Man is NOT man because of his form or being born of woman. He is man only to the degree of a development within himself of the elements of affection, kindliness, sympathy and compassion, and his capacity to think and reason. Every normal human being, that is to say, every one born into the world who has within himself the capacity to feel for others sufficiently, so that the cruelty of the beastly or carnal nature is held in subjection in dealing with his fellow creatures, is a normal human being.
There are, even in this day, in various parts of our earth sphere, literally millions of beings having the form of the human being, who are not human because they lack humane feelings, the capacity to actually love. These are more directly related to the animal than to the human kingdom, and in them despite their human form, there was not born the Divine Spark.
Their nature is innately suspicious, treacherous, cruel. So much so, that their ferocity is greater than that of the cruelties of all cruel animals, for animals seldom if ever, kill except when it is necessary as a means of obtaining food or to protect themselves or their young. This cruelty and inhumaneness, not to say ungodliness, on the part of man, has been amply illustrated during the recent fifteen years of warfare.
When we state that in every normal human being there exists the Divine Spark, a particle of the Godhead; a lesser Light from the Great Light, we have reference only to those whose development throughout the ages has been such as to give them the capacity to love; to love both individually and in general. With this, or AS A PART of THIS CAPACITY TO LOVE unselfishly, there is also the capacity for deep and sincere affection; true undeviating friendship, loyalty, kindliness, compassion, generosity and JUSTICE UNDER ALL CONDITIONS.
When the Nazarene stood at the well at Sychar and requested a drink of water of the Samaritan woman who was condemned and abhorred by nearly all of those who knew her, he quickly sensed and intuitively felt the potential love nature of which she was inherently possessed and which had led her, as it had uncounted other women throughout the ages, into a life of sin - sinning having reference to a MISuse, or MISdirection, of a capacity, ability or capability. In her case it was the MISdirection of her creative forces; a sin of which all too many are guilty, and because of which the world as a whole today so gravely suffers.
According to the Biblical narrative, this Mary not only gladly and willingly complied with the Nazarene's request, but listened respectfully to his teachings. She accepted them without question or suspicion and became a convert in fact, not in mere faith alone. In doing this she proved that, at heart, in HER FEELINGS, she was neither evil not vicious, and that her capacity for good was as great, if not greater, than that of any of her sisters.
This change from being a woman of the street to a sincere follower of the Nazarene and the Christic life, illustrates true conversion. An actual change not only in thought, but also in desire, an acceptance not by faith alone, but by faith FOLLOWED BY ACTS. This is true conversion, the only actual conversion.
As a result of her conversion she also gained the means and the method for the transmutation of the creative forces formerly abused and debased, into the divinely potent forces of love - a love that induced her to offer her all; affection, kindliness, sympathy, generosity and ALL that is possible when human nature is transposed into Divine Nature.
The transformation of the woman of Samaria is a lesson to all who will accept it as proof that the great evils within can be changed into the fuel which gives birth, life and strength to the Divine Fire WITHIN, provided the nucleus, the Divine Spark, exists hidden, possibly deeply buried within, waiting to be aroused and brought into a flame of Life, Light and Love.
Mankind is more certain to learn by example than by inculcations, however lofty they may be. The people of Samaria, having full knowledge of what manner the woman of Samaria had been, the life she had led, and the great change wrought by the influence of the Nazarene, were, in turn, led to follow in her footsteps. In this Biblical example of true conversion or change in life, we are brought face to face with a great eternal fact:
The Nazarene did NOT lower himself to the woman's status of life in order to convert her; to change her mode of life. Instead, he, by his strength, his sINCERITY, his NOBLENESS OF PURPOSE, lifted her up to his conception of what life should be, and HOW TO LIVE IT.
By this one example in the Nazarene's life and ministry we are brought face to face with two glaring modern fallacies:
(1) That men can be made good, noble, kindly, and trust-worthy, can become possessed of love, kindliness, gentleness and generosity, by means of force, and:
(2) That the individual - having in mind a personality - or a race, can be uplifted to the status of the higher, by means of the higher lowering themselves to the plane of those they would help.
Even in the unawakened and undeveloped state, there is a Soul, a Divine principle in man, though possibly still wholly unconscious, as illustrated in the story of the Magdalene. The problem: Is there within that being a sense of what we term "good," and which embraces in its meaning, possibly not actual love, but the capacity of affection, friendship, kindliness, and ABOVE ALL, pity?
