In the lower world the Spirit shows itself out by love, by sympathy; and the more we can love, the more we can sympathise, the greater will be the unfolding of the consciousness of the Self within.

It was a true word of the early Christian Initiate, that if a man loves not his brother whom he hath seen, how shall he love God whom he hath not seen?
And if the perfection of the spiritual consciousness be that vision of the Supreme, the consciousness which knows itself to be one with God, then the way to the realisation will be by the partial realisation of loving sympathy, for which the world is the most fitting field, and our brethren around us the natural stimulus.

Love, sacrifice, these are the manifestations of the Spirit on the physical plane, as is right knowledge also.

For the Spirit is not a one-sided thing, but a Trinity, and knowledge is as necessary as love.

The special value of love lies in its unifying power, and in the fact that it makes what the world calls sacrifice natural and delightful.