When asked what was the first and great commandment our Master replied, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength," and to this he added, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
Our Master knew that if we obeyed the first and great commandment we would be better fitted to obey the second, that we would then only see and recognize the perfect man, and as we loved God and began to understand our true sonship, we would hasten to overcome all that stood in the way of our perfect realization of God's idea.
How well he understood the great problem,—that each and every one must conquer self. How it stands out every moment of our consciousness, demanding indulgence, attention, and gratification, never satisfied, but with constantly increasing demands for more and more.
