that the
 universe came into  existence1 and     
every grasping at happiness1 every      
reaching out of the soul  toward        
objects1 ideas and ideals1 is an effort 
to realize it4 ,but the world  does not 
realize this ,love at present because it
 is grasping at the  fleeting shadow and
 ignoring1 in its blindness1 the        
substance4 ,and so  suffering and sorrow
 continue1 and must continue until the  
world1 taught by  its self-inflicted    
pains1 discovers the ,love that is      
selfless1 the wisdom  that is calm and  
full of peace4    ,and this ,love1 this 
,wisdom1 this ,peace1 this tranquil     
state of mind and  heart may be attained
 to1 may be realized by all who are     
willing and ready  to yield up self1 and
 who are prepared to humbly enter into a
 comprehension  of all that the giving  
up of self involves4 ,there is no       

arbitrary power in  the universe1 and   
the strongest chains of fate by which   
men are bound are  self-forged4 ,men are
 chained to that which causes suffering 
because they  desire to be so1 because  
they love their chains1 because they    
think their  little dark prison of self 
is sweet and beautiful1 and they are    
afraid that  if they desert that prison 
they will lose all that is real and     
worth  having4        ,ye suffer from   
yourselves1 none else compels1          
,none other holds ye that ye live and   
die4    ,and the indwelling power which 
forged the chains and built around      
itself  the dark and narrow prison1 can 
break away when it desires and wills to 
do  so1 and the soul does will to do so 
when it has discovered the              
worthlessness of its prison1 when long  
suffering has prepared it for the       
reception of the boundless ,light and   
,love4    ,as the shadow follows the    
form1 and as smoke comes after fire1 so 
effect  follows cause1 and suffering and

 bliss follow the thoughts and deeds of 
men4 ,there is no effect in the world   
around us but has its hidden or         
revealed cause1 and that cause is in    
accordance with absolute justice4 ,men  
reap a harvest of suffering because in  
the near or distant past they have  sown
 the seeds of evil2 they reap a harvest 
of bliss also as a result of  their own 
sowing of the seeds of good4 ,let a man 
meditate upon this1 let  him strive to  
understand it1 and he will then begin to
 sow only seeds of  good1 and will burn 
up the tares and weeds which he has     
formerly grown in  the garden of his    
heart4    ,the world does not understand
 the ,love that is selfless because it  
is  engrossed in the pursuit of its own 
pleasures1 and cramped within the       
narrow limits of perishable interests   
mistaking1 in its ignorance1 those      
pleasures and interests for real and    
abiding things4 ,caught in the flames   
of fleshly lusts1 and burning with      
anguish1 it sees not the pure and       

peaceful beauty of ,truth4 ,feeding upon
 the swinish husks of error and         
self-delusion1 it is shut out from the  
mansion of all-seeing ,love4    ,not    
having this ,love1 not understanding it1
 men institute innumerable  reforms     
which involve no inward sacrifice1 and  
each imagines that his  reform is going 
to right the world for ever1 while he   
himself continues to  propagate evil by 
engaging it in his own heart4 ,that only
 can be called  reform which tends to   
reform the human heart1 for all evil has
 its rise  there1 and not until the     
world1 ceasing from selfishness and     
party strife1  has learned the lesson of
 divine ,love1 will it realize the      
,golden ,age of  universal blessedness4 
,let the rich cease to despise the poor1
 and the poor to condemn the rich2  let 
the greedy learn how to give1 and the   
lustful how to grow pure2 let the       
partisan cease from strife1 and the     
uncharitable begin to forgive2 let the  
envious endeavor to rejoice with others1

 and the slanderers grow ashamed of     
their conduct4 ,let men and women take  
this course1 and1 lo6 the ,golden ,age  
is at hand4 ,he1 therefore1 who purifies
 his own heart is the world's  greatest 
benefactor4    ,yet1 though the world   
is1 and will be for many ages to come1  
shut out from  that ,age of ,gold1 which
 is the realization of selfless ,love1  
you1 if you  are willing1 may enter it  
now1 by rising above your selfish self2 
if you  will pass from prejudice1       
hatred1 and condemnation1 to gentle and 
forgiving  love4    ,where hatred1      
dislike1 and condemnation are1 selfless 
,love does not abide4  ,it resides only 
in the heart that has ceased from all   
condemnation4    ,you say1 ,how can ,i  
love the drunkard1 the hypocrite1 the   
sneak1 the  murderer8 ,i am compelled to
 dislike and condemn such men4 ,it is   
true you  cannot love such men          
emotionally1 but when you say that you  
must perforce  dislike and condemn them 
you show that you are not acquainted    

with the  ,great over-ruling ,love2 for 
it is possible to attain to such a state
 of  interior enlightenment as will     
enable you to perceive the train of     
causes  by which these men have become  
as they are1 to enter into their intense
  sufferings1 and to know the certainty 
of their ultimate purification4         
,possessed of such knowledge it will be 
utterly impossible for you any  longer  
to dislike or condemn them1 and you will
 always think of them with  perfect     
calmness and deep compassion4    ,if you
 love people and speak of them with     
praise until they in some way  thwart   
you1 or do something of which you       
disapprove1 and then you dislike  them  
and speak of them with dispraise1 you   
are not governed by the ,love  which is 
of ,god4 ,if1 in your heart1 you are    
continually arraigning and  condemning  
others1 selfless ,love is hidden from   
you4    ,he who knows that ,love is at  
the heart of all things1 and has        
realized the  all-sufficing power of    

that ,love1 has no room in his heart for
  condemnation4    ,men1 not knowing    
this ,love1 constitute themselves judge 
and executioner of  their fellows1      
forgetting that there is the ,eternal   
,judge and ,executioner1  and in so far 
as men deviate from them in their own   
views1 their particular  reforms and    
methods1 they brand them as fanatical1  
unbalanced1 lacking  judgment1          
sincerity1 and honesty2 in so far as    
others approximate to their  own        
standard do they look upon them as being
 everything that is admirable4  ,such   
are the men who are centered in self4   
,but he whose heart is centered  in the 
supreme ,love does not so brand and     
classify men2 does not seek to  convert 
men to his own views1 not to convince   
them of the superiority of  his methods4
 ,knowing the ,law of ,love1 he lives   
it1 and maintains the same  calm        
attitude of mind and sweetness of heart 
toward all4 ,the debased and  the       
virtuous1 the foolish and the wise1 the 

