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ESSENTIALS OF 
 PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT 
 
 Being Number Two Of 
 
 LESSONS OF PROGRESS 
 
 BY 
 WILL J. ERWOOD 
 
 717 EAST TWENTY-SECOND STREET 
 Baltimore, Maryland 
 

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 COPYRIGHT 1909 
 
 BY WILL J. ERWOOD 
 
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ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHIC 
 DEVELOPMENT. 
 
 "What Man has done Man can do!" 
 
 HIS is an old adage, but it 
 is as vitally true today as 
 when first uttered. It con- 
 veys a sentiment — a concep- 
 tion, which should be a 
 source of strength and assurance to every 
 person who desires to accomplish things 
 worth while in life. 
 
 Particularly is this true of those who 
 desire to bring into activity the forces with 
 which these pages deal. Too often the 
 student of "Psychic Force" is given to the 
 assertion: "There is not a bit of Psychic Pow- 
 er in me," and, with this statement voiced, 
 folds the hands in helplessness; for such the 
 spirit of inertia waits. 
 
 It is a popular belief that but few of 
 nature's children are endowed with Psychic 
 Power. It is a belief which has its rise in 
 the failure to understand the meaning of 
 the word "Physic;" or in the confounding 
 of this term with the word "Medium." 
 
 That there may be no misunderstand- 
 ing let it be said that the word "Psychic" 
 is taken from a Greek word meaning Soul. 
 
That stripped of all occult — or ambiguous 
 meaning, the use of the term "Psychic 
 Power" simply signifies one who is making 
 use of the Soul, or Spiritual force which is 
 as much a part of selfhood as is any one of 
 the faculties, attributes or functions with 
 which we have been endowed. 
 
 And further, let it be understood that, 
 since the same general laws obtain in the 
 being of each, every person must, of neces- 
 sity, be the possessor of Psychic power. 
 And that the greater, or lesser success in 
 its use is simply a matter of unfoldment 
 or use. 
 
 Unfoldment is to a great degree noth- 
 ing more than the rational and consistent, 
 as well as continued use of any given fac- 
 ulty — or number of faculties. This is just 
 as true of the mental, or soul side of the 
 man, as it is of the physical muscles. 
 
 Individuals find themselves apparently 
 devoid of active Psychic perceptions simply 
 because they have ignored this side of their 
 being. Thus the majority have only them- 
 selves to blame for the dullness of these 
 finer senses. 
 
 It is no more than just to say, in ad- 
 dition to the above, that much of the dull- 
 ness of perception, Psychically, is due to 
 the ingrained fear of, and prejudice against 
 all forms of spiritual manifestations. 
 
This prejudice and fear comes from 
 the too general ignorance concerning human 
 possibilities. It is born of a general fear of 
 forces that are not fully understood — a fear 
 fostered by those who have been subservi- 
 ent to a blind faith which sees in every- 
 thing, which does not come within its 
 limited philosophy or scope, the working of 
 a Satanic agency. 
 
 Such people have not learned that 
 there is no force in nature which is not 
 beneficent when rightly used; that there 
 is nothing which is not malevolent when 
 misused. That the evil comes in company 
 with the ignorance of the underlying prin- 
 ciple; and the good comes in the right ap- 
 plication, or use, through the knowledge 
 thereof. 
 
 Ignorance has given rise to the tenden- 
 cy to fall down in fear and trembling when- 
 ever some cloud, which has not before been 
 observed, appears on the horizon of human 
 consciousness. 
 
 From this fear has come the too gener- 
 ally prevalent practice of starting in alarm 
 whenever we come within range of the 
 cloud of Psychic Manifestations. And this 
 without knowing that this wave of Psychism 
 is but the shadow of the Superman and the 
 Superwoman. 
 
 With one half the human undeveloped 
 we cannot expect to see the quality, of 
 
human consciousness desired. When the 
 man is all physical and no spiritual, he is 
 not what he should be. If all spiritual and 
 no physical, the same is true. Hence the 
 assertion: The Superman and the Super- 
 woman is that one who is fully rounded 
 out; i. e. who is developed physically, men- 
 tally, spiritually — Psychically! 
 
 It may be safely asserted that the day 
 dawns in which the study of Psychic law 
 will form a part of every school curriculum. 
 Every Teacher of Humans will be man or 
 woman whose knowledge and experience 
 covers both physical and psychical phen- 
 omena. 
 
