forward into fuller and fuller expression of itself, which therefore becomes fuller and fuller life in the individual; and consequently, anything that tends to limit the full expression of the individual life must be abhorrent to the Universal Mind expressing itself in that individuality.

Then comes the question as to the way in which this truth is to be realised; and the practical way inculcated by the Master is very simple. It is only that we are to take this truth for granted. That is all. We may be ready to exclaim that this is a large demand upon our faith; but after all, it is the only way in which we ever do anything. We take all the operations of the Life-Principle in our physical body for granted, and what is wanted is a similar confidence in the working of our spiritual faculties.

Trust

We trust our bodily powers because we assume their action as the natural Law of our being; and in just the same way we can only use our interior powers by tacitly assuming them to be as natural to us as any others. We must bear in mind that from first to last the Master's teaching was never other than a veiled statement of Truth: he spoke "the word" to the people in parables, and "without a parable spake he not unto them" (Matt. 13:34). It is indeed added "and when they were alone he expounded all things to his disciples"; but if we take the interpretation of the parable of the sower as a sample [Matt. 13:3-9 --- Ed.], we can see how