Suppose then you want to attract friends. Who is there who does not want friends? First of all you are not fit to have friends unless you can live without them. This is an absolute fact. The reason is this: If you are not strong enough to live alone and you can only live by the aid of a friend, you are living on his life and not your own. So first, you must stand alone, yet not alone; the Infinite stands behind everything. But you see what I mean? Having demonstrated you can stand alone and not be lonesome, then you are fit for somebody to love you. And having become this, the universal friend, the friend of all, you cannot help attracting to you all the friendships you want. You cannot help it. Having become the universal lover, that is, the embodiment of the being of love, people are compelled to love you. You must attract to you all the love there is because you have learned what love is.