[Skull]

If we all lived in the consciousness and
the conviction of our own great possibilities,
we should realize that we are souls, and that
we too have divine privileges far beyond anything
that we know of or even think of. Yet
we throw these aside, because they are not
acceptable to our limited, personal selves.
They do not fit in with our preconceived ideas.

So we forget that we are a part of the
divine Scheme of Life, that the meaning of
life is sacred and holy; and we allow ourselves
to drift back into the vortex of misunderstanding,
misconception, doubt, unhappiness, and despair.

That soul steps out on the path of self-directed evolution
- evolution directed by his own higher
nature; and he moves along that road with
a conviction that the ultimate relative
perfection of man is assured.

A soul that starts on the path that I
have spoken of, finds the companionship of
his own essential divinity.

As he moves forward, he will begin to
find the reality of things which he had formerly
ignored. Sacred blessings will come
to him without money and without price.
He will find the beginning of great joy, the
beginning of a new life, the beginning of
sublime efforts, and a quality of courage that
will enable him to proclaim from the housetops
and the mountain-tops, anywhere and
everywhere, that man is essentially divine:
and that is the voice and the music of the
soul, seeking expression in the hearts of men.

Katherine Tingley