e,--this
privilege of yours, this privilege of mine! That hypocritical judging
of another is something then with which we can have nothing to do; for
we have the power of looking beyond the evolving, changing,
error-making self, and seeing the real, the changeless, the eternal
self which by and by will show forth in the full beauty of holiness.
We are then large enough also to realize the fact that when we condemn
another, by that very act we condemn ourselves.
This realization so fills us with love that we continually overflow it,
and all with whom we come in contact feel its warming and life-giving
power. These in turn send back the same feelings of love to us, and so
we continually attract love from all quarters. Tell me how much one
loves and I will tell you how much he has seen of God. Tell me how
much he loves and I will tell you how much he lives with God. Tell me
how much he loves and I will tell you how far into the Kingdom of
Heaven,--the kingdom of harmony, he has entered, for "love is the
fulfilling of the law."
And in a sense love is everything. It is the key to life, and its
influences are those that move the world. Live only in the thought of
love for all and you will draw love to you from all. Live in the
thought of malice or hatred, and malice and hatred will come back to
you.
"For evil poisons; malice shafts
Like boomerangs return,
Inflicting wounds that will not heal
While rage and anger burn."
Every thought you entertain is a force that goes out, and every thought
comes back laden with its kind. This is an immutable law. Every
thought you entertain has moreover a direct effect upon your body.
Love and its kindred emotions are the normal and the natural, those in
accordance with the eternal order of the universe, for "God is love."
These have a life-giving, health-engendering influence upon your body,
besides beautifying your countenance, enriching your voice, and making
you ever more attractive in every way. And as it is true that in the
degree that you hold thoughts of love for all, you call the same from
them in return, and as these have a direct effect upon your mind, and
through your mind upon your body, it is as so much life force added to
your own from without. You are then continually building this into
both your mental and your physical life, and so your life is enriched
by its influence.
Hatred and all its kindred emotions are the unnatural, the abnorma
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