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to a voice within them which is constantly asking, "Man, where art thou from? Where art thou drifting along? To what end is all this?-Money, wife, children, and all that you hold next to your heart. "What has a man gained, if he has gained the whole world and lost his soul?" These and similar other questions beat upon our brains in spite of all our contrary partialities, our thorough worldism. All this unrest and discomfort is quite in the nature of things. Man cannot always be building mud-pies and swallowing "goldpills." Something more abiding, more permanent, is wanted. This yearning after the Eternal makes us call a halt upon the pursuit of blind passions, the hunt after pleasure,-which is the vanishing point between satiety and reaction. The son wants to be united to the Father, his primal source. God becomes an indispensable necessity. Without Him, life seems to be a dance after fleeting shadows. Each word of advice, of guidance and of spiritual help comes as a cup of cold water to the thirsting soul. Life is simplicity itself. It is governed everywhere by One Life, One Lam, One Word,-such is the grand teaching of the Ancients. And as we, by knowledge, experience and observation, get a clearer grasp of this doctrine of Unity, we approach Truth. As our vision of God grows more and more distinct, Life with its million, million tongues, seems all music.