wisdom and bliss; not to be finally defeated
and cast out, but to ultimately triumph
Eighth Morning
over every inward foe-such is man?s divine
Man is made or unmade by himself; in the
destiny, such his glorious goal; and this,
armoury of thought he forges the weapons
every saint, sage, and savior has declared.
by which he destroys himself; he also
A man only begins to be a man
fashions the tools with which he builds
when he ceases to whine and revile, and
for himself heavenly mansions of joy and
commences to search for the hidden justice
strength and peace. By the right choice
which regulates his life. And as he adapts
and true application of thought man
his mind to that regulating factor, he
ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the
ceases to accuse others as the cause of his
abuse and wrong application of thought
condition, and builds himself up in strong
he descends below the level of the beast.
and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against
Between these two extremes are all the
circumstances, but begins to use them as
grades of character, and man is their
aids to his more rapid progress, and as a
maker and master.
means of discovering the hidden power
As a being of Power, Intelligence, and
and possibilities within himself.
Love, and the lord of his own thoughts,
man holds the key to every situation.
Seventh Morning
The will to evil and the will to good
Eighth Evening
Are both within thee, which wilt
Whatsoever you harbour in the inmost
thou employ?
chambers of your heart will, sooner or later,
Thou knowest what is right and what is
by the inevitable law of reaction,
wrong,
shape itself in your outward life.
Which wilt though love and foster?
which destroy?
Every soul attracts its own, and
nothing can possibly come to it that does
Thou art the chooser of thy thoughts and
not belong to it. To realize this is to
deeds;
recognize the universality of Divine Law.
Thou art the maker of thine inward state;
The power is thine to be what thou wilt be;
If thou would?st right the world,
Thou buildest Truth and Love, or lies and
And banish all its evils and its woes.
hate.
Make its wild places bloom,
And its drear deserts blossom as the rose-
Seventh Evening
Then right thyself.
The teaching of Jesus brings men back
Ninth Morning
to the simple truth that righteousness,
Whatever conditions are rendering your
life burdensome, you may pass out of and
Think good thoughts, and they will
beyond them by developing and utilizing
quickly become actualized in your outward
within you the transforming power of
life in the form of good conditions.
self-purification and self-conquest.
Tenth Evening
Before the divine radiance of a pure
heart all darkness vanishes and all clouds
That which you would be and hope to be,
melt away, and he who has conquered
you may be now. Non-accomplishment
