As you behold beauty around you, mentally affirm that you will be as beautiful or more so, for beauty is your natural birthright. Claim the beauty of Nature as your own. Try to feel that you are a part of Nature and become a more prominent part by cooperating with its laws. Beauty is natural, and the lack of it indicates some abnormal relationship to Nature. Keep this fact before you, as it will help you.

Some people say that the ugliness of the body does not matter if one has a beautiful soul. Let me tell you that this condition cannot exist, for a beautiful soul will illuminate a body with its own beauty, the body being but a natural expression of the soul.

It is a matter of universal importance that people create for themselves beauty. Nature endowed every one with a love of beauty, thus setting an ideal for us to aspire to and maintain. There is a natural supply for every natural demand, hence the desire of mankind for beauty is a proof that beauty is natural, and ours if we choose to cultivate it. Beauty has a definite use in the economy of Nature. It makes of us better men and women, for we cannot be more beautiful without first becoming better. It makes us useful, for it encourages us to help each other by showing kindness and generosity to all.

A truly beautiful person - that is, one in whom there is no false vanity or sham - is an inspiration to all, a perpetual suggestion of harmony and an incentive to others to strive for a higher phase of life.

It is not alone the body that should be beautiful, but the voice should also be full of sweetness, gentleness and power. The voice is a safe index to the mind. If you will take note of the difference in people's voices, you will find that they reflect the kind of lives they lead. The voice that is harsh and discordant never belongs to a person with a kind, generous nature. A voice full of affectation does not belong to a sincere person whom you can trust. The voice of a person possessing a truly beautiful character is the richest and most perfect music. Truly, "silence is golden" as far as most people are concerned, for they have but to speak to reveal their real character.

All the essentials that go to make up complete and perfect beauty can be attained by those who sincerely persevere in carrying out these instructions. You must first recognize that the source of all beauty is within and resolutely decide that you will allow it to remain dormant no longer, but will begin at once to give it expression.

Harmony is the soul of beauty. As you learn to express harmony in all your thoughts and actions, you will notice a gradual relaxation of all the tense features. Thought moulds the form, and according to its quality creates beauty or ugliness.

You cannot realize too vividly the importance of right thinking in the cultivation of beauty of form and feature. Having attained the right mental attitude as a foundation for beauty culture, you must then also observe the principles of health culture.

There can be no real or lasting beauty without the possession of health. It would be folly to expect to manifest beauty as the result of some external appli cation, whilst neglecting to cultivate habits that promote health.

To cultivate superb health and beauty, follow both the mental and hygienic rules I have given in these lessons.

There are people who claim to admire what they term a spiritual beauty. A pale, delicate face with large, tired, sad eyes does not represent the true ideal of beauty. To be truly spiritual is to be in tune with the Infinite Spirit of life which creates life abundant for mind and body. You can attain this perfection by a close adherence to these rules.

Daily exercise is an important factor in the cultivation of grace and beauty. Then the kind of thoughts you combine with the exercise will play an important part. The more happiness and pleasure you impart to them, the more beautifying and powerful they will become. Watch your expression as you exercise and avoid the strained tense look that so many assume while taking exercise. Don't make it work of a serious character; make it play and a pleasure. Enjoy every moment of it and it will do you the most good. If you realize what it means to you and what it will do for you, you cannot help but enjoy it.

Harmonious activity is one of the important essentials in the cultivation of beauty. In fact, harmonious activity is beauty. Health and beauty are the natural expressions of internal harmony. The complex processes of the bodily functions should proceed in perfect rhythm. Let your whole life, therefore, be governed by harmonious thoughts and actions, and the passing years will not detract from your beauty.

If you follow these instructions, there is no reason why your face and form should become disfigured with wrinkles. Hold in mind the thought that the body is daily renewed and enter into the natural spirit of this newness and you will find that this mental attitude aids greatly in preserving youthful power and beauty. Realize that you are the sculptor of your physical body and determine to create exactly the conditions you desire. To the extent that you realize your interior power to express beauty, you will succeed in its outward manifestation. Firmly determine that as the flesh composing your face is new, it must not and shall not express the marks of age.

Should your skin and features at the present time show signs of age, you can assist Nature in its effort to restore youthful looks by massaging the face daily with a little pure olive oil. It will penetrate the skin and dissolve the calcareous minerals that have hardened the tissues and caused harshness and wrinkles. When this matter has been carried away, Nature will fill its place with a soft velvety skin of youthful hue. The application of the oil without following the other instructions also, especially the mental attitude, will prove to be only a temporary relief, for new calcareous deposits will quickly take the place of those dissolved. The habit of allowing such deposits must be broken by mental dictation before a perfect complexion and expression can be gained. Age is expressed from within, and there is a mental foundation for every line you find in your face.

In the attainment of enduring beauty you must entertain beautiful thoughts, exercise regularly and harmoniously, breathe pure air and plenty of it, eat a normal quantity of nutritious, easily digested food, drink freely of pure water, bathe regularly and take proper rest, relaxation and sleep.

If you proceed to establish beauty of mind and body along these natural lines, you will be sure to meet with gratifying results. One month devoted to following these principles of renewing life and beauty will make a radical change, and in a few months every friend you meet will comment on your striking improvement. Remember that beauty of face and form will add great power to your life by making you more attractive to yourself and to others. What other incentive is necessary?