His spirit is so attuned to the song of the universe; so sympathetic
with the moans of earthly trials, that every vibration from the heart of
the universe reaches him; stabs him with its sorrow, or irradiates his
being with joy.
Jesus is fitly portrayed to us as "The Man of Sorrows"; even while we
recognize him as a self-conscious son of God--an immortal being fully aware
of his escape from enchantment, and his heirship to Paradise.
Cosmic consciousness bestows a bliss that is past all words to describe and
it also quickens the sympathies and attunes the soul to the vibrations of
the heart-cries of the struggling evolving ones who are still travailing in
the pains of the new birth. We must be willing to endure the suffering _in
order that we may realize_ the joy; not because joy is the reward for
suffering, but because it is only by losing sight of the personal self that
we become aware of that inner Self which is immortal and blissful; and when
we become aware of the reality of that inner Self, we know that we are
united with _the all_, and must feel with all.
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