in heart and mind to set aside the fleshly man. He says, “If I honor myself, my honor is nothing;” “I speak not of myself, it is the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.”

Self-denial.

He denied his personality, for he knew that that was not the real Self. He knew Himself to be Spirit, not flesh. “The flesh profiteth nothing,” he said. He knew himself to be Immortal, not mortal as he seemed to be. He said, “Judge not by the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” We, too, are Spiritual, not material; divine Immortals, not carnal and mortal. We deny the reality of the carnal mind and body under the name “personality.” It is a good term to express all the collective errors that man has held about himself. The word “person” (from the Latin per and sona,to sound through) was originally applied to a mask which ancient actors wore upon the stage. Most personalities seem to hide the real nature of the individual --- beautiful natures obscured by ugly forms and features, great souls curtained by diminutive bodies. Denial of personality draws aside the curtain, dissolves the imperfect, and reveals the translucent body through which the Spirit shines and works untrammeled.

The fleshly body is not yourself, and nothing done to it can hurt you. Mentally look at all personality as you would look through darkness to the light. Deny its actions, its foolishness, its sickness, its weakness, its meanness, its wickedness, and these will melt before your true word like mist before the sun.