After
our wisdom has been reclaimed, we become wiser and more loving each
day, and we might automatically want to help whomever comes to us. We
will feel the pain of others as our own and we will want to bring happiness
to everyone with whom we are in contact.
In
the same spirit, we have come here to serve you and to share with you
the good news and this is all unconditional. We do not expect, ask or
ever think of anything in return. All you will do is just know yourself
in your quiet, spare time every day; that is, you will know God all
by yourself and enjoy yourself with God all alone in your privacy. The
more people that know God, the more people that can contact God directly
and become happier, the more peaceful the world will be, the less war,
and the more we can bring Heaven to Earth. There is no reason to do
this except that I have the knowledge that you are myself; you are part
of me and I am part of the whole of humankind. If the whole is happy,
then, of course, I am happy, too. And if any part, any part at all of
this whole, is sick or unhappy, then it will affect any of us, including
myself.
We
will see the interdependence of all beings, including animals and plants,
after we become enlightened, after we know God intimately. In the end,
we will see nothing but ourselves existing everywhere, in each and every
being, in each and every particle of the universe. That is how we can
come to love our neighbors as ourselves, because we know that this is
us. Otherwise, no amount of talk and persuasion can bring us to this
kind of voluntary state of love, to this automatic way of kindness.
It
is just like someone who lacks sight cannot see his feet or other parts
of his body. Because he cannot see clearly, he can feel them only. And
because of his inability to see the parts of himself, he might sometimes
hurt himself unintentionally. He might run into the wall; he might bump
his legs or his feet on some hard object and hurt some part of his body.
But if his sight is restored, he will know where to walk correctly;
he will know how to protect every part of his body. After being enlightened,
we will know every being on this planet, including the younger brothers
and sisters, the animals or plants, so it will be impossible for us
to hurt any of the parts of our self. We will not have to talk about
peace; peace will be automatically restored. We do not have to say,
"We must love our brothers, our neighbors;" we will automatically
love our neighbors. Only when we know completely how great we are ourselves,
can we recognize the greatness in other beings.