Are these feelings of sufficient depth to prevent viciousness, cruelty, uncontrolled lustfulness or beastliness? No beast of the field or woods would stoop to acts committed by beings parading in the form of men, as in the butchery committed in Russia during the early part of the century and which hangs as a Karmic curse upon the race that committed these crimes, and ALL WHO HAD DEALINGS WITH THEM OR THE VICIOUSNESS OF BEINGS IN HUMAN FORM DURING THE LATE WARS.
Within the generous and charitable human being there exist the Divine Spark, which by the exercise of kindly, nobler feelings and the necessary desire and effort can be brought into life. These like Mary, will become "greatest in the kingdom" for which the Nazarene was laboring.
The humane being comes into the knowledge of his Spiritual possibilities and capacities, only by the result of an awakened desire. Following this experience is born a willingness, aye, anxiety - as in the case of Mary - to make the necessary effort; the Will given birth by the desire and effort, succeeds in awakening the sleeping, inert Divine Spark and ultimately brings it into manifestation and consciousness.
As this honest and sincere effort is made, all pretense, subterfuge, petty and bold hypocrisy, deceit and above all, self- righteousness, will be cast aside or, more correctly speaking, will serve as fuel, by conversion, to give life to the Divine Spark that is to become the Soul which shall know no death.
As progress is made by the gradual development of the "talents" or forces hidden and dormant within, the likeness of the Soul to its Divine counterpart will become apparent. Its origin in the bosom of the ALL Creator, the Cosmic Soul, will by recognized. As man undergoes the process of regeneration all doubt will pass and he will be as certain of Divinity as was Mary after accepting the Nazarene's direction and assurance of her complete redemption.
The assurance of the DIVINE IN MAN is contained in the Biblical assertion that "God breathed the breath of life into man and he (man) became a living Soul." This statement is a simplification of the original text which had its beginning and was taught in precept in the Ancient Mysteries in Egypt, long centuries before the life and labors of the Nazarene.
The term man implies a human creature who through eons of gradual development not only attained to the human form in "the image of his Creator," but became possessed of the Divine attributes among which is feeling; making of man a man. But for the birth of this feeling, it would have been impossible for this creature to display the God-like qualities of love, affection, kindliness, sympathy, devotion and adoration; and an understanding of the sorrows and suffering of his fellow creatures with a desire to help them.
By the inbreathing of the "breath of Life" and a part of the eternal Spirit, i.e., the Divine Spark, man was given "seed which, if planted, that is, NURTURED, would awaken (grow) and by desire, effort and action, become DEVELOPED INTO A LIVING SOUL. This "seed" or Divine Spark could not be a LIVING SOUL until it had attained Consciousness; and this Consciousness could be made possible only as a result of acceptance and by awakening, as did Mary, the desire to so think, FEEL and live that the seed of the Divine might grow and develop as does the human seed into the child; the child into the youth; the youth into the adult, himself a creator of his kind.
When man has attained to Soul Consciousness, then has he "been born again" of the Spirit, as was his body in his mother's womb. Then, and then only, is he a Living - a Conscious Soul. Then only is he fully aware of both good and evil; become, as a result of his sufferings, his desires and his experiences, as like a Son of God. Until this inner Consciousness is attained, man may honestly, sincerely and unquestionably believe that he possesses a Soul, but he has no knowledge that this is true. After he has attained to this Spiritual Consciousness, then he is as certain of it as when, awakening in the morning, he gazes out of the window, sees the shining sun, and he knows that it is daylight. Paul speaks knowingly of this REgeneration when he tells us that:
"He was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words which it is not lawful for man to utter." ___II Corinthians 12:4.
Here he tells us in simple words that after much traveling i.e., after great and continuous effort, he was able to free himself of all that retarded Spiritualization. Purified of all guilt of consciousness, or conscience, he achieved inner peace (paradise) and then, like Solomon, he came into a knowledge or understanding (knowing good and evil) of such import that he was not allowed to speak of it to any who had not so attained; to whom the "Mysteries of the Kingdom of God" had not (as yet) been revealed.
The "breath of Life" has nothing whatever to do with the Spirit or the Soul. The breath of life is the principle of life. Without it nothing can live. It is to the body that which the Light is to the Soul. A sharp and never to be forgotten distinction is to be made between the "Soul of man," and the "spirit of man."
