The spiritual life

84 TheSpiritual Life.

hecangiveIsthatwhichhewillstogive. And

thenfromthatouterworld of service,choosing

hisverybest capacitiesto laythemat the feet

of mankind,out of thatlife of service,to the

nearest firstand thentothosewho arefarther

away,will come the purifyingfire of devotion

whichwillmakehisvisionclearerforThosewho

liebeyond him and above. Foronly asman

servesandlovesthosewhoarearound himwill

theeyesof the Spirit begin tobe opened,and

then hewill recognise that there are Helpers

beyondhim readytohelp himasheishelping

others.

For mind you, on this Path of Devotion

thereisno helpgiven totheindividualasindi-

vidual; it is only given to him by the Great

Onesbeyond himif in histurnhepassesiton

to others. His claim to be helped is that he

is always helping,and that therefore a gift to

him as individualis agift thatinvery truthis

given to everyone that needs. And thenas

hiseyesbecomeclearer,andherecognisesthese

manygrades of Spiritual Intelligences, he will

realisethat thereare some of them embodied

aroundhim; and byrecognising thosethatare

embodiedaroundhimbut aregreaterthanhim-

self,he will beable toclimb upward step by

stepuntilhewillseetheyetgreaterOnesbeyond