From the Fallacy of Individuality, explaination in brief for the statement by Jesus that the Meek Shall Inherit the Earth. for only they can multiply, regift.


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A fundamental law of Nature demands that one learn how to lose his life in order to find it, or learn to unbind and set free in order to possess, or learn to give in order to be enabled to take. If you make the mistake of seeking greatness in the one direction of your ego instead of balancing that search by seeking in the opposite direction toward the universal ego, you will fail to find it. You cannot multiply yourself by yourself. You must divide yourself and distribute it into all other Selves through service and experiences. You will then take them back multiplied a thousandfold. In other words, if you want to be a rare person, you must learn how to entirely lose the very idea of greatness in humility. You cannot become great by accumulating greatness. You can find it only by learning how to transform humility into greatness.

Instead of contemplating the greatness of your individuality, contemplate your littleness in the universe. It is the meek who inherit the earth. Greatness springs from meekness. Every effect in Nature springs from its opposite effect and never from itself. This principle is universal. It applies to all things, both spiritual and physical.

Heat is accumulated by multiplying cold. Refrigeration necessitates dividing heat by radiating it. High electric potential is stepped up from low by multiplying low. Conversely, low is obtained by dividing the high. All power is multiplied weakness, whether physical or spiritual.

To shorten the journey ahead, you must lengthen the distance behind. To spring, you must first stoop. To concentrate, you must first decentrate. To focus to a multiplied point, you must gather from a divided area. The water you drink also drinks you. The fruit of the tree is gathered from an extensive environment, for the fruit is not in itself. It must be divided and spread out before it can be again gathered. The acorn must disintegrate to reintegrate. It cannot multiply itself into a strong tree without dividing itself into the many parts of the whole universe.