Realizing 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 reality. Even so, within each there reposes the Divine Image awaiting the master-hand of Faith and the chisel of Patience to bring it into manifestation. And that Divine Image is revealed and realized as stainless, selfless Love.

It is said that Michael Angelo saw beauty in every rough block of stone, waiting for a master’s hand to reveal it. In the same way, the Divine Image lies within each person. It awaits the master’s hand of Faith and the chisel of Patience to bring it to life. The Divine Image is revealed and realized as pure, selfless Love.

Hidden deep in every human heart, though frequently covered up with a mass of hard and almost impenetrable accretions, is the spirit of Divine Love, whose holy and spotless essence is undying and eternal. It is the Truth in man; it is that which belongs to the Supreme: that which is real and immortal. All else changes and passes away; this alone is permanent and imperishable; and to realize this Love by ceaseless diligence in the practice of the highest righteousness, to live in it and to become fully conscious in it, is to enter into immortality here and now, is to become one with Truth, one with God, one with the central Heart of all things, and to know our own divine and eternal nature.

Deep in every human heart is the spirit of Divine Love, though it is often buried under layers of hard, almost impenetrable buildup. Its holy and spotless essence is everlasting and eternal. It is the Truth in us, the part that belongs to the Supreme, that is real and immortal. Everything else changes and passes away. Divine Love alone is permanent and imperishable. To realize this Love, we must practice the highest righteousness with constant diligence. To live in this Love and become fully conscious of it is to enter immortality here and now. It is to become one with Truth, one with God, one with the central Heart of all things. It is to know our own divine and eternal nature.

To reach this Love, to understand and experience it, one must work with great persistency and diligence upon his heart and mind, must ever renew his patience and keep strong his faith, for there will be much to remove, much to accomplish before the Divine Image is revealed in all its glorious beauty.

To reach this Love, understand it, and experience it, you must work persistently and diligently on your heart and mind. You must continually renew your patience and keep your faith strong. For there is much to remove and much to accomplish before the Divine Image is revealed in all its glorious beauty.

He who strives to reach and to accomplish the divine will be tried to the very uttermost; and this is absolutely necessary, for how else could one acquire that sublime patience without which there is no real wisdom, no divinity? Ever and anon, as he proceeds, all his work will seem to be futile, and his efforts appear to be thrown away. Now and then a hasty touch will mar his image, 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 destroyed, and he must begin again with his past bitter experience to guide and help him. But he who has resolutely set himself to realize the Highest recognizes no such thing as defeat. All failures are apparent, not real. Every slip, every fall, every return to selfishness is a lesson learned, an experience gained, from which a golden grain of wisdom is extracted, helping the striver toward the accomplishment of his lofty object. To recognize

Anyone who strives to reach and achieve the divine will be tested to the utmost. This is absolutely necessary. How else could anyone acquire that sublime patience without which there is no real wisdom, no divinity? Again and again, as the person continues, all their work will seem pointless, and their efforts wasted. Now and then, a hasty touch will spoil the image. Perhaps, when they think their work is almost complete, they will find the beautiful form they imagined as Divine Love utterly destroyed. They must begin again, guided and helped by their past bitter experience. But anyone who has firmly resolved to realize the Highest recognizes no such thing as defeat. All failures are only apparent, not real. Every slip, every fall, and every return to selfishness is a lesson learned and an experience gained. From each, the person draws a golden grain of wisdom that helps them achieve their lofty goal. To recognize

is to enter the way that leads unmistakably toward the Divine, and the failings of one who thus recognizes are so many dead selves, upon which he rises, as upon stepping-stones, to higher things.

is to enter the path that leads unmistakably toward the Divine. For someone who recognizes this, each failing is a dead self. Each becomes a stepping stone on which he rises to higher things.

