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belovedthereIsnosuchthingasserviceregarded
as altruistic, because the deepest joy and the
highestpleasurecomeinservingthatwhichisin
verytruththebetterselfofeach; soaswegrow
inspirituallifeand understandthetrueoneness
ofhumanity,weshallfindin that humanitythe
best beloved. We shall serveour higher self
inservingit,andthusoncemorewecomeback
tothatfromwhichwestarted,the Invisible,the
OneandtheAll.
And Altruism,gloriousas itis in the lower
stagesofmorality-Altruismitself-islostinthe
Supreme Oneness of the human soul, in the
absolute indivisibility of the Spirit in Man.
While,however,wearestillconsciouslyseparate.
Altruism mayrightlybe regarded as the Law
of Life,basedonacommonoriginintheDivine,
based in the common training, the pilgrimage
whicheverysoulofmanmusttread,based also
in common experience, in that life after life
wherewehavetolearneverylesson,acquireall
knowledge, share the various possibilities ofhumanlot,andbuildoutof commonmateriala
sublime character. In that life our destinyis