into the Consciousness of the Master, the I AM, the Christ Self, so that there are no longer two—the higher and the lower self, but only One—the Master Self, the disciple is still dwelling outside the Kingdom, and neither the occultist or the mystic has found what his Soul is seeking and intends eventually shall find.

And here is another great truth that all must realize: all faculties and all powers given to man are good—when developed and used unselfishly and for the good of others. This includes all psychic gifts that have unfolded naturally in one who is earnestly trying to live the higher life. When they unfold in such it is for a good purpose, which one should strive unceasingly to learn by dedicating them to God and asking that He teach and guide him in their proper use.

We will again state that the inner life is just as real and just as natural a manifestation of the human consciousness as is the physical life, for in reality they are one—they are but the inner and outer phases of the one life of the soul; in fact the outer could not be if the inner soul phase did not exist.

This means that the astral phase of the inner life is just as natural as the mental or the physical phase, for just as long as the human soul has in its nature any emotions and desires, good or bad, they must express on the astral plane, and the astral plane will be just as real a place to the soul as is the physical plane, to one whose inner senses are open to the astral—that is, to the emotional or desire world.

We tell you this that all may know that what is unfolding in them is a result of the spiritual quickening taking place in everyone, and that they may view it in a common sense way. And it is a spiritual quickening, for all is