but will enable him to use the medium of exchange of the plateau, which supplants the money used on earth, to such effect that every need and comfort will be supplied here as it is there.

We can state for the benefit of any who may question this, that such compliance with the conditions is not impossible to anyone determined to put self aside for the good of others.

The comments in parentheses are ours.—THE EDITOR.

I AM INTERESTED in the beautiful sincere appeal of the Impersonal Work, which I surely believe is justified and greatly needed from any standpoint. But it opens up a question which I feel is at the heart of the struggle and of the frequent failures of spiritual movements in the past. In truth, I think it reveals the one arch enemy to the establishment of the Kingdom on earth, and it appears as the last hurdle that must be overcome. I speak of the financial means needed to accomplish all that the Work visions and plans.

When I look at my own experiences of the past ten or twelve years, I find myself forced to this conclusion: To succeed spiritually I had to forsake Mammon and all of Mammon’s methods, even the most respected and honored customs of ideal business—so-called. This led me never to make a charge, to send bills or statements, and never to withhold anything that would give greater pleasure or good to another than myself. I literally lived by giving, and it succeeded to the extent that I have been sustained without ever going into any personal indebtedness. (This was certainly a most strict compliance with the dictates of spirit, and indicates he was being called and trained for something unusual.)

Like many others who still looked to the good in humanity in order to recognize and live the higher life, I thought that the spiritually awakened—teachers, healers and