Both the "breath" which gives life to man and the Spirit emanate from God and are part of His creation. The spirit, that is, the life of man, is of itself, unconscious and its expression is possible only through the actions of man. It is a means to an end. It is to the body as gasoline is to the engine. The Soul, or Spirit, on the other hand, is an eternal principle, and though man may destroy himself, his personal self, he cannot destroy the Soul any more than he can destroy the spirit which is his life.
The spirit which animates man does not possess the eternalizing power of forces insofar as man is concerned, though in another sense it is eternally existing - passing from on thing, one being to another. It is an element, non-individualized, unconscious.
The spirit if man is eternal in that it existed before any individual being ever breathed it in, and it will continue to exist as long as there is any living thing, be this man, animal, tree or flower.
The Divine Spark, being a part of God or the eternal Flame, is invested in man for the purpose of individualization. It possesses the inherent possibility of becoming an eternal entity individualized, Centralized, self-existing, a Son of its Creator. Coming, as it does from God, it has the inherent Right to development into the Spiritual image of its Creator; with all, though in a lesser degree, of the creative powers possessed by the Creator Himself. These are the Biblical "talents" that are man's inheritance, but must be brought into manifestation by man himself; God will not do this for him, nor can any other man do it for him. Hence the dictate: "As ye sow, so shall ye reap." Not as another may sow, or be forced to sow for you, but ONLY as you sow.
All things in nature have dual qualities represented by good and evil; by God and His opposite, the Devil. Man has free Will and is at liberty to abuse and debase the Soul; but in doing so he destroys himself, NOT the Soul.
Nothing in existence is of a single nature. That which can be ennobled, exalted, raised on high, is equally capable of abuse, demoralization, degradation, degeneration, hence the terms we use to describe states of becoming: Degeneration, REgeneration. That which is capable of doing good, or being of service, of benefit to man, is equally capable of evil of every nature, even to the destruction of man himself, but in this God provided a proviso: Men may destroy the bodies of other men, but they cannot destroy their Souls, and in destroying the bodies of their fellow-men, except when necessary for self-protection, they destroy themselves, body and Soul. All this is illustrated in the Nazarene's statement:
"The Soul that sinneth it shall die."
This statement is a simplification of the original text and was translated to make it understandable to all men. The Soul, being part of the Divine, cannot actually be destroyed. What is meant, is that he who sins Soulfully shall be bereft of his Divine Self and return into nothingness. He himself, shall be lost. This is the Law. The Law is founded in Justice:
Justice dictates:
"As ye sow, so shall ye reap." ___Galatians 6:7.
That which ye do, ye do not only to others but more especially to yourself in a twofold manner: In suffering or loss to yourself; and in being compelled to compensate those whom you deceived or defrauded.
All that exists, all that grows and manifests, is evidenced in the eternal functioning of the Law. This Law is basically "Action and REaction." Action sets up a vibration of the nature of its activity. It performs its function and returns to the actor, or creator of the action. Life itself, the result in inbreathing the "breath of life", is activity. Activity is vibration. Vibration creates heat. Heat is life. Where heat ceases to exist life becomes extinct. Every act creates it own peculiar activity and this activity is a vibration. This vibration cannot be neutral. It is either constructive or destructive.
Mental activity, thinking or desiring, determines the trend of life insofar as we are concerned. By thoughts and desires man sets into motion an activity which is for physical and Spiritual benefit, or the gradual, sometimes violent, destruction of himself. Man cannot truly benefit his physical self without at the same time benefitting his Spiritual self; nor can he make effort to benefit his Spiritual self without at the same time benefitting mind and body. Here again, the action is dual.
Thoughts and desires of kindness, compassion, affection, together with other ennobling feelings, firmly established in the mental sphere of our being, and becoming the activating motives of our every action, will gradually transmute all that would otherwise be destructive to ourselves and others.
Man, in the department of his intellectual center and his conscious mental activities, is responsible for the development of the Soul, the Spiritual self dwelling within him. Through normal unfoldment, by means of his reasoning ability, the Soul self will ultimately become a potent center of constructive vibratory forces capable of disintegrating and then raising the slow, heavy, degrading vibratory currents due to unbalanced carnality and materiality.
