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growth, all lead to increasing freedom from all that restricts and binds.

Bonds, however, have their use for a time, for Power is not gained without overcoming the limits set by opposition, restraint, resistance, obstacle and hindrance. That is why I say The unpleasantness of the present hour holds within itself the undeveloped germ of future joy.

The fairest lily has its inception in the bondage of downpressing earth and darkness, from which, and by means of which it pushes upward into freedom and light.

Bear constantly in mind that the Vis Medicatrix Naturae is always working for the good of your mind, the good of your body, and the good of your life in its every detail.

If appearances contradict this statement, let me remind you that appearances are like the horizon, only an appearance, and the horizon no longer deceives you, since you have learned that it does not mark the end of the earth. Neither do your apparent limitations mark the end of your endeavor, for the horizon line symbolizes another illusion that has long held the world in bondage to disease and weakness, namely, the MENTAL HORIZON LINE that limits your powers to the finite, when the truth is they extend beyond this illusive line and stretch far and away into the Infinite.

Not the least of your Infinite Powers is the Vis Medicatrix Naturae, the Healing Power, the Helping Hand, that is working unceasingly for your betterment, and for a higher type of wellbeing