Chapter 1

MAN AND HIS ATMOSPHERE

It was a bright sunny day in San Francisco and I was strolling down Market Street. Not having lived in San Francisco very long, I met no one that I know, but it is a friendly city so I enjoyed the sunshine. The streets were not crowded, so when I passed people I did not have to scuffle and slide by those I passed.

Unconsciously I cam up close behind a lady, close to her, within several feet, when she turned suddenly and looked directly at me. I had made no sound walking, as I had on rubber soled-shoes; and there were the other sounds around me, the shuffling and clicking of heels, which were all so natural and would not attract anyone’s attention on a busy street.

I walked on down the street wondering at the directness of the look, and tried to remem-ber if I had seen this lady before. No, I was sure I had not. I also remembered having had this happen before. Surely this has happened to you many times -- maybe you have not questioned it.

This incident of mine on Market Street is a perfect example of the unconscious transfer of the vibration of one person’s atmosphere into another person’s atmosphere, when the two atmospheres intermesh or come in contact with one another.

The foreign vibration of one transferring or being felt by the other tells the person there is a stranger around. How does it do it? Well, it acts just like having an infra-red lamp turned on your back or any other place where you did not see the source of the light, but felt it. This is done through the electro-magnetic field of one person being picked up by the other.

Let us take another example of this function of the atmosphere. Have you ever inter-viewed people for jobs or work where they will be going to play a certain part in a com-pany, or church, in which you are working?

A man stands before me; we have never met before. I personally know nothing of the fel-low as to his background or history. He came to me for a job -- this is our first interview. I am at my desk. He is standing just in front of it, until he sits down there. Somehow though, there is a personal feeling, an attraction which seems to be stirring inside of me. I like this fellow. Why? He is five-foot-eight, about forty, with more or less nondescript facial features. It is true he looks straight at you, but some people have developed this attitude toward people. He does not have a look of high intelligence, but I like to be near him.

We may size up a person, or try to find out "what makes him tick," who may live in the same club or hotel or apartment house. Each person thinks, at least subconsciously. Thinking is a process which produces and causes electrical waves of vibration -- electro-magnetic waves -- to radiate from the brain and physical body. Whether we know it or not, this is a scientific fact. It also is a fact that as we think we build up in space around the physical body a vibratory pattern which we call man’s atmosphere (and it really is).

The description above is the nature of your personal atmosphere which is felt or sensed consciously or unconsciously by those we meet, and with whom we associate. This is why I liked to be near the young man on our first interview.

This is your atmosphere and every day in every way you are forming your atmosphere (and what will be in it) through which people must approach you -- also all the things that you will experience, and by this we mean the people you are going to draw to you. Then there are the things such as money, houses, cars, clothes, etc. And the things that put you in touch with these whether they can be accepted in your body -- that is, aside from their chemical content. Then we have our personal reaction to colors which are entirely our own reaction to them, for each person even sees colors differently. This has been proven in the selection of shades of colors by several people, and then calibrating their selection on a machine which has no past to affect its decision.

This atmosphere is also part of your protective mechanism in this atomic age, with the fallout of atom bombs and all of the other changes that are taking place.

This atmosphere is formed from your thinking, reactions to things that happen in this life of yours and its events, as well as those things you bring over from the last lifetime. There is also a certain amount of the pre-natal period experience which goes to make up some of your atmosphere, and which reflects in the soul thinking.

Thinking and action -- the conscious or unconscious acceptance of these and other things such as race, religion, national philosophy, childhood events, environment, etc. Form part of the thinking pattern and acceptance which changes your atmosphere. Let us not forget the real name of that which affects most of our thinking, mass mind, which is the com-posite pattern of what society wants to accept -- also wants us to accept, true or untrue -- as they say, "hook, line and sinker."

These all go to make up your atmosphere, or, as some think of it, your nature; but really it is the atmosphere around your body, as the air we breathe is part of the atmosphere of the earth. A person versed in astrology believes this atmosphere is determined at the hour of birth. Let us say here that the stars impel or make easier to happen, but do not compel, as man has free choice.

In short, a tide of circumstances first met you, through incidents of many lives. And thus entering this life cycle, you have a certain amount of things which go to setting up certain potential reactions -- a part of a predetermined pattern of know causes and action which also necessitates some thinking in the general understanding of life and what you are re-lating to, such as money, work, morals, etc., in whatever vein of thought or action your karma lies, in order for these things to be possible to appear in your life.

Jesus asked the people to "Repent and forsake their sins." The base word of repent, if you will stop and think -- the word pent means "stored or confined within a certain bound-ary". The prefix "re" means to reverse the action or in this case, to release. Thus to "Re-pent and forsake their sins" is to release and leave behind their errors and not to continue to carry them along through life. Some people will tell you, "It is a pretty heavy load I carry," and so they struggle on in their martyr pose. For you are a recipient of the present-day martyr complex if you do this.

This is not predestination, but depends on the action which is within your power to change and control. It is within the power of every person to do the right, wrong, or nega-tive thing. All of these go into making up your atmosphere through which filter all sound, thought and reactions, through which the power of God manifests in your life. It deter-mines what shall come into your life, as the God Force will be patterned in accord with the contents of your atmosphere and your acceptance.

Therefore, every person builds his own atmosphere through his thinking, action, the words he speaks or thinks, and previous action. This is what is generally thought of as his individuality, but is a lot more potent and serious in its far-reaching effect. It is your at-mosphere -- your personal universe.

If this were the only truth connected with the subject, it would be of little concern or in-terest now to continue along with this line of study. With a correct understanding of the Universal function of the teachings of Jesus, and many of the other Great Masters, one may change his or her entire life.

Let us go further with our idea of education in terms of specialization as they do in col-leges today -- to discipline memory, and train minds to follow one specific groove or line of science. It is true some certain subjects, such as a language, mathematics and history are taken by all. But are our students taught to think? Then because the student being turned out is so highly specialized in certain subjects and because our technology has reached out into visual space, we are apt to deceive ourselves in thinking and learning of twenty years ago, and that this method should give us a brighter future for our nation as a people. But was this training for the good of all, or was it for the benefit of a few, special privileged persons?

The real good of a man to himself and the good of the community and his country is what his atmosphere along with the others’ atmospheres will create as a nation, as a world. What comes through the masses of independent atmospheres thus becomes the mass mind which controls the thinking and has control of the masses and what they accept; also the acceptance of a thing such as the laws we ask our law-makers to pass, to control our movements, our associations with others, as to being right or wrong.

Then there are the unwritten laws of our societies in different countries. These laws are really not legal but they are the ones which say you send a card of thanks to your hostess after spending a pleasant evening in her home; also the many other business ethics which are generally observed they are accepted by the masses and therefore become part of the mass mind. But because these are accepted does not mean that they are right or wrong according to the Great Creator’s Law and Order of the Universe. Then this pattern of forces becomes the ever-impounding influence on the sub-conscious mind, whether you know it or not. This is what people must free themselves of in order to freely work with the Law and gain the God Consciousness.

It is very much like putting oneself in a huge sphere made of a transparent plastic -- the plastic being of paper thickness, which has been treated in a way to allow just certain light rays to pass through. This would be similar to the use of a filter on your camera. When a person wishes to take a picture on a bright day, or if he is interested in bringing out certain details in a picture, he uses a certain type of filter. In other words, only certain waves of light can pass through because of the filter, thus certain things in the picture will be stronger and others weaker. The filter is your atmosphere.

The question then, is, "What kind of atmosphere has the college built in the student’s per-sonal atmosphere?" The college itself certainly has its own atmosphere in which the stu-dent remains for four years; and the teachers and teaching body have their atmosphere -- the pattern which has been set for teaching and the repetition of the teaching material -- these all go to build a distinct pattern. All of these have decided effect on the atmosphere.

Also, the nature of the atmosphere is determined by the response to pattern of itself and its motivation. In other words, this atmosphere will determine what a student will be able to conceive when he is ready to go to work -- conceiving the fundamental ideas for his company or employer for which he is being presumably hired as an Engineer, a Scientist, a Designer, or a Salesman.

The question in my mind is: If the student leaves college taking with him his new atmos-phere, is he going to hold out any and all theories which were not commonly accepted by his college in the books which formed the course of study to which his atmosphere is now attuned at this time? Will he hold out new ideas not taught in the text he has studied? Is he not simply adrift on a sea of non-correlative and unscientific thought? By unscientific thought we mean contrary to the Laws of Nature of God, for after all, are we not func-tioning in the Mind of God and is not this Universe a manifestation of the Great Creative Mind of this Solar System?

Therefore, anything that does not take into consideration the Great Creative Force of the Universe -- can it have a positive functional lasting good? Anything that is not working positively for the evolving creation of God -- how can it live and last in the mind of God as a living science?

Now don’t look around and say that all this murder and evil, or negative action, has lasted for thousands of years. Remember that this time element is only a man-made point of consciousness.

Is there a safe anchorage to be found for this new worker? Does he have the tools to cope with this unspecialized world or God in which he must live and create? Let us see if he can start out and use what he has attained in school or must he re-adjust himself to the unknowns of the research group and what we call experience?

This atmosphere of his -- the atmosphere of all of us, whether we go to college or to no school at all -- is of the greatest importance. It is a mighty reality and through its vibra-tions must come the things that you are to receive. Though it is not understood by most people now, in this new age it will be taught as a fundamental part of the mental science. Undoubtedly it will be taught in more scientific terms, but he will have solved the prob-lem of living. Its existence is as real as the noonday sun. We feel it every time we mingle with people. It sometimes attracts people good or bad -- sometimes it repels. Sometimes its reactions are felt stronger than other times. It is the medium of two lovers. If you want a man in your life, put one there -- the one that would be right for you or the one that you want; but you cannot accept a mate and reject this mate at the same time, as some have tried to do. Just as long as he is not already spoken for, he will come to you. He will also stay if you are capable of measuring up to this man of your dreams. This holds true with anything -- be sure you are adequate to be with, use or afford whatever the item may be.

When recognizing an unfavorable atmosphere surrounding a friend or associate, we at-tempt to change it. As a rule the results of such an attempt have been a failure; also the cause of much bad blood between people. In the first place it is not the other’s atmos-phere that needs changing, but ours. Even though we recognize ours should be changed we usually declare, "Well, this is just me so I guess it will remain that way."

This subject has a far-reaching charm that reaches into the Holy of Holies of each and every person, for secretly 90% of the people alive have experienced one or another of these reactions, the sensing of the other fellow’s atmosphere, or a psychic manifestation of some sort.

You are not crazy because you function the way God made you. Let a person declare he is ill and he is sure to have what he wants. Let one declare repeatedly and openly, as he has, has inability to control his own atmosphere, and his whole existence evidences proof of his effort to do that very thing.

Does not the very fact that you entertain this thought lead you to ask the question, "Why should I want to even think about changing my atmosphere?" If you have not been suc-cessful in controlling this atmosphere of yours perhaps there is a deeper motivation, a deeper desire.

Again, some people have succeeded in their work of changing their atmosphere. Do we not all know people whose atmosphere has been wholly changed -- so much so that we were surprised, feeling almost they were not our former friend but some former reincar-nation of theirs? How they accomplished this has been explained in many ways. We lis-ten to the many versions but somehow the stories do not bring conviction; perhaps we are pretty well informed in the general knowledge of life. Where is the trouble?

Is all knowledge institutional? Is it that the logic of intellect ever refuses to light the way, or shed light from the source -- The Master Within? If so, we must recognize a higher guide than intellect to find the truth. Are you afraid of God? In order that we will not be confused, let us start out from this moment forward with a basic infallible Law that will lift the clouds and stop the wavering from one side of the road to the other, regardless as to whether we are Protestant, Catholic, Jew or Mohammedan. Here it is:

Man controls his own atmosphere, absolutely and without exception.

