A LAMP UNTO MY FEET

by

WALTER C. LANYON

The author of this book. WALTER C. LANYON, is an American-born Englishman. e !as e"ucate" in this countr#, $rance an" Englan" an" has s%ent more than half of his life tra&eling all o&er the !orl" in&estigating an" stu"#ing the &arious %resentations of Truth. $or fifteen #ears, 'r. Lan#on has lecture" on the %ersonal re&elation he has gaine" of the (rinci%le of Life, in all countries of the globe. Through #ears of %ro&ing the Word he has refine" his %resentation of it, eliminating the %ersonal almost com%letel# an" lea&ing the %ure re&elation as sim%le an" natural as %ossible. Thousan"s !ill testif# to the tremen"ous )%iritual $orce gotten through the mere rea"ing of his !orks. *t has been the "esire of 'r. Lan#on to kee% the %ersonal entirel# out of the !a#, hence, no e+%loitation of himself or his books has taken %lace. e is the author of some thirt#-three books on Truth, a no&el, t!o librettos for light o%eras an" innumerable articles an" !rite-u%s on human interest. The sim%le manner in !hich 'r. Lan#on has state" the truth enables the rea"er to gras% the %rinci%le for himself an" %ut it into %ractice !ithout the clo#ing sense of a %ersonal teacher or organi,ational bon"age. The re&elation of Truth comes as naturall# as the "a!n to the soul !ho is rea"# to let this ha%%en. The kernel of his teaching is the -$irst (erson an" %resent tense- - the actual. usable, %ractical. re&elation of the .esus Christ teaching.

CONTENTS The *mmaculate Conce%tion /e&itali,ing E&il 0orn Again 1o" Re2uires the (ast E+ce%t The 1esture )tir 3% the 1ift Yon )#camine Tree The (resence Wis"om The )ecret (o!er The Well of Li&ing Waters 1o" in Action *f * 0e Lifte" 3% At the $eet of the 'aster Re&elation Assum%tion The 'echanics The 0la,e of Life Who Are You4

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

-)EARC the )cri%tures, for in them #e think #e ha&e life eternal.-

3ntil the )cri%tures #iel" u% their s#mbolog#, the# remain a rather te"ious histor# of a "eca"ent ci&ili,ation. Once #ou become the %rinci%al actor, as it !ere, in the mo&ing %ictures of the sacre" book #ou begin to un"erstan" the re&elations of .esus the Christ5 ho! it !as that he constantl# s%oke in %arables because of the ignorance of the %eo%le, an" ho! necessar# it !as for the %eo%le -- e&en #ou an" me -- to release the blesse" re&elation from these stories into the %resent-"a#, %ractical, e&er#"a# li&ing. Who then has not !ritten the %salms of "esolation an" the (salms of (raise4 Who then has not foun" all of the inci"ents of .ob6s %ainful an" trium%hant e+istence sha"o!e" forth in his o!n life4 )o also hi""en in the &arious e&ents is the actual %o!er for those !ho ha&e e#es to see -- !hat the )cri%tures sa# unto the Churches -- unto #our tem%les-bo"ies. To the human thought the !a# of .esus is the !a# of the *m%ossible, e&en the !a# of fantas#. Who belie&es in miracles as natural, normal things4 The# are classe" in the unnatural an" the im%ossible, an" it is from this ele&ation !e must a%%roach them if !e e+%ect to un"erstan" their %ractical use in e&er#"a# life. E&er#thing that .esus "i" is -im%ossible- to the human senses. The three-"imensional min" s%eaks from that mass of kno!le"ge it gathers looking through the -glass "arkl#,- but it s%eaks trul# as far as its limite" &ision is concerne". We kno! that a hea&ier-than-!ater bo"# !ill sink in !ater, an" that gra&it#, cohesion, a"hesion, attraction, ha&e a "efinite %o!er !hich cannot be set asi"e, e&en tem%oraril#, e+ce%t !ith great effort. Yet e&er#thing that .esus "i" !as outsi"e of all of these la!s. 'an# %eo%le are still tr#ing to !ork in the three-"imensional-thought !orl" !ith this ne! (o!er, an" fin" it utterl# incom%atible an" im%ossible, an" so it is. *f the Christ (o!er coul" "o onl# the %ossible there !oul" be little use to bother !ith it, since #ou are "ail# "oing !hat is %ossible. We are onl# intereste" in the teaching of .esus Christ because of its "oing the im%ossible. *f #ou cannot rea"il# take off from this le&el #ou are still looking for miracles, an" &eril# after #ou ha&e seen one, an" kee% looking for them, #ou !ill not e&en be able to fin" 'E. -Ye seek 'E after the loa&es an" fishes an" cannot fin" 'E- - not because * A' not there, but because through the glass "arkl# #ou ha&e glim%se" the im%ossible ha%%en an" are still treating it as a magic %o!er, a !orker of tricks, an" a "oer of leger"emain. *f #ou cannot concei&e that the *'(O))*0LE is the fiel" in !hich the Christ (o!er o%erates #ou !ill still be s!inging bet!een something an" nothing. An" it !ill be mostl# nothing. ence all the "ee%er lessons tucke" a!a# in stories an" %arables "eal !ith the "oing of the impossible. The %roblem is clearl# state" an" !orke" out5 the !a# out of e&er# "ifficult# is clearl# gi&en. No one of the %resent "a# can enter into a situation !hich has not been full# an" am%l# co&ere", e+%laine", an" %ro&e" nothing b# the .esus Christ (o!er. -)earch the )cri%tures.- /o #ou hear4 'ar# the 7irgin !as o&ersha"o!e" b# the (resence. The Annunciation !as ma"e. An

im%ossible thing !as to take %lace. )he !as to bring forth a 'essiah, an" this bringing forth ha" to be outsi"e the offices of man. *nstantl# the !hole %ro%osition !as %ut on the %lane of the impossible -- it 8ust coul" not ha%%en. An#one coul" see an" un"erstan" that. An" 'ar# aske"9 - o! can this be, seeing * kno! no man4- *n other !or"s, it !as an im%ossible situation, an" coul" neither be un"erstoo" nor manifeste". *s this situation an# "ifferent from !hat #ou are tr#ing to "o4 a&e #ou not arri&e" at an incurable state of a "isease" or !orn-out bo"# an" min", or a ho%eless state of !aiting, or a half "ea" state of no e+%ression4 An" are #ou not tr#ing to bring out the im%ossible !hen #ou tr# to get ri" of the incurable "isease4 When the annunciation-"esire-is ma"e to #ou of %erfect health or substance being %ossible in #our life, !hat "oes #our min" echo4 Yet !here "i" #ou get the "esire for the %erfecte" state of health or e+%ression4 Wh# "oesn6t e&er#bo"# ha&e the same "esire5 an", !hen #ou bring this state of %erfect health or substance into manifestation :!hen #ou embody it;, !ill it not be a 'essiah to #our !orl"4 Will it not sa&e #ou from "estruction b# "isease or limitation4 The (resence urging u%on #ou constantl# for e+%ression stan"s at the "oor of consciousness -0ehol" * stan" at the "oor an" knock, an" if an# man <that inclu"es #ou= hear '# &oice an" o%en unto 'e, * !ill come into him an" su% !ith him an" he !ith 'e.- This constant annunciation of the (resence, o&er-sha"o!ing #our consciousness - urging #ou to gi&e it a bo"# an" form -- results in the eternal immaculate conce%tion taking %lace in #ou. *nstea" of #our "esires being merel# floating thoughts !hich ha&e to be -!orke"- out, the# become the annunciation of the (resence asking for %ermission to come in an" su% !ith #ou. The oliness of this eternal function %uts a seal on the li%s, an" !e fin" that as soon as 'ar# foun" that -nothing !as im%ossible !ith 1o"- she then -magnifie" the Lor" !ithin her.The 2uestioning an" !on"ering, the guessing an" !orr#ing about it all, !ere entirel# "ro%%e" out of the scheme of her thought. *f all things !ere %ossible to 1o", then the im%ossible thing !oul" fin" a !a# an" means of e+%ression. The annunciation or the "esire carries !ith it all the necessar# !a#s an" means of bringing itself into manifestation, but it nee"s the %erfect coo%eration or integrit# of 'ar#. )he is foun" to be the %erfect e+em%lar of bringing forth the in&isible, im%ossible thing an" gi&ing it a bo"# an" a form. )he -%on"ere" these things in her heart.- There seeme" to be so little chance of the thing taking %lace through the thought of man. Also !e see her in a &er# "ifficult situation as far as the actual affair !as concerne". Who !as going to belie&e in the *mmaculate Conce%tion4 Who !oul" belie&e it to"a#4 Not man#5 an" 'ar# !oul" not ha&e been more %o%ular in her home to!n than she !oul" be un"er like circumstances to"a#. ence the nee" for silence an" the "ee% magnif#ing of the (o!er5 the turning entirel# a!a# from the a%%earance, an" the -letting- the *m%ossible become the (ossible b# is o!n !a#. -* ha&e a !a# #e kno! not of-5 hence, * can an" !ill han"le the manifestation. *t is !on"erful !hen #ou liken #our "esire !ith this glorious *mmaculate Conce%tion from the stan"%oint of s#mbolog#. When #ou tell #our "esire, !hat "o #ou fin" ha%%ens4 /oes an#one belie&e #ou are ca%able of bringing it out4 Not one. E&er#one kno!s that it cannot ha%%en5 for !hat #ou are tr#ing to "o is outside of the laws of man. Who belie&es that #ou can %ros%er #ourself through #our un"erstan"ing of this o&ersha"o!ing (rinci%le4 *t is im%ossible an" it cannot ha%%en. Yet the

)%irit is o&er-sha"o!ing #ou !ith an en"less stream of "esires, all of !hich shoul" fin" a bo"# an" form an" go forth into e+%ression, if #ou but follo!e" the la! of 'ar#. -An" 'ar# magnifie" the Lor" !ithin her.- )he cease" to look to the !a#s an" means, or to consi"er the almost ho%eless situation that confronte" her. -)he %on"ere" these things in her heart.The holiness of Life > !hen #ou see, e&en for a moment, this glorious i"ea of the *mmaculate Conce%tion. Your "esires are "ignifie" !ith the 8o# of being %ossible because the# are im%ossible to the reasoning of man. This &er# recognition of the *m%ossible as %ossible sho!s the first faint streaks of !is"om an" acce%tance in a %o!er !hich is not "e%en"ent u%on the limite" la!s of man. The )%irit is o&ersha"o!ing #ou no!, e&en as it is o&ersha"o!ing e&er# other tem%le, bo"#, urging u%on it to o%en the -"oor- of e+%ression an" -let- 'E in. The thief, the crook, the harlot, an" the saint are all o&ersha"o!e" !ith this glorious (resence, floo"ing them !ith "esires, e&er# one of !hich is a hol# thing seeking a bo"# an" a form, but, because of the im%ossible nature of the "esires as &ie!e" through the -glass "arkl#- of the human thought, onl# "istorte" an" ugl# manifestations can get through. E&er# "esire is hol# an" from 1o", an" in its %urest form is true an" goo", but, b# the time it is %ut through the thick fog of human belief, that !hich comes out into manifestation is so far remo&e" from its original urge as to be unrecogni,able. Life circumscribe" b# the human min" is a series of blaste" ho%es an" "esires, an" #et it shoul" be 8ust the o%%osite b# reason of the re&elation ma"e b# .esus. -With 1o" nothing is im%ossible.- W*T 1o"4 Or with 1o"- /oes it mean it is onl# true to a 1o" se%arate" from #ou or because #ou are !ith 1o"4 /o #ou recall that .esus ma"e imself as 1o", an" "o #ou begin to see ho! the *'(O))*0LE becomes the %ossible to the consciousness that is of the same substance or nature4 -A!ake, thou that slee%est, an" Christ shall gi&e thee light.- .esus "i" not tr# to use a (OWER to !ork things out on the %lane of the *m%ossible5 he foun" his true nature to be 1o", an" to 1o" all things !ere an" are %ossible. The coming forth of this ma# ha&e set asi"e or u%set all the human beliefs regar"ing the situation, but that !as of no conse2uence. )o "oes an electrical storm man# times set asi"e the best-lai" %lans of mice an" men, an" neither one nor the other can "o an#thing about it, !hether the# like it or not. .esus !as not concerne" !ith !hat the human thought !oul" think or "o about the situation. e ma"e imself as 1o", an" from that (lane the *m%ossible became the (ossible, an" its coming into manifestation might be consi"ere" a miracle or a coinci"ence5 it ma"e no "ifference. )uffice to sa#, he kne! that the human min" !oul" "is%ose of it some !a# so as not to u%set its o!n basis of life. (resentl# the i"ea !ill be ma"e clear to #ou. You !ill begin to see the %lan of manifestation. The O&ersha"o!ing (resence announces that !hich is to take %lace in an" through #ou. You ha&e it as a "esire, an" the moment this is acce%te" in the clear 7irgin min" :the min" !hich is not cluttere" u% !ith a lot of meta%h#sical teaching an" beliefs; the silent announcing of its a"&ent goes forth. The Wise 'en from afar, seeing the star, come !ith their gifts. )o !ith e&er# "esire that is immaculatel# concei&e" an" brought forth accor"ing to the !a# of .esus Christ - it "ra!s e&er#thing to it that is necessar#, instea" of going out into the !orl" seeking for its o!n. E&er# "esire that #ou e&er ha", or e&er !ill ha&e, !hich is han"le" from this

stan"%oint !ill be recogni,e" an" recei&e its gifts from the Wise 'en. *t is !on"erful !hen the re&elation of the *mmaculate Conce%tion takes %lace !ithin #ou. You !ill feel the scales "ro%%ing from #our e#es an" the ne! "a# a%%earing. The ol" i"ea of getting an i"ea an" then tr#ing to remonstrate it, e&en in the face of the kno!le"ge that it is absolutel# im%ossible, falls b# the boar", an" the Recognition of (resence sho!s forth "efinitel# in results. -*f * be lifte" u% <to the %oint of recogni,ing that m# "esire is the annunciation of the O&ersha"o!ing )%irit= * !ill "ra! all men unto me.Once #ou are lifte" u%, once #ou e+%erience the eternal rightness of the (resence of 1o" in an" through all things, #ou !ill un"erstan" ho! the im%ossible -- the *mmaculate Conce%tion, s#mbolicall# s%eaking -- is taking %lace through #ou, an" #ou are bringing into manifestation the 'essiah !hich !ill sa&e #ou from the "ifficulties into !hich the consciousthinking has brought #ou. The 8u"ging from a%%earances !ill com%letel# fall a!a# from #ou. A%%earances !ill be ignore", 8ust as the# !ere b# .esus !hen he !as bringing forth the -"esire- !hich the O&ersha"o!ing (resence !as urging him to set free. The battling !ith a%%earances onl# establishes them. The more attention #ou gi&e to negati&e things, the more the# increase. The case of a man !ith a great fear of kni&es ke%t him constantl# on the qui vive, an" enlarge" the %ossibilities of something "ire ha%%ening from this source. Wh#4 0ecause in his attem%t to ri" himself of them he en"o!e" them !ith all sorts of %o!er !hich the# "i" not %ossess. 'illions of %eo%le "o not think of -kni&es- in negati&e terms, an" #et to this man the# !ere the s#mbol of all that !as e&il. Other %eo%le coul" li&e !ith them or !ithout them. To thousan"s of %eo%le the# !ere a necessit#. You begin to un"erstan" ho! it is that #ou %ut a thing into the negati&e classification an" !ork to get ri" of it. You are onl# en"o!ing it !ith the &er# thing #ou are !orking against. What is true of the knife is true of the man. )ome %erson ma# !ork against another !ho is kee%ing him out of e+%ression, or is "ominating him. e hol"s him in the negati&e %osition, an" at the same time tries to ri" himself of this negati&e thing. *t onl# increases. The knife an" the man are the same thing. (utting things into the negati&e %lace of manifestation "oes not necessaril# make them e&il. -One man6s meat is another man6s %oison- is %roof of that. )o the recommen"ation of .esus, -.u"ge not from a%%earances,- carries !ith it something "ee%er than -ignoring- e&il as a realt#. *gnoring the a%%earances as .esus "i" !as the result of an un"erstan"ing of (o!er. e kne! that the -thing- of itself ha" nothing to "o !ith the reaction #ou !ere getting from it. An" so !e fin" 'ar#, the s#mbol of that !hich brings forth !hat is most im%ossible of e+%ression, an" in a !a# entirel# outsi"e the la!s of man, sho!ing us b# the Magnifying of the Lord within 8ust ho! the "esires are brought forth. All the re%orts of the coming e&ent gi&en to the unbelie&ing !orl", !ill onl# raise u% a ero" of "isbelief an" fear, an", though it ma# not touch #ou, it !ill cause #ou to "o man# things !hich !oul" be entirel# unnecessar# ha" #ou bi"e" the counsel of .esus Christ9 -)ee that #e tell no man,- but -sho! .ohn.0elo&e", #ou are o&ersha"o!e" e&er# minute of the "a# an" night !ith this great (resence, an", as the )%irit mo&es on the -face of the "ee%,- an annunciation is ma"e, a "esire is born, an" this "esire must come through outsi"e the human la!s. The moment #ou gi&e it the

recognition an" the full %o!er to e+%ress in a -!a# #e kno! not of, - at that instant it !ill fin" its means of e+%ression. -Neither sa# Lo here> or, lo there > for, behol", the ?ing"om of 1o" is !ithin #ou- -- the state of the consciousness of this (resence is in #ou, an" that is the onl# %lace it can e&er be felt, kno!n, or e+%erience". The moment #ou recogni,e it there, #ou see it in e&er#thing, an" the impossible thing, !hich has to be born outside the offices of man, comes through in a normal an" natural !a# !ithout "isturbing an#thing. *t is !on"erful. -*s an#thing har" to 'E4- Ans!er me. Your little %roblem fa"es a!a#. You begin to see that hitherto #ou a%%roache" #our "esires as %roblems to be !orke" out, instea" of the urge of the 1reat )%irit o&ersha"o!ing #ou !ith Lo&e. *t is !on"erful. When #ou come to un"erstan" this great o&ersha"o!ing of the (resence #ou !ill un"erstan" the eternal coming of s%ring in all its s#mbolog#, an" #our bo"# shall be like a gar"en %lante" b# the banks of a ri&er, bringing forth its fruit in "ue season. What are #ou !orr#ing about4 Align #ourself !ith this glorious thing calle" Life an" the fluttering, fitful sense of things !ill %ass, absorbe" into e&en an" beautiful %atterns of rh#thm. Your "esires !ill no longer come un"er the hea"ing of something to be -!orke" out-5 the# !ill be the eternal annunciation. Remembering that the s%arro! is 8ust as %recious as the eagle, #ou "o not ha&e to !orr# about #our "esires being so tri&ial in the scheme of !orl" e&ents. 'ar# "i" not run into the streets an" tell the !orl" that she !as going to bring forth a 'essiah b# other than the offices of man, she -%on"ere" these things in her heart.- The heckling an" arguing of !a#s an" means, the %ro-an"-con stan"%oint, ha&e nothing !hatsoe&er to "o !ith this re&elation of .esus Christ. *t is, an" therefore it *s. -$lee from that man !hose breath is in his nostrils- is a goo" thing to remember al!a#s. -Agree !ith thine a"&ersar# 2uickl#.- What "ifference "oes it make to #ou !hat he -kno!s,- thinks, or belie&es about the Truth4 Let him ha&e his !a# -- "on6t argue, "on6t e+%ose, "on6t talk, "on6t tell the glorious annunciation !hich has been ma"e unto #ou. -'# shee% hear '# &oice.- /o #ou4 0e still -- e&en at this hol# moment #ou are o&er-sha"o!e" b# the (RE)ENCE -- it is urging u%on #ou the ne! i"ea. Your "esire is a hol# thing, a thing of 8o#, a glorious inner re&elation -- an *mmaculate Conce%tion. -(raise 1o" from !hom all :not some; blessings flo!.-

DEVITALIZING EVIL
-I CA'E to fulfill, not to "estro#- - there is nothing to be "estro#e" in all the ol# 'ountain. Not e&en the "e&il5 nor e&en the sickness, %o&ert#, an" hateful bon"age of human life. Nothing is to be "estro#e". *t is to be fulfille". The egg is not "estro#e" !hen it becomes a bir", the cater%illar !hen it becomes a butterfl#, an" #et in a sense the# are "estro#e". The thing !hich is left !hen the egg becomes a bir" is a thin shell it crumbles an" "ro%s into the "ust, an" e&en the %lace thereof is no more. .esus counsele" the taking a!a# of the attention from a%%earances an" centering it u%on this (o!er !hich fulfills -- b# this &er# %rocess of taking a!a# the attention from the a%%earances !e "e&itali,e the %roblems of life, !hich are entirel# "e%en"ent u%on the thought-substance to kee% them ali&e. The reason #our %roblems ha&e not been met is "ue to the fact #ou ha&e been tr#ing to o&ercome them - #ou ha&e been fighting against something an" at the same time e+claiming there is nothing but 1o" in the uni&erse. When #ou a!aken to the (resence #ou !ill see the %rocess, -Ye must "ecrease -- * must increase,- take %lace before #our &er# e#es as the %o!er is !ith"ra!n from the %roblem an" merge" into the (resence for resha%ing an" reembo"iment. *n other !or"s, the "e&itali,ation of the manifestation of e&il !ill take %lace. *t is &er# much like letting the air out of a balloon -- the moment #ou take #our attention from the a%%earances an" 8u"ge righteous 8u"gment then the manifestation begins to fa"e out, 8ust as a %arasite begins to !ither !hen the sa% of the %lant or tree is taken from it. Once #ou see this sim%le metho" #ou !ill un"erstan" !h# it is that the ?ing"om of ea&en is gi&en to the chil" -- the attention can be taken from the a%%earances, the sna%%ing of the thought !hich is fee"ing the e&il manifestation takes %lace an" the manifestation falls into the "ust, not being able to su%%ort itself. -'agnif# the Lor" !ithin- an" "isregar" the a%%earance of the %roblem an" #ou !ill begin to e+%erience the consciousness of it cracking u% -- falling a!a# for the ne! embo"iment to take %lace5 8ust as the egg cracks before the ne! embo"iment of the eagle, !hich is lea&ing nothing behin" it but the thing !hich formerl# ma"e it egg, but !hich is no! onl# a broken shell falling into the "ust of obli&ion. )o !ill #ou sto% the effort to catch fish in the sea !hich is fille" !ith fish an" #ou !ill begin to -let "o!n #our nets.- The moment the thought is taken a!a# from the %roblem, at that instant the life-stream is cut from the manifestation an" it begins to %erish. The ol" i"ea of fighting- against e&il an" calling on 1o" to "estro# something, !hich in the ne+t breath #ou a"mit "oes not e+ist, is the "ensest kin" of -meta%h#sics.- The manifestation of "isease, though it ma# ha&e a histor# #ears long, is onl# as ol" as the last thought about it. Out of consciousness -- out of manifestation - the Walls of .ericho must an" !ill crumble !hen #ou ha&e taken #our attention from them. At the %recise instant the word shall be s%oken an" a crumbling of a%%earances !ill take %lace -- a strong breath of life !ill "is%el the crumbling mass of manifestation into nothingness. *t is !on"erful - the %o!er !hich is inherent in the Risen Lor". -Working- against the con"ition -- or -!orking- to kno! there is no con"ition o%%osite a state

of self h#%nosis -- #ou are caught in the language of meta%h#sics. /ea" !or"s -- -A!ake, thou that slee%est-5 are #ou still un"er the hateful la!, -Earn #our li&ing b# the s!eat of #our bro!-4 Are #ou WOR?*N1 in this human sense of the !or" !hen #ou %ra#4 -0ehol"> * come not to "estro#- -- "o #ou hear4 - * sai", -* come not to "estro#.- Then !hat are #ou tr#ing to "estro#4 An a%%earance- A belief4 What for4 *f 1o" comes not to "estro#, !ho are #ou to "estro#4 -* come to fulfill-5 an", !hen the thing is fulfille" !ith the )%irit, !hen #ou recogni,e the (resence, #ou !ill burst the thin an" narro! confines of the manifestation !hich is so ugl# an" unto!ar". 0ehol" * make all things new. We are not seeking to reco&er something lost, something once use". -0ehol" * make all thing ne!,- an" !hen this i"ea comes to #ou, #ou Will %ercei&e that imme"iatel# the ne! creation is a ne! consciousness !ith a ne! embo"iment. )o the egg becomes the bir" -- so #ou are embo"ie" in a consciousness !hich is more sensiti&e to the (RE)ENCE than #ou !ere formerl#, an" hence are ca%able of accom%lishing things that !ere utterl# im%ossible before. -0ehol", * make all things ne!.- The moment #ou begin the "e&itali,ing %rocess of e&il, e&en the "e&il an" hell are ma"e lifeless an" must fall into nothingness -- the life is taken from them. *t is as a man !ho o!ne" a magnificent librar# of rare first e"itions. When he "ie", the librar# imme"iatel# began to "isintegrate an" !as e&entuall# scattere" to the four !in"s. Wh#4 0ecause it ha" nothing to hol" it u%. The moment #our attention is taken from the a%%earances, the a%%earances fall to %ieces. That is !h# .esus ke%t sa#ing, -What is that to thee4 $ollo! thou 'e- - the moment #ou "o this the ne! embo"iment is taking %lace. -Whatsoe&er #ou ask in '# nature- -- !hatsoe&er #ou can concei&e as %ossible to this nature -- that !ill be ma"e manifest through the La! of Christ .esus. *n a moment of forgetfulness, man# an in&ali" has "one things !hich !ere seemingl# im%ossible to "o. -At a moment #e think not, * come- - #ou !ill see !hat a little is accom%lishe" b# taking thought. -Who, b# taking thought, can a"" one cubit4- Are #ou rea"# to hear this4 - or !oul" #ou like to "ebate the issue, sim%l# because the "ensit# of #our min" "oes not a%%rehen" the height, brea"th, length of the (resence4 *t is glorious !hen #ou glim%se the sim%licit# of this Christ message. *t is u% an" a!a# from the ol" thinking %rocess -- it is %ure re&elation, %ast the un"erstan"ing of man. *t is in the realm of the -peace- !hich %asseth all un"erstan"ing.- * sai" all -- that inclu"es #our o!n an" that of the greatest s%iritual lea"er or teacher in the uni&erse -- it sim%l# is something !hich transcen"s the thing calle" human un"erstan"ing. -Lea&e all- -- "o #ou hear4 -$ollo! 'e- "oes not mean that #ou let go of a thing, or that #ou go to an# %lace. 0ut #ou lea&e it all, as far as thought is concerne", an" that is the 2uickest !a# to get ri" of the manifestation. As the !is"om of man is foolishness in the e#es of 1o", so is the Wis"om of 1o" foolishness in the e#es of man. To the human unenlightene" man he is sure that if he thinks har" enough or %ra#s har" enough he !ill accom%lish the "estruction of the a%%earances -- if he thinks money har" enough he !ill create it. e reckons !ith a human la! !hich might, through some 2ueer !him of fate, tem%oraril# make a change. e cannot think it %ossible to attain

these things an" also to entertain the Presence the moment he sto%s the thought taking %rocess an" enters into the recognition of it all an" begins to e+%erience the "ee% an" mar&elous changes of the ne! embo"iment being born. -*n all th# !a#s ackno!le"ge him an" he shall bring it to %ass.- /o YO3 hear4 Ans!er me. Well, then, !hat is kee%ing -it- from coming to %ass in #our life4 *s it the thought taking, the 8u"ging from a%%earances, the tr#ing to a"8ust, straighten, or arrange things or thoughts4 (erha%s it is -- an" %erha%s #ou !ill -lea&e all- -- * sai" all an" follo! 'e, an" begin to e+%erience the "ee% "elight of the rest that comes to one !hen he senses that 1o" kno!s more than an# combination of manifestation e&er can ho%e to glim%se. -* ha&e a !a# #e kno! not of,- slams the "oor shut tight in the face of the -man !hose breath is in his nostrils- an" !ho is tr#ing to s2uare the teaching of Christ b# the #ar"stick of human intelligence. -*n all th# !ars ackno!le"ge him, an" he shall gi&e thee the "esires of #our heart.- Can it be %ossible4 Can #ou begin to see ho! #ou are gra"uall# coming out of the "esert of working into a %lace of ser&ice an" e+%ression -- into a %lace !here man becomes a %art of the gorgeous %attern of life, an" can no more be ke%t from his e+%ression than he can be sent into his e+%ression b# thought4 There is a su""en "oing a!a# !ith the %ara%hernalia of the human thought. Who tol" #ou to make the effort to e+%ress - !ho tol" #ou that a man hel" the %o!er to kee% #ou out of #our %lace or to let #ou in4 Who tol" #ou that #ou must get a man-ma"e authorit# to e+%ress the substance of #our min"4 The !orl" has tol" #ou, an" it is true, as long as #ou are tr#ing to sell #ourself to the !orl" -- but !hen #ou merge into )%irit, !hen #ou are one Nature, there !ill be no nee" of entering into the limitations of man. e has his success an" his failure5 both are but human "egrees. The# ha&e nothing !hatsoe&er to "o !ith the Power. 1o" is not successful -- that is a man-ma"e limitation an" is usuall# %icture" out b# "ollars an" cents. 1o" is not limite" to the narro! confines of -success.- That is the measure man hol"s to the uni&erse, ho%ing to get it full, but !hen he -%ro&es 'e- he !ill begin to see that his measure is far too small. 1o" "oes not ask %ermission to %erform. You are the !or" of 1o" ma"e flesh -- !hat about #ou4 Wh# "o #ou not acce%t '# in&itation, -Lean on 'e-4 -- literall#, lean u%on the consciousness of this (resence. *f #ou ha&e the human "ecenc# an" honest# to fulfill that !hich #ou claim #ou ha&e, #ou !ill see "efinitel#, -* !ill sustain #ou- - not after the limite" manner of #our thinking -- -* ha&e !a#s #e kno! not of.- /o #ou belie&e it4 When is the fire of the burning bush going to burn out all the "ea" manifestations !hich #ou ha&e been hol"ing to #ourself so long4 When !ill #ou flame !ith the 8o# of sensing, - ea&en an" earth are full of Thee- -- an" mean it, an" cast #our bur"ens on the Lord an" feel the (resence emanating through #ou4 The hills shall be ma"e lo! an" the rough %laces smooth an" the crooke" %laces straight -- all this s#mbolog# to make #ou see ho! the %roblem is "e&itali,e" !hen #ou take #our thought a!a# from it. -.u"ge not from a%%earances, but 8u"ge righteous 8u"gment.- The desire of #our soul, !hich is the thing in its inci%ienc# urging u%on #ou for fulfillment, is %ossible of fulfillment, though it must ha&e a ne! embo"iment -- not necessaril# a ne! sha%e, but a ne! height of

consciousness !hich can acce%t the ne! re&elation as natural instea" of the ol" i"ea that it is something that must be "emonstrate". The literal inter%retation of the )cri%tures begins to take %lace the moment #ou ha&e foun" the soul of it all. Without an embo"iment the unseen is une+%resse" an" is !orthless -- it must be embo"ie"5 an" this %o!er of embo"iment in the face of such bin"ing limitations as a shell, a %rison !all, a fearful "isease or re%utation, can onl# take %lace !hen #ou turn #our attention to me an" magnif# me !ithin. -What is that to thee4- is the %ass!or" thereafter -- the attention has been taken a!a# from the a%%earances. This "oes not necessaril# mean that #ou are closing #our e#es to it5 8ust su""enl# #ou ha&e taken the thought from it, an" the -What is that to thee4- sta#s !ith #ou as a guar"ian angel until the moment comes for #ou to blo! the breath an" see the walls crumble. All the !hile, from the moment the attention is taken a!a# from the a%%earances, the lea&en of the (resence has been "e&itali,ing, un"ermining the soli" a%%earances of belief, so that !hen the breath of Life is blo!n u%on the thing, it goes u% in a clou" of smoke an" #ou enter in. The .ericho of #our "esire, !alle" a!a# b# im%ossibilities, becomes #ours. You "o not climb o&er, fight against, tear "o!n, or in an# !a# attack the walls -- #ou "e&itali,e them b# taking #our thought a!a# from the a%%earances. *t is !on"erful !hat a little contem%lation on this thing !ill "o for #ou. )u""enl# #ou !ill see !h# .acob struggle" all night !ith the Angel, an" ho! finall# he loose" it an" let it go. )o #ou !ill take the &er# light out of hell or the "e&il b# this same %rocess. When #ou sto% regar"ing the flames of hell an" recogni,e 'e, #ou "e&itali,e hell, an" it becomes hea&en. E&en !hile #ou are momentaril# in the flames #ou e+%erience the hol# comman", -The flames shall not burn thee.- *t is glorious, this one Nature of the .esus Christ consciousness. The a%%earances ma# be soli" an" fille" !ith terror, the roa"!a# fille" !ith arme" charioteers an" horsemen5 "estruction is near5 but -look again- - an" the "e&itali,ation takes %lace. We are not going to fight. -(ut u% #our s!or"- is 8ust as true to"a# as it !as t!o thousan" #ears ago. -A!ake, thou that slee%est, an" Christ shall gi&e thee light.- Where is the Christ4 When .esus raise" his e#es to ea&en, "i" he look u%4 An" if so, !here are #ou going to look4 When he %erforme" the gesture in his Consciousness he must ha&e sta#e" on the (o!er an" magnifie" that, if the embo"iment necessar# !as to take %lace, an" e&entuall# before his e#es the s%ectre of a%%earances !hich manifeste" hunger an" lack, fell to %ieces, an" the embo"iment of %lent# took %lace. -0elie&est thou this4- Can #ou belie&e in the /i&ine nature to the %oint that the embo"iment necessar# to %ut the chil" on earth !ill take %lace, b# a !a# #e kno! not of4 Outsi"e of the la!s of mankin"4 *f so , #ou can re8oice, for all flesh shall see it together. *n e&er# instance of so-calle" miracle cite" in the bible, !e see .esus %racticing this "e&itali,ing %rocess. The attention is taken from the a%%earance, an" the manifestation has the life-flo! sna%%e" instantl#. *t ma# !ag about until sun"o!n, but the -What is that to thee4- kee%s #ou in %erfect %eace -- the !alls crumble as #ou enter in. You enter in through the "oor !hich no man can shut -- * sai" no man, organi,ation, %erson, %lace, or thing. 0#

