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expect a response from that has no volition? These words are spoken to man and prove that the Divine Mind recognizes man as a responsible Being, endowed with free will, with Life and Intelligence. Divine Mind expects a response from its expression that could never be thought of from a reflection.

The "image of God" does not mean an empty shadow. The image spoken of in the beginning is Divine Thought born of Infinite Consciousness, that is bringing forth the "likeness" of Divinity. It is a living presence that was told to "increase and multiply." Can this be asked of a lifeless image? As one has suggested, as well might a photograph of wheat be planted and expected to grew. As well might perfume from wax flowers, or heat from the picture of glowing coals be anticipated.

To know man's Spirit, living soul and body as living Substance, is not to make man God, but it is to see his unity with the Eternal and to know the Infinite as All.

The individual can no more say, I am God than the drop of water can say, I am the ocean. The individual is the expression of God and can say, I am Life of Infinite Life, and Substance of Infinite Substance. There is but One God, One Substance, One Life, One Universal Presence and Power; there are many individuals, or expressions, but all are united in the One as the drops in the ocean. As the drop blends with the ocean, so man blends with