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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. 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
ment of his life there is no element of chance, but all is the result of a law which cannot err. This is just as true of those who feel "out of harmony" with their surroundings as of 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 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. THE ARRANGEMENT OF HIS LIFE THERE IS NO ELEMENT OF CHANCE BUT ALL IS THE RESULT OF A LAW WHICH CANNOT ERR THIS IS JUST AS TRUE OF THOSE WHO FEEL OUT OF HARMONY WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS AS OF 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
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