Power to Progress

The spirit seeks to attain its development through material organs and every wrong must be set aright and every evil deed must be transformed into some good work, making compensation for that which was omitted in the past life by working out good effects, accomplishing good works, by assisting to unfold and develop the spiritual nature of yourself and your fellow man. Ofttimes the spirit must pass through a severe trial, an ordeal of suffering and disappointment, resulting in the development of the faculties. Remember we are depending on material magnetism to reveal this divine truth to humanity. It must and will be accepted, for through this the human race must be purified. Life is not yet understood, nor is it known why you exist at all.

The great Creator has a purpose in creating everything. Forests, fruits and vegetation are created for the benefit of the human race. Man stands above all; endowed with intellectual and spiritual faculties incarnated with the Divine essence of the Creator, which is spirit indestructible. Consequently, man, being the superior creation, should seek to cultivate the capacities of his organisation, the organic life principle of this great power. Spirit, indeed, is Divine essence and man can become like the Creator, just as much as the son can become like his material father; the material father impregnating the fetus of the unborn babe with natural material habits or inclinations. Just so the spiritual advancement—by exerting the mental capacities through the power of the will, you unfold the spiritual sense, which lies embedded within the physical organs and which requires cultivation through and by observation as well as material physical experiences.

That divine essence or spirit emanating from the creative power is impregnated through the organs of the female. By inhalation through respiration she imparts the life essence to the fetus, the male giving but the essential portion of liquid essence, which could not impregnate the life if the female respiration did not impart the more essential portion, which is spiritual.

The essential portion through respiration is the magnetic electric power, which is the vitality of life. Now the infant is born into the material life with the first respiration of oxygenic atmosphere. The spirit essence divine awaiting in attendance, influenced and assisted by individualised spirits, assimilates itself with this material infant body.

Nature knows no retrogression. It is true, each incarnation is a step toward elevating the spirit and is therefore designed and ordained by the superior creative power.

Natural laws by observation will reveal to you in every plant, in every shrub, the law of progression to perfection. Take, for instance, the oak tree of last season. Note the shades of the leaves, also count the branches minutely and this season make the same observation and see if there is not a change; the foliage thicker and more splendid in colour and hue, a replenishment of the branches, an addition to the trunk, even in root and bark. Take the little wild flower, bring it into your garden, give it attention, place it near some flower of rarity. You will soon see a change of colour, the flower becoming fuller and brighter and more perfect. Garden culture improves fruit trees and vegetation in general with every growth. In a variety of seasons, the vegetation and floral display become more perfect and more beautiful; so it is with the immortal human spirit. Through repetition and change, the crude material which makes the physical body so gross is thrown off, giving the spirit, through physical experiences and through the natural laws of nature, power to progress. When the mind or spirit attains a certain degree of knowledge, it seeks for the superior intellectual knowledge which lies externally all about you. Through the magnetic power, the Invisibles work and assist in its unfoldment.

B. H. In Spirit