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of these powers, and only as he develops the divine 

 within him will he be able to understand and 

 measure the divine without him. Now this is only 

 possible because, in essence, the natures of God 

 and man are identical. This sounds a bold 

 statement, but it is the fundamental truth of all 

 religions. Need I quote to you the famous saying, 

 "Thou art That"? Shall I take an equivalent 

 phrase from the Hebrew Scripture, accepted by 

 the whole Christian world : " God created 

 man in His own image, in the image of God 

 created He him " ? The teaching is identical as 

 all great truths are identical in the various reli- 

 gions ; but what does it mean ? God is manifest in 

 His universe. Would you understand His work, 

 you must develop the God within yourself, else 

 will He for ever be veiled from your eyes. Not 

 by the eyes of sense may you behold Him, not 

 by the vision of intellect may you see that Form, 

 invisible even to the intelligence. Only as the Self 

 that is God is unfolded within you, will the Self 

 that is the God without you manifest to you the full 

 glory of His life. That is the ancient starting point. 

 Thus what the man of old had to do, if indeed he 

 were to be a man of science, was to become divine ; 

 he was to be a saint before he could be a sage. 

 No man could be wise until he was pure, for how 



