sets us free must be a simultaneous movement along all three lines of our nature.
The Divine Mind may be represented by a large circle and the individual mind by a small one, but that is no reason why the smaller circle should not be as perfect for its own area as the larger; and therefore the initial statement of the Bible that Man is the image of God is the charter of Individual Liberty for each one, provided we realise that this likeness must extend to the whole threefold unity that is ourself, and not to a part only. Our Liberty, therefore, consists in being ourselves in our Wholeness, and this means the conscious exercise of all our powers, whether of our visible or invisible personality. It means being ourselves, not trying to be somebody else.
Universal Principles
The principles by which anyone ever attains to self-expression, whether in the humblest or the most exalted degree, are always the same, for they are Universals and apply to everyone alike, and therefore we may advantageously study their working in the lives of others; but to suppose that the expression of these principles is bound to take the same form in us that it did in the individual who is the object of our hero-worship, is to deny the first principle of manifested being, which is Individuality.
If someone towers above the crowd, it is because he has grown to that height, and I cannot permanently
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