The supremely good man is, therefore, the wise
man, the divine man, the enlightened seer, the knower of the Eternal. Where
you find unbroken gentleness, enduring patience, sublime lowliness,
graciousness of speech, self-control, self-forgetfulness, and deep and
abounding sympathy, look there for the highest wisdom, seek the company of
such a one, for he has realized the Divine, he lives with the Eternal, he
has become one with the Infinite. Believe not him that is impatient, given
to anger, boastful, who clings to pleasure and refuses to renounce his
selfish gratifications, and who practices not good-will and far-reaching
compassion, for such a one hath not wisdom, vain is all his knowledge, and
his works and words will perish, for they are grounded on that which passes
away.
Let a man abandon self, let him overcome the world, let him deny the
personal; by this pathway only can he enter into the heart of the Infinite.
The world, the body, the personality are mirages upon the desert of time;
transitory dreams in the dark night of spiritual slumber, and those who
have crossed the desert, those who are spiritually awakened, have alone
comprehended the Universal Reality where all appearances are dispersed and
dreaming and delusion are destroyed.
There is one Great Law which exacts unconditional obedience, one unifying
principle which is the basis of all diversity, one eternal Truth wherein
all the problems of earth pass away like shadows.
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