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becomes attuned to the central source of Life by means of our
willingness to perform what to the sense-conscious plane of existence
seems a sacrifice.

"He sought for others the good he desired for himself; let him pass
on" is the Egyptian phrasing of the Golden Rule, and this states it as
clearly as it can be stated.

Yet should any one take this truism as an unfailing formula and expect
to enter the golden gate of eternal life because of obedience to the
letter of the pass-word, he would fail. Altruism _is_; it is not mere
recognition of a word.

We may presuppose another natural and instinctive query: "If then only
by union with one's true mate one can enter the bliss of eternal life
and love, should not we drop every other responsibility, sever all
ties of relationship, give up wife or husband or family or work, and
search for the one perfect complementary, finding which, is found the
answer to all life's problems?"

Again we can only say that the seeker would be disappointed. We should
remember the story of Sir Launfall. Returning from the unfruitful
quest of long years for the Holy Grail (the golden chalice), he
learned the lesson of Truth from the beggar at his own door to whom he
gave the cup of cold water _without any consciousness of doing a good
deed_; without hope of thereby finding the grail.

He who seeks with the selfish thought of securing for self any good
will not find it though he should give away every farthing to the
poor; though he should never permit one unkind word to pass his lips;
though he should fast and scourge and deny the flesh; kneel all day
and all night in prayer. As long as he holds to the thought of self
and of _obtaining_ something so long will he miss the _attainment_.

Spiritual insight establishes two facts beyond cavil or dispute or
reversion. One is that God's laws cannot be broken. We are not trying
to say that they should not be broken; or that they cannot be broken
with impunity; or that if broken we shall be punished. They simply
cannot be broken--they are unbreakable.

We cannot buy or sell or beg or steal or borrow or take as a gift, or
in any wise acquire immortal godhood, except by attaining it any more
than we can come to physical manhood or womanhood except by growing to
it; and by the same law no one can keep it from us; neither priest nor
scribe; neither prophet nor inventor. We are a law unto ourselves. No
one can break the law of your being any more th