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198 SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLJo:s OF VIBRATION. [November<br />

The condition of the instrument determines the rate of vibration<br />

manifested. We do not create our own powers, but estahliRh<br />

conditions and make it possible for the universal mind, or<br />

energy, to grow in power within us. The principles of wisdom,<br />

goodness, and beaut.v must vibrate freely and endow us with<br />

their qualities befot·e we can manifest them. As virtues they<br />

do not helong to our personal i!elf, but are the manifestation of<br />

the universal wi'idom tlH·ough our personality. Seership, inspiration,<br />

and genius are but the moclification of the universal<br />

wisdom, manifestecl as far as the t~ondition of the personality<br />

of the man will allow.<br />

All that is real belongs to the divine mind; all that is unreal,<br />

or illusive, to self. The t•eal. or ethereal being. dwells within<br />

his house, which is his perRonality. The condition of this personality<br />

then determines our plane of existence. Law is fixNl.<br />

hut its manifestation varies »!l is the fnltilling of every desire of self.<br />

Evet·y vine indulged in and ever·.r crime <strong>com</strong>mitted is in the<br />

pursuit of happint>ss. ot· gratifia.tecl<br />

experienee of these in.lulgence,; will dispel the illnsion and<br />

pr·ep>Lre the conclitintH! fm· receiving the vil)J·ation!l of the next<br />

higher plane. The self-conscion;;ness, OJ' imlividu:Llity, is first<br />

awakenecl on this plane of Ren!le experience, ancl, under the organic<br />

limitations of sense relation, the individual, for the fit·st<br />

time, realizes the necessitv of law and its obeclience.<br />

All life is reLLtive, aucl only when thr·.mgh experience we<br />

l1ave gained knowledge and can <strong>com</strong>p1u·e, mm we <strong>com</strong>prehencl<br />

this relativity of life. Pet·sonality cannot enclose universality,<br />

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