The Inner Life
THE HERALD OF THE NEW AGE | MAY 1933
and keeping them from the happiness and good things of life they feel is as much their right to have—if not more—than it is that of those they see selfishly enjoying their benefits? Are they not as much loved by and of as much importance to our loving Father as those who deem themselves of the elect?
Can you not see the great fallacy of it all, and wherein your real duty and work lies?
If these words have opened your eyes and you now see a great light, hasten to carry that light to all you know who are wandering in similar darkness. The way into the Kingdom is the way of Loving Service, by emptying and cleansing self of evil—not by refusing to see it. He who has found the Kingdom knows only too well that evil exists everywhere except in the Kingdom, and that knowledge keeps him so busy freeing his brothers from evil’s dark pitiless grasp that he has no longer any time to think of self.
What most students lack is Discrimination born of Right Knowledge. Discrimination is the ability unerringly to detect sophistry and error wherever it appears, no matter by what authority voiced, and Discrimination cannot be gained until one has unflinchingly faced himself, has seen clearly the evil in his own nature and is resolutely digging it out, and thereby is learning to know and appraise it for what it is in his neighbor. With such knowing is likewise born understanding and a charity which lifts him above criticism and condemnation, causes him to see also the good in his neighbor and both inspires and enables him to call forth that good.
Note—Duplicates of this article can be had in pamphlet form. It is hoped that it will be widely distributed, for its truths are so vital every earnest seeker should know them.—THE EDITOR.
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