and the individual --- the Universal Spirit personifying Itself through each and all; this is a beautiful, a logical, and an unavoidable conclusion. This makes of the human a Divine being, a personification of the Spirit; but if we are Divine Beings why is it that we are so limited and forlorn, so poor, miserable and unhappy? The answer is that we are ignorant of our own nature, and ignorance of the Law excuses no one from its effects.

I believe that all things are governed by immutable and exact laws. These laws cannot be changed nor violated; our ignorance of them will offer no excuse for their infringement, and we are made to suffer, not because God wills it, but because we are ignorant of the truth of our being. We are individuals and have free will and self-choice. We shall learn by experience things mental and physical. There is no other way to learn, and God Himself could not provide any other way without contradicting His own nature. The Spirit is subject to the law of Its own nature, and so are we.

If everything is governed by law, is there any spontaneous mind in the universe? Yes, but this spontaneous Mind never contradicts Its own nature, never infringes Its own law. I believe that everything is governed by exact law; I believe in all scientific truth. But should those in the scientific world, realizing that all is governed by law, thereby exclude a spontaneous Spirit pervading all things, I would ask them this question: