onging to us gradually develop.
Thus we come, in a perfectly natural and normal way, into the
super-conscious realms whereby we make it possible for the higher laws
and truths to be revealed to us. As we enter into these realms we are
then not among those who give their time in speculating as to whether
this one or that one had the insight and the powers attributed to him,
but we are able _to know_ for ourselves. Neither are we among those
who attempt to lead the people upon the hearsay of some one else, but
we know whereof we speak, and only thus can we speak with authority.
There are many things that we cannot know until by living the life we
bring ourselves into that state where it is possible for them to be
revealed to us. "If any man will do His will, he shall know of the
doctrine." It was Plotinus who said, The mind that wishes to behold
God must itself become God. As we thus make it possible for these
higher laws and truths to be revealed to us, we will in turn become
enlightened ones, channels through which they may be revealed to others.

When one is fully alive to the possibilities that come with this higher
awakening, as he goes here and there, as he mingles with his
fellow-men, he imparts to all an inspiration that kindles in them a
feeling of power kindred to his own. We are all continually giving out
influences similar to those that are playing in our own lives. We do
this in the same way that each flower emits its own peculiar odor. The
rose breathes out its fragrance upon the air and all who come near it
are refreshed and inspired by this emanation from the soul of the rose.
A poisonous weed sends out its obnoxious odor; it is neither refreshing
nor inspiring in its effects, and if one remain near it long he may be
so unpleasantly affected as to be made even ill by it.

The higher the life the more inspiring and helpful are the emanations
that it is continually sending out. The lower the life the more
harmful is the influence it continually sends out to all who come in
contact with it. Each one is continually radiating an atmosphere of
one kind or the other.

We are told by the mariners who sail on the Indian Seas, that many
times they are able to tell their approach to certain islands long
before they can see them by the sweet fragrance of the sandalwood that
is wafted far out upon the deep. Do you not see how it would serve to
have such a soul playing through such a body that as you go her