哈里·A。奥弗斯特里特

HayA。Overstreet

EversinceSocrateswasintroducedtomyadolescent1mind，hehasbeenonechiefmasterofmythinking。Whathebelievedstillseemstometobeindisensableforcarryingonanintelligentandresonsiblelife。Hebelievedthathedidnotknow。Formyself，Ihavecometochangehisnegativeintoaositive。IknowthatthereisfarmoreinthisuniverseformetoknowthanInowknow。

Irecentlyhadadramaticillustrationofthis。MywifeandI，drivingthroughArizona，stoedata

"collectorssho

"inTucson，wherestonesandmineralsofmanykindswereondislay。Inthecourseofthevisit，weweretakenintoasmallroomwhererockswerelaidoutonshelves。Theywerequiteordinary-lookingrocks。HadIseenthemonsomehillside，Iwouldnothavegiventhemasecondthought。Thenthemanclosedthedoorsothattheroomwasintotaldarknessandturnedonanultravioletlam。

Instantlytherosaicrocksleaedintoakindofglory2。Brilliantcolorsofanindescribablebeautyweretherebeforeoureyes。

Averysimlething—andyetaverytremendous3thing—hadhaened。Acertainowerhadbeensnaedon；andahiddenworldleaedintolife。

AsIlookatmyuniverseandwalkamongmyfellowhumans，Ihavethedeebeliefthathiddenrealitiesareallaroundus。Thesehiddenrealitiesarethereinthehysicalworld；andtheyarethere，also，inthehumanworld。IfIamfoolishenoughtothinkthatIseeallthereistobeseeninfrontofmyeyes，Isimlymisstheglory。

Ibelieve，then，thatmychiefjobinlife—andmyastonishingrivilege4—istosnaonanextraowersothatIcanseewhatmynakedeyes—ormynakedmind—cannotnowsee。IbelievethatIhavetodothisarticularlywithmyhumanfellows。Myordinaryeyestendtostoshortatthoseoaqueenveloeswecallhumanbodies。Butwehavelearnedthatbyturningonacertainowerwecanenetratetotheinsideoftheseenveloes。

Wecallthisextraower

"imagination

"。Atitshighest，wecallit

"emathy

"，theowertoseethroughandtofeelthroughtotheinnerlifeofotherhumanbeings。；Itisakindofultravioletlamofoursychiclife。Whenweturnonthislamofimaginativesensitivity，wemaketherosaichumanbeingsarounduscomeexcitinglyalive。

ZonaGaleoncesetdownasthefirstarticleofhercreed：

"Ibelieveinexandingtheareasofmyawareness。