Meher Baba/The Goal ...

"Knowingly or unknowingly man is ever seeking the Goal, which is to realize his
true Self. The very nearest and innermost to man is his Soul, but the humour of
it is he feels far, far away from It. There appears to be no end to his journeys
towards the Goal through the numberless highways and by-ways of life and death,
although in fact there is no distance at all to cover. Having achieved full
consciousness as man, he has already arrived at his destination, for he now
possesses the capacity to become fully conscious of his Soul. Still he is unable
to realize this divine destiny because his consciousness remains completely
focussed in his inverted, limited, finite self”the mind”which, ironically
has
been the means of achieving consciousness.

"Before he can know Who he is, man has to unlearn the mass of illusory knowledge
he has burdened himself with on the interminable journey from unconsciousness to
consciousness. It is only through love that you can begin to unlearn, and,
eventually, put an end to all that you do not know. God-love penetrates all
illusion, while no amount of illusion can dim God-love. Start by learning to
love God by beginning to love those whom you cannot. You will find that in
serving others you are serving yourself. The more you remember others with
kindness and generosity, the less you remember yourself; and when you completely
forget yourself, you find me as the Source of all Love."

Meher Baba
_The Everything and the Nothing_, 44
Beacon Hill, Australia: Meher House Publications, 1963, p. 73