Yet we know the butterfly gnaws its way through its envelope, makes itself a passage and wings its way into space—thus conquering air, light and liberty; so it is with Soul.
To know one’s self, as Socrates put it a few thousand years ago, is really the first commandment of the Ancient Masters. It is a great opportunity to make further discoveries in the universe and the heavenly worlds, for latent in man’s brain is a capacity one million times greater than he is using now.
“In these teachings of the Ancient Masters, one learns to think things through. The old negative thoughts will drop away and new ideas through Divine Spirit will be established, and one will soon find the ease and efficiency of this way of life.”
’Blessed is that man that trusteth in Supreme Being, for he shall be like the mighty Banyan by the river that spreadeth out her roots; its leaves shall be green and shall bloom in the drought and blossom in the plentiful seasons.’