learned and the unlearned1 the  selfish 
and the unselfish receive alike the     
benediction of his tranquil  thought4   
,you can only attain to this supreme    
knowledge1 this divine ,love by         
unremitting endeavor in self-discipline1
 and by gaining victory after  victory  
over yourself4 ,only the pure in heart  
see ,god1 and when your heart  is       
sufficiently purified you will enter    
into the ,new ,birth1 and the ,love     
that does not die1 nor change1 nor end  
in pain and sorrow will be awakened     
within you1 and you will be at peace4   
,he who strives for the attainment of   
divine ,love is ever seeking to         
overcome the spirit of condemnation1 for
 where there is pure spiritual          
knowledge1 condemnation cannot exist1   
and only in the heart that has become   
incapable of condemnation is ,love      
perfected and fully realized4    ,the   
,christian condemns the ,atheist2 the   
,atheist satirizes the ,christian2  the 
,catholic and ,protestant are           

ceaselessly engaged in wordy warfare1   
and  the spirit of strife and hatred    
rules where peace and love should be4   
,he that hateth his brother is a        
murderer1 a crucifier of the divine     
,spirit of ,love2 and until you can     
regard men of all religions and of no   
religion with the same impartial spirit1
 with all freedom from dislike1 and     
with perfect equanimity1 you have yet to
 strive for that ,love which bestows    
upon its possessor freedom and          
salvation4    ,the realization of divine
 knowledge1 selfless ,love1 utterly     
destroys the  spirit of condemnation1   
disperses all evil1 and lifts the       
consciousness to  that height of pure   
vision where ,love1 ,goodness1 ,justice 
are seen to be  universal1 supreme1     
all-conquering1 indestructible4         
,train your mind in strong1 impartial1  
and gentle thought2 train your heart  in
 purity and compassion2 train your      
tongue to silence and to true and       
stainless speech2 so shall you enter the

 way of holiness and peace1 and  shall  
ultimately realize the immortal ,love4  
,so living1 without seeking to  convert1
 you will convince2 without arguing1 you
 will teach2 not cherishing  ambition1  
the wise will find you out2 and without 
striving to gain men's  opinions1 you   
will subdue their hearts4 ,for ,love is 
all-conquering1  all-powerful2 and the  
thoughts1 and deeds1 and words of ,love 
can never  perish4    ,to know that     
,love is universal1 supreme1            
all-sufficing2 to be freed from  the    
trammels of evil2 to be quit of the     
inward unrest2 to know that all men  are
 striving to realize the ,truth each in 
his own way2 to be satisfied1           
sorrowless1 serene2 this is peace2 this 
is gladness2 this is immortality2  this 
is ,divinity2 this is the realization of
 selfless ,love4        ,i stood upon   
the shore1 and saw the rocks            
,resist the onslaught of the mighty sea1
      ,and when ,i thought how all the  
countless shocks        ,they had       

withstood through an eternity1      ,i  
said1 ,to wear away this solid main     
,the ceaseless efforts of the waves are 
vain4        ,but when ,i thought how   
they the rocks had rent1        ,and saw
 the sand and shingles at my feet       
7,poor passive remnants of resistance   
spent7        ,tumbled and tossed where 
they the waters meet1      ,then saw ,i 
ancient landmarks 'neath the waves1     
,and knew the waters held the stones    
their slaves4        ,i saw the mighty  
work the waters wrought        ,by      
patient softness and unceasing flow2    
,how they the proudest promontory       
brought        ,unto their feet1 and    
massy hills laid low2      ,how the soft
 drops the adamantine wall              
,conquered at last1 and brought it to   
its fall4        ,and then ,i knew that 
hard1 resisting sin        ,should yield
 at last to ,love's soft ceaseless roll 
,coming and going1 ever flowing in      
,upon the proud rocks of the human soul2
      ,that all resistance should be    

spent and past1      ,and every heart   
yield unto it at last4                  
,,entering ,,into ,,the ,,infinite      
,from the beginning of time1 man1 in    
spite of his bodily appetites and       
desires1 in the midst of all his        
clinging to earthly and impermanent     
things1 has ever been intuitively       
conscious of the limited1 transient1 and
  illusionary nature of his material    
existence1 and in his sane and silent   
moments has tried to reach out into a   
comprehension of the ,infinite1 and  has
 turned with tearful aspiration toward  
the restful ,reality of the  ,eternal   
,heart4    ,while vainly imagining that 
the pleasures of earth are real and     
satisfying1  pain and sorrow continually
 remind him of their unreal and         
unsatisfying  nature4 ,ever striving to 
believe that complete satisfaction is to
 be found  in material things1 he is    
conscious of an inward and persistent   
revolt  against this belief1 which      
revolt is at once a refutation of his   

essential  mortality1 and an inherent   
and imperishable proof that only in the 
immortal1 the eternal1 the infinite can 
he find abiding satisfaction and        
unbroken peace4    ,and here is the     
common ground of faith2 here the root   
and spring of all  religion2 here the   
soul of ,brotherhood and the heart of   
,love1--that man is  essentially and    
spiritually divine and eternal1 and     
that1 immersed in  mortality and        
troubled with unrest1 he is ever        
striving to enter into a  consciousness 
of his real nature4    ,the spirit of   
man is inseparable from the ,infinite1  
and can be satisfied  with nothing short
 of the ,infinite1 and the burden of    
pain will continue to  weigh upon man's 
heart1 and the shadows of sorrow to     
darken his pathway  until1 ceasing from 
his wanderings in the dream-world of    
matter1 he comes  back to his home in   
the reality of the ,eternal4    ,as the 
smallest drop of water detached from the
 ocean contains all the  qualities of   

