258 The Spiritual Life.
Because the Son must know himselfto be
one with the Fatherhe seeks, must find God
not onlywithin himbut ashisinnermost self;
onlywhenheknowsthatthe eternalis himself
andhetheeternal,ishe beyondthe possibility
of the sense of separation. Then, and then
only,canheperfectlyhelphisrace,andbecome
a conscious part of the upliftingenergy.
The Christ triumphant, the Christ of the
ResurrectionandAscension,hasfeltthebitter-
nessof death, has known all human suffering,
andhasrisenaboveitbythepowerofhisown
divinity. What now cantroublehispeace,or
checkhis outstretched hand of help? During
hisevolutionhelearned to receive into himself
the currents of human troubles and to send
themforthagainas currentsof peace andjoy.
Within the circleof histhenactivity, this was
his work, to transmute forces of discord into