lead the mind upward and onward in every direction. It is not something to believe that is wanted, but something that we can use in developing the mind so that we can understand the very foundation of all belief. We do not want ideas that will simply satisfy the intellect. We also want methods that will expand, enlarge and develop the intellect. We do not want a religion or a philosophy that we can accept as authority. We want a science of living that will so develop man that the man himself can speak as one having authority. Truth does not come through believing something. It comes through the use of that something that unfolds, develops and elevates the mind.

A great many truth seekers believe that it is necessary to work independently in order to promote originality of thought, and therefore they have a sort of fear of personalities, systems and institutions. But this is a mistake, because nothing can hold you in bondage unless you fear that bondage. On the other hand, all things may at times serve as means through which a higher conception of greater truth may be attained. And here we should remember that more mental bondage comes from the fear of institutions than from the institutions themselves. The real truth seeker is friendly to all minds, to all beliefs, to all systems and to all institutions, because he knows that back of them all there is some truth, and through friendly relations