the ocean1 so man1 detached in          
consciousness from the  ,infinite1      
contains within him its likeness2 and as
 the drop of water must1  by the law of 
its nature1 ultimately find its way back
 to the ocean and  lose itself in its   
silent depths1 so must man1 by the      
unfailing law of his  nature1 at last   
return to his source1 and lose himself  
in the great ocean  of the ,infinite4   
,to re-become one with the ,infinite is 
the goal of man4 ,to enter into  perfect
 harmony with the ,eternal ,law is      
,wisdom1 ,love and ,peace4 ,but this    
divine state is1 and must ever be1      
incomprehensible to the merely personal4
  ,personality1 separateness1           
selfishness are one and the same1 and   
are the  antithesis of wisdom and       
divinity4 ,by the unqualified surrender 
of the  personality1 separateness and   
selfishness cease1 and man enters into  
the  possession of his divine heritage  
of immortality and infinity4    ,such   
surrender of the personality is regarded

 by the worldly and selfish  mind as the
 most grievous of all calamities1 the   
most irreparable loss1 yet  it is the   
one supreme and incomparable blessing1  
the only real and lasting  gain4 ,the   
mind unenlightened upon the inner laws  
of being1 and upon the  nature and      
destiny of its own life1 clings to      
transient appearances1 things  which    
have in them no enduring substantiality1
 and so clinging1 perishes1  for the    
time being1 amid the shattered wreckage 
of its own illusions4    ,men cling to  
and gratify the flesh as though it were 
going to last for  ever1 and though they
 try to forget the nearness and         
inevitability of its  dissolution1 the  
dread of death and of the loss of all   
that they cling to  clouds their        
happiest hours1 and the chilling shadow 
of their own  selfishness follows them  
like a remorseless specter4    ,and with
 the accumulation of temporal comforts  
and luxuries1 the divinity  within men  
is drugged1 and they sink deeper and    

deeper into materiality1  into the      
perishable life of the senses1 and where
 there is sufficient  intellect1        
theories concerning the immortality of  
the flesh come to be  regarded as       
infallible truths4 ,when a man's soul is
 clouded with  selfishness in any or    
every form1 he loses the power of       
spiritual  discrimination1 and confuses 
the temporal with the eternal1 the      
perishable  with the permanent1         
mortality with immortality1 and error   
with ,truth4 ,it is  thus that the world
 has come to be filled with theories and
 speculations  having no foundation in  
human experience4 ,every body of flesh  
contains  within itself1 from the hour  
of birth1 the elements of its own       
destruction1  and by the unalterable law
 of its own nature must it pass away4   
,the perishable in the universe can     
never become permanent2 the permanent   
can never pass away2 the mortal can     
never become immortal2 the immortal can 
never die2 the temporal cannot become   

eternal nor the eternal become          
temporal2 appearance can never become   
reality1 nor reality fade into          
appearance2 error can never become      
,truth1 nor can ,truth become error4    
,man  cannot immortalize the flesh1 but1
 by overcoming the flesh1 by            
relinquishing all its inclinations1 he  
can enter the region of immortality4    
,god alone hath immortality1 and only by
 realizing the ,god state of            
consciousness does man enter into       
immortality4    ,all nature in its      
myriad forms of life is changeable1     
impermanent1  unenduring4 ,only the     
informing ,principle of nature endures4 
,nature is many1  and is marked by      
separation4 ,the informing ,principle is
 ,one1 and is marked  by unity4 ,by     
overcoming the senses and the           
selfishness within1 which is the        
overcoming of nature1 man emerges from  
the chrysalis of the personal and       
illusory1 and wings himself into the    
glorious light of the impersonal1 the   

region of universal ,truth1 out of which
 all perishable forms come4    ,let men1
 therefore1 practice self-denial2 let   
them conquer their animal  inclinations2
 let them refuse to be enslaved by      
luxury and pleasure2 let  them practice 
virtue1 and grow daily into high and    
ever higher virtue1  until at last they 
grow into the ,divine1 and enter into   
both the practice  and the comprehension
 of humility1 meekness1 forgiveness1    
compassion1 and  love1 which practice   
and comprehension constitute ,divinity4 
,good-will gives insight1 and only he   
who has so conquered his personality    
that he has but one attitude of mind1   
that of good-will1 toward all           
creatures1 is possessed of divine       
insight1 and is capable of              
distinguishing  the true from the false4
 ,the supremely good man is1 therefore1 
the wise  man1 the divine man1 the      
enlightened seer1 the knower of the     
,eternal4 ,where  you find unbroken     
gentleness1 enduring patience1 sublime  

lowliness1  graciousness of speech1     
self-control1 self-forgetfulness1 and   
deep and  abounding sympathy1 look there
 for the highest wisdom1 seek the       
company of  such a one1 for he has      
realized the ,divine1 he lives with the 
,eternal1 he  has become one with the   
,infinite4 ,believe not him that is     
impatient1 given  to anger1 boastful1   
who clings to pleasure and refuses to   
renounce his  selfish gratifications1   
and who practices not good-will and     
far-reaching  compassion1 for such a one
 hath not wisdom1 vain is all his       
knowledge1 and  his works and words will
 perish1 for they are grounded on that  
which passes  away4    ,let a man       
abandon self1 let him overcome the      
world1 let him deny the  personal2 by   
this pathway only can he enter into the 
heart of the ,infinite4    ,the world1  
the body1 the personality are mirages   
upon the desert of time2  transitory    
dreams in the dark night of spiritual   
slumber1 and those who  have crossed the

 desert1 those who are spiritually      
awakened1 have alone  comprehended the  
,universal ,reality where all           
appearances are dispersed and  dreaming 
and delusion are destroyed4    ,there is
 one ,great ,law which exacts           
unconditional obedience1 one unifying   
principle which is the basis of all     
diversity1 one eternal ,truth wherein   
all the problems of earth pass away like
 shadows4 ,to realize this ,law1 this   
,unity1 this ,truth1 is to enter into   
the ,infinite1 is to become one with the
  ,eternal4    ,to center one's life in 
the ,great ,law of ,love is to enter    
into rest1  harmony1 peace4 ,to refrain 
from all participation in evil and      
discord2 to  cease from all resistance  
to evil1 and from the omission of that  
which is  good1 and to fall back upon   
unswerving obedience to the holy calm   
within1  is to enter into the inmost    
heart of things1 is to attain to a      
living1  conscious experience of that   
eternal and infinite principle which    

