CHAPTER XII
OUR PURPOSE IN LIFE

THE world as we see it seems divided into two
sets of people. Those who know that there is a
purpose in life, and those who do not know;

and these two sets are easily to be seen, easily
to be distinguished. One set is out for a " good
time" for himself; the other is out to help
humanity irrespective of self in many varying
ways. The one helps God in His plan of evolu-
tion, that is, to unite, to bring together, to
gather into Himself, the other knows no cohe-
sion, no co-operation, is separative and makes
for separation and works against His plan. In
a word, one works for it-self^ the other for the
Self.

You may think that this is a very arbitrary
demarcation; but when we see in everyday
life how it works out, 1 think you will agree
that it is not so far-fetched as possibly appears
on the surface. The line of demarcation is the
attitude to life as a whole; shall I work to