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difficult to learn because men are blinded by the illusions of self. Men are still engaged in resenting, con¬ demning, and fighting the evil in their fellow-men, thereby increasing the de¬ lusion in their own hearts, and add¬ ing to the world’s sum of misery and suffering.

When they find out that their own resentment must 'be eradi¬ cated, and love put in its place, evil will perish for lack of sustenance. With burning brain and heart of hate, I sought my wronger, early, late. And all the wretched night and day My dream and thought was slay, and slay.

My better self rose uppermost, The beast within my l^som lost i6o Hbove Xife^d tTurmoil i Itself in love; peace from afar Shone o'er me radiant like a star. I slew my wronger with a deed, A deed of love; I made him bleed With kindness, and I filled for years His soul with tenderness and tears."

Dislike, resentment, and condemna- tion are all forms of hatred, and evil cannot cease until these are taken out of the heart. But the obliterating of injuries from the mind is merely one of the begin¬ nings in wisdom. There is a still higher and better way.

And that way is so to purify the heart and enlighten the mind that, far from having to forget injuries, there will b# none to remember. For it is only pride and self that can be injured and wounded by the actions and attitudes of others; and he who takes pride and self out of his heart can never think the IMeaeant l^aatutea ot f^eace i6i thought, I have been injured by another,” or I have been wronged by another.”

From a purified heart proceeds the right comprehension of things ; and from the right compreh^sion of things proceeds the life that is peaceful, freed from bitterness and suffering, calm and wise. He who thinks, “ This man has injured me,” has not perceived the Truth in life; falls short of that en¬ lightenment which disperses the erro¬ neous idea of evil as a thing to be hatefully resented.

He who is troubled and disturbed about the sins of others is far from Truth; he who is troubled and disturbed about his own sins is very near to the Gate of Wisdom. He in whose heart the flames of resentment bum, cannot know Peace nor understand Truth; he who XX x69 7{bovc Hte’0 Sutmoil « will banish resentment from his heart, will know and understand.

He who has taken evil out of his own heart cannot resent or resist it in others, for he is enlightened as to its origin and^ nature, and knows it as a manifestation of the mistakes of ignorance. With the increase of en¬ lightenment, sin becomes impossible.

He who sins, does not understand; he who understands, does not sin. The pure man maintains his tender¬ ness of heart toivard those who ig¬ norantly imagine they can do him harm. The wrong attitude of others toward him does not trouble him; bis heart is at rest in Compassion and Love.

Blessed is he who has no wrongs to remember, no injuries to forget; in :who6e pure heart no hateful thought f^Ieaeant l^aaturee ot peace 163 about another can take root and flourish. I^et those wlio aim at the right life, who believe that they love Truth, cease to passionately oppose them¬ selves to others, and Jet them strive to calmlv and wisely understand them, and in thus acting toward others they will be conquering themselves; and while sympathizing with others, their own souls will be fed with the heavenly dews of kindness, and their hearts be strengthened and re¬ freshed in the pleasant Pastures of Peace.