must ever  remain a hidden mystery to   
the merely perceptive intellect4 ,until 
this  principle is realized1 the soul is
 not established in peace1 and he who so
  realizes is truly wise2 not wise with 
the wisdom of the learned1 but with  the
 simplicity of a blameless heart and of 
a divine manhood4    ,to enter into a   
realization of the ,infinite and        
,eternal is to rise superior  to time1  
and the world1 and the body1 which      
comprise the kingdom of  darkness2 and  
is to become established in immortality1
 ,heaven1 and the  ,spirit1 which make  
up the ,empire of ,light4    ,entering  
into the ,infinite is not a mere theory 
or sentiment4 ,it is a vital  experience
 which is the result of assiduous       
practice in inward  purification4 ,when 
the body is no longer believed to be1   
even remotely1 the  real man2 when all  
appetites and desires are thoroughly    
subdued and  purified2 when the emotions
 are rested and calm1 and when the      
oscillation  of the intellect ceases and

 perfect poise is secured1 then1 and not
 till  then1 does consciousness become  
one with the ,infinite2 not until then  
is  childlike wisdom and profound peace 
secured4    ,men grow weary and gray    
over the dark problems of life1 and     
finally pass  away and leave them       
unsolved because they cannot see their  
way out of the  darkness of the         
personality1 being too much engrossed in
 its limitations4  ,seeking to save his 
personal life1 man forfeits the greater 
impersonal ,life  in ,truth2 clinging to
 the perishable1 he is shut out from a  
knowledge of  the ,eternal4    ,by the  
surrender of self all difficulties are  
overcome1 and there is no  error in the 
universe but the fire of inward         
sacrifice will burn it up like  chaff2  
no problem1 however great1 but will     
disappear like a shadow under  the      
searching light of self-abnegation4     
,problems exist only in our own         
self-created illusions1 and they vanish 
away when self is yielded up4 ,self  and

 error are synonymous4 ,error is        
involved in the darkness of unfathomable
  complexity1 but eternal simplicity is 
the glory of ,truth4    ,love of self   
shuts men out from ,truth1 and seeking  
their own personal  happiness they lose 
the deeper1 purer1 and more abiding     
bliss4 ,says  ,carlyle--,there is in man
 a higher than love of happiness4 ,he   
can do  without happiness1 and instead  
thereof find blessedness4    444 ,love  
not pleasure1 love ,god4 ,this is the   
,everlasting ,yea1 wherein all          
contradiction is solved2 wherein whoso  
walks and works1 it is well with  him4  
,he who has yielded up that self1 that  
personality that men most love1 and  to 
which they cling with such fierce       
tenacity1 has left behind him all       
perplexity1 and has entered into a      
simplicity so profoundly simple as to be
  looked upon by the world1 involved as 
it is in a network of error1 as         
foolishness4 ,yet such a one has        
realized the highest wisdom1 and is at  

rest  in the ,infinite4 ,he accomplishes
 without striving1 and all problems melt
  before him1 for he has entered the    
region of reality1 and deals1 not with  
changing effects1 but with the          
unchanging principles of things4 ,he is 
enlightened with a wisdom which is as   
superior to ratiocination1 as reason  is
 to animality4 ,having yielded up his   
lusts1 his errors1 his opinions and     
prejudices1 he has entered into         
possession of the knowledge of ,god1    
having  slain the selfish desire for    
heaven1 and along with it the ignorant  
fear of  hell2 having relinquished even 
the love of life itself1 he has gained  
supreme bliss and ,life ,eternal1 the   
,life which bridges life and death1 and 
knows its own immortality4 ,having      
yielded up all without reservation1 he  
has gained all1 and rests in peace on   
the bosom of the ,infinite4    ,only he 
who has become so free from self as to  
be equally content to be  annihilated as
 to live1 or to live as to be           

annihilated1 is fit to enter  into the  
,infinite4 ,only he who1 ceasing to     
trust his perishable self1 has  learned 
to trust in boundless measure the ,great
 ,law1 the ,supreme ,good1 is  prepared 
to partake of undying bliss4    ,for    
such a one there is no more regret1 nor 
disappointment1 nor remorse1  for where 
all selfishness has ceased these        
sufferings cannot be2 and  whatever     
happens to him he knows that it is for  
his own good1 and he is  content1 being 
no longer the servant of self1 but the  
servant of the  ,supreme4 ,he is no     
longer affected by the changes of earth1
 and when he  hears of wars and rumors  
of wars his peace is not disturbed1 and 
where men  grow angry and cynical and   
quarrelsome1 he bestows compassion and  
love4  ,though appearances may          
contradict it1 he knows that the world  
is  progressing1 and that               
,through its laughing and its weeping1  
,through its living and its keeping1    
,through its follies and its labors1    

weaving in and out of sight1        ,to 
the end from the beginning1             
,through all virtue and all sinning1    
,reeled from ,god's great spool of      
,progress1 runs the golden              
thread of light4    ,when a fierce storm
 is raging none are angered about it1   
because they know  it will quickly pass 
away1 and when the storms of contention 
are  devastating the world1 the wise    
man1 looking with the eye of ,truth and 
pity1 knows that it will pass away1 and 
that out of the wreckage of broken      
hearts which it leaves behind the       
immortal ,temple of ,wisdom will be     
built4    ,sublimely patient2 infinitely
 compassionate2 deep1 silent1 and pure1 
his  very presence is a benediction2 and
 when he speaks men ponder his words in 
their hearts1 and by them rise to higher
 levels of attainment4 ,such is he  who 
has entered into the ,infinite1 who by  
the power of utmost sacrifice has       
solved the sacred mystery of life4      
,questioning ,life and ,destiny and     

