MIND IS FUNCTION 205 



to represent the universe as one. Self, being the indi- 

 vidual, is a part of the monistic universe, and the rest 

 of it is that which is external to him ; it is his environ- 

 ment. They must be interpreted together in order to 

 arrive at the truth of either. The self without its cor- 

 respondence with ''not-self" would have no meaning, 

 and the latter without the self, in relation, would be 

 without meaning to the self. 



The naturalist is necessarily a monist, a material- 

 istic monist, because he believes in a material universe 

 that was evolved, not created ; and, of course, that uni- 

 verse is one and infinite. It is one, because every part 

 is dependent on every other part, and could not exist 

 without this relativity. The original nebula, from 

 which the evolution of worlds began, was composed of 

 homogeneous matter, and every sensuous form, now 

 existing, is composed of the same atoms of matter. 

 There is nothing palpable that is not an evolution from 

 nebulous matter. So that, so called mind, or psychical 

 phenomenon, is one with matter. Matter and motion 

 are one, and that one, it is just as well, to call motion, 

 as to call it matter. Everything can be reduced to 

 energy, or force, and every apparent phenomenon 

 a tree, or thought, or idea may be called a form of 

 energy. This energy, to man, is the ultimate, and his 

 reason can go no further. Beyond is assumption, with- 

 out the aid of reason. 



