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his foresight. By development of his Spiritual Consciousness, Man may bring
himself into a high relationship and contact with this higher part of his nature,
and may thus become possessed of a knowledge of which the Intellect
has not dared to dream. When we learn to trust the Spirit, it responds by
sending us more frequent flashes of illumination and enlightenment. As one
unfolds in Spiritual Consciousness, he relies more upon the Inner Voice, and
is more readily able to distinguish it from the impulses from the lower planes
of the mind. He learns to follow the guidance of the Spirit, and to allow it to
lend him a helping hand. To be “led by the Spirit” is a living and real fact in
the lives of all who have reached a certain stage of spiritual development.
“Seek the way by advancing boldly without.” Be not afraid. Nothing can
harm you. You are a living, eternal soul. Therefore, be bold. Look around
you and see what is going on in the world—and learn lessons thereby. See
the workings of the great loom of life—watch the shuttles fly—see the cloth
of various texture and colors that is being produced. See it all as Life. Be not
dismayed. Lessons are lying all around you, awaiting your study and mastery.
See life in all its phase—this does not mean that you should take a backward
step and try to live over again phases which you have left behind you and
with which you are through—but witness them all without horror or disgust.
Remember that from the lowly phases, higher phases develop. From the
mud of the river the beautiful lotus rears its stalk, and forcing its way through
the water reaches the air, and unfolds its beautiful flower. From the mud of
the physical, the plant of life passes through the water of the mental plane,
on to the air of the spiritual, and there unfolds. Look around you and see
what men are doing—what they are saying—what they are thinking—it is
all right, in all its phases, for those who are in it. Live your own life—on your
own plane of development—but scorn not those who are still on the lower
planes. See Life in all its throbbing forms, and realize that you are part of
it all. It is all one—and you are part of that one. Feel the swell of the wave
beneath you—yield to its motion—you will not be submerged, for you are
riding on its crest, and borne on its bosom. Do not fear the outside—even