92/115 SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS By FRANK H. SPRAGUE
From time immemorial, seers have recognized an inner Presence with which they could hold communion, and have found in it the source of wisdom, knowledge, power, joy and peace, in fact, of all that is real and enduring in life. In moments of purest spiritual consciousness, when our vision penetrates beyond the barriers of finite thought, and human consciousness blends with the Divine, its existence becomes an axiomatic certainty.
The entire outer world, a structure infinitely complex and varied, from a finite point of view, is resolved, in the mind of the thinker and seer, into a consistent expression of the one Self in whose life all live, in whose thought all think, in whose activity all act, in whose freedom all are free.
The possibility of one’s knowing anything outwardly, depends on the vital connection of the outer expression he perceives, with the life within him. He recognizes an outer world, because of this union.
The ultimate source of all expression, the original impulse of all outgoing life, is derived from the deeper Self the Self which, in every man, is concealed behind the surface indications of a personal mask.
The further we drop the plumb-line of intuition into the depths of consciousness, the more fully is our essential nature revealed, and the more clearly evident become design and purpose in the cosmos.
Two classes of people are to be met with everywhere: those who seek to manifest the real things of the deeper Self, and those who live in the semblance of things, in sensations, opinions, sentiments, independent of any conscious relation to a deeper Self. All lives are rooted in eternity. As they draw sustenance from the spiritual realm, they develop and come forth into manifestation in the finite realm of phenomena.
The expanding germ within a seed, overcomes the most formidable obstacles in its struggle to reach the sunlight. The position in which the seed is planted may cause it to grow downward at first; but the inexorable law of its Being leads it ultimately to seek the air and sunlight that its life demands. Within every human expression is a germ of Divinity, which, will come to light whenever encouraged by environing circumstances.
The flower is concealed within the bud, until conditions are favorable to its expansion. Each experience leaves an impression on the mind. Every person is building, even though unconsciously, an inner life, around which the outer show is the temporary staging; and when it is torn away, that which he has built inwardly will stand revealed.
By consciously co-operating with the Divine in our nature, thinking and acting along the lines it indicates, the development of our lives will be spontaneous and harmonious. As all living things are from the Infinite, their normal growth is toward the Infinite; as the Infinite is the source of life, it is also its destination.