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Today's reading was edited and adapted from A New Heaven and a New Earth by Charles Brody Patterson, published in 1909.

Meditation is the gateway to power. Through this gateway, we enter into consciousness of a new life.

The highest form of meditation is a conscious oneness with the source of all life.

It is not a state of mental activity, but rather a cessation of thought and an entering into a new world of feeling.

The first step toward meditation is a desire to penetrate into the hidden mysteries of the kingdom of God.

This desire must not be born of mere curiosity, nor even of a search for abstract knowledge.

But rather because of the hope that through a true understanding

of these mysteries, one can be of benefit, not alone to themselves, but in some degree to the

grand body of humanity.

It is through a knowledge of the inner mysteries that we shall be able to unlock all of the outer mysteries,

and understand the true relation of everything in the outer world.

Through meditation we enter into a world of causes, and as we penetrate more deeply into that world, we shall come into the possession of wisdom and power.

That shall bring us a lasting gain.

There must be color and harmony within us, before there can be any expression of them without.

We have made the world in which we live, and the world is still in the process of making.

Each new octave of being not only carries with it all the past octaves of being,

but discloses twice as much that is new.

The octave lived and understood is the forerunner of a higher one, doubling within itself

the capacity of everything that is gone before.

Through meditation, we establish a new octave of being and do it consciously, knowing

exactly what we are trying to bring about.

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