Ponudio sam, primio sam¹

Šta sam ponudio mom Voljenom Svevišnjem? Mom Voljenom Svevišnjem ponudio sam moj duševni vapaj. Šta sam zauzvrat primio od Njega? Od Njega sam primio Njegov Osmeh ispunjen blagoslovima.

Šta sam dao čoveku? Dao sam mu svoje služenje s ljubavlju, svoje nesebično služenje, svoje posvećeno služenje. Šta sam od čoveka primio zauzvrat? Primio sam mrak njegove sumnje.

Šta nudim mom Voljenom Svevišnjem? Mom Voljenom Svevišnjem nudim svoje srce predaje i moj život zahvalnosti. Šta zauzvrat primam svog Voljenog Svevišnjeg? Od Njega primam Njegovo Nebo Zadovoljstva.

Šta dajem čoveku? Dajem čoveku svoju odlučnu životnu snagu. Šta zauzvrat dobijam od čoveka? Primam od čoveka njegovu potpunu ravnodušnost.

Šta ću ponuditi mom Voljenom Svevišnjem? Mom Voljenom Svevišnjem ponudiću svoj sumnjajući um. Šta ću zauzvrat primiti od mog Voljenog Svevinjeg? Od Njega ću primiti Njegovo prosvetljujuće Jemstvo.

What shall I give to man? I shall give man my sleepless, untiring body. What shall I receive from man in return? I shall receive from man his deliberate and endless ridicule.

Shall I stop serving mankind? No, never, for mine is not the way to stop. I walk along Eternity's Road, not serving man as such, but serving the Inner Pilot in each individual being.

The Inner Pilot is my own Eternity's All. Him to please in His own Way, in His creation, is my only goal. To love Him and serve Him, what I need is a fleeting aspiration-flame. To love Him and serve Him in mankind, what I need is Eternity's unconditional self-offering. My Lord Supreme, the Author of all Good, wants me to serve Him in all of His creation: in His desire-creation and His aspiration-creation, in His earth-bound creation and in His Heaven-free creation.

It is my bounden duty to love my Beloved Supreme and serve my Beloved Supreme in each member of His creation. Therefore, to the president of this international organisation, I wish to offer my soulful gratitude from the inmost recesses of my heart, for he has given me a golden opportunity to be of devoted service to the hundreds of sincere seekers present this evening. Nothing gives me greater joy, greater satisfaction, than to be of service to my Beloved Supreme in sincere seekers. Therefore, to you, dear president, I am extremely grateful, and to all the sincere seekers who are present here, I am offering my heart of soulful gratitude.