88 The Spiritual Life.

andallthestrengthofThoseWhohaveachieved

Is used to help on the one who would fain

achieve,inorderthathemaybetterserve.

Andwhat does devotion mean inlife? It

means clearer vision so that we may see the

right; it means deeper love so that we may

servethe better; it means unruffled peaceand

calmthatnothingcanshakeordisturb,because,

fixedindevotionon the BlessedOnes,thereis

nothing that can touch the Soul. And ever

through those Blessed Ones there shines the

lightwhich comesfromyetbeyondThem, and

whichTheyfocus for the help of theworlds,

which they make possible for our weak eyes

tobear.

Andthentherearethepeace,thevision,the

powerof service—thatiswhatdevotion means

inlife; andtheSelfwhomthespotlessdevotee

is seeking, that Self is pure,and that Self is

Light"*—Light whichno soil maysully. Light

whichnoselfishnessmaydim,untilthedevotee

himself vanishesin the Light whichishimself.

FortheverySelfofallisLightandLove,and

the time atlast comes,which has cometothe

Masters, when that Light shines out through

spotless transparent purity and gives its full

effulgence for the helpingoftheworld. That

*Munclakopanishad,iii.I. 10.