To prove this we leave the logic of school behind, at least insofar as logic being only ap-plicable to the seen world. We must look within. We enter the throbbing silence of the intuitional with a conscious knowledge of the life-pulse all through us. One cannot refuse to do so, because the statement of our proposition makes it self-evident that Man cannot refer to the man as seen in your mirror, or the flesh alone. What you will see will be an outcropping of the cause of what and how you built your atmosphere.

Don’t forget, you can only see what can come through the filter of your atmosphere. This inner being is the impersonality of one’s own being; it is his unseeable -- it is the ego and should made manifest; it is eternal.

Man Controls Through His Choice

This means the true balance with the will made manifest. Thus the true Ego and Will have a way of their own on what the mind accepts, and the Great Creator or Creative Power of the Universe brings into material being, into your See (Visible) World - God made manifest!

Knowledge of power must precede the ability to use the power intelligently. These state-ments being true, this raises a question: How little does our conscious self know of the real Self within? This is a matter of the expanding consciousness of man, but we cannot discuss it here, for the purpose of this book is to lead the student to know his Power -- not to marvel why he has not known it before -- which he will.

It is true that many have learned of a seeming other God self to which they could appeal. They did not know the open scientific way to the reservoir of wisdom within; they guessed, and happily, guessed well sometimes.

In these days of power, atomic and other forms of natural power, the return of the Christ Consciousness, the new world, the appeal for facts and the need of true balance, the stu-dent demands demonstration. It is right that he does. It is well to make note here that the person might even have knowledge of his power and not exercise it. Knowledge of it may give courage and yet all this does not get the work done.

You may know you can learn German because of your acquaintance and discipline in languages, other than the first one acquired at your mother’s knee, but such knowledge alone without practice and technique of speech does not give a mastery of even the sim-plest phrase of German. Reason: from past experience in study of language you know what the results will be with faithful work and practice on your part, under the direction of a master teacher in that tongue.

All that reasoning is simple in learning a language. Now how far does it help us in the demonstration attempt? If we can control nothing without the knowledge of the power to be controlled, then this knowledge must precede the use of the power.

From where and whom shall such knowledge be gained? We turn to the Masters of the East and read the marvels done by them and still being done, and yet the story of their unfoldment is hard to reveal to the Western mind.

We look about us, hear of some shining examples of Mastery of self -- also of victory won in attaining consciousness by men who could only see to read the bright lights of the advertising. With this hope above the limitless path of "I can," these men have attained their goals. They have touched that one thing which is Humility; a state of humility that gave them the use of their power -- this power working through them. This is every man and woman.

But this is not a scientific approach and puts one in a state of confusion with indefinite ways to proceed to use of power. It is more a sense of blind faith; nevertheless they won, and this is not to be discounted.

The mind of this modern age of youth is looking for examples of these things which peo-ple cannot see or hear with their eyes and ears, to bridge the time/space gap in mind -- to take the work out of living. Is this going to be another time in history when youth shall lead the way as it did in the past?

If ever you were in a railroad accident where you suffered severe shock, have you not noticed that for weeks and months afterwards, upon picking up the paper, any newspaper, your eyes would quickly fall upon any item in it relating to or referring to a railroad hap-pening or event -- perhaps a disaster. It seemed to you that such occurrences were in-creasing because you were always reading of them. Today we know your eye was di-rected to the paragraph by the action of the subconscious mind, from a motive in the na-ture of a warning.

The shock you had received previously made you absolutely still a moment. At that in-stant the subconscious mind became charged with one thought of enlightening you re-garding railroads, whenever it might be on the subject; hence the seeming unconscious action.

The above is good material to build a fear complex into your atmosphere which would limit your freedom. Here too, in knowing of your power through your word, this can be erased.

Here is a demonstration of the fact that in knowing the power accessible throughout words and thought, we must keep all things out of the mind which we do not want to ma-terialize, and be still while the subconscious receives the thoughts or patterns of what we desire. This is going to set up a vibration which will filter out any opposite action from being drawn into our life through our atmosphere.

Here then we find a condition, a state of mind and vibration building into our atmosphere, which has been created by us and nay event. To overcome this vibration in our atmos-phere one has only to charge the subconscious mind with thoughts of security and peace.

This may be accomplished in different ways but all use the same basic principle. One of the simplest may be to sit alone 10 minutes a day and hold the thought "I am under com-plete protection and I am always in perfect harmony with the Universe." Soon the sitter will find that the stories in the newspapers will no longer bring themselves to the atten-tion of himself or God. In the above case, the action which produced the condition was involuntary. The action to change the condition is voluntary and scientific; sometimes called by the religionist treatment, and rightfully so, for you are giving a new vibration to your atmosphere. Look over your list of friends for a moment and select one whom you have know for years who never gives a complete and frank endorsement of another per-son. Though he may appear to have marked tact with the praise of the other fellow, he invariably insists on qualifying phrases by way of criticism. Gradually you observed you could not come into his atmosphere without being treated to a budget of criticism of oth-ers.

The others might be friends, or might be public characters more or less well known. Your friend has learned to pride himself on his wonderful ability to discern faults quickly in those whom he meets.

Soon all his friends know what to expect when they come into his atmosphere.

They too find that within it they are likely to supplement him on the same lines; they too become fault finders. The effect of this on the one who created the atmosphere about himself is to intensify his bitterness, until even they who once listened willingly now withdraw from an atmosphere that has become too oppressive for them to breathe. No one would think it fair to lay this condition to the stars or to environment.

This fault finding is the surest way I know of creating headaches of all kinds and a lack of life force, because the person is rejecting another part of God when he rejects his brother Man.

Many of you will be able to recall a boy who in his early childhood experienced poverty and who, in boyhood, experienced a firm desire to go to college. If a little later that desire became a declared resolve, soon all avenues would open up to fulfill that desire. That de-sire and resolve created an atmosphere which attracted the force necessary to draw to him the things needed to attain the purpose of the young lad.

Many of these young men will tell us that as long as they were consistent and were taking every opportunity and never lost sight of their goal, help came unsought to get them on their way.

With a little reflection, illustrations will present themselves by the score as the causes that may produce this or that atmosphere. This is in accordance with our statement "Man con-trols his own atmosphere absolutely and without exception."

The foregoing now shows that your atmosphere is a product of your thought that makes it what it is, and thought work alone can change it. Although it be true that conditions are started as we have seen -- sometimes without any apparent "willing them to be," let us not forget, whether it be the acts and thought of this life span or the last life, or the things that we have stored up in mind before, you are still in command of the direction of the Creative Power of the Father within.

Remember what Emerson said: "Will is always miraculous, being the presence of God to men. When it appears in man he is a hero and all metaphysics are at fault. Heaven is the exercise of the faculties, the added sense of power."

The atmosphere that marks the strong individuality is universally ceded to be the product of the invisible emanation of thought centered on ideas.

Our proposition as to control of power now reduces itself to this: if we ourselves are mas-ter of our apparatus, we know we can control our thoughts and thus dictate the type of atmosphere we are going to maintain in our life -- meaning both the material and spiritual living and development we acquire.

Thus we see that our atmosphere is not a mythical principle but a space and time contin-uum around us, into which we pour the thinking and speech of our living, thus building up a live dynamic force field which is constantly changing as we might change our think-ing patterns, and it will or will not permit certain things to come into our lives which we desire or do not desire, according to the thing we have set in our atmosphere.

Chapter 2

Call to Duty

From the top of a mountain high

A Shaft of light I saw

Sweeping down to me through crags and draws

For as that shaft drew near

The voice of the ages loud and clear

So strong and yet, as tender as a mother’s kiss

It told me this

It was the call, oh, so many ages old

That of which so many mystics have told.

If you accept my strength, you must have no fear

Even when great armies draw near.

You must not fear the airway to tread

Out in view, from far and near

The path is steep with no rail to guide,

But the powers of the Universe are always at your side.

No glory of earth can entice or compare

With the feeling of a free-born Mystic fair,

For he lives not on the narrow streets of clay

For his is the Universal Will to obey.

Man and His Universe

The old axiom "As above, so below," while old and used in many ways, is still - and al-ways will hold -- true as to the relationship of this Universe to all of its subsequent parts therein, both live and living matter and also the mineral world.

The illustration will help you to conceive the relative form and the universal pattern of a universal atom. The atom is not only scientifically accepted as correct as to its being one of the basic units of matter, but also in its action in relation to other atoms, its likeness to the Universe and the movement of worlds in our solar system. These are atoms in the So-lar Molecule. Man also is an atom in the social order expressing God.

Around the earth is the earth’s atmosphere and its electrical shell. This atmosphere of earth is the one that holds our air and all the other things that we need to sustain life, so that there it is, when we draw in our breath the giver of life in all its glory, In fact, it is not very well understood as yet by the scientist, although the sages of long ago know it pretty well and used it in healing for many things. The very thing we are talking about is not well understood, that is, man’s atmosphere and its use and the way of the control of the things is his life. A real understanding of his own atmosphere is necessary; it is so completely and scientifically a duplicate of the solar system and also the atmosphere of the earth.

The earth’s atmosphere is also controlled by man - Man in Mass. The hundreds of mil-lions of men by their thinking produce such a powerful wave of electrical vibration, and it fills the earth’s atmosphere -- which is the mass mind of earth. Thus is the filtering sys-tem built up, so that only part of the sun and its rays can enter and reach the earth. As you can see, it will only allow that which the filter will let pass through to reach the earth. That which comes through will be the energy that the people can use and need, as they are advanced to the point of understanding in its use.

It is well here to relate man and his atmosphere to his internal world or system, the sys-tem of the physical body. This is done for the purpose of again saying as above, so below what he calls the organic system of the body is also controlled by his thinking. Also the feeding of the cell structure of his physical body -- this is fed from his electrical structure, which is the accurate and descriptive name of what some philosophers call by several names: vital body, psychic body, spiritual body, etc. They have a right to call it what they desire.

We have no latitude in which to take privileges. We must stick to the relative scientific name which is related to its functions. It is a force matrix which holds the chemical com-position of the physical body together and also holds it in a certain form regardless of the supposed aging of the person, or aging process. The electrical structure never changes after the age of maturity. This understanding of the basic body of man is a thought which is and has been scientifically proven if you look for the proof. But like most things, if you do not want to see the proof you won’t find it; or if you are determined to disprove it you may come close, but none can force you to accept what you do not want to see.

The understanding of the electrical body of man is likened to when a man wants to under-stand his relation to God. If he says no, then that is it; but if he follows his inner under-standing, then he will so be convinced of his Creator’s existence. Remember we said man can create what he wants in his life. This is true, try it out. Just toy with the words and say, "Oh that, so many have come before me, why did they not see it too?" Well, there was a Graham Bell, who invented the telephone.

Let us return here to the chemical cells, as they are fed from the electrical structure, and the nature of their function is determined through the energy fed into the cell through the nucleus of the cell. This sets up an attractive pattern so that it will attract the then-needed energies from the blood, which circulates through the blood to rebuild worn out cells and thus rebuild tissue which has been torn down in work, in play, and in thinking.

The atmosphere that man builds is and does act as a screen for the energy from the sun (son). The electromagnetic fields of the earth are also screened through it. Is this not a wondrous Universe -- this body and its own electro-magnetic fields? When we look at the simplicity of the laws that control it, there are at least a dozen or two of these, that man clouds his mind with, which are just surplus baggage. In other words, science has certain laws regarding matter but these are for mechanical tests. Actually the basic Universal laws and principles that men use daily are very, very few and these are the only ones with which we are concerned. Now these same few are not in opposition to the scientific for-mulas, but these laws are simple and allow us to understand man’s personal control of the matter in his universe, and what is going to come into it by the use of Mental control or the product of producing certain energy patterns, which are a part of your thinking or else you could not have produced them in the physical world whether you are using chemistry or electro-physics.

