The Lost Key: An Explanation of Masonic Symbols

Chapter V. 61each thought long before it is thought in the brain and it is HisPower which must carry that thought into action for all that wehave of our own is our free will. He is the Doer of everything thatis done. “Except the Lord build the house their labor is but vainthat build it.” (Ps. 127. )182. We, as spirits, are sparks of this great Divine Flame. We areparts of Him. This is told us in many places in the Scriptures butthe idea has become glossed over to a great extent and we do notrealize it. Nevertheless it is true. Being parts of Him we are alsoparts of each other. Hence the idea of the Fatherhood of God andthe Brotherhood of Man is not a figment of the imagination norsomething which is true only with regard to those who meet therequirements of some particular school of theology. It is true of all,good, bad and indifferent. If we will lay aside our prejudice andpreconceived ideas we will see at once that this MUST be so. Weare all parts of God and children of the Heavenly Father in Whomwe literally live and move and have our being and this applies tothe criminal and the savage as well as to the highest type ofChristian. Remember that God is INFINITE and there cannot be anINFINITE and also something else outside of that INFINITE. Therecannot be an INFINITE God and even one finite man outside of andapart from Him for then there would be something else beside theINFINITE and that would be unthinkable.183. We can see from this that we are all parts of God and henceparts of each other. When we injure another we injure ourselves.The Bible tells us this but, because we usually do not think veryclearly, we have allowed the truth to become obscured. We shouldremember the Masonic Symbolism and approach such a subject asthis “neither naked nor clad.” Do you see the point? Are you ableto free your mind from prejudice, superstition and false ideas andconsider this matter logically, reasonably and clearly?