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The Third Lesson: The Expansion of the Self.535
set before you the lessons to be learned—the tasks to be performed. The
road is long, and is rough in places—the feet may become tired and bruised,
but the reward is great, and there are resting places along the path. Be not
discouraged if your progress seem slow, for the soul must unfold naturally
as does the flower, without haste, without force.
And be not dismayed nor affrighted if you occasionally catch a glimpse
of your higher self. As “M. C.” says, in her notes on “Light on the Path”: “To
have seen thy soul in its bloom, is to have obtained a momentary glimpse
in thyself of the transfiguration which shall eventually make thee more than
man; to recognize, is to achieve the great task of gazing upon the blazing
light without dropping the eyes, and not falling back in terror as though
before some ghastly phantom. This happens to some, and so, when the
victory is all but won, it is lost.”
Peace be with thee.
Mantram (Affirmation) For The Third Lesson.
There is but one ultimate form of Matter; one ultimate form of Energy;
one ultimate form of Mind. Matter proceeds from Energy, and Energy from
Mind, and all are an emanation of the Absolute, threefold in appearance
but One in substance. There is but One Life, and that permeates the
Universe, manifesting in various forms, but being, at the last, but One. My
body is one with Universal Matter; My energy and vital force is one with the
Universal Energy; My Mind is one with the Universal Mind; My Life is one
with the Universal Life. The Absolute has expressed and manifested itself in
Spirit, which is the real “I” overshadowing and embracing all the apparently
separate “I”s. “I” feel my identity with Spirit and realize the Oneness of All
Reality. I feel my unity with all Spirit, and my Union (through Spirit) with
the Absolute. I realize that “I” am an Expression and Manifestation of the
Absolute, and that its very essence is within me. I am filled with Divine Love.
I am filled with Divine Power. I am filled with Divine Wisdom. I am conscious
of identity in spirit, in substance; and in nature; with the One Reality.