Once come to regard your failings, your sorrows and sufferings as so many voices telling you plainly where you are weak and faulty, where you fall below the true and the divine, you will then begin to ceaselessly watch yourself, and every slip, every pang of pain will show you where you are to set to work, and what you have to remove out of your heart in order to bring it nearer to the likeness of the Divine, nearer to the Perfect Love. And as you proceed, day by day detaching yourself more and more from the inward selfishness, the Love that is selfless will gradually become revealed to you. And when you are growing patient and calm, when your petulances, tempers, and irritabilities are passing away from you, and the more powerful lusts and prejudices cease to dominate and enslave you, then you will know that the divine is awakening within you, that you are drawing near to the eternal Heart, that you are not far from that selfless Love, the possession of which is peace and immortality.

Once you see your failings, sorrows, and suffering as voices, they will plainly tell you where you are weak and flawed. They will show you where you fall short of what is true and divine. You will then begin to watch yourself constantly. Every mistake and every pang of pain will show you where you need to work. They will show you what you must remove from your heart to make it more like the Divine, closer to Perfect Love. As you go on, freeing yourself day by day from your inner selfishness, selfless Love will gradually reveal itself to you. You will grow patient and calm. Your touchiness, bad temper, and irritability will fade. Your stronger desires and prejudices will stop dominating and enslaving you. Then you will know that the divine is awakening within you and that you are drawing near to the eternal Heart. You will know that you are not far from selfless Love, which brings peace and immortality to those who possess it.

Divine Love is distinguished from human loves in this supremely important particular, it is free from partiality. Human loves cling to a particular object to the exclusion of all else, and when that object is removed, great and deep is the resultant suffering to the one who loves. Divine Love embraces the whole universe, and, without clinging to any part, yet contains within itself the whole, 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 them, ceases from suffering. It is because human loves are narrow and confined and mingled with selfishness that they cause suffering. No suffering can result from that Love which is so absolutely pure that it seeks nothing for itself. Nevertheless, human loves are absolutely necessary as steps toward the Divine, and no soul is prepared to partake of Divine Love until it has become capable of the deepest and most intense human love. It is only by passing through human loves and human sufferings that Divine Love is reached and realized.

Divine Love differs from human love in one supremely important way: it is free from partiality. Human love clings to one particular object, excluding all else. When that object is taken away, the person who loves suffers greatly and deeply. Divine Love embraces the whole universe. It clings to no part, yet contains the whole within itself. A person can reach Divine Love by gradually purifying and broadening their human loves. When all selfish and impure elements have been burned out of those loves, the person ceases to suffer. Human loves cause suffering because they are narrow and limited, and mixed with selfishness. No suffering can come from a Love so completely pure that it seeks nothing for itself. Even so, human loves are absolutely necessary steps toward the Divine. No soul is ready to partake of Divine Love until it can feel the deepest and most intense human love. Only by passing through human loves and human suffering can a person reach and experience Divine Love.

All human loves are perishable like the forms to which they cling; but there is a Love that is imperishable, and that does not cling to appearances.

All human loves fade, just like the forms they cling to. But there is a Love that never fades and does not cling to appearances.

All human loves are counterbalanced by human hates; but there is a Love that admits of no opposite or reaction; divine and free from all taint of self, that sheds its fragrance on all alike.

All human loves are balanced by human hates. But there is a Love with no opposite or reaction. It is divine and free from all selfishness, and it spreads its fragrance equally over all.

Human loves are reflections of the Divine Love, and draw the soul nearer to the reality, the Love that knows neither sorrow nor change.

Human loves reflect Divine Love and draw the soul closer to that reality, the Love that knows no sorrow or change.

It is well that the mother, clinging with passionate tenderness to the little helpless form of flesh that lies on her bosom, should be overwhelmed with the dark waters of sorrow when she sees it laid in the cold earth. It is well that her tears should flow and her heart ache, for only thus can she be reminded of the evanescent nature of the joys and objects of sense, and be drawn nearer to the eternal and imperishable Reality.

