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happiest in the smaller self while the little, selfish motives with their vanities and conceits will have passed away. The new consciousness will feel so clean and sweet and good that it will be just like moving out of an old musty house, falling into decay, into a fresh, bright, new one full of air and sunshine. And you will go on from one state of consciousness into another, each better than the last just as you would move into better and better houses as your circumstances improved. It is hard to realize that these changes are in store for you but they are. They are coming to me, and to others, and they will also come to you.

The Apostle Paul knew just what he was talking about when he said "Again I say unto you, rejoice." He did not say "Rejoice when something happens that gives you pleasure."

No, for then you would not need the command. No one needs to be told to rejoice when everything goes well and he is pleased to his heart's core. Why then the command? Well, Paul was a learned man and probably understood metaphysics. People did in those days, for you will find the very highest metaphysics in the New Testament. Paul was an earnest man. He not only preached but he lived the life and he knew perfectly well that one can rejoice when there is not a thing to be glad over. He knew it and I know it, for I have tried it myself and