ive to
a sense of your harsh and foolish conduct. You will then begin to dwell in
thoughts of love, of gentleness, of abounding forgiveness; and as you
overcome the lower by the higher, there will gradually, silently steal into
your heart a knowledge of the divine Law of Love with an understanding of
its bearing upon all the intricacies of life and conduct. And in applying
this knowledge to your every thought, word, and act, you will grow more and
more gentle, more and more loving, more and more divine. And thus with
every error, every selfish desire, every human weakness; by the power of
meditation is it overcome, and as each sin, each error is thrust out, a
fuller and clearer measure of the Light of Truth illumines the pilgrim
soul.

Thus meditating, you will be ceaselessly fortifying yourself against your
only _real_ enemy, your selfish, perishable self, and will be establishing
yourself more and more firmly in the divine and imperishable self that is
inseparable from Truth. The direct outcome of your meditations will be a
calm, spiritual strength which will be your stay and resting-place in the
struggle of life. Great is the overcoming power of holy thought, and the
strength and knowledge gained in the hour of silent meditation will enrich
the soul with saving remembrance in the hour of strife, of sorrow, or of
temptation.

As, by the power of meditation, you grow in wisdom, you will relinquish,
more and more, your selfish desires which are fickle, impermanent, and
productive of sorrow and pain; and will take your stand, with increasing
steadfastness and trust, upon unchangeable principles, and will realize
heavenly rest.

The use of meditation is the acquirement of a knowledge of eternal
principles, and the power which results from meditation is the ability to
rest upon and trust those principles, and so become one with the Eternal.
The end of meditation is, therefore, direct knowledge of Truth, God, and
the realization of divine and profound peace.

Let your meditations take their rise from the ethical ground which you now
occupy. Remember that you are to _grow_ into Truth by steady perseverance.
If you are an orthodox Christian, meditate ceaselessly upon the spotless
purity and divine excellence of the character of Jesus, and apply his every
precept to your inner life and outward conduct, so as to approximate more
and more toward his perfection. Do not be as those religious ones, who,
refusing to meditate upo