Throughout all of this investigation, the desire uppermost in his mind was to synthesize what he learned, to "put it all together" into one practical, usable philosophy which also would be the basis of a satisfying way of life. That he succeeded in great measure in this, his great goal, is evidenced, I believe, by the countless thousands throughout the world who follow his teachings, and by the tremendous influence those teachings continue to have on researches in many areas of contemporary thought.

I knew Ernest to be a very balanced person, for while he was seeking constantly to understand the hidden unseen side of life, he was also an extroverted man who sensed that life was to be lived, enjoyed, and shared with others. "In the living of life," he said, "we are expressing the only purpose there would seem to be for man's existence."

From early childhood, he was convinced of the Beingness of God, expressing as Spirit and as Universal Law as the Presence and the Power. These were instinctive realizations which prompted him unceasingly to seek verifying answers from every source. What is God? What is life? What is man and his place in the scheme of things? Such questions constantly stimulated his quest for truth.

Ernest realized that neither he nor anyone else would ever have the final answers to these timeless inquiries. Man will never encompass the Infinite," he said, "for to do so would make him God, which is an impossibility." However, he recognized that true wisdom and enlightenment are not concerned with knowing everything, but with evolving in continuous spiritual unfoldment from plateau to plateau, and he knew that throughout history when others had asked the same questions about Life, they had received insights into some satisfying answers. And as he avidly studied the great religions of the world as well as the great philosophies and the sciences, his researches led him to ideas and conclusions identical to those reached by great souls throughout the ages: that there is an inside, unseen world of causation, from which stems the objective world; and that this inside and the outside are both aspects of the wholeness of God, expressing. Ernest made no claim to having personally discovered any great truth, but through his thoughtful approach to metaphysical studies, he added his own insights to the opinions of the great, the good, and the wise of all ages. In particular, he contributed to the world the technique which he called "spiritual mind treatment."