A mother clings with passionate tenderness to the little helpless body lying against her breast. It is right that she should be overwhelmed with sorrow when she sees her child laid in the cold earth. It is right that she should weep and her heart should ache. For only in this way can she be reminded how fleeting physical joys and objects are. Only then can she be drawn closer to the eternal and imperishable Reality.

It is well that lover, brother, sister, husband, wife should suffer deep anguish, and be enveloped in gloom when the visible object of their affections is torn from them, so that they may learn to turn their affections toward the invisible Source of all, where alone abiding satisfaction is to be found.

It is good for lovers, brothers, sisters, husbands, and wives to feel deep anguish and grief when someone they love is taken from them. Through this suffering, they may learn to turn their love toward the invisible Source of all. Only there can lasting satisfaction be found.

It is well that the proud, the ambitious, the self-seeking, should suffer defeat, humiliation, and misfortune; that they should pass through the scorching fires of affliction; for only thus can the wayward soul be brought to reflect upon the enigma of life; only thus can the heart be softened and purified, and prepared to receive the Truth.

It is good for the proud, the ambitious, and the self-seeking to suffer defeat, humiliation, and misfortune. It is good for them to pass through the scorching fires of suffering. Only in this way can a wayward soul be brought to reflect on the mystery of life. Only in this way can the heart be softened, purified, and prepared to receive the Truth.

When the sting of anguish penetrates the heart of human love; when gloom and loneliness and desertion cloud the soul of friendship and trust, then it is that the heart turns toward the sheltering love of the Eternal, and finds rest in its silent peace. And whosoever comes to this Love is not turned away comfortless, is not pierced with anguish nor surrounded with gloom; and is never deserted in the dark hour of trial.

When anguish pierces the heart of human love, and gloom, loneliness, and abandonment cloud friendship and trust, the heart turns to the sheltering love of the Eternal. There it finds rest in silent peace. No one who comes to this Love is turned away without comfort, pierced by anguish, or surrounded by gloom. No one is ever abandoned in the dark hour of trial.

The glory of Divine Love can only be revealed in the heart that is chastened by sorrow, and the image of the heavenly state can only be perceived and realized when the lifeless, formless accretions of ignorance and self are hewn away.

The glory of Divine Love can only be revealed in a heart humbled by sorrow. The heavenly state can only be seen and realized when the lifeless, shapeless layers of ignorance and self are cut away.

Only that Love that seeks no personal gratification or reward, that does not make distinctions, and that leaves behind no heartaches, can be called divine.

Only love that seeks no personal pleasure or reward, makes no distinctions, and leaves no heartaches behind can be called divine.

Men, clinging to self and to the comfortless shadows of evil, are in the habit of thinking of divine Love as something belonging to a God who is out of reach; as something outside themselves, and that must for ever remain outside. Truly, the Love of God is ever beyond the reach of self, but when the heart and mind are emptied of self then the selfless Love, the supreme Love, the Love that is of God or Good becomes an inward and abiding reality.

People cling to self and to the comfortless shadows of evil. They tend to think of divine Love as belonging to a God who is out of reach. They see it as something outside themselves that must remain outside forever. The Love of God is indeed always beyond the reach of self. But when the heart and mind are emptied of self, selfless Love becomes a lasting inner reality. This supreme Love is the Love of God or Good.

And this inward realization of holy Love is none other than the Love of Christ that is so much talked about and so little comprehended. The Love that not only saves the soul from sin, but lifts it also above the power of temptation.

This inner experience of holy Love is the Love of Christ, which is talked about so much but understood so little. This Love not only saves the soul from sin, but also lifts it above the power of temptation.

But how may one attain to this sublime realization? The answer which Truth has always given, and will ever give to this question is,—“Empty thyself, and I will fill thee.” Divine Love cannot be known until self is dead, for self is the denial of Love, and how can that which is known be also denied? Not until the stone of self is rolled away from the sepulcher of the soul does the immortal Christ, the pure Spirit of Love, hitherto crucified, dead and buried, cast off the bands of ignorance, and come forth in all the majesty of His resurrection.