The Divine in man, and there is a Divinity in almost every man to a lesser or greater degree, may by centralized and intensified to a high degree of force by which to gain the gradual ascendancy over every carnal tendency. It would be incorrect to say "material tendency" because much that is material, unless it is of a destructive or degrading nature, is essential to the development of man's fourfold nature and the "talents" inherent in him.
It is most certainly possible for the Divine nature to transmute the carnal and material into that which is uplifting and to man's advancement. At present, in the lives of most men, the earthly and carnal desire for self-satisfaction, sense indulgence, thirst for power and dominion, high places and glory are actually, though slowly, consuming the Divine; leaving not so much as a shred of it for the attainment of Soul Consciousness and Immortalization - the aim and end of man's incarnation on earth.
It must not for a moment be concluded that the Divine Spark itself is destroyed. At the end of a continually destructive, vicious, malicious, and murderous life, one bereft of all pity, sympathy and compassion, such as has been common over large portions of earth during the past forty years, the Divine Spark, if it originally existed in these fiendish ones, will return to its primary abode, totally divorced from the personality it inhabited. At a later date it will again take up its pilgrimage in a new personality, with the hope of better results; the possibility that it will be cherished instead of abused; and be brought into the Consciousness of its Divine origin.
As part of the Infinite, the Divine Spark, even in the most beastly men, it is indestructible. Nevertheless, having incarnated or imprisonment, much after the fashion of the Godly man being imprisoned or enslaved during life by the most vicious enemy who would do all but destroy him, and at last gaining his freedom by the elimination of those who held him imprisoned.
The development in man of the Divine element as a potential Soulual Light foreshadows the gradual growth of the Soul into an individualized entity; into an individualized Center of the human-Divine Consciousness; the primary reason for the Soul's incarnation into the human form.
If the grosser elements of man's nature are permitted to continually and consistently overshadow and overwhelm this Divine element and keep it buried beneath the rubbish of materiality so that its potentially Divine qualities cannot unfold and manifest, it becomes as a seed sown upon a bed of stones. It lacks the conditions that permit it to germinate; like the grains of wheat found in Pharaoh's tomb, which though lying there for thousands of years, contained within themselves the potentials for germination and reproduction. These wheat germs remained, during all the intervening centuries, in their native, undeveloped state - mere potentialities.
So long as the carnal nature is decidedly in ascendancy, the essentials of Divinity in man constitute little more than a nucleus around and about which an accumulation of carnality has collected and buried it, as under the Biblical tomb. If it is forced to so remain until the transition known as death, the accumulation that held it imprisoned, is rent asunder; symbolized by the great storm during the Nazarene's crucifixion and death. The mortal and evil, the "chaff" of Revelation is thrown back into the great "melting pot" of nature.
The Divine essence, the undeveloped, Unindividualized sleeping"God." is returned to the haven of the All-Father, to rest and then return on another journey; seeking to find the right medium that will help it, the "son of man" BECOME as one of "the Sons of God, knowing good and evil." Such pilgrimages must continue until the Soul has an opportunity to pass through its "second birth," that of the Spirit, which no Soul can avoid if it is to come into God, or Cosmic Consciousness.
In the exact proportion that a man awakens to his capabilities, recognizing the possession of the "talents" hidden WITHIN and develops these "talents" while expressing the Divine nature of his being, will he manifest and portray his Cosmic progenitor, not alone in his Divine nature, but also in the material world of action. He thus becomes an active dual being; functions with equal facility upon both planes in thought, desire, feeling and action, and not by procession alone.
A potent reference to this is found in the first Epistle of John:
"He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in him." ___John 2:4.
For a man to profess to be a Christian, that is, that the Christos is within and has become the Christ, basing such a claim on "faith" alone, without conscientious obedience to the Laws formulated or interpreted by the Master-Teacher, is to openly proclaim himself a liar, blasphemer of the worst kind, heaping another "sin" on the already burdened Soul. Added to this direct and unmistakable statement in John is found the advice:
"He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk even as He walked." ___1 John 2:6.
Empty confession of faith not based on action is damnation. The personification of the Christos by works, is the Law. Obedience to law in thought, desire and action can alone bring about Conscious Individualization; Sonship with the Father.