 This because Education means unfold- 
 ment! And how can the uneducated 
 human assist in the rational education of 
 others? Yet the system of the day is such 
 that those with the most superficial know- 
 ledge, and the most limited experience, are 
 intrusted with the care of growing human 
 beings whose consistent unfoldment would 
 add so much to the weal of the common- 
 wealth — to the sum of human achievement 
 and happiness. 
 
 Back of every oppression will be found 
 one of three things : Ignorance; Prejudicial 
 Superstition; or Cupidity. Behind every 
 effort to stem the tide of human knowledge 
 is found the lurking, skulking form of one 
 or the other of these inquisitorial demons, 
 sometimes all of them. 
 
This demoniac trio has ever stood op- 
 posed to whatsoever would add to the sum 
 of human knowledge or power. To add 
 to the sum of knowledge means to weaken 
 the hold of this trinity upon the human 
 family; hence the opposition to each step in 
 progress. 
 
 We enslave a people and end by be- 
 ing ourselves enslaved — it is the meed of 
 the oppressor. We set people free, and lo! 
 the Angel of Progress stands ready to place 
 the laurel of freedom upon our own brow. 
 
 Thus the minions of the above men- 
 tioned diabolic, triune obstacle to human 
 advancement, have fought every effort to 
 make for progress; have contested the cog- 
 nition of every slumbering energy which 
 has knocked at the door of human con- 
 sciousness. True to the action of the law 
 they have been enslaved by their own su- 
 perstions and fears. And they are the last 
 to know the freedom of the Soul's awaken- 
 ing. 
 
 Everything which tended to take the 
 human out of the clutches of Priestcraft has 
 been fought with greater violence than 
 aught else. This because of the attempt 
 to foster the idea that but few are the re- 
 cipients of Divine favor — but few able to in- 
 terpret the will of the Infinite. 
 
 Let the force be such as would awaken 
 the soul perceptions to a comparatively un- 
 
common degree — it must, forsooth, be con- 
 demned as dangerous. Let it bring about 
 a receptivity to Cosmic Energy, greater than 
 is enjoyed by the average individual, and it 
 must perforce be condemned as vicious. 
 So says the human fossil who is wedded to 
 the days and customs of the by-gone. 
 
 This then explains the antagonism to- 
 wards, and fear of all Psychic phenomena. 
 And strangely enough, the most virulent 
 opposition has come from those who have 
 builded the entire superstructure of their 
 faith, their hope and joy, upon more or less 
 uncertain accounts of the Psychic exper- 
 iences of men long since numbered with 
 the yesterdays which have fled. 
 
 The theologian has been preaching of 
 the soul. Yet he fears the Soul in action ! 
 He trembles in the presence of the majesty 
 of Spiritual Selfhood — of Cosmic Energy 
 manifesting in human Consciousness. 
 
 Coadjutor of the Infinite — interpreter 
 of the will of the Divine, as he has declared 
 himself to be, he, nevertheless, falls upon 
 his knees in fear and trembling, before the 
 vision of the larger life! He quakes in the 
 presence of the illumined consciousness, 
 and, forthwith, prays to the Heavenly 
 Father to be delivered from the wiles of 
 the Devil. 
 
 Server of the Over-soul, though he as- 
 serts himself to be, he fears his Master's 
 
intonations when speaking through the 
 voice of Progress! Blindly he attempts 
 to stem the tide; and would put to nought 
 the machinations of the Divine Creative 
 Energy of which he, himself, is but a Crea- 
 ture. 
 
 Hast thou forgotten, oh, erstwhile ser- 
 ver of the Infinite! that back of, within, and 
 throughout every force in the Universe lies 
 that Potency designated, variously, as God ; 
 Allah ; Brahma or Over-Soul ? 
 
 Go where we will its evolutionary pro- 
 cesses are in action. Fight them, as we— 
 in our ignorance — sometimes do, they still 
 march forward, drawing the human family 
 resistlessly toward the goal of a larger and 
 clearer degree of Consciousness. 
 
 And whatever the Infinite may be, its 
 forces are always bivouacked upon the plains 
 of human existence ; unencumbered, they 
 are ever ready to spring into every breach 
 in the wall of ignorance and bring manu- 
 mission — liberty, to the souls that hunger 
 for progress — who are athirst for knowledge. 
 