,truth1      ,i sought the dark and     
labyrinthine ,sphinx1      ,who spake to
 me this strange and wondrous thing3--  
,concealment only lies in blinded eyes1 
,and ,god alone can see the ,form of    
,god4        ,i sought to solve this    
hidden mystery      ,vainly by paths of 
blindness and of pain1      ,but when ,i
 found the ,way of ,love and ,peace1    
,concealment ceased1 and ,i was blind no
 more3      ,then saw ,i ,god e'en with 
the eyes of ,god4          ,,saints1    
,,sages1 ,,and ,,saviors3 ,,the ,,law   
,,of ,,service      ,the spirit of ,love
 which is manifested as a perfect and   
rounded life1 is  the crown of being and
 the supreme end of knowledge upon this 
earth4    ,the measure of a man's truth 
is the measure of his love1 and ,truth  
is far  removed from him whose life is  
not governed by ,love4 ,the intolerant  
and  condemnatory1 even though they     
profess the highest religion1 have the  
smallest measure of ,truth2 while those 
who exercise patience1 and who  listen  

calmly and dispassionately to all sides1
 and both arrive themselves  at1 and    
incline others to1 thoughtful and       
unbiased conclusions upon all  problems 
and issues1 have ,truth in fullest      
measure4 ,the final test of  wisdom is  
this1--how does a man live8 ,what spirit
 does he manifest8 ,how  does he act    
under trial and temptation8 ,many men   
boast of being in  possession of ,truth 
who are continually swayed by grief1    
disappointment1  and passion1 and who   
sink under the first little trial that  
comes along4  ,truth is nothing if not  
unchangeable1 and in so far as a man    
takes his  stand upon ,truth does he    
become steadfast in virtue1 does he rise
 superior  to his passions and emotions 
and changeable personality4    ,men     
formulate perishable dogmas1 and call   
them ,truth4 ,truth cannot be           
formulated2 it is ineffable1 and ever   
beyond the reach of intellect4 ,it can  
only be experienced by practice2 it can 
only be manifested as a stainless  heart

 and a perfect life4    ,who1 then1 in  
the midst of the ceaseless pandemonium  
of schools and creeds  and parties1 has 
the ,truth8 ,he who lives it4 ,he who   
practices it4 ,he who1  having risen    
above that pandemonium by overcoming    
himself1 no longer  engages in it1 but  
sits apart1 quiet1 subdued1 calm1 and   
self-possessed1  freed from all strife1 
all bias1 all condemnation1 and bestows 
upon all the  glad and unselfish love of
 the divinity within him4    ,he who is 
patient1 calm1 gentle1 and forgiving    
under all circumstances1  manifests the 
,truth4 ,truth will never be proved by  
wordy arguments and  learned treatises1 
for if men do not perceive the ,truth in
 infinite  patience1 undying            
forgiveness1 and all-embracing          
compassion1 no words can  ever prove it 
to them4    ,it is an easy matter for   
the passionate to be calm and patient   
when they  are alone1 or are in the     
midst of calmness4 ,it is equally easy  
for the  uncharitable to be gentle and  

kind when they are dealt kindly with1   
but he  who retains his patience and    
calmness under all trial1 who remains   
sublimely meek and gentle under the most
 trying circumstances1 he1 and he       
alone1 is possessed of the spotless     
,truth4 ,and this is so because such    
lofty virtues belong to the ,divine1 and
 can only be manifested by one who  has 
attained to the highest wisdom1 who has 
relinquished his passionate and         
self-seeking nature1 who has realized   
the supreme and unchangeable ,law1 and  
has brought himself into harmony with   
it4    ,let men1 therefore1 cease from  
vain and passionate arguments about     
,truth1  and let them think and say and 
do those things which make for harmony1 
peace1 love1 and good-will4 ,let them   
practice heart-virtue1 and search       
humbly and diligently for the ,truth    
which frees the soul from all error and 
sin1 from all that blights the human    
heart1 and that darkens1 as with        
unending night1 the pathway of the      

wandering souls of earth4    ,there is  
one great all-embracing ,law which is   
the foundation and cause of  the        
universe1 the ,law of ,love4 ,it has    
been called by many names in various    
countries and at various times1 but     
behind all its names the same           
unalterable ,law may be discovered by   
the eye of ,truth4 ,names1 religions1   
personalities pass away1 but the ,law of
 ,love remains4 ,to become possessed  of
 a knowledge of this ,law1 to enter into
 conscious harmony with it1 is to       
become immortal1 invincible1            
indestructible4    ,it is because of the
 effort of the soul to realize this ,law
 that men come  again and again to live1
 to suffer1 and to die2 and when        
realized1  suffering ceases1 personality
 is dispersed1 and the fleshly life and 
death  are destroyed1 for consciousness 
becomes one with the ,eternal4    ,the  
,law is absolutely impersonal1 and its  
highest manifested expression is  that  
of ,service4 ,when the purified heart   

has realized ,truth it is then  called  
upon to make the last1 the greatest and 
holiest sacrifice1 the  sacrifice of the
 well-earned enjoyment of ,truth4 ,it is
 by virtue of this  sacrifice that the  
divinely-emancipated soul comes to dwell
 among men1  clothed with a body of     
flesh1 content to dwell among the       
lowliest and  least1 and to be esteemed 
the servant of all mankind4 ,that       
sublime humility  which is manifested by
 the world's saviors is the seal of     
,godhead1 and he  who has annihilated   
the personality1 and has become a       
living1 visible  manifestation of the   
impersonal1 eternal1 boundless ,spirit  
of ,love1 is  alone singled out as      
worthy to receive the unstinted worship 
of posterity4  ,he only who succeeds in 
humbling himself with that divine       
humility which is  not only the         
extinction of self1 but is also the     
pouring out upon all the  spirit of     
unselfish love1 is exalted above        
measure1 and given spiritual  dominion  