#our #ea, #ea, -0elie&est thou this4-)earch the )cri%tures, for in them #e think #e ha&e life eternal.- You see #ourself mo&ing through e&er# character an" e&er# situation of the 0ible, an" #et #ou su""enl# reali,e that you see #ourself, an" it is the #ou !hich is seeing #ourself that has the %o!er to accom%lish that !hich changes the face of all nature. -At his coming- -- !hat is this his4 At his coming the earth melte". :*s #our %roblem har"er than the soli" earth4; At his coming the hills ski%%e" for 8o# an" the trees sang, an" so is the glorious %astoral %oem of the s#mboli,ing of the (resence. )o !ill the manifestations of e&il su""enl# lose their sha%e an" form at his coming just as hell melts into hea&en at his coming into manifestation, an" the "e&il fa"es into obli&ion. The running from a%%earances ceases5 he can go or sta# !hen #ou ha&e taken the life out of him. e !ill be %o!erless, an" !ill %ro&e it o&er a thousan" times. Can #ou begin to see !h# #ou are sent into all the !orl"4 Nake", #et unafrai" -- ali&e, a!akene" to #our true nature. )he" !ith the %re%aration of the gos%el, !earing the breast%late of righteousness, etc., is but the s#mbolog# of becoming conscious of #our nature. *t is not a %re%aration for combating e&il. No, not e&en b# the ol"-fashione" metho" of begging, beseeching, an" %ra#ing to a tribal .eho&ah. "In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall bring it to pass " /o #ou hear4 What, then, is going to hin"er the manifestation of it here an" no!4

BORN AGAIN
-'AR7EL not #e must be born again.The "efinite statement of !hat must take %lace before #ou can enter into the ?ing"om of ea&en here an" no! ma"e manifest, is little hee"e" b# the a&erage Truth stu"ent. e "oes not sto% to see or reali,e that in or"er to "o the !orks that .esus sai" !ere %ossible for him to "o, that he !oul" ha&e to be -born again- into a state of consciousness !here those things !hich !ere formerl# im%ossible, come un"er the hea" of the natural an" %ossible. e is a"monishe" time after time, that it is useless to %ut ne! !ine into ol" bottles, or to %ut a ne! %atch on an ol" garment, an" #et he !ill tr# !ith the limite" %h#sical senses to "o those things !hich at the beginning are liste" in the categor# of the im%ossible. ence, he is merel# tr#ing to h#%noti,e himself into belie&ing that some -miracle- !ill ha%%en to him if he tries har" enough. There is no %ossible !a# for the min" of the limite" human senses to gras% the statements !hich set asi"e the la!s of time, s%ace, gra&it#, cohesion, an" a"hesion. All the !orks of .esus come un"er this hea". Nothing he "i" !as in an# !a# subser&ient to the human fin"ings. E&er#thing that he sho!e" forth set asi"e "efinitel# a humanl# acce%te" theor# of la!. o!, then, is it %ossible for a man to attain these !orks !orking from a limite" human sense ca%acit#4 -* can of m#self "o nothing- imme"iatel# states the %osition .esus took to the limite" fault# human senses. - a&ing e#es, #e see not, an" ears, #e hear not,- !as a""resse" to %eo%le !ho in the human sense of the !or" both sa! an" hear" -- an" #et the# coul" not -see nor hear- that !hich belonge" to the (o!er !hich he manifeste". -'ar&el not #e must be born again- -- "o not get e+cite" about it, if #ou must be -- #ou can be, an" the sooner #ou get o&er the i"ea that it is some strange an" elaborate initiation, the sooner #ou !ill fin" #ou are -gra"uall# merging into this ne!-born state. -As #ou ha&e borne the image of the earthl#, so shall #e also bear the image of the hea&enl#.*s there an#thing so strange in that statement4 No, there is nothing strange in an# of the teaching of .esus5 it is sane, %ractical, an" usable b# the man in the street5 the onl# strange thing about it all is the !eir" an" "ifficult %rocesses that ha&e been thro!n about it b# the human min". *f the chil" coul" get into the ?ing"om of ea&en through the all-embracing ca%acit# of acce%ting something !hich coul" not be reasone" out, then it "oes not seem so im%ossible for the a"ult to la# asi"e his a"ulter#, his making the uni&erse t!o instea" of one. The -%eace !hich %asseth all un"erstan"ing- certainl# is not going to be soun"e" or e+%erience" b# the un"erstan"ing of #ou or #our teacher, ho!e&er famous #ou or #our teacher ma# be. An" #et that peace in !hich lie all things, is %ossible of attainment, but a%%arentl# not through the -un"erstan"ing.-)eek %eace an" %ursue it, an" all goo" shall come unto #ou.- *t is "efinite an" "irect -- all good shall come unto you. /o #ou hear4 That is !hat #ou ha&e been after, isn6t it4 You ha&e !ante" the all good, an" there is no ambiguit# as to ho! it !ill come if #ou follo! the

instructions of .esus Christ -- if #ou come unto Me. -E#es ha&e not seen, ears ha&e not hear", neither hath it entere" into the heart of man the things !hich are %re%are" for them that lo&e the La!.The e#es ha&e gro!n "im tr#ing to see that !hich has been %re%are", an" ha&e finall# "eci"e" that it is some in&isible thing that !ill come after "eath. An" #et, not satisfie" !ith this, man kee%s on tr#ing to see it no! -- or to e+%erience some of the mar&elous things !hich the heart has been unable to sense. *t is e&i"ent, if #ou cannot see an" hear an" e+%erience b# the human senses the things !hich are %re%are" for #ou, it is because of their limitation, an" #et !e kno! that through these &er# senses comes the &erification of the (resence of the Lor". -$eel Me, an" see that a s%irit hath not flesh an" bloo".Through these &er# senses man e+%eriences the !or" ma"e flesh an" "isco&ers that !hat he is seeking, an" !hat .esus !as talking about, is not an imaginar# king"om !here &a%orous bo"ies float about singing all "a# long, but that the resurrecte" word ma"e flesh functions in the !orl" though not of it as a tangible an" &er# much ali&e an" real thing. The comman" to transcen" both time an" s%ace is too "ifficult for the human limitations. -You sa# it is four months until the har&est, but * sa#, !Look again,6 - carries !ith it a "eman" for the e+ten"e" &ision -- a something that telesco%es the thing the human min" calls time an" s%ace an" !hich sa#s it is so necessar# to %ro"uce the sai" har&est. What are #ou going to "o -- argue about the %ossibilit# of it being so4 Then #ou are arguing !ith the Teaching of .esus Christ an" #ou are setting #ourself u%. Wh#4 0ecause #ou are looking through #our limite" human senses, an" !hat #ou cannot see !ith #our e#es an" han"le !ith #our han"s #ou !ill not acce%t an", further than this, #ou insist that because #ou cannot see or un"erstan" it that it is not so -- #et in the same breath #ou !ill insist that #ou follow the 'aster. -$ollo! 'e- means %recisel# !hat it sa#s -- -$ollo! 'e.- You ha&e alrea"# a"mitte" #our "efeat. You ha&e alrea"# "eci"e" that #ou "o not kno! !here #ou are going nor !hat is going to ha%%en. -An#thing might ha%%en- is the uncertain shak# human reasoning an" un"erstan"ing -- but this coul" not %ossibl# be so of a -Changeless 1o" an" a changeless %erfect la!-5 the onl# thing that changes is #our human belief regar"ing a thing -- all else remains in its eternal un"isturbe" harmon#. *t is !on"erful to contem%late the e+tension of the senses, the ca%acities of the -ne! born- i"ea. These ca%acities start !here the human ca%acities lea&e off. Without the %ro%er gras% of the senses #ou !ill be boun" to "ra! all #our conclusions from the seeing of the e#e an" the hearing of the ear. These conclusions, then, naturall# !ill be fault#, an" #our 8u"gment !ill be from a%%earances, an" meet !ith the stern, unrelenting la!, -.u"ge not from a%%earances, but 8u"ge b# righteous 8u"gment.-'ar&el not #e must be born again,- other!ise #ou are still !orking in the -four months until the har&est- of human reasoning, an" #ou ma# %erish if #ou ha&e four months before the har&est can come. *f #our %ra#ers are %ut through the same time an" s%ace %ro%osition, #ou ma# fall b# the !a# long before the ans!er has time to reach #ou -- an" ho! !ill the limite"

human reason han"le the statement, -0efore the# call * !ill ans!er5 an" !hile the# are #et s%eaking * !ill hear.This is an utter im%ossibilit#, an" #ou easil# can get a grou% together to %ro&e that it is an utter falsit#5 but !hat #ou are %ro&ing onl# are the limits of #our o!n enlightenment. 0ecause #ou cannot %ro&e a thing "oes not argue for or against its realit#5 it merel# states a con"ition of #our o!n %rogress. -There are man# things * coul" not tell #ou because of #our unbelief.- There are man# things that #ou cannot gras% through the limite" human senses -there is not sufficient ca%acit# in them to gras% the ne! ele&ation. The -before #ou call * !ill ans!er- nee"s something higher than human reasoning to cause #ou to come in line -- an" that -something- is %rett# near to the %o!er !hich "issol&es the mirage of time an" s%ace an" human limitations from #ou. The -look again- seems to be merel# an a"8ustment of the lenses of the e#es5 the time element in it is so su""en an" im%ossible. -Who b# searching can fin" me4- What ha&e #ou in the human min" !hich can -search out the "ee% an" hi""en things of )%irit-4 Nothing but the 2ualit# of imagination, an" of that #ou think little in the %ractical, !orka"a# !orl". Yet .esus submitte" to the ba%tism of .ohn the 0a%tist -- ins%iration %ermitte" itself to be ba%ti,e" b# reasoning, but the moment this ceremon# !as o&er, the glorious balance of Life ha&ing been establishe", he !as through fore&er !ith that i"ea. We see him mo&ing !ith the glorious %o!er of the ins%iration. -When the inspiration of the "ll Mighty :hee" the !or" All; has come unto #ou, it shall lea" #ou :#es, #ou; into all things- -- !hen #ou see the ins%iration that is the 2ualit# of the newly born mo&ing into %lace of e+%ression through an" against e&er#thing, since it recogni,es no con"ition or limitation -- then #ou !ill kno! !h# it is necessar# for the eyes to be o%ene" an" the ears unsto%%e", no matter ho! keen #our %h#sical hearing an" seeing ma# be at this moment. As the aggregate mass of e&i"ence of the senses forms the life of the human kin", so "oes the e&i"ence of the s%iritual senses re&eal the king"om here an" no! -- an" !hen the one is lost in the other, then the !or" becomes flesh. When the limite" human sense is lost in its "i&ine counterpart, then the ne! ca%acities of the sense so far transcen" the human reasoning that it is im%ossible to un"erstan". The blen"ing of the life !ith the uni&ersal life causes the -glass "arkl#- to "isa%%ear from in front of the &ision. Little b# little it "a!ns u%on man that the %ur%ose of 1o" is not for "emonstrating the %o!er of Truth, an" that the i"ea that he stu"ies about 1o" in or"er to be able to "o something that his fello! man cannot "o must fall b# the !a# in fa&or of the conscious kno!le"ge that he is merging into the nature of 1o", an" this &er# merging causes that !hich the human kin" call miracles to be the e&er-%resent manifestation. The en" an" ultimate of this search for 1o" is not, then, as ha" been su%%ose" b# thousan"s, to fin" a !a# to make brea" out of stones or "o strange an" curious things -- in short, to %erform miracles - but it is for the releasing of the True Nature of 1o" into manifestation. *f the action that is about to take %lace through it is not natural, because it is 1o" action, then it is a false human belief tr#ing to make itself felt as something. *f the chil" can get into the ?ing"om, so can #ou. Or can #ou4 (erha%s #our intellect is so

great that #ou ha&e to smile at the sim%licit# of the chil" an" .esus, an" so #ou smile until #ou sto% smiling an" that is the en" of that. Neither is the en" of this search for 1o" self aggran"i,ement. e !ho seeks the (o!er so that he ma# be kno!n b# men to "o man# -goo"- !orks, mistakes the /i&ine Nature !hich coul" not %ossibl# act in an# other fashion. e is limiting 1o" an" attem%ting to %lace a %ersonal tra"e mark on the *nfinite. We "o not goo" !orks for an# other reason than that !e cannot "o an# other kin" of !orks9 the nature of a blackberr# is to %ro"uce blackberries, an" the nature of 1o" is to be 1o". An" that -being- 1o" is !hat the human man calls su%ernatural an" miraculous, #et it is but natural an" true to 1o". No la! of 1o" is set asi"e !hen a miracle takes %lace, but the Nature has finall# o&ersha"o!e" a human consciousness !ith such a floo" of light that it has got through the -glass "arkl#- an" in a measure has neutrali,e" the thing calle" %roblem, the %roblem onl# ha&ing been the %ro"uct of the foreshortene" senses of the reasoning man. -*f #ou ask an#thing in m# name <nature=, that "o * unto #ou.- When #ou %lant the blackberr# bush an" !ater it, #ou are asking it in the nature of the blackberr# bush to %ro"uce blackberries -- !hat else can it "o4 an" ho! naturall# it is functioning !hen it "oes. *t is the ultimate en" or %ur%ose of its e+istence. An" so, !hen #ou ask an#thing in the name or nature of .esus Christ, the action that takes %lace before #ou ask is merel# the e+%ression of the nature, an" it is going to be natural, sim%le, glorious5 an" onl# !hen #ou get into alignment !ith this i"ea can #ou e&er ho%e to -$ollo! 'e- into the hea&en here an" no! ma"e manifest. *f it is not natural, then it cannot take %lace often, for it !ill be su%ernatural an" !ill ha&e to come un"er the hea"ing of the su%ernatural. The su%ernatural is that !hich ha%%ens once in a lifetime to the limite" human reasoning, !hen for a moment it has rela+e" the narro! confines of itself an" let the %o!er through. The rest of its life it is tr#ing to make it ha%%en again5 but, as #ou cannot stan" before a blackberr# bush an" "eman" that it gi&e forth a measure of blackberries at #our comman", neither can #ou -make- the 1o" nature act - in both instances the human min" first la#s the !all of im%ossibilit# in front of the %ro%osition. -)uffer little chil"ren to come unto me, for of such is the ?ing"om of ea&en.- We are beginning to un"erstan" !h#5 the chil" can ha&e his $ather Christmas because he can transcen" his human reasoning sufficientl# to belie&e in that !hich he has ne&er seen an" !hich through e&er# a&enue of human reasoning is im%ossible. -E+ce%t #e become as a little child #e shall in no !ise enter into the ?ing"om of ea&en.- The ruling is strict an" "efinitel# outline". -E+ce%t #ou become as a little chil".- All the human reasoning is set asi"e, an" the /i&ine flo! of ins%iration carries us into the %resence of the eternal $ather Christmas an" the e&erlasting Christmas Tree !hich stan"s in the mi"st of the 1ar"en of Life. *t is all so !on"erful, the new "a# that is e&en no! breaking o&er the hori,on of #our "a#.

GOD REQUIRES THE PAST

W AT Of #our %ast4 Are #ou still carr#ing it along !ith #ou - the things #ou o&ercame an" the "emonstrations #ou ma"e4 *f 1o" re2uires the %ast, !hen are #ou going to !alk through the !aters of forgetfulness an" let the "ea" %ast bur# its %ast4 When #ou ha&e sense" the e&er out-%icturing of the .esus-Christ consciousness !ithin #ou there are so man# things to be re&eale" to #ou, that #ou ha&e no time to set #our little "emonstrations in a ro!, an" embroi"er them !ith "etails of e&il to sho! ho! strong !as the %o!er !hich #ou -use"- at that moment, or ma#ha% to -glorif#- the little human un"erstan"ing. * ha&e much to tell #ou -- #ea > e&en the things that coul" not be tol" to #ou in .erusalem because of #our unbelief -- but no! this m#sterious 2ualit# calle" -belief,- !hich is not cre"ulit# an" !hich is not human un"erstan"ing but an awareness of the *ns%ire" (resence, here, there, an" e&er#!here, has come to #ou, an" !hen #ou are rea"#, #ou !ill hear !hat the -)cri%tures hath to sa# unto the Churches.*f, ho!e&er, #ou are concerne" !ith the %ast o&ercoming of e&il, #ou are still belie&ing in its realit# -- the e&er-flo!ing stream of manifestation !ill su""enl# subsi"e. 1o" re2uires of #ou the %ast. -The former things ha&e %asse" a!a#5 the# shall not be remembere" nor come into min" an# more.*n the archi&es of memor# lie the arm# of beliefs !hich strengthen e&il a"missions of the %resent. Remembering an" going o&er all "esigns of e&il !ill e&entuall# cause them to retrace themsel&es in the %resent e+%ression. 'an# a %erson is suffering, not from an acci"ent, but the memor# of it5 not from a sin, but from the memor# of it, !ith its arm# of con"emnation. -Loose it an" let it go- -- free #ourself from the memor# of that !hich #ou %asse" through. *t is the memor# of e&il, "rille" into us from chil"hoo", !hich causes us to react so sus%iciousl# to!ar"s the !orl". As #ou mo&e into the ne! mansion :in m# $ather6s house -- consciousness -- are man# mansions; #ou come out from un"er the former la!s, memories, an" beliefs. You "o not form #our basis of 8u"gment from the outgro!n basis of e&il. -0ehol" * make all things ne!- - an" so the basis of 8u"gment is also ne!. 0ut !here "oes e&il come from -- if it is not real4 A thousan" times the 2uestion arises. Recentl#, accor"ing to a ne!s item, a man 8um%e" into a ta+i an" or"ere" the "ri&er to take him to an a""ress a consi"erable "istance a!a#. e settle" back for the long ri"e, !hen all of a su""en he reali,e" the ta+imeter !as not !orking. e note" this irregularit#, an" !as about to call the "ri&er6s attention to it, !hen, ga,ing at the man, he note" the lo! o&erhanging bro! an" the har", shar% features of a crook, an" thought better of his action. Not to be taken off guar", he thought out the best %lan to han"le the situation. ?no!ing that the "ri&er ha" %lanne" a little trick in or"er to e+tract an e+orbitant fare from him, he thought out his line of con&ersation an" "efense, all the !hile regar"ing the -crook- "ri&ing the car. e 8otte" "o!n the number of the "ri&er6s licence an" the other information gi&en on the ticket %oste" insi"e. e !oul" sho! this thief that he coul" not %ut an#thing o&er on him.

0# the time he reache" his "estination he !as e+cite" an" all set to "efen" his rights as a citi,en. e signale" the "ri&er to sto% an" got out, at the same time "eman"ing of the "ri&er in &er# curt tones9 - o! much4The har", shar% e#es of the "ri&er looke" at him, the tightl# close" mouth slo!l# rela+e" into a !arm smile, an" a laughing &oice re%lie", -No charge, boss. * am getting marrie" tonight, an" am treating all m# clients to free ri"es.The honest :4; man !alke" a!a# in silence, too stunne" an" sur%rise" to sa# -Thanks.Where !as the crook he ha" been creating "uring the long ri"e4 Where !as the anger an" hate that ha" cause" his %ulse to beat "egrees faster than normal4 Where !as the fear that %icture" itself in the kalei"osco%ic fashion of a -horror film-4 You ans!er it. An" the ne+t time #ou are trouble" !ith the origin of e&il, if #ou !ill look to the %ro%er %lace for the cause, #ou !ill see that it lies in -8u"ging from a%%earances.The "ri&er ha" shut out all these e&il thoughts, being fille" !ith the onl# thing that ne&er faileth - lo&e. -.u"ging from a%%earances- man# times materiali,es the 8u"gment. You actuall# en"o! it !ith the %o!er of #our o!n 8u"gment, an" cause it to react to #ou !ith all the force of #our o!n fear an" belief in it. *t is like thro!ing a rubber ball against a smooth stone !all - it returns to #ou !ith all the force !ith !hich #ou thro! it from #ou. Yet, at the same time, the same %erson or situation ma# be most kin" an" agreeable to another. -Watch, !atch, !atch.- You are stan"ing in the mi"st of #our o!n consciousness -- an" the !hole outsi"e !orl" is but a self-"i&ision of #ou. When #ou begin to un"erstan" a little the -The Tem%le of 1o" is with men- re&elation, #ou !ill see that the -tem%les- :manifestations; are for the %ur%ose of reflecting back to #ou the state of #our o!n consciousness, as so man# mirrors. The light nee" ne&er be in the mirror, but on the ob8ect in front of the mirror, an" so, !ith the return reflection, to an# state of consciousness. Whate&er is in #our state of consciousness !hen it is lighte" b# #our conscious thinking !ill be %icke" u% b# one or a thousan" mirrors the uni&erse. A thousan" -tem%les- !ill call from the houseto% !hat #ou ha&e foun" to be true in the -secret- of #our heart -- !hether this be goo", ba" or in"ifferent. Therefore, it is foolish to s%en" further time tr#ing to change the mirrors, the tem%les, on the outsi"e for the# stan" rea"# an" !illing to reflect or gi&e back the e+act re%ro"uction of #our o!n fin"ings within. )tage fright, fear, etc., is a multi%lication of the i"ea of fear. )u""enl# as #ou come before a thousan" mirrors it is multi%lie" b# a thousan", an" #ou see an au"ience rea"# to "estro# #ou. You are looking at the sim%le little thought of fear magnifie" an" !itnesse" to b# a thousan". *t is true, then, that the onl# %lace of correction is !ithin, an" !hen .esus !as asking #ou to -take the attention a!a# from the a%%earances- he !as not asking #ou to hi"e #our e#es, but to see the uselessness of tr#ing to change something on the outsi"e !hich !as sustaine" an" ke%t into %osition b# something on the insi"e.

We "o not close our e#es to e&il as formerl# !ith the i"ea of getting ri" of it, but !e take our attention a!a# from the su%%ose" %oint of %o!er or %ro8ection, an" %lace it on the real %lace of %o!er. -What thou seest, that thou beest,- has been inter%rete" to mean if #ou imagine #ou are something #ou are not, it !ill come to %ass. *n realit# it calls #our attention to the fact that !hat #ou are seeing in #our out!ar" e+%ression is the state of #our consciousness ma"e flesh. *t shoul" not be "iscouraging !hen #ou come face to face !ith this rather startling fact. *t shoul" stimulate #ou to kno! that at last #ou ha&e foun" the %lace of attack. -One man6s meat is another man6s %oison- an" -as a man thinketh- :thought being the emanation of a )tate of consciousness; -so is he- are true an" 8ust statements. When it is un"erstoo" !hat is making the meat an" %oison, an" !hat is causing the thinking, the !hole %rocess !ill be re&erse". '#-thoughts !ill at no time change m# state of consciousness5 the# %rocee" from, an" issue out of, the truth or lack of truth * ha&e in m# min" regar"ing a certain ob8ect or situation. * cannot change an# man on the outsi"e, e+ce%t su%erficiall#, but * can com%letel# make him o&er as far as his relations an" reactions concern me. * cannot at an# time control or cause another to "o m# bi""ing, neither can * me""le in an# !a# !ith his %ri&ate life, but * can control his reactions to me to the e+tent that the# are harmonious an" ha%%# instea" of fille" !ith the false things claime" for him b# the !orl" or another. When man begins to un"erstan" the (resence !ithin him he is not looking for another -- he kno!s that this is he that shoul" come. e kno!s "efinitel# that the outsi"e is merel# the ob8ectification of the insi"e, an" that, no matter for the moment !hether he can su""enl# change it or not, he has at least reache" the %oint of %o!er. The mass fear engen"ere" b# the memor# an" histor# of #our life ma# seem so real an" true that it is inesca%able, but it is through this cr#stalli,ation of conscious thinking that .esusChrist Nature brought .esus an" cause" him to do the thing !hich he could not do. .esus kne! he coul" of himself "o nothing, an" then he kne! he coul", through the /i&ine nature in"igenous in e&er# man, "o all things. e "i" not tr# to esca%e .esus, but kne! that .esus !as the &ehicle of e+%ression for the /i&ine Nature -- the -he that shoul" come.Not long ago * sa! a frail little !oman, illiterate, ignorant, an" !ith a thin so%rano &oice, rise 2uaking !ith fear an" stage fright. )he ma"e a &er# ba"l# !or"e" announcement that -her gui"e or master- !as going to lecture through her. With a fe! %h#sical 8erks an" motions, su""enl# she straightene" 6herself u% an", in the most culture" an" beautiful &oice, "eli&ere" an a""ress !hich an# scholar !oul" ha&e been %lease" to gi&e. The au"ience sat in !on"er. The s%eaker ha" esca%e", through belie&ing in another %o!er, the limitations of herself. .esus !as face" !ith the same situation, an" so are #ou face" !ith the same situation in one form or another -- #ou are not a"e2uate to that task !hich confronts #ou, an" there is %lent# of e&i"ence to the fact that #ou cannot "o it. .esus imme"iatel# kne! that he !as not -looking for another-5 he kne! that -This is e that shoul" come- !as sufficient to s%eak all languages, all tongues, an" !ith the !is"om !hich so far transcen"e" man6s feeble attem%ts as to %ut it into the %lane of %ure ins%iration. e "i" not esca%e from himself, he found himself.

)o long as #ou belie&e in the (o!er a%art from #ourself #ou !ill kee% transferring the e+%ression of #our life to some being, or entit#, or master. When #ou ha&e foun" Me #ou !ill act in accor"ance !ith the la! go&erning this Me. *f #our min" is sta#e" on Me# there is no 2uestion of the limitations of the little self stan"ing in the !a# of the glorious e+%ression of #our 1o"-self, an" #ou !ill not ha&e to belie&e in outsi"e hel%s. When #ou kno! there is nothing outsi"e of #ou to hel% or harm #ou because the !hole (o!er lies !ithin, then #ou ha&e come to the contact !hich .esus ma"e !ith 1o". -* an" m# $ather are one -- m# $ather <the 3ni&ersal (resence= is greater than *-5 an" #et this must be e+%resse" through the (ersonal *. -Call u%on me an" * !ill ans!er-5 -* !ill !alk in #ou an" talk in #ou-5 -You nee" but o%en #our mouth an" * !ill su%%l# the !or"s- -- all these an" a thousan" other truths are a!aiting the recognition. -Come close unto 'e- -- begin to recogni,e the /eit# !ithin, an" magnif# the Lor", an" see the limitations of the little self absorbe" into the 1o"hea". )to% looking to something outsi"e of #ourself, an" see !hat this glorious recognition of -This is e that shoul" come- !ill "o for #ou. - e ma"e himself as 1o"- - the same substance, %o!er, an" s%irit. *f he "isco&ere" this lo&el# truth an" %ut it into %ractice, !hat use !oul" he ha&e for a 'aster !ho !as using his bo"# like a mega%hone4 *f the 'aster has so much to con&e# to the uni&erse, !oul" it not be 8ust as !ell that he took on his o!n bo"# instea" of using another6s4 Ans!er me. *f #our bo"# is to be eternall# use" as an instrument for some other %o!er to s%eak through, !hen is #our o!n glorious e+%ression e&er going to ha&e an o%%ortunit# to bring out the hi""en things, the gift that is !ithin thee4 Rising abo&e all this belief, an" reali,ing the (resence, makes all things %ossible to #ou -- it "oes not take an#thing from that !hich is eternall# true an" "oes not in an# !a# "e%ri&e #ou of the s!eet communion !ith the (o!er of 1o" in !hate&er form it comes to #ou - but it "oes a!aken #ou to the %resent %ossibilities of being yourself -Out of the mouths of babes an" sucklings- runs the la!. Wh#4 0ecause the# ha&e no memor#, no histor#, no com%arison an" 8u"gment from a%%earances, but are actuate" from the %ure stream of consciousness of the 1o" )elf, not #et contaminate" b# the -!is"om of man.- ence the -chil" shall %la# on the hole of an as%- an" the lion an" the lamb shall lie "o!n together. The a!akene" soul !ho is not -looking for another,- but has begun the recognition of his o!n /i&init#, shall see the re!ar" of this recognition instea" of the bitter har&est of tears he has so long ha" through the "enial of Me. -*f #ou "en# me * shall also "en# #ou.- *f #ou kee% transferring #our %o!er to another %oint, an" recogni,ing %o!ers outsi"e of Me, * shall %ro&e to #ou this "enial is fruitful, an" #ou shall bring forth the hellish cro% of fears !hich #ou are constantl# -treating against.Not fin"ing a %lausible !a# to "is%ose of the e&il, #ou !ill attribute it to other entities, either embo"ie" or "isembo"ie", or #ou !ill gi&e it a name an" run about e+cusing #our failure to Life -- 1o" -- b# the fact that someone is -mal-%racticing #ou,- or that a %erson of another faith is %ra#ing against #ou.

