“Power over all things and all men is obtained by organisation—­that is to say, ‘setting one’s house in order.’  The ‘house’ implied is the body in which the Soul has temporary dwelling; every corner of it must be ’in order,’—­every atom working healthfully in its place without any suggestion of confusion.  Then, whatever is desired shall be attained.  Nothing in the Universe can resist the force of a steadfastly fixed resolve; what the Spirit truly seeks must, by eternal law, be given to it, and what the body needs for the fulfilment of the Spirit’s commands will be bestowed.  From the sunlight and the air and the hidden things of space strength shall be daily and hourly renewed; everything in Nature shall aid in bringing to the resolved Soul that which it demands.  There is nothing within the circle of Creation that can resist its influence.  Success, wealth, triumph upon triumph come to every human being who daily ’sets his house in order’—­whom nothing can move from his fixed intent,—­whom no malice can shake, no derision drive from his determined goal,—­whom no temptation can drag from his appointed course, and who is proof against spite and calumny.  For men’s minds are for the most part like the shifting sands of the sea, and he alone rules who evolves Order from Chaos.”

ETERNAL LIFE

“Life is eternal because it cannot die.  Everything that lives must live for ever.  Everything that lives has always lived.  What is called death, is by law impossible.  Life is perpetually changing into various forms,—­and every change it makes we call ‘death’ because to us it seems a cessation of life, whereas it is simply renewed activity.  Every soul imprisoned to-day in human form has lived in human form before,—­the very rose that flowers on its stem has flowered in this world before.  Each individual Spirit preserves its individuality and, to a certain extent, its memory.  It is permitted to remember a few out of the million incidents and episodes with which its psychic brain is stored, but only a few during its period of evolvement.  When it reaches the utmost height of spiritual capacity, and is strong enough to know and see and understand, then it will remember all from the beginning.  Nothing can ever be forgotten, inasmuch as forgetfulness implies waste, and there is no waste in the scheme of the Universe.  Every thought is kept for use,—­every word, every sigh and tear is recorded.  Life itself, in our limited view of it, can be continued indefinitely on this earth, if we use the means given to us to preserve and renew it.  It was easy to preserve and prolong it in the early days of the world’s prime, for our planet was then nearer to the sun.  In the present day it is returning to a position in the heavens which encourages and sustains life—­and men live longer without knowing why, never thinking that it is the result of the immediate situation of the planet with regard to the sun.  The Earth is