Love, kindness, compassion, sympathy above all, and sincerity are among the essentials, while the "feelings" in particular are essential for the development of the Divine in man. These are the Souls's emotions confessed to by the multitude, but having no actual existence in the "heart" of the confessants. According to the Nazarene, those who profess, but are not guided in their actions by the Godly emotions, are "Liars and the truth is not in them," not can they know the ecstasy that the actual possession of these tender passions bring to those who do know them.
Constructive thinking, lofty ideals, consistently uplifting desires and constant effort in the right direction create vibrations of power, unity and achievement. This is the key to human achievement; to the awakening, development and manifestation of the hidden "talents." Love, synonymous with the highest Spiritual emotion of which man is capable, must be the incentive in all efforts having in mind all achievement other than the purely material, and even in every day affairs, love is the power that can turn many a failure into success.
The possession of this impersonal love in our activities is to manifest in every endeavor the tenderness, yet firmness that can not be swayed; the tenderness accredited to mothers who love their offspring, and to angels. We never tire of being of service to loved ones in need, even though it be a weakness to become slaves to the whims of those we love. Reason must govern in this as in all other of our activities.
To the degree that the Soul is awakened from its Adamic sleep or dream - the earthly illusions and delusions - man becomes more sincere and compassionate, gradually casting aside all cant, hypocrisy, self-righteousness and pretense. As this takes place man begins to manifest his higher emotional nature by making every effort to further the interests of humaneness, righteousness and justice.
Such a man will avoid becoming a crank, cold, judging almost without feeling, making life generally miserable for those who will not agree with his conclusions and methods of action. The real agent of righteousness is not a self-appointed reformer, but an advocate of the Divine Law, the Righteousness of God, seeking the welfare of all men and being careful to in no way interfere with their God-given free Will. In this it is the Divine Nature, the Christos, that dictates their efforts toward a more desirable life for mankind.
The Christos is the Divine nature in man brought to a degree of awareness and development that will permit its manifestation in a man's life and work. When the Christos manifests in Spirit (feeling) man personifies outwardly the Spirit which, as a result, and through the process of development, has become like a pure white Flame of the Holy Fire in which God Himself always appears to men, as well as upon the Altars in the Holy Temples when the Priests officiating are IN TRUTH MEN OF GOD. That this Christos, this Divine in man, may appear unto man, and manifest through him, he must walk in the manner that the Nazarene walked, taught and lived; he must be obedient to the laws of Love, generosity and forgiveness, and so prepare the way for the Spiritual, the Second birth, the coming of his Savior. This obedience to Divine Law is the highest form of worship, because its birth is grounded in, and maintained by, FEELING.
"God is Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and Truth." ___St. John 4:24.
A correct rendition of this would be: "...must worship Him in feeling and sincerity," with humble, contrite heart and with an honesty that would permit them to gaze into their own eyes while they worship.
True worship is devotional and reverential, by its very nature. It must be linked with sincere desire and constant, unremitting effort toward the development and manifestation of that WITHIN the devotee which he as a personality received from God at birth.
There will then be a glad willingness to perform the works that the Law prescribes or dictates. It is alone through the process of growth and development of the inner self, the Divine Spark by means of thought, desire, and action that true development is made possible.
Sincere worship demands of man a fair and just estimate of his real self; seeing himself as he actually is, and not as he would like others to think him to be. The true worshipper seeks to obey the ancient command: "Man, know thyself." He makes no effort to hide from himself any weakness or undesirable quality that is part of himself. HE WANTS TO KNOW, SO THAT KNOWING, HE MAY CORRECT HIS WEAKNESSES.
When man has the courage, the manhood, the ready-willingness to face HIMSELF, and see himself as he really is, and matches this with a wholesome desire to meet squarely his petty littleness, it will then become possible for him to actually understand himself. This, in turn, brings a unerring knowledge as to the means and the method to be followed in making the necessary and desirable changes, enabling him to become that which he, in his heart, desires to be.
In the process of re-establishing himself, man gradually comes to see himself as he really is, and not as he thought himself to be. He also cultivates the ability to classify motives and desires and determines his greatest need in the work he has set out to accomplish. If there is that in his nature which demands "an eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth," he will not hesitate to take whatever steps are necessary to uproot this tendency because he will also have recognized that the undesirable will be replaced with something much better and more to his benefit.