* ha&e seen %eo%le rushing about %ronouncing the cursings an" telling of e&il things that !oul" ha%%en to %eo%le !ho "i" not subscribe to their %ersonal teachings, an" sometimes engen"ering fears in others, !hen the# themsel&es coul" not bring out enough substance to %a# a sub!a#-fare to their "estination. A!ake, thou that slee%est > The ne+t time the messenger of Light, !ho has a fear thought of cursing an" e&il in the backgroun", a%%roaches #ou !ith a s!eet morsel of Truth, %ut him in the strait-8acket of %roof. Look him o&er carefull#, "eliberatel#5 * think #ou !ill fin" %lent# of signs !hich in"icate his utter lack of abilit# to bring out e&en the most necessar# things of life. A!ake -- Arise from this "ea" belief. -Not that !hich goeth in "efileth a man, or maketh him, but that !hich cometh out,- *t is not an#thing that is sai" to #ou, but !hat #ou "o !ith it. *t ma# go in one thing an" come out another. Watch > (oise" in the Christ consciousness -- the recognition of #our true self -- #ou are not -looking for another- -- he is come into e+%ression !hen #ou recogni,e #our o!n /i&init#. -The tem%le of 1o" is !ith man-5 #ou !ill begin to see ho! the embo"iment of 1o" -- calle" man - in millions of forms an" sha%es, stan"s rea"# an" !illing to co-o%erate !hen #ou recogni,e the /i&init# !ithin. Like a million recei&ing stations the -tem%le- of 1o" stan"s. When the o%eration is entirel# !ithin, an" han"le" !ith ah the integrit# of the .esus Christ consciousness, the -tem%le- at the right %lace an" %oint !ill %ick u% the !or" an" transmute it into substance. The ra"io o%erator cannot reach out in the "istance an" -feel- about for a temple to recei&e his message5 he is concerne" !ith the integrit# of %erforming the thing %erfectl# !ithin. )o man begins to see that the thing must be %erfectl# %erforme" !ithin -- the manifestation must an" !ill take care of itself. *t makes no "ifference about he manifestation as long as the integrit# of the sen"ing has been hel" to. -1o !ithin5 ask the $ather-5 -that !hich #ou tell the $ather in secret- -- !ith no 8u"ging, seeking, e+%ecting, obser&ation as to !hat the manifestation !ill be -- -shall be calle" from the house to%.- This is such a beautiful literal thing !hen once learne" that it makes life a ne&er-en"ing 8o#, full of sur%rises an" re&elations. All the lo&el# sense of integrit# is a%%lie" to the !ithin, ha&ing %asse" the %lace of -!on"ering- !hether the manifestation !ill be able to fin" #ou or not. 0# the Automatic (o!er nothing can esca%e its %ro%er %lace. The fear an" s%eculation about the results are entirel# "issi%ate" b# the integrit# %lace" u%on the !ork !ithin. )tatements of Truth become "efinite la!s. -That !hich is tol" in secret shall be calle" from the houseto%- is no more s%eculati&e of something to be %ro&en5 it is a statement of something that "efinitel# takes %lace, entirel# outsi"e the ken of man6s !is"om or kno!le"ge or an#thing he ma# think %ro or con regar"ing the sub8ect. *t is !on"erful. -The tem%le of 1o" is !ith man- - the tem%le is alrea"# into manifestation, an" hence #ou nee" not !orr# about not getting through into e+%ression. -* go before #ou an" %re%are the !a#- is like the inau"ible !ireless message going out into the night, through the hurricane of a%%earances, an" fin"ing the tem%le of rece%tion rea"# to %ick u% an" bring into

manifestation the substance of #our -secret.- *t is !on"erful. -$ear not, 1o" is not mocke",- use" to be hel" as the s!or" of /amocles o&er the hea" of a trembling, shrinking sinner. )u""enl# it is taken out of this "ark, fearsome teaching an" thrust into glorious e+%ression. 'an6s %un# intellect cannot un"erstan" the eternal .ustice of the (o!er an" the manifestation of the same. -* ha&e a !a# #e kno! not of- settles once an" for al!a#s an# argument about -ho!,- -!h#,-!hen,- an" -!here.- The Automatic (o!er !ill take care of that. Contrar# to all outsi"e a%%earances, this %o!er su""enl# e+%resses itself because -1o" is not mocke"- an" #ou ha&e lost nothing for that !hich #ou ha&e "one in the secret %lace - either goo", ba" or in"ifferent. *t is !on"erful. An interesting inci"ent recentl# came to me. A !oman confi"e" in me that she %racticall# ha" been the ghost !riter for a series of books !hich ha&e long been recogni,e" in the meta%h#sical !orl" as successful, an" that the so-calle" author ha" literall# taken this !riting an" gi&en her no remuneration nor ackno!le"ge" it in an# !a#. $rom the outsi"e a%%earances the sai" author !as no! en8o#ing a great re%utation an" fame gaine" from these books, !hile the ghost !riter remaine" entirel# unkno!n an" unrecogni,e". The finance !hich came from the books !oul" ha&e been much a%%reciate" b# her. The books being co%#righte", she, ha&ing no outsi"e recourse to the matter, !as in"ee" ho%eless. No!, then, if she 8u"ges from a%%earances, she has a ho%eless situation. There is nothing she can "o. The more she talks about it the more she sets in o%%osition a certain thought !hich "oes not an" !ill not belie&e an#thing of the kin", an" she recei&es nothing but the bitter tears of failure. When she returns to the center of her being she fin"s the glorious re&elation that the automatic %o!er of 8ustice -- the 1o" is not mocke" element -- o%erati&e in the Tem%le of 'an, can an" "oes fin" out the rightful one -- an", though ten thousan" fall, or though the !a# be fille" !ith arme" horsemen an" chariots an" infernal !ar machines, a ne! an" lo&el# sense of confi"ence ho&ers o&er. -1o" is min"ful of is o!n- !hen the integrit# of the !ork is ke%t5 !hen the o%erator at the sen"ing ke# releases it an" lets it go out into the confusion an" intellect of man, he !ill see it return freighte" !ith substance. *t is !on"erful. -1o" is not mocke"- -- nothing that #ou "o !ithin is "e%en"ent on the outsi"e situation. You are no more un"er the La!5 #ou are in the )%irit, an" hence #ou come b# the !a# of )%irit, instea" of the !a# of man. *n coming b# the !a# of 1o" or )%irit man, manifestation automaticall# %ulls itself together to form the %icture necessar# to gi&e )%irit a bo"# an" a form. -*f * be lifte" u% * !ill "ra! all men unto me.- *t is !on"erful. -1o" is not mocke".- Nothing that belongs to #ou can b# an# %ossible manner of means esca%e #ou. Your "isconcern !ith the manifestation is the /i&ine carelessness, the /i&ine in"ifference of )%irit mo&ing after its o!n !a# an" constantl# breaking e&er# %attern of the human thought. -0ehol", * A' the Lor", the 1o" of ALL flesh5 is an#thing too har" for me4You ans!er it. You rea"ing this line. Ans!er Me. * sai" -$ehold>- *t transcen"s the limite", %un# human thinking5 it is stan"ing in a ra"iant light of re&elation5 it is -behol"ing- the

glorious %resence of 1o" besi"e !hich there is no %o!er -- not an#. -* A' the Lor", the 1o" of ALL flesh- -- of all manifestation. :All flesh shall see it together.; * "i" not sa# -some,- but all flesh -- all manifestation. That means the -flesh- -- situation, %roblem, or !hat #ou !ill - that has been troubling #ou. a&e #ou been able to ans!er -Yes- to all this4 You rea"ing this line. "m * the 1o" of all, or ha&e #ou another go" of e&il hi""en a!a# in #our uni&erse !hich causes #ou to sa#, -Yes, * kno!, but, if, an", an" ma#be4- Ans!er me -- !hat are #ou hi"ing from4 Are #ou nake"6 Who tol" #ou #ou !ere nake"4 Ans!er me -- come out from among those ghost forms of ancient histor# an" be free. -Am * the 1o" of all flesh4- or ha&e #ou another4 Ans!er me. -*s there an#thing too har" for Me4- *s #our situation or con"ition or cr#stalli,e" belief too "ifficult to melt like !a+ in a blast-furnace before the coming of Me4 Ans!er me. (ut #our -too har"- %roblem before Me an" see it run "o!n into obli&ion before the (resence of the %ne. No matter ho! fro,en or ossifie" it ma# be, it shall melt a!a# before this recognition of the (resence. 0elo&e"> #our problem# no matter !hat it is, ho! long it has been stan"ing, !hat an a&alanche of testimon# has soli"ifie" about it, comes un"er this glorious (resence. Nothing is har" to this (resence, because it "oes not !ork from the -Curse of the La! of matter-5 it is !orking through the )%irit !hich is free from the hea&# la!s of the belief in "ualit#. All of this !on"erful releasement comes through follo!ing the re&elation of .esus. When he brought to #ou the .esus-Christ Nature he ga&e #ou the O%en )esame to the ?ing6s treasures. *t is !on"erful. -*s this he that shoul" come, or look !e for another4- Are #ou looking for a 'aster to come along an" "o #our !ork for #ou, or use #our bo"# as a mega%hone, or "o #ou !ant the 7oice of .esus-Christ Nature to e+%ress through #ou - to -talk in #ou an" !alk in #ou- an" free its o!n glorious an" gol"en e+%ression into the uni&erse4 Ans!er me. -*s this he that shoul" come, or look !e for another4- Ans!er me. Are #ou beginning to recogni,e the /i&init# of #our Christ-.esus Nature an" getting bus# about the $ather6s !orks, or are #ou still in a ma,e of !on"erment as to !hether he has arri&e" #et4 You cannot be about the -$ather6s !ork- if #ou are not sure !here an" !hat the (o!er is -#ou "o not e&en kno! !hat the $ather6s !ork is, an" think #our e+%ression "e%en"s on something or other on the outsi"e instea" of the integrit# !ithin. *t is true that !hen this integrit# is ke%t on the insi"e an#one or an#thing ma# be use" as the temple to ai" an" assist in bringing out the )ecret -- but ne&er is a fa&or aske" to %erform the business of 1o". *f #ou are about #our $ather6s business, there is no 2uestion about being allo!e" to e+%ress, no matter !hether this be "igging a "itch or !riting a book - nothing can or !ill block the !a# that #ou kno! not of, for it cannot fin" it or han"le it either mentall# or %h#sicall#. *nstantl# * am on the other si"e of the lake, or * am through the cro!", or * am !here #ou cannot fin" 'e. *t is !on"erful !hen #ou see !hat it is to go b# the !a# of 1o" an" sto% !orr#ing about the manifestation When #ou kno! that -this is e that shoul" come- - that the .esus-Christ Nature is the nature !hich carries the go&ernment u%on its shoul"ers, then all the little -%rittle-%rattle- about e&il

%o!ers, cursings, malicious mal-%ractice, or an# other little bu,,ing of the gnats of human !is"om are of no interest !hatsoe&er. The# are not to be han"le" -- the# are not e&en gi&en the "ignit# of an#thing that nee"s -han"ling.- This /i&ine in"ifference is not the la+it# of the la,#, sluggish human min", but the balance" %oint of attention to the 'in" )ta#e" on Thee. *t is !on"erful, this li&ing in #our consciousness - this su""en "isco&er# of the ?ing"om of ea&en here an" no!, right in the mi"st of the hell of #ester-#ears. -1o" re2uires the %ast-5 #ou are lea&ing the )o"om an" 1omorrah of human teaching, beliefs, an" intellect, an" coming out on to the high groun" of e+%ression. The 1ift hi""en !ithin #ou is beginning to -start- from his %rison of "isbelief an" is %ushing into manifestation. *ts %rogress is unencumbere" b# the fears of the %ast. *t is sai" that the m#steries shall %ass a!a# like the !aters un"er a bri"ge. The# begin this %assing before #our &er# e#es !hen #ou ha&e ma"e the "isco&er# of the /i&init# of .esusChrist Nature !ithin #ou an" begin the self-resurrection. Your former ca%acit# to create the chimera out of the cloth of belief has been absorbe" into the -.u"ge not from a%%earances,- an" is releasing itself as the ea&en, here an" no!, !hich .esus so often s%oke of. Eternall# referring to the !ithin state for the ea&en on the !ithout, it is curious that !e ha&e trie" 8ust the re&erse %rocess for bringing it into being. &he look again, !hich is so im%ortant to all manifestation, can be "one onl# !hen the look without has been taken a!a# long enough to let the ne! %icture take form an" sha%e. You are &o#aging through ea&en, but through the glass "arkl# of the human conscious thinking it can be such a burning hell that the little %leasure of the occasional moments of surcease from its flames are har"l# !orth!hile. You can, an" e&entuall# !ill, "isco&er Me in the mi"st of this inferno of conscious thinking, an" that !ill be the en" of all this ugl# manifestation. When the flames ha&e subsi"e", #ou !ill fin" nothing "estro#e" in all m# ol# 'ountain. You cannot behol" that !hich #ou "o not recogni,e !ithin #ourself, either goo", ba", or in"ifferent, an" so #ou kno! %rett# !ell !hat is going on in #our o!n consciousness b# the %ictures #ou are seeing on the outsi"e. *f #ou kno!, this is a bitter %ill to s!allo!, because #ou ma# be so !orth#, so hol#, an" so true, but it cannot come from an# other source. *t shoul" be encouraging to ha&e locate" at last the %oint of attack. -What think ye of Christ4- onestl#, !hat "o #ou think of the Christ-.esus /i&init# !ithin #ou4 Ans!er me. -Come, let us reason together.- Where "o #ou stan"4 *s there something calle" #our %ersonal %roblem o&er !hich #ou ha&e no control !hich is stronger an" more %o!erful than the lo&el# Christ4 -What think ye of Christ4- *t "oesn6t make an# "ifference !hat another thinks -- !hat "o you think of it all4 Are #ou beginning to reali,e that the manifest uni&erse is a self-"i&ision of #our o!n consciousness, an" that it gi&es back to #ou onl# !hat #ou fin" there. *s it not natural for a "octor to see sick %eo%le, an" a musician to see musicians an" music an" so on an" cannot these also be t!ine" !ith a thousan" other thoughts, so that, though the "octor sees sickness, he can also see failure of a %ersonal nature, an" ha&e no %atients !hile he is in the mi"st of a sick !orl", an" the musician be utterl# s!am%e" !ith music an" #et star&e for the !ant to %ersonal e+%ression4

All of these central beliefs ma# be hung about !ith thousan"s of %arasitic beliefs of lesser %o!er. The consciousness gi&es off in the form of recognition that !hich causes the manifestation to take on certain reactions to it. There is sai" to be a u%as-tree in the tro%ics !hich e+hales a %oison &a%or of such strength that small bir"s an" insects are "estro#e" b# smelling it. Whether this be true or not, the illustration !ill "o to sho! ho! it is that !hen the ins%irations "o come near the consciousness that belie&es in e&il, or to the consciousness h#%noti,e" b# belief, the# fail or cease to manifest. a&e #ou e&er met the mentalit# !hich !as absolutel# sterile to e&er# offer, suggestion, %ra#er, or mo&e to hel%4 *ts enormous success on a negati&e si"e shoul" be a glorious an" thrilling re&elation to #ou an" to the %erson using it. Think !hat such a mentalit# coul" "o if a!akene" to the fact that the (o!er of this !hole thing lies !ithin, an" that the uni&erse is a self-"i&ision, so to s%eak. 'an is s#mbolicall# ste%%ing before a uni&erse of mirrors in !hich is caught an" reflecte" the state of his acce%tance of life. e sees himself in e&er#bo"# he meets, an" %resentl# he begins to kno! !hat kin" of a man he is consciousl#. Either the thing he eats is %oison -- the meat he %artakes of kills him -- or else -if the# "rink an# "ea"l# thing it shall not harm them.- 'an cannot be un"er both of these influences at once. The -choose #ou this "a# !hom #e !ill ser&e- calls for a ra"ical choice. Either #ou choose the %neness of 1o" or the "ualit# of matter, an" the mirrors of #our uni&erse imme"iatel# begin their casting back of the reflections of #ourself. When #ou come to recogni,e the literal "octrine of .esus that -* am the Wa#, the Truth, an" the Light,- #ou !ill un"erstan" such ra"ical %romises as -0ehol" * gi&e #ou %o!er to trea" on ser%ents an" scor%ions an" o&er all the %o!er of the enem#5 an" nothing shall b# an# means hurt #ou.- This beautiful s#mbolog# %laces #our %roblems in the %ath of #our /i&ine Re&elation, an" the#, these beliefs, shall be tram%le" into the "ust of obli&ion. Coming b# the !a# of 1o" -- asking for !is"om of 1o", follo!ing the &oice !ithin -- is the sure %ath of light an" 8o# an" ea&en here and now Yes, it is !ritten, -A little chil" shall lea" them- - a consciousness that can acce%t 1o" as a realit# an" has "one a!a# !ith a thousan" an" one other %o!ers, an# one of !hich seems to #ou more %o!erful than 1o", an" an# one of !hich #ou name #our %roblem. -1o not back to #our former bon"age.- The !a# is straight an" narro!, an" "oes not in"icate that it is a hateful strait-8acket of human in&ention. The !a# of mathematics is straight an" narro!5 there is no "e&iation from it if #ou e+%ect the results5 so is the La! of the (resence. E&er# time #ou "i&i"e the %o!er an" %lace it in an#thing else it !eakens the manifestation in #ou, no matter ho! unselfish an" loft# #our i"eas ma# be. You must recogni,e, -* am e that shoul" come,- an" kno! that once an" for al!a#s #ou are not looking for another, an", strange as it ma# be, the moment #ou fin" this !ithin #our o!n consciousness #ou fin" it e&er#!here an" in e&er#bo"#, an" in e&er# thing an" %lace, #et confine" to none -- #et containing them all. This is %ne'ness, Wholeness, an" 1o". The glorious thrill of -Arise an" shine, for th# light is come an" the glor# of the Lor" is risen

u%on thee,- comes onl# !hen #ou ha&e recogni,e" this (o!er !ithin as the %oint of communion !ith 1o", an" ha&e begun at last the .esus instruction of making #ourself as 1o", of the same nature an" substance. Then !ill #ou call in all #our lesser beliefs in %o!er, take them out of the so-calle" entities, embo"ie" or "isembo"ie", an" magnif# the %ne 1o" in the mi"st of #ou. *f there be but %ne, then there is but %ne -- %ne onl# an" nothing else -- an" if e is !alking in #ou an" talking in #ou he s%eaks an" mo&es in terms of light, an" the %h#sical limitations an" fears are not to be consi"ere". -The former things ha&e %asse" a!a#- -- the# ha&e gone out as far as -he- !alking in #ou an" talking in #ou !ith the uni&ersal consciousness is concerne". Then it is %ossible for this %ne not to be as !ell e2ui%%e" to e+%ress as an# little man or !oman !ho ma# strut the boar"s of materialit# in gau"# robes, %ersonal teachings, co%#righte" or other!ise, bearing a bran" of %ersonal teaching4 Ans!er me. Are #ou still "ealing !ith a little teacher, lecturer, lea"er, organi,ation, grou%, book4 Or are #ou -lea&ing all- an" follo!ing the sim%le teachings of .esus, an" "isco&ering the .esus-Christ (rinci%le !ithin #ou4 *f so, #ou are going no more out to see a man an" #et at this %oint of re&elation #ou can see 'e in an# man. * can s%eak to #ou through an# tem%le. The !ireless o%erator "oes not kno! that his message !ill onl# be recei&e" b# the great an" lor"l# %assenger boats, things of beaut# an" lo&eliness5 his hel% an" succor ma# come through the little "irt# coal-steamer chugging along at a slo! %ace !ith its most unlo&el# cargo. When "i" !e see Thee4 -*nasmuch as #e ha&e "one it unto one of these #e ha&e "one it unto 'e-5 an" like!ise one of these might be the tem%le that momentaril# ga&e forth the light necessar# to #ou. * am not &isible al!a#s in %ur%le an" fine linen, an" of course * am not necessaril# al!a#s &isible in the thing l#ing in the gutter of life, but * am !here&er * am necessar# for #ou to recei&e the word, e&en though it be in the "esert, in the bush, b# the !a#si"e. /o #ou begin to un"erstan" the absoluti&it# of the teaching as gi&en to us b# .esus4 There is nothing but the %ne5 e&er#thing else must go in or"er that #ou can %ossess e&er#thing else. Nothing that #ou look u% to an" en"o! !ith %o!er !ill be able to stan" u% to this !orshi%. You !ill e&entuall# "ig out its cla# feet an" ha&e it crash on #our hea". You !ill be hurt b# #our o!n self, but #ou !ill blame another, an" so it !ill go until e&er# stone has been o&erturne" an" he comes !hose %lace it is to rule. * shall be satisfie" !ith nothing but this absolute recognition of the /i&init# of the Christ .esus !ithin. *t is !on"erful-!on"erful !on"erful. ea&en an" earth are fille" !ith it. /o #ou hear4 There is no %lace #ou can go to esca%e this glorious %resence of 1o" - #ou are mo&ing into oneness, !holeness, an" the manifestation !ill take care of itself. -* behel" )atan as lightning falls from ea&en.- You shall see the )atanic beliefs !hich ha&e hel" s!a# so long in #our life fall from this inner hea&en !hich is %resentl# to embo"# itself in the outer. *n the t!inkling of an e#e the "isease an" the %atterns of "isease !hich ha&e been stan"ing so long - in #our life are !i%e" out an" the )atan falls from #our consciousness ne&er to rise again.

-What think ye of the (hrist4- Ans!er me.

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-E@CE(T #e become as a little chil" #e shall in no wise enter the ?ing"om of ea&en.- The statement is e+act, unin&ol&e", an" lea&es no loo%hole of %ersonal inter%retation through !hich #ou coul" e"ge #our !a#. )*cept #e become as a little chil" -- an" b# no other means -can #ou enter. A"ulterers are barre" from the ?ing"om -- onl# the a"ult can commit a"ulter#. Thro!ing u% a camouflage of misinter%retation, man tries to belie&e that the !or" a"ulter# has solel# to "o !ith se+, but in realit# this is the least a"ulter# he can commit. is constant a"ulterating. the word of life, an" %lacing before others a thousan" an" one fears, lies, an" beliefs foun"e" on the false senses, is the !holesale a"ulter# !hich kee%s him out, an" !hich ma"e .esus s!ee% the !hole thing into the hell of %urification to be burne" u%. The ol" a"ulterous intellect raises its great, eru"ite, man#-hea"e" min" an" e+%lains that it cannot become a chil"5 it is %h#sicall# an" mentall# im%ossible. Yet, at another moment, this same one is 2uoting glibl#, -Nothing is im%ossible to 1o".-Which things are an allegor#,- %ut near the close of the 0ible, s%eaks &olumes for those !ho ha&e ears an" e#es to hear an" see !hat the )cri%tures ha&e to sa# unto the tem%le - the Churches - #our bo"ies. When #ou are -clean- #ou ha&e become as a chil", as far as the illustration has an# benefit to #ou. 0ecoming as a chil" an" becoming a chil" are t!o "ifferent things. 0ecoming as a chil" is to su""enl# %ossess #ourself of the most %o!erful !ea%ons against the relati&e !orl". Wea%ons -- in&isible, inau"ible, ha&ing ca%acities un"reame" or unmeasure" b# the a"ulterous !orl" of fear, limitation, gree", an" e&il. The a"ulterous breath of the -man !hose breath is in his nostrils- breathes his fear, "isease, an" belief in e&il o&er the !hole of creation. -Too goo" to be true- -as for man, his "a#s are full of trouble- -!hen * !oul" "o goo" * "o e&il- -- -something might ha%%en,- an" in a thousan" other !a#s he a"ulterates life. e has been !an"ering u% an" "o!n in the uni&erse of belief an" foun"e" all his false teaching u%on these false %remises, !hich ha&e no! become such a giant of strength that he is threatene" an" finall# o&ercome b# this terrible self-create" thing. No !on"er he cannot inherit the ?ing"om of ea&en. When he becomes as a chil", he is unconsciousl# !orking from the basis of Christ min". e "oes not ha&e to see to belie&e. e can acce%t his goo" !ithout 2uestion. e !ill stretch forth his han" an" make the gesture !hen the o%%ortunit# is %resente" to him. e !ill not tr# to figure it out b# the limitations of the sense min". -Nothing is too goo" to ha%%en or to be true.- -Yester"a# is "one !ith at sun"o!n- - a ne! "a#, full of 8o#s an" %ossibilities, is e&er !ith him. .esus, tr#ing e&er# !a# to make a com%lete "ifferentiation bet!een the a"ulterous thinking of the conscious min" an" the %ure Christ min" as re%resente" b# the chil", use" these sim%le illustrations for those !ho ha" e#es. The chil" ha&ing the ca%acit# to acce%t its goo", "oes not fin" it necessar# to construct out of thinking, its goo". The $ather Christmas i"ea is acce%te", an" is, as far as the conscious thinking is concerne", sus%en"e" in mi"-air on a threa" of imagination, but it !orks for the chil" u% to the moment that reason enters.

