that which he can do most happily and successfully; that in which he can feel himself in tune with his own soul and the souls of his fellow human beings.

THE RULE OF THE WORD

The most direct way to this work is to follow the rule of the word.

To the novice in spiritual methods this statement will need explanation and enlargement.

First of all, let us understand and agree upon this, that all is mind; in other words, that matter and motion, the two components in which scientists once classified all the parts and phases of creation, are mind stuff and the play of mind stuff upon itself—in the highest terms, God substance and God working.

Thought is mind in motion, and every activity upon this earth begins as a thought. The nature of an activity can be decided by the quality of the thought that was its origin and the thoughts that followed and were its modifiers. When a thought comes out of abstraction into the definite form of a word, it is like electricity, and can be conserved, directed, and used, as its thinker wills.

As molds determine the form of the melted metal that is poured into them, so the word decides the outer form that thoughts are to take in the realm of appearances.

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