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542 (Jone<br />

tlOt enable the individual to correctly solve the problem of his<br />

being. If man wonld nbderstancl, and be<strong>com</strong>e a king, he must<br />

be able to !ule by the law11 of mind. To gain the requisite<br />

knowledge, he must force ft·nm nature her see~·ets; and only by<br />

persi11tent and unwavering t-tfort will be be able to do this.<br />

The unseen mystet·ies of life wi.llnever be known, the powers<br />

that the Spirit CCinfers ou 111110 will never be obtained. until he<br />

baR gained the ma,;tet·y ov .. t· hiK lnwf'r nature, bas plact>d l1is<br />

mind in order, and united hi,; t·on>~t!iuusness with the conRCious-.<br />

ne!IS of God. Egoi,;nt eau bave am place iu the mind. Neither<br />

can an atheist <strong>com</strong>mand the attitude to receive ab110lute truth,<br />

nt· gain an under11tancl ing nf the harnwnious wm·king nf creative<br />

law. Man. befot·e he can he tt·ansformetl from a human animal<br />

to a 11piritual son of God, muRt believe in atul truRt tho<br />

Fatht-r.<br />

Truth C'clll never he &)'Jlreheudt~tl, or lwr },e;•nty and perf~,.<br />

tion percei vet! by man, until his mitul ha11 ltet•ome t•entered nt,.<br />

011 the A 11 ~lind, the FirRt c.aulle.-tbe Pt·Othwer of aU things.<br />

All life, manifested aJI(l nnlllattif .. lltetl, mune directly fmm<br />

Gnd. Manife11ted lif.,, of whi1·b 111a11 11tands at the hf'ad, mu11t<br />

rf'tnrn to the Source frmn whidt it came. l\1au'11 unity with<br />

Gntl dues not imply, 11.11 some teachet·ll as11ert, the los11 of tM<br />

individuality. but the t·evet'se. A uninn with the Spit·it not<br />

ouly impat·tK to man the J'll\\et· tn use all hi11 faculties, but acldll<br />

to hiM mental force, in so fat· as he is aLJe to draw from tlae unlimitPd<br />

ocean of mind into which the egu has been merged, to<br />

Lecm~e a paa·t thereof.<br />

In ordea· to gain the dominion that bas been promised him,<br />

man 1~111st understand God's laws and be able to work in harmony<br />

with them. The tlomiuiHn will not be given to man until<br />

he is mt>rged into, or has beoome one with the All-Mind,<br />

-in the image and likeness of which he was created,-and i>~<br />

perfect, even as the pattern after which be was formed is<br />

perfect. The finite mind will then have be<strong>com</strong>e almost infinite.<br />

This statement may appear absurd to those who are not<br />

'conscious instruments in God's hands, but those dear children<br />

who have awakened to a realization uf the Father's boundless<br />

love, will readily perceive the truth of it. The union<br />

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