Gold Nugger 287 - Bud of the Higher Being
Our spiritual being is built up on a natural basis. Slowly the bud of the higher being unfolds from the plant of earthly root. Through the home to the Church; by the love of mother and brother and sister, to the love of God and of all. …
The end of our being is in the spiritual; this is its dignity, its reflection of the Divine. It claims the first thought, other things being equal. When friends stand in the way of duty, between us and the light of truth, we must be true to the higher self.
It may seem a stern rule, until we find that every low affection we renounced for the higher is given back to us bathed in a new glory.
The Pulpit Commentary, Mark I p, `28, Mark 3:31-35, (E. Johnson)
Gold Nugget 287
Bud of the Higher Being
