To enter into a realization of the Infinite and Eternal is to rise superior
to time, and the world, and the body, which comprise the kingdom of
darkness; and is to become established in immortality, Heaven, and the
Spirit, which make up the Empire of Light.

Entering into the Infinite is not a mere theory or sentiment. It is a vital
experience which is the result of assiduous practice in inward
purification. When the body is no longer believed to be, even remotely, the
real man; when all appetites and desires are thoroughly subdued and
purified; when the emotions are rested and calm, and when the oscillation
of the intellect ceases and perfect poise is secured, then, and not till
then, does consciousness become one with the Infinite; not until then is
childlike wisdom and profound peace secured.

Men grow weary and gray over the dark problems of life, and finally pass
away and leave them unsolved because they cannot see their way out of the
darkness of the personality, being too much engrossed in its limitations.
Seeking to save his personal life, man forfeits the greater impersonal Life
in Truth; clinging to the perishable, he is shut out from a knowledge of
the Eternal.

By the surrender of self all difficulties are overcome, and there is no
error in the universe but the fire of inward sacrifice will burn it up like
chaff; no problem, however great, but will disappear like a shadow under
the searching light of self-abnegation. Problems exist only in our own
self-created illusions, and they vanish away when self is yielded up. Self
and error are synonymous. Error is involved in the darkness of unfathomable
complexity, but eternal simplicity is the glory of Truth.

Love of self shuts men out from Truth, and seeking their own personal