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the throbbing currents of the Absolute. And life is worth 

 living for the experiences happy or sad which we gather 

 from this world's plane for help of soul's growth and pro- 

 gress. 



But great as these are they are not alone enough; there is 

 yet another power, and this is to bring out and express the 

 Truth within ourselves which lives in greater or less degree 

 and finds expression from intuition in highly wrought results of 

 Science, Poetry, or Art. 



" Truth is within ourselves; it takes no rise 

 From outward things, whate'er you may believe. 

 There is an inmost centre in us all, 

 Where Truth abides in fulness; and around, 

 Wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in, 

 This perfect, clear perception which is truth, 

 A baffling and perverting carnal mesh 

 Binds it, and makes all error; and to know 

 Rather consists in opening out a way 

 Whence the imprisoned splendor may escape, 

 Than in effecting entry for a light 

 Supposed to be without. Watch narrowly 

 The demonstration of a truth, its birth, 

 And you trace back the effluence to its spring 

 And source within us; where broods radiance vast, 

 To be elicited ray by ray, as chance 

 Shall favor." 



This is a stage we have reached when the eye discerns 

 "truer truths." 



This inner enlightenment and guidance emanating from the 

 very core of the man or woman does not, to me, exclude the 

 thought of the striking in from outward of subtle powers, 

 once the passage is effected by Truth's exit from within. These 

 outer influences react on the hidden forces which they strengthen 

 and reinforce. A similar interplay of powers and intuitions 

 goes on in the plane of the world's knowledge: "A pinch 

 of powder," and " harmless dewdrops," " mixed nothings 

 make somethings," and the "lip's mere tremble," and "cheek's 

 just change of color " effect heart's earthquake. 



