ial organisms that different forms cannot be
simultaneously possessed. In the spiritual reality of man, however, all
geometrical figures can be simultaneously conceived, while in physical
realities one image must be forsaken in order that another may be
possible. This is the law of change and transformation, and change and
transformation are precursors of mortality. Were it not for this change in
form, phenomena would be immortal; but because the phenomenal existence is
subject to transformation, it is mortal. The reality of man, however, is
possessed of all virtues; it is not necessary for him to give up one image
for another as mere physical bodies do. Therefore, in that reality there
is no change or transformation; it is immortal and everlasting. The body
of man may be in America while his spirit is laboring and working in the
Far East, discovering, organizing and planning. While occupied in
governing, making laws and erecting a building in Russia, his body is
still here in America. What is this power which, notwithstanding that it
is embodied in America, is operating at the same time in the Orient,
organizing, destroying, upbuilding? It is the spirit of man. This is
irrefutable.

When you wish to reflect upon or consider a matter, you consult something
within you. You say, shall I do it, or shall I not do it? Is it better to
make this journey or abandon it? Whom do you consult? Who is within you
deciding this question? Surely there is a distinct power, an intelligent
ego. Were it not distinct from your ego, you would not be consulting it.
It is greater than the faculty of thought. It is your spirit which teaches
you, which advises and decides upon matters. Who is it that interrogates?
Who is it that answers? There is no doubt that it is the spirit and that
there is no change or transformation in it, for it is not a composition of
elements, and anything that is not composed of elements is eternal. Change
and transformation are peculiarities of composition. There is no change
and transformation in the spirit. In proof of this, the body may become
weakened in its members. It may be dismembered, or one of its members may
be incapacitated. The whole body may be paralyzed; and yet the mind, the
spirit, remains ever the same. The mind decides; the thought is perfect;
and yet the hand is withered, the feet have become useless, the spinal
column is paralyzed, and there is no muscular movement at all, but the
spirit is in the