The ol" a"ulterous min" imme"iatel# marshals its intellect an" comes for!ar" !ith the trite !or"s, -Who !ants to belie&e in such tosh4 An" !ho !ants to be a chil"4There is nothing sai" about #our becoming a chil" -- it sa#s as a child. This becoming as a chil" is leagues a!a# from the co#, (oll#anna sense of s!eetness that man# %eo%le associate !ith it. - e that hath e#es, let him see- -- let him take from the %lethora of !or"s an" s#mbols the grain of Truth !hich !ill hel% him enter into his o!n, !hich !ill hel% him to go in an" %ossess the land :state of consciousness;. -A!ake, thou that slee%est, an" Christ shall gi&e thee light.- *t is !on"erful ho! the sim%le things of .esus are she""ing the light on the ne! c#cle of spirituality, !hich is e&en no! "escen"ing u%on the earth an" is sho!ing, b# its ra"iance, the nothingness of the a"ulter# of he intellect an" reason. -E+ce%t #e become as a little chil" #e shall in nowise enter the ?ing"om of ea&en- is state" again in the sim%le !or"s of .esus !hen he aske", each time before he rent the &eils of human belief, -0elie&est thou this4- -- -0elie&est thou that * am able to "o this4- An" if #ou cannot ans!er yea to this, #ou can no more see the %o!er of the (resence communicating its manifestation to #ou an" through #ou than the chil" can materiali,e his $ather Christmas. *t is one an" the same thing. *t is no more fantastic for %ra#er to %ro"uce a !ell bo"#, than it is for the chil" to %ro"uce a rotun" man !hose chief role in life is to su%%l# the !ants of chil"hoo" freel#. 0oth of them ha&e to emanate from the same source -- the# must be -belie&e" in.- Note that the -belief- re2uire" is not cre"ulit#, it is not faith, in the generall# acce%te" sense of the !or"5 it is a %ure acce%tance of the !hole finishe" thing an" a %ermitting the manifestation or embo"iment to take %lace in its o!n goo" time. The (o!er "oes not come forth at a moment #ou are thinking about it5 on the contrar#, -* come at a moment #ou think not-5 -* come as a thief in the night,- etc. e !ho has ears, let him hear. Let him a!ake to the sim%licit# of the Christ teaching so unin&ol&e" b# the tra%%ings of man. Thro! all the inter%retations of the word of 1o" to the !in" an" go again to the fountain of Life an" drink of the living !aters an" it !ill !ater #ou !ith re&elation un"reame" of. -*f an# of #ou lack !is"om, let him ask of 1o".- /o #ou hear4 /o #ou belie&e4 Can #ou stan" on the instructions of .esus Christ instea" of the !or"s of a man !ho has follo!e"- -Wilt thou be ma"e clean- from the a"ulterous thought !hich causes #ou to follo! a man, or organi,e" collection of b#-la!s tr#ing to see !hat #ou shoul" "o or not "o in regar" to #our a%%roach to 1o"4 -Come out from among them an" be #e se%arate.- Running to a little %erson, no matter ho!e&er s!ollen !ith human success, to fin" out !hat 1o" can an" !ill "o for #ou is the committing of the a"ulter# !hich makes it im%ossible for #ou to enter. -Ye shall in no wise- is a %rett# har" la! -- there is no lenienc# in it5 it re2uires 8ust that an" it must be fulfille". Wh# !ait longer on the le%rous thought !hich tries to make #ou %a# tribute to a %erson4 *f .esus coul" not be calle" -goo",- !h# !ill #ou rush about calling another goo"4 A!ake an" arise from the "ea" thoughts, an" Christ shall gi&e thee light illumination an" the chil"-like 2ualities !hich !ill cause ea&en to a%%ear here an" now. *t is !on"erful the man# ne! an" mar&elous la!s that come into %la# !hen #ou become as a little chil". There is the la! of trust -- such a "angerous thing to the a"ult, ha&ing %ro&en

such a broken ree". There is the la! of confi"ence, e&en in the face of no %ros%ects. There is su%erhuman action of the Automatic (o!er !hich the chil" can acce%t. e can belie&e that -a "a# !ill come- or a thing will or can ha%%en in some %erfectl# m#sterious !a#, an" then let it rest !ithout tr#ing to "estro# it b# "issecting it !ith the human "oubt an" curiosit#. This is a stubborn %roblem. This is a har" thing to meet. This has ne&er been met before, etc. The a"ulter# of conscious thinking "en#ing the Christ constantl# an" then com%laining !hen its %ra#ers are not ans!ere". -Come unto me, all #e en"s of the earth, an" be #e sa&e".- /o #ou hear- That means you, e&en though #ou are so hol# no! that #ou 8ust glisten !ith #our kno!le"ge of truth an" truth mo&ements, an" though #ou are recommen"e", an" all that. You ha&e a chance to be sa&e" from the a!ful a"ulter# of #our s%iritual %ri"e, 8ust the same as the thing l#ing in the gutter all co&ere" !ith the mu" of mistakes an" the flo!ers, ineffecti&e mantle of #our holiness. You ha&e a chance, no matter !here #ou stan" - the in&itation is for #ou if #ou ha&e come to that chil"-like 2ualit# that can take that !hich is offere" it. Remember that a thousan" #ears is as #ester"a# in '# sight. -Though #our sins be as scarlet, the# shall be as !hite as sno!.You ha&e a goo" Chance to -come unto 'e.Yes, belo&e"> A thousan" #ears is as #ester"a#, so, in realit#, it is 8ust t!o "a#s ago that .esus s%oke in .erusalem. (rett# close, isn6t it4 Yes, it is e&en closer than that. That !hich s%oke through .esus is e&en at this instant s%eaking through #ou. Yes, aren6t #ou gla" it is s%eaking through #ou in the inner recesses of #our being4 Telling #ou things - li&e things, %ulsating things, !ith the s%irit intact, instea" of "ea", tire" re%etitions of another. -Come unto 'e, all #e en"s of the earth, an" be #e sa&e".-What > ?no! #e not that #e are the Tem%le of the Li&ing 1o"4- The sur%rise in that one !or" -What>- is enough to make the !hole tem%le 2uake !ith the coming of the Lor". The su""en recognition of this fact "oes a!a#, once an" for al!a#s, !ith the stu%i" notion that #ou are a reflection !hich has nothing in itself but sha"o! an" light. You are the &emple of the living 1o". /o #ou note the !or" living4 What "o #ou su%%ose it means -- living4 Think about it for the moment an" then !ill #ou un"erstan" !hat it means to -search the 8oints an" marro!,- an" all the -2uickening- %o!er of the )%irit !ithin !hich is so shar% an" 2uick an" so able to "i&i"e asun"er. -What>- a&en6t #ou foun" it out #et that #our bo"# is the Tem%le of the living 1o", an" that e is in the mi"st of #ou an" is strong an" might#- -What4- Are #ou going to let some a"ulterer take the %ossibilit# of this (resence a!a# from #ou to %ut it through a lot of human teaching an" learning4 -What>- ?no! #e not4 You "o not know that the Tem%le of 1o" is !ith man4 *t alrea"# is !ith man, an" that is the reason for man. 'an-*-festation is the bo"# of 1o". Without this manifestation e !oul" be une+%resse", unkno!n, unusable, unreal 8ust as electricit# remaine" an unkno!n 2uantit# until it !as embo"ie". 0ut it ha" to be recogni,e" as e+isting first before it coul" be brought forth. /o #ou begin to un"erstan", then, !h# such a comman", -1o into a certain cit# an" a man !ill sho! YO3 to an u%%er chamber- is %ossible4 The Tem%le is all o&er the uni&erse, an" !hen #ou begin to un"erstan" the "$ody" of 1o" is not a fleeting reflection, but a realit#

!hich instantl# res%on"s !hen #ou call u%on the (o!er !ithin, #ou can see ho! it is %ossible to -go into all the !orl",- for #ou !ill fin" the Tem%le, an" !hen #ou call u%on the (o!er !ithin, #ou !ill su""enl# see its "arkness flash forth the light an" sho! #ou the !a#. *t is !on"erful ho! the "ark crannies an" hi""en %assages floo" a light abroa" an" re&eal hi""en talents an" %ossibilities. E&er# man is the Tem%le of the Li&ing 1o" -- an" !hen #ou begin to sense this #ou !ill see ho! 1o" can s%eak to #ou through an#thing. *t is onl# !hen #ou break "o!n the sill# %ersonal i"ea that 8ust -some- men are the tem%le an" that 8ust -some- men ha&e the !or" that #ou begin to fin" out that the -earth is the Lor"6s an" the fullness thereof.- An" also the glorious statement, - ea&en an" earth are full of thee,- comes to life. What "oes it matter !hat the o%inion of this or that -!ise hea"- ma# be4 You are hi""en !ith Christ, in 1o" -!here that teaching, !ith its nois# !or"s an" s#stems of i"eas, fa"es out into nothingness. No !on"er, then, that #ou can go -- #ou !ill fin" the embo"iment e&er#!here, e&en in the bush b# the !a#si"e, an" so the fear of life flees a!a# an" #ou are !a#faring into ea&en here an" now -E&en if #ou sla# me, #et !ill * sa# that #ou are 1o"- is an intense "ramatic moment in the life of one !ho is fin"ing 1o" to be something that !as not in&ente" in the last hun"re" #ears, !ith all the nineteenth-centur# !ra%%ings of %ersonal teachings. -What>- ?no! #e not that #our bo"# is the Tem%le of the Li&ing 1o"4 You are not a har", col" channel or a&enue for the Truth -- #ou are %ermeate" b# the word of 1o", an" it can no more be se%arate" from #ou than the #east can be taken out of brea". The t!o ha&e become one. -* an" m# father are one.- Not ma#be nor %erha%s or because #ou ha&e %ra#e", but because that is the nature of 1o" an" is manifestation. -No! #e are the 0o"# of Christ-5 -$or !e are members of his bo"#, of his flesh, an" of his bones.- What %lainer statement "o #ou !ant4 -/estro# this bo"# -- tem%le -- an" in three "a#s * !ill raise it u%.- 1ra"uall# !e are beginning to un"erstan" the word an" the sur%rise in the statement, -What> ?no! #e not that #e are the Tem%le of the Li&ing 1o"4- - an" b# the chil"-like un"erstan"ing of the Wis"om of 1o" "o #ou enter in an" %ossess the lan" -consciousness -- !hich is s!orn unto #ou as #our birthright.

THE GESTURE
-R*)E u% an" !alk.- *t is relate" that a hel%less mass of flesh an" bones, ha&ing lain at the tem%le gates for almost half a centur#, su""enl# arose, s%rang into the air, an" ran off, %raising 1o" an" lea%ing for 8o# as he s%e" on his !a#. -Rise u% an" !alk- has been sai" man# times since that memorable occasion, sometimes !ith instant results, but man# times !ith nothing taking %lace but a &olle# of 2uestions, -0ut ho! can * rise u% an" !alk4The moment the thought enters in u%on the occasion it is im%ossible for the one a""resse" to esca%e from the !eights of his belief. (ause for a moment an" check !hat the beggar at the tem%le gate ha" in his thought. Not onl# !as his bo"# a !reck, but think for a moment of the general %h#sical con"ition of the bloo"-stream, the tissues, the muscles an" ner&es after sitting hunche" o&er in the "irt an" filth for #ears. *magine the con"ition of his min", fille" !ith resentment an" en&# of the rich lor"s an" merchants !ho %asse" "ail# into the tem%le, man# of !hom, no "oubt, "re! their robes asi"e, lest the# shoul" come in contact !ith the filth of the beggar, an" then tr# to esca%e from un"er that mountain of belief. Yet in s%ite of all this !e see in the narrati&e that he -arose,- an" !e ha&e seen man# times since that memorable occasion that other beggars in "iffering "egrees of filth an" sickness ha&e -hear"the 7oice an" ha&e risen an" foun" themsel&es %ossesse" of a glorious sense of Life. What, then, takes %lace4 -O%en #our e#es,- !as sai" to a man born blin", an" he o%ene" his e#es an" behel". A man born blin" in realit# has such im%erfectl# forme" e#eballs that the# are har"l# entitle" to the name e#es. You are asking a lot !hen #ou ask such a one to -O%en #our e#es.- *n the common sense of man -it cannot be "one.- There is no sight in the unforme" e#es e&en if he coul" o%en his e#eli"s. An intricate set of muscles an" ner&es are necessar# to sight, an" these ha&e to be traine" an" e"ucate" through #ears of careful attention. No, it is no use to ask a man to -o%en his e#es- !hen he has no e#es to o%en. What, then, takes %lace4 0ecause, in s%ite of all #our fin"ings, all of !hich are relati&el# true, the man, !ho coul" not %ossibl# o%en his e#es :because he ha" no e#es;, not onl# com%lies !ith the comman", but also sees. What, then, takes %lace4 -Come to 'e4- What, across the !aters4 A hea&# material bo"# !hich !eighs fourteen stone aske" to ste% out on that !hich !ill not bear the !eight of his han"4 Well, it cannot be "one. * !oul" like to tr# it, but !hat "o * "o first, an" ho! is it "one, an" !hat thought, if an#, "o * hol", or !hat affirmation, "o * make4 Of course, * kno! it is "one in the realm of imagination, but actuall# the %h#sical bo"# is left behin" an" so the human reasoning arri&es at its usual conclusion that it cannot be "one. An" #et it is "one. What, then, takes %lace an#!a#4 What takes %lace the moment (eter begins the thinking %rocess !hile he is actuall# walking on the water4 e goes "o!n. Wh#4 What takes %lace in the case of the beggar at the tem%le gate !hen he rises an" !alks4 e

obe#s the comman", an" then he must make the gesture. The gesture is the %art of the miracle !hich the reci%ient must %erform. When the 7oice sai", -* !ill come,- it is u% to (eter to make the gesture - a gesture !hich is as unconscious of the thought-taking %rocess as the instant return of a rubber ball thro!n !ith &iolence against a stone !all. *t reacts instantl#, an" !ithout consi"eration of the la!s back of the reaction. The moment thought enters in, the testimon# of the human min" makes it im%ossible for the la!s an" limitations !hich it has im%ose" u%on itself to be broken. -Arise an" shine, for th# light is come,- is something that must be "one. When one begins to consi"er the best !a# to -arise- an" the best !a# to-shine,- he fin"s that he is not e2ual to either. (erha%s he is too fille" !ith sin, or sickness, or e&il of some sort or another. Years of self-immolation are necessar#. (erha%s the h#%ocris# of false mo"est# hol"s him back. 0ut, !hile he is "ebating the best !a# to arise an" shine, 'ar# 'ag"alene arises an" "ro%s the "irt# garments of her o!n making into the obli&ion of #ester"a#. -Where are th# accusers6'ar# cannot fin" an# outsi"e of herself an" su""enl# she cannot fin" an#thing !ithin to accuse her, for in the ne! state of consciousness at !hich she has arri&e" there is nothing there of the former thing. )he has, ho!e&er, to arise. )he has to make the gesture. -)tretch forth th# han"- - #es, * kno! that it is !ithere" an" ol" an" inca%acitate" an" cri%%le" through an acci"ent, etc., etc.5 but * sai", -)tretch forth th# han",- an" the han" is either stretche" forth or #ou are going to tell me !h# #ou cannot "o it, or ask me ho! it is "one. You !ill ha&e to make the gesture, the instant res%onse to the 7oice of the (o!er !hich is !ithin #ou, !aiting an" rea"# to fulfill all #our "esires as soon as #ou come to the %lace of acce%ting the (o!er as here an" no! o%erati&e. -Cast #our bur"en on me an" * !ill sustain #ou.- /o #ou hear4 Are #ou going to reason it out4 * "i" not sa# %erha%s, or ma#be, or if 'r. an" 'rs. 0lank thought or "i" not think it !oul" be "one. * sai", -Cast #our bur"en on me an" * !ill sustain #ou.- /o #ou hear4 Can #ou make the gesture, or is #our bur"en too big for me4 0ut #et #ou are able to sustain it #ourself, ho!e&er !retche"l#. What kin" of a go" are #ou %ra#ing to, an" !here is he4 -Am * a 1o" afar off4- Ans!er me. Can * sustain #ou or are #ou able to "o that !hich * am inca%able of "oing4 Ans!er me. -* am the 7oice of one cr#ing in the !il"erness, (re%are #e the !a# of the Lor".- * am the 7oice in the mi"st of thee constantl# sa#ing -* will5 come to me,- but #ou must make the gesture. -Arise an" shine, for th# Light is come- - #es, this great s%iritual light !hich #ou ha&e been e+%ecting to come slo!l# an" b# "egrees, or !hich #ou ho%e" to some "a# get from a 'aster or a strange teacher, is come ' now. /o #ou hear4 /o #ou feel the thrill of the secret "octrine !hich is e&en no! s%eaking to #ou bet!een the lines of this book, con&e#ing to #ou the ins%irational inter%retation of the gesture, !hich it is necessar# to make in or"er to recei&e the manifestation4 The !a#s of )%irit are not the !a#s of man5 !h# check them against the fin"ings of man4 There is no la! of man !hich can e+%lain in an# !a# the manifestation of )%irit. *n the truest sense of the !or" healing is merel# re&elation of that !hich eternall# is. The making of the gesture in res%onse to the 7oice of )%irit is the %urest unconsciousconscious recognition of the (resence. -You sa# it is four months until the har&est4- Wh#, it is a long stor# an" a true one, isn6t it4 The see" must be %lante" after the groun" is rea"# to recei&e it, an" then !atere", culti&ate",

garnere", har&este", etc., etc. That is !h# it takes four months5 an#one can figure it out. 0ut * sa# unto you -look again5 the fiel"s are !hite.- You ha&e e&i"entl# been looking an" seeing through the e#es of relati&it#, human thought-taking, kno!ing, reasoning, an" then su""enl# #ou hear, an", stan"ing in the same %lace, #ou make the gesture# an" this time the -Look againre&eals to #ou that !hich "oes not ha&e to come b# the !a# of man. -Look again>- Wh# "on6t #ou begin to look again an" see that the hea&# bon"age of the human min" "oes not ha&e to be set asi"e4 The thrilling re&elation of )%irit comes to #ou as a floo" of light in the "arkness of night. The 7oice cr#ing in the !il"erness is making itself hear" through the tangle" mass of thinking, an" making the !a# for the e+%ression of the Lor" here an" no!. 0ut not b# slo! "egrees "oes the har&est become &isible before the e#es, but as if a &eil !ere torn asun"er an" the finishe" thing a%%ears. The re&elation of the (resence "oes not -gro!-9 it re&eals the finishe" m#ster#. $rom the e+treme of the human limitations to the fullness of the Christ in the t!inkling of an e#e, or at the instant man is able to make the gesture. The moment he is able to look again. The moment he makes the gesture !hich in one fell s!oo% "isregar"s the teachings of centuries of e&olution. On an" on the glorious re&elation s!ee%s5 it "oes not sto% !ith the fertile fiel"s !hich ha&e been for #ears culti&ate" an" %lante" !ith grain - no, it rushes #ou into a still greater %roof of the (o!er !hen it sa#s9 -The "esert shall blossom as a rose.Yes, the "esert !hereon nothing has e&er gro!n, !here the li,ar" scurries about ami" the "r# sage brush an" sun-soake" san", an" o&er !hich the bra,en "ome of hea&en looks "o!n "ail# - this &er# im%ossible %lace shall blossom as a rose. The contrast is too great an" it comes "efinitel# un"er the hea"ing of the impossible 0ut there in the great 0ook of Life !hich is o%ening before #ou, #ou are beginning to see !h# .esus sai", - a&ing e#es, #e see not, an" ears, #e hear not,- for !hen #ou reali,e for a moment the ca%acit# back of the sight an" the hearing #ou !ill obe# the comman" an" -Look again,an" #our e#es !ill behol" the glor# of the Lor" in this &er# hell of e&il an" "es%air. -A!ake, thou that slee%est, an" Christ shall gi&e thee light.- A!ake, a!ake an" arise from the "ea" thoughts. The ears hear the !or"s -Arise an" !alk.- *t !oul" be !on"erful if * coul" "o it5 but ho! is it "one4 There is no !a# for it to be "one because #ou are an incurable5 #ou ha&e something that cannot be eliminate" or "estro#e"5 #ou ha&e something that is stronger than 1o" - or so #ou sa#. (erha%s not in those !or"s, but #ou "efinitel# sa# it is hopeless, !hich is &irtuall# the same thing. You onl# hear the sound, -Arise an" !alk,- an" it has no more %o!er to heal or hel% than an# other three !or"s !oul" ha&e, until #ou hear, an", !hen #ou EAR, #ou make the gesture an" fin" the action of 1o" is a %erfect stream of manifestation. You fin" that the "umb s%eak - #ea, sing an" shout for the 8o#. The# "o not lis% for a season of con&alescence. What though the muscles an" structure of the throat an" mouth be absolutel# im%ossible of %ro"ucing s%eech, the# not onl# s%eak, 6but the# shout an" sing for the 8o# of the new day re&eale" to them through making the gesture What is back of all this gesture i"ea4 Wh# is it that the making of the gesture is necessar#4 Wh# shoul"n6t the (o!er come into full manifestation !ithout a single mo&ement on #our %art4 (erha%s it "oes. 'aking a gesture is not confine" to the %h#sical mo&ement. *t goes so

far be#on" that that %erha%s #ou remain in a %erfect ecstas# of stillness - the "ee%est emotion is stillness, both %h#sicall# an" mentall#, because it comes un"er the comman", -0e still an" kno! that * A' 1O/.- The "ee% emotion of the gesture of stillness causes #ou to hear the inau"ible-au"ible 7oice !hich is "escribe" as -still an" small.- The &oice comman"ing #ou to -rise an" !alk- in stentorian tones or in &el&et# resonance is not the &oice !hich brings about the change or the re&elation. *t is the still small &oice, !ra%%e" in the !or", hi""en un"er the comman", !hich carries the authorit# !ith it, an" !hen hear" an" un"erstoo", causes man to make the gesture, because it imme"iatel# frees him from a lifetime of thinking, !on"ering, guessing, or tr#ing to reason ho! it is "one. -* come as a thief in the night,- at a moment #e think not5 !hen #ou are not tr#ing to make the (o!er !ork5 !hen #ou are not tr#ing to heal #ourself5 !hen #ou are not tr#ing to %ros%er #ourself or make #our organi,ation a %a#ing %ro%osition. -* come as a thief in the night.- * come !ith the re&elation of the "ee% hi""en meaning !hich causes #ou, in an unthinking moment, to -rise an" !alk- - !hich causes #ou to make the gesture. -Come eat an" "rink !ithout %rice.- You !ill ha&e to come5 no one can come for #ou. Either #ou -come- or #ou sit an" tr# to reason it all out. 'an# ha&e -come- to the feast an" s%ent their time tr#ing to see if the# coul" fin" out ho! the la! !orke", tr#ing to %r# into the -birthing out- %rocess of nature - %ee%ing un"er the &eil that hi"es the Ark of the Co&enant to see if the# might learn the la! of increase, so that the# ma# go their !a# an" -sho!- to a cro!" of %ersonal follo!ers ho! the trick is "one. 0ut !hen the# -come- in this manner to the feast, the# see nothing but a &er# or"inar# ban2uet taking %lace, an" as the# !atch the# begin to see more an" more "iscre%ancies about it all, an" go a!a# -telling- the !orl" there is nothing to it. a&ing "ismisse" the !hole glorious re&elation !ith such ease, the# return an" tr# to fin" therein some affirmation !hich can 6be %olishe" u% again an" set into action. -Come, eat an" "rink !ithout %rice.- Either #ou can CO'E or #ou cannot come. Either #ou ha&e too man# "ea" fathers to bur# or too man# !e""ings to atten" to -come, eat an" "rinkof the li&ing Waters of Life !hich bring eternit# to #ou. 0ut one "a# #ou !ill -lea&e all follo! me,- an" this gesture !ill ha&e to be ma"e b# the in"i&i"ual. * sai", -Lea&e all.- All !hat4 All of the human thinking an" reasoning, all of the limitations inter%ose" b# the false e"ucation of the (resence an" the (o!er. -Lea&e all5 follo! me.- * am taking #ou b# a way #e kno! not. *f #ou alrea"# kne! the way #ou !oul" not nee" me, but, since #ou ha&e foun" the !a# so "ifficult an" har", an" ha&e a"mitte" #our "efeat, !h# not -lea&e all - follo! me-4 With #our human reasoning #ou !ill attem%t to tear the "elicate membranes a!a# from the gestation of the egg in or"er that the curious unbelie&ing e#es can -%ee%- u%on the %rocesses of birth. )o !ill #ou make a shar% incision !ith the all-kno!ing human min" into !hat #ou su%%ose to be the &eil of Life, ho%ing to fin" out ho! to make mone# out of the ethers or increase out of the nothing. 0ut all that #ou shall fin" is the nothingness !hich #ou knew !as there all the time. -Arise an" shine, for th# light is come.- You hear it o&er an" o&er. Again #ou !ait for the light to come. One "a# #ou hear it for the first time, an" fin" the %lace floo"e" !ith the light of re&elation. You remember that !hich #ou ha" forgotten - that -#our $ather hath enough an" to s%are- - not that e will ha&e nor that e should ha&e, but that e has. Nothing #ou can "o !ill make this so nor hel% to make it so. *t is alrea"# so or else it !as ne&er so. Nothing #ou

can "o can e&er make an# Truth so. *t is alrea"# so, or else it !oul" ne&er be so. What #ou can "o is make the gesture an" let the great (o!er fin" its o!n glorious e+%ression here an" no!. You can arise an" !alk into the ne! "a# of e+%ression now You can o%en the e#es born blin". You can raise the "ea" !hen #ou begin to make the gesture follo!ing the comman" of .esus, -1o thou an" "o like!ise- - e+actl# the same as he "i". You are, !ith .esus, not ashame" to assume this glorious (o!er. Your 1o"-gi&en heritage a!aits #ou, because #ou ha&e long since reali,e" that #ou as a %ersonalit# are hel%less an" can "o nothing. *t is nothing to be ashame" of. .esus kne! that he coul" "o nothing, an" su""enl# #ou come to the same honest %lace of e+%ression. *t is har" for the ol" man, the ol" %ersonalit# s!ollen !ith %ri"e at !hat it has thought it has accom%lishe", to gi&e u% an" a"mit that it can "o nothing. Wh#, "i"n6t * buil" a church, no matter ho! small, an" "i"n6t * heal a certain %erson, or gi&e generousl# of m# mone#, an" ha&e * not been recogni,e" as a great healer an" hel%er an" a "oer of goo" "ee"s4 As long as all this remains it is im%ossible for #ou to follo! the Christ teaching. *f .esus foun" he coul" "o nothing, an" aske" his follo!ers not to call him goo", let the bra,en %ersonalit# !ho can stan" in this re&ealing light come forth, an" claim his or her tem%oral %o!er, an" glorif# his tem%le fille" !ith the "ea" men6s bones of little things that ha&e ha%%ene" in the %ast. 0ut if #ou fin" !ith the 'aster the "ee% secret thing !hich !e are "esignating as making the gesture, #ou !ill lea&e all an" follo! me. You !ill automaticall# rise !hen the 7oice s%eaks, an" !ill carr# on from the heights of the )ecret (lace. The )ecret (lace is not &isible to those seeking %lace an" %o!er, neither is the %lace of the ost. -Choose #e this "a# !hom #e !ill ser&e.- What "o #ou feel+ Can #ou come4 Can #ou rise4 Can #ou o%en #our e#es4 An" can #ou -1o thou an" "o like!ise-4 5Can #ou4 Can #ou make the gesture4

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.E)3) has not comman"e" #ou to "o an#thing that #ou cannot accom%lish. The gift of 1o" !hich #ou are aske" to -stir u%- is alrea"# there. *f it !ere not, there is no %o!er on this earth !hich coul" %ut it there. When !e s%eak of the Christ, it is not something that is to be create", e&ol&e", or "emonstrate". *t is something that is, !hether #ou recogni,e it, or, for that matter, !hether an#one in the !hole !orl" recogni,es it. *t is 8ust this %oint of recognition that makes it %ossible to follo! out the %rogram lai" "o!n for #ou b# the 'aster. -1o thou an" "o like!ise- "oes not seem so utterl# im%ossible !hen #ou reali,e that the (o!er !hich enables #ou to -"o- the likewise alrea"# e+ists !ithin #ou. When .esus !ent to the tomb of La,arus, it !as not to o&ercome "eath in the general acce%te" sense of the !or", but it !as to call forth this -gift- !hich La,arus ha" a%%arentl# forgotten. *f it ha" not been there, it !oul" ne&er ha&e brought him forth from the tomb. Recognition that #ou are in no !a# a creator !ill assist #ou in a!akening the -gift- !hich is !ithin #ou. *t is the ho%e of the race, an" the ho%e for #ou. Nothing is ho%eless in this glorious light, for, no matter ho! !retche" the outsi"e ma# be, the -gift- !ithin is able to lift #ou u% into the %erfect manifestation of the -%icture sho!n to #ou on the mount.There is no %erson !ith sufficient %o!er to heal #ou if the -gift- !ithin is not recogni,e". Without this recognition of the $ather !ithin, or the -gift- of 1o", it is im%ossible to accom%lish an#thing. With this -gift- recogni,e" as resi"ent !ithin e&er# in"i&i"ual, the sick man, the %oor man, the criminal, #ea, e&en the mur"erer, has his o%%ortunit#. We all ha&e the same o%%ortunit#, no matter !hat the %ictures that are e+%ose" or une+%ose" in our conscious-thinking ma# be. That something that !as in La,arus, in the ser&ant of the centurion, in the cri%%le, an" in the harlot, is like!ise in #ou. 3ntil #ou recogni,e it #ou are stone" to "eath b# con"emnation or futilit#. When #ou reali,e this truth, #ou materiali,e it. When #ou know -Our $ather, !hich art in ea&en,- #ou also begin to e+%erience the result of the recognition, -Th# king"om come,- or the word begins to a%%ear. .ust as soon as #ou recogni,e this glorious -gift,- then #ou begin the materiali,ation. -0elie&est thou this43%on the ans!er to this 2uestion "e%en" the results. That !hich #ou acce%t comes to realit# an" that !hich #ou re8ect %asses into obli&ion. The highest form of re8ection is not resistance5 it is /i&ine in"ifference. When the (ro"igal remembered the $ather, he !as able to arise an" go there, no matter ho! far he ha" gone into %ro"igalit#. You are able to call a name #ou remember, to recite a %oem, to "escribe a thing, an" so on. When #ou remember the (resence of the $ather, #ou stir u% this -gift,- an" it brings into manifestation -!hatsoe&er- #ou can ask for in that Nature. The %ro%osition is a %ersonal one. *t "oes not make an# "ifference !hat another can or cannot ask for. *t is u% to #ou. What can #ou ask for4 You can onl# ask for that !hich #ou "efinitel# belie&e is %ossible. The other asking is merel# ranging about in the 2uagmire of imagination *f #ou are "issatisfie" !ith !hat #ou are able to ask for, there6s onl# one !a# to change that,

an" that is b# contem%lation an" %ra#er. *f #ou can forget #ourself an" the ceaseless -1i&e me -- gi&e me -- gi&e me- long enough to look into the Nature of the (resence, an" see of !hat it is com%ose", there !ill be no more -gi&e me6s.- The# !ill su""enl# turn into -Thank #ou, $ather.- The# !ill become the recognition of the (resence in manifestation. -0elie&est thou that * am able to "o this4- cannot be ans!ere" through the conscious'thinking# for at the &er# outset #ou "o not belie&e it is %ossible or #ou !oul" ha&e %erforme" it long ago. )omething higher has to be recogni,e". A confirme" cri%%le cannot -belie&e- that he !ill be heale" from the human thinking stan"%oint. .esus coul" not fee" the fi&e thousan" %eo%le from that le&el of consciousness. e ha" to !ith"ra! into the (resence, an" !hatsoe&er he foun" there, that coul" he materiali,e. When #ou reali,e the Truth #ou materiali,e it. -* !ill stan" u%on m# !atch an" see !hat the Lor" hath to sa# to me.- )tan"ing u%on this -!atch- is not a constant "eluge of !or"s, telling !hat has to be "one, an" !hat shoul" ha%%en, an" ho! much #ou use" a certain thing. *t is -seeing- !hat the *nner (o!er, the $ather hath to say unto #ou. Rest assure" it !ill so far sur%ass the limite" cra&ings of the human min" that the# !ill be be#on" com%arison. Remember, belo&e", that -m# !a#s are not #our !a#s.- To remember this is to relie&e the tension as to the ho!, !h#, !hen, !here. -When #e %ra#, belie&e that #e recei&e.- What a statement> Can #ou "o it4 .esus coul" "o nothing of himself, neither can #ou, but !ith the Christ !ithin :the -gift- !hich #ou recogni,e; -all things are %ossible.- *t is !on"erful> *t is glorious an" ra"iant, the light that is breaking o&er #ou now. As #ou -ac2uaint no! th#self !ith im an" be at %eace,- #our !hole "is%osition changes an" conse2uentl# #our !hole surroun"ing changes. -The former things ha&e %asse" a!a#- - the things !hich belonge" to the former "is%osition. The lack, sickness, unha%%iness, an" all other unto!ar" con"itions !hich !ere a %art of #ou, ha&e been automaticall# release" b# coming into alignment !ith this /i&ine -gift.- What !as formerl# true has become untrue to the %resent state of consciousness. -Ac2uaint now th#self !ith ,im an" be at %eace.- *t is !on"erful !hen -.esus- is ac2uainte" !ith the -Christ !ithin.- The first sign of this ac2uaintance is (eace. E+citement, meaningless motion, an" restlessness subsi"e. Yet the coming of (eace from this &er# glorious ac2uaintance is not "rifting aimlessl# along through life, nor fol"ing the han"s !aiting for something to ha%%en. *t ma# bring greater an" more continue" acti&it# than #ou ha&e e&er kno!n before. *t is sai" that as a last resort, in ancient ebre! customs, the name of a %erson :!ho !as foun" to be "#ing in s%ite of the best efforts; !as change". e !as calle" b# a ne! name, thus bringing into force the i"ea of a ne! "is%osition. )aul an" (aul illustrate the change" "is%ositions. That !hich !as the "is%osition of )aul !as not the "is%osition of (aul. e !as change", an" manifeste" a com%letel# ne! backgroun" to !ork against. The former things ha" %asse" a!a# an" the ne! "a# ha" "a!ne". The mere changing of a name means nothing !ithout the consciousness back of it. 0ecause the# ha&e hear" of the !on"ers !orke" b# this change on others, man# %eo%le ha&e trie" such tactics !ithout results. 3nless the consciousness is change", the name means nothing. 'an# sa#, -Lor", Lor",- an" -(eace, (eace,- !ithout an# &isible change taking %lace. The "oing of an#thing on the -outsi"e- is futile. The changing of names is as em%t# of results as the changing of clothing. /ieting accor"ing to the fin"ings of others is not al!a#s successful.

