NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION 



not harm one iota of that new na- 

 ture which is to be henceforth for- 

 ever the whole of himself. He 

 leaves all for all. He conquers 

 desire by the deepest possible 

 desire. He has learned the art 

 of communing with, correspond- 

 ing with, feeding upon, the inner 

 world. He walks and talks with 

 God. In all this is the truest 

 philosophy — we overcome the 

 lower by finding that we do not 

 need it. We conquer by repla- 

 cing ; we are weaned from depend- 

 ence upon the kingdom of the nat- 

 ural man by finding far more 

 satisfying meat and drink than 

 what we knew of before. 



This is the meaning of self- 

 denial, fasting, repentance, suffer- 

 ing — the weaning of the feeders 

 from the old to the new environ- 

 ment — the feeders that give food 

 and consolation. We enter into 

 the kingdom of the spiritual man 

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