Actually all we are saying is that there is a Universal form in this solar system and it is actually the cell, world, or solar system, etc.

It may be there is a greater God of many Solar Systems but in this, my world, it is not important. Now I am concerned with my personal Universe and this Solar System.

I believe that as a man of God I should be interested in learning all that I can about our own body both physically and spiritually, and how to take care of it, for it is a creation and gift of the Father so that we may express His perfect creation here on earth.

These bodies and the control of them as well as the maintaining of a healthy active life, are a part of Self Mastery and the becoming of a Master.

Chapter 3

The Great One

GROWTH

Growth is a word with a wide horizon, a distinct Universal Principle. Broadly we are peaking of mental, spiritual and physical growth.

Growth, as we are referring to it, is an encompassing thing. We are sure you realize that a person cannot grow or expand his mental horizon without gaining a greater spiritual con-cept. Also, he is bound to have a finer physical development as mind functions easier, and spiritual attainment is not as hard to realize if it is done in an orderly and balanced process.

This is the first step in the movement of man’s development into a spiritual Conscious-ness, which is necessary for him to conceive that there is more to life in this great God Creation than his physical eyes do see.

He slowly learns through self-discipline of his thinking process that he opens the door to the greater and more expansive realms of reality of the world of God. For his conscious-ness is the spiritual microscope or, should I say, spiritual macro-scope which lets him see the workings of the greater reality just as the scientist uses the microscope to study the infinite atomic worlds within God’s substance.

One may by force of will discipline the thought pattern in regard to the Universal Laws, thus acquiring a fine appreciation of the exactness of mathematical law and any of the social graces. Work in school is good mental gymnastics, if conducted properly with the right premise, and can be the preparation work for higher and finer perception, for true spiritual growth.

One must know where to place the concepts and what one is to hold, also what concepts to disregard -- where to place the importance -- or they only becloud the intellect; so in attempting the unfoldment of a person on the path in search for truth, a person must be very careful what premise he starts with.

To understand the law and real function of growth, one must remember that the brain is a part --a chemical part which reflects the God Mind. The Great Mind is reached through intuitive perception, though the term is often used vaguely. In this book it will only be used in its essential sense -- as the highest element of the physical Body which reflects the all-existing Universal Mind and acts as a filtering station, directing the impulses of the Great Mind or even the mass mind through the motor system of the body. Even the automatic motor reflexes are reflected through it.

The brain is like a giant glass prism. As the light passes through the prism it is broken up into the various colors and associated with them. Like this, the thought impulses from the Mind and those from the Universal Pattern of the system and method of Body function pass through it and are sent out over the proper nerve system to get the proper function of the physical body. Thus we grow in perfection of function and action in accord with the perfect Universal pattern.

The smoother this path of mental and physical reflexes works, the less disturbance we have from the physical body; also, the more clear will be the psychic or intuitive impres-sions that come through to us because there is less resistance and less body conscious-ness, therefore more consciousness on the higher levels of God consciousness.

True growth of Mind referred to is not brought about by storing up historical facts. The question arises here, Do we learn any one fact or a dozen facts or do we, in our process and studying, just bring forward to conscious mind the existing facts? Perhaps we should say the informative material only causes us to remember that which is and does already exist in the Universal Mind, thus releasing the fetters or idea of limitation which the mass mind has placed on our thinking. This is the uncovering and bringing to light knowledge already possessed. For ages this has been the problem of the Yogi and many others. If one has a true concept of man and the Creative Force and the unity that binds and holds all these together as one, his next step is to bring himself into the harmonious vibration of that which binds all -- the vibrations which bind atoms in wood and steel, and all these different materials together.

What do we mean by a harmonious vibration of that which binds all? Many volumes have been written about this subject but let us sum it up this way: Getting into harmony with God manifesting as the vibrating life force which creates the physical magnetic fields -- these are the binders -- so, in order to be in harmony with these natural forces, one must first realize that he is a part of the microcosm as well as the macrocosm.

You must not feel a resentment toward the denser material things which seem to retard your movement and you many not seem to be able to master. You must see it as it really is and the useful purpose it has in the universal scheme. You must feel the closeness of God in this denser form of matter.

This binding action is only made possible through the Unity of Mind with the One Force -- God Power -- in this Universe. All of this power is at the disposal of those who know and use it -- the God Force which works through the chemical laws of attraction and re-pulsion, which produce the biases. In the chemical world it is this force working through the pattern set at the time of World Creation.

In other words, the atmosphere of the atom radiates around it, and vibration in it causes the composition or element formed by the atom, which determine its elastic reaction and determine whether it is fluid or gas.

Assuming the student has fairly grasped the meaning of the oneness with God -- the Great Creative Power in life -- this very simple statement has taken some people the bet-ter part of a lifetime to accomplish, but this is not necessary as there is the key to all Growth; it is a giving over -- a releasing the acceptance of intuitive knowledge and wis-dom which will come through your atmosphere if you "let go and let God!"

Let go and let God -- this is the one expression which after being told to every student who has set himself to know his God and learn the tools he possesses is the simplest and yet the most confusing.

How do we let go? How do we let God? Did you ever come into the house after a strenu-ous day or an extremely active period of an hour or two and throw down the body in a chair? You just dropped it there -- you did not move or fidget, you did not think, you did not take off any of the outer clothing ; you just ceased to act or think, you just enjoyed the natural reaction of "no action"; you were just happy to not do anything. Well, this is let-ting go.

When you really let go consciously you are in a state of not feeling arms, legs, or any other part of the physical body.

Of course when you start to practice this art (and I mean art, for it is a functional part of the everyday life, if you are going to use the tools you possess), when you are going to use scientific prayer, this letting go is a functional part. When you are going to remove the stresses and strains of living from body and mind, here too it is essential. Here is the interesting part, that when you have really let go God will do the rest for the Great Crea-tive Force of the Universe is ever trying to manifest the Great Mind; the Great Mind is ever alert to every pattern that man (its creation) makes. It is the great gift of God -- we are told the Father only wishes to fully fill these patterns man makes.

This is the truth, so if you are lacking certain things in your life scheme then you have not made the pattern for them, or you blocked it with another, or did not think that you would have these things anyway. So you did get what you expected --did you? Yes, I think you did.

Work to realize God everywhere.

The fact is that once you have built up this atmosphere of yours, it is built to receive and let come through that which you desire. If you have knowingly built up a pattern of joy, truth or desire for truth, health and consciousness, knowing that the Creative Power is in all things -- this comes with the feeling that you are not alone and do not face the world alone. This is the beginning of oneness with all that is. You will then begin to express Life, Joy and Happiness regardless of your age, place or money. We have news for you -- you do not face the world at any time; the only world you face is the world of your own being body/soul/mind, and your atmosphere -- which is your responsibility. You should prepare them. This is your world and your responsibility.

By silent prayer this is done -- not the "God give me" kind, but the "I accept this, Father" -- the knowing that you already have the right to all that is a part of the Great Universal Power, and therefore It is a part of your world if you will let it manifest Itself through you.

The first discipline of the person who desires to grow is to make his atmosphere just what he wants it to be -- then and then only are the harmonious vibrations going to form into his atmosphere, to form the life and bring the things he wants. Then it will come from the infinite source of power to him -- but there must be a complete circuit or things will not flow through his atmosphere. Don’t try to help God do this or that -- but let go!

During the Civil War at the Battle of Chancellorsville, the great Confederate General Stonewall Jackson’s atmosphere was broken. I claim, and he, the idol of the Southern Army, whose power over his soldiers had been almost magical and whose fearlessness in battle had carried him safely through a tempest of bullets fell, never to rise again in the material body as a leader of earth forces on the field of battle.

We speak of this demonstration because it brings forth two points: One, we know Stone-wall certainly believed in the cause he was fighting for, but you see we do not have a per-sonal God Who, because our cause may be right, would adjust our thinking so that the bullet would not hit. On the other hand it might be right for the greatest good. This makes no difference. It is a case where Stonewall’s atmosphere had the invincibility pattern which had been set that way all along but then he wavered and the God Force flowing through the doubt pattern he had now accepted on the day of his death did the work.

This is nothing new as it has many times been said, "As you think so are you." Now this is supported by various authoritative doctors, that at least 70% of the illnesses of mankind have psychosomatic origins.

We now accept the premise that our thoughts produce our atmosphere we desire which will bring to us in our Universe what we want -- good, bad or indifferent.

In order to gain wisdom and strength we prepare ourselves to sit in silence each night and morning. At night we go back over the day’s events and judge ourselves -- not with re-morse, but with full knowledge that the events of this day are over -- gone. If we have erred we do not accept the error into our atmosphere but we accept the good as far as our life is concerned, and if we have lied or passed misinformation regarding a brother we resolve (if we do) to give the correct information on the morrow. Then we set in our minds the questions we have, and then wipe our minds clean with a mental dust cloth and stop thinking and be quiet. If some information pops into the conscious mind, we put this down and when we are finished with Meditation, we negate or deny all of the negative things -- the errors, the sins, as the Christian Church would say -- in other words, we cease to give things any life -- then they can no longer exist in this world or any other. This is true of all things in life we do not want around our world -- our personal world. But do not try to govern the personal world of another person unless asked to, and even then not until you have really perfected your atmosphere to a state of greater perfection, if you are a new student in this endeavor, for you can get in trouble and greatly disturb the other fellow.

The art of meditation is not concentration. This is entirely used for a different purpose. We will speak of this later. Before going into meditation we must remember first, we are going to break away from the mass thinking or mass mind so that we have no dogmatic principles to follow.

There is but on Mind and one God, a God that does not wear pants and is a great sentient Force. Therefore It does not care what your religion was in that It did not originate any of the things you call Church. Some of the works of the Great Ones have been left out of the Christian Bible and that is why it is necessary to have no barriers or superstitions. There is no personal God sitting in a material heaven on a material throne welcoming good im-material souls to this material heaven and with equal justice sending immaterial souls to a material hell full 9f fire, fear and hatred. My, what a lot of friends I am going to have there.

Growth is impossible with such concepts of being. For the proof of the Truth, science and an understanding of the continuity of life exists, and the proof of life on other planets ex-ists, for many who pass through transition from here go to other worlds to live and grow amongst a higher race of development. The idea of hell and old heaven is being buried by the truth in science of scientific facts -- in an unmarked grave where it will never be un-earthed by the fear mongers.

Emerson says: "I am the oldest Religion. Leaving aside the question: Which was prior, egg or bird? I believe the mind is the creator of the world and is ever creating; that at last Matter is ‘’dead’ mind; that mind makes the senses it perceives with; that the genius of man is a continuation of the power that made him and is creating through him."

Assuming then that you have awakened or have never been enthralled in that nightmare of ignorance, and that God or Being means to you above all Intelligence: that within this Intelligence is substance -- the Creative force of the Universe made manifest -- and that you are one with that Creative Force; and that you are an atom in the composition of this Universe. You must understand why it is your right and necessary privilege to come into harmonious vibration with all the other atoms which are affected. The absolute Creative Force of this Universe is flowing -- you to it and it to you. God gave Man dominion over all the earth. "You are on the Earth." You are Man.

Don’t you see - you are seeking only what Creative Intelligence gave you. Your possibili-ties are limitless. The only price demanded is tireless effort of knowing. You are asking how to know - how to take the Almighty’s free gift to yourself.