'ore often than not it is a failure. Yet all of these &er# things ma# be "ictate" from the inner "e%ths an" be hugel# successful. *t is !on"erful> When #ou can stan" u%on #our watch - * sai" your !atch5 not the !atch of another, but #our !atch - alone, unafrai", an" in the glorifie" state of "believing,- then !ill #ou -see- !hat the 7oice has to sa# to #ou. *t ma# call #ou b# the unuttere" name, !hich !ill sna% the cor" hol"ing the &eil of conscious'thinking bet!een #ou an" ea&en. *t is !on"erful> All through the long #ears of -stu"#- of the ho! an" !h# of (o!er, #ou ha&e been so bus# telling -me" !hat to "o that #ou ha&e not ha" time to follo! the !on"erful ins%iration, -* !ill stan" u%on m# !atch an" see !hat the Lor" hath to sa# unto me.- 0ut no!, someho! or other, #ou are feeling for the first time the (resence enfol"ing #ou, an" the urge of )%irit tells #ou of things !hich the !orl" kno!eth not. The startle" human thought imme"iatel# -triesto stan" u%on its !atch, an" this &er# -tr#ing- %re&ents it from "oing so. The effortless gi&ing-u% !hich .esus e+%erience" !hen he !ent unto his $ather is the state best a"a%te" for #ou to -see !hat the Lor" has to sa# unto #ou.When #ou are through seeking Me for things, then all things shall be a""e" unto #ou. Wh# seek further the outsi"e manifestation instea" of the (o!er behin" things4 0efore #ou * %lace an o%en "oor of attainment !hich no man, organi,ation, or combination of human thought can close. Enter> No amount of tr#ing to get in b# the !a# of %ersonalit# !ill accom%lish an#thing. *f #ou think for a moment that the fin"ing of Christ is for the %ur%ose of glorif#ing #ou, to set #ou u% among men, to be kno!n of #our goo" !orks from a %ersonal stan"%oint5 then #ou are mistaken in the Wor", an" !hen #ou seek Me thus #ou cannot fin" Me. This ma# seem strange in &ie! of the fact that at that instant * Am in the mi"st of #ou, telling #ou to -seek an" fin" 'e there.- The "ust of human cunning gets in #our e#es an" #ou cannot fin" Me, !hen #ou are seeking after the things of Me an" not Me. 0ut !hen #ou seek the Me, then the things shall be a""e". When #ou ha&e e+%erience" the 7oice #ou !ill kno! !h# .esus sai", -None of these things mo&e me.- None of the a%%earances mo&e" him, although he !alke" in an" among them constantl#. e !as sai" to be mo&ing al!a#s !ith the !ine-bibbers an" sinners, an" #et he !as not mo&e" b# them. -* !ill stan" u%on m# !atch an" see !hat the Lor" hath to sa# unto me.- 3ntil #ou begin to sense the )%irit of Life #ou !ill imagine that this comman" is merel# an i"ealistic utterance. 0ut !hen #ou reali,e that the Wor" is being ma"e flesh #ou !ill recei&e "efinite instructions as to !hat is to be "one. The instructions gi&en !hen #ou are -stan"ing u%on #our !atch- are so ra"ical that #our !hole manifestation is change" - #es, in the -t!inkling of an e#e.A !oman !ith a cleft %alate, !ho !as unable to make herself un"erstoo" !ithout great effort, stoo" u%on her -!atch- an" is to"a# a successful lecturer. *t is mar&ellous to behol" in !hat an e+treme manner the e+%ression of the (o!er comes through !hen #ou -stan" u%on #our !atch.- (robabl# the least e+%ecte" thing or the least %ossible comes to %ass - thus are My !a#s. Yes, * !oul" a"&ise, -Ac2uaint no! th#self !ith im an" be at %eace.- At %eace !ith all the conflicting o%inions an" beliefs, s#stems, an" metho"s of kno!ing the Truth. Ac2uaint no! th#self an" be at %eace - -thereb# all goo" shall come unto #ou.- /o #ou hear4 *t shall be the manner of #our o!n ac2uaintance !hich !ill be %eculiar to #ou, an" it shall ha&e its o!n

!a#s an" means of communicating the re&elation unto #ou. Wh# ac2uaint #ourself !ith !hat a man thinks an" belie&es4 -Ac2uaint no! th#self !ith im an" be at %eace - thereb# all goo" shall come unto #ou.- All is enough. *f -none of the things- are to mo&e #ou, #ou must be in a %lace of &antage !hich enables #ou to look out u%on them, an" see !h# the# "o not mo&e #ou. Where is the me !hich cannot be mo&e" b# the a%%earances4 Certainl# not in the conscious'thinking -When #ou are rea"#, * !ill "o the !orks through #ou.- You are ne&er rea"# until #ou fin" it for #ourself. You !ill ne&er fin" this out b# asking another %erson. *mme"iatel# he !ill thro! u% a barrier of 2uestions un"ermining #our con&ictions, an" hence the %o!er cannot manifest through #ou. .ust !hat you can ask 1o", for that can e "o for #ou. What #ou can %ercei&e as "one !ithin, !ill fin" its outer manifestation, -)tan" an" "eli&er>- is the message to the free" soul. When #ou recogni,e, !ith .esus, that #ou can "o nothing of #ourself, an" "o not tr#, then #ou !ill kno! !hat it is to -see- the !ill of 1o" being "one through #ou. (resentl# the nee" of secrec# comes to the a!akene" soul. -Tell no man - sho! .ohn- is !ritten !ith fire in the heart of the a!akene" one. Wh# not tell4 $or the same reason #ou "o not tear the cocoon from the cater%illar. The Wor" must "ro% into the "ark an" the conscious' thinking, %ro an" con, must rot a!a# from it, in or"er that it ma# come to fruition. *t is !on"erful !hen #ou kno! the !a# of secrec# - it is the !a# of 1o". -1o" mo&es in a m#sterious !a# is !on"ers to %erform- - an" if #ou are going to -let- 1o" mo&e, it !ill ha&e to be in a !a# that -'r. an" 'rs. 0lank,- ho!e&er hol# the# ma# be, kno! nothing about. Neither can it %ossibl# be of interest nor hel% to hear !hat either of them has to sa#. 0ut it !ill be a tremen"ous hin"rance to #ou if #ou listen to their a"&ice. When the# !arn #ou against the "octrine, -9When #ou are rea"# * !ill "o the !orks through #ou,- the# are talking from the %lane of the human thought, an" are either consciousl# or unconsciousl# tr#ing to make #ou belie&e in the im%otence of 1o". Yes, after #ou ha&e e+%erience" the "ire effects of seeing !hat -'r. an" 'rs. 0lank- ha&e to sa# about 1o"6s !ork, #ou !ill come to kno! that 1o" of !hich the# are ignorant. You are tra&eling the sacre" %ath !ith .esus Christ, !ho is the onl# com%anion #ou nee". *n is o!n blesse" !or"s lies the ke# to e&er#thing. *t "oes not nee" further inter%retation. When this recognition has come unto #ou, it !ill lea" #ou into all things. /on6t be afrai" of me. /on6t be afrai" of an#thing. (ut the seal u%on #our li%s, an" let #our con&ersation be -#ea, #ea, an" na#, na#,- !hen it comes to e+%osing the ins%iration !hich has come unto #ou. There be man# !ho, not being able to let go of their limite" %ersonalities long enough to hear the 7oice, !ill !arn #ou against Ra"ical Acce%tance of the Word of 1o". What can the# sa# !hen #ou %ro"uce the works -The signs will follo! them that belie&e- - in '# Name : -ature; shall the# raise the "ea", heal the sick, etc., etc. *t is !ritten that this takes %lace in the -ature of the Christ an" not in the o%inion of -'r. an" 'rs. 0lank,- no matter ho! successful the# ha&e been, nor for !hat an interminable number of #ears the# ha&e stu"ie" the Truth. *n My -ature, the %romise rea"s. /o #ou belie&e it4 Ye shall rea%, if #e faint not.- You onl# faint !hen #ou hear the "iscouragement, the %it#, or the &enom !hich come from saluting the man #ou %ass on the high!a# of life.

Walking !ith 1o" use" to be the s%ecial %ro&ince of the %ro%het an" the %oet. To"a# !e are beginning to -feel- the (resence !alking in us an" !ith us, talking in us an" to us. We are not ashame" to confess Christ as here an" now, an" the ?ing"om of ea&en at han". E&er# li% shall finall# confess the Christ. )im%le confession is goo" for the soul. When #ou "isco&er that #ou belie&e in the (resence of 1o", here, there, an" e&er#!here - going before #ou, %re%aring the !a#5 !alking !ith #ou an" in #ou5 re&ealing to #ou an" through #ou the hi""en m#steries5 sho!ing #ou things not tol" since the beginning of the !orl" - #ou !ill fin" #ou are in the Ne! /a#. 0e still - be &er# still - stan" #et a !hile on #our ::!atch;; an" -see- for #ourself !hat the (resence has to sa# unto #ou. What e&er it has to sa#, that #ou can fulfill !ith ease an" efficienc# b# the Wa# of 1o". Yes, belo&e"> Christ in #ou is not at the merc# of e&olution. *t is not something that is create" b# the stu"# of !or"s. *t "oes not increase in si,e an" strength as #ou learn about it. *t is eternall# the same, an" remains unchange" beneath the reels of human %ictures !hich #ou ha&e thro!n u%on it. Whene&er #ou become a!are of the True )elf, referre" to as the -%icture sho!n to #ou on the mount,- the human sense seems to see the manifestation increase in si,e, 8ust as the tree in the "istance seems to gro! larger as #ou a%%roach it. *n realit# it changes not. *t is a glorious re&elation to kno! that this is true an" eternal. An# time #ou remember this fact, #ou !ill arise from #our human beliefs, an" go to #our $ather. The gentle %ersistence of the (o!er !hich is bent u%on one thing - i.e., a!akening #ou - is no!here more beautifull# illustrate" than in the !or"s, -0ehol" * stan" at the "oor an" knock.The clearer the recognition of this (resence the more the time-s%ace i"ea of the lumbering human thought is %ut to naught. We begin to un"erstan" in a "egree the -Look again- of the ar&est re&elation. Look into My face an" see reality, an" the slo!, hea&#, lea"en feet of thought !ill gi&e !a# to the something that cannot be measure" b# human stan"ar"s of &elocit#. -0efore #ou ask- is 2uicker than an# human measurement of s%ee". -Look unto me an" be #e sa&e" - all the en"s of the earth.- )a&e" from !hat4 One man is sa&e" from "eath, another from "ebt, another from unha%%iness, another from "isaster. *n other !or"s, each is sa&e" from his conscious'thinking, !hich has thro!n a &eil of false beliefs before him. -Ren" the &eil4- /o #ou hear4 You !ho rea" this line> -Ren" the &eil- b# looking straight into the face of this (resence. /ie to it all. -No man shall see m# face an" li&e-5 he "ies instantl# to former things an" beliefs. -No! through a glass "arkl#- !ill resol&e itself into -Then through a glass "arkl#, but now face to face- !ith the (resence, the (o!er, an" the 1lor# of the Risen Lor". The foreshortene" &ision of the human sense can onl# see as far as the hea&# &eil of conscious' thinking, conse2uentl# all its reason must be foun"e" on 8ust this. -Look again- lies outsi"e the %ossibilit# of this narro! &ision. *t is !on"erful> (raise 1o"> (raise is ol# -ature - let all the earth re8oice> The Lor" 1o" omni%otent reigneth >

YON SYCAMINE TREE *T /OE) not take much, accor"ing to the !or"s of .esus5 a grain of mustar" see", three "ro%s of oil, a han"ful of meal. Not &er# much an" !ithin reach of all. A han"ful of sno!, if sha%e" into a ball an" starte" "o!nhill, !ill arri&e at the bottom increase" a thousan"fol" in si,e. *t gathers as it turns. The more it turns the greater its accumulation. Yet !ho !oul" consi"er the han"ful of sno!4 *t is so small, so !orthless, so insignificant. The mustar" see" an" the three "ro%s of oil are also negligible 2uantities. Talk it o&er !ith the man in the street an" he bran"s it as !orthless. .u"ge from a%%earances an" #ou are fro,en into the har", fast limitations. You !ith #our oil, #our see", #our han"ful of sno!, 8u"ging from the e&i"ence, fin" small %ossibilities of increase. With the %ossible e+ce%tion of the -mustar"- see" #ou cannot see an#, an" that e+ce%tion is so small that it is !orthless to consi"er. .ecogni/e !hat is back of all manifestation an", %resto> something begins to ha%%en. A gusher in its inci%ient stages starts in the three "ro%s of oil9 an internal earth2uake starts in the mustar" see"5 a %otential a&alanche urges forth in the han"ful of sno!. /ee% in the heart of #ou something begins to stir. *t is the thrill of the unborn. /ee% in the inner recesses of #our being #ou are gloriousl# conscious of the life of the see", the three "ro%s of oil, the han"ful of meal. You are "isregar"ing the a%%earances an" are at the %lace of breathless a"oration of the (resence. This &er# recognition is the -magnif#ing of the Lor"!hich !ill bring it into &isibilit#. *t is !on"erful to contem%late that #ou - #es, #ou !ho are rea"ing this line - ha&e the see", the three "ro%s of oil, the han"ful of meal, s#mbolicall# s%eaking, within you, an" this is all that is necessar# to start the flo! of manifestation. /o #ou begin to -feel- !hat a glorious secret thing .esus !as sa#ing !hen he uttere" these !or"s to #ou, -*f #e ha&e faith as a grain of mustar" see", #e shall sa# to #on s#camine tree, 0e thou %lucke" u% b# the root an" cast into the sea, an" it shall 5be so.- The !or"s ha&e been use" so often that the# ha&e become hackne#e" an" trite5 but su""enl# the# are all ne! an" fresh, because for the first time #ou ha&e foun" them !ithin #ourself. -Ye shall "ecree a thing an" it shall come to %ass.- Can #ou "o it4 a&e #ou hear" a lou"&oice" one hurling -"ecrees- at 1o", an" e+%ecting im to fulfill them4 The loud &oice has nothing to "o !ith the -)till small 7oice- !hich sometimes s%eaks !ith a resonance "ee%er than thun"er. /ecreeing has nothing to "o !ith !ill-%o!er5 it has nothing to "o !ith -re%etition.- /ecreeing is the s%eaking into e+istence of that !hich is concei&e" as %ossible an" natural to the $ather !ithin. -Come unto me all #e that labor an" are hea&# la"en, an" * !ill gi&e #ou rest.Not unless #ou ha&e the faith, or the acce%tance, or the !illingness to mo&e !ith 1o", instea" of against im, can #ou gras% the "ee% acti&it# of the rest referre" to. 'an# think that this rest is a rusting-out mentall#, %h#sicall#, an" s%irituall#, a state of a%ath#. The rest of 1o" is action, but it is not accom%anie" b# fatigue. Neither is it bothere" nor "isturbe" b# e+%ecting acclaim an" recognition for e&er#thing that is accom%lishe". *t is a rest from the

%ara%hernalia of human thought. -1o" rests in action- - action that has no ulterior moti&e other than the e+%ression of 8o#. /o #ou begin to see that !hen the self-seeking ceases the self-fin"ing begins4 The things of the little, %ersonal self melt into obli&ion in the %resence of -the things %re%are" for those !ho lo&e the Lor".- Remember that -e#e hath not seen, nor ear hear", neither ha&e entere" into the heart of man, the things !hich 1o" hath %re%are" for them that lo&e im.- No !on"er #ou begin to see that self-seeking is !orthless5 it can onl# measure the glories it is seeking b# a %ile of mone#, a tem%orar# sense of fame, a %lace in the scorching sun of human societ#, !ith the %ositi&e kno!le"ge that all of these !ill turn to -"ust.0ut !hat of the -things that are %re%are"- of !hich no man has e&en "reame", You cannot touch, a%%roach, or e&en sense them through the -grain of mustar" see"- or the -three "ro%s of oil.- The automatic power !hich mo&es not in accor"ance !ith human reasoning, "oes not ha&e to em%lo# the labore" la!s of the human thought to accom%lish its en"s. -0ehol" the tabernacle of 1o" is !ith men, an" e !ill "!ell !ith them, an" the# shall be is %eo%le, an" 1o" imself shall be !ith them, an" be their 1o"./o #ou belie&e that4 *f #ou "o, #ou !ill turn instantl# from the a%%earances an" acce%t #our mustard seed an" %luck u% #our sycamine tree an" thro! it into the sea of obli&ion. *t is !on"erful !hat shall be re&eale" to #ou !hen #ou enter into this -tabernacle- -tem%leembo"iment. -E&er# )%irit that confesseth not that .esus Christ is come in the flesh is not of 1o".Note the %resent tense of the &erb. Note also that #ou recogni,e the (resence in something more than the imagination #ou !ill ne&er see an" kno! the ca%acit# that lies !ithin the -three "ro%s of oil.- )o man# %eo%le %lace 1o" com%letel# in the in&isible an" the inau"ible. The# forget the comman"s, -'# shee% hear m# &oice- an" the -'outh of the Lor" hath s%oken.- *t is !on"erful !hen #ou begin to see that the -Tem%le :millions in one; of 1o" is !ith men.- You are the temple of the li&ing 1o", an" #our bo"# is the Wor" of 1o" ma"e flesh. When #ou begin to see this elaborate s#stem of tem%les here, there, an" e&er#!here, inanimate an" animate, #ou can un"erstan" ho! the 7oice can s%eak to #ou from out the burning bush an" from out the man l#ing in the gutter. *t is !on"erful to contem%late the temple of 1o" being !ith men. When a man -confesseth,- 8ust !hat takes %lace4 e s%eaks the truth insofar as he un"erstan"s it. e is not sa#ing !or"s ho%ing to make them so. e is s%eaking from the consciousness he has of them. /o #ou begin to un"erstan" more clearl# !hat it is in the -three "ro%s of oil- an" the -han"ful of meal,- etc.4 To recogni,e the (resence e&en in the smallest thing is to instantl# align #ourself !ith the All (resence. When #ou begin to sense the -tem%le of 1o" is !ith men- #ou !ill also begin to un"erstan" !h# #ou kno! that the -u%%er chamber- is alrea"# %re%are", an" ho! it is that -* go before #ou an" %re%are the Wa#.- *t is glorious to see this an" to kno! that the (o!er that -!alks in #ou an" talks in #ou,- kno!s "efinitel# !here it is going an" !hat it is to sa#. You "o not -!alk- #ourself about, getting into all sorts of -!rong streets,- !hen #ou feel the (o!er in the

mi"st of #ou !alking an" talking in #ou. The !or"s that are s%oken then are not #ours, but are the !or"s of the 7oice !ithin, an" are right an" %erfect. *t is glorious, this recognition of the (o!er. Ah> but #ou cannot !alk if #ou sto% to -salute the man #ou %ass on the high!a# of life-5 he !ill begin at once to gi&e #ou instructions, an" "irections, an" tell #ou all sorts of things about !a#s an" means. Arise an" go to #our $ather, an" m# $ather, an" our $ather, an" -see- !hat the )cri%tures ha&e to sa# unto these tem%les. 1et #our instructions from the 1o"hea". -*f an# man lack !is"om, let him ask of 1o"-5 not of .ohn )mith, unless he !ants to go the !a# of .ohn )mith. -'# shee% hear m# &oice- - it is so - an" it is !on"erful. When the comman" is gi&en, -)tretch forth th# han"- :the han" that is !ithere" a!a#;, if #ou "o this at all, #ou !ill ha&e to "o it outsi"e the realm of conscious thinking, since #ou ha&e alrea"# recogni,e" in this conscious thinking that it is im%ossible to -stretch forth #our han".&rying to fulfill the comman" "oes not bring an#thing but "efeat an" ho%elessness. Yet the comman" -)tretch forth th# han",- if "one from the height of un"erstan"ing, !ill in realit# be a stretching forth of the consciousness. This consciousness !ill be accom%anie" b# the %erfect manifestation, !ith all the &igor an" %o!er. *t is !on"erful to contem%late this gesture of consciousness. -O%en #our e#es,- sightless from birth5 this must be %erforme" in consciousness, !ith a com%lete "isregar" of a%%earances an" all the %ros an" cons. )to% tr#ing to "o it b# the !a# of man an" come b# the !a# of 1o", !hich is %erforming it in consciousness an" letting the manifestation take care of itself. -7eril# #e shall be fe".- $ear not. -)tretch forth #our han"- -are, "o, an" be silent. *t is all !ritten in the law, an" not one 8ot or tittle shall be remo&e" until it is fulfille". The roots of #our -s#camine tree- are alrea"# loosening a bit. /o not tr# to %ull it u%. 'ore contem%lation on the -mustar" see"- !ill so loosen the earth about its roots that one "a# #ou !ill -stretch forth #our han"- an" %luck it u%, an" cast it fore&er into a sea of obli&ion, into a %lace of forgetfulness. -0ehol">- :that most glorious of !or"s !hich "efies translation, so ins%irational is it in meaning;. -0ehol", the Tabernacle of 1o" is !ith men- - in other !or"s, -0ehol" that 1o" is manifest on the earth now, an" is right in #our %resence an" in #our mi"st.- Yes, the -Lor" is in is ol# Tem%le- now. /o #ou belie&e this4 (erha%s #ou ha&e trie" so har" to see im in the Tem%le of #our bo"# that #ou ha&e lost heart because e "i" not a%%ear. .ob trie" this too an" faile", but !hen he sto%%e" -tr#ing- on himself, an" behel" it as something real an" tangible in another, then it "!elt !ith him5 he -stretche" out his consciousness,- as it !ere, an" the !ithere" -han"- took form after the manner of the consciousness.

THE PRESENCE 'ARY -li&e", mo&e", breathe", an" ha" her being- in the (resence, but not until it became a %ersonal thing "i" the Annunciation come. 'ar# s#mboli,es e&er# man, li&ing in the mi"st of the (resence an" #et not being a!are of it until the annunciation is ma"e, the annunciation that foretells the bringing forth of a 'essiah. The beautiful Annunciation !hich came to 'ar# urge" u%on her the nee" of contem%lation an" recognition. The thing stirre" !ithin her an" she became conscious that she !as to bring forth that !hich !as to rule. -The go&ernment shall be u%on his shoul"ers.- The necessit# of "ee% secrec# is so ob&ious in the s#mbolog# !hich is gi&en that it har"l# nee"s to be mentione". What !oul" ha&e ha%%ene" literall# ha" a .e!ish girl announce" to the !orl" that she !as going to bring forth a chil" !hose $ather !as )%irit, unseen, unkno!n, an" unrecogni,e"4 What !oul" ha%%en to the same girl to"a#4 The same thing !oul" ha%%en to her that ha%%ens to #ou !hen #ou tell the annunciation, !hen #ou e+%ose the hol# urge of )%irit !ithin #ou !hich is a!akening the Christ into being. )o 'ar# took the better %art an" -magnifie" the Lor" !ithin,- an" kne! full !ell that the manifestation !oul" take care of itself. istoricall# the inci"ent is full of interest an" "aring, but s#mbolicall# *t is fraught !ith such %o!erful re&elation that it %roclaims itself from the -houseto%s- of #our being. Think of !hat it is to fin" the Christ !ithin #ourself. Think of !hat it means to become conscious of the (resence !ithin #ou, an" to kno! that #ou are %artaking of the blesse" nature of 1o". Yes, finall# the comman" -0e still an" kno! that * A' 1o"- becomes something more than a meta%h#sical affirmation. The glorious, %ulsating (resence, like a hea&enl# s#m%hon#, enfol"s #ou. A %iece of music must be en8o#e" as it is e+%resse". Waiting to en8o# it %uts it off in the fanciful an" uncertain %lace of imagination. )o is it !ith the )%irit. Waiting to en8o# it, to li&e !ith it, to e+%erience it, an" to kno! it, is like remembering a single e+%erience #ou ha&e ha", !hich e&entuall# becomes ol" an" stale !ith re%etition. The lo&el# sense of the (resence !hich kee%s ho&ering about #ou, an" announcing the coming of the ne! i"ea, is here an" no!, an" must be recogni,e" in the %resent tense or it is nothing. This glorious (o!er ho&ers o&er #ou !ith its announcement of the Ne! 'essiah. Your %art is the recognition of it, an" the magnif#ing of he Lor" !ithin. The coal of fire !ill ha&e e&entuall# seale" #our li%s against the %ossibilit# of casting that !hich is hol# unto "ogs. Curious min"s an" %eo%le !ho are looking for fantastic results !ill !ait !ith empty lamps. No matter ho! much oil the# borro!, it !ill ne&er be sufficient to light the !a# "ear enough for them to -see- the a%%roaching 0ri"egroom. The "ee% secrec# of the %recious word !hich has been s%oken to #ou is enough to make #ou e+%erience a 8o# !hich kno!s no limitations. What "o #ou care about the clattering masses !ho ha&e much a"&ice an" thousan"s of !orthless o%inions to offer4 The# are as the !oman at the !ell. The onl# thing she coul" see !as a man !ho tol" her fortune. )he !ante" to assemble a big cro!" to -see- a man.

I cannot come to the curious a"ult an# more than $ather Christmas can continue to come &er# long to the curious chil". e !ill finall# "estro# this beautiful realit# b# fin"ing that he cannot fit it into human reason. )o !ith the (resence, the curious min" cannot entertain it because the cumbersome human reasoning an" beliefs cannot see ho! it can %ossibl# be true. -0e still-6 it is !ell. E&en at this instant the ho&ering !ings of the announcing Angel, the urge of the (resence, are about #ou, calling attention to something !hich is to come forth. -'agnif# the Lor"- !ithin #ourself an" let the embo"iment take care of itself. -To the %oor the gos%el is %reache".- To those !ho are -%oor- in human reasoning an" beliefs -gospel- of the annunciation is %reache", re&eale", or sho!n. Their em%tiness is fille" !ith the ne! i"ea !hich is to embo"# itself on earth. -0e still-5 it is !on"erful ho! the )%irit of the Word is "escen"ing u%on #ou, filling #ou !ith the *ns%iration of the Almight#. You shall !ant nothing after this ha%%ens. You !ill magnif# the Lor" !ithin #ou an" see it come forth !ith %o!er an" %lent#. The -gos%el- :goo" s%ell; is the (o!er !hich breaks the -e&il s%ell- of conscious-thinking !hich has hel" #ou so long that it has become real to #ou. -The go&ernment shall be u%on his shoul"ers.- A ne! "a# is merging out of the night of thought. A ne! co"e comes into being. -Ren" the &eil- !hich kee%s #ou from this (resence the &eil of conscious thinking. The more #ou fight the %ictures sho!n thereon the more the &eil, !hich is onl# as ol" as #our last thought, becomes a !all of steel. -* come as a thief in the night.- * emerge into being 2uietl#, an" -m# re!ar" is !ith me.- $ear not > -(ut u% th# s!or"- is a comman", 8ust as -(eace be unto #ou.- *f #ou are -hi" !ith Christ in 1o",- nothing can fin" #ou, an" this &er# %lace of hi"ing or oneness makes #ou a ma8orit#, !hich sen"s conscious thinking scurr#ing into the outer "arkness of unbelief. *t is !on"erful !hat the Ne! 'essiah, !ho is to come through you, is to sho! #ou. -0e still>-1o thou an" "o like!ise.- Likewise is in a like manner. *f #ou are going to "o likewise to the Christ (o!er #ou cannot "o likewise to #our conscious thinking5 an" #ou !ill soon "isco&er the "ifference. This "oes not mean likewise to .esus - that !oul" ha&e been in the manner of a car%enter5 but likewise to the Christ is a "ifferent stor#. When #ou go to "o likewise, see that it is not the likewise of a barber, !riter, "ressmaker, %ainter, etc., etc. -As he is, so are !e in this %resent !orl".- E+actl# the same, !ithout the sha"o! of "ifference. As the Christ in .esus !as, so are !e. -'# ?ing"om is not of this !orl".- The ?ing"om of )%irit, the force an" %o!er back of the manifestation, is not concerne" !ith the manifestation as a realit#. The %erson stan"ing before a thousan" mirrors is not of the king"om of the reflections, because the# are nothing an" "e%en" entirel# u%on the reflector. )o the thing calle" matter or manifestation is eternall# coming an" going, but the (o!er remains untouche" or unmo&e" b# these sha"o!s fore&er. .ust as the la! of gra&it# e+iste" long before Ne!ton became a!are of it, so the (o!er of the Christ e+iste" before .esus, an" -0efore Abraham !as - * A'.- *t is !on"erful !hen #ou begin to %ercei&e life an" to kno! that is is not something that !as in&ente" !ithin the last hun"re" #ears, tra"e-marke", co%#righte", an" ear-marke" b# a thousan" %ersonalities, all

claiming the right to be the "isco&erer of 1o". *n the realm of )%irit there is no -%ersonalbran" on 1o". You ma# !rite #our initials in fire on the si"e of a steer an" sho! #our %ossession,but tr#ing to make a %ersonal %ossession of 1o" sho!s a feeble un"erstan"ing of the *nfinite. *f 1o" is all, !hat then is the protection thro!n u% about the "isco&eries of im4 Losing the %ersonal, #ou fin" the im%ersonal, an" it imme"iatel# %ersonali,es itself, 8ust as !e see in the case of .esus. When he lost the narro! confines of .esus, a car%enter, he foun" the $ather, an" then !e fin" this same .esus "oing !hat the .esus :car%enter; coul" not %ossibl# ha&e "one. /o #ou begin to see an" un"erstan" the "imensions of )%irit- *t is !on"erful to contem%late the truth of -Lose #our life.- You imme"iatel# fin" the (resence !hen #ou "o, an" then the (resence comes to e+%ression through #ou5 an" #ou, !ho ha&e been unable to "o an#thing, su""enl# e+claim, -* can "o all things through Christ.-Ol" garments an" ol" bottles- are cast asi"e instea" of tr#ing to refurbish them an" refill them. )o are the ol" i"eas of man !hen he becomes conscious of the (resence. *t is !on"erful > All manifestation is but a limitation of the *nfinite, since it coul" ne&er sho! forth the all. -Loose it an" let it go- then. $ear not5 coming b# the !a# of 1o" is coming b# the !a# of Man'ifestation an" not b# the !a# of man. -'# grace is sufficient for thee.- /o #ou hear4 What are #ou looking for4 -These things ha&e * s%oken that m# 8o# might remain in #ou an" that #our 8o# might be full.-

WISDOM
T AT the !is"om of 1o" is foolishness in the e#es of man is 2uite as true as the fact that the -!is"om- of man is foolish in the e#es of 1o". Yet thousan"s of %eo%le are tr#ing to use the -!is"om of 1o"- through the channels of the -!is"om of man.- This is im%ossible at the outset. .esus foun" this out &er# earl# in life, an" "i" not tr# an#thing 2uite so ob&iousl# futile. $or a long time after lea&ing -Eg#%t,- the human thought tries to fashion the /i&ine after its o!n "esign. (resentl# it lea&es all an" follo!s "me " *n other !or"s, it comes b# the !a# of 1o" an" not the !a# of man. The ol", trite, an" hackne#e" statements, !hich ha&e been reele" off !ith such glib tongues until the# ha&e become little more than mocker#, su""enl# take on a glorious ne! meaning !hen #ou come b# the !a# of 1o". You ha&e trie" to come b# the !a# of man an" foun" #ourself "ee% in a bog of relati&e thinking, from !hich there seems little esca%e. )till #ou ask of man !hat is best to "o. The comman" is, -*f an# of #ou lack !is"om, let him ask of 1o" that gi&eth to all men liberall# an" u%brai"eth not5 an" it shall be gi&en him.- This must be taken literall# if #ou e+%ect to get an#thing higher than the a"&ice of #our o!n intelligence. A ra"ical 2ualit# enters into the life of the one !ho is coming b# the !a# of 1o" an" is forsaking the !ar# of man. You !ill note that the moment #ou ask for the wisdom of 1o" it is gi&en #ou, an" there is no con"emnation, u%brai"ing, nor an# of the little human "eceits !hich !oul" naturall# enter in from the stan"%oint of the -I'told'you'so- intellect of man. ere is a clear case in %oint9 * recei&e" a letter !hich containe" this %aragra%h9 -* am going to look for #ou so har", #ou !ill 8ust fin" #ourself lea&ing e&er#thing, e&er#bo"# an" e&er#!here, an" being right here.That is the !a# the human min" imagines the (o!er of 1o" o%erates. There are thousan"s in meta%h#sics !ho are tr#ing to "emonstrate in the same fashion. a&e #ou e&er hear", -* am here, * am there, * am e&er#!here-4 a&e #ou e&er hear", -* go before #ou to %re%are a %lace for #ou-4 /o #ou reali,e that the (rinci%le !hich #ou are seeking is right !ith #ou, an" has the abilit# to embo"# itself the moment #ou recogni,e it4 -What !ent #e out for to see - a %erson or a (rinci%le4*f #ou go out to seek a %rinci%le an" recogni,e its %resence, it !ill embo"# itself imme"iatel#, an" #ou !ill un"erstan" the %rofoun" 2ualit# of the Wis"om of 1o", in contra"istinction to that of man. The man !is"om seeks a %erson or a certain thing. The Wisdom of 0od sho!s ho! the )%irit is !ith #ou al!a#s, an" at all times, an" embo"ies itself the moment #ou recogni,e it. *t is a !on"erful re&elation. The moment #ou begin to come b# the !a# of 1o", all the ol" trite sa#ings burst into fruition an" become something real an" tangible an" not something to be made real an" tangible.

