DEVELOPING THE SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS: Page 62

"The mind which follows the rambling senses, makes the Soul as helpless as the boat which the wind leads astray upon the waters." Bagavad-Gita. MAN is man by virtue of milling, not by virtue of knowing and understanding. As he is, so he sees. His hopes and aspirations are in exact proportion to the depth and power of his will: for, says Emerson, "The height of the pinnacle is measured by the breadth of the base." He is the microcosm of the macrocosm: the little world of the big world. The universe exists for the self: -such is the dictum of the sages. Man has appropriated this form, this coat of skin, for the exercise and unfoldment of his Divine Nature. He is above Nature, his body is of Nature. Man, Know Thyself, was mandate of the Delph Oracle. All your efforts, your joys and sorrows, your ups and downs, are to this end. You now grasp this thing, • soon you drop it; then you grasp that thing; soon you drop it;-Not this, Not that, you say. This is the speech of Negation: neti, neti: Not this, Not this. You who are Infinite in essence drank deep of the 61