It is a law that whatever is held in consciousness tends always to manifestation as actuality. Error thoughts regarding the nature of man will be manifested in conditions which will show this lack of harmony within. The error may be quite unconscious, but this will not prevent the presentation of the unconscious error in actual fact.

The unreal is a plane in the finding of the real, and making it the actual fact. We have the capacity of finding and proving our true being the real, but as long as our judgments and actions are influenced by the appearance, so long will we keep with us the unreal.

We are living souls now, not bodies having souls in them. "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." We are not dependent upon bread for our life; our sustenance is from God. We live, move, and have our true being in God," not in the world, among these other shapes that we see.

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With what do you identify yourself? with this body, with this machine, which, beautifully constructed and intricate as it is, is but an instrument which you This is like a carpenter or a builder identifying himself with the tools he uses, instead of recognizing himself as the thinker, the constructor, using them to fulfill his purpose, to make manifest his ideas in the physical world.

Or, will you identify yourself as the image of God, the expression of the Infinite Love and Wisdom? In your true nature, or your real being, this is what you are, spiritual and eternally living, supported and sustained in every moment by the Almighty.

It is for the purpose of finding and proving this real nature that we are placed in existence today. The truth always is, whether we are conscious of it or not, but it must be brought into consciousness before it is of any real use to us. The truth of Mathematics was before I was born; in itself it always was, but it

was of no use to me until I perceived it personally and applied it so as to solve problems for myself. It had to be brought into my consciousness first before I could apply it to any problem, and even then I did not know that it was true until I had proved it for myself. My master could prove it, and also show me the way to prove it, but the actual proof of its truth for me lay in my own application of the principles for myself.

Demonstrations of the truth of mathematics increases from little to more and more as knowledge increases, and as that knowledge is applied by the individual.

So with the truth of being and the principles which underlie life and experience. The truth of Being is, it always was, whether you were cognizant of it or not, but it is of no value to you unless you know it. Like the truth of mathematics, you do not see it with your physical eyes, or with any of your five senses; it must be perceived.

In order to know it, the truth must be brought into our consciousness, and even then it is of no value until it is applied. It must be lived in consciousness before the demonstrations belonging to it can be obtained. We must apply the truth of being to the experiences through which we pass in our daily life; its application is absolutely necessary before we can obtain a satisfactory answer to the problems of life. There is a Science of Life as exact and certain as the science of mathematics. There are those great masters who have discovered the principles, bringing truth to light. For the Christians Jesus Christ is the Master; he is called the Great Teacher. He recognized the truth of being, his relation to the Father and what that relationship involved, he applied the truth and obtained the demonstration.

Thus he is our Example and our guide; the one going before, the light-bearer to those who would follow in his footsteps and obtain the same results.

But it would be foolish to sit down apathetically and say, "Because he has done it, there is no need for me to do it also." Why, the very fact that one has accomplished is proof that another may attain also. The teacher of mathematics instructs would-be mathematicians with the idea that they shall do as he does; also the invitation of the great Teacher of Nazareth is, "Follow me."

There is only one way by which this mighty truth of being can be brought to light and proved as fact; it is the Christ way. It can come to actuality only through the medium of the human consciousness, through the thinker, the one capable of forming ideas. It must first be perceived and recognized, then this immaculate truth conception must be made before the organism through which it can operate is formed, then in course of time the demonstration comes.

Always keep in mind that the truth of being is that every man is created in the image of God, and as such is a spiritual being, eternally living, all-loving, pure and upright. This is the truth which, held to in consciousness, is gradually manifested as actuality.

Of course, when the truth conception of our real nature is brought in and asserted, we should endeavor to live up to it, as this makes the conditions by which it is more quickly demonstrated. If this truth conception is brought in only on certain occasions, or at special times, and then selfish thought asserts itself as the general attitude of mind, mixed conditions will. result, making a consciousness that is painful and unsteady. It will result in a double mind, and, as James says, "A double-minded man is unstable in all

his ways."

But, held to firmly and put into practice, it will result in the development of the highest kind of a man, who will cast out all your diseases from your body, all evil spirits from your mind, take away sorrows and lead you in the paths of peace.

WILLIAM FARWELL

When man has found the Lord his God, he is led by the Spirit to abandon himself to the Lord; as we see in the disciples that were first called. It is written of them that they "left all and followed him," for they had found him of whom Moses and the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph," and they were so overcome by the grace that was upon him that all other desires, aims, plans and ambitions were melted away by the one overwhelming desire that took possession of them to follow him. And this was the grace of God to them; the grace that "came through Jesus Christ," of which John says, "of his fullness we all receive and grace for grace," and just as the Master was abandoned to the Father and could say truly: "I did not come of myself, he sent me," and of myself I am nothing." "I can of myself do nothing; as I hear I judge; and my judgment is righteous because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me." So, because they were like unto the Master they were open to spiritual influx; they received this grace, immediately to forsake all the things of earth for the things of the heavenly life which began to open to them as soon as they stood in his presence. For to stand in the presence of the Son of Man was to be changed from that hour. If the soul responded to that magnet, that Divine love which was burning in the heart of Jesus, it had no other desire than that it should please him, be like him, do what he did, follow him, for he had the words of eternal life. As Peter said later, at a time of testing, when Jesus put the question to the twelve, "Would yo also go away?" "Lord to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life." When they were tested, they knew why they followed him, "because he had the words of eternal life." Flesh and blood did not re

veal this unto Peter, but it was grace and truth to him to know, and make this response, which is true of every disciple who has thus abandoned himself to the Lord.

Today to come into the consciousness of the Spirit of Jesus Christ within you is to be changed from that hour; it is the beginning of that new manhood which is in Christ Jesus, of which Paul speaks, saying: “Wherefore, if any man is in Christ he is a new creature." He is the same presence to the soul today that he was then. He is ever the same Lord, whether he is in the world as a man in flesh and blood, or whether he is in the human soul as the light of the world. He is the same one that said when he healed the man born blind: "Whenever I am in the world, I am the light of the world." And when he reveals himself as the light of the world in a human soul, the one desire of the heart is to remain ever in his presence, never to lose this union with the Beloved, in which there is joy unspeakable, a constant delight to those who enter in.

Spiritual abandonment, then, comes to man by grace, by the knowledge of the Lord, and the heart is fixed upon this one thing: to do the will of God and to leave everything in his hands; to seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and to let the other things be added; to take no anxious thought about the morrow, for that is not becoming to one who has forsaken all for the sake of this holy life of the soul in God; but to trust him, to obey him, to listen to his voice, to keep his words, to abide in his presence. This is the purpose of the heart now no longer seeking after the vain things of a life that is to cease. By the grace of God it has fixed itself, its every desire, upon the only One, that it may cease to be separated from him in an earth-bound and circumscribed state of consciousness, and may let its consciousness expand and unfold until it magnifies the Lord. Just as Mary