 Fear is born of ignorance! Keep the 
 masses in ignorance and you keep them fear- 
 ful; keep them fearful and you have made 
 slaves of them — they are yours to do with 
 as you will. This is a psychological law. 
 
 Knowing this, wily and subtle minions 
 of the old school have sought to engender 
 fear in the minds of the people. The reas- 
 ons are obvious! 
 
True to the instinct, of the "genus theo- 
 logia," which has ever inspired warfare 
 against each innovation in the way of ad- 
 vancement, these devotees have turned 
 their ecclesiastical guns upon what they 
 are pleased to term: "the evils of Psychism." 
 And vigorously have they denounced all 
 Psychic manifestations as being of Satanic 
 origin. 
 
 Steadfastly they have asserted that the 
 unfoldment of the psychic side of one's na- 
 ture "contravenes the will of God." Then, 
 when brought face to face with insurmount- 
 able evidence of the reality of such pheno- 
 mena, they have followed the precedent es- 
 tablished by their kind, ages ago, and have 
 said: 
 
 "To be sure these phenomena are true; 
 and sometimes are beneficial, but: all phe- 
 nomena must be within the bounds of our 
 organization — under our dominion, for then 
 they are of Divine origin. And all such as 
 occur outside the pale of our institution are 
 superinduced by the Devil." 
 
 "Consistency, thou art a jewel!" Let 
 us examine the statement that these Psychic 
 powers of ours contravene the will of God. 
 
 The Fable runs : "God made the 
 Heavens and Earth; and all therein. He is 
 Omnipresent; Omniscient; Omnipotent. 
 Nothing can obtain without his will — unless 
 he creates it. He has the power to stop in- 
 
stantly whatsoever he listeth. God breath- 
 ed into the nostrils of man, and he became 
 a Living Soul, etc." 
 
 The above being true everything in 
 existence must be in accord with the Infi- 
 nite will — else it could not exist. And, the 
 foregoing being true, everything — every 
 force in nature is beneficent when used ra- 
 tionally — wisely. Psychic force then is also, 
 and of necessity, beneficent, when properly 
 used. 
 
 "There," say some, we object to its 
 use because it is sometimes abused ! To 
 be sure it is sometimes abused ! But, we 
 are more prone to abuse any force when 
 ignorant of its proper sphere, than we are 
 when we have knowledge thereof. 
 
 And to refuse to make use of any force 
 because it had been abused would mean to 
 bar out everything. For ignorant human 
 nature has misapplied nearly every force 
 and element in life. 
 
 Bibles have been misused; priest-craft 
 has been misused. The abuse of these 
 two things have given rise to as much of 
 misery and horror as anything that has 
 ever fallen to man's lot to use or abuse. 
 Indeed, their misuse has given rise to such 
 inquisatorial horrors, as to make the heart 
 tremble with wrath and indignation when 
 contemplating them. 
 
Yet both have been used by some, 
 judicially and well. Political privileges 
 have been abused. Love, life, liberty have 
 each been abused. 
 
 Hence, to decry a thing because 
 someone has abused it is poor policy. 
 The better way is to carefully investigate, 
 and with the acquisition of knowledge, 
 make proper application of the principles 
 involved. 
 
 And, let it be said right here, it is 
 folly to look upon psychic force as super- 
 natural, A supernatural thing cannot ex- 
 ist in a natural universe. To admit that 
 which is "supernatural" — i. e. above the 
 natural— is to make of this universe a 
 thing of caprice, without one single frac- 
 tion of stability in it. 
 
 Every force is a natural force back 
 of which there is a closely related ante- 
 cedent cause. Every phenomenon is 
 a natural phenomenon, connected with, 
 and behind which there is a more or less 
 clearly defined antecedent cause. And the 
 ability to trace the relationship between 
 the phenomena of nature, and their more 
 immediate causes, measures the sum of 
 human knowledge and power of which 
 the individual is possessed. 
 
 And this because that knowledge 
 measures the ability of the individual to 
 apply principles, and to be of use to hu- 
 manity. 
 
To repeat, then Psychic Force is 
 natural; and the "Psychic" is simply one 
 using natural — but more keen than ordi- 
 narily in use — sense perceptions. Con- 
 trary to the popular theory, the "Psychic" 
 is not of necessity one who is abnormal. 
 Nor is he an individual who is a victim of 
 either hallucination or neuresthenia. In 
 truth, there are many persons who make 
 active and rational use of the Psychic 
 sense, who are decidedly the reverse of 
 the victim of nerve depletion. 
 
