Lesson 8 - No matter how high we go in the spiritual realm

No matter how high we go in the spiritual realm, we shall never depart from natural and universal law. It is never necessary to give any theological meaning to the laws of nature.

The Universal Mind responds to each, and this response is measured by the individual's recognition of the Universal. The Universal Mind Principle, being subjective, must mathematically reproduce for us the exact picture of our belief in It. If we wish guidance from It, we must impress our own consciousness that we are going to receive such guidance. If we wish to direct It, we must impress our own consciousness with the idea that we are directing It. It is because of this that we may learn to control our conditions through the creative power of thought.

We give direction to Something which is without limit; call a force into action greater than our own. Being universal It is limitless Life, It must be limitless Power. Life, Power and Intelligence cannot stop short of the fulfillment of any purpose given to It.

This Universal Law works impersonally until we consciously personalize It. This, of course, is true of all other laws in nature. If in ignorance we