that his thought is the mould or pattern which the Creative Mind must follow. He must fashion his thought definitely; and into the mould the creative force will flow on the principle that the flow of substance and energy is always in vacuo, which in this case is the attitude of definite expectancy. And we receive from the Spirit only what we look to receive. The Spirit is ready to pour Itself out in fullest measure, but can never fill a different room than the one made ready for it. Christ illustrates this when He says, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any man will open it, I will come in and sup with him and he with me." We must open the door.

The Creative Spirit enters only the door that is open and the room that is made ready. So then we must have a definite, positive, perfect idea of what we desire. Having it, we should cling to it and never waver either in the image of what we want or in our expectancy of receiving it.

The moment you project a desire or create an image and say, "Now let this thing be, let it externalize in fact," you have begun the creative process. The Spirit then takes up that image and begins to work upon it. If we let it alone, and wait faithfully, that is, in faith, it will at length materialize. The image or prototype has become a reality in the realm of mind or spirit. It is the seed involving the plant and the flower which by the law of growth will ultimately mature. We may speak of that prototype as in the present tense; as we say, "I have perfect digestion." Now, at the moment