uttermost, for Truth in all its glory can
only be perceived and known when the last vestige of self has disappeared.

The eternal Christ declared that he who would be His disciple must "deny
himself daily." Are you willing to deny yourself, to give up your lusts,
your prejudices, your opinions? If so, you may enter the narrow way of
Truth, and find that peace from which the world is shut out. The absolute
denial, the utter extinction, of self is the perfect state of Truth, and
all religions and philosophies are but so many aids to this supreme
attainment.

Self is the denial of Truth. Truth is the denial of self. As you let self
die, you will be reborn in Truth. As you cling to self, Truth will be
hidden from you.

Whilst you cling to self, your path will be beset with difficulties, and
repeated pains, sorrows, and disappointments will be your lot. There are no
difficulties in Truth, and coming to Truth, you will be freed from all
sorrow and disappointment.

Truth in itself is not hidden and dark. It is always revealed and is
perfectly transparent. But the blind and wayward self cannot perceive it.
The light of day is not hidden except to the blind, and the Light of Truth
is not hidden except to those who are blinded by self.

Truth is the one Reality in the universe, the inward Harmony, the perfect
Justice, the eternal Love. Nothing can be added to it, nor taken from it.
It does not depend upon any man, but all men depend upon it. You cannot
perceive the beauty of Truth while you are looking out through the eyes of
self. If you are vain, you will color everything with your own vanities. If
lustful, your heart and mind will be so clouded with the smoke and flames
of passion, that everything will appear distorted through them. If proud
and opinionative, you will see nothing in the whole universe except the
magnitude and importance of your own opinions.

There is one quality which pre-eminently distinguishes the man of Truth
from the man of self, and that is _humility_. To be not only free from
vanity, stubbornness and egotism, but to regard one's own opinions as of no
value, this indeed is true humility.

He who is immersed in self regards his own opinions as Truth, and the
opinions of other men as error. But that humble Truth-lover who has learned
to distinguish between opinion and Truth, regards all men with the eye of
charity, and does not seek to defend his opinions against theirs, but
sacrifices those opinion