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shorten the period of our probation and trial, we 

 must recognize the Truth of Being, and work with 

 the law of constant unfoldment and developing 

 improvement. There is a divine discontent that 

 spurs us onward and upward, but far from being 

 incompatible with poise and confidence and trust 

 it is furthered by these ; and it is wide as the poles 

 asunder from fret and worry and anxiety. 



Our problem is to adjust the outer man, the phy- 

 sical self, to harmonious relations with his inner 

 spiritual self; for this is the only path to the over- 

 coming of temptations, folly, and disease, all the 

 evils in short which purely physical or material liv- 

 ing generates. The right use of the power of 

 thought is the medium of adjustment, and we 

 choose for ourselves what use shall be made of it. 

 When an evil thought enters the mind promptly 

 replace it with a good one. This is much better 

 than to engage in a struggle to resist evil. It is 

 the quickest method of shunting the mind to an- 

 other track and of shutting the door between 

 you and temptation, if the evil be of that nature. 

 And at the same time it strengthens the mind to 

 admit only the good, and trains desire to long for 

 it and choose it. You thus cultivate receptivity to 

 the highest, the best, and the purest; and are con- 

 stantly refining and harmonizing the vibrations in 

 every sphere of your being. 



I wish to impress upon every reader the over- 



