The spiritual life

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Itthereas longashe needs it; he issteadyin

hisperseveringmentaleffort,andhismindgrows

strongerand stronger,keener andkeener,more

andmoreunderhiscontrol. He has notonly

learned to control his body,but to control his

mind. Hashe gainedanything more? Yes,

astrongwill; onlythe strongwillcan suceeed

msuchastruggle. Thesoul grows mightyin

the attempt to achieve. Presently that man,

withhismasteredbody,hiswell-controlledmind,

his powerfulwill, gains his objects and grasps

hisgold. Andthen? Thenhefindsoutthat,

after all,hecannotdosoverymuchwith itto

make happiness for himself; thathe hasonly

gotonebodytoclothe,onemouthtofeed; that

hecannotmultiplyhiswantswiththeenormous

supplythat hecan gain,and that, afterall, his

happiness-gaining poweris very limited. His

gold becomes aburden rather than a joy, the

firstdelightoftheachievementofhisobjectpalls,

and hebecomes satiatedwith possession,until,

inmanyacase,hecandonothingbut,bymere

habit,rollandrollandrollupincreasingpilesof

useless gold. It becomes a nightmare rather

than a delight; it crushes the man who won

it.

Now, what will make that man a spiritual

man? A change of his object that is all.