in the hearts of mankind4    ,all the   
great spiritual teachers have denied    
themselves personal luxuries1  comforts1
 and rewards1 have abjured temporal     
power1 and have lived and  taught the   
limitless and impersonal ,truth4        
,compare their lives and  teachings1 and
 you will find the same simplicity1 the 
same self-sacrifice1  the same humility1
 love1 and peace both lived and preached
 by them4 ,they  taught the same eternal
 ,principles1 the realization of which  
destroys all  evil4 ,those who have been
 hailed and worshiped as the saviors of 
mankind  are manifestations of the      
,great impersonal ,law1 and being such1 
were free  from passion and prejudice1  
and having no opinions1 and no special  
letter  of doctrine to preach and       
defend1 they never sought to convert and
 to  proselytize4 ,living in the highest
 ,goodness1 the supreme ,perfection1    
their  sole object was to uplift mankind
 by manifesting that ,goodness in       
thought1  word1 and deed4 ,they stand   

between man the personal and ,god the   
impersonal1  and serve as exemplary     
types for the salvation of self-enslaved
 mankind4    ,men who are immersed in   
self1 and who cannot comprehend the     
,goodness that  is absolutely           
impersonal1 deny divinity to all saviors
 except their own1  and thus introduce  
personal hatred and doctrinal           
controversy1 and1 while  defending their
 own particular views with passion1 look
 upon each other as  being heathens or  
infidels1 and so render null and void1  
as far as their  lives are concerned1   
the unselfish beauty and holy grandeur  
of the lives  and teachings of their own
 ,masters4 ,truth cannot be limited2 it 
can never  be the special prerogative of
 any man1 school1 or nation1 and when   
personality steps in1 ,truth is lost4   
,the glory alike of the saint1 the sage1
 and the savior is this1--that he  has  
realized the most profound lowliness1   
the most sublime unselfishness2  having 
given up all1 even his own personality1 

all his works are holy and  enduring1   
for they are freed from every taint of  
self4 ,he gives1 yet never  thinks of   
receiving2 he works without regretting  
the past or anticipating  the future1   
and never looks for reward4    ,when the
 farmer has tilled and dressed his land 
and put in the seed1 he  knows that he  
has done all that he can possibly do1   
and that now he must  trust to the      
elements1 and wait patiently for the    
course of time to bring  about the      
harvest1 and that no amount of          
expectancy on his part will affect  the 
result4 ,even so1 he who has realized   
,truth goes forth as a sower of the     
seeds of goodness1 purity1 love and     
peace1 without expectancy1 and never    
looking for results1 knowing that there 
is the ,great ,over-ruling ,law which   
brings about its own harvest in due     
time1 and which is alike the source of  
preservation and destruction4    ,men1  
not understanding the divine simplicity 
of a profoundly unselfish  heart1 look  

upon their particular savior as the     
manifestation of a special  miracle1 as 
being something entirely apart and      
distinct from the nature of  things1 and
 as being1 in his ethical excellence1   
eternally unapproachable  by the whole  
of mankind4 ,this attitude of unbelief  
7for such it is7 in the  divine         
perfectibility of man1 paralyzes effort1
 and binds the souls of men  as with    
strong ropes to sin and suffering4      
,jesus grew in wisdom and was  perfected
 by suffering4 ,what ,jesus was1 he     
became such2 what ,buddha was1  he      
became such2 and every holy man became  
such by unremitting perseverance  in    
self-sacrifice4 ,once recognize this1   
once realize that by watchful  effort   
and hopeful perseverance you can rise   
above your lower nature1 and  great and 
glorious will be the vistas of          
attainment that will open out  before   
you4 ,buddha vowed that he would not    
relax his efforts until he  arrived at  
the state of perfection1 and he         

accomplished his purpose4    ,what the  
saints1 sages1 and saviors have         
accomplished1 you likewise may          
accomplish if you will only tread the   
way which they trod and pointed out1    
the way of self-sacrifice1 of           
self-denying service4    ,truth is very 
simple4 ,it says1 ,give up self1 ,come  
unto ,me 7away from  all that defiles7  
and ,i will give you rest4 ,all the     
mountains of  commentary that have been 
piled upon it cannot hide it from the   
heart that  is earnestly seeking for    
,righteousness4 ,it does not require    
learning2 it  can be known in spite of  
learning4 ,disguised under many forms by
 erring  self-seeking man1 the beautiful
 simplicity and clear transparency of   
,truth  remains unaltered and undimmed1 
and the unselfish heart enters into and 
partakes of its shining radiance4 ,not  
by weaving complex theories1 not by     
building up speculative philosophies is 
,truth realized2 but by weaving the  web
 of inward purity1 by building up the   

,temple of a stainless life is  ,truth  
realized4    ,he who enters upon this   
holy way begins by restraining his      
passions4 ,this  is virtue1 and is the  
beginning of saintship1 and saintship is
 the  beginning of holiness4 ,the       
entirely worldly man gratifies all his  
desires1  and practices no more         
restraint than the law of the land in   
which he lives  demands2 the virtuous   
man restrains his passions2 the saint   
attacks the  enemy of ,truth in its     
stronghold within his own heart1 and    
restrains all  selfish and impure       
thoughts2 while the holy man is he who  
is free from  passion and all impure    
thought1 and to whom goodness and purity
 have become  as natural as scent and   
color are to the flower4 ,the holy man  
is divinely  wise2 he alone knows ,truth
 in its fullness1 and has entered into  
abiding  rest and peace4 ,for him evil  
has ceased2 it has disappeared in the   
universal light of the ,all-,good4      
,holiness is the badge of wisdom4 ,said 