Let us not forget that all we ask is -- let us lead you to the treasure of Universal Mind, so you may make it all your own, as it is already yours in the first place. The Universal Mind is also your storehouse of Knowledge, as well as the source of the things you seek. Through it you get your needs supplied. All needs are different but they come from the same storehouse through the same channel which bring ours to us. "The Way is a straight and narrow one" but brings freedom; yet being narrow, it has limitless width and bound-less dimension.

If you are to surmount self -- know your birthright -- your oneness with God. Your way to limitless supply is through a proper vibratory pattern, established in your atmosphere through a control of thinking, and secured by the knowledge of the Law. This will attract the people and things you have accepted. You might say the Way of Faith was laid open -- in other world, the width and breadth of the Knowledge you have attained. You know God or Creative Power will bring what you have accepted and that your atmosphere will make it possible for it to come through to you.

Spinoza said he affirmed that when man is self-conscious, that is, when he is aware of his own existence, then God realizes Himself, "For he that glorified My Creation knowing first that I created it, to him shall the secret of the Universe be revealed."

If you are one with all creative force, all power is yours. Hold the truth -- assert it and forever banish every devil (evil) from your consciousness, and your atmosphere will al-low only that to come to you which you have accepted.

"This mighty (I am) Impersonality" we cannot define, but yet this infinite force we can appropriate. Hardly have we started to perfect our atmosphere by meditation, right think-ing and scientific prayer than the true vibrations begin. We cannot force the pattern, what we want to be filled, but the truth of law and order and harmony flows through us; for by knowing, they will produce it for us.

Let me say here -- Peace and Harmony are the outgrowth of the discipline of mind and lots of work. The use of the Law and the much talked-of Peace and Harmony (which cannot be studied) will become a reality in your life when your atmosphere is cleared. Oh, how true the world,

"For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

Chapter 4

THE LAW OF PSYCHIC UNFOLDMENT

The progress made in teaching in the last fifty years is a worthwhile accomplishment in human endeavor. The pupil no longer tries to follow the long and tedious task of learning verbatim the thousands of books in history, civics, etc., but he is learning to associate needed facts with other correlated material. He is being prepared to associate with other people, maintaining better relations or at least a more tolerant mental attitude about their views than he would have had fifteen years ago upon leaving college.

The question of what is the process of study or learning is that each person is an individ-ual and has his own profound understanding of how he can absorb the new knowledge, if he does really absorb anything at all and if anyone really understands what the learning process is, in this wonderful Mind of ours, or is it my personal mind? Perhaps it is ours; perhaps it is your mind and my mind and the Father’s together. The subject of learning is deep and profound and it leaves room for erroneous moves -- because you, your neighbors, the community and the country are going to live with the result of your acts and mistakes.

Some might say it is a modern trend of things in general, but when one stops to think about learning it might be the methods have been changed -- which are methods of com-munication -- of the students, but really have the natural processes changed? Does man and his thinking function basically differ from that of fifteen years ago? Does man’s psy-chic part of the brain have a new and modern process, or is it the same as that of the Mas-ter Jesus when he was here? Did he have a better mind than you have, or was there some-thing he did that we have not been taught to do? How was it that a twelve years of age, he knew things he had not been taught by anyone? He played as a child at games only, but with adult thinking. Perhaps there is something the dogmatist did not want us to learn - why?

We will speak of this later, but the prime function of association of objects and things is the same basic principle there as it was in primitive man -- although we have in this age, with an awakened psychic consciousness, a more evident function of this facility and thus do not rely on memory and just the things we have read or studied, whether we are con-scious of it or not. These correlative methods of obtaining knowledge are most closely related to the true form of our nature and mean that which will function in accord with the Law of the vehicle we are now using -- this body and brain.

Varied and diverse reasons may be assigned to the basic cause for this improvement. In part it may be attributed to better facilities and better teaching material; better equipment is being used, also teaching is now no longer a "sissy" job but is respected socially, if not financially. The teacher is certainly not going to get rich on his present day income but as a whole we believe it is followed by those who love to teach and love people.

Let us say here that a student cannot go through school, even now, without working for it. There are many things which one could attribute to the consciousness necessary to have adequate communication between the teacher and student, for there must be a distinct consciousness on a certain level of exchange between these two in order that there be a good communication on the academic level of the projected material of any subject.

Taking all of these into consideration, we personally believe that back of all is a function and law of psychic force, and that other body which science has not fully accepted -- the Psychic Body of Man -- needs a great deal of study and observation on the part of our scientist, in all branches of science which may be related to the species of man. Although the ancients have for thousands of years accepted and taught its function with regard to health and the acquiring of knowledge through its function, modern man knows little of this, the same as he knows little of God or why he is here.

Let us see if we can discover it, this Law of control. At the commencement of the semes-ter in school in autumn, the good student will observe that it usually takes him some time, maybe ten days or so, before he prepares any lessons to his complete satisfaction. In fact, they seem anything but a part of himself -- they are foreign to his whole personality -- there is not the least blending between him and them. Even though he may make a good record in class, he knows he has been repeating information he has gathered -- not pre-senting knowledge which he has made a part of himself. In a short time the blending be-gins -- lessons are more easily mastered and he has entered into friendly relationships with his foreign surroundings and acquaintances. Would you say this is a natural result of careful study, and that is all? If a natural result, there must be a cause -- a Law. Within that law there may be volumes that ought to be lodged in our consciousness to make it an automatic part of ourselves.

Right here another fact is to be noted, that is, that orderly students have fixed hours each day in which to prepare each lesson. This is not a thing for study alone, but also for prayer which has been done for many ages past by many great sages. If we were to ask this or that one why he selected one hour for study as against some other hour, he proba-bly would say he did not know the reason -- he would say he began the term that way and kept it up. Each student would feel that the plan he is following is best for him and this is undoubtedly so.

We talk too much about unconscious mental action. Even some of our writers do not seem to recognize that subconscious mental action is anything but unconscious action. It brings to us the highest intuitive knowledge. To distinguish between conscious and sub-conscious thought is to take a long step toward the attainment of the wisdom of the an-cients. The student, in selecting the hour for the preparation of his lessons, is usually di-rected by subconscious thought action. He always is, when he finds that hour especially congenial for the particular work assigned him. The psychic Law, we are trying to tell you embraces within itself both time and method, which in reality is form (meaning shape or pattern).

The pattern or shape is the procedure and idea, of how the student accepts that he is able to study, how the studying will be most easily done to relate the subject to him or her, for they are people of a distinct experience which no one else has ever had or ever will have, for they would have to become him or her. Therefore, his or hers are unusual experiences and they are unusual people, in that they are this particular reflection of the Great Crea-tive Force now reflecting Itself in matter at this time, in this particular way. It is God re-flecting Himself in their experience.

In some cases the selection of the hour or time for work on any particular study may not be of serious importance. If the student comes to his work with a heaviness, as though he were wearied before he starts, not much of anything can be of help to him, for he is tired. He’d best sit quietly, sit passive and accept strength and peace and harmony in his own Universe first.

When he has been refreshed and is back to normal, no longer weary, then place in the mind the question as to the hour he should select for the task of studying his assignments. Of course, it is necessary to first get himself really quiet and then the steps are as follows:

1. Sit relaxed and at ease, not thinking of the next thing he is going to do when he has ac-complished this, and he is not ready until he has released all physical feeling as much as possible. 2. Then ask his question and be sure he himself makes it clear to himself what question he is asking himself -- do not slough it off as a thing he is already conscious of, just because he is asking the Higher Intelligence within (whom he probably has not con-sciously contacted before). Make the question clear. 3. Then he takes a clear clean mental cloth and wipes off his mind, so he has no thought impressions left of anything. Then he sits quietly, patiently, and the answer will come to him. Often the answer springs forth in such a manner he will ask "Who said that?" sometimes he may hear a single word, "now!" We are all more or less aware of the spontaneous answers or questions. Have we been conscious as to their origin? This is the way the Intuitional speaks to us and through the inner consciousness. Let the student learn to trust it. The hour selected rightly, let him remember that the Attainment of Knowledge is not a cramming process. He is not trying to learn how to use what is in books -- but what is already in the Universal Mind, there, here, everywhere. In other words, what he reads will stimulate and bring to the surface the wisdom from within him, from the Universal pool of wisdom and information in the Great Mind.

If the student has not been an investigator into the science of the seen and unseen, then I would suggest that he try this science of the Universe -- try this method and see that it works for himself. It would take more space here to adequately explain it and many of its ramifications than I have allotted to the entire book. But this little rule will work as it is.

There is one point to be clarified here: when you are reading any book of this nature, which relates to the person and his progression, whenever you come across the word de-velopment, remember it is not development you seek but the unfolding of your memory: thus it is unfoldment. It is the unifying of one’s self with the basic force of the Universe. We are not talking about some great power or deity in some far off place. We are talking of the basic power of everything -- the you, the me, the force of creation made manifest in and through the life force; the force behind the atom, and the thing that causes the atom bomb to be so destructive. Then, are you going to say, "God did this?" No, not the way you are thinking, but it was the power of God, released by man in a certain direction, which wreaks so much havoc, just as in so many other things man uses the wrong thing or the wrong way, or he gets himself in the way by not listening to the whole truth, and wants to have his own way.

No one adds a new power to mind, but simply brings to active realization the latent pow-ers one has always possessed. Remember, this does not require you to be a saint, or wear a long white beard and long whit robe. It does not mean that if you successfully use it and are successful in your experiment with this intelligence that you have become a Disciple of the Great Master, Jesus, or on that level of development. You can use it and still be the meanest man in town; it has nothing to do with whether you are good or bad, only you cannot be indifferent and use it.

Learning of the Power you posses is not a dry and uninteresting task. Far from it -- it is an exciting adventure. It is the new frontier for most people. It is a frontier of boundless, unlimited horizons with a new and beautiful world which was created many eons ago by the Great Creative Mind, God -- or whatever you wish to call it.

Let me repeat correctly, it is a frontier of boundaries unknown, with boundless opportuni-ties unlimited horizons with a new and beautiful world. Let us stop here a moment. Why is it new and beautiful, this world; has it all changed? No, it has not changed at all, but perhaps your eyes have been opened and you now see it as it really is, see it with a new color and dimension. Also, maybe you are getting a glimpse of the real world that most people do not see.

Now let us proceed with the rest of the statement, "which was created many eons ago by the Great Creative Mind" -- was it eons ago or was it yesterday? Men get to be so impor-tant when they think of God.

Thirty years ago, if I had said, "I will have dinner in London with you tonight," your re-ply would have been, "Just who do you think you are? You know I cannot, it is too far." But you see, our concept of distance has changed, as well as time, for we can have dinner in London that same night.

It is true that time and space are a concept of Man. Time especially is a man-made con-cept; therefore, maybe it was only created yesterday and in the beautiful world that we are living in and moving through today.

First the student, by his work creates and cultivates an atmosphere of attractiveness and force, which will draw others to him. It will also draw that beautiful blonde down the block to you.

Virgil, in The Huntress of the Sun,, in mythology, expands imagination, linking mortals to immortals. The philosopher Cicero’s periods bewilder him with their masterly bril-liance. He finds himself mentally watching for something beyond the petty seeking for the meaning of words and their grammatical relationship to each other. This puts his mind in condition to receive the vibrations from the either or memory of nature, which is in harmony with the atmosphere which he has created, and which he personally accepted to bring the things he desired in his life. The storehouse of nature and God possesses wealths of experience -- the student is seeking and possibly adding some concept thereto, thereby the expanding Universe, the ever moving Way.