 In order to avoid confusion we are 
 dispensing with the numerous metaphys- 
 ical terms and distinctions used by Oc- 
 cultists in dealing with Spirit, Soul, Mat- 
 ter, and the various degrees of mind. 
 
 Because of this we are using the 
 term "Psychic" in a broad sense; we use 
 it to convey this meaning: a person — a Soul 
 who is sufficiently awakened to use the 
 finer Soul sense perceptions to the extent 
 that he acquires information, knowledge 
 and understanding, quite beyond the range 
 of the ordinary senses. 
 
 And while understanding the different- 
 iations made by Theosophist, Buddhist 
 and others, relative to Soul, Spirit, and 
 Mind, we are using the term Soul to de- 
 signate the whole man, whether function- 
 ing through material bodies, or immater- 
 ial forms. In short, we are using the 
 terms "Psychic and Soul" as synonyms 
 
meaning the same thing by each. 
 
 And using the word "Soul" to mean 
 the Eternal, real, Spiritual man — the man 
 who, in moments of illumination, reveals 
 himself and sets at naught the limitations 
 of the flesh. 
 
 As everything in nature is subject to 
 vibratory activity; and as these vibratory 
 waves are the means whereby we are made 
 cognizant of the nature of that with which 
 we come in contact, let us say that "The 
 Psychic" is one able to enregister vibratory 
 activities greatly beyond the range of ordi- 
 nary sense perception. 
 
 Let us get firmly fixed in the mind the 
 fact that the Psychic is not necessarily the 
 Medium— in the sense in which the term 
 Medium is used. While recognizing the 
 fact that all Mediums are, naturally, gifted 
 with Psychic power, we are not confound- 
 ing the two. By Psychic we mean the per- 
 son who is consciously, and individually 
 awakened, and using his or her inherent 
 power. 
 
 The Medium, as the general under- 
 standing of the term goes, is always an instru- 
 ment in the hands of, or under the control 
 of an intelligence, or power, extraneous to 
 the medium. In other words under the 
 hypnotic dominion of another mind, either 
 incarnate or discarnate. 
 
And let us also get firmly fixed in the 
 mind the realization that we have nothing 
 to fear from Psychic Power; that it is sim- 
 ply keying the being up to "concert pitch" 
 so to speak, that we may catch the music 
 of the spheres. 
 
 The reason why some people have ex- 
 perienced unpleasant results in their search 
 is found in two causes, mainly. They are, 
 first: the fear entertained of the psychic 
 manifestations; second: the attempt to force 
 the development of psychic sensitiveness, 
 either by hypnosis, or otherwise. 
 
 Remember: "That which we fear is 
 always our Master." Also: forced devel- 
 opment is never conducive of the best re- 
 sults. Moral: Eliminate fear from your 
 being entirely; and be natural, normal, con- 
 sistent in your development — giving nature 
 time enough to do the work well, instead of 
 forcing that unfoldment. 
 
 Remember: Each human soul is a 
 musician — a Master Musician striving to 
 manifest to the highest degree of perfec- 
 tion. That no musician can render his 
 best, by playing upon or through an imper- 
 fect instrument. 
 
 Remember : That the well developed 
 Psychic is the Soul who has adjusted his 
 physical organism in such a way as to be 
 enabled to manifest through that organism 
 more perfectly. Or, to be more exact, is 
 
so much the Master of that physical organ- 
 ism as to be, practically, the conqueror of 
 its limitations. 
 
 Remember : You must not try to pass 
 from the state of insensibility to psychic vibra- 
 tions to one of complete sensibility thereto 
 in a moment — or a week or month. Be 
 willing to give adequate time; time consist- 
 ent with the compensation desired. 
 
 Remember : That your object should 
 be personal illumination — unf oldment, poise, 
 harmony, rather than the ability to tell for- 
 tunes. Should be the enjoyment of the 
 larger life, rather than the serving of a 
 mercenary purpose. 
 
 Remember: Emerson — in his Essay 
 on Compensation — says : !l What will you 
 have, quoth God, pay the price and take 
 it." And this is as true here as elsewhere. 
 
 It is the use that is made of this force, 
 as of every other, which determines the 
 value it is to the individual. 
 
 The person who would develop Psy- 
 chic power must learn Concentration — con- 
 centration is the art of eliminating every 
 discordant sound, and every condition other 
 than the one desired. 
 
