Dear Universal Ambassador
... what is life?
" Life is that quality or principle of the Universal energy, force and power which manifests in so-called organic objects as growth and voluntary activity, and which is usually co-existent in some degree, with some manifestation of that same Universal energy, force and power quality or principle termed intelligence. You must understand that there is only one Supreme Principle, evading all comprehension of its essential nature. It is the Absolute. Man can think only in terms of the relative. Therefore, humans sometimes define it as the Universal Intelligence, the Universal Substance, as Ether, Life, Mind, Spirit, Truth, Love, God, etc.. Our particular definition at any moment is governed by the particular relationship of the phenomena of Being in which we think of our Principle at the moment."
Dear Universal Ambassador
... how is the law governing success or prosperity placed in operation?
" The human brain is the finest and most vibrant mechanism in existence. Every time you think you send a message into the formless energy from which and by which all things are created. This starts a train of causation which relates with the things that correspond with the image of your though. If your thought is sufficiently refined and concentrated you will be placed in harmony with the object of your thought quickly ; if NOT, more time will be required. Most persons are busily engaged in concentrating upon lack, limitation, loss and disharmony of every kind, and they are therefore attracting these conditions ; a few are busily engaged in concentrating upon success, prosperity and harmonious conditions generally, and find that their environment reflects the quality of their thought."
Dear Universal Ambassador
... how is prayer answered?
" The Universal Mind, the Omnipotent Power, the Supreme Being, does not change the modus operandi of the Universe, in order to comply with our requests, nor does it make exceptions, but it does act through well-known laws, and these laws can be placed into operation, consciously or unconsciously, by accident or design.
It is the operation of this marvellous law of attraction which has caused humans in all ages and in all times to believe that there must be a personal Being who responded to their petitions and manipulated events in order to meet their demands."
Dear Universal Ambassador
... what is truth?
" Truth is the imperative condition of all well-being. To be sure, to know the truth and to stand confidently on it is a satisfaction beside which no other is comparable. Truth is the underlying verity, the condition preceeding every business or social relation. Truth is the only solid ground in a world of conflict and doubt and danger. Every act NOT in harmony with Truth, whether through ignorance or design, cuts the ground from under our feet, leads to discord, inevitable loss and confusion, for while the humblest mind can accurately fortell the result of every correct action, the greatest, most profound and penetrating mind loses its way hopelessly and can form no conception of the results due to a departure from correct principles."
Dear Universal Ambassador
... what should be the attitude toward the giant evils of the day, such as war, corruption, murder, vice, theft and the like?
" The unit of the Nation is the individual. The Government represents only the average intelligence of the units comprising the Nation. Therefore, our work is with the unit. When the thought of the individual has been changed the collective thought will take care of itself, but we try to reverse the process. We try to change governments instead of individuals, which cannot be done. But with a little intelligent organized effort the present destructive thought could be readily changed into constructive thoughts."
Dear Universal Ambassador
... What explanation is given of the fact that although a great majority of the people not only throughout Europe but in the United States are sick of war and want only peace and a return to prosperous normal conditions is such a slow, hard process?
" There is, of course, as you say, no desire on the part of anyone for more war, just as there is no desire for poverty, crime of for any other destructive condition, but there is, on the other hand, a conscious and a subconscious desire for the things which bring about war, destruction, poverty and crime, and this lust of power or separation is the old question of who is to be the greatest in the kingdom? The law is NOT a respecter of persons. This is true concerning nations as well as individuals. Nations as well as individuals will eventually learn that force can always be met with equal if not superior force, and for this reason can never be determining factor of any situation.
Objective harmony can come only as a result of subjective harmony, and subjective harmony can come only as a result of vision, understanding and perception."
Dear Universal Ambassador
... is this idea of God Pantheistic?
" This depends entirely upon your idea of Pantheism. Patheism is a loose term and may be interpreted in various ways ; for instance, Pantheism conceives the Universe to be one eternal, involuntary evolution of an Infinite Being, as contrasted with Atheism, which is a positive denial of the Divine Immanence, and Agnosticism, which is a dogmatic doubt of the existence of God."