However, let us leave the deeper facts for now. To point to the delight in study is what is promised. The student has selected the time to begin the work and understands that change is to be made as to those allotments. Next he is to drop all thoughts of learning difficult tasks, or self-sacrifice about it -- he is giving these hours to the unfoldment of the power within. The creative act, wrongly called "work", is now his season of commu-nication with his real selfhood, the real him. Its vibrative force he does not know but is soon conscious of its far reachingness, recognizing it to be infinite force. Instead of learn-ing the lesson, all nature seems to have come to his aid and he absorbed it -- not memo-rizing it.

The task above is not one of introducing a foreign substance into the receptacle called Mind. Now this absorbed information has become an integral part of his self hood. He cannot lose it, and though memory has been a function to aid in grasping, the possibility of forgetting is not enable for an instant. Such an absorption of a lesson occasionally comes to any student without consciousness of it. But if the physical law of the atmos-phere and vibration (fixed hours held solely for the special work and study each day are primary requisites) is kept faithfully, such an absorption or assimilation will delight the student and bring to him the joyousness of intelligent unfoldment; these times of effort were formerly many hours of toil.

Remember what Kahilil Gibran said in his book The Prophet: "Your hears know in si-lence the secret of the days and nights. But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart’s knowledge. You would know in words that which you have always known in thought. You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams."

Even after a successful period of procuring the knowledge on one subject, when you turn to the next one do not falter or fear, for the memory of nature is without depth, and all that is -- is there.

With true unfoldment of your real Self and real recognition of this mental unfoldment which this method will soon bring forth, there can be no possible lodgment of fears, for any fear which exists at the start must soon leave. Can you possibly realize and have proven to you that you are a part of the infinite Mind, and still fear the material world about you when in reality you see with your physical eyes so little?

Remember one thing, there are seven days a week, and when you are unfolding your in-ner intelligence the constant every repetition of this procedure is necessary, until it has become a part of your common functional mentality and you have become fully aware. Then you can turn to it whenever and wherever you might be -- in your study, or walking down the street. Do this seven days a week, so that you will get this pattern into your at-mosphere, for the vibration of what you put into your atmosphere is what is going to make it possible for what is going to come out into your life. This will bring to your the oneness of life, your oneness with the Creator of all life -- wisdom of all things -- for of yourself you do nothing.

Chapter 5

THE GOLDEN FORCE

In the instructions as to how to use the Psychic Force this question undoubtedly came to your mind: What power of force is this which makes it possible for me to use this method of leaning? My answer is -- It is the Golden Force!

This is the Golden Age in which the real things of the world are to be brought into the consciousness of all people regardless of race, creed or color. The Golden Force is the true gold of the real world.

This is the Golden Age because this Golden Force, this living dynamic power, this un-knowable, unseeable, unseen, invisible Force is ever present. This Force while unseeable by humans themselves or outer man (although it is used by them all the time, and always has been used whether they know it or not), is set in motion by them -- it is motivated by them. This Force is moved and emanates from a great Creative Mind, not in some far-off Heaven but in everything we touch, use, breathe, say and do.

This is God -- It is manifestation which brings into existence our every thought or combi-nation of thoughts and words which are spoken or declared. It is the means through which Man has free choice. It is the means by which our prayers are answered or unanswered. This is not hell-fire and damnation..

This God, this Creative God Who created you so that you might manifest Him, made you so you could create -- otherwise you would not be manifesting in His image -- would you?

Throughout the centuries past, humans have been looking for the return of a Great Master or Messiah. He or It is returning to earth -- How? Once again the Creator is coming into the consciousness of the people. That is, people are returning to the level and state of consciousness through which they can use this Force of the Creative Mind to solve their problems. Only through its power can they obtain what they desire in their life, and live the full and interesting lives they desire. His people are His means of expression in the material world.

People build their world, as we have said, by building their own atmosphere as they want it to be produced, and bring what they want into existence through their thinking and spoken word. Now look around you and see the world conditions and see what you have helped to build. Look at the murder, theft, rape, and the relations between nations. The relations between nations is nothing more or less than the result of mass thinking of the people made manifest. So if at any time there should be a war or mass rebellion -- Re-member -- you are as much at fault as anyone.

Man can only obtain and maintain peace through a return to God consciousness. In other words, to know that through the Law, Love and Living, in the consciousness of these three L’s and being ever conscious man has the choice, and through his hourly thinking and words, can bring peace of mind and body. Thus will our country have peace, because there is o thought of war in our minds, as war does not come when the individuals are not personally at war with themselves. When the country is at peace, they will not be prepar-ing for war.

The earth will be at peace when the countries are at peace. When one is at peace, one does not have ills.

Peace is not a state of stagnation, but a state of activity in which people are busy creating and letting God come through into material expression.

This is The Golden Force, in an orderly ever-changing state of creativity, work and manufacturing, for the use of the people. This is the doctrine of the Great Master, Jesus.

Man must be at peace with himself, before he can be at peace with others of his kind.

The Creator has not wanted man to suffer nor to be in want. It is only mans ego which will not accept that Man himself cannot do it alone without the Golden Force, for he -- Man -- of himself is nothing.

What you put into your atmosphere determines what you will receive.

Man has not been satisfied to create the idea pattern of what he wanted and let the Great Creator bring it into existence through the Law. Once, the Great Master, Jesus, said, "It is not my work, but the works of the Father through me!"

Man is always trying to control his world through new laws and by ideas of his own, for-getting that the basic Law was set down by the Creator when the Universe was created. If man would use this he could do all things without harm, to anyone or anything.

It is only through Living -- conscious living and knowing that we form the patterns in our atmosphere which the Golden Force fills and brings into existence, and in the pattern of the way we want to live it. Thus we gain the luxurious living that the Creator intended for His Creatures on this earth to live, and not in fear of want in the midst of plenty.

The term living is not what we see around us -- the existence in fear -- bound by limita-tions, bound by hundreds of conventional laws, no personal freedom, no world freedom; and without freedom you cannot manifest the Creator, be it in the Atomic Age or fifteen years ago.

You are a free agent of the Great Creator!

You have the tools -- are you going to use them -- Now?

The Law

Like studying the atom in a scientific laboratory, the scientist in working on any infinite particle watches its movement, weighs it in a mathematical way and is very careful to see how it reacts to other elements and forces when applied to it. In other words, if he does this, that will happen; and he carefully repeats this process until he is sure he has a thor-ough knowledge of its reactions. Then he has a basic idea to work on -- a basic Law or formula.

Somehow people have reached a stage in this present social period where if they try a way of doing something and it doesn’t work, they have a pet phrase, "Oh well, you can-not be right every time!" and then they go on doing the same thing over and over again. This is a tragedy when the thing has to do with life, religion or mind, and things that exist in their community They have acquired a defeatist attitude.

Likewise, we do not see or know God by comparing It with other dense matter, or what God weighs, but through the teachings of many great men -- the Bible, the Koran and other great books, and experiences and demonstrations -- so we know that a great dy-namic Creative force works through the Universal law. As we learn to use it and know its nature, we must be just as observing and diligent as the scientist, in our directed efforts, in order that it will work every time -- No Alibi!

Then again, like the scientist, you know you must control your mental work, and every-thing must be clearly defined as to the elements you are using in the pattern of matter that you are preparing for the God Force to bring into your world. This is a mental picture or pattern of what you are accepting from God, whether it be a book, a job or a new car. That is to say, the individual must keep thinking clearly and only put into the pattern that which he wishes others to see, as an example of his handiwork, of the things he is think-ing.

The way, the road of development of the individual in the use of this Law through which the Golden Force will flow, is the thing man is most interested in and, of course, he has it all of his life -- know it or not. He has used it unconsciously, because all things come into manifestation this way. If he learns to use it knowingly and constructively his observa-tions will tell him his small errors and he will erase them the same as pain can be erased in the human body. The clarity of his results will depend on the clarity of his mental pic-ture, also the clarity of his instructor’s mind in his instruction to him.

When reading some things (these were materials in this same trend of thinking) the im-pression was that the writers were building up this true, simple explanation into a com-plex thinking structure in order to confuse and confound the reader with their importance. Then again, it is human practice to always confuse the reader or student when they wish to bridge the gaps in their own understanding, so that they will not show.

Simple things are difficult to write about and this is so simple that for thousands of years it has been held, as we say today, "Top Secret," by many of the great groups of Mystics and Occult Orders. This is not to cast any aspersions on them, but it is so, and if you have read the chapters and volumes that have been written on this subject it will help you to know we are not dispensing a new Law and Order of things, but just taking off the Lav-ender and lace, so you may get only the essence.

Let me reiterate that simple things are very difficult to convey because there are so few factors or things we have to work with. This is so, for in the realms of nature and Univer-sal Law or Material Law we have but one basic functional operation -- the Law of Cause and Effect. There are many ways in which and through which the Great Creative Force of the Universe works, but only through this Law.

The term Law, as we use it, means the step-by-step process which it is necessary to take in order that the Law of Cause and Effect will motivate the Great Creative Dynamic Force of the universe to manifest -- bring the pattern and thoughts you put into your own atmosphere, and thus into the material world or whatever world you are concerned with. This statement "or whatever world you are concerned with" sounds rather odd, does it not, but let us stop and think -- are we concerned with just what we see around us? For if you are a Christian (I am nonsectarian and do not classify myself in a dogmatic group), you should be interested in other worlds. If you are not,. You do not believe in continual life after you drop this vehicle or body.

As we have said, this happens every day whether you know it or not and you cannot change it, nor can our great men of science change it; but we can determine what we will receive in our world. The difference in knowing how to use it is that you can stop un-wanted things from happening and bring Law and Order, peace and Joy into your life.

You are no longer a victim of accidents, fate or your mother-in-law’s law, for her law ceases to have an effect in your Life. You are the creator in your Universe. You can cre-ate the things and conditions in you Universe through the Law the Creator laid down when It created this Solar System.

When the Creative Energy -- God -- fills the thought forms in the atmosphere of the indi-vidual or group, or the thought forms of a mass of many people, and when they uniformly accept an idea as a fact, It controls by the Law, the same which It laid down when the Universe was first started. Therefore, all people and things in this Universe and all life and dense matter are under the same control.

It does not make any difference if the person or thing is on this planet or some other, if he is in a physical body or an electrical form, call them whatever you may -- spiritual body, psychic body, or what -- for the same law governs the integration or disintegration, whether the object is being created or dissolved.

The first and one of the most important things to learn is that the Creator of this Universe does not reach down and set a condition into existence, or create a certain individual situation just because He (It) thinks we have earned it -- or we should have. We must be of that consciousness that we realize that we are alone, that only through the power of God can we accomplish what we want to with our spoken word and thought. That is, we either use the Law or someone with the same knowledge uses it at our request; other wise we do not get the results we are looking for. Sometimes we find that a rather "alone" feel-ing comes over us, but we must face it; we have always been alone but were not con-scious of it as now.

The wonderful part of this Great Creator is, It will fill our life with joy, pain, health, sor-row, plenty or poverty, and It will do one just as easily as the other. Its only interest is to see that Its creations are fully satisfied and that their every choice is fulfilled right away, right now!

THE GOLDEN FORCE WILL PRODUCE IT NOW - KNOW THAT IT DOES!!

What condition is your atmosphere in now? Do you know there exists a dynamic force in you? It is the basic energy of all substances; therefore, every cell of your physical and electrical bodies are composed of It. Whether you are in the physical world, or in the world invisible, now, if It is, then do you have your full consciousness of sight? Then you should investigate and find out how to release this wonderful tool the Creator gave you. You can only function by use of this Law and the Dynamic Force of Creation, for you of yourself do nothing -- except choose, and not stop It from working.