But how can one reach this sublime realization? Truth has always given, and will always give, the same answer: “Empty yourself, and I will fill you.” Divine Love cannot be known until the self is dead. For the self denies Love, and how can Love be both known and denied? The immortal Christ is the pure Spirit of Love, until now crucified, dead, and buried. Only when the stone of self is rolled away from the tomb of the soul does he cast off the bonds of ignorance. Only then does he come forth in all the majesty of his resurrection.

You believe that the Christ of Nazareth was put to death and rose again. I do not say you err in that belief; but if you refuse to believe that the gentle spirit of Love is crucified daily upon the dark cross of your selfish desires, then, I say, you err in this unbelief, and have not yet perceived, even afar off, the Love of Christ.

You believe that Christ of Nazareth was put to death and rose again. I do not say you are wrong to believe this. But the gentle spirit of Love is crucified daily on the dark cross of your selfish desires. If you refuse to believe this, I say you are wrong. You have not yet seen the Love of Christ, even from a distance.

You say that you have tasted of salvation in the Love of Christ. Are you saved from your temper, your irritability, your vanity, your personal dislikes, your judgment and condemnation of others? If not, from what are you saved, and wherein have you realized the transforming Love of Christ?

You say you have experienced salvation through the Love of Christ. Are you saved from your temper, your irritability, your vanity, and your personal dislikes? Are you saved from judging and condemning others? If not, what are you saved from? How have you experienced the transforming Love of Christ?

He who has realized the Love that is divine has become a new man, and has ceased to be swayed and dominated by the old elements of self. He is known for his patience, his purity, his self-control, his deep charity of heart, and his unalterable sweetness.

A man who has come to know divine love has become a new man. He is no longer ruled or controlled by the old parts of himself. He is known for his patience, purity, self-control, deep compassion, and constant sweetness.

Divine or selfless Love is not a mere sentiment or emotion; it is a state of knowledge which destroys the dominion of evil and the belief in evil, and lifts the soul into the joyful realization of the supreme Good. To the divinely wise, knowledge and Love are one and inseparable.

Divine or selfless Love is not just a feeling or emotion. It is a state of knowledge that destroys evil's power and the belief in evil. It lifts the soul into the joyful awareness of the highest Good. To those with divine wisdom, knowledge and Love are one and cannot be separated.

It is toward the complete realization of this divine Love that the whole world is moving; it was for this purpose that the universe came into existence, and every grasping at happiness, every reaching out of the soul toward objects, ideas and ideals, is an effort to realize it. But the world does not realize this Love at present because it is grasping at the fleeting shadow and ignoring, in its blindness, the substance. And so suffering and sorrow continue, and must continue until the world, taught by its self-inflicted pains, discovers the Love that is selfless, the wisdom that is calm and full of peace.

The whole world is moving toward the complete realization of this divine Love. The universe came into existence for this purpose. Every attempt to find happiness is an effort to realize this Love. So is every reaching of the soul toward objects, ideas, and ideals. But the world does not realize this Love yet. In its blindness, it grasps at the passing shadow and ignores the substance. So suffering and sorrow continue. They must continue until the world learns from its self-inflicted pain. Then it will discover the Love that is selfless and the wisdom that is calm and full of peace.

And this Love, this Wisdom, this Peace, this tranquil state of mind and heart may be attained to, may be realized by all who are willing and ready to yield up self, and who are prepared to humbly enter into a comprehension of all that the giving up of self involves. There is no arbitrary power in the universe, and the strongest chains of fate by which men are bound are self-forged. Men are chained to that which causes suffering because they desire to be so, because they love their chains, because they think their little dark prison of self is sweet and beautiful, and they are afraid that if they desert that prison they will lose all that is real and worth having.

This Love, this Wisdom, this Peace, this calm state of mind and heart can be attained by all. They must be willing and ready to give up self. They must also be prepared to humbly understand all that giving up self involves. There is no arbitrary power in the universe. People forge even the strongest chains of fate that bind them. They are chained to what causes suffering because they desire to be, because they love their chains. They think their little dark prison of self is sweet and beautiful. They fear that if they leave it, they will lose all that is real and worth having.

