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fragment in the universe gives back to Him, in part 

 His own perfections. Is it not nobler, greater, more 

 glorious, to be a fragment of a perfect whole, 

 making a part of the whole unity itself, subserving 

 it in mirroring Ishvara, than to be shut in with our 

 own fragment of a looking glass, trying vainly to 

 make it perfectly reflect the whole, and refusing 

 any partial reflection of the perfect in our brethren 

 on every side ? That is the thought which these 

 lectures will embody, and they will fail in their 

 purpose if they do not carry it home to your minds. 

 For Ishvara, who is Existence and Intelligence, 

 is also A'nanda, Joy, Bliss inexpressible, and that 

 Bliss is only realized when union is consciously 

 accomplished, when the whole is known as one. 

 May I but help you to see the Self in all things : 

 what better service may man do for man ? 



