Make them do the bidding of the Self, because it is only by so doing that
you can gain the immortal heights of god-hood, looking down upon the
fleeting dream of personality, with its so-called pleasures, as a bad
nightmare compared to the joys that await the immortals."
Therefore, concentrate upon experience for the sake of the Self that you
are, and learn the lesson of your experience, throwing aside the experience
itself, as you would cast aside the skin of an orange from which the juice
had been extracted. Don't fill the areas of your mortal mind with
rubbish--with memories of "benefits forgot;" or loves unrequited; or
friendships broken; or misspent hours; or unhallowed words and acts.
Cull from each day's experience all that helps to develop the spiritual
man--all that will stand the test of immortality--kind words and deeds;
principle maintained; a wrong forgiven; a service cheerfully extended; a
tolerance and generosity for the mistakes of others as well as for your
own. These seem small things to the personal self--the ambitious, the
gloating, the sense-desiring self of the personality; we scarcely take them
into account, but to the Self that is seeking immortality, these are the
grains of wheat from the load of chaff; the diamond in the carbon; the
wings upon which the spirit soars to realms of bliss.
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