 And that person must acquire poise — 
 balance. And also must acquire the art 
 of listening to the soul self when it speaks. 
 In other words must retire within the self- 
 hood; or, must close the consciousness to 
 the impressions of the coarser sense objects. 
 
The unspoken thought must become 
 audible; the vibratory emanations from 
 other souls must be enregistered, at desired 
 intervals, within the Soul's consciousness. 
 These are, virtually, impinged upon the 
 spiritual sensorioum. 
 
 All of this will seem difficult enough — 
 and it is not play for the superficially mind- 
 ed to engage in. It means honest, earnest 
 and constant effort on the part of the stu- 
 dent, before desired results may be attained. 
 
 One of the first essentials in Psychic 
 development is self control — the elimination 
 of the destroying passion of anger. Indeed 
 we will put this first, for without self con- 
 trol there can be no concentration; and 
 without concentration there can be no sat- 
 isfactory Psychic unfoldment. 
 
 So we place self control at the head of 
 the list. And that must be the first step on 
 the part of the student. A thing to be re- 
 membered — one which will no doubt help 
 is: every thought, passionate or otherwise, 
 makes an impression on everything about 
 us, whether animate or inanimate, and can 
 be read inerrantly by those who have Soul 
 development. 
 
 Note the impression made upon you 
 when in the presence of an angry person — 
 the sensation which steals, rapidly, or slow- 
 ly, over you. Be sure then that the same 
 impression is made by you, in your angry 
 moments, upon others. 
 
It is also essential that a time be set 
 aside for silent communion with the Soul 
 self — for systematic concentration for psy- 
 chic development. And when that time — 
 a period of thirty minutes daily — has been 
 set, let punctuality and regularity be the 
 watchword. 
 
 Do not forget that system is the key- 
 note to every success. A good way to de- 
 velop not only system, but concentration of 
 a high degree, is to determinedly arrange 
 the routine of the day to make time for this 
 thirty minute period required. 
 
 If possible let there be someone who 
 is congenial to participate in this period. 
 Then let each one bring to the lesson hour, 
 small objects that have been carried, or 
 worn — let the article be slipped in an envel- 
 op, or small box to conceal it from the or- 
 dinary vision. Then let each person take 
 the object brought by the other, and note 
 the impression received while holding it in 
 the hand. 
 
 This practice can be carried out in 
 connection with letters received; particularly 
 by noting the impressions received when 
 meeting others— strangers or otherwise. 
 And remember it is by continued effort that 
 success is achieved. 
 
 It is like developing the muscle of the 
 arm, or any portion of the body— constant 
 and consistent effort is required. Let us 
 
say, for the sake of illustration, that we are 
 seeking to develop Psychic Muscle — 
 strength. 
 
 Every person has experience with in- 
 tuition — "the still small voice" of song and 
 story. But, nearly every person ignores 
 utterly the impressions thus received. To 
 do so dulls the spiritual sense perceptions. 
 As this is read the student will remember 
 personal experiences of this character; and 
 will realize more than one time when loss, 
 in some way, was the result of not heeding. 
 
 It must not be forgotten that this effort 
 to unfold the phychic nature is not an effort 
 to become an abnormal being, On the con- 
 trary it is simply to become a fully round- 
 ed out individual— to make use of all the 
 powers with which the human has been 
 endowed. 
 
 Men rebuild their lungs — they recon- 
 struct the brain, adding cell after cell by 
 right mentation; why should they not de- 
 velop a degree of sensitiveness far super- 
 ior to that ordinarily possessed? There 
 can be no reason why it may not be done. 
 Nor is there anything illegitimate about it. 
 
 Let it be forever understood that: 
 Forces, Powers, and Functions are never, 
 of themselves, illegitimate ! It is only when 
 misused that reprehensible results accrue; 
 and even then it is not the principle itself 
 which merits reproach — it is the use to which 
 it is put. 
 
We are creatures of habit! And all 
 habits are, in the last analysis, mental hab- 
 its, — i. e. mind processes which have 
 evolved concrete action. And any change 
 in sensibility necessarily involves mental 
 processes; for this reason have we urged 
 regularity in thought and act. 
 