The Creator, It, has provided the tools -- you create all things and conditions in your per-sonal Universe -- it is up to you what you do with them.

Remember, you are the son of God. You are created in the image of Him!

Chapter 6

THE MARRIAGE IN PEACE

The number six is a good number and it is a good number for this chapter, as it represents a universal principle in the function of things; thus it should have a significance here. It is the number of the double triangle which stands for the function of Law on both planes. In other words, it is the Law of the triangle in function, on both the seen and the unseen planes of action -- in both worlds -- in the physical world and the world of God, as the religionist would say it, but we say in these two spheres of vibration, because it is really that way. Sounds cold, does it not? Then the student says to me, "Are you trying to tell me that you are talking about a Great Creative Power that really works? You mean a real God - ?" and it is always to my dismay, for I am sure that I will never quite understand people that go to church, when they do not think that it is a real thing they are talking about. Yes, it is a real God, a functioning God!

For years I have been reading about peace and harmony, and how you find this peace and harmony. As I look back, it summed up in about two ways; one was by sitting in a si-lence, and the other was to have faith and confidence in God and develop patience by faith. These are wonderful ideas and both are things that will help in anyone’s inner de-velopment, this is certain; but does the problem lie in being quiet, or having faith? We are inclined to say neither of these are the basic motivators.

First let us look, can a person be peaceful and still not have harmony? The answer to this we believe is yes, for a person can, through futility of striving against a particular thing or condition, attain a certain tolerant point of acceptance with his lot or situation, but this is not harmony.

Are you in harmony with a piece of music, or is it that you are not disturbed by it? Many people are tolerant of various kinds of music and sound. Because you do not blow your top when you hear it, this alone is not being in harmony with this particular rhythm or melody.

People eat three meals a day and are still hungry. If they were satisfied fully they would not want to eat every time they see food. Those who find this situation is existent in their life should look more closely for another reason why they feel this hunger.

When you sit down and rest, are you resting or are you just not moving at the present time? Is this resting? No, it is not-moving, but inside of these people they are under con-stant stress and every nerve is working. In order to rest there must be happiness and un-derstanding of the body they are working in; they must like being in the body that they are in -- knowing it is a part of God.

To have peace and be at rest it is necessary to desire to be in the body they are in. For if this is not so, how can they be quiet and not disturbed, so that they may become better acquainted with their Great Intelligence within -- if they do not like the house they in-habit? It is a lot like a person with a new car; for a while it is the best car made, but he gets kind of used to it and then he looks around and sees another’s new make and right away he is dissatisfied and is no longer at peace with his car. He wants one like Jim has.

Let us look at the book, The Prophet. Does he write of Peace? Answer: No! Many people are like a country, even like the United States. Today we would say we are at peace and that we are working at maintaining peace through the world, but are we at peace? Do we have a unity within our own national entity or boundary, within the nation itself? Are we happy with the governing body of this nation? Do we feel that we are one? Do we accept one another as a part of one body united and working together for a common good, or the welfare of all?

This is a slight idea of the blending of form, and force and action in the Universal pattern of things -- the way that the unity reaction is in the Universal pattern of things and the reaction itself, and to itself. The question is, Do we work in unison as one, or does one take the other along by force? Are you ready to work with the Creator in one concerted effort, without hesitation, and not only half-way? One cannot go halfway wit the Creator: It -- Creative Mind -- goes all the way and so must you.

I believe that you will concede that the spiritual ego is one with the Omnipotent Force, and when attuned to harmonious vibrations with the Great Creator, possesses all the Power, its own physical environment and its surroundings, that have been attributed by the theologian to God.

This being a correct statement, the chief end of man is to consciously possess the power to bring himself into harmonious vibrations. This done, he has solved the problem of liv-ing, sensing God and knowing God.

The purpose, the aim of the student in advanced philosophy today, should be not to learn a new philosophy but to make practical the one he knows to be true. Students are every-where discussing theories of vibration and the new era, the new age and the Universal Law which governs all matter, all vibration. In short, they are discussing with words -- but are they actually working with these fundamental Laws of Vibration? Knowledge of this Law and how it passes thoughts of things through the atmosphere can only reach the intelligence of him whose atmosphere will permit it to pass through.

The wires are laid. You may connect your house or office with a wire and not be able to speak across it; you must have at each end a properly adjusted transmitter and receiver that may give and receive messages across the line. Also you must have a clear mind, a mind that has reached a true conclusion, a conclusion that God comes first in all things. You must have reached a conclusion that you, the physical you, are not satisfied with the results you have had so far -- by you doing it -- so you are going to let the Creative Force work through you.

Primarily, we start with an assumption that all life is one, that all intelligence is bound together by subtle unseen cords on which thought does travel, whether we know it or not. It is not my purpose here to offer any argument to prove the truth of this science which is so old and so new. Lao Tse, who wrote of Tao, the Chinese God, twenty-five hundred years ago, recognized it and declared that while Tao could not be defined, He could be appropriated. All great thinkers, even Lao Tse and since then, have agreed as to the one-ness of life. All advanced thinkers of the present day start with the acceptance of the unity of life, and demonstrate it in a thousand ways, proving the truth of this mighty unity.

Accepting this, then, as true, we as individuals are desirous of coming into that state of knowing, that we are truly coming to know the inner man and the outer man, and that we like the feel of them both -- that sense of completeness and balance -- and are happy to be with them, and not somewhere else or in an exotic or painful effort to sense their feelings. Happiness is the most profound way -- this is what unity means.

We hold that the realization of this state of vibration and filling your atmosphere with it, and then the pattern or picturing which you desire to be created, will cause to come into your world the things that you want in life now, not twenty years from now. During this state of vibration you will establish the connection with the outer world, and your atmos-phere will complete the connection, and in will flow the desired things.

With the atmosphere correct, we need only to know how to pray in a scientific manner and the Great Creator will fill every desire and purpose of the mind. This is the gift of the Great One. Let the student remember that all wires are up and strung; all life is bound to-gether by indestructible cords. He is not asked to establish new lines. They were all strung ages and ages ago and they are as universal and eternal as life.

It is fitting here to state that many times I have listened to the groups of sages and their profound recitals of the wisdom of the ages, and then had them come to me for help due to the lack of the knowledge of how to pray.

Their inadequacy was not caused by insincerity or lack of trying -- not at all. You must get in touch with yourself and establish your correct atmosphere in accordance with the world you want, and you will not have hair-raising experiences in the psychic world, or obsessions of a negative nature when you do it, for with this natural process you are func-tioning as the Great Creator built you to function.

It is peace without a price attached, peace of the most active kind, harmony without sound, sound without effort -- just knowing, knowing, knowing, that God and you are one, one, one. No, you cannot take that period away; it is there, for eternity.

Yes, the individual does control his own atmosphere. If you are a slave to the vague phi-losophy of heredity, environment or the stars, this claim of one’s absolutely controlling his own atmosphere may not be accepted by you as by most people. However, we cannot enter into an argument here, because I do not intend to be so foolish as to try to defend the Great Creator, and His limitless power of Universe, when basically this is all there is of it. How can I defend my basic Self?

How can you as an individual, as a Christian, as a Jew or as any thought-group at all deny this last statement of mine and still say you believe in the Bible and Jesus’ teachings? It is like the hating of the Negro, or Yellow man or Red man, and then going to church on Sunday to teach the Son of God, or however you say it. To me, to get Spiritual Con-sciousness just from the words in books -- it is impossible. It is impossible to be on both sides of the fence at the same time. You either believe in the equality of man, or you do not.

The unity of the physical body and the spiritual or psychic body is a thing that goes on, on and on, because the Law of Cause and Effect, or the positive and negative, are always at work in the world of dense matter, as we call it; or is it so dense at all? No, it is not, if you look at it through the microscope. For instance, the substance of man’s body is sub-stance which comes from the earth itself, and when you take something out of the natural pattern of the earth, the natural Law is at work the minute it is removed. Therefore, from the cradle to the grave it is being pulled back to the earth and trying to amalgamate itself to its natural environment in the earth.

You might say that it created you, and we would say yes, that is true. But remember that anything in earth and its atmosphere is a substance that has pattern which is in harmony with the rest of the natural creation of this world, and the wave length and vibration must be in resonance in order to have unity of action through which the Power of God can work and have its being.

Therefore the process of aging is the reaction of natural law at work, in the cosmic scheme of things, in the world atmosphere of ours. The ability to keep from aging is the ability to keep in tune with the source of Creative Power, and so it is essential that you must be in that state of which we spoke in the first part of the chapter, in order that you can transcend the law of nature in this world and become a Universal Being, in that Mate-rial Law does not affect you, but that you rely on the Universal law of this solar system, in order to sustain self. Then and then only are you drawing on the central source of power, and when you are through with it, disperse the elements and go your way.

You might say this is some mystical something, but do you believe that man has the power to create? You do? If you do, then you have to admit that he must have the power to disintegrate the same body. This is only just a straight logical conclusion, and we know that all this and all other things in nature are functioning on a strictly scientific principle, and not haphazard way of function. This must be so if you read the Christian Bible, for it says, "He is a just and righteous God." A just God could not work one way with this ma-terial or one person, and another way with the other person or substance. There must be a uniformity of functioning in the material Laws or He could not manifest here.

Let us go back to the first of the chapter in regard to the Marriage in Peace You have un-doubtedly heard of the phrase, "Get yourself out of the way," and "Let go and let God." Well, this previous discussion shows you why it is necessary to have a Marriage of the two bodies in order to have inner peace, for inner peace means that the person has reached the point that he can sit and listen to the inner voice and the Great Mind of the Universe, when he gets quiet enough to let this voice be heard inside.

Let us say that in a specific person this marriage had not taken place, and he tried to do healings on himself. The bodies would not have a concurred effort, because they would not be looking to the Great Creative Power for the source of their strength. The atmos-phere would be in a turmoil, and although generated by the person to attract a certain thing into his or her world, its potential would be so wasted in trying to overcome the confusion in his atmosphere it would not be strong enough to bring the God Force to him and cause the manifestation to take place.

Once upon a time a man here said, "Love Thy Brother." He did not say if thy brother treated you the way you thought he should, but just plain Love Thy Brother -- no matter what he did. This certainly is a large order for us to do these days, when you find it nec-essary to do and say all things as if you might be beheaded the next minute for fear of having "crossed someone’s liver," as they say.

Then we hear someone say, "Well, that was all well and good for him to say that in those days," -- well, be informed that in those days it was not nice.

Back of each of these sayings is a finger pointing at the cause and a means of protection of oneself if he finds himself in one of these situations. The Great Creator never left you coming around third base without a coach on hand to see that you could make it home, and even run a little invisible interference for you if you need it, if you expect it.

He told you to love your brother, because this was putting up the strongest defense that this or any other world could give you. It may be invisible, quite true, but he force of the atomic bomb is invisible too. It is the same thing that Gandhi used to free India; it is the force of not accepting anything that you do not want to happen in your atmosphere. Here we have absolutely no fear and no resistance to evil, as you call it.

If you understand this you will know what to do with your bad aspects, if you follow as-trology.

If you are a Jew you will understand your religion, and the mysteries will fade away. This takes the mystery out of the mysteries.

No matter whether you are Christian -- Yogi -- or of any religion or philosophy, there is a way to be Happy -- there is a way to live.

Let’s all live our lives in peace.

Chapter 7

UNIVERSAL LAW OF THE CREATIVE MIND

The Creator has provided the Universal tool -- the Universal Law -- and if you really want to produce what you want in your life, this is the way. The following is a step-by-step procedure:

Step 1:

Choose what you want to create and make sure you really want what you choose, mean-ing -- what you really are going to accept.

