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one left on the beholder a sense of hunger and anxiety, while in the other there was nothing to desire. The picture interpreted itself as one looked upon it. There in graphic outline was the oft-repeated story of the human being not yet awake to its Divine Self — hungry, anxious, sad, yearning for it knows not what; and all the time the Divine Self, the Real Self, the True Being, close at hand, waiting for recognition. It is this True Self of each one of us with whom, sooner or later, we must get acquainted, and whose presence we must learn to realize every moment of our lives thereafter."

It will help you greatly to see in mind the two selves so well portrayed. One restless, sad, unsatisfied, hungry, anxious and longing for it knows not what; the other perfect in its serenity, and a study in calmness and peace. And remember the other Self, the True Self, is very very close to you, fairly touching you. Seek this Real Self and you will find it. Then will your troubles melt in air and your diseases fall away from you like the old plumage of a bird in moulting time. You accomplish this with that Force called Thought, which is Spiritual Energy expressing itself in terms of Mind. As Emerson said: "When the spiritual Energy is directed OUTWARD, then is it a THOUGHT."

There you have the subject of this chapter on the authority of a poet, philosopher and idealist who stands high in the teachings of the New Thought.

Believe me the Real You is a Great Self, as