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Everything that is strong, good, and powerful in human nature is the outcome of that divinity. Though potential in many, there is no difference between man and man essentially. All are alike divine. There is, as it were, an infinite ocean behind, and you and I are so many waves, coming out of that infinite ocean. Each one of us is trying his best to manifest that infinite outside. So, potentially, each one of us has that infinite ocean of Existence, Knowledge, and Bliss as our birthright, our real nature. The difference between us is caused by the greater or lesser power to manifest that divine.
This infinite power of the spirit, brought to bear upon matter, evolves material development. Made to act upon thought, it evolves intellectuality, and made to act upon itself makes of man a God. Manifest the divinity within you, and everything will be harmoniously arranged around it.
Pleasure is not the goal of man, but knowledge. Pleasure and happiness come to an end. It is a mistake to suppose that pleasure is the goal. The cause of all the miseries we have in the world is that men foolishly think pleasure to be the ideal to strive for. After a time, man finds that it is not happiness, but knowledge, towards which he is going. Both pleasure and pain are great teachers, and he learns as much from evil as from good. Good and evil have an equal share in molding character, and in some instances, misery is a greater teacher than happiness.
In studying the great characters the world has produced, it would be found, in the vast majority of cases, that it was misery that taught more than happiness. It was poverty that taught more than wealth. It was blows that brought out their inner fire more than praise.
Sense-happiness is not the goal of humanity. Wisdom (Jnana) is the goal of all life. We find that man enjoys his intellect more than an animal enjoys its senses. Man enjoys his spiritual nature even more than this rational nature. So the highest wisdom must be this spiritual knowledge. With this knowledge will come bliss. All these things of this world are but the shadows, the manifestations in the third or fourth degree of the real Knowledge and Bliss.
Only fools rush after sense-enjoyments. It is easy to live in the senses. It is easier to run in the old groove, eating and drinking. But what these modern philosophers want to tell you is to take these comfortable ideas and put the stamp of religion on them. Such a doctrine is dangerous. Death lies in the senses. Life on the plane of the Spirit is the only life. Life on any other plane is mere death. The whole of this life can be only described as a gymnasium. We must go beyond it to enjoy real life.
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