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 in the invisible matter, and you are your own guide, alone in the world, in your change from the visible to the spiritual It is easy to change your dress and hat according to the season and style; but the outside attire, even the best kind, is of no avail for your spiritual change. It is natural course to enter the invisible from the visible, as you step into night from day; but you must let it come after having enough satisfaction of the outward things. The mellow perfection of the night only comes after all the splendour of the sun.

As for me, I have no strong love with the outward things, and always take a deep delight in the little inward world—the largest world perhaps—of my creation, and rarely sing the visible beauty. Is it because I am philosophical? Perhaps I am, without knowing it at all. Is it because I am somewhat logical? Perhaps I am, although people (I included) do not notice it, One thing I can say with much faith is that it takes a great energy to gain an assertion, and a tireless persistence to be content with the invisible things. You must fully understand the beauty of life, if you want to see the beauty of Rh