78 SYDNEY T. KLEIN ON THE INVISIBLE IS THE REAL, 



the Son of God growing up within, is what constitutes our true 

 spiritual life. Heaven and Hell are not localities but are states 

 of consciousness within us. Heaven the real is when we are in 

 loving and knowing communion with the All loving ; Hell the unreal 

 when that consciousness is absent. 



"It is difficult to treat seriously Mr. Leslie's statement that I 

 have used the words Introspection, Intuition and looking inwards 

 as though they were potent, magical formulae. True introspection 

 can only be employed when self has been eliminated from self- 

 consciousness and God consciousness has been attained. 



Mr. Weller thinks my paper ' non-Christian, a mixture of 

 Buddhism and Christian Science, does not bring us into touch with 

 the latest advances, does not combat the unbelief now prevalent, 

 shows that God cheats us by illusions, and last of all. plays on our 

 disordered nerves with the obviously absurd demand that God 

 requireth that which is past ! I am quite contented to leave it to 

 others to say whether there is a single sentence of truth in such 

 statements. My paper was not written to prove Christianity or any 

 other religion ; there is something to be learnt from every form of 

 serious religion, but in this paper and the others I have given to the 

 Institute, my object has always been not so much to teach as to help 

 others to think to their advantage. It is not God who cheats us, but 

 it is we who by not opening our consciousness to that which is real, 

 cheat ourselves into some very foolish beliefs. 



"If Mr. Hoste will refer again to page 54 lie will see that I 

 specially limited my remarks to those who have ' not investigated 

 or looked beyond the horizon of everyday life." and on page 55 I 

 again state that I am only referring to ' those who are dominated 

 by the world of appearances in everyday life." There are, thank 

 God, many others who, as Mr. Hoste points out, are convinced of 

 the reality of the invisible, but there is, alas, plenty of room for 

 improvement in all of us in that direction. I have also travelled 

 over many deserts and seen many extraordinary mirages, and I 

 had these in mind when writing my paper. Mr. Hoste had only 

 to investigate by either approaching or looking through a field-glass, 

 and he would at once have seen that the apjDearance was an illusion 

 and could not have been taken in by any would-be teacher, however 

 dogmatically he might lay down the law. I have not stated or 

 suggested that ' as the Universe increases in visibility it decreases 

 in reality,' though that may be the conclusion of those who cannot 

 free themselves from the narrow limitations of material perspective 

 and thus become able to use the unlimited horizon of spiritual 

 discernment. 



Col. Mackinlay cannot see that the human race is still in its 

 infancy, and I am afraid I cannot convince him if the examples 

 I have given do not show him that we have hardly yet mastered 

 even our A. B.C., and are only just beginning to get into touch 



