d position. Breathe
rhythmically, and meditate upon your relationship with the Universal
Mind of which you are but an atom. Think of yourself as being in touch
with All, and at-one-ment with All. See All as One, and your Soul as a
part of that One. Feel that you are receiving the vibrations from the
great Universal Mind, and are partaking of its power and strength and
wisdom. The two following lines of meditation may be followed.

(a) With each inhalation, think of yourself as drawing in to yourself
the strength and power of the Universal Mind. When exhaling think of
yourself as passing out to others that same power, at the same time
being filled with love for every living thing, and desiring that it be
a partaker of the same blessings which you are now receiving. Let the
Universal Power circulate through you.

(b) Place your mind in a reverential state, and meditate upon the
grandeur of the Universal Mind, and open yourself to the inflow of the
Divine Wisdom, which will fill you with illuminating wisdom, and then
let the same flow out from you to your brothers and sisters whom you
love and would help.

This exercise leaves with those who have practiced it a new-found
sense of strength, power and wisdom, and a feeling of spiritual
exaltation and bliss. It must be practiced only in a serious,
reverential mood, and must not be approached triflingly or lightly.

GENERAL DIRECTIONS.

The exercises given in this chapter require the proper mental attitude
and conditions, and the trifler and person of a non-serious nature, or
one without a sense of spirituality and reverence, had better pass
them by, as no results will be obtained by such persons, and besides
it is a wilful trifling with things of a high order, which course
never benefits those who pursue it. These exercises are for the few
who can understand them, and the others will feel no attraction to try
them.

During meditation let the mind dwell upon the ideas given in the
exercise, until it becomes clear to the mind, and gradually manifests
in real consciousness within you. The mind will gradually become
passive and at rest, and the mental image will manifest clearly. Do
not indulge in these exercises too often, and do not allow the
blissful state produced to render you dissatisfied with the affairs of
everyday life, as the latter are useful and necessary for you, and you
must never shirk a lesson, however disagreeable to you it may be. Let
the joy arising f