Remember -- the Golden Force is unidentified. It exists in all things; it is the basic sub-stance of all matter. Your choice determines its material manifestation and form.

A person making a choice is like, for example, a woman doing a washing. The first thing she thinks of is water. So we in our example use water for the Golden Force. Now, she is going to use three different batches of water: soap water, rinse water, and bluing water. Basically it is all water.

In the first place, she uses soap. The soap determines the function of the water -- what action is going to manifest. In the rinse water, she accepts the natural carrying-away power of the water. In the blue water she puts bluing (bleach). This determines the action of the whitening of the clothes, thus another action goes on in the same water but it is only through the water that the other elements can be brought together and all of the nec-essary actions take place to produce a clean white wash.

The Golden Force will produce any and all things we desire, if we know -- know that it will. It will open the way for all things.

Step 2:

Become aware that this dynamic force is in you, as well as everything around you -- not in some place away from you; and that this Force will materialize that which you have chosen, through the Intelligence within your own being.

Step 3:

Then accept fully this which you have chosen with a feeling of "it is here -- it is being handed to me."

Accept it with the same confidence as when your pay check is handed to you. You know you have a check in your hand and that it represents buying power. So does this -- only more so. This is really creating the pattern -- the real part of what you want.

You are doing the same thing the construction boss is doing when he has his man build a wooden form for a concrete wall which is needed for a building. The wooden form is the pattern for the concrete wall. Likewise, when you build a mental pattern which the Father will fill -- it is just the same as the laborers who will fill the wooden form for the concrete wall.

Step 4:

Now that your desire has been created in reality and is coming into material existence, Let go of all thought of it and turn it loose from your mind. Do not start to think about it or question fulfillment, or look for it; just know that it now exists and you will have it for use as needed.

Do not question whether it will work or not -- stop peeking over your shoulder... For when you question, you are creating and building a new doubt pattern which the Father will fulfill just as easily as the positive one -- only you will not get what you started out to get, or were working for. Let go! Let go! Leave the vacuum to be filled by The Great Force.

Let the Creator take care of it -- know the truth.

Let us take a typical example of what we are talking about. There is in everyone’s life the desire to have a car, a camera or a house which at present wages it does not sound logical that you can afford.

Right here -- in the last statement -- you pre-determined what you can afford. This state-ment tells several things:

1. That you believe you are the one that makes it possible for you to have a "house," by the power of your earnings which are set by man-made concepts, based on the market demand.
2. That you do not recognize that all "things" are basically of one substance - the Creative Power of the Universe, "It."
3. That you accept limitations.
4. That you are con-trolled by mass mind at the time you make the statement.
5. That you do not know the working of the Law.
6. That you do not know that "It" can only express through you and your brother mankind.

Now, let us know the truth:

1. That you -- of yourself -- do nothing.
2. That you have the right to choose what you will.
3. That you can only earn that which you can accept and to which you know you have a right.
4. That you have been told that you are what you accept.
5. That you can own nothing -- you may have the use of that which you desire.
6. That you are but the prism through which the light passes into a denser form of matter, or into this earth plane. You are the expression of the Great One. Call it what you may. Do good or otherwise -- you are still only able to do it by and through the working of the Law.

The Law:

Man is in a rush to attain material wealth and has closed his eyes and ears to all things which he says are not sound, logical and scientifically-based facts.

Right here, let me ask you - how much do you see, really how much do you see, how much of the physical world do you see with your two eyes?

How much do you accomplish with, and of, your own strength?

Let us see what the bible says about this Law:

Matthew 21:22 Verse: "And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."

Luke 12:31 Verse: "Seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you."

Luke 12:34 Verse: "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

Matthew 7:8 Verse: "For everyone that asketh, receiveth."

Psalm 145:16 Verse: "Thou openest Thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing."

You will say that, yes, these are in the bible, but this is a religious idea -- well, did you ever stop to think that perhaps they meant what they said; that Jesus taught the science of Life and they did mean it? You will perhaps remember the statement, "As a man thinketh, so is he." Well, this too is true.

Jesus also said, "Thy word shall not return to thee void." And he said, "Through me shall ye see the face of the Father." The Law is the great formula which the Creator set in the Solar Pattern of the Universe so that His creations would have freedom, one of the most important of all things to learn.

The Law, as we call it -- the Law by which and through which all things manifest in this world, or your life -- is the process of, or means of, using the Creative Power which brings all things into manifestation. It is the Living Formula of all mankind, whether you know it or not.

The force that we set into action through this "Living Formula" is made up of thought-waves, sound of speech and subconscious impression. These go to make up the combined patterns on which the Formula works -- manifestation of our dominant mental and spiri-tual states. Shock produces fear and emotional imbalance, which has been known to mo-mentarily cause stoppage or acceleration of the heart. Physicians do accept that under emotional stress, particularly anger, the blood leaves chemical deposits around the joints in the body; and that worry, fear, anger, jealousy and other emotional conditions are men-tal in their nature, and as such are being recognized as hidden causes of a large part of all the physical suffering to which the flesh is heir.

A normal healthy mind reflects itself in a healthy body. This shows you are relaxed and the Creative Force is working through you. This is the Working of God through the Law or Formula.

Daily we must control our thoughts that deny the importance or existence of the real, and affirm the presence of God, the Creative Force, in every cell of our being as well as every thing that we see or touch. Remember the real is the world we usually do not see, which controls the unreal which we see.

The correction of anything in our life, through Scientific Prayer using Law, will work for us to correct body, mind, business, home relations, money or development.

Nothing can keep us from the Love of God. What a comfort to know that all is well with the Soul! Have we not been told not to fear, for it is the Father’s good pleasure to give us the Kingdom? It does not specify that it will not work on, or will work on all things -- it just says How.

The same Force that creates the tissue in the growing embryo in the expectant mother, gives you your pay check.

What we believe about man, we must believe and accept about God. The Nature of All Universal Being. This is the state of your concept of God.

This determines what you receive, through the working of the Law...

Oh, man, look at your Brother Do you see yourself or another? Is this man like you? Does he show his color in Plain View? Bless him, for as you bless him, You bless you.

Free yourself and help your neighbor to be free also.

All around you hear the cries about taxes and the high cost of living. What are you doing about it? Free yourself through working with the Law and working with your neighbor, and you will be able to make the Constitution of the United States stand for what it was intended and written for; a truly sacred document written by men with great wisdom and vision, who know man as he really is.

Let us make her the true representative Democratic United States of a World Govern-ment, for all nations, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.

By keeping a clear-cut picture of the kind of place you want to live in -- in mind -- it must come true.

What you see around you is such a small part of what really is. This is a scientific fact. Your physical sight is very, very limited.

DON’T -- DON’T LIMIT YOURSELF!

THINK! THINK! THINK!

Chapter 8

FORGETFULNESS THE WAY TO CHRIST -- BE CHRISTED

Oh! Love You, Isn’t Love grand? It is the only way, through the Power of Love. If you have not Love, you are but a tinkling cymbal...We could go on with this line of quota-tions for the rest of the space allotted to this chapter and still say nothing, just the same as the hundreds of other writings and beautiful words. They are all true, but do you under-stand what they mean? For years the writer did not, he asked questions of the speakers, learned men of theology, and many other good men, but somehow as the speakers started to answer they always seemed to duck around the corner.

We give you a new-age definition of love, which is what the new age expects of you to do -- manifest Love.

Do you love this black-skinned girl enough to throw your arm around her and say, "Come with me and we will get you something to eat," and take her into a restaurant and sit down with her and not feel a difference between her and you, and not look out of the cor-ner of your eye to see who is watching you, or if they are? Yes, you will tell me that they are the same, but deep down within you the action of mass mind is taking its toll in your internal reactions. You are not quite comfortable, but do you feel the same as you do to your own daughter? You are going to say, "How could I, they are not my kinfolks." Re-member, you have only one kinfolk and that is the whole race of mankind. That kind of Love is not so easy, is it? For it is Christ’s Brand.

How much do you love the man you married, when you come home after a day at the of-fice and you are preparing supper, and he comes over to you to show his affection? Do you say, "Go away, I’m getting supper!"? Maybe you would like to get dinner alone and spend the evening alone. It can happen to you and is going to unless you start to really show the Christ love spiritually, mentally, and physically to your mate. Christ manifests on both planes of action. After all, this is your world, and the things that you disregard -- people, facts and things which you do not accept -- will slip out of your atmosphere. Then some sunny day you come to and say, "Where is John whom I lived with? I always washed his clothes and ironed his shirts, and yes, I cooked our meals too. Why did he leave?... Well, I’ll get a divorce." -- the old favorite. I have news for you -- a piece of pa-per and an allotment check each month is damn poor company on holidays and evenings, when you have reached (emotional and mental) maturity. After spending many nights in the bars -- good and bad ones -- you still have no real friends, except the Great One.

Now this goes for men as well as women, and some of the clomping around some men do and their approach to their mate, in either a mental or physical way, is pretty stupid. Of course they have never been taught in their homes as young men because their fathers or both parents were too busy chasing money for the family. Actually, what the family needed was some real Love. The Love that says, "I’ll go without a new hair-do so John can go to a night class he wants," (or something of that sort.)

Love is doing something because the other fellow likes it that way, or it may be that you would do something which you might be misunderstood in, but you know that it is for the other person and that you can do no other way or thing because you do love them. Love is the setting of the Law of Cause and Effect into action, consciously, without taking into consideration your personal preference, because of your feeling -- your divine relation-ship with the other person or idea, whether you originated it or not. In other words, you are doing what you God would, if Self could have complete freedom of your body and mind to express here. This is why the Roman Catholic Church says you cannot love any-thing which does not have life.

There is and has been for many years a spreading of a teaching which cast a lewd light on the relations of a man and woman even when under what some people call the "bonds of wedlock." Don’t you like that word wedlock? It expresses a lot of freedom, does it not? It seems that somewhere I have heard that to thine own self be true, or you cannot be true to any other man. How true to any other man -- how true can you be to yourself when in bondage or wedlock? Yes, you can be true to the one you Love, because when you really Love you will give up anything except your relationship between yourself and God.

With real Love the Christ Force is flowing between you both in the form of the Great Life Force. The male being positive and the female negative --she is receiving strength in the physical sex act if she is a good mate and they are really mated, and there is a real giving out to each other.

We use the term really mated because real mating starts in the mind of the two people, and a complete and beautiful interchange of thought exists. Of course the mind is and has its function for the Creative Power of God which manifests as psychic force, and it is given life by using the Christ force, that is to say, the thoughts and forms of the mind by use of the Christ Force have manifestation in working on the psychic force. This is the way you obtain your sensation for one another.

The relations between man and woman are patterned by and created by God. In the Holy bible is says that God said He saw it was not good for man to be alone, so He created Eve. We just called it the Holy Bible, meaning that is it the whole story of man with the exceptions of the portions of it man saw fit hundreds of years later to take out. If it is Holy, then we had better stick to the story and not deny at least God’s intentions and think that we know better than the Creator himself, by calling this relation between man and woman an unholy thing or act -- that it is not good.

Remember the ones who decry the Love of man and woman -- look close and you will undoubtedly observe that they have been what we call "unlucky in Love." It is a natural truth that misery likes company -- don’t forget this.

When one starts to tell you in order to become an evolved soul you must give up all of this -- all of this evil, this low base part that God created of man, and that this is only for the purpose of bringing children into the world; well if this is true, I know a lot of pretty saintly folks that are going to keep me company in hell. But I am not correcting that statement, for these people are the real creative people on this plan of action and are really manifesting God in action -- not just talking of metaphysical persons. They are out working amongst the people in need and people who want to know.

