be a science, an art or a craft, at first all of the attention must be focused upon it. Principles must be carefully and intelligently comprehended, so that our thought always conforms to them. Loose thinking is as disastrous as live wires carelessly handled; all the troubles in the world come from it.

When we have mastered the principles of life we are in the divine order of the Kingdom of God. "Order is Heaven's first law," and no one can be in Truth who is not in that law. With principles firmly established in consciousness we feel the sustaining Infinite holding us within Himself. In ease and confidence we work out conditions through the principles we have mastered, and thus we stand in the way of new revelation. The light grows brighter and we feel the conviction of limitless possibilities with principles in consciousness. We go into the mind of God for principles, we come out into expression over them and find as the great WayShower so positively assures us, that we shall "go in and out and find pasture."

Inspiration is the result of our knowledge of Spiritual Reality. To him who has incorporated principles, life is easy and its burden light. He feels himself then greater than anything that comes against him, and he experiences a keen sense of joy in the consciousness of this power. Jesus realized this when the man born blind came to him for healing. It was his opportunity to reveal the power of God. The more we use power the more conscious we are of power. Power is not greater because Jesus stood in it, nor is it less because you and I stand in it. Power is, and he who believes in

Omnipotence does, to the extent of this belief, work easily in it. As a young high school student said, with lighted face, "There are no problems when you understand principles."

All education is the perception of principles, a series of opening the eyes. Columbus opened his eyes and perceived the shape of the earth; Newton opened his eyes and perceived the law of gravitation; Copernicus opened his eyes and perceived the relative position of the sun and planets; Jesus perceived the spirituality of the universe and of man. Every one is free to the extent that he perceives the spiritual principle of man. Freedom is the expression of life through principles.

Accomplishment is natural and easy when we know principles. We are then yoked with Omnipotence. The short and easy way is to identify one's self with Mind which knows all things and in which is the idea and substance of all things. We thus "reach the journey's end at every step." Eliminate every belief which does not emanate from Mind. This is the way to enable Mind to possess us, and it is in that possession alone that we actually find the Way. Just as the boat that Jesus boarded was immediately at the shore, so we find ourselves at the shore of Freedom, spiritual expression, when we have right ideas.

The universe is a Divine Theocracy, in which there are no power stations nor middle men on the way. Each receives his own commission from the Principal and each must start from the Head of the Stream; for the new work and the new name are given to each individually, in the secret trysting

place of Father and child, at the Head of the Stream. From the Principal, which holds the idea of each individual unit, each starts outward on the wings of faith in his own individual genius. In every one, discovered or undiscovered, is an ideal which when found confers a benediction upon himself and the race.

A Divine Theocracy can be nothing but a Divine Democracy, and a "government by the people and for the people," can only be established on the basis of the equality of man because of the unity and integrity of the universe. The Golden Rule is the natural impulse in the hearts of men when they discern the spirituality of the race. It is he only who is faithful unto death (of the mortal misconception) that receives the Crown of Life-clear discernment of the Principal and the Principle.

CHAPTER IV

THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.-Luke 10:24.

Kingdom Centric.-Artists point out that to get the idea of a picture one must find the center, and from this see the relationship of all the objects in the picture to it, for every object in the picture is the elucidation of that center. In music we must catch the theme or motif in order to enter into it comprehendingly and sympathetically. We are told that the best preacher has but one sermon, the best author but one subject. Certainly this is true of the Great Teacher for we find the Gospel story centered in his one theme, "The Kingdom of God" or "The Kingdom of Heaven." In a multiplicity of ways and with a wealth of illustration he endeavors to compel this into the consciousness of his people.

The "Kingdom" was, to Jesus, the only Reality. Everything that was not of it was "a lie," and had no Truth in it. Seeing this Kingdom so clearly himself, Jesus "marveled" that others could not perceive it also. Eternal Life, he taught, was the result of being aware of the Kingdom, and, by precept, example, elucidation, demonstration, and in

ducement, he endeavored to lift the consciousness of men to that life. This Reality fills all space; therefore it cannot be "Lo here or lo there," for that which fills all is locationless to human measurement. That which constitutes the beauty, integrity, and perfection of the Kingdom is Spirit, and only he who worships in Spirit and in Truth can discover this great universal Realm. All perceivable things have value only because of their relationship to the Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Heaven.-The Kingdom of Heaven in its objective sense is the Reality of the universe. It is the absolutely perfect spiritual creation in the infinitely aware consciousness of God. It is guarded from all intrusion by the vigilance of Him who "slumbers not nor sleeps" in the loving watch He keeps over it. It is radiant life, indestructibly established. Its fullness renders any vacuum or imperfection impossible. Its peace and harmony are the result of everything being complete in itself, for here is the Real of everything, the God Idea of it. The all-pervading love is its own consciousness of unity; for, being All, no one and no thing can be outside its beneficence, or can possibly be in opposition or alien to it.

The Kingdom of Heaven in its subjective sense is what has been induced into our consciousness by perception and demonstration from the consciousness of God. The Kingdom of Heaven is in this sense, what we are aware of in the manner that God is aware of it. Heaven is not a place to which we go when we die, but it comes to us as we die to mortal unbelief and perceive the luminous Creation in which