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Man the master. By the mastery
of self, a distinct form of consciousness

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is evolved, which some would call
divine. It is distinguished from that ordinary

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human consciousness, which craves personal advantages
and gratifications on the one hand, and

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is involved in remorse and soil on
the other. The divine consciousness concerns itself

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with humanity and the universe, with
eternal verities, with righteousness, wisdom,

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and truth, and not with pleasures, protection and preservation of the personality.

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Not that personal pleasure is destroyed,
but that it is no longer craved in

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sought. It no longer takes a
foremost place. It is purified, and

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it is received as the effect of
right thought and action, and is no

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longer an end in itself. In
the divine consciousness is neither sin nor sorrow.

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Even the sense of sin has passed
away, and the true order and

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purpose of life being revealed, no
cause is found for lamentation. Jesus called

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the state of consciousness quote the Kingdom
of Heaven unquote. Buddha named it quote

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nirvana unquote, and loud Serve's term
for it was quote Tao unquote. Emerson

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refers to it as quote the over
soul unquote, and doctor Bucky calls it

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quote cosmic consciousness unquote in his valuable
work bearing that title. The ordinary human

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consciousness is self consciousness. Self,
the personality is placed before everything else.

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There are ceaseless anxieties and fears concerning
the self. Its possible loss is thought

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to be the most grievous calamity,
and its eternal preservation the most important thing

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in the universe. In divine consciousness, all this has passed away. Self

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has disappeared. Therefore they can be
no more fears and anxieties concerning the self.

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And things are considered and known as
they are, and not as they

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afford pleasure or cause pain to self, not as self wishes them to be

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for its own temporal or eternal happiness. The self conscious man is subject to

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desire. The divinely conscious man is
master of desire. The former considers what

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is pleasant or unpleasant. The latter
acts from the righteous law without reference to

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pleasure or pain. The race is
passing through self consciousness to divine consciousness,

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through the slavery of self with its
sense of sin and shame, to the

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freedom of truth, with its sense
of purity and power. The great Teachers

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and saviors of the race have already
attained in former existences. They have already

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passed through all forms of self consciousness, and now, having subjugated self,

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have become divinely conscious. They have
reached the summit of evolution on this earth,

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and have no further need to be
born in the self conscious form.

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They are masters of life. Having
conquered self, they have acquired the supreme

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knowledge. Some of them are worshiped
as God because they manifest a wisdom and

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consciousness which is quite distinct from the
normal or self consciousness of humanity, and

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which is therefore regarded with and shrouded
by incomprehensible mystery. Yet in this divine

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consciousness there is no mystery, but, on the contrary, a transparent simplicity,

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which becomes apparent when the confusions of
self are dispersed, the abiding gentleness,

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the sublime wisdom, the perfect calm
of the great teachers, qualities which

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appear supernatural when viewed from the self
consciousness state, are seen to be simple

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and natural when the first glimmering of
divine consciousness dawns in the mind. And

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such divine consciousness does not appear until
a high degree of morality is attained by

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the self conscious man. Man becomes
divinely conscious, divinely wise, divinely gentle,

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and strong in the measure that he
subdues and dominates within those passions by

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which humanity is subdued and dominated.
Man becomes divinely conscious, divinely wise,

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divinely gentle, and strong in the
measure that he subdues and dominates within those

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passions by which he may subdued and
dominated. The divine master is one who

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has attained mastery of his self.
The abiding nobility, beneficent characteristics, and

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unobtrusive virtue which mark off the spiritually
enlightened man from others are the fruits of

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self conquest, the logical outcome of
a long struggle to master and comprehend those

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mental forces which self conscious man blindly
obeys without understanding. Self conscious man is

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a slave to self obeying self centered
inclinations. He is in submission to his

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passions and to the sorrows and pains
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He is conscious of sin and sorrow, but sees no way out of

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these conditions, and so he invents
theologies which he substitutes for effort, and

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which, while affording him fitful comfort
through uncertain hope, leave him the easy

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victim of sin and the willing prey
of sorrow. Divinely conscious man is the

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master of self. He obeys truth
and not self. He curbs and directs

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his inclinations, and is conscious of
a growing of a sin and sorrow.

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He sees that there is a way
out of these conditions by the path of

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self mastery. He needs no theologies
to aid him, but exerts himself in

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right doing, and is gladdened by
a sense of victory and increasing purity and

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power. When his mastery is complete, he has no inclinations but those which

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accord with truth. He has then
become the conqueror of sin, and is

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no longer subject to sorrow. Enlightened, wise, and even more peaceful and

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happy is he who has subjected,
overcome, and cast out the turbulent self

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that reigned within. The Tempests of
sorrow do not chill him. The cares

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and troubles which beset man pass him
by, and no evil thing overtakes him.

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Secure in divine virtue, no enemy
can over throw him, no foe

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can do him harm. Kind and
peaceful, no person, power nor place

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can rob him of repose. There
is no enemy but self, no darkness

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but ignorance, no suffering but that
which springs from the insubordinate elements of one's

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on nature. No man is truly
wise who is involved in likes and dislikes,

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wishes and regrets, desires and disappointments, sins and sorrow. All these

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conditions belong to the self conscious states, and are indications of folly, weakness,

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and subjection. He is truly wise, who, in the midst of

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worldly duties is all, is calm, all is gentle, all is patient.

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He accepts things as they are,
and does not wish nor grieve,

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desire nor regret. These things belong
to the divinely conscious state, the dominion

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of truth, and are indications of
enlightenment, strength, and mastery. He

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who does not desire riches, fame
or pleasures, who enjoys what he has,

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he does not lament when it is
taken from him, he is indeed

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wise. He who desires riches,
fame and pleasure, who is discontented with

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what he has, yet laments when
it is taken from him, he is

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indeed foolish. Man is fitted for
conquest, but the conquest of territory will

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not avail. He must resort to
the conquest of self. The conquest of

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territory renders a man at temporal ruler, but the conquest of self makes him

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an eternal conqueror. Man is destined
for mastery, not the master of his

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fellow men by force, but the
master of his own nature by self control.

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The mastery of his fellow men by
force is the crown of egotism,

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but the mastery of self by self
control is the crown of humility. He

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is man, the master who has
shaken off the service of self for the

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service of truth, who has established
himself in the eternal verities. He is

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crowned not only with perfect manhood,
but with divine wisdom. He has overcome

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the disturbances of the mind and the
shocks of life. He is superior to

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all circumstances. He is the calm
spectator, but no longer the helpless tool

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of events, nor more sinning,
weeping, repenting mortal. He is pure,

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rejoicing, upright, immortal. He
perceives the course of things with a

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glad and peaceful heart, A divine
conqueror, master of life and death,