And the indwelling power which forged the chains and built around itself the dark and narrow prison, can break away when it desires and wills to do so, and the soul does will to do so when it has discovered the worthlessness of its prison, when long suffering has prepared it for the reception of the boundless Light and Love.

The power within forged the chains and built the dark, narrow prison around itself. It can break free when it wants to and chooses to do so. The soul does choose to break free when it discovers that its prison is worthless. Long suffering has then prepared it to receive boundless Light and Love.

As the shadow follows the form, and as smoke comes after fire, so effect follows cause, and suffering and bliss follow the thoughts and deeds of men. There is no effect in the world around us but has its hidden or revealed cause, and that cause is in accordance with absolute justice. Men reap a harvest of suffering because in the near or distant past they have sown the seeds of evil; they reap a harvest of bliss also as a result of their own sowing of the seeds of good. Let a man meditate upon this, let him strive to understand it, and he will then begin to sow only seeds of good, and will burn up the tares and weeds which he has formerly grown in the garden of his heart.

Just as a shadow follows a form and smoke follows fire, effects follow causes. So too, suffering and bliss follow people’s thoughts and actions. Everything that happens in the world around us has a cause, whether hidden or visible. That cause is in keeping with absolute justice. People reap a harvest of suffering because, recently or long ago, they sowed the seeds of evil. They also reap a harvest of bliss because they sowed the seeds of good. Let a person reflect on this and strive to understand it. Then they will begin to sow only seeds of good. They will burn up the weeds they once grew in the garden of their heart.

The world does not understand the Love that is selfless because it is engrossed in the pursuit of its own pleasures, and cramped within the narrow limits of perishable interests, mistaking, in its ignorance, those pleasures and interests for real and abiding things. Caught in the flames of fleshly lusts, and burning with anguish, it sees not the pure and peaceful beauty of Truth. Feeding upon the swinish husks of error and self-delusion, it is shut out from the mansion of all-seeing Love.

The world does not understand selfless Love because it is absorbed in pursuing its own pleasures. It is confined by its narrow, temporary interests. In its ignorance, the world mistakes these pleasures and interests for things that are real and lasting. Caught in the flames of bodily desires and burning with anguish, the world cannot see the pure, peaceful beauty of Truth. Feeding on the pig’s husks of error and self-deception, the world is shut out of the mansion of all-seeing Love.

Not having this Love, not understanding it, men institute innumerable reforms which involve no inward sacrifice, and each imagines that his reform is going to right the world for ever, while he himself continues to propagate evil by engaging it in his own heart. That only can be called reform which tends to reform the human heart, for all evil has its rise there, and not until the world, ceasing from selfishness and party strife, has learned the lesson of divine Love, will it realize the Golden Age of universal blessedness.

Without this Love or an understanding of it, men start countless reforms that require no inner sacrifice. Each man imagines that his reform will set the world right forever. Yet he continues to spread evil by harboring it in his own heart. Only what helps reform the human heart can truly be called reform, for all evil begins there. The world must give up selfishness and party strife and learn the lesson of divine Love. Only then will it realize the Golden Age of universal blessedness.

Let the rich cease to despise the poor, and the poor to condemn the rich; let the greedy learn how to give, and the lustful how to grow pure; let the partisan cease from strife, and the uncharitable begin to forgive; let the envious endeavor to rejoice with others, and the slanderers grow ashamed of their conduct. Let men and women take this course, and, lo! the Golden Age is at hand. He, therefore, who purifies his own heart is the world’s greatest benefactor.

Let the rich stop looking down on the poor, and let the poor stop condemning the rich. Let the greedy learn to give, and let the lustful learn to become pure. Let those who take sides stop fighting, and let the unforgiving begin to forgive. Let the envious try to share in others’ joy, and let those who slander others become ashamed of their conduct. If men and women follow this course, the Golden Age is at hand. Therefore, anyone who purifies their own heart is the world’s greatest benefactor.

