this Truth exhibited in its highest form as Man evolved to perfection, and belief in the power of the Spirit to produce such an evolution.

The Type of Perfected Humanity

I do not say that there is nothing personal in the statement; on the contrary, it is eminently personal to "the man Christ Jesus", but as the Type of Perfected Humanity --- the first-fruit of the further evolution which is to complete the pyramid of manifested being upon earth by the introduction of the Fifth Kingdom, which is that of the Spirit. When we realise what is accomplished in him, we see what is potential in ourselves; and since we have now reached the point beyond which any further evolution can only result from our conscious co-operation with the evolutionary principle, all our future progress depends on the extent to which we do recognise the potentialities contained in our own individuality.

Therefore to realise the manifestation of the Divine which Jesus stands for, and to love it, is the indispensable condition for attaining that access to "the Father" which means the full development in ourselves of all the powers of the Spirit.

The point which rivets our attention in this utterance of the Master's is the fact that we do not need the intervention of any third party to beseech "the Father" for us, because "the Father" Himself loves us. This statement [i.e. John 16:26-7 --- Ed.], which we may well call