Life in the circles . es heart of all maliceand of all desire to hurt again those whohave hurt us, is to be of the Circles ofLove which lead further into eternal lifethan any dream who have not passed theportals to life here. To live knowing that what you call deathis the open door to all real life and oppor-tunity, and that those who have come herewould no more willingly return than achild would return to the embryo life, isto begin to realize the significance of life. To live in the light of the Circles of Loveis to realize that we live tenderly guarded164 LESSONS ON LOVE and guided by a lov
Life in the circles . es heart of all maliceand of all desire to hurt again those whohave hurt us, is to be of the Circles ofLove which lead further into eternal lifethan any dream who have not passed theportals to life here. To live knowing that what you call deathis the open door to all real life and oppor-tunity, and that those who have come herewould no more willingly return than achild would return to the embryo life, isto begin to realize the significance of life. To live in the light of the Circles of Loveis to realize that we live tenderly guarded164 LESSONS ON LOVE and guided by a loving, all-wise power, andto cast all fear aside and trust to thatpower, following where the guides lead andhelping all who are near. And to him whostruggles upward on the path will be givena full and complete freedom from earthlyfears and from material, destructiveforces, and to him will come the perfectand utter serenity of peace which those ofthe world can never otherwise is the fourth lesson on Love. 165 FIFTH LESSON ON LOVE To live in the light of Gods love is tolive in tender, loving sympathy with allwho are near us. Only when His love isshared with all with whom we come in con-tact can we be said to really possess it our-selves, and no living thing and no humanbeing, no matter how seemingly unworthy,is ever outside this love, and in order tofulfill our function m life, we must fullyexpress this love and tender thought forall who are near us. As God guards and guides us day byday, leaving us perfectly free to do whatwe will, so should we do to those aroundus, and no departure from the path pointedout by us in life must ever influence ourthought of love for the wilful one. As wefail with greater understanding, we mustexpect others to fail. Are we to receive166 LESSONS ON LOVE forgiveness and not forgive others ? Andthe quantity of our mercy will show thequality of our loving understanding. Only when we put in practice the lovewe know and desire can we come i
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