Yet, though the world is, and will be for many ages to come, shut out from that Age of Gold, which is the realization of selfless Love, you, if you are willing, may enter it now, by rising above your selfish self; if you will pass from prejudice, hatred, and condemnation, to gentle and forgiving love.

Yet the world is shut out from the Age of Gold, when selfless Love is fully realized. It will remain shut out for many ages to come. Even so, you may enter that age now, if you are willing to rise above your selfish self. You can do this by leaving prejudice, hatred, and condemnation behind for gentle and forgiving love.

Where hatred, dislike, and condemnation are, selfless Love does not abide. It resides only in the heart that has ceased from all condemnation.

Where there is hatred, dislike, or condemnation, there is no selfless love. It lives only in a heart that has stopped condemning altogether.

You say, “How can I love the drunkard, the hypocrite, the sneak, the murderer? I am compelled to dislike and condemn such men.” It is true you cannot love such men emotionally, but when you say that you must perforce dislike and condemn them you show that you are not acquainted with the Great over-ruling Love; 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 are, to enter into their intense sufferings, and to know the certainty of their ultimate purification. Possessed of such knowledge it will be utterly impossible for you any longer to dislike or condemn them, and you will always think of them with perfect calmness and deep compassion.

You say, “How can I love the drunkard, the hypocrite, the sneak, the murderer? I cannot help disliking and condemning such men.” It is true that you cannot love such men emotionally. But when you say you must dislike and condemn them, you show that you do not know the Great over-ruling Love. You can reach a state of inner enlightenment that allows you to see what caused these men to become as they are. You can understand their intense suffering and know that they will certainly be purified in the end. With this knowledge, you will find it utterly impossible to dislike or condemn them any longer. You will always think of them with perfect calm and deep compassion.

If you love people and speak of them with praise until they in some way thwart you, or do something of which you disapprove, and then you dislike them and speak of them with dispraise, you are not governed by the Love which is of God. If, in your heart, you are continually arraigning and condemning others, selfless Love is hidden from you.

Suppose you love people and praise them until they somehow frustrate you or do something you disapprove of. If you then dislike and criticize them, you are not guided by the Love that comes from God. If you are constantly judging and condemning others in your heart, selfless Love is hidden from you.

He who knows that Love is at the heart of all things, and has realized the all-sufficing power of that Love, has no room in his heart for condemnation.

Anyone who knows that Love is at the heart of all things and has realized that its power is enough for everything has no room in their heart for condemnation.

Men, not knowing this Love, constitute themselves judge and executioner of their fellows, forgetting that there is the Eternal Judge and Executioner, and in so far as men deviate from them in their own views, their particular reforms and methods, they brand them as fanatical, unbalanced, lacking judgment, sincerity, and honesty; in so far as others approximate to their own standard do they look upon them as being everything that is admirable. Such are the men who are centered in self. But he whose heart is centered in the supreme Love does not so brand and classify men; does not seek to convert men to his own views, not to convince them of the superiority of his methods. Knowing the Law of Love, he lives it, and maintains the same calm attitude of mind and sweetness of heart toward all. The debased and the virtuous, the foolish and the wise, the learned and the unlearned, the selfish and the unselfish receive alike the benediction of his tranquil thought.

People who do not know this Love make themselves the judges and executioners of others. They forget that there is an Eternal Judge and Executioner. When others differ from them in their views, particular reforms, and methods, they label them fanatical, unbalanced, and lacking judgment, sincerity, and honesty. But to the extent that others meet their own standards, they regard them as admirable in every way. Such people are centered on themselves. But a person whose heart is centered on supreme Love does not label and classify people this way. He does not seek to convert them to his views or convince them that his methods are superior. Knowing the Law of Love, he lives by it. He maintains the same calm mind and kindness of heart toward everyone. The corrupt and the virtuous, the foolish and the wise, the educated and the uneducated, the selfish and the unselfish all receive the blessing of his peaceful thoughts.

