Circle of Good Will - The World Teacher Trust

sacrifice you settle in immortality. That is the ultimatestep of the Golden Stairs for entry into the GoldenTemple.When the initial steps are accomplished the latersteps become accomplishable. If one looks to the latersteps without ascending the steps before, one willfind that this step of the Golden Stairs demands toomuch. Aspirants get discouraged when they see thewhole path ahead, but when they walk step by step,the related inspiration also grows. Then one woulddo sacrifices as effortlessly as giving small donations.Giving a small donation is effortless to many. They doit for a good cause. That is due to inspiration. As theinspiration grows in strength and vigour, one offersmore and more donations. Later one offers time. Stilllater one offers oneself. That is how the steps are. Littlepractices of service, when continuously done, inspireone up to self-sacrifice. Sacrificing oneself for a noblecause is seen as the highest form of sacrifice. It is calledthe ritual of man sacrifice ‘Purusha medha’.A Constant Eye to the Ideal of Human Progressionand Perfection, which the Secret Science DepictsProgression and perfection is the ideal towards whichevery human being tends to walk in his own way. It isthe inner impulse to grow that exists in every humanbeing. Each one tries with one’s own limitations tomove forward, the basic ideal being progression. Whatone sees as progression may not be seen by the other asprogression, but the will to progress is with all. From theordinary worker to a high intellectual there is the urgefor a better tomorrow. It is with this hope humanitymoves on, hoping for better health, better economics,better living conditions, better family conditions, bettersocial relations, and so on.In matters of progression, each one sets his ideal.They vary from the most mundane to the most spiritual.All humans are striving in their own way with their ownlimitations. They learn from their mistakes and moveforward. If they do not learn from their mistakes, theyremain stagnated. There are varieties of stagnations,just as there are varieties of goals of progression. Eachone visualises individually and seldom sees the need forcollective progression. But as one progresses, one cannotprogress much, unless one’s fellow humans also progress.This knowledge of collective progression dawns uponthe human being in his advanced states of understanding.132 133