. It is the Law, always creating in
accordance with the Word that sets it in motion, whether constructive or
destructive; so what we really have to consider is the sort of Word
(i.e. Thought or Desire) which will set the Law working in the right
direction. It must be a Word of confidence in its own power; otherwise
by the hypothesis of the case it would be giving contradictory
directions to the Law, or to borrow a simile from what we have learnt
about waves in ether, it would be sending out vibrations that would
cancel one another and so produce no effect. Then it must be a Word that
does not compromise itself by antagonizing the Law of unity, and so
producing disruptive forces instead of constructive ones. And finally,
we must be quite sure that it really is the right Word, and that we have
been making no mistake about it. If these conditions be fulfilled the
logical result will be entire freedom from anxiety. Similarly with
regard to maintaining a continued interest in life. We must have a
continued succession of ideals, whether great or small, that will carry
us on with something always just ahead of us; and we must work the
ideals out, and not let them evaporate in dreams. If these conditions be
fulfilled we have before us a life of never-ending interest and
activity, and therefore a life worth living. Where then are we to find
the Word which will produce these conditions: perfect freedom from
anxiety and continual, happy interest? I do not think it is to be found
in any way but by identifying our own Word with the Word which brings
all creation into existence, and keeps it always moving onward in that
continuous forward movement which we call Evolution. We must come back
to the old teaching, that the Macrocosm is reproduced in the Microcosm,
with the further perception that this identity of principle can only be
produced by identity of cause. Law cannot be other than eternal and
self-demonstrating, just as 2 x 2 must eternally = 4; but it remains
only an abstract conception until the Creative Word affords it a field
of operation, just as twice two is four remains only a mathematical
abstraction until there is something for you to count; and accordingly,
as we have already seen, all our reasoning concerning the origin of
Creation, whether based on metaphysical or scientific grounds, brings us
to the conception of a Universal and Eternal Living Spirit localizing
itself in particular areas of cosmic activity by the powe