You can only attain to this supreme knowledge, this divine Love by unremitting endeavor in self-discipline, and by gaining victory after victory over yourself. Only the pure in heart see God, and when your heart is sufficiently purified you will enter into the New Birth, and the Love that does not die, nor change, nor end in pain and sorrow will be awakened within you, and you will be at peace.

You can attain this supreme knowledge, this divine Love, only through constant self-discipline and repeated victories over yourself. Only the pure in heart see God. When your heart is pure enough, you will enter the New Birth. Then the Love that never dies, changes, or ends in pain and sorrow will awaken within you. And you will be at peace.

He who strives for the attainment of divine Love is ever seeking to overcome the spirit of condemnation, for where there is pure spiritual knowledge, condemnation cannot exist, and only in the heart that has become incapable of condemnation is Love perfected and fully realized.

Anyone striving to attain divine Love is always seeking to overcome the spirit of condemnation. For where there is pure spiritual knowledge, condemnation cannot exist. Love is perfected and fully realized only in a heart that has become incapable of condemnation.

The Christian condemns the Atheist; the Atheist satirizes the Christian; the Catholic and Protestant are ceaselessly engaged in wordy warfare, and the spirit of strife and hatred rules where peace and love should be.

The Christian condemns the Atheist, and the Atheist mocks the Christian. Catholics and Protestants are constantly fighting with words. A spirit of conflict and hatred rules where peace and love should be.

“He that hateth his brother is a murderer,” a crucifier of the divine Spirit of Love; and until you can regard men of all religions and of no religion with the same impartial spirit, with all freedom from dislike, and with perfect equanimity, you have yet to strive for that Love which bestows upon its possessor freedom and salvation.

“Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer,” crucifying the divine Spirit of Love. Until you can regard people of all religions and of no religion equally, without dislike and with perfect calm, you must keep striving for that Love. It gives those who possess it freedom and salvation.

The realization of divine knowledge, selfless Love, utterly destroys the spirit of condemnation, disperses all evil, and lifts the consciousness to that height of pure vision where Love, Goodness, Justice are seen to be universal, supreme, all-conquering, indestructible.

Realizing divine knowledge, selfless Love, completely destroys the spirit of condemnation and drives away all evil. It raises consciousness to a place of pure vision, where Love, Goodness, and Justice are seen as universal, supreme, all-conquering, and indestructible.

Train your mind in strong, impartial, and gentle thought; train your heart in purity and compassion; train your tongue to silence and to true and stainless speech; so shall you enter the way of holiness and peace, and shall ultimately realize the immortal Love. So living, without seeking to convert, you will convince; without arguing, you will teach; not cherishing ambition, the wise will find you out; and without striving to gain men’s opinions, you will subdue their hearts. For Love is all-conquering, all-powerful; and the thoughts, and deeds, and words of Love can never perish.

Train your mind to think with strength, fairness, and gentleness. Train your heart to be pure and compassionate. Train your tongue to be silent and to speak truthfully and without fault. In this way, you will enter the path of holiness and peace. Eventually, you will come to know immortal Love. Living this way, you will convince others without trying to convert them. You will teach without arguing. Without pursuing ambition, you will be found by the wise. Without trying to win people’s approval, you will win their hearts. For Love conquers all and is all-powerful. The thoughts, deeds, and words of Love can never perish.

To know that Love is universal, supreme, all-sufficing; to be freed from the trammels of evil; to be quit of the inward unrest; to know that all men are striving to realize the Truth each in his own way; to be satisfied, sorrowless, serene; this is peace; this is gladness; this is immortality; this is Divinity; this is the realization of selfless Love.

Know that Love is universal, supreme, and enough for all. Be free from the bonds of evil and from inner unrest. Know that all people are striving to understand the Truth, each in their own way. Be content, free from sorrow, and serene. This is peace. This is joy. This is immortality. This is Divinity. This is the realization of selfless Love.