What does all of this mean? It means that in all things we must let the Christ Force work through us and if man and woman surrender to each other with all their Love, keeping the Great Father first, they will know real marriage, the marriage of two Souls through the two Great Forces of the Universe, the Father and His only begotten son (man).

Forget your past and remember the future by keeping your eyes on the light -- walk with God and your husband-mate. Remember marriage is made in Heaven, not in or at the li-cense bureau. Don’t forget to Love all men and women, and the last one is very difficult for a woman to do.

Look within for the light and be guided by the true answers, if you will let go of all bug-a-boos. Forget your imaginary hurts -- that is, most of the hurts are just ego bumps. What if someone did speak a little sharply, perhaps they were not even conscious of it, and what good are you going to get by remembering? Did you have a lover’s quarrel? Forget it and remember God, for you will get better results by using your strength that way, and your time is better spent.

Let the light of God shine through you and the Christ Force give the light of life. It will be a vibrant, dynamic moving beacon of true guidance for the others of mankind. Forget those petty things of your contacts with other people and Love them. Let you Christ Light reach out to them.

Do not carry your feelings around on your sleeve; and remember that you are one with the Great One. Remember that the man of Galilee was no woebegone figure. He was a powerful man of both a physical and spiritual nature. He was Christed -- so can you be. There are many people wandering around trying to worship this Great Master and that Great Master, but are doing nothing about the master within.

Our basic verse (1 Cor. 15:2) reveals that St. Paul saw the Spiritual-psychological ap-proach to life and its "problems" and "related" himself to "The Christ" (The Divine Self, the Divine Consciousness, "I AM") -- not to his province, or his family, or the year or conditions; thus, he worked from "That." A man wanted to have a silence. He said, "I want to hold to ‘that’ more and more!" Of course, what he really wanted was to "engraft" his "human" attention into "that."

We are all by nature friendly and it is our nature to continue to enjoy "people and things," but first let us remember to relate our attention to "that" which is our wisdom, our supply, our immutable joy.

No matter how beautiful our outer environment -- we are supposed to enjoy it and appre-ciate it, yes, but let us continue to "depend upon" the soul, "I AM."

The many conveniences of today and the helpful conditions may tempt us to believe that our "prosperity" depends upon "the time" or "the place," etc., rather than upon that Indi-viduality which is "the same yesterday, today and forever."

When we are "At Home" (consciously) we have all good.

"Prosperity -- All Good"

Then if we think back as to the old conventional teachings, "The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost." The phrase that every boy, man, woman and child of most any age can re-peat to you, and still few ever have the concept of the true meaning of the words they re-peat.

Sunday after Sunday they hear the good Pastor or Priest repeat the words, "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen." Little knowing that in these three words lie the missing link to most people’s happiness, and strength. If the underly-ing meaning were to be taught by the teachers, Priest and Ministers there would not be the crime and sadness in the world in general -- this, the real basic and spiritual function of the Great Creative Force in action.

The positive Law, the thing which the Master, Jesus, tried to tell the people of when he said, "As a man thinks so is he" is not this a wonderful revelation, to know that by your very thinking you may condition yourself so that your life will be more smooth and full of the things you want and need, and that your physical body will manifest a more de-lightful zest for movement and action all along the line, and this will done by knowing that your word will be fulfilled.

I ask you, do you think Jesus would lie? I don’t, and I know that what he said was the truth. Do you think that the Great Creative God would put His creations here without a way to cope with the world they live in, to be in want and alone? No! No! -- No! How could I love a God like that -- but did He not in the Ten Commandments say "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul and with all thy mind"?

Forgetting old error, start to release the beautiful part of God’s creation, for all of what God created should bring joy and happiness to us. What condition is your joy point -- Joy Christ Consciousness?

What is the state, or do you have a state of Joy Point? Yes, you do, it is this very moment, for you are not going to be happy the next moment if you are not happy now, or at least decide to be happy. Now on -- Rejoice, now is a new body, new working patterns, new ideas and above all a New Clear Channel to receive this -- A new Life Force.

No sick thought, no poor thought, just boundless strength, health and supply.

First Corinthians 3:16 -- "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwelleth within you?"

Our bodily or personal Universe, the condition of it is the result of projection of our thinking and our words -- our use of the Universal Creative Force (God -- Allah) the po-tential Energy within us, round us. What a glorious Freedom it gives us, when we under-stand that there is but One Mind, the Mind that each calls his own; and that this force through the Son/Sun give us life, joy and love.

The Christ made manifest.

The Great Gift

Not more of Life, Oh Master, do I ask, But Thy Presence ever near to feel Not better Sight But better ears to hear, But the Cosmic Voice to be ever near, I need not courage when Thy Presence I do feel, For I live and have my being in Thy Mind, year by year. But one gift do I ask, This is service with a task. Never ending until the time When I leave this earthly vehicle behind.

Then to rest and start anew To help some other that has but few Of these precious gifts Thou givest Me, Love, Wisdom and Charity.

Chapter 9

THE WAY OF THE SON OF MAN

Oh Earth, Oh! Earth! Thy beauty! Where is the Son of God this night? Outside it is rain-ing and it is a much-needed rain. Is it not proof that the Great Law works? The Force, the God Force works, if you will let it. The great power will be in action any time we are sure we are and know that we want this or that.

This night we ask you that age-old question: "Do you really want to know the truth of this Universe?"

Do you want to take the responsibility of knowing? Do you want to use it if you are taught better ways to think? It is better not to know the truth and do nothing than to know the truth and do nothing. For it will catch up with you. And the results of inactivity are not always good for an individual, you will be in turmoil.

Do you want to set your foot on the path of attainment? Do you really want to realize the magnitude of this Universe of the Great God in all His glory. Do you want to reach the realization that the Universe is yours to roam, if you are here in the physical body or after you pass through transition?

"I am the way, the truth and the light," said Jesus. All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

All of the aspirations of the whole human race are really directed toward ennobling the being, Man, so that God may be glorified here, lifting him from the sphere of mere physi-cal existence to the freedom of unlimited Man. An unlimited Man with unlimited power, unlimited strength and unlimited supply of things that he needs for the perfect expression of the Great Creator, here and anywhere, in this Universe.

The Way is a direct path so broad and so narrow that it encompasses man as a being, be-coming and relating him to the divinity of all being. It requires certain accomplishments by the individual and certain development of both the physical and unseen bodies with a real consciousness of the tremendous power man has which he was endowed with by the Great Creator.

One of these concepts is the equality of all men and the feeling of amalgamation of him - or herself with the most undeveloped, as well as the highest intellect or spiritually evolved being -- regardless of race, creed, or color. This is not just a tolerating of these people; it is the feeling of Love for them and a realization of their divinity. It is the feel-ing of no difference between you and the man of another race. It is the readiness to put them on an equal basis on this physical plane as well as on the spiritual plane.

One of the other things that must be accomplished is being ready, at any time, any hour or at any place, to give anything you have to give, in time, money and work. Of course you do so without idea of profit, with an eagerness to serve, knowing that "as you do it unto one of these, you do it to me also."

Another one of the things which is necessary for him that would be of service is to be able to teach objectively, no matter what the one you are trying to help says or does. They may apparently leave you in rebellion but you must know that they are in their spiritual being perfect and a son or child of God, the same as the one who is apparently working diligently to change and correct his life.

You must see them, their being, and know that they will return to glorify the Great Crea-tive power of the Universe and become a shining light.

When you are ready to put your foot on the Way, you are ready to walk with the tools and work with the tools the Great Creator has given you. Work with them and walk the face of the earth anywhere and everywhere among friends or those that think they do not like you, without fear or want. Walk in joy and be full of gladness to serve God and man alike. Walk toward the point of the rising Son of the Illumination which gives you the Universal freedom to be in the service of healing and taking of the Christ to yourself, and the bringing of the power within, and thus performing the great function of Love. The Love of God in all his Glory -- the Glory of the Universe and all of the Universal move-ments of the sphere, which means the controlling of your own sphere by putting into your own atmosphere the shining glory of the Great God. Yet while living on this plane of ac-tion, and being conscious of the other world, at the same time of the glory of the freedom, of the freedom to accept a man or woman as he or she is and Loving all. And yet see or be able to see the little error they commit without it affecting your feeling toward them. Whether it be a personal and special individual in your life, such as a wife or a sweetheart -- and at the same time feeling the over-all Love of the being, as you should feel toward all people. Being able to accept the slap of the dearest one, or the student, and not feel any reaction. In other words, you have gotten yourself out of the way by disciplined sci-entific prayer. The slap may be a slap performed in many ways; it could be the telling of stories about you, it could be anger displayed to you and it could be a real slap. It might be most anything. The Way is long, the road is steep, the work is great, but the eventide and its thoughts are well worth the effort of the day. The smile of the one that was ill is like harmony of the spheres to you. In it is the motivation for tomorrow, but then it will only be today. Each time you slip just turn around and look, then say, "Well , God, we didn’t quite make it this time, but that is finished and done." Once more turning your head to the light, perhaps not knowing just how you will make it except through the power of God working through you, and that this knowledge of the Law, is all you need because that is all there is to work with.

Look to the light ahead, look not to the right or left when troubled but look ahead, see that one -- that man in the dark skin striving ahead or the one away in the distance in the shining armor of light, it is and can shine through you also if you will let go and let God be the power and principal force, regardless of what you see around you.

It is the path of the ancient alchemist; it is the path of humility because it is the path of power you see, humility and power are the opposite poles of the Great Force.

We reach the great hallway of time, so to speak, for up to now we have a more or less open road with a limited view, but we see, as from afar off, the Way. As we walk along we seem to enter a long passage in the side of a mountain, and things seem to form a wall, and our path seems to flow into a passageway and I find myself hemmed in by walls, and there is only one way ahead. The way is dim and the light does not seem to come through as it did, but I walk on because I have sighted once the lighted way.

Walking seems more difficult and my friends seem to have left me. The ones I have al-ways looked to no longer seem interested in me or my welfare, for there does not seem to be anyone ahead and the ones I saw before have disappeared. I am alone.

I ache for someone to talk with in the understanding way, but the ones closest seem to turn their backs. The body is not the springy one I have always known. I have aches and pains and yet they do not seem real, for in the center of my being is a great gaping chasm, so vast it seems to be impossible to fill. Even when I pray, it only brings tears and the flow of the Great Force which is like a mighty river, but it seems to be flowing into the bottomless pit never to be filled as it was before.

Now I look up, and then what seems ages later I see a doorway, but instead of a lighted doorway it is totally dark. After much travel I reach it, and it is devoid of all light. How am I going to get to the Way beyond -- for I feel it must be there. I am certain that I took the right fork in the road back there.

I think and then realize that there is but one way to get my footing beyond. I must have and know that what is beyond is the Way I seek, the path of Illumination. I must step through the door without seeing what I step on. I must know that I have within me the power of choice and the Great Creative Force working through me which will uphold me and sustain me until I am on the Way I seek. Oddly enough, the power of the Great God is all that ever held me up all the way along through life. This for sure is all that will ever uphold me and sustain me, now that I reach the Way. All that can sustain me on the Way is the Great Power, the freedom of choice I have.

So I at last pray and reach a decision, knowing that God is everywhere; so I put one foot through the door, cautiously at first, but feel no footing. Then it is that I realize that if I am to be sustained by His power I must release all and pass through the door, without looking backward or without seeing the results of where I am stepping -- without a psy-chic view of the future -- or my knowledge of the Power will not work.

At last, after much delay, the die is cast and on the premise of the Great Law I step through the door then, to my surprise, in the full light of day, and I stand with my face to the s