The finite may not know the infinite, but may move toward it. Ethics may be defined as that branch of philosophy which applies the great truths of life to the social relationships of the individual. Philosophy may be defined as the perfect science, the science of perfection. The world of God and the world of man are not separated by any distance other than the interval of understanding. Thinking is not merely an exercise of the mind, it is a directing of the mind.
Philosophy is the science of becoming.
To the Buddhist that Nirvana which is the end of the finite is the beginning of the infinite. The term ' Buddha' means inwardly enlightened. The cycle of reincarnation carries the entity no higher between lives, than the higher mental body which is the apex of personality. No matter how much a man may suffer, if this suffering results in experience, it is worth all that it costs. The fifth root race, of which we are a part, is well on its way along the ascending path which leads to liberation from the consciousness of form.