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accumulating now. We are but atoms in a mighty whole, and the gain of one
is the gain of all. Nothing is lost. Therefore “Desire possessions above all.”
“Seek out the way.” Seek it not by strenuous endeavor, but by opening up
yourself to the promptings of the Spirit—by recognizing the hunger of the
soul for spiritual bread—the thirst for the draught from the spring of life.
Draw knowledge by the Law of Attraction. It will come to you in obedience
to that law. It is yours for the asking, and nothing can keep it from you, or
you from it. As Emerson says: “The things that are for thee, gravitate to thee.
Oh, believe, as thou livest, that every sound that is spoken over the round
world which thou oughtest to hear, will vibrate on thine ear. Every proverb,
every book, every byword that belongs to thee for aid or comfort, shall
surely come home through open or winding passages.”
And this will be your test of the truth: When a message comes to you
that seems to awaken a memory of an almost forgotten truth, then that truth
is yours—it may not be all of that truth, but as much as you feel is true is
yours—the rest will come in time. Emerson is said to have been asked to
prove certain statements which he had made, in a lecture. He is reported
as saying, in reply, “I trust that I shall never utter a statement of the truth
which will need to be proved.” He was right. Truth is self-evident. When
the awakening soul hears a statement of what truth it is ready to receive at
that time, it instinctively recognizes it as such. It may not be able to explain
it to others, or even to itself. But it knows, it knows. The awakening faculties
of the Spiritual Mind perceives truth by methods of their own. The Spiritual
Mind does not run contrary to reason—but it transcends Intellect—it goes
beyond, and sees that which the Intellect cannot grasp. In reading, or hearing,
statements of what is claimed to be the truth, accept only that which appeals
to this higher reason, and lay aside, temporarily, that which does not so
appeal to it. In a lecture, or in a book, there may be only one sentence that
so appeals to you—accept that, and let the rest go. If that which is passed by
be real truth, it will come to you when you are ready for it—it cannot escape
you. Be not worried if you cannot understand all you hear or read—pass