Life in the circles . at one can forothers and, while in the world and of theworld, keeping ones spiritual point ofview. Only complete harmony and seren-ity can accomplish this and only by dailyand hourly effort can this serenity befound. To be entirely detached from all mate-rial things and to be of the spiritual lifeonly in heart, while outwardly living as allothers, is to be of the Circles. To riseabove all earthly troubles into the pureether of spiritual life and power, gailymeeting the daily disturbances of earthlylife and filled with the joy of helpfulness,is to be of the Circles of Love
Life in the circles . at one can forothers and, while in the world and of theworld, keeping ones spiritual point ofview. Only complete harmony and seren-ity can accomplish this and only by dailyand hourly effort can this serenity befound. To be entirely detached from all mate-rial things and to be of the spiritual lifeonly in heart, while outwardly living as allothers, is to be of the Circles. To riseabove all earthly troubles into the pureether of spiritual life and power, gailymeeting the daily disturbances of earthlylife and filled with the joy of helpfulness,is to be of the Circles of Love. To express in all relationships the tender168 LESSONS ON LOVE sympathy of loving understanding, to doall that is humanly possible to smooth thepath for others, to turn minute by minuteto the loving, all-wise Father who holds allHis children tenderly in the hollow of Hishand, knowing that while living in thistrust only good can possibly reach you, isto be of the Circles of is the fifth lesson on Love. 169 SIXTH LESSON ON LOVE The fullest development that can comeon earth leads one into these Circles ofLove, and only when ones lesson is per-fectly learned is one of these highestCircles of all. Before we can be of these Circles wemust be perfect in all others, and to fewwill come the complete mastery essential,but one days work may take one so veryfar into the Circles that one can never tellhow far he may go. One great act of un-selfish love may carry one to supreme spir-itual heights, just as one careless, selfishact may cast one very far down in the scale,but the oftener one rises to the heights theeasier it becomes to remain there. As it is difficult to acquire complete self-control, so it is difficult to become a reallyspiritual being, for man is not born a170 LESSONS ON LOVE spirit and he can only become one throughhis will and his effort. To be of the high-est needs supreme effort and a great desirethat never falters. Yet all may achieve ifthey will withou
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