82 SKETCHES OF GREAT TRUTHS

separation ; it is delusion. When can we be alone
or separated ? Neither on the earth nor under the
earth nor in the heavens. We are interwoven ;

en masse we live and toil, and en masse we
flounder in the flood of life. If we wake up to
realise this, then we make the first step towards
brotherhood; no longer I and thou bat we, a
oneness ; no one ever yet hated part of himself.
Sometimes one feels restless within oneself,
uncontrolled, disorganised. It is a feeling of
rest that is needed, a joining up. Have you
ever tried throwing yourself on the wave of the
sea, resting on your back, and feeling part of
the sea ? Have you ever tried giving up your
will and your sense of separateness, and, relaxing
your all, limbs, mind, soul, resting in the
Everlasting Arms that overspread the world?
In such moments as these one realises oneness,
one catches a glimpse of unity, one knows that
therein lies the spirit of brotherhood. Then
deeply grows the consciousness, (< I and my
Father are one," all Life is one; I am part of
that All Life, and I am part of God—there is
no other, so all are one and God is in me.

Watch the great movements of the day, the
struggle to unite, the effort to bring peace,.
which reveal the inward longing for rest and
freedom. Yet one has to note the limitation