THE KHALSA IS AS THE BLOSSOMING OF FLOWERS ON A TREE

The physical “struggle for existence” as a mere individual in this intensity of creative love of soul ceases in the individual for it becomes the service of the saints God, exactly in the same sense as the selfishness of a lover becomes dead in the passion he feels for his sweetheart. The Lover can no more labour for himself because the life as an isolated individual apart from his lady love has truly become meaningless. As a commune, the Khalsa has to struggle for the well-being of its individuals. Its activity on the physical plane in the shape of war or peace with its neighbours is but a manifestation of the occasional ourbursts of the inner virality that is gathered in the soul of community.