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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, whatever 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. 