The feeling of consciousness of humaneness and compassion must be born neither of weakness not fearfulness, but from an inherent desire to be inspired and guided by such a feeling
This feeling may lead to weakness unless there is born with it a sense of justice; the companion of righteousness and humaneness. To illustrate: One who sincerely sought to follow in the footsteps of the Nazarene and the Law, engaged in the transaction of a deal in real estate in which he was the buyer. The seller succeeded in defrauding him of a considerable amount of money. Recognizing the commands of the Law of justice, this man took active steps to recover the money wrongfully taken from him, without a thought of malice or resentfulness.
The seller being a life-long neighbor and friend, he continued this friendly relationship as though no wrong had been committed. Feeling this lack of resentment and well-earned disgust on the part of the one who had always been a friend, the seller became so imbued with a feeling of self-guilt that he gladly returned the money he had unjustly taken.
If an act of injustice is done us, it is our duty under the Law to do everything in our power to see that the wrong is corrected, but it must be without any thought or feeling of resentment, malice, "getting even," or other ill-feelings; nor should we become suspicious of others because on person proved to be dishonest. The wrong righted, we should forgive and forget, but it should be as a lesson to us to be on our guard and to always investigate before entering into any business or legal transaction. Not to do so is to be partially guilty, if a wrong is committed.
The desire of a forgiving nature, a heart of sincerity and
humility, for a clear vision of the Law applicable to our
particular need in any given crisis, for guidance and inspiration
in our daily tasks, should be two-fold.
First, that the inner self, the Christos, the soul, become awakened and active. Secondly, that the channels into which we should direct the Christic potentials become clearly defined and readily understood.
A decided and well-defined hunger of the Soul is the evidence of an inner growth, a healthful activity, AND THE ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH HUNGER BEING ULTIMATELY SATISFIED. The Divine longing was not implanted in man's nature merely to taunt and torture him, but as a prophecy that its realization would be assured as a result of obedience.
The Divine in man makes of him a miniature would, a Microcosm, capable of evolving toward an ultimate goal. Moreover, as the Sun is the life and the soul of the great universe, the Macrocosm, so may the Soul become the sun (Light) of man's little universe; it being written: "And now the sons (the offspring of little worlds) of men, have become as the Sons of God." To manifest the ideal in character and the idea of the Divine-human as the aspirant's right by Divine inheritance. Man ultimately attains that which he truly and consistently WILLS to become, provided he works unceasingly toward the accomplishment of his desires.
The new interpretation, the Manistic version of the Law is readily stated in a few words:
Now I think. By constructive desire, my action harmonizing with the Creative Law, I BECOME.
Thought is neither more nor less than the AWAKENER. Desire is the logical sequence to thought. Keenness of desire is the incentive to action. Action is the creator, the producer, that which brings into manifestation.
It follows that desire which BECOMES WILL, based on, and guided by wisdom, is the highest expression of the Divine in man. In proportion as man cultivates the Divine within and frees it from the carnal, not necessarily the human, he advances toward Christhood.
This is attainable only as the Christos is awakened and "brought forth" from its tomb that it may have all of life. This is what is meant by "being made manifest, man manifesting the Christ," as portrayed in the life of the Nazarene, who by willing obedience to the Law, manifested the Father.
Man attains to his highest ideal and develops his Divine nature by coming into harmony with the vibratory forces of the Spirit ... love, kindliness, compassion and the other feelings which, in themselves, are Godly, hence Divine.
Of these, there are myriads - as many and as varied as there are human emotions. To desire the true virtues - not those of negative goody-goodness - to develop the graces of heart, kindness and tenderness, to persist in the recognition of the Divine Law as the only REALITY ... this attitude of mind, plus a practicalness in mundane affairs, attracts to man spiritual resources from Nature's great ocean of vibratory forces and potencies, harmonizing with the inward desires and proportion to such a man's requirements and best interests.
It is essential to begin the Spiritual life by taking the
self firmly in hand, with a firm resolution to do our best toward
overcoming prejudice and limited self-opinion, placing ourselves
under the discipline of the Divine Law. Awakening of the
Divine within will be brought about as a result of inner
feeling and the spirit of willingness to obey the Law. Obedience
to the urge of the Divine nature within will ultimately lead to
the awakening of the Christos, the personification of the
Christ; the individualization of the personality; the transmutation
of the son of man into the Son of God.
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