Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

1917 THE POWER OF' THE' COMING AGE 373
easy work, will be disappointed, for the work will become
harder and harder to them.
But those that are willing
to give unselfish service will find great opportunities to
develop and unfold their latent powers
Itis very important that the TRUTH-SEEKER
that he
realizes
will never find the REAL TRUTH no matter how
hard he tries, unless he is willing to give some kind of
service in exchange. Service and self-denial are the
most essential attributes of the TRUTH- SEEKER.
nor teachers cannot help you without it.
Books
You might read
from now until doomsday, and you might have a thousand
teachers, or you might listen to a thousand lectures,
yet the unfoldment of your latent powers might not take
place. Again, you might not read asingle book, nor
hear a single lecture, and yet by the right kind of service
you might attain Cosmic-Gonsciousness.
development is required by the TRUTH-SEEKER,
Intellectual
but the
most essential requirement is the development of THE
HEART.
As man progresses on the PATH, he passes thru
many stages, and the stage of consciousness where he
has to become as a little child, seems the hardest for man
to pass thru.
would not be so hard.
If he would teach himself adaptability, it
To return good for evil seems
another hardship, because man cannot yet realize that
his enemy may prove to be his best friend.
If man could
see beyond the appearance of things, he would recognize
in the enemy a chance to pay a karmic debt, or overcome
a weakness.
What opportunities these TRUTH-SEEKERS
are wasting. We can hasten our own evolution by cooperating
with the forces all around us that are trying
to convey a valuable lesson. Humanity is struggling today
to give birth to the soul of man, and this birth is
coming with great pain and suffering.