ty to see what is true is always
present; one must only look hard enough to see the truth. Emersons
over-soul, is this constant truth that remains with man, and is always
available to him if he seeks it, just as God remains with us and
Trusting oneself and relying on oneself for the answers are the main
points of Emersons Self-Reliance. He writes, And this deep
power in which we exist, and whose beatitude is all accessible to us, is
not only self-sufficing and perfect in every hour, but the act of seeing
and the thing seen, the seer and the spectacle, the subject and the
object, are one(52). The deep power of which he speaks
of, is the over-soul that remains with us. The over-soul will always
remain a part of us, or yet, we will remain part of it at all times.
His idea that the over-soul can exist without being seen shares many
aspects with Emersons spiritual beliefs. Emerson writes of the
over-soul being the influence of God. He mentions many times in his
writings, God, another entity which can not be seen by but obviously very
real to Emerson. In many faiths and
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