There is always the superb energy of eternity in the heart of one who does his best. If at the moment when this is felt the man would pause, reflect and meditate, he would find his way to the light. The mysteries of his nature, of his own inner self, would be revealed to him. So that, since these things are true, there must be a forgetfulness of self, a confidence superb in its power, a soul-confidence that will impregnate our very mental atmosphere with a wisdom that can be breathed in mentally by all those we meet. Truly the soul is not there.
Unkindly criticism heaps up a terrible karma, for it shuts the soul away.
Difficult as it must be for you to believe what I say, yet it is true that the Kingdom of Heaven is nearer at hand than you can realize, and that all the storms, trials and sorrows that we see now raging in human life are but indications of the passing away of the old order of things. All that we have to do is to seize our opportunities, do faithfully our duties as they lie before us, ingrain in the very atmosphere in which we live the finer vibrations of the higher law, study and work, work and study. Let us no longer crucify the Christ in ourselves. Bid him come forth and enter upon his noble work now, for the woes of humanity are great. Stand unfailingly on guard, the sentinel of your own inner chamber, vigilant against the entry there of the least of the lurking foes about the doorway of the sanctum.