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100:4.4 In [[physical]] life the [[senses]] tell of the [[existence]] of [[things]]; [[mind]] [[discovers]] the [[reality]] of [[meanings]]; but the [[spiritual]] [[experience]] reveals to the [[individual]] the true [[values]] of life. These high [[levels]] of [[human]] living are [[attained]] in the [[supreme]] [[love]] of [[God]] and in the [[unselfish]] [[love]] of [[man]]. If you [[love]] your fellow men, you must have [[discovered]] their [[values]]. [[Jesus]] loved men so much because he placed such a high [[value]] upon them. You can best [[discover]] [[values]] in your associates by [[discovering]] their [[motivation]]. If some one irritates you, [[causes]] [[feelings]] of resentment, you should [[sympathetically]] seek to [[discern]] his [[viewpoint]], his reasons for such objectionable [[conduct]]. If once you [[understand]] your [[neighbor]], you will become [[tolerant]], and this [[tolerance]] will grow into [[friendship]] and ripen into [[love]].

100:4.4 In [[physical]] life the [[senses]] tell of the [[existence]] of [[things]]; [[mind]] [[discovers]] the [[reality]] of [[meanings]]; but the [[spiritual]] [[experience]] reveals to the [[individual]] the true [[values]] of life. These high [[levels]] of [[human]] living are [[attained]] in the [[supreme]] [[love]] of [[God]] and in the [[unselfish]] [[love]] of [[man]]. If you [[love]] your fellow men, you must have [[discovered]] their [[values]]. [[Jesus]] loved men so much because he placed such a high [[value]] upon them. You can best [[discover]] [[values]] in your associates by [[discovering]] their [[motivation]]. If some one irritates you, [[causes]] [[feelings]] of resentment, you should [[sympathetically]] seek to [[discern]] his [[viewpoint]], his reasons for such objectionable [[conduct]]. If once you [[understand]] your [[neighbor]], you will become [[tolerant]], and this [[tolerance]] will grow into [[friendship]] and ripen into [[love]].

100:4.5 In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%27s_eye mind's eye] conjure up a picture of one of your [[primitive]] [[ancestors]] of [[cave]]-dwelling times—a short, misshapen, filthy, snarling hulk of a man standing, legs spread, club upraised, [[breathing]] hate and animosity as he looks fiercely just ahead. Such a picture hardly depicts the [[divine]] [[dignity]] of [[man]]. But allow us to enlarge the picture. In front of this animated [[human]] crouches a saber-toothed tiger. Behind him, a [[woman]] and two [[children]]. [[Immediately]] you [[recognize]] that such a picture stands for the beginnings of much that is fine and [[noble]] in the [[human]] race, but the man is the same in both pictures. Only in the second sketch you are favored with a widened [[horizon]]. You therein [[discern]] the [[motivation]] of this [[evolving]] [[mortal]]. His [[attitude]] becomes [[praiseworthy]] because you [[understand]] him. If you could only [[fathom]] the [[motives]] of your associates, how much better you would [[understand]] them. If you could only know your fellows, you would [[eventually]] fall in [[love]] with them.

100:4.5 In the [[mind's eye]] conjure up a picture of one of your [[primitive]] [[ancestors]] of [[cave]]-dwelling times—a short, misshapen, filthy, snarling hulk of a man standing, legs spread, club upraised, [[breathing]] hate and animosity as he looks fiercely just ahead. Such a picture hardly depicts the [[divine]] [[dignity]] of [[man]]. But allow us to enlarge the picture. In front of this animated [[human]] crouches a saber-toothed tiger. Behind him, a [[woman]] and two [[children]]. [[Immediately]] you [[recognize]] that such a picture stands for the beginnings of much that is fine and [[noble]] in the [[human]] race, but the man is the same in both pictures. Only in the second sketch you are favored with a widened [[horizon]]. You therein [[discern]] the [[motivation]] of this [[evolving]] [[mortal]]. His [[attitude]] becomes [[praiseworthy]] because you [[understand]] him. If you could only [[fathom]] the [[motives]] of your associates, how much better you would [[understand]] them. If you could only know your fellows, you would [[eventually]] fall in [[love]] with them.

100:4.6 You cannot truly [[love]] your fellows by a mere [[act]] of the [[volition|will]]. [[Love]] is only [[born]] of thoroughgoing [[understanding]] of your [[neighbor]]'s [[motives]] and [[sentiment]]s. It is not so important to [[love]] all men today as it is that each day you learn to love one more [[human being]]. If each day or each week you [[achieve]] an [[understanding]] of one more of your fellows, and if this is the [[limit]] of your [[ability]], then you are certainly [[socializing]] and truly [[spiritualizing]] your [[personality]]. [[Love]] is [[infectious]], and when [[human]] [[devotion]] is [[intelligent]] and [[wise]], [[love]] is more catching than hate. But only genuine and [[unselfish]] [[love]] is truly [[contagious]]. If each [[mortal]] could only become a [[focus]] of [[dynamic]] [[affection]], this benign [[virus]] of [[love]] would soon pervade the sentimental [[emotion]]-[[stream]] of [[humanity]] to such an extent that all [[civilization]] would be [[encompassed]] by [[love]], and that would be the [[realization]] of the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]].

100:4.6 You cannot truly [[love]] your fellows by a mere [[act]] of the [[volition|will]]. [[Love]] is only [[born]] of thoroughgoing [[understanding]] of your [[neighbor]]'s [[motives]] and [[sentiment]]s. It is not so important to [[love]] all men today as it is that each day you learn to love one more [[human being]]. If each day or each week you [[achieve]] an [[understanding]] of one more of your fellows, and if this is the [[limit]] of your [[ability]], then you are certainly [[socializing]] and truly [[spiritualizing]] your [[personality]]. [[Love]] is [[infectious]], and when [[human]] [[devotion]] is [[intelligent]] and [[wise]], [[love]] is more catching than hate. But only genuine and [[unselfish]] [[love]] is truly [[contagious]]. If each [[mortal]] could only become a [[focus]] of [[dynamic]] [[affection]], this benign [[virus]] of [[love]] would soon pervade the sentimental [[emotion]]-[[stream]] of [[humanity]] to such an extent that all [[civilization]] would be [[encompassed]] by [[love]], and that would be the [[realization]] of the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]].