 The human is wonderfully constructed, 
 but only— in the main — partially developed. 
 With two brains in which to develop, to a 
 wonderful degree, speech centers, cells etc., 
 we use but one. With a marvelously intri- 
 cate network of tiny nerves — with which to 
 telegraph our acquisitions to the storage 
 cells, or center of consciousness— pervading 
 the entire anatomy, we fail utterly to com- 
 prehend their usefulness. 
 
 These nerves connecting with the 
 brain — or brains — spread out, from the base 
 thereof, in every direction until every portion 
 of the body is provided with its quota. In- 
 deed, we might almost say that the nerve 
 system is an elongation of the brain. Fur- 
 ther: that when man is wholly developed 
 he will be, so to speak, all brain; i. e. : 
 
 He will have developed such perfect 
 concord between the mental self and every 
 atom of the body that he will, to all intents 
 and purposes, be all consciousness. 
 
 And this is what the wholly developed 
 Psychic is. He is, so to speak, all eyes — all 
 ears; without seeing he sees, without hear- 
 
ing he hears. Without being present he 
 knows what transpires. 
 
 And without the least hesitation the 
 writer asserts this to be a degree of unfold- 
 ment quite within the province and possi- 
 bility of each Soul. It will take time and 
 practice — so does everything else acquired 
 whether in music, art or literature. 
 
 And what are the Essentials in this 
 development? How shall we proceed? 
 
 First: Cultivate Poise; Concentration; 
 recognize the fact that every potentiality in 
 the universe is encompassed by the human 
 Soul. Make up your mind that "What 
 man has done, man can do. " 
 
 Second: Have a purpose in seeking 
 development; let that purpose be the high 
 resolve to unfold all there is in you for the 
 good of humanity. Decide that there shall 
 be nothing but spiritual mindedness in the 
 seeking. 
 
 Third : Cultivate the mental habit of 
 heeding the intuitions ; make up your mind 
 that the Cosmic Forces are for your benefit 
 that they wait to serve you if you will but 
 conform to them. 
 
 Fourth : Make it a practice to note 
 the impressions received when coming in 
 contact with persons; articles, letters and 
 places. Make it a practice to note, before 
 it is spoken, what a conversationalist is 
 about to say. 
 
Fifth : Set aside thirty minutes each 
 day for concentration. If impossible every 
 day, make it every other day; daily periods 
 are better. Be punctual, regular and earn- 
 est. Then carry out the suggestions given 
 previously in these pages. 
 
 Get these suggestions firmly fixed in 
 the mind that they may become work- 
 ing forces in your development. And 
 remember, whatever you do, do not allow 
 any one to hypnotize you in order to 
 accentuate the psychic sensitiveness. 
 You do not want to be an automaton — 
 you want to be your own consciously ac- 
 tive, and individualized, self. 
 
 Remember that order is nature's first 
 law ! And what is desired most of all is 
 to become an orderly thinker, that order in 
 all phases of life's expression may be the 
 rule. 
 
 To be an illumined Soul — one to whom 
 the world looks for Emancipation and Pro- 
 gress ; to be an awakened Being in tune 
 with the Soul of things; to be in touch with 
 the comparatively untapped reservoirs of 
 universal power — all of this should be the 
 object of every seeker after Psychic — Soul 
 — development. 
 
 Enough has been said to show the 
 student that Psychic power is worthy of 
 consideration — and is beneficial. More fully 
 however, shall it be dealt with in our 
 
next lesson: n Mediumship: Its Use and 
 Abuse, n at which time we shall point out 
 other phases of the question. 
 
 For the present suffice it to say that 
 when the Soul man so determines noth- 
 ing can stand between him and Cosmic 
 Consciousness — between him and the very 
 Heart of this great, pulsing Universe. 
 
 He can so awaken as to be a reser- 
 voir of Conscious energy — of dynamic 
 force; literally he may come into posses- 
 sion of his Kingship — one with the Uni- 
 versal purpose. 
 
 In consonance with this thought, then, 
 when going into the concentration period 
 let this sentiment be uppermost in the 
 mind : 
 
 "I AM ONE WITH COSMIC LIFE! 
 EVERY POTENCY IS MINE! SCION OF 
 THE HOUSE OF INFINITY, I KNOCK AT 
 THE DOOR OF COSMIC ENERGY AND 
 DEMAND MINE OWN, AND LO! I AM 
 BECOME A SOUL AWAKENED— 'MASTER 
 OF MINE OWN DESTINY,' FREE, AND 
 FILLED WITH POWER." 
 
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