,krishna to the ,prince ,arjuna--       
,humbleness1 truthfulness1 and          
harmlessness1      ,patience and honor1 
reverence for the wise1      ,purity1   
constancy1 control of self1             
,contempt of sense-delights1            
self-sacrifice1      ,perception of the 
certitude of ill      ,in birth1 death1 
age1 disease1 suffering and sin2        
,an ever tranquil heart in fortunes good
      ,and fortunes evil1 444      444  
,endeavors resolute      ,to reach      
perception of the utmost soul1      ,and
 grace to understand what gain it were  
,so to attain--this is true wisdom1     
,prince6      ,and what is otherwise is 
ignorance6    ,whoever fights           
ceaselessly against his own selfishness1
 and strives to  supplant it with       
all-embracing love1 is a saint1 whether 
he live in a  cottage or in the midst of
 riches and influence2 or whether he    
preaches or  remains obscure4    ,to the
 worldling1 who is beginning to aspire  
towards higher things1 the  saint1 such 

as a sweet ,st4 ,francis of ,assisi1 or 
a conquering ,st4 ,anthony1  is a       
glorious and inspiring spectacle2 to the
 saint1 an equally enrapturing  sight is
 that of the sage1 sitting serene and   
holy1 the conqueror of sin  and sorrow1 
no more tormented by regret and remorse1
 and whom even  temptation can never    
reach2 and yet even the sage is drawn on
 by a still  more glorious vision1 that 
of the savior actively manifesting his  
knowledge  in selfless works1 and       
rendering his divinity more potent for  
good by  sinking himself in the         
throbbing1 sorrowing1 aspiring heart of 
mankind4    ,and this only is true      
service--to forget oneself in love      
towards all1 to  lose oneself in working
 for the whole4 ,o thou vain and foolish
 man1 who  thinkest that thy many works 
can save thee2 who1 chained to all      
error1  talkest loudly of thyself1 thy  
work1 and thy many sacrifices1 and      
magnifiest thine own importance2 know   
this1 that though thy fame fill the     

whole earth1 all thy work shall come to 
dust1 and thou thyself be reckoned      
lower than the least in the ,kingdom of 
,truth6    ,only the work that is       
impersonal can live2 the works of self  
are both  powerless and perishable4     
,where duties1 howsoever humble1 are    
done without  self-interest1 and with   
joyful sacrifice1 there is true service 
and  enduring work4 ,where deeds1       
however brilliant and apparently        
successful1  are done from love of self1
 there is ignorance of the ,law of      
,service1 and  the work perishes4    ,it
 is given to the world to learn one     
great and divine lesson1 the lesson  of 
absolute unselfishness4 ,the saints1    
sages1 and saviors of all time are  they
 who have submitted themselves to this  
task1 and have learned and lived  it4   
,all the ,scriptures of the world are   
framed to teach this one lesson2  all   
the great teachers reiterate it4 ,it is 
too simple for the world which1         
scorning it1 stumbles along in the      

complex ways of selfishness4    ,a pure 
heart is the end of all religion and the
 beginning of divinity4 ,to  search for 
this ,righteousness is to walk the ,way 
of ,truth and ,peace1 and he  who enters
 this ,way will soon perceive that      
,immortality which is  independent of   
birth and death1 and will realize that  
in the ,divine economy  of the universe 
the humblest effort is not lost4    ,the
 divinity of a ,krishna1 a ,gautama1 or 
a ,jesus is the crowning glory of       
self-abnegation1 the end of the soul's  
pilgrimage in matter and mortality1  and
 the world will not have finished its   
long journey until every soul has       
become as these1 and has entered into   
the blissful realization of its own     
divinity4        ,great glory crowns the
 heights of hope by arduous struggle    
won2      ,bright honor rounds the hoary
 head that mighty works hath done2      
,fair riches come to him who strives in 
ways of golden gain4      ,and fame     
enshrines his name who works with       

genius-glowing brain2      ,but greater 
glory waits for him who1 in the         
bloodless strife      ',gainst self and 
wrong1 adopts1 in love1 the sacrificial 
life2      ,and brighter honor rounds   
the brow of him who1 'mid the scorns    
,of blind idolaters of self1 accepts the
 crown of thorns2      ,and fairer purer
 riches come to him who greatly strives 
,to walk in ways of love and truth to   
sweeten human lives2      ,and he who   
serveth well mankind exchanges fleeting 
fame      ,for ,light eternal1 ,joy and 
,peace1 and robes of heavenly flame4    
,,the ,,realization ,,of ,,perfect      
,,peace      ,in the external universe  
there is ceaseless turmoil1 change1 and 
unrest2 at  the heart of all things     
there is undisturbed repose2 in this    
deep silence  dwelleth the ,eternal4    
,man partakes of this duality1 and both 
the surface change and disquietude1  and
 the deep-seated eternal abode of       
,peace1 are contained within him4    ,as
 there are silent depths in the ocean   

which the fiercest storm cannot  reach1 
so there are silent1 holy depths in the 
heart of man which the  storms of sin   
and sorrow can never disturb4 ,to reach 
this silence and to  live consciously in
 it is peace4    ,discord is rife in the
 outward world1 but unbroken harmony    
holds sway at  the heart of the         
universe4 ,the human soul1 torn by      
discordant passion and  grief1 reaches  
blindly toward the harmony of the       
sinless state1 and to  reach this state 
and to live consciously in it is peace4 
,hatred severs human lives1 fosters     
persecution1 and hurls nations into     
ruthless war1 yet men1 though they do   
not understand why1 retain some  measure
 of faith in the overshadowing of a     
,perfect ,love2 and to reach this  ,love
 and to live consciously in it is peace4
    ,and this inward peace1 this        
silence1 this harmony1 this ,love1 is   
the  ,kingdom of ,heaven1 which is so   
difficult to reach because few are      
willing  to give up themselves and to   

become as little children4              
,heaven's gate is very narrow and       
minute1      ,it cannot be perceived by 
foolish men      ,blinded by vain       
illusions of the world2      ,e'en the  
clear-sighted who discern the way1      
,and seek to enter1 find the portal     
barred1      ,and hard to be unlocked4  
,its massive bolts      ,are pride and  
passion1 avarice and lust4    ,men cry  
peace6 peace6 where there is no peace1  
but on the contrary1  discord1          
disquietude and strife4 ,apart from that
 ,wisdom which is  inseparable from     
self-renunciation1 there can be no real 
and abiding peace4    ,the peace which  
results from social comfort1 passing    
gratification1 or  worldly victory is   
transitory in its nature1 and is burnt  
up in the heat of  fiery trial4 ,only   
the ,peace of ,heaven endures through   
all trial1 and only  the selfless heart 
can know the ,peace of ,heaven4         
,holiness alone is undying peace4       
,self-control leads to it1 and the      

