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the co-ordinating physical processes which animate 

 Paderewski's ethereal touch. But my wonder Is ampli- 

 fied a thousandfold when I listen to the tuneful mes- 

 sage which this performance of perfect physical co- 

 ordination conveys to me from the internal world of 

 Paderewski's consciousness, where It was recorded by 

 the creative soul of some heaven-born genius. 



I cannot resist, then, crossing the boundary-line 

 which separates the external material world from the 

 internal world of my consciousness. Here I find a 

 power which Is at work creating this internal world. 

 This power Is a manifestation of a new entity in the 

 existence of which mankind always believed and called 

 it the soul of man. This belief is the essence extracted 

 from all human experience. No physical reality rests 

 upon a broader and deeper foundation of experience 

 than this belief. The soul Is the creative co-ordinator 

 residing In the body of man and guiding its functions 

 so as to make the life of man a cosmos, a creation of 

 simple law and beautiful order. Our belief In the 

 existence of the creative soul Is the origin of our be- 

 lief in the existence of a Creator. 



Our present knowledge, derived from man's experi- 

 ence ever since he began to live a human life, rejects 

 the hypothesis that the creative power of man's con- 

 sciousness Is the highest form of creative co-ordina- 

 tion; It demands a still higher form of creative co- 

 ordination. The creative power residing In us Is, 

 therefore, the origin of the belief that our creative 

 soul Is a part of Him who endowed the electrons and 

 protons, the atoms and molecules, and the tiniest units 

 of living matter with those primordial attributes which 



