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The Christ Consciousness.

: The Christ Consciousness.
In the last analysis we make our
own world. To him that is in the
Christ consciousness there appears the
soul that turns to him has a new rev
elation. All inspire him. They shine in
upon his vision like blossoms, each
with it's heart Of gold and with petals
that reflect the various hues Of tile one
light. Some Of them are crushed, some
stuntcu and dwarfcd, because they
have lacked the sunshine of love, but
they are flowers still that in Gods own
time shall grow tall and straight and
beautiful and shall blow freely and
fully. giving out their aroma in the
universal air.
Do you love the flowers? They arc
the symbols of tho souls of men and
women. Then love the souls. Cast nc
shadow on any. Blight not their growth
by an unkind thought or word. Give
them the sunshine Of your love, the
dew Of your sympathy. And If you can
do nothing for them else let them
alone. DO not bend them awry by try
ing TO force them to grow your way.
Remember, the flower needs freedom
and air. Water it, cut away the noX-
iOuS weeds of circumstance from about
it, improve it's environment, give it a
chance, and it's own God implanted life
will do the rest.
To the soul that is in the Christ con-
seriousness all things are divine. Each
thing rightly understood and rightly
used is holy. All days are sacred, all
places are temples. all human beings
are sons of God, and all messages have
some inspiration from on high. He
sees the central truths Of all religions,
the God led march of events in all his
tory. To him there is a choir in every
brook, a priest in every tree, an altar
on every rock and an oracle on every
hill. To him each dawn is like the un-
folding scroll of heaven. each day like
a segment of eternity. each eve like a
benediction. He beholds in all things
the one life. The grass that is a carpet
for his feet or Il cushion for his re-
pose, bees that hum a minor chord to
his musings. birds that sing for the
pure joy Of being. sunlight that SHIN
mers upon the leaves, sheep in the
meadows and cattle on the hills and
everywhere the signs Of the labor and
communion of men-in these he be-
holds the objective expressions of the
soul of things. He knows the immor-
tally of all that is, lives in it con
sclously in his every moment. He be-
holds the universally of every entity,
the unity that runs through the fabric
Of being. To him all manifestation is
the symbol of spirit. The universal
love burns within him like a fire. He
IS in the thought of the soul which is
faith and which not only believes, but
knows. The veil between the seen and
the unseen is to him very thin. and he
grasps the hands of beings in both
worlds. All he touches love him, for
he loves them in return. He has no
personal desire except to do good and
scatter happiness. His individual will
he keeps in concord with the will uni
versal. He not only believes in God,
but knows him, for he has walked
with him upon the heights and talked
with him in the silence.
The soul that is in the Christ on
seriousness goes out to all the great
teachers of the past and strikes hands
with them in the present. He sees the
ladder up which he has risen and the
ineffable light that CLOVIS over it from
ahead. He knows that he has come
into his w universal and so has be-
come an individual expression Of all
that is-the microcosm Of the macro-
cosm. He rejoices that this is for
every other spirit and would help each
to come into it's own. He steps upon
the mountain top of thought, and the
very infnitude of the view humbles
him. He becomes as im%personal as
truth, as democratic as light. If he
could take all the children of men into
the arms Of his love he would, for his
heart yearns over them with an inef-
fable tenderness.
To the soul that is in the Christ con-
seriousness all things are pure. He
sees no mistakes in the handiworI of
God. He beholds the relative and par
tial views OF men as things that grow
into the perfect embodiment. He sees
all truth in beautiful symbols, but be-
hind the symbols is the ice clear, pei
lucid and universal light. He sees the
way of life that leads up to a throne
with a sunburst around it, and in SYM
Dol he mounts up to that very throne
till he merges into the golden clouds
that fold it.
To the soul that is in the Christ con
seriousness there is joy-joy that bub-
bles up like a fountain, everlasting,
u~nspeakable. Doubt has fled from him,
for he knows. Whatever may be the
incidents Of life, his Joy, love and
faith can never leave him. They would
attend him through the prison, would
stand undaunted with him on the scat
fold and would shine triumphant even
over the misunderstanding and hatred
Of men. They are a light to his steps,
a strength to his sinews and q song In
his heart.
The soul that is In the Christ con-
seriousness has overcome, and for him
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