ever-increasing ,light of ,wisdom guides
 the pilgrim on his way4 ,it is         
partaken of in a measure as soon as the 
path of virtue is entered upon1 but  it 
is only realized in its fullness when   
self disappears in the  consummation of 
a stainless life4                       
,this is peace1        ,to conquer love 
of self and lust of life1      ,to tear 
deep-rooted passion from the heart      
,to still the inward strife4    ,if1 ,o 
reader6 you would realize the ,light    
that never fades1 the ,joy that  never  
ends1 and the tranquillity that cannot  
be disturbed2 if you would  leave behind
 for ever your sins1 your sorrows1 your 
anxieties and  perplexities2 if1 ,i say1
 you would partake of this salvation1   
this  supremely glorious ,life1 then    
conquer yourself4 ,bring every thought1 
every  impulse1 every desire into       
perfect obedience to the divine power   
resident  within you4 ,there is no other
 way to peace but this1 and if you      
refuse to  walk it1 your much praying   

and your strict adherence to ritual will
 be  fruitless and unavailing1 and      
neither gods nor angels can help you4   
,only to  him that overcometh is given  
the white stone of the regenerate life1 
on  which is written the ,new and       
,ineffable ,name4    ,come away1 for    
awhile1 from external things1 from the  
pleasures of the  senses1 from the      
arguments of the intellect1 from the    
noise and the  excitements of the world1
 and withdraw yourself into the inmost  
chamber of  your heart1 and there1 free 
from the sacrilegious intrusion of all  
selfish  desires1 you will find a deep  
silence1 a holy calm1 a blissful repose1
 and  if you will rest awhile in that   
holy place1 and will meditate there1 the
  faultless eye of ,truth will open     
within you1 and you will see things as  
they really are4 ,this holy place within
 you is your real and eternal self2  it 
is the divine within you2 and only when 
you identify yourself with it  can you  
be said to be clothed and in your right 

mind4 ,it is the abode of  peace1 the   
temple of wisdom1 the dwelling-place of 
immortality4 ,apart from  this inward   
resting-place1 this ,mount of ,vision1  
there can be no true  peace1 no         
knowledge of the ,divine1 and if you can
 remain there for one  minute1 one hour1
 or one day1 it is possible for you to  
remain there  always4 ,all your sins and
 sorrows1 your fears and anxieties are  
your own1  and you can cling to them or 
you can give them up4 ,of your own      
accord you  cling to your unrest2 of    
your own accord you can come to abiding 
peace4 ,no  one else can give up sin for
 you2 you must give it up yourself4 ,the
  greatest teacher can do no more than  
walk the way of ,truth for himself1 and 
point it out to you2 you yourself must  
walk it for yourself4 ,you can obtain   
freedom and peace alone by your own     
efforts1 by yielding up that which      
binds the soul1 and which is destructive
 of peace4    ,the angels of divine     
peace and joy are always at hand1 and if

 you do not  see them1 and hear them1   
and dwell with them1 it is because you  
shut  yourself out from them1 and prefer
 the company of the spirits of evil     
within you4 ,you are what you will to   
be1 what you wish to be1 what you       
prefer to be4 ,you can commence to      
purify yourself1 and by so doing can    
arrive at peace1 or you can refuse to   
purify yourself1 and so remain with     
suffering4    ,step aside1 then2 come   
out of the fret and the fever of life2  
away from the  scorching heat of self1  
and enter the inward resting-place where
 the  cooling airs of peace will calm1  
renew1 and restore you4    ,come out of 
the storms of sin and anguish4 ,why be  
troubled and  tempest-tossed when the   
haven of ,peace of ,god is yours6       
,give up all self-seeking2 give up self1
 and lo6 the ,peace of ,god is yours6   
,subdue the animal within you2 conquer  
every selfish uprising1 every           
discordant voice2 transmute the base    
metals of your selfish nature into the  

unalloyed gold of ,love1 and you shall  
realize the ,life of ,perfect ,peace4   
,thus subduing1 thus conquering1 thus   
transmuting1 you will1 ,o reader6 while 
living in the flesh1 cross the dark     
waters of mortality1 and will reach     
that ,shore upon which the storms of    
sorrow never beat1 and where sin and    
suffering and dark uncertainty cannot   
come4 ,standing upon that ,shore1 holy1 
compassionate1 awakened1 and            
self-possessed and glad with unending   
gladness1 you will realize that         
,never the ,spirit was born1 the ,spirit
 will cease to be never2      ,never was
 time it was not1 end and beginning are 
dreams2      ,birthless and deathless   
and changeless remaineth the ,spirit for
 ever2      ,death hath not touched it  
at all1 dead though the house of it     
seems4    ,you will then know the       
meaning of ,sin1 of ,sorrow1 of         
,suffering1 and that  the end thereof is
 ,wisdom2 will know the cause and the   
issue of existence4    ,and with this   

realization you will enter into rest1   
for this is the bliss  of immortality1  
this the unchangeable gladness1 this the
 untrammeled  knowledge1 undefiled      
,wisdom1 and undying ,love2 this1 and   
this only1 is the  realization of       
,perfect ,peace4        ,o thou who     
wouldst teach men of ,truth6            
,hast thou passed through the desert of 
doubt8      ,art thou purged by the     
fires of sorrow8 hath ruth              
,the fiends of opinion cast out      ,of
 thy human heart8 ,is thy soul so fair  
,that no false thought can ever harbor  
there8        ,o thou who wouldst teach 
men of ,love6        ,hast thou passed  
through the place of despair8      ,hast
 thou wept through the dark night of    
grief8            does it move          
7,now freed from its sorrow and care7   
,thy human heart to pitying gentleness1 
,looking on wrong1 and hate1 and        
ceaseless stress8        ,o thou who    
wouldst teach men of ,peace6            
,hast thou crossed the wide ocean of    

strife8      ,hast thou found on the    
,shores of the ,silence1                
,release from all the wild unrest of    
life8      ,from thy human heart hath   
all striving gone1      ,leaving but    
,truth1 and ,love1 and ,peace alone8