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The soul attracts that which it secretly harbours; that which it loves, and also that which it fears; it reaches the height of its cherished aspirations; it falls to the level of its unchastened desires,  and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own. THE SOUL ATTRACTS THAT WHICH IT SECRETLY HARBORS THAT IT LOVES AND ALSO THAT WHICH IT FEARS IT REACHES THE HEIGHT OF ITS CHERISHED ASPIRATIONS IT FALLS TO THE LEVEL OF ITS UNCHASTENED DESIRES AND CIRCUMSTANCES ARE THE MEANS BY WHICH THE SOUL RECEIVES ITS OWN
o are contented with them. As a progressive and evolving being, man is where he is that he may learn that he may grow; and as he learns the spiritual lesson which any circumstance contains for him, it passes away and gives place to other circumstances. Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself. That circumstances grow out of thought every man knows who has for any length of time practised self-control and self-purification, for he will have noticed that the alteration in his circumstances has been in exact ratio with his altered mental condition. So true is this that when a man earnestly applies himself to remedy the defects in his character, and makes swift and marked progress, he passes rapidly through a succession of vicissitudes. F THOSE WHO ARE CONTENTED WITH THEM AS A PROGRESSIVE AND EVOLVING BEING MAN IS WHERE HE IS THAT HE MAY LEARN THAT HE MAY GROW AND AS HE LEARNS THE SPIRITUAL LESSON WHICH ANY CIRCUMSTANCE CONTAINS FOR HIM IT PASSES AWAY AND GIVES PLACE TO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES MAN IS BUFFETED BY CIRCUMSTANCES SO LONG AS HE BELIEVES HIMSELF TO BE THE CREATURE OF OUTSIDE CONDITIONS BUT WHEN HE REALIZES THAT HE IS A CREATIVE POWER AND THAT HE MAY COMMAND THE HIDDEN SOIL AND SEEDS OF HIS BEING OUT OF WHICH HIS CIRCUMSTANCES GROW HE THEN BECOMES THE RIGHTFUL MASTER OF HIMSELF THAT CIRCUMSTANCES GROW OUT OF THOUGHT EVERY MAN KNOWS WHO HAS FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME PRACTISED SELF CONTROL AND SELF PURIFICATION FOR HE WILL HAVE NOTICED THAT THE ALTERATION IN HIS CIRCUMSTANCES HAS BEEN IN EXACT RATIO WITH HIS ALTERED MENTAL CONDITION SO TRUE IS THIS THAT WHEN A MAN EARNESTLY APPLIES HIMSELF TO REMEDY THE DEFECTS IN HIS CHARACTER AND MAKES SWIFT AND MARKED PROGRESS HE PASSES RAPIDLY THROUGH A SUCCESSION OF VICISSITUDES
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