The Lost Key: An Explanation of Masonic Symbols

62The Lost Key184. Now, since we are all parts of God in some way which wecannot now clearly comprehend and so call it “spiritual,” and sincewe are, from that very fact, parts of each other and hence brothersand sisters, we can begin to see the necessity for that HARMLESS-NESS we spoke of a moment ago. Also we can see this furtherthing, that, since the Power of God is all the power there is andsince the power which we have and which we fondly and mistakenlythink is our own is really God’s power which we are enabled touse or allowed to use in order that we may learn and develop andgrow, it follows from this that every act of ours is a use or a misuseof the power of God.185. Recall in this connection the peculiar words of Christ “Inasmuchas ye did it unto one of the least of these ye did it unto Me.”Was He speaking the truth or just moralizing? Suppose that a mantakes a pistol and shoots another man. If there were no trigger tothe pistol it could not be shot. But, some power holds the moleculesand atoms and ions of that trigger in their certain and particularrates of vibration. What is that power? The man who pulls thetrigger is guilty of murder. But he has forced this great Power towork back in torsion upon Itself and to do that which is against Itsnature and to harm a child of Its own. In this we can see theterrible nature of that which we usually call “sin” for it is a forcingthe power of God to do that which is abhorrent to itself and yet itmust submit in order that we may learn our lessons in the Schoolof Life which are our only means of progressing in the great work ofthe development of character and spirit.186. All this may seem to be a digression but it is not for, unless wehave some sort of comprehension of these great facts we can haveno better or more logical comprehension of the meaning of Lovethan the dictionary definition. It is only when we realize the spiritualunity of all mankind with God and the proper relation betweenthat spiritual phase and the personality that we can begin to