That is, if we accept the dictionary meaning of the word "abandoned" as
translated into English.
A western avatar has said:
"I will not have what my brother can not," and in this we heartily concur,
not hesitating to say that until all human life shall accept and realize
the fullness of this message, we shall not, as a race, have attained to the
inheritance that is ours.
But shall we then believe, that the Oriental doctrine is erroneous? Not
necessarily.
Errors of interpretation are not only natural but inevitable, and this
interpretation of abandonment is in line with the idea of sacrifice (using
the word in its old sense of paying a debt), which prevailed throughout all
the centuries just passed--centuries in which the idea of God was estimated
by the conduct of the kings and monarchs of earth.
A later revelation or dispensation has given what the Illumined One said
was a "new commandment," and it is one more in accord with our ideals of
godhood.
"A new commandment I give unto you, that ye _love_ one another.
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