principles is of extraordinary value leads us to enquire if the metaphysical sense can be developed in anybody here and now. The result of such inquiry and investigation proves that this sense can be developed. For the fact is that anything in the being of man can be developed. We all have the same powers and faculties latent within us, and the elements of growth are present in every faculty and power, so that it is only necessary to apply the law of development to that which we wish to develop and such development will invariably be secured.

The development of the metaphysical sense is important for many reasons, though there are two reasons that occupy the first place. The first reason is, that it is only through this sense that we can discern absolute truth, or {Hire truth, or the whole truth, in connection with anything in existence. And second, it is only through this sense that the mind can discern the causes of things. And here it is well to emphasize the fact that the world of cause exists entirely within the world of absolute truth. If man desires to master himself, take his life into his own hands and create his own destiny, he must understand the causes of the many effects in his life. And as causes can be discerned only through the metaphysical sense we realize its exceptional importance in this connection.

When man knows the cause of everything that takes place in his body, mind or character, and