Hurried are we from Heaven the instant we taste of the tree of distinction and difference. But we can regain the Paradise Lost by suffering the flesh to be crucified. Imbibe, therefore, the spirit of Sacrifice and reflect unto others all that you receive. Have no recourse to selfish absorption and you must be white. If you explain it (the Law of Karma) by saying it is God’s will, that it is His work ; that is no answer, that is simply evading the question; evading the question is unphilosophical, that is declaring your ignorance. Regard all those deeds and acts which if performed by you would be harmful or sinful as worst sins ; despise and loathe such acts of the world but hate not, depise not the doers of those acts or deeds. You have no right to misjudge them. There is no rose without a thorn. Unmixed good is not to be found in this world. The All good is the only Self Supreme. “It is difficult to find happiness in oneself,” says Schopenhauer, “but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.” Iron and gold are good for buying iron and gold, that is all; happiness is not of the same kind as these material objects, it cannot be purchased by gold and silver. Those, who believe their happiness depends upon particular conditions, will find the day of enjoyment ever recede from them and run away constantly like will-o-the-wisp. Like comes to the like. Have joy of God in you right here and the joy of success must gravitate towards you. Very happy is he and blessed is he whose life is a continuous sacrifice. Happy is he who turns the whole ‘world into a Heavenly Garden, by seeing the same impersonal breath of Life in the throngs of men and women as inspires in the rose gardens and oak groves. If you want to keep up your vitality, to preserve
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