If there was a controlling power outside the universe, it could not show itself to us as one of the facts inside the universe -no more than the architect of a house could actually be a wall or staircase or fireplace in that house. The only way in which we could expect it to show itself would be inside us as an influence or a command trying to get us to behave in a certain way. And that's just what we do find inside us.

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This quote suggests that if there were a higher power or controlling force beyond our universe, it wouldn't be able to manifest itself in a physical form within our universe. To use an analogy, it is like an architect creating a house - the architect cannot be the physical components of the house itself. The quote argues that the only plausible way for this power to make itself known would be through influencing or commanding our actions from within us. It claims that such an influence or command is something we find within ourselves, implying a potential connection to a higher power.

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