*n the case of the letter abo&e 2uote", the !riter thought that b# hol"ing firml# to the %ersonal outline !hich embo"ie" the message she !ante" to hear, she !oul" "ra! that bo"# !ith the message to a certain localit#. a" she kno!n that the -* am here- !as present, it !oul" ha&e foun" !a#s an" means of embo"#ing itself an" gi&ing her all that she sought. Coming b# the !a# of 1o" is a ne! %rocess. We are beginning to -flee from man !hose breath is in his nostrils- for a &er# goo" reason. is !is"om is foolishness an" #et he !ill insist on tr#ing to !ork out im%ossibilities !ith it. The "ee%, fathomless Wisdom of 1o" sa#s such contrar# things as this9 -0# humilit# an" the fear of the Lor" are riches an" honor an" life. 'an# a 3riah ee% has trie" the -humilit#- i"ea an" foun" in the en" it le" to nothing. The human !is"om imme"iatel# thinks, -Well, if humilit# is all that is necessar# to get rich, * can "o that. * can be humble on the outsi"e, at least until * get m# riches>- An" another hears that -the measure #e mete shall be measure" to #ou again, %resse" "o!n, shaken together, an" running o&er.- )o he gi&es !ith the i"ea of getting. -*t is safer than in&esting in uncertain business.- An" wisdom of this caliber fin"s that !hat it has gi&en has been entirel# lost. You cannot mi+ the Wis"om of 1o" !ith the !is"om of man. The 1ol"en Rule is true an" o%erati&e if it be of the -Wis"om of 1o",- but if it be man, !ith his sill# intellect, tr#ing to %rofit b# the !or"s of 1o", he !ill soon fin" it !holl# im%ractical #ea, e&en !orse than that. e !ill fin" himself an eas# &ictim for others of his kin", using the -!is"om of man- in a more &icious !a#. -A!ake thou that slee%est, an" Christ shall gi&e thee light.Yet there stan"s the Wisdom, telling #ou e+actl# ho! to become rich an" ho! to ha&e honors an" Life. What are #ou going to "o about it4 Are #ou returning as the %ro&erbial "og to his -&omit,- shouting to 1o", -'one#, mone#, mone#,- or -Riches, %lent#, abun"ance,- an" e+%ecting a sho!er of gol" to "ro% into #our la%4 -Come a%art from among them an" be #e se%arate.- 0e still for a little !hile an" #ou !ill kno! the (resence, an" !ill follo! through !ith the Wis"om of 1o". You cannot but kee% this re&elation a secret, for it is so "ee% an" #et so sim%le that it !ill be taken a!a# from #ou b# the cunning of man. -Thou hast %ut gla"ness in m# heart, more than in the time that their corn an" their !ine increase".The gree"# human min" cannot concei&e of an# gla"ness !hich !oul" e+cee" the getting of %ossessions. Once the Wis"om of 1o" enters in, #ou see the gla"ness here referre" to as not "e%en"ent on the increase of material things. The !is"om back of it all is a recognition of the (resence !hich makes it unnecessar# to be e+cite" about manifestation. *n the -secret- %lace of un"erstan"ing #ou kno! !h# #ou "o not ha&e to center #our attention on the accumulation of things. *t is !on"erful > You cannot be brought b# -a !a# #e kno!n not of- b# the human !is"om. *t cannot go b# a way it "oes not kno!, an" all the !a#s it has kno!n of are im%assable. What are #ou going to "o4 'ake a !a#4 0e still> -* am the way-5 * nee" no %ioneers to bla,e a trail for 'e. * make the

rough %laces smooth an" the crooke" %laces straight. * make the "esert to blossom as a rose, an" cause fountains to s%ring forth in "r# lan"s. * cause the har&est to come before the %lanting. * "o not ha&e to e+%lain ho! this is %ossible to a -!is"om- !hich is so limite" that it is foolishness. /o #ou begin to see !h# the comman", -Lea&e all an" follo! me,- is the o%ening "oor of attainment, !herein #ou fin" the all !hich #ou thought #ou left, %lus the life-substance back of it4 All !on"ers come un"er the -Wis"om of 1o"- an" are utterl# ine+%licable to man. $or instance, -Ye shall "ecree a thing an" it shall come to %ass.- What can you "ecree that !ill come to %ass !ith certaint#4 You must -knock on !oo"- e&er# time #ou sa# an#thing goo" for fear it might not be true. /are #ou to bol"l# an" unflinchingl# sa# that certain goo" is "ue to arri&e, an" !ill arri&e in #our life !ithout fail ne+t #ear4 Will #ou %reface it !ith the -1o" !illing- or -*6m not bragging- or some other -charm formula4 )eek !ithin the recesses of #our -tem%le- an" fin" the -mone# changers- an" the -"o&e sellers- hi""en in the sha"o!s scourge them out of the Tem%le of the Li&ing 1o". -1et !is"om, get un"erstan"ing5 forget *t not5 neither "ecline from the !or"s of my mouth.The mouth of the Lor" hath s%oken it. *t "oes not sa# the mouth of another, but the mouth of 1o". /o #ou hear4 -Wis"om is the %rinci%al thing5 therefore get !is"om5 an" !ith all th# getting get un"erstan"ing,-

THE SECRET POWER

-LET there be light, an" there !as light.- We seem to hear those !or"s s%oken in English b# a great an" terrible .eho&ah. 3nconsciousl# !e think of 1o" as s%eaking English, an" #et the $renchman, rea"ing the same &erse, no "oubt hears the same 1o" s%eaking9 1ue la lumiere soit - This "oes not mean a thing to one !ho cannot un"erstan" $rench. 3ntil !e begin to un"erstan" that !or"s are onl# soun"s, noises, e+%losions of breath, !hich, in limitation, attempt to e+%ress the )ecret (o!er, !e !ill fail to sense the )%irit an" !ill "ie fille" !ith the "ea" letter. 1ra"uall# a!akening man begins to un"erstan" ho! utterl# im%ossible it is to make an#thing ha%%en b# mere use of !or"s. The Wor" :the %o!er an" the 1lor#; !hich is s%oken of in the 0ible is thickl# hung !ith -!or"s- ma"e b# man, like barnacles on a shi%. These !or"s are onl# ali&e to the "egree that the# con&e# the )(*R*T of the WOR/. The moment !e fin" the )(*R*T of the WOR/, !e "iscar" the words, as !e "iscar" the shell of a nut once !e ha&e the kernel. -The still small 7oice- is the lou"est &oice in the !orl", because it "oes not s%eak words, but the WOR/. ,e s%ake to us in %arables because of our inabilit# to gras% the WOR/. Yet those %arables are as "ea" an" !orthless as the mottoes !hich a"orn man# !alls if the )(*R*T is not "iscerne". *f it is -!or"s- instea" of the WOR/ #ou are hearing, #ou coul" not un"erstan" .esus if he !ere to a%%ear an" s%eak to #ou "irectl#, for he !oul" s%eak in his mother-tongue Aramaic. 0ut if #ou are actuall# hearing &he WOR/, it !oul" make no "ifference in !hat man-ma"e language he s%oke. You !oul" un"erstan" him %erfectl#. ence the "ifferentiation bet!een words an" WOR/. The )(*R*T is re&ealing to #ou some of the m#ster# !hich is hear" b# the hearing ear. - a&ing ears, #e hear not, an" e#es, #e see not,because #ou hear onl# in #our o!n language an" cannot un"erstan" e&en that unless it be on the le&el of #our o!n intelligence. The )ecret (o!er !hich is uni&ersal an" e&er-%resent comes through !hen -recogni,e",- no matter !hat the a%%earances are nor in !hat incom%rehensible !or"s or language it is gi&en. )u""enl#, b# this %rocess of Recognition, the 7oice s%eaks to #ou in the language #ou can best un"erstan". E&en though #ou are in hell, this )ecret (o!er is %resent, a!aiting recognition. The moment it is recogni,e", the manifestation changes from disease to ease. The untrue !or"s or %ictures %ainte" b# the human belief "isintegrate in the (resence of the WOR/. At *) coming all things "ie an" all things live. All the a%%earances "ie an" realities li&e. *t is a !on"erful thing to -feel- this Wor" in contra"istinction to the words of man. With -!or"s- men tr# to buil" a tem%le reaching to ea&en. Their ignorance as to !here ea&en is %resages utter failure, an" the confusion of !or"s causes the !hole thing to colla%se. -A house "i&i"e" against itself shall fall,- an" so a state of consciousness fille" !ith o%inions an" beliefs of the human kin" is boun" to fall. The )ecret (o!er in the mi"st of #ou - the WOR/, !hich is all things to all men, is eternall# %resent. The onl# &eil bet!een #ou an" this glorious WOR/ is #our belief about 1o". You can onl# see the (o!er through the limitations of #our belief. -Through a glass "arkl#- #ou onl# see the %icture colore" b# #our human thinking. *f a so-calle" miracle !ere to take %lace in #our %resence, #ou coul" onl# see it through the limitations of !hat #ou belie&e". ence if #ou !ere e&er %resent !hen, s#mbolicall#

s%eaking, -three "ro%s of oil- !ere filling all limitations, literall# an" figurati&el#, #ou !oul" onl# see oil flo!ing from a %erfectl# natural source. Your human thinking !oul" slo! "o!n or s%ee" u% the &ision, so that nothing but an or"inar# functioning of a human la! !oul" be taking %lace. An" if the manifestation got a little be#on" #our human thinking #ou !oul" charge it off to a %henomenon. No !on"er that the %eo%le !ho are -looking for a sign- cannot see an#thing. 'ost of them make the ri"iculous %ro%osition of a 'an-go"9 -Well, if * coul" see something ha%%en-, * !oul" belie&e.- What "ifference to the sum total of Life "oes it make !hether #ou belie&e or not4 After fin"ing out "efinitel# that the !is"om of man is foolishness in the e#es of 1o", #ou continue to limit the (o!er, 8ust because #ou cannot han"le it !ith #our han"s, or make it come into manifestation to gratif# a %ersonal sense of %o!er. -What ha&e #e in #our house4- The ans!er is al!a#s the same9 -Onl# three "ro%s of oil an" a han"ful of meal.- -0orro! &essels>- The reaction to this comman" tells the !hole stor#. *f #ou hear the comman" #ou %rocee" to -borro! &essels not a fe!.- *f #ou hear words, #ou in"icate this b# asking a 2uestion or inter%osing some i"eas regar"ing the situation. *n other !or"s, #ou ha&e not hear" the WOR/, YO3 ha&e hear" !or"s, an" imme"iatel# the limitations of the conscious thinking makes itself a%%arent in a thousan" !a#s. )o almight# is the action of the (o!er that it is "escribe" as -terrible.- No sooner "oes it call u%on #ou to -borro! &essels not a fe!,- in s%ite of the fact that #ou ha&e onl# -three "ro%s of oil,- than it insists u%on a further manifestation of the same unbelie&able belief9 -(our.- *f #ou consi"er a single angle of the situation from the stan"%oint of the conscious thinking, #ou cannot make the gesture !hich frees #ou from #our limitations. /o #ou begin to see that the -!in"o!- :an Oriental s#mbol of the most !retche" state of e+istence; coul" not for one instant -s2uare- an#thing that !as taking %lace b# un"erstan"ing gleane" through the -glass "arkl#- of her human min"4 -0elie&est thou this4- .esus asking #ou if #ou belie&e the unbelie&able. The ans!er "etermines !hether #ou are looking through the -glass "arkl#- an" tr#ing to belie&e, or !hether #ou ha&e su""enl# left behin" all the -unbelief- of the man-ma"e i"ea an" ascen"e" to the $ather !ithin. .esus coul" "o nothing of himself, an" so 2uite naturall# he coul" not ha&e belie&e" in the unbelievable an# more than #ou coul". e "i" not tr#5 he ascen"e" to that state !hich !e "esignate as $ather !ithin. *t is the same (o!er, the )ecret (o!er, !hich in the beginning sai", -Let there be light,- !ithout s%eaking a single !or" in an# language, an" #et at the same time s%eaking "efinitel# in e&er# language, e&en the remotest unforme" language of the sa&age tribes fast in the 8ungle of ignorance. *t is !on"erful !hen #ou begin to %ercei&e the )%irit - an" "o a!a# !ith s%irits5 !hen #ou begin to see the WOR/ an" "o a!a# !ith !or"s5 !hen #ou begin to e+%erience (OWER an" "o a!a# !ith %o!ers. -0efore #ou * %lace an o%en "oor-5 the rest is u% to #ou. Can #ou enter4 *t !oul" a%%ear, then, that .esus !as calling u%on YO3 to belie&e the -unbelie&able.- An" of course #ou cannot "o this from the limite" conce%t of the human min", an# more than .esus, a car%enter, coul" gi&e a ban2uet for fi&e thousan" - #et he "i" 8ust this. *t is tremen"ousl# interesting to note that .esus "i" not %ros%er his o!n famil# in the !a# most %eo%le imagine" he shoul". There is no %ersonal use of the (o!er %ossible. As soon as it becomes

%ersonal it again loses its magnitu"e an" is narro!e" "o!n to the limitations of the language !hich #ou s%eak. )to% tr#ing to -belie&e- !ith #our human min". E+amine into the teachings of .esus. )ee !hat instructions he has to gi&e for the attainment of this (o!er. -A!ake, thou that slee%est, an" Christ shall gi&e thee light.-* am the Light of the !orl"- - that is all #ou nee" to recogni,e in or"er to clear an# "arkene" &eil of human belief from #our e#es. *t is !on"erful to contem%late the (o!er of the (resence an" the Wor" in the mi"st of #ou. The Name of !hich !e s%eak so often :the -ame or -ature !hich accom%lishes; is -unutterable,- an" #et !e are tol" to ask an#thing in that -Name.- *t seems a contrar# i"ea, but !hen #ou think of a half-"o,en men s%eaking in "ifferent languages, each calling on a "ifferent Name, #ou un"erstan" !h# the &rue -ame is ne&er uttere" -neither can be- - it is the 3nutterable Name #ou are aske" to utter, 8ust as it is the unbelie&able #ou are aske" to belie&e. The human intellect is "umbfoun"e" b# the !orks of 1o", an" the more it tries to -reason,the more confuse" it becomes, until in sheer "es%eration it charges e&er#thing to imagination. /o #ou b# an# chance imagine that #ou coul" fee" fi&e thousan"4 /o #ou b# an# chance belie&e that #ou coul" raise the "ea"4 /o #ou b# an# chance belie&e that #ou coul" o%en the e#es of the blin"4 3ntil #ou "o #ou are not obe#ing the comman"9 -1o thou an" "o like!ise.3ntil #ou reali,e that #ou can "o nothing of #ourself #ou cannot "o the -something- that is "eman"e" of #ou as a follo!er of the 'aster. We "o not correct the shortcomings of the in"i&i"ual in or"er that he ma# "o the -!orks-5 his recognition of the (resence !ill atten" to all these minor "etails. 0etting ready to ser&e 1o" is 8ust the %rocrastination of the human unbelief, an" is the surest sign that #ou !ill en" b# ser&ing #ourself. The beggar at the gate !as aske" to -rise.- The blin" man !as tol" to o%en his e#es. These hol# manifestations are %ossible at an# time the# are acce%te". )o it is !ith #ou. No matter ho! the mire of human life has close" in about #ou, #ou are in a %osition to ser&e the )ecret (o!er b# carr#ing out its comman"s. )to% looking to #our limitations or 2ualifications to serve 1o". 0oth of these are cast a!a# in fa&or of the ne! light !hich re&eals the hi""en things - hi""en since the beginning of the !orl". These hi""en ca%acities !ill be sufficient to release #ou into the %lace of manifestation. -Call u%on 'e- :#ou, the rea"er; - -Call u%on Me an" * will ans!er #ou- :not ma#be nor %erha%s - -* !ill ans!er #ou.- 3tter the 2nutterable -ame, belie&e the unbelie&able. -Launch out on to "ee%er !aters - come to Me - rise u% an" !alk - o%en #our e#es - arise from the "ea".- /o #ou begin to see, to hear, to un"erstan", !hat is the height an" might an" ma8est# of #our Risen Lor"4 -What ha&e #e in #our house4- Nothing4 Well, that nothing is sufficient to make e&er#thing run o&er !ith the 8o# of the (resence. Wh# shoul" !e choose oil as a s#mbol e+ce%t that it embo"ies the 8o# an" richness of Life4 -Thou anointest m# hea" !ith oil- :8o#;. After that -'# cu% :the consciousness * hol" to the uni&erse; runneth o&er.- An" so the s#mbolog# goes on. The most !retche" state of min" has !ithin itself the necessar# -three "ro%s- !hich can fill e&er#thing. Yes, belo&e"> * sa# to #ou, - e that hath an ear, let him hear !hat the )%irit saith unto the Churches.- *t is !on"erful !hat this WOR/ is sa#ing to you> You are hearing it

through your o!n un"erstan"ing - in the language - in the manner - after the fashion5 but * "m s%eaking it uni&ersall# onl# in the WOR/. (resentl# the English go" an" the $rench go" an" all the other national "eities fall from their niches in fa&or of the %ne 1o", the (resence here, there, an" e&er#!here. The WOR/ !hich !as the substance, both &isible an" in&isible -in the beginning,- remains in&isible until it is recogni,e". .ust as 1o", or the WOR/, in a hell of beliefs, !hich burn an" consume e&er#thing remains in&isible an" inau"ible until e is recogni,e". To recogni,e the WOR/ as %resent is to cause it to embo"# itself, an" thus consume the limitation !hich #ou are e+%eriencing through the belief in -!or"s.- All this ma# seem to be a %la# on !or"s - but if #ou !ill contem%late the wholeness or oneness of the unbroken, in"i&isible thing calle" WOR/, #ou !ill un"erstan" !hat is meant. You !ill also see !h# it accom%anies #ou al!a#s, an" !h# the absent one can be, an" is, heale" b# the WOR/. *t is as if #ou !ere s!imming in the Atlantic Ocean near the English coast, an" another s!imming in the same ocean near the coast of Ne! York, %h#sicall# a%art #et in the %ne. The !holeness an" oneness of the WOR/ in !hich !e all li&e an" mo&e an" ha&e our being su""enl# comes to light, an" !e %ercei&e ho! it is that -if * take the !ings of the morning an" go into the uttermost %art of the earth, still th# han" shall lea" me.- There is no %lace #ou can go, no con"ition #ou can encounter that is not fille" !ith the WOR/. This &er# WOR/ remains in&isible, inau"ible, im%ersonal, a!aiting recognition. -Call u%on me-5 #ou ha&e to call from the stan"%oint of recognition of the (resence, or else #ou are calling to a 1o" a long !a# off. -Am * not a 1o" at han" - am * a 1o" afar off4- The ans!er to #our recognition is as certain an" as automatic as an echo in a can#on. You ha&e nothing to "o !ith the ans!er5 that is entirel# out of #our han"s, 8ust as the matter of the echo is entirel# out of #our control once #ou ha&e -calle".Water takes an# sha%e rea"# to recei&e it, !ithout 2uestion or comment - an" #et it onl# has that sha%e so long as the form hol"s together. *t has no sha%e or form of its o!n. )%irit, or the WOR/, has been likene" unto air - the !in" that blo!eth !here it listeth. No man can kno! !hence it cometh or !hither it goeth. E&er#thing is fille" full of it, an" it takes the form an" sha%e of an#thing, but at no time is it that form. )o the WOR/ takes the form of the i"ea !hich has been calle" out. *t is "ee%er than the ol" i"ea of &isuali,ation5 it ne&er soli"ifies. *t sim%l# fills full the form %lace" before it, an" #et at no time is it that form. -A!ake thou that slee%est, an" Christ shall gi&e thee light> A!ake, an" rise from the "ea".The embo"iment of the WOR/, !hich took %lace in the beginning at the comman", -Let there be,- still goes on. When #ou un"erstan" that the %ur%ose of 1o" is not to !ork out %roblems, but to re&eal, #ou !ill also reali,e that #our business in life is not to recei&e but to gi&e. The ol" threa"bare %s#chological trick of gi&ing as a means of getting must be e+%ose" before this stream of substance can run into manifestation through #ou. You gi&e because #ou cannot hel% it, an" !oul" not once #ou concei&e of the nature of the WOR/. *t "oes not nee" to recei&e5 it is so conscious of the all substance5 an" #et in this &er# gi&ing state of min" it is conscious of recei&ing e&er#thing from the )ource, !hich lea&es nothing to be "esire". At the same time it "oes not in an# sense of the !or" turn a!a# from the gift. All this glorious

re&elation of gi&ing an" recei&ing !ill be brought clearl# to #our consciousness if #ou contem%late the (resence of the WOR/ here, there, an" e&er#!here. a&e #ou not often hear" of a %erson re%eate"l# going out of his !a# to hel% another, being su""enl# turne" u%on an" rent sore b# the other4 What ingratitu"e> You ha&e onl# hear" !hat e&er# man e+%eriences if he insists u%on taking the %art of 1o" an" "e%ri&ing another soul of its o!n contact !ith the (resence. The conscious thinking ma# !hine an" cr# for another to carr# its bur"en5 to su%%ort its !eakness5 to s#m%athi,e !ith its negation5 but in the en" that soul !ill rise an" thro! off this shackle, an" !ill claim that it has been brutall# treate" b# acce%tance of its shortcomings as realities. *t is too common to mention, an" #et it contains the mar&elous la! of -letting- the soul come into its o!n %lace of e+%ression. The -hel%er- in life is so &er# often the -hurter.- e makes real all the limitations that he !oul" relie&e. e is fille" !ith s#m%ath#5 he recogni,es the e&il con"itions e&en !hile tr#ing to alle&iate them. No !on"er, then, that the 3oul hel" in such a false light, rises an" %uts an en" to this bon"age to another6s s#m%ath#. The Christ stan"s !ith com%assion but ne&er "escen"s to the %oint of recogni,ing e&il b# s#m%athi,ing !ith it. The a%%arentl# col", unfeeling re%l# to the beggar at the tem%le gate !as the kin"est an" most lo&ing thing that coul" be sai". *nstea" of con"oning his fearful con"ition :!hich ha" alrea"# been %ronounce" incurable; b# thro!ing him a han"ful of gol", the glorious -gift of gifts- !as gi&en unto him. -)il&er an" gol" ha&e * none :for #ou5 it !oul" onl# %rolong #our %resent !retche"ness;, but such as * ha&e :the (o!er of recogni,ing the Christ in #ou - or the (resence of the WOR/; gi&e * unto #ou. Rise an" !alk.6What a gift> o! !oul" #ou like to recei&e it4 The human min", in its limitations of words imagines it !oul" rather ha&e a loaf of brea" or the %iece of gol" than the gift of )%irit. * ha&e often hear" the beggar at the temple gate asking for re&elation !hen in realit# all he !ante" !as a %iece of gol". The "ramati,ing of the situation of the beggar at the tem%le gate goes on in the min" of man#. -What is all this talk about abun"ance, an#!a#4 Wh# "o the# not gi&e me the fi&e hun"re" "ollars * am tr#ing to "emonstrate4 E&en the beggar at the gate ha" to -take- his gift. *f #ou cannot recei&e the WOR/ !hen it comes to #ou, it is of no a&ail. -)earch the )cri%tures, for in them #e think #e ha&e Life Eternal.- What is the nature of Life Eternal4 Coul" it be a continual fight for e+istence, for foo", for clothing, or for other necessities4 You ans!er the 2uestion. When #ou begin to un"erstan" the WOR/, an" the (resence of the Wor", #ou !ill begin to see #our o!n innate abilit# to give it freel#. -$reel# #e ha&e recei&e", freel# gi&e.- *t has alrea"# been gi&en #ou, an" unless #ou gi&e it a!a# #ou cannot kee% it. -0e not "ecei&e". 1o" is not mocke".- /o not tr# to mock the %rinci%le b# thinking to -gi&ein or"er to recei&e. *f there !ere an# such %ossibilit#, men !oul" cease business entirel#, an" rush from one ser&ice to another gi&ing gol", assure" the# !oul" recei&e ten times as much in e+change. Wh# risk mone# on the E+change if #ou can get such tremen"ous increase b# gi&ing4 -A!ake, thou that slee%est, an" Christ shall gi&e thee light>- *t is !on"erful ho! the re&elation of the (o!er comes to #ou as #ou go for!ar" into the re&elation of the WOR/.

