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Today's reading was edited and

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adapted from A New

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Philosophy of Life by John Herman

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Randall, published in 1911. There

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was once a time when scientists

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talked a great deal about dead

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matter, but today there is no

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No such scientific thing is

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dead matter. It is

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all living matter. If you

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hold in your hand certain substances,

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carbon, sulfur and salt, peter for

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example, there is nothing

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that indicates energy or force. They

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are inert. But if

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you bring them together, you have

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gunpowder. From

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where comes the power that now

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exists in this explosive? Did

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you put it in as you mix them together?

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Not at all. Where then did

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it come from? Ask

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the scientist and they say

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it is due to inherent energy. What

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do they mean by that? Perhaps

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they themselves do not know.

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The old line of demarcation

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between organic and inorganic, between

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the living world and the dead world

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has vanished. And

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we are confronted by the stupendous

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thought that what we call

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dead matter is alive

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throughout. Not to

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the thinking of the spiritualist alone,

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but to that of the scientist as

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well. Scientists

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now say that we always find

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life associated with matter. There

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appears to be good reason for holding

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that every atom is alive. It

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was Herbert Spencer who said that

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natural science is trending not

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to a world of dead matter, but

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rather a universe that is

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everywhere alive. There

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is something else to be said about this

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new universe in which we are moving. Something

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which is still more wonderful and startling.

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And that is, that this

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universe of ours is not only

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living in all its tiniest atoms,

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but that the mind is present

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everywhere throughout the universe. There

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are scientists who have argued at great

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length to show that every

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physical Physical process is always accompanied

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by a psychic process. That

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is, wherever we find physical matter, there

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we will find mind present in some

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form. Biologists

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have said that the tiny cell, which

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is the unit of all organisms, is

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an embodied bit of mind, that

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what we used to call vital

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or physiological processes of the cell

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are now recognized

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as psychic processes, that

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all functions of the tiny cell must

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proceed from mind. In

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short, the life of the

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cell must consist solely of its mental

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activities. We are

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living in a world which is full of

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life and energy, in which

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there is no such thing as dead

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or lifeless matter, and

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still another fact must be noted about

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this enlarged universe into which we have

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come. It is a

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unity. The ancients

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could not conceive of the universe in

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terms of unity. They did

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not dream of the unity that we

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know to exist. With

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the spectroscope, we can examine the elements

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of the sun, moon, and stars. We

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find that the same elements are there

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that are here. We

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study the forces of these heavenly

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bodies, millions of miles

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removed from us, and

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discover that the same forces, gravitation,

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heat, light, and electricity

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operate there just as they do

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here. The same laws

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prevail there that prevail here, and

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wherever we can go, wherever we

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may search, wherever our

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wonderful instruments have been able to

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penetrate, everywhere we find

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not only law, but

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the same law. There

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is unity throughout. Now

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there is one more step in our

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fascinating journey as we ponder upon

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the moon. marvelous facts which modern

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science reveals of the universe,

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gradually there emerges from our

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thinking the luminous yet startling

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thought. That is, that

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there is no other way to think of

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this universe except as

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a living organism. The

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old materialistic idea of the universe,

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as a machine made up of physical

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matter and run simply

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in accordance with certain physical laws

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is no longer possible. We

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are thinking today of the universe as

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an organism, alive throughout

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surcharged with vital energy,

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throbbing and pulsating with power of

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mind from its very

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center to its farthest circumference. Not

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a dead world, not a mechanical

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world, not a world once

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made by God who sits far off,

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but an organism which is living,

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breathing and pulsating

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constantly with infinite

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energy, infinite life,

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infinite power. This

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new understanding born of science has

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profoundly impacted our age-long search

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after God. No

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truly religious person can fail

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to be grateful for these divine

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revelations of science which

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are helping immeasurably to make God

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real to countless human lives. No

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longer do we look to some distant

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throne to find God. No

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longer do we journey afar through

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the universe to ascertain a heavenly

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dwelling place. We know

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that if there is a God at all, it

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is this infinite spirit that fills the

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universe full of its life, its

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mind and its energy. The

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scientist and the philosopher today, when

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asked for their conception of God,

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will answer, there is only

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one conception that we can entertain. of

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God, that is, it is

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universal mind, the

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supreme power that fills the universe,

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which is not only once created, but

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is continually being created.

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God is not only here, but

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everywhere. The

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infinite life, this universal

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mind, this soul of

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the universe, this God

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who is really pervading and sustaining,

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all that goes to make up

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this wondrous universe. This

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is what the new theologians call the

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imminent God, and what new

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thought authors call the universal mind. Or

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as an old German proverb puts it, God

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is sleeping in the stone, dreaming

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in the animal, coming to

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consciousness in every woman and man.

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The relation of this infinite power

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or God to the universe is

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the same as the relation of the

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human soul to the body. The

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universe as we see it is

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God's body. Thus God

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is the soul of the universe, just

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as you are the soul of your body.

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Can you lay your finger on yourself?

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Is your hand you? Is your foot

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you? Is your brain you?

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Where are you? Can anyone

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localize you in your body? You

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pervade your body through and through.

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When you are looking intently at some

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object, to all practical purposes,

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you are in your eyes. When

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you are consciously working with your

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hands, for all intents and

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purposes, you are in your hands.

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You are imminent in your body. There

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is not one atom of your body where

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you are not, but still

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you are not your body. The

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time is coming when you will surrender your

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body to the forces

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of dissolution, but you

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will not perish. God

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is the soul of the universe, just

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as your soul is imminent in the

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body. To make this

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idea clear, imagine the

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universe shaped like a gigantic human

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body. God is

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to this infinite form or universe what

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you are to your physical form or

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body. This does not

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mean that God is identical with the

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universe, but that the spirit

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is in every part of it. Thrilling,

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pulsating, living in it

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all, just as you live,

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thrill and pulsate throughout your

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body. And just as

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you, who dwell within the

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body and also transcend the body, so

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does God transcend the universe.

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This has been the conception of philosophers

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here and there, the

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thought of poets like Wordsworth now and

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then. It has been

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the idea entertained by certain free

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thinkers in the history of religious

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thought. But never until

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today have such new vistas

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of truth opened up

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before every individual life, granting

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glorious new outlooks and

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fresh sources of rejuvenating power.

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How wonderful the thought that

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God is not outside but

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within, that we cannot

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escape the divine. However,

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we may try, for

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it is here. The

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God of infinite power, whose

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greatness we see manifested everywhere

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in nature about us, is

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the same God who is waiting to

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manifest itself within you, to

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open up undreamed of possibilities

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in the attainment of character

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and spiritual development. Sometimes

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we catch glimpses now and then

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of what it means to be a real woman

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or man. Then the clouds

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gather and we lose the vision, but the

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fire is still there. that the glimpse came at all,

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that we once caught the vision of

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the meaning of manhood and womanhood, ought

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to be the surest sign to us that

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the selfish and materialistic lives we

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are living do not

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begin to represent what we can

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be and what we

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might attain if we

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but come to understand ourselves and

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the infinite resources of power at

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our command. Emmanuel

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means God with us. That

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is what people want, what

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people hunger for, and

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what people are searching for today. A

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real God. Not a

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God who once was, but

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a God who now is. Not

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a God who once spoke, but

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a God who now speaks. Not

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a God who once acted, but a

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God who works today. And

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that God is here. That

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God is within you, within

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