Perfection of the mind comes with the purification of the body. The nervous system is the key to purification as consciousness is tied to the body. As the mind purifies it lifts its consciousness to a higher status, ideals and constructive activity. The great change comes when one begins to think in idealistic terms and not in terms of self-profit and self-agrandizement. When one begins to use his mind for upliftment and not for destruction, then truly one is on the path of purification and on the road to perfection. The human, sometime in his evolution, must again become the master of nature. But first, before he can do this, he must master his own human nature. This means that the mind must outgrow selfishness, cunning and craftiness. For long ages these habits have become very deeply ingrained in the human psyche; life after life we have followed this habit pattern.

Man in his early days used brawn for all his accomplishments. Then, slowly he learned that the mind is superior to brawn. And that brought on a great change.

In the early ages, man acquired a dense body as an instrument of action and survival. Later in time, he acquired his vital body in order to have the power of motion, which was necessary for action. In a still later age he acquired the desire body, which gave incentive to action. The mind, however, was not given to man until the Atlantian Epoch, in order for him to have purpose in action. Even then, he did not have a reasoning mind, he functioned through desire, passion and emotion. He was, however, master of nature. The downfall of the Atlantian was for the most part, because the ego was weak and the desire was strong. As a result, cunning was developed by the weak mind. Also, there were strong desires because, as yet, constructive thought and reason were not developed in the human, and the results of destructive actions were not reasoned out.

in the Aryan Epoch thought and reason were being developed and evolved in the mind in order to conduct desire into channels leading to the gaining of spiritual attainment. This is the real and only goal of evolution - the developing of a Divine Mind; the individual mind ultimately attaining the status of universal mind. As we move more and more toward Divine Mind we slowly gain, once again, mastery over nature. Only this time as masters over nature, it will be with divine love.

The human at the present time has mastery over the chemicals and minerals only, that is, the mineral kingdom and not over the vegetable or animal kingdom; that comes later in his development.

The deep secrets of nature are carefully guarded and not revealed to the human until such a time as he has grown to use his powers for the upliftment of humanity and not to plot and plan control and destruction of the human race. We like to think of ourselves as highly civilized and the truth is that we are barely civilized. However, at this time the world is given a great opportunity to make great strides forward if we will only heed the 'word' that is being given out. The human has to learn to go within himself to find the true answers to his own evolution and ultimate resolution.

The reason the power over nature which man had were taken away from him was to enable man to continue to further evolve, because no matter how cunning and selfish he became he no longer had the power to destroy himself and nature as well. However, now that he has learned the secret of splitting the atom he stands in jeopardy of destroying most of mankind if he is not very careful. The human, in his period of involution, lost his spiritual sight and awareness of the inner and subtle worlds. Seeing with physical sight he saw only in the physical world. He saw only the shadows of life and not the real essence. Thus with limited sight and limited mind and a developing ego, he set forth upon a course of destruction. As a result, he has moved from tribal wars to world wars, from individual destruction to the possibility of total world destruction. He now stands on the brink of making his final decision - world peace or total obliteration. Man has free will, for God has made him so. He must learn to live by the Law of Love, and by learning and practicing this all else will be added unto him.

The involution and evolution of man has been that he was molded from without, unconsciously. Then, he was first ruled and guided by Divine Messengers. And later, by kings by Divine right - these he knew consciously. Then, still later he was taught to revere the laws of God which he was unable to know or see. This was when he fell back on faith. Finally, however, he must learn to govern himself and live in harmony with nature and conquer his own free will, and resolutely move from destruction to construction.

First man learned to worship God through fear. Then he worshipped God as the bountiful giver of all things. Then he worships by prayer and attempts to live the laws so he can then go to heaven as his just reward for living the good life. Next he learns that the true worship of God is to do right, because it is right to do right and it is right to do so without thought of reward or self gain. Lastly he learns that he must now go within himself in order that he may begin to experience God and to find his own true Self. Now he will learn to think with the heart and love with the mind, for the heart and mind must come into balance. As practice must make perfect, he now rapidly gains on the final real goal of life. He begins to regain his long lost powers that are now held secure in the spiritual outpouring of his own nature. As love must conquer all, as God is love, he now comes to the close of his long journey, for now he has an open and a loving heart and a Divine Mind. So closes the saga of the immortal's long, long journey through the shadows and sorrows of human life to now return home, one with eternal life - nothing left to be experienced and nothing left to be known - one who has conquered all and is now one with all that exists.