-0ehol", * come 2uickl#, an" m# re!ar" is !ith me.- .ust as ea&en is in the mi"st of hell, an" abun"ance in the mi"st of lack, an" all in the mi"st of nothing, so the re!ar" is al!a#s at han" a!aiting recognition. -*n the beginning !as the WOR/, an" the WOR/ !as !ith 1o", an" the WOR/ !as 1o"./o #ou begin to sense the Presence, the WOR/, in"i&isible in contra"istinction to the kingdom create" b# -!or"s,- !hich is "i&i"e" against itself !ith its eternal %airs of o%%osites4 - e that loseth his life shall fin" it, an" he that !ithhol"eth shall lose it.- When #ou let go of the limitations of the conscious thinking #ou !ill fin" the uni&ersal WOR/ %resent, an" "isco&er &istas, an" sco%es of e+%ression, !hich are -unbelie&able- to the human min". .esus ha" to lose his life, to let go of the limitations, in or"er to fee" fi&e thousan" an" to raise the "ea". *t !as not %ossible to him as .esus. Onl# !hen he recogni,e" the (resence of the $ather, an" became one !ith im, !as he able to "o that !hich !as other!ise im%ossible. When the !alls of a %rison are knocke" "o!n, the %utri", stagnant air of the "ungeon becomes one !ith the uni&ersal air an" is %urifie", ma"e clean - reimburse", as it !ere, !ith all the life-gi&ing 2ualities. *t is lost in the uni&ersal. )o !ith man the -little- life he has ke%t shut u% !ithin himself, !hich has #earl# become more an" more stagnant, su""enl# is absorbe" into the 1o"-life, an" the narro! %rison !alls of conscious thinking crumble a!a#. e is free> *t is !on"erful to contem%late the WOR/. 0e#on" the conscious min" #ou see an" hear an" feel the (resence as )ubstance, as WOR/, an" this &er# recognition causes it to embo"# itself. -The Wor" !as ma"e flesh an" "!elt among them.- 0e#on" the affirmation, !hich to be effecti&e must be the sim%le e+%ression of !hat #ou fin" true, is the great realm of manifestation. When #ou look u%on a re" a%%le, the onl# reason #ou affirm that it is re" is because #ou are conscious of that fact. *t is not re" to one afflicte" !ith belief in color blin"ness. *t is true, not because #ou sai" it, but in s%ite of that. )o is it !ith the Wor" of 1o"5 it is not true because #ou sa# it or affirm it, but in s%ite of an#thing #ou "o or sa#. Learn this at once an" for al!a#s - that the affirmation !hich is effecti&e ne&er changes an#thing, ne&er causes an#thing to ha%%en. *t merel# is a statement of that !hich #ou fin" to be true in the WOR/. Other affirmations are merel# the -&ain re%etition- against !hich #ou are !arne". When #ou ha&e become conscious of the WOR/, e&en in a small "egree, it !ill "give magic charm to your companionship It will ideali/e your personality It will make you responsive and receptive It will give to your smile warmth and depth It will impart a luster to your eyes that will impel attention It will make you a finer soul# loved and admired It will add radiance to culture# brilliance to intellect " The WOR/5 the $ather, )on, an" ol# 1host5 the three in one5 the * A'5 the %h#sical, mental, s%iritual5 the three measures of meal. *t is glorious to see this 2uickening %o!er of the WOR/. -0ehol" * come 2uickl#, an" m# re!ar" :or manifestation; is !ith Me.- To %ercei&e the !holeness of the WOR/ is to un"erstan" ho! it is that -before the# call * !ill ans!er.- *t is something outsi"e the human reasoning an" be#on" the conscious thinking. A chil" belie&es the reason for mathematics is to !ork out %roblems. e is confronte" !ith a book calle" arithmetic !hich is fille" !ith %roblems - all imaginar#. The engineer has an

entirel# "ifferent &ie!%oint of the same %rinci%le. e looks u%on it as a !a# an" means of re&ealing the unseen thing. 'an# %eo%le belie&e that the onl# reason for 1o" is to sol&e %roblems !hich are self-im%ose" b# the in"i&i"ual. *f that isn6t his raison d!etre, then !hat *)4 *t is thrilling !hen !e enter the door of re&elation, !hich brings to our attention the fact that 1o" is not for the %ur%ose of !orking out %roblems, but for the re&elation of ea&en on earth. *t is !on"erful to contem%late this state of consciousness. You cease the going out to -get- something an" go out to -gi&e- or -"o- or -let.The uninitiate can onl# see that the %rinci%le must be for hel%ing him out of his "ifficulties. e tries to belie&e in 1o", but in realit# he belie&es in e&il. is !hole life is s%ent in %rotecting, or learning ho! to %rotect, himself against the -e&il "a#.- e is astonishe" to "isco&er that the conscious min" has no ca%acit# to acce%t an" to belie&e in 1o". *t is true that he !oul" lie to, but he cannot. e has seen too much to the contrar#, an" has co"e" his life something after this fashion9 -As for man, his "a#s are full of trouble-5 -earn #our li&ing b# the s!eat of #our bro!,- etc. 0e not "iscourage"> *t is !on"erful for #ou to ha&e arri&e" at this %oint. When .esus arri&e" there, he sai" "efinitel#, -* can of m#self "o nothing.- )o #ou see, belo&e", if -#ou can of #ourself "o nothing,- #ou are in %recisel# the same %osition in !hich .esus foun" himself !hen he began to "o the great an" !on"erful things calle" miracles. .ust as soon as he recogni,e" the hel%lessness of -.esus- an" let go of the i"ea of tr#ing to "o an#thing, he became a trans%arenc# for the WOR/. As the glass of #our conscious thinking becomes clearer #ou begin to see things that !ere other!ise in&isible, an" hear things that !ere formerl# inau"ible. -A trans%arenc# for the (o!er- gi&es a faint i"ea of !hat !e become. There is no %ossession, no %ersonal i"ea entering in, an" hence no limitations of the %ersonal can kee% it out of e+%ression. -Let #our light so shine before men.- We are beginning to see ho! some of these comman"s can be fulfille" naturall# an" normall#. When .esus recogni,e" the WOR/, - e s%ake as one ha&ing authorit#,- because he s%ake not of himself but of the E !ho ha" sent him into e+%ression. .esus ascen"e" into the %lace of oneness an" !as a ma8orit#. An#one !ho recogni,es the presence of the WOR/ is in a ma8orit#, for it is !hole an" fills all s%ace. E&er#thing else is but a series of o%inions an" beliefs, !hich the !orl" hol"s in the conscious thinking. Yes, be#on" #our conscious thinking lies this great an" glorious WOR/ - the Three in One. -* !as gla" !hen he sai" unto me, Let us go into the ouse of the Lor".A glorious re&elation "a!ns u%on #ou !hen #ou reali,e that it is %ossible for #ou to go into the ouse of the Lor". An" !hat, if an#thing, "o #ou e+%ect to fin", if #ou go into the consciousness of the Lor"4 What "i" .esus fin"4 -* go unto m# $ather, an" #our $ather, an" Our $ather.- * go into the consciousness of the Lor", an" !hatsoe&er * fin" there, that can * bring into manifestation. /o #ou recogni,e that in the in&itation, -Let us go into the consciousness of the Lor",- is inclu"e" the %ossibilit# of so "oing4 Can #ou acce%t an#thing so absolutel# be#on" the human thinking4 .esus going into he consciousness of the $ather !as able to bring forth that !hich the human

thinking calle" -miracles.The -'# father, #our father, our $ather- s%oken of re&eals the uni&ersalit# of the WOR/5 brings it to #our attention as a common "enominator. *f #ou can re"uce e&er#thing to a common "enominator, #ou can sol&e the %roblem an" han"le the little misfits that are so irritating in life. The )%irit of the WOR/ 2uickeneth, the letter killeth. The )%irit is the WOR/, an" the letter is the -words.- *t is !on"erful to contem%late the WOR/.

THE WELL OF LIVING WATERS

-1*7E me to "rink- - the )%irit tries in m#ria"s of !a#s to start the flo! of substance through man. e is so bus# he cannot %ossibl# un"erstan" that the moment he makes the gesture of -gi&ing- :in the true sense; he can then ask an" recei&e the real substance un"erl#ing the s#mbol he has gi&en. -1i&e me to "rink- is ans!ere" b# the limitations of the conscious-thinking, or is "ro!ne" out b# the constant cr# for substance b# the one !ho is aske", -1i&e me to "rink.- Can #ou begin to sense in a &ague !a# the %o!er back of -gi&ing- instea" of getting4 *t is like o%ening a "oor!a# into a &ein of molten gol". With the "oor close", nothing can get out or in. )till the insistent cr# of )%irit, -1i&e me to "rink.- 0reak #our half loaf !ith me an" #ou shall see it increase. )hare #our three "ro%s of oil, #our han"ful of meal, #our limite" life5 an" su""enl# the "eluge of substance !ill o&er!helm #ou. You !ill not ha&e %lace sufficientl# large to hol" it. )o is it !ith )%irit. -1i&e me to "rink.- When #ou "o, #ou !ill su""enl# become a!are of something. -*f thou kne!est the gift of 1o" <!hich is !ithin thee, !aiting to be stirre" u%, recogni,e"=, an" !ho it is that saith to thee, 61i&e me to "rink,6 thou !oul"st ha&e aske" him, an" he !oul" ha&e gi&en thee li&ing !aters.The moment #ou can free #ourself from the s#mbol or the affirmation #ou %ercei&e the realit# back of them. 1i&ing of #our substance, ho!e&er small it ma# be, "oes not mean the gi&ing of a han"ful of gol". *t ma# be all of that5 but it means gi&ing, letting go, loosing the bon"s of fear an" taking the %o!er a!a# from things an" %lacing it !here it belongs. The conscious thinking has been so bus# getting that it has faile" to consi"er the "octrine of .esus. The comman" to -consi"er the lilies- is charge" off as a bit of %oetical talk. Wh# consi"er the lil#4 What !ill that lea" to4 At best a botanist can onl# make a meager li&ing. Yet there it stan"s in the %ath of har"hea"e" reasoning. When #ou consi"er all nature, #ou fin" it is in the %rocess of gi&ing of itself constantl#. *t is eternall# thro!ing off its manifestations, lea&es, bu"s, flo!ers, fruits, see"s. *t is this &er# acti&it# that makes room for the outflo!ing substance to come forth. The moment it sto%s the gi&ing of itself, at that moment it ceases to e+ist. The conscious-thinking cannot un"erstan" ho! #ou can gi&e out of #our !ant, an" #et that is the &er# thing that is "eman"e" of #ou. An" !hat are #ou gi&ing !hen #ou gi&e from #our !ant4 *t amounts to nothing an#!a#5 an" #et the gesture to free #ourself from it results in the o&erflo!ing manifestation of substance. Coul" #ou in realit# gi&e an#thing to 1o"4 Onl# a s#mbol at best. /o #ou begin to see the %ath of the a!akene" one4 e has "isco&ere" that getting is not the %rime ob8ect in life. 1i&ing is recogni,e" as merel# a gesture !hich is making rea"# for something larger an" finer to come into %lace. -La# not u% for #oursel&es,- has a reason back of it. -)igns follow,- naturall#. *f #ou are looking for a sign #ou are gi&en one, but !ithout a blessing. The blessings are reser&e" for that one !ho "oes not nee" a sign. What is a gift !ithout a blessing4 What is a gift !ithout the gi&er4

3ntil #ou ha&e arri&e" at the consciousness of being able to gi&e, e&en though #ou ha&e nothing to gi&e, #ou are in no %osition to recei&e an#thing lasting or !orth !hile. *t is true that from time to time #ou ma# ha%%en in the "esert !hen someone is gi&ing out brea" an" fish5 or #ou ma# occasionall# fin" some crumbs un"er the tables of Life. You might e&en get a glass of !ine ma"e from !ater. 0ut all this %asses5 the source of it is all so &ague. A !all is thro!n u% in front of #ou an" #ou hear, -Ye seek me after the lea&es an" fishes an" cannot fin" me.)o long has value been %lace" on things instea" of the (o!er back of them, that the &er# mention of gi&ing makes the conscious min" free,e u% an" hug its tatters close about it. *t is certainl# not true from the stan"%oint of conscious thinking that gi&ing !ill enrich #ou, an" if it is "one from this consciousness, !ith the ho%e of increase, onl# loss an" "isa%%ointment !ill follo!. .esus coul" "o nothing of himself - gi&e, recei&e, change, or bring forth - neither can #ou. With the ne! consciousness of the *nner (resence he coul" "o all things, e&en gi&e !hen he a%%arentl# ha" nothing to gi&e, an" coul" ask for out of the !ant of another. -'# !a#s are not #our !a#s.- As soon as #ou fin" this out #ou !ill sto% tr#ing to "o the !orks of 1o" through the limite" conscious thinking. You can neither gi&e nor recei&e through this limite" sense. When #ou "o gi&e #ou are at once "ecreasing #our substance, an" #ou e+%ect something to be gi&en in return. When #ou gi&e from the $ather consciousness, #ou imme"iatel# e+%erience the increase taking %lace. The &alue of the manifestation is "etermine" not b# an#thing in itself, but b# #our relationshi% to it. A %iece of coal an" a "iamon" are e2uall# %recious to the 'in" of 1o". You "etermine 8ust !hat the &alue of them !ill be in the man-ma"e markets of the !orl". /o #ou begin to see ho! it is that the &alue has been !rongl# %lace", an" that 8ust as soon as #ou see !here the cre"it, honor, an" %o!er belong #ou !ill fin" #ourself at the beginning of !is"om4 o!e&er, #ou cannot gi&e until YO3 can gi&e. You cannot gi&e until after sa#ing -)il&er an" gol" ha&e * none :for #ou;, but such as * ha&e gi&e * unto #ou.- 3ntil #ou recogni,e that YO3 can gi&e, an" !h#, #ou !ill be tr#ing to gi&e, an" at the same time !aiting for the increase. * sa#, -Look again.- Rea%ing !here #ou ha&e not so!n "oes not seem e+actl# right, an" neither is it to the conscious-thinking min". -Look to Me, all #e en"s of the earth, an" be #e sa&e"- from the limitations of #our human thinking. -1i&e me to "rink.- o! often it is sai" to #ou, but #ou are so bus# getting that #ou cannot -gi&e me to "rink.- An" 2uite naturall# #ou cannot -ask me for li&ing !aters,- because #ou kno! that the !ell is "ee% an" that I ha&e no means of getting the !ater for #ou. There al!a#s has to be a &isible !a# for the human min" to tra&el. *t must reason e&er#thing out before it can "o an#thing. That is !h# it can ne&er -come to 'e- across the sea of unbelief. -Whosoe&er "rinketh of this !ater shall thirst again5 but !hosoe&er "rinketh of the !aters that * shall gi&e him shall ne&er thirst.- Are #ou beginning to see the "ifference bet!een grabbing at "emonstrations !hich #ou imme"iatel# consume, an" coming into conscious atone-ment !ith the (o!er back of the manifestation4 -)hall ne&er thirst- is &er# inclusi&e, an" final, an" !i%es a!a# the intermittent a%%earing of something an" nothing. -The !ater that * shall gi&e him shall be in him a !ell of !ater s%ringing u% into e&erlasting life.-

Think !hat the Christ is offering #ou - a !ell of !ater in the mi"st of #ou, gushing u% through the bo"#, the embo"iment - !atering the gar"en, floo"ing the !hole of the earth !ith the life-gi&ing substance an" %o!er. Right now, as #ou are rea"ing these lines, this !ell !hich has so long been seale" b# human unbelief is beginning to !aken. The urge of this fountain in the mi"st of #ou is %ressing against the thinning !alls of resistance. The !aters are e&en no! rea"# to break forth an" floo" #our &er# being !ith such a %urif#ing force that the stagnant i"eas of a lifetime are carrie" out of the consciousness. Right now, as #ou rea" this, a !ell of li&ing !ater is bubbling u% !ithin #ou, seeking to fill all the em%t# measures of #our life. We are al!a#s calle" u%on to go against the human senses. To ask a man for a "rink !hen he has no bucket or ro%e is onl# a minor "etail. You ha&e finall# to come to the %lace !here #ou !ill ask, nothing "oubting. The more im%ossible it is to #ou, the more %ossible it is to )%irit. -Ye !orshi% #e kno! not !hat5 !e kno! !hat !e !orshi%.- This is a clear statement of the unenlightene" conscious thinking tr#ing to !orshi% something, an" the a!akene" soul !hich kno!s 8ust !hat it is !orshi%ing. *f #ou "o not kno! !hat #ou are !orshi%ing, ho! can #ou "efinitel# ask for an#thing4 The uncertaint# of it all baffles #ou at the outset, an" #ou fall back on the shifting basis of ho%ing something !ill ha%%en for the best. -1o" is a )%irit5 an" the# that !orshi% s%eak unto thee am e.im must !orshi% im in s%irit an" in truth.-... -* that

The ambiguit# of life "isa%%ears !hen #ou begin to recogni,e the presence of this $ather !ithin #ou, an" to ackno!le"ge the 7oice as is 7oice. What nee" of a me"iator4 -* that s%eak unto thee am e- - "o #ou hear4 * am s%eaking to #ou through the thousan"s of tem%les #ou call man, an" if this be not sufficient * shall flame forth in the burning bush. The height, "e%th, brea"th, an" &astness of the (resence lifts #ou into the infinite s%aces of rest an" %eace. *t is glorious to contem%late the (resence, untrammele" b# the !or"s of man. -0e still an" kno!.a&ing ears, !e hear not5 an" e&en !hen !e ha&e been s%oken to b# the 7oice, man# times !e rush about sa#ing, 6-Come see a man !ho tol" me all things that e&er * "i".- No mention ma"e of the offer of the Li&ing Waters of Life. $inall#, e+%eriencing the !ell of Li&ing Waters !ithin is not onl# a s#mbolical thing5 it is %ossible to #ou actuall#. You can ha&e #our thirst 2uenche" b# the Li&ing Waters in the mi"st of #ou, literall# an" s#mbolicall#. You belie&e this, "on6t #ou4 *t is one of the things that is %ossible to 1o".

GOD IN ACTION
1o" in action is a ne&er-en"ing stream of manifestation9 *n the !orl" of -taking thoughtagainst !hich .esus !arne" man, it is %ossible to concei&e of the action of )%irit without manifestation, 8ust as it is %ossible to concei&e of the techni2ue, rh#thm, tempo, melo"#, an" notation of a concerto an" e+%erience nothing au"ible. -Clou"s !ithout rain- is the scri%tural language for the thinking of and about 1o" an" not bringing im into manifestation. Thinking of and about a thing imme"iatel# he"ges it in !ith the limitations of thought. One of the first barriers !hich seems im%ossible to %ass is making the unseen seen, the intangible tangible e+ce%t, of course, through the acce%te" %rocesses of matter. ence the miracle of the Loa&es an" the $ishes cannot be thought out. *t is im%ossible to a%%roach it with thought, because there is no "imension in the thought !orl" !hich !ill %ermit %ro"ucing substances !here there is no substance &isible. No amount of stu"# or research into the !a#s of thought !ill make this %ossible. *n fact, the more thought that is gi&en to it, the less %ossible it is of attainment. -0ut * sa# unto #ou, &ake no thought for the scri%, the robe, the %urse, the 8ourne#.- No matter ho! man tries to si"e-ste% this an" use his so-calle" -common sense,- the in8unction stan"s. Thought-taking must ha&e its foun"ation in the !is"om of man, the &er# !is"om !hich has been calle" foolishness in the e#es of 1o". (ause a moment an" clear u% the in8unction remembering that 1o" is not a glorifie" human being, !ith great e#es, !hich are looking "o!n u%on man6s !is"om. The E#es of )%irit :the %erce%tion of (o!er; fin" the %un# reasoning of man unable to e+%ress or un"erstan" the !is"om of 1o". The moment !e begin to think of "oing a thing, or ha&ing a thing, or going some %lace, a host of limitations %resent themsel&es. $ears of !hat might ha%%en - the con8uring of %ossible e&ils, the ina"&isabilit# of the un"ertaking, so !eigh the %ro8ect "o!n that nothing can ha%%en. All this is intensifie" b# -taking thought- about it. There is no free"om to be "eri&e", then, from -taking thought,- accor"ing to the 'aster. -*f #e cannot "o that !hich is least, !h# take thought of that !hich is greatest4- Ans!er that. There is a%%arentl# no esca%e from the %resent limitations offere" through thought. *t is foolish to go against the fin"ings of #our o!n min", 8ust because #ou ha&e rea" in a book, or hear" someone sa#, -You can ha&e an#thing #ou !ant, or "o an#thing #ou like, if #ou think right.- Either the %erson making such a statement is s%eaking of thought from an entirel# "ifferent angle than that !hich !as s%ecifie" as so useless b# .esus, or else he is %la#ing about !ith !or"s. /efinitel# it is ba" %olic#, an" entirel# erroneous, to go against #our o!n fin"ings. *f #ou ha&e acce%te" the !is"om of man as the highest an" are 8ust dabbling, as it !ere, in !hat #ou call the teachings of .esus, then #ou !ill meet !ith one hun"re" %er cent "efeat in going against the fin"ings of #our min". *f #ou fin" that a man has more %o!er to heal #ou than 1o", then #ou !oul" be foolish to turn to 1o", an" forsake the %lace of #our confi"ence. *f #ou kno! or fin" that a financier has more %o!er to %ros%er #ou than 1o", then #ou are !asting %recious time in turning to 1o" for #our substance. *n other !or"s, if #ou are coming b# the mental, thought-taking !a#, #ou are !asting time to enter the %lace of ins%iration. .esus, recogni,ing the limitations of the human min", an" ho! the thought !orks out e&er#thing b# relati&it#, an" the la! of o%%osites, kne! that there !as little chance to

transcen" the limitations incumbent u%on his birth an" station in life. What coul" the thought of a car%enter bo# "o to o%en the "oors of the tem%les, an" to fee" the multitu"es, let alone to resurrect the bo"#, an" o%en the e#es of the blin"4 ence the !or"s, -* can of m# o!n self "o nothing.Thought in action li&es, mo&es, an" has its being in the %lane of imagination. *t is so often "efeate" in bringing an#thing to %ass that the min"s of most men are secret gar"ens re%lete !ith the flo!ers of unfulfille" "reams. There are re%eate" attem%ts to e+%lain an" e+%loit that power !hich is the s%iritual counter%art of thought. /ue to the limitation of the language, !riters ha&e been oblige" to use the !or"s -thought- an" -thinking,- an" !e ha&e -As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he- :as a man -fin"s- himself or acce%ts himself, or %ercei&es himself in consciousness, so is he;. Thought "oes not create an#thing, much less consciousness. Yet !e ha&e been le" to belie&e that if !e think hard enough something is sure to ha%%en. o! man# thousan"s ha&e tru"ge" "o!n this roa" of "isa%%ointment no one !ill e&er kno!. (resentl# man is beginning to %ercei&e that the -thought,- !hich is %ro"ucti&e of results, emanates from an acce%te" state of consciousness, instea" of being the modus operandi that create" that state of consciousness. -0efore #ou ask- -0efore the thought e&en sha%es itself - the ans!er has been gi&en. When #ou ask in the or"inar# sense of the !or", #ou formulate a thought regar"ing the !hole %rocess. The law states that before #ou ask it is done# !hich sho!s that it !as not the "irect creation of #our thought-taking, nor #our asking. Thousan"s ha&e aske" an" aske", again an" again, for something !hich ne&er came into being. )omething must be out of alignment, or else that !hich is s%oken of as a%%earing -before #ou ask- !oul" a%%ear. *f must be the something that has to "o !ith the thought of !hich .esus !arne" men. Certainl# the -thought of the heart- - if !e !ish to "esignate it that !a# - resol&es itself into pure recognition. -'# $ather !orketh hitherto, an" * !ork,- is closel# allie" !ith the %rocesses of manifestation. No! it is true that the $ather !orking in the !a# of )%irit :!hich is abo&e the !a# of man an" his thinking; accom%lishes, b# a !a# !e kno! not of, !hatsoe&er it !ill. Think, then, !hat it must be to start !ith a basis of this kin". -'# $ather !orketh hitherto, an" * !ork- - in other !or"s, the creation is alrea"# finishe", an" is merel# a!aiting recognition. *f #ou start !ith this basic, then !hat coul" it a&ail #ou to intro"uce an a&alanche of human thinking foun"e" on the limitations of mankin"4 -Who b# taking thought4- You ans!er that for #ourself, remembering all the !hile that it is not !hat 'r. or 'rs. 0lank sai" !as true, but !hat the 'aster sai". Can an#one in #our "a# refute the teachings of .esus successfull#4 as an#one been able to bring out an# more of the "efinite %roof than .esus4 )o #ou !ill ans!er for #ourself this 2uestion9 -Who b# taking thought4- *f #ou can fin" a -!ho,- then it !oul" be !ell for #ou to follo! him an" not 1o". *f, ho!e&er, #ou fin" in the long list of the %ossible -!hos- no one !ho can 2ualif# for this %lace, then turn unto the 1o"hea" an" begin to see that -the fear of 1o" is the beginning of !is"om.*s human intellect of no a&ail4 )houl" !e all entirel# "ro% a!a# from the stan"ar"s set for us b# ci&ili,ation4 uman intellect is the techni2ue !hich must be ba%ti,e" b# ins%iration. The col", har", limiting techni2ue of human intellect must blossom into !is"om an" ins%iration before an#thing more than a mathematical h#%othesis is a%%arent.

Remember all the !hile that !e are not coming b# the !a# of man, but b# the !a# of the consciousness !hich has arri&e", %artiall# if not !holl#, to the %lace of -Take no thought.The moment the car%enter set asi"e the thought %rocess !ith the subse2uent limitations, he -lifte" u% his e#es.- The %erce%tion !ent from the le&el of the a%%earances to the source of the all present, an" !hat the -lifte"-u% e#es- %ercei&e" su""enl# came into being. 0elie&ing that #ou coul" see the !hole !orl" through a knot-hole !oul" not in an# !a# change the true nature of the uni&erse. 0ecause #ou an" #our teacher an" a host of follo!ers cannot see the (resence of the (o!er, be#on" the narro! confines of #our teacher6s min", "oes not mean an#thing. *t onl# sho!s #our limitation. 0ecause you ha&e not e+%erience" the things of )%irit "oes not mean that the# are not true. 0ecause #ou cannot make them fit in !ith #our conce%t of ho! it ought to be "oes not argue for an#thing but #our o!n ignorance. ence from no! on #ou are merel# stating the limitation of #our o!n thinking. When #ou sa# a thing is im%ossible, #ou merel# are sa#ing it is im%ossible to you5 be#on" that #ou cannot go. *n #our conceit #ou ma# tr# to fit the strait-8acket of #our limite" consciousness o&er the !hole of creation. The %erson !ho is s%eaking to #ou ne&er sa#s !hat #ou hear him sa#. You ha&e onl# a certain ca%acit# for hearing an a"mi+ture of matter an" )%irit, an" #ou hear !hat you hear nothing more or less. )o is it !ith the )cri%tures5 #ou rea" !hat you can rea". Not man# %eo%le !oul" think of literall# cutting off the right han" if it offen"e" them, an" #et it has been "one b# %eo%le !ho ha&e rea" the la! that !a#. The )cri%tures are full of the comman", -A!ake, thou that slee%est, an" Christ :not some %erson; shall gi&e thee light-5 -A!ake, an" arise from the "ea".- All the taking thought in the !orl" !ill not %ermit #ou to !alk u%on !ater - nor "o an# of the things !hich the human min" calls miracles. There must ha&e been something instant in the gesture of (eter !hich transcen"e" the thought !hen he obe#e" the comman", -Come to me.- Tr# to reason this out, an" #ou ha&e such a mass of testimon# against it that it sim%l# cannot take %lace. *t is !on"erful !hat the re&elation of the )%irit !ill bring to #ou once #ou begin to see the "ifference bet!een the ol" thought processes an" the ne! re&elation of the 'aster. 1o" in action is a ne&er-en"ing stream of manifestation. No man can b# taking thought %ut 1o" into action. This #ou !ill %robabl# a"mit is true, an", since it is necessar# for 1o" to be in action before an#thing can take %lace in #our life, #ou are confronte" !ith the necessit# of a%%roaching something higher than the thought'taking %rocess. -0efore #ou ask- is 2uicker than an# human or mental measurement of &elocit#. -1o" "oes not bring to birth an" not bring forth-5 onl# man "oes this. e germinates a %erfectl# !on"erful %ro8ect in his thought' taking min", an" has it almost rea"# to function into %erfection, but he cannot bring it forth because of the limitation of thought. -Take no thought for the bo"# !hat #e shall eat- "oes not mean that man must run about eating an#thing an" e&er#thing, but it "oes mean that he is freeing himself from the %o!er !hich has been assigne" to foo"s. *t means that he is beginning to esca%e from the ri"iculous la! of -One man6s meat is another man6s %oison.- Can meat be %oison an" nutriment at the same time4 *t frees him gra"uall# from %o!ers man#, an" causes him to return unto .eho&ah - the One (o!er. -0e absent from the bo"# an" %resent !ith the Lor"- - absent from the embo"iment !hich is

the result of human thinking, an" %resent !ith the Action of 1o". You !ill see ho! .ob, after being "e%ri&e" of e&er#thing, ha" -t!ice as much as he ha" before.- A %rett# %iece of mathematics that9 a man ha&ing s%ent all his life accumulating a fortune, an" then, !ithout a%%arentl# "oing an#thing, ha&ing -t!ice as much as he ha" before.- )o is it !ith the )%irit of the (resence. -A!ake, thou that slee%est, an" arise from the "ea"- thinking, an" Christ shall gi&e thee light, !hich !ill cause the manifestation to take %lace here and now. -* !as gla" !hen he sai" unto me, Let us go into the ouse of the Lor".- Let us go into the consciousness of the Lor", !hich is not he"ge" about !ith the human thinking, but is the recognition of the (resence. )u%%ose for a moment that .esus ha" been oblige" to think out a %lan for fee"ing fi&e thousan" hungr# men. The# !oul" all ha&e star&e" to "eath. The things that .esus brought forth !ere not accom%lishe" because of an#thing he thought. The# !ere brought forth b# a -!a# #e kno! not of- in the human thinking %rocess. 'o&ing in this consciousness of the ouse of the Lor", !e fin" in these "!ellings the lo&el# things an" i"eas for !hich !e ha&e longe". Within this ouse :consciousness; of the Lor" are !a#s of %leasantness an" %eace, an" the song of the soul is, -The lines are fall unto me in %leasant %laces-5 -* shall go in an" come out an" fin" %astures.Yes, -* !as gla" !hen he <the Christ !ithin= sai" unto me, -Let us- :#ou an" me; -go into the ouse of the Lor".- Let us ste% into this consciousness an" %ercei&e that the $ather hath !orke" hitherto an" that !e are merel# going through the mechanics of bringing it forth. We are merel# being the ste!ar"s for the $ather !ithin to !ork is hol# %lan into materiali,ation. -Whatsoe&er #e ask in '# name.- that is an almost o&er%o!ering %romise, !ithout 2ualifications, limitations, im%artial an" im%ersonal, ma"e to all mankin". -Whatsoe&er- - the !or" inclu"es all the little an" all the great things !hich #ou ha&e "esire" so long, an" !hich faile" to a%%ear. All #our "esires shall be gi&en #ou in their truest an" highest inter%retation, if #ou can come to this -no thought" %lace of .ecognition. -Whatsoe&er- the great s!ee%ing !ings of its allness seem to encircle the globe an" lea&e nothing out. 0ut -!ho b# taking thought4 - !ho b# taking thought- -can come e&en !ithin the &ision of the hea&enl# consciousness in"icate" b# the -!hatsoe&er-4 *sn6t it a glorious re&elation to kno! that the -!hatsoe&er- is not %reface" b# -*f 'r. or 'rs. 0lank a%%ro&es.- We kno! that !hen #ou ha&e a%%roache" the %lace of e&en contem%lating the -!hatsoe&er- #ou !ill ha&e long ago %asse" be#on" the %lace of license into the free"om of the )ons of 1o". Yes, belo&e"> The action of 1o" is a ne&er-en"ing stream of manifestation. To be absent from the thought an" %resent !ith the Lord is to %ercei&e that the $ather hath alrea"# !orke", an" that #ou are merel# going through the mechanics - 8ust as * am no! going through the mechanics of bringing into manifestation the book that #ou no! hol" in #our han". The $ather hath alrea"# !orke" - hath alrea"# concei&e" the !hole an" com%lete" book. *t is all in the ouse of the Lor". /o #ou see, belo&e", !h# !e are so gla" !hen e sa#s unto us :no matter !here !e are, nor ho! far !e ha&e stra#e", nor into !hat confusion or limitation !e ha&e gone;, -Let us- :#ou an" me; -go into the ouse of the Lor"4- - the ouse of the Lor", !here all the former things %ass a!a#, an" are not remembere" an# more.

-'# $ather- :"o #ou sense the '# - ho! close it is to #ou4; -!orketh hitherto, an" * !ork.The i"ea has alrea"# been concei&e" in the min" of 1o", fashione" an" com%lete", an" is a!aiting #our recognition. 1o" in action is a ne&er-en"ing stream of manifestation.

