Hence in all religions the first step is to silence the noisy, bustling master of our earthly tabernacle, who, having monopolised the five senses, will listen to no voice which it cannot hear, and to allow the silent mistress to be open-souled to God.

Hence the stress which all spiritual religions have laid upon contemplation, upon prayer and fasting.

Whether it is an Indian Yogi, or a Trappist Monk, or one of our own Quakers, it is all the same.

In the words of the Revivalist hymn, "We must lay our deadly doing down," and in receptive silence wait for the inspiration from on high.

The Conscious Personality has usurped the visible world; but the Invisible, with its immeasurable expanse, is the domain of the Sub-conscious.