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everything, — I begin to think, — I reflect by combining 

 former experiences — I am conscious that ' I am ' and that 

 I am free to choose between Eight and Wrong but that I 

 am responsible for my actions to a higher power ; that 

 what I call ' I am ' is itself only the shadow or in some 

 incomprehensible sense the breathing organ, of a wonderful 

 divine Afflatus or Power which is growing up within, or in 

 intimate connection with me, and which itself is akin to 

 the Eeality. Owing to my senses being finite I cannot 

 with my utmost thought form a direct concept of that 

 power although I feel that it comprises all that is good and 

 real in me, and is, in fact, my true personality ; I am 

 conscious of it ever urging me forward towards the Good, 

 Beautiful, and True, and that each step I take in that 

 direction (especially when taken in opposition to the 

 dictates of physical instincts) results in a further growth 

 of that Transcendental Self ; with that growth I recognize 

 that it is steadily gaining power over my thoughts and 

 aspirations. I learn that the whole physical Universe is 

 a manifestation of the Will of the Spiritual, that every 

 phenomenon is, as it were, a sublime thought, that it 

 should be my greatest individual aspiration to try to 

 interpret those thoughts, or when, as it seems at present, 

 our stage in the evolution of thought is not far enough 

 advanced, I should, during my short term of life, do my 

 best to help forward the knowledge of the Good, Beautiful, 

 and True for those who come after. As I grow old the 

 Eeal Ego in me seems to be taking my place, the central 

 activity of my life is being shifted as I feel I am growing 

 in some way independent of Earthly desires and aspirations, 

 and, when the term of my temporary sojourn here draws 

 to a close, I feel myself slackening my hold of the physical 

 until at last I leave go entirely and my physical clothing, 

 having fulfilled its use, drops off and passes away, carrying 

 with it all limitations of Time and Space. — I awake as 

 from a dream to find my true heritage in the Spiritual 

 Universe." 



If we try to form a conception of the stages of growth of the 

 Transcendental Self it would, I think, be somewhat as follows : — 



The first consciousness of the I know that Love is the Sura- 

 Spiritual entity would be mum bonum. 



As it became nourished it I love, 

 would be 



