of as being higher and lower, and this distinction was necessary; but now the Kingdom is reached, we see that all the forces operative in human life are the varied manifestations of the One Supreme Law of Love. It is by virtue of this Law that Humanity suffers, in order that by the intensity of its sufferings it shall at last become purified and wise, and so relinquish the source of suffering, which is selfishness.
The Law and foundation of the universe being Love, it follows that all self-seeking is opposed to that Law, and is an effort to overcome or ignore the Law; as a result, every self-seeking act and thought is followed by the exact quota of suffering required to annul its effect and so maintain the universal harmony. All suffering is, therefore, the restraint that the Law puts upon ignorance and selfishness: out of such painful restraint Wisdom at last emerges.
There being no strife and no selfishness in the Kingdom, there is therefore no suffering, no restraint; there is perfect harmony, equipoise, rest. Those who have