IF I BE LIFTED UP
-*$ * 0E lifte" u% * !ill "ra! all men unto me.- This -u%- state of consciousness is the secret formula for materiali,ing ea&en here an" no!. The Automatic (o!er imme"iatel# -"ra!sall manifestation into &isibilit#. *t might be likene" unto a magnet "ra!ing all things unto it. The 2uotation rea"s, -All 'en unto me.- *t sa#s -all men,- or -all manifestation,- shall be "ra!n into alignment !hen the consciousness is -lifte" u%.The state of consciousness #ou are in eternall# out-%ictures itself, no matter !hether it be goo", ba", or in"ifferent, an" so the -lifte" u%- state of consciousness imme"iatel# casts its sha"o! into the !orl" of Relati&it#, or "ra!s all things to it, thereb# embo"#ing itself. 'anifestation must be use" !hen it a%%ears, as !as necessar# !ith the s#mbolical manna. Attem%ting to hoar" the substance sho!s a misun"erstan"ing of the -"ra!ing- %o!er of being -lifte" u%,- an" this cuts the manifestation off from &isibilit#. You ha&e seen a to# magnet automaticall# collect bits of steel in close %ro+imit# to it the moment it is intro"uce" into a ne! fiel"5 %erha%s #ou ha&e seen a terrificall# %o!erful magnet %ull great masses of steel an" iron unto itself !ith the same ease, a magnet !hich is so strong that e&er#thing in the nature of iron imme"iatel# feels the -%ull-4 -* Will /ra! All 'en :'anifestation; 3nto 'e.The "ra!ing of all manifestation, !hich is referre" to in the La! is 2uite as automatic an" effortless as is the "ra!ing of steel b# the magnet. The state of consciousness to !hich #ou are lifted imme"iatel# embo"ies itself or "ra!s unto itself manifestation. A strange !a# of esca%ing the bon"age of the former state, an" a sim%ler !a# than fighting against the limitations, an" tr#ing to get ri" of them b# the !a# of man. -*f * be lifte" u% * !ill "ra! all men unto me,- an" #et ho! utterl# im%ossible it is to be -lifte" u%- literall#. Li&ing an" mo&ing an" ha&ing #our being in the (resence !hich is e&er#!here %reclu"es the %ossibilit# of being -lifte"- an#!here. *n the %o&ert# of language !e use these !or"s to in"icate &arious a%%roaches to the same i"ea. Lifting up is merel# another !or" for recogni,ing the (resence. The being -lifte" u%- or the entering a -ew Mansion :consciousness; is something like going into a !arm room. You %artake of the nature of it automaticall#5 in fact #ou become !arm5 #ou are one !ith it, an" it is manifeste" in e&er# %article of #our bo"#. All these illustrations are ina"e2uate to e+%ress the glorious (resence. The# !ill suffice until such time as #ou can thro! #ourself off the !heel of conscious thinking unto Re&elation. -* !ill arise an" go to m# $ather.- No outsi"e %re%arations are ma"e - no changing of clothes, no getting rea"#. The s#mbolog# is sincere an" %lain. -* !ill arise.- You !ill come to that %lace !here #ou !ill -arise- from #our %resent state of consciousness instea" of -commencingto- begin-to-get -rea"#- to start- to "o it. You !ill arise from the soile" an" "irt# robes of human belief. You !ill s%en" no time regar"ing the roa", the %ossible obstacles thereon, !hat rece%tion #ou !ill recei&e, for the moment #ou -arise,- or are lifted up, #ou begin to function in the ne! consciousness. *t is something that is be#on" human thinking an" %lanning, for the -!is"om of man is foolishness in the e#es of 1o".-

The effortless nature of 1o" sho!s ho! futile it is for a %erson to -try- to think a thing out. The more he tries to think e&il out of the %ictures, the more it %ersists in his min". umanl# s%eaking, if #ou !oul" ha&e a %erson think about a thing, tell him "efinitel# not to think about it5 the %er&ersit# of the human min" !ill "o the rest. -*n a moment #e think not- "oes not a%%ear to be a res%onse to thinking. The &er# thinking that tries to create something !hich it kno!s "oes not e+ist results in futilit# an" !eariness. *f #ou cannot -belie&e,- then it is im%ossible for #ou to see. *f #ou can belie&e, then nothing can sto% the manifestation from coming into &isibilit#. There is a glorious ra"iance about the agreement that is ma"e on the heights of the ne! consciousness an" then "ro%%e" from min". *t is like the goo" see" !hich is cast "ee% into the groun". *n "ue season :!hich, b# the !a#, ma# be imme"iatel#; it !ill bear fruit a hun"re"fol". You !ill fin" it ha%%ening all the !hile. That !hich #ou ha&e acce%te", an" -belie&e"- an" release" into silence !ill come to %ass. *t *s the out-%icturing of the la! !hich sa#s, -At a moment #e think not * come.- When the "oubting, !orr#ing, an+ious thought is eliminate", an" the agreement is rested in the secret %lace, it !ill burst into fruition unannounce". *t is !on"erful to contem%late the !a#s of this 1lorious 1o" (o!er. All the %un# efforts of the human thinking are %ut to flight the moment consciousness is touche". All the %articles from the in&isible are "ra!n into &isibilit#, an" the thing that #ou see an" acce%t in the ne! consciousness takes bo"# an" form. We cannot get ri" of sickness b# eternall# ha&ing !arfare o&er it. The being -lifte" u%- to the ne! state of consciousness !ill bring the healing forth as a natural state of that consciousness. You are, then, not %erforming a miracle. The miracle onl# a%%ears so to the min" !hich is functioning on the mental %lane. The functioning of the natural la!s of the Consciousness to !hich #ou are lifte" u% seems like a ne&er-en"ing stream of miracles. 'an# mar&el at the earning ca%acit# of certain financiers. $rom the financiers6 %oint of &ie! the# are merel# functioning naturall#. *t is not a miracle to them5 it is a natural action of the la!. )o is it !ith the A!akene" 'an. e begins at once to - look again- an" see. -Whereas, before * !as blin", no! * can see.- What can he see4 An#thing that he has not alrea"# seen4 Wasn6t all he sa! al!a#s there4 Wh# "i" he not see it4 You sa# he !as blin". You sa# in his blin" state of consciousness none of these things !hich #ou sa! !ith ease !ere &isible. The# "i" not belong in the consciousness of a blin" man, an" #et the# !ere there all the !hile. No!, then, su%%ose #ou consi"er this blin"ness from the s#mbolical stan"%oint. You reali,e in being lifted up the same thing ha%%ens to #ou, an" #ou e+claim, -Whereas before * !as blin", no! * can see,- an" !hat #ou see has been there all the !hile. You ha&e create" nothing. )o is the teaching of the 'aster .esus. e !as able to see the ?ing"om of ea&en here an" no!. E&er# time he e+%laine" an#thing he sa! in this 4ingdom, those !ho !ere -blin"- thought the# !ere seeing an unnatural la! going into manifestation, !hich the# calle" a miracle. Remember that the conscious thinking has not seen nor hear", nor has it ca%acit# to kno!, the things !hich are %re%are" for those !ho love the law. We can !ell imagine in this lifte"u% consciousness ho! it !as .esus sa! the finishe" m#ster#, the fiel"s !hite, the hungr# fe", an" the sick heale".

The moment #ou are in a ne! state of consciousness, a ne! set of manifestations come into being. A man running along the roa", sa#, si+ miles an hour is un"er certain la!s !hich "efinitel# affect him. e becomes fatigue"5 he soon comes to the en" of his en"urance5 the roa" is rough, or the roa" is smooth, etc. These are all in the consciousness of the runner. )u%%ose he is %icke" u% b# a car going at si+t# miles an hour. *nstantl# an entirel# "ifferent set of la!s come into %la#. e fin"s that he mo&es ten times more ra%i"l# !ithout e+%en"ing a single bit of energ# to "o so. None of the limitations of the former state ha&e to be o&ercome. e cannot %ossibl# get out of breath, an" cannot %ossibl# feel fatigue". Rough an" smooth roa"s are onl# slightl# %erce%tible. The same thing ha%%ens !hen !e go from one mansion to another. )o is it !ith the (o!er of )%irit. When a man -arises,- he imme"iatel# lea&es all the la!s of the former things behin". e "oes not o&ercome them. The ne! consciousness "oes not fin" that necessar#. e is not a sick man ma"e !ell, nor a %oor man ma"e rich. *n the consciousness in !hich he is functioning these things "o not e+ist neither as -has beens- nor -%ossibilities.No !on"er 'ar# magnifie" the Lor" !ithin her. )he ha" goo" reason to contem%late this *ns%iration !hich !e are tol" !ill lea" into all things. -The cattle on a thousan" hills are mine.- .ust !hat "o #ou mean4 *s it %ossible to make this s#mbolicall# true b# affirming it4 An" #et it is so, in a certain state of consciousness. *t is e&erlastingl# true. The sill# min" that tries to -claim- things in !hich it "oes not belie&e, an" !hich it cannot han"le, e&en if it %ossesses them, is thro!n into a flurr# of futilit# an" confusion. /o #ou belie&e that the cattle on the thousan" hills are #ours4 You see, belo&e", the reason for the oft-re%eate" comman"s, -0e still,- -)alute no man on the high!a#,- -)ee that #e tell no man.- What man is going to un"erstan" that the -cattle on a thousan" hills are #ours- !hen he kno!s "efinitel# that #ou ha&en6t mone# enough to %a# #our ne+t !eek6s lo"ging4 Running along the roa" at si+ miles an hour, stumbling an" falling !ith fatigue, is a &er# goo" backgroun" for #ou tell about the !on"ers of the car !hich goes at si+t# miles %er hour an" !hich e+%en"s none of #our energ# in "oing so. *t ma# be so, but it is a miracle. 'iracles are best sho!n an" not talke" about. The Lor"6s (ra#er has been recommen"e" strongl# for the sim%le reason !e see that -%ur$ather is in ea&en. .esus cleare" the !hole m#ster# for us !hen he sai", -The ?ing"om of ea&en is at han",- an" e&en closer than at han", being !ithin us. *f #ou can fulfill the %ra#er, recogni,ing that -%ur $ather is in ,eaven, e !ill o%en #our e#es an" #ou !ill see. *t is !on"erful, !hen !e arri&e at the un"erstan"ing that life is not ma"e u% of the -gettingor -"emonstrating- things. The ser&ant :the bo"#; has #iel"e" himself to the $ather, an" is rea"# an" !illing to carr# out the !ork that the $ather has alrea"# "one. *t is a mar&elous thing to e*perience the Lor"6s (ra#er. The moment !e recogni,e the $ather in ea&en, the ?ing"om begins to a%%ear on earth, the !or" becomes flesh. $or the Will of this $ather is being "one. *t is !on"erful. The mere asking for the -"ail# brea"- is met !ith the o%ening of the hi""en storehouses of substance. *n this state of consciousness the ol" "ebts are !i%e" out. The ol" tres%asses ha&e fa"e" into obli&ion, for -* am of too %ure e#es to behol" ini2uit#.- The final recognition comes, for -thine

is the glor# an" the %o!er for e&er an" e&er, amen.- Can #ou %ra# this glorious %ra#er as comman"e" b# the 'aster4 You, !ho rea" this line4 *t is so much more re%lete !ith manifestation, for it lifts #ou u% to consciousness, !here all men are "ra!n unto #ou. The ennobling effect of this recognition of the %resence of the $ather !ithin, as contraste" b# the shouting -'one#, mone#, mone# - health, health, health,- or some other grou% of !or"s, is too e&i"ent for comment. What thinkest thou4 What belie&est thou4 /o #ou begin to un"erstan" the glories that a!ait #ou !hen #ou -arise an" go unto #our $ather-4 As #ou !alk in the Light #ou cast the sha"o! of )%irit !hich men call manifestation, or matter, an" !hich is !holl# "e%en"ent u%on that state of consciousness. Take the consciousness a!a# from it, an" it imme"iatel# "isintegrates. The real, then, is not the sha"o!, or matter, but the )%irit back of it. 'anna !as cast into manifestation as long as there !as a nee" of it, an" a consciousness accom%an#ing it. 'istaking it for substance, man# trie" to hoar" it, onl# to fin" that it became !orthless. Yet that same consciousness of manna is 8ust as %resent to"a#. *t is !on"erful !hen #ou begin to un"erstan" )%irit as realit#. *t !ill a"8ust all #our &alues in life, an" cause #ou to free the s#mbol. ealth that is not use" "eteriorates an" "isa%%ears5 an inacti&e bo"#, though it be health#, !ill finall# tell its o!n stor#. The 'anna of the /a# must be use". The -tem%le not ma"e !ith han"s,- !e are tol", is -eternal in the ea&ens.- What "o #ou think about this kin" of a bo"#, as com%are" !ith the one !hich !e ha&e been travelling in4 /o #ou begin to see &aguel# the %ossibilit# of merging into this glorious manifestation !hich is eternal in the ea&ens :consciousness;, an" !hich cannot %erish or fa"e a!a#, an" !hich is not sub8ect to the la!s of human thinking4 The tem%le can at last be ma"e a fit "!elling-%lace for the Lor". The tem%le not ma"e !ith han"s cannot be unma"e b# han"s :human o%inions, beliefs, or la!s;. *t is !on"erful to contem%late the truth of the glorious statement, -*f * be lifte" u%, * !ill "ra! all men unto me.-

AT THE FEET OF THE MASTER

-AN/ the# foun" him clothe", an" in his right min", sitting at the feet of the 'aster.- The# foun" that maniac !ho ha" been li&ing in the tombs5 !ho ha" torn himself in anguish5 !ho ha" frightene" others5 -clothe", an" in his right min", sitting at the feet of the 'aster.The stor# of the maniac is the stor# of e&er# man. *t is #our stor#. When the Christ %asses b# he fin"s #ou in the tombs of the %ast, "!elling !ith "ea" thoughts an" con"itions. Li&ing !ith the !hite" bones of %ast accom%lishments, or fears. i"ing behin" the tombs of %ersonalit#. Tr#ing to make that !hich is "ea" an" "one !ith a%%ear to be ali&e. )creaming to the %asserb# in a ghastl# &oice, s!ollen !ith %ri"e an" egotism, telling of #our attainments. No !on"er, then, !hen the &oice of the Christ is hear", #ou call out, -6What ha&e !e to "o !ith thee4 1o a!a# an" lea&e us alone.- The ol" %ersonalit#, !ith its gra&e#ar" full of %ri"e of %ersonal attainment, fears to gi&e u% its onl# claim to attention. *t has built tombs, elaborate an" ornate, to each of its accom%lishments. *t has "ug "ee% into the stones the recor"s of !hat it has "one, an" it hates to see this %assing into the limbo of obli&ion. 'an# a man has a!akene" to fin" himself in this gra&e#ar", li&ing the life of a maniac, fingering o&er the "ea" things, an" !on"ering !h# life !as so une&entful an" ugl#. 'entall# he li&es !ith the "ea". e hee"s not the in8unction, -Let the "ea" bur# their "ea".e has his tombs to !hich he is boun". There are in e&er# mental cemeter# ghastl# &aults of ugl# things, memories of failure, "isease, an" limitation. Their histor# is scratche" "ee% in the col" marble. -Let the "ea" bur# their "ea"5 follo! thou me,- must be obe#e" im%licitl#. Nothing in the %ast is !orth# of consi"eration5 nothing that #ou ha&e "one or left un"one is !orth# of remembrance. -Come out from among them an" be #e se%arate.- Come out from the gra&e#ar" of #our o!n making, lea&e e&er# tomb an" be free. You gi&e u% nothing !hen #ou gi&e u% the %ersonal i"ea for the Christ. The ne! "a# "a!ns across the col" marbles of the %ast, an" #ou a!aken to glorious %ossibilities. The 'aster s%eaks to #ou an" sa#s, -*t is !ell.The "irt# rags of %ersonal beliefs an" griefs fall a!a#, an" #ou are nake", stri%%e" of #our %ersonal im%e"imenta - e&er#thing seems to go a!a#, an" then #ou are -clothe"- an" in #our right min" :the Christ 'in";, sitting at the feet of the 'aster :the *nner Lor";. At last -the %eace that %asseth all un"erstan"ing- enfol"s #ou, an" #ou rest. The floo"s of forgetfulness !ash a!a# the "ebris of #ester-#ears, an" in the %lace of the tombs are fiel"s of lilies - fiel"s of fresh attainment an" glor#. You are ali&e, an" the "ea" thing has been carrie" out of #our life. -Though a man !ere "ea", #et shall he li&e,- has been ma"e literall# true for #ou. The ne! life that is surging through #our being is the life that has left the %ast fore&er. *t is re%orte" that, !hen the maniac chil" !as brought to the 'aster, his %arents !ent into elaborate "etails of the e&il from !hich he suffere"9 an" then sai", -*f #ou %ossibl# can, goo" 'aster, heal him.- The 'aster re%lie", -Wh# "i" #ou sa# 6%ossibl#64- Whether this is accuratel# recor"e" or not, it brings !ith it the stri"ent, flaming 2uestion, Wh# "i" #ou sa# -%ossibl#-4 Wh# "o #ou, !ho a"mit the all %o!er of 1o", an" #ourself as the )on of 1o", !on"er if e can %ossibl# accom%lish the trifling thing that #ou are seeking4 -O #e of little faith- is the rebuke that comes to us time an" time again, as !e see that !e are constantl# returning to the cemeter# of %ast failures - looking among the "ea" bones of #ester"a# for a

s%ark of life, !hite!ashing the rotten caskets of #ester"a#6s attainments, tr#ing to make them as ne!. Caught in the ol" beliefs, !e recite the e&ils !e ha&e suffere" at great length. We go into the ghastl# "etails of %ast accom%lishments. We tell !hat !e ha&e "one to the glor# of 1o", instea" of sho!ing forth the true consciousness of 1o" in the %resent manifestation. The Light burns high these "a#s5 the Coming of the Christ is taking %lace in man# - not through or b# some cree", but through the a!akening of the -maniac- in the tomb of "ea" beliefs. -The !is"om of man is foolishness in the e#es of 1o".- Then the man !ith this !is"om must be insane in the truest sense of the !or". *n&ersel# s%eaking, -the !is"om of 1o" is foolishness in the e#es of man- - an" .esus !as accor"ingl# consi"ere" a fanatic or insane man. 0ut, once the glor# of the Christ steals u%on #ou an" #ou are rea"# to -rise an" follo! 'E,- YO3 !ill kno! the %eace - the glorious %eace -that %asseth all un"erstan"ing.0elo&e", #ou are not gi&ing u% an#thing !hen #ou lea&e the tomb of #ester"a#5 !hen #ou lea&e the gra&e#ar" of relati&e thought an" belief. You are coming out into the ne! "imension - the "imension of infinit#, as it !ere5 the %lace !here #ou begin to see the naturalness of 1o"6s lo&e to!ar" #ou. This lo&e enables #ou to see clearl# be#on" the "ea" beliefs into life eternal. What a glor# comes to #ou !hen #ou fin" #ourself in #our Right 'in". $or the first time the feeling of assurance comes to #ou. The consciousness of %eace. The beaut# of balance an" soun"ness. La,arus comes out of his tomb, an" the gra&eclothes of #ester-beliefs are cut a!a# from him. -Ye must be born again.- To be born again "oes not im%l# a %rocess of making o&er an ol" thing. *t is a casting off of the ol", as it !ere, an" an a%%ro%riation of the ne!. *t is a conscious recognition of the agelessness of )%irit in all its glorious manifestation here an" no!. Are #ou the maniac in the tomb4 You !ho rea"4 a&e #ou the tombs of col" marble hi""en a!a# in the "arkness of #our min"4 The 'aster is %assing5 e&en no!, as #ou rea", * Am s%eaking to #ou. * Am calling #ou to -come out from among them an" be #e se%arate.- Lea&e all the "ea" things of the %ast an" come out into the glorious sunshine of to"a#. You are not losing an#thing b# this gi&ing u%. When the maniacal thoughts of relati&it# are cast from #ou, the# are self-"estro#e". The# are "ro!ne" in the sea of obli&ion. The# are gone fore&er. An" their name is legion. A thousan" little "ishonesties an" conceits "isa%%ear before the searchlight of the Ne! *"ea. The co""ling an" %etting of the human %ersonalit# is cast off as so much e+cess baggage. You stan" re&eale" an" free - the )on of the Li&ing 1o" - not asking again -if #ou %ossibl# can,but rather acce%ting the glorious gift of -"ecreeing,- of -s%eaking the !or".- What is so strange an" !eir" about the fact that a uni&erse e&ol&e" out of a 1o" %o!er shoul" be foun" in full %ossession of this 1o" %o!er4 What is so magical about the fact that #ou shoul" fin" this 1o" %o!er o%erating in #our life, an" bringing out the natural results of this %o!er4 As !e recogni,e the (resence more an" more, !e reali,e that its manifestation is onl# natural, /rink "ee%, belo&e", of the !aters of Life - the refreshing sense of 8o# that comes o&er #ou !hen #ou reali,e that #ou are clothe" an" in #our right min", sitting at the feet of the 'aster. *t is !ell. $ear not.

REVELATION
E7ERY man is a teacher, after one fashion or another, an" man# are teachers of the !or" of .esus, of 0u""ha, of 'ohamme". All teaching is of an" about the sub8ect. *t is eternall# the letter, "ea" an" col". $use" !ith the enthusiasm of the teacher, it becomes ali&e for the time, but la%ses again into the "ea", col" thing. ence thousan"s to"a# fin" themsel&es !ell stocke" !ith the letter of truth an" #et are unable to make manifest the %romises that ha&e so richl# been ma"e to man. -(h#sician, heal th#self- is the comman" of )%irit to the teacher. -What ha&e #e in #our house4- is the searching 2uestion. The teacher at last learns that if he !ill teach he must li&e from his o!n !or"s, he must eat them, an" man# times he is unable to "o this. e is on an en"less trea"mill - he traces o&er an" o&er the same monotonous %attern - he hears himself reiterating the same !or"s an" %hrases, #ear after #ear, an", like a !orn-out gramo%hone recor", he finall# gi&es out, ne&er ha&ing got !ithin sight of the goal he talke" so much about. Comes the a!akening to man, an" if he be unafrai" he !ill fin" that the Christ !ithin is not a teacher, but a re&elator of that !hich is an" eternall# has been5 that, instea" of teaching of an" about healing, %ros%erit#, an" ha%%iness, he is re&ealing these true states of min" as inesca%able - #ea, as inesca%able as the o%%osite states !ere formerl#. e then sto%s the sill# attem%ting to set things right in a uni&erse that is run b# la! an" or"er, an" enters in u%on the %rocess of re&elation. e re&eals the inner things, the secret things that ha&e been so from the beginning of the uni&erse. e re&eals, sho!s forth, that !hich is true an" %erfect. e is no more concerne" about the letter, kno!ing that !hen the re&elation is once recogni,e" the letter !ill take care of itself. e is not concerne" about the outcome, kno!ing that a rubber ball thro!n against a stone !all !ill return !ithout an# effort on his %art. e kno!s that a !or" release" from the center of his being is boun" to accom%lish !hereunto it is sent, an" kno!ing this, he is not concerne" nor !orrie" about the outcome. 'ost of us ha&e s%ent en"less hours tr#ing to make the return action something "ifferent from the sen"ing action of the ball5 but the ball can onl# return !ith the same force !ith !hich it !as release". There is no chance for the !or" to go astra# or to fail to fin" its o!n5 all this is un"er the /i&ine "irection, !hich is abo&e the frailt# of human la! an" or"er. uman la! changes constantl#, but the /i&ine La! an" Or"er remaineth, an" nothing is a""e" to it an" nothing is taken a!a#. 1ra"uall# confi"ence is establishe" in the 1o" %o!er !hich is constantl# re&ealing itself to the one !ho is rea"# to la# asi"e the human accouterments an" acce%t the glorious (o!er of the )ons of 1o". Confi"ence to stan", ha&ing "one all - ha&ing recogni,e" the eternal rightness of the 1o" uni&erse - he is unafrai" to rest. e %ushes the bor"ers of his tent farther out into glorious ne! fiel"s of untrie" e+%ression, an" fin"s to his 8o#ous sur%rise that ne! a&enues are o%ening u% to him. 3n"reame"-of %ossibilities lie before him - for at last he has come to a %lace !here he believes in the realit# of the ?ing"om as here an" no!, an" himself a re&elator. To the re&elator comes the un"erstan"ing of the 3ncon"itione" (o!er - that in"escribable thing !hich is seen to o%erate in a su%ernatural !a#, an" #et !hich coul" ne&er be an#thing

but natural - that %o!er !hich set asi"e the la!s of the three-"imensional %lane !ithout regar"ing them as e+istent. To a chil" %la#ing a game a chalk line ma# re%resent a %rison, an" as long as he abi"es un"er the rules of the game he !ill act in accor" !ith that, an" !ill acce%t it as a barrier to his free"om. When he is through !ith the game, ho!e&er, he "ro%s the !hole thing an" fin"s himself free, an" of course reali,es at the same time that he !as ne&er an#thing else but free. is acce%tance of that !hich constitute" a %rison !as all that ma"e one for him. To the gro!n-u% chil" man# %risons e+ist in 8ust the same !a# - he acce%ts certain limitations of health, !ealth, an" ha%%iness an" is h#%noti,e" to the belief, an" e&entuall# he fin"s himself hel%less. *f he su""enl# comes to an un"erstan"ing of himself as the )on of the Li&ing 1o", an" re&eals to himself the $ree"om of the )on, then there ha%%ens in his life a miracle, or the !orking of some su%ernatural %o!er5 but in realit# it is merel# the out-%icturing of a natural state of the )on of the Li&ing 1o" - recogni,e" - re&eale". * A' a re&elator of the Li&ing Wor" - * Am the re&elator of the Li&ing Wor" - an" * am, therefore, not sur%rise" that the thing "ecree" shall come to %ass. A stone thro!n into the air !ill certainl# come "o!n !ithout an# ai" from the one !ho thre! it5 so the !or" of the re&elator !ill certainl# return to him freighte" !ith results, an" he !ill not ha&e to care about its return - that !ill automaticall# take %lace. -'# o!n shall come unto me- - b# a sure an" certain !a#. Wh# !orr#, then4 An" some !ill sa#, -What, am * to "o nothing4- - an" if #ou ha&e not gone further than to ask this 2uestion, * can onl# a"&ise #ou to "ro% the book in the nearest !astebasket5 it is not for #ou. O glorious re&elator !ithin me, let th# light shine out through the beliefs that ha&e boun" me > When #ou arri&e at the consciousness that #ou are rea"# to la# #our *saac on the altar, then #ou fin" that it is not necessar# to gi&e u% an#thing in or"er to ha&e hea&en here an" no!5 but the !illingness to gi&e u% #our *saac !ithout a 2uestion or "oubt entering into the %ro%osition can come onl# to the one !ho belie&es actuall# in 1o" - belie&es that there is a 1o" !ho e+%resses, regar"less of !hether he %ra#s or not - belie&es in a 1o" !ho coul" not "o other than e+%ress eternall# of is bountiful nature. 3n"erstan"ing 1o" in this fashion !ill make it eas# to let go of s#mbols in or"er to ac2uire the realit#. 'an# %eo%le belie&e - or at least the# act as if the# "i" - that 1o" is %erfectl# static until the# tell im !hat to "o, !hat to get ri" of, an" !hat to bring into manifestation, an" for this reason the# recite long man-ma"e %ra#ers, !hen the true %ra#er is -0e still- --0e still.- This is one of the last re&elations to come to man, because he !ill not listen. e is so bus# telling the !orl" !hat is !rong !ith it, an" %e""ling the truth for a %rice, that he has no time to be still. e feels !ithin himself that if he !ere to be still the !orl" !oul" forget him, an" so he has to kee% shouting to the !orl" ho! much he kno!s about the truth. 0ut surel# the re&elation of the )ilence !ill e&entuall# come into being an" man !ill fin" that b# being still something !ill be tol" him !hich !ill, from then on, settle all 2uestions regar"ing the right course to %ursue. A re&elation as "ee% as the infinite !ill be ma"e unto the still soul - something !ill take %lace !ithin !hich !ill burst the shell of human

consciousness an" free him into a ne! an" finer gro!th-e+%ression. -This is m# belo&e" )on, in !hom * am !ell %lease",- !as a""resse" to a soul that coul" be silent. a&e #ou e&er been calle" that4 /o #ou !ant to be4 Then be still - cease the chattering of an" about, an" be still, for !hen #ou hear those !or"s %ronounce" o&er #ou, #ou can rest assure" that #our e+%ression from that time on !ill be %leasing in the sight of 1o" an" nothing else matters. -Though ten thousan" fall at th# right han", it shall not come nigh thee,- onl# means that the still soul has hear" an" is able to un"erstan" the in"estructible nature of )%irit. No man from the stan"%oint of reason can bring it about. That, an" a lot of other things that man has faile" to "emonstrate, come !ith the re&elation of the silence. 0e still5 * ha&e man# things to sa# to #ou !hen #ou are rea"# to listen - !hen #ou are rea"# to be still. When in the stillness * tell #ou the %romises, then the# are rea"# for fulfillment. When * sa# to #ou in the silence - or, rather, !hen * im%ress #ou !ith such a thing as, -'# grace is sufficient for thee- - #ou !ill from that time kno! that #ou are no more un"er the la! of former human beliefs, but #ou are un"er grace - an" this !ill be a ne! secret to #ou, a %recious secret. *t !ill be so !on"erful that #ou !oul" no sooner think of re%eating it 8ust to make con&ersation than a fearful banker !oul" lea&e his &ault o%en o&ernight. )ilence !ill come to #ou, an" !ith it the gol", an" !ith it the too, too %recious truth that must not be cast to the s!ine of human thought. *t !ill become so ob&ious that it !ill not be necessar# for #ou to relate !hat it has "one for #ou. Little trick "emonstrations ma# %lease the chil", but re&elation is 2uite another thing. * ha&e man# things to sa# to #ou !hen the burning fier# coal has touche" #our li%s an" #ou are still. * ha&e something to tell #ou about time an" s%ace that no man shall !rite on %a%er5 but !hich *, through the man .esus, sho!e" forth to those !ho ha" e#es. *nstantl# is not soon enough for me to act5 but it is the shortest measure the human min" can gras% - be still5 * ha&e things to tell #ou. * !ill ne&er lea&e #ou. * !ill s%eak to #ou through an# an" e&er# channel. $ear not5 * kno! #our e&er# nee", an" !ill bring it into manifestation in the easiest %ossible manner !hen #ou are rea"# to see 'e. 1o out, then, an" consi"er the lil# - #ou must be still !hen #ou consi"er a thing - but consi"er the lil#, an", if #ou ha&e seen !hat * ha&e sho!n #ou there, #ou !ill not be running about like a shi% !ithout a ru""er, asking first one an" then the other !hat to "o an" ho! to "o it, an" getting a "ifferent formula from each one, onl# to become a mass of com%le+ities an" confusion. 0e still5 * shall e&entuall# be able to sho! #ou some of the m#steries. 0elo&e", !hen #ou are still an" #ou hear me sa#, -'# grace is sufficient for thee,- then !ill #ou kno! the 8o# of the 1i&er of 1oo" - then !ill #ou see the &eil rent asun"er, an" #ou !ill stan" before the throne of #our o!n soul, nothing lacking, not asking fa&ors, but a%%ro%riating the gifts of the infinite 1o"hea" !hich %our out u%on #ou in such abun"ance, an" secret name an" in a t!inkling all shall be change". /o #ou hear4 * am s%eaking to #ou as %lainl# as * can through the me"ium of the %rinte" %age. $ear not5 * :the consciousness once a!akene"; !ill ne&er lea&e #ou, an" * kno! all things. *f an# lack !is"om, let him ask of 1o" an" let him kno! that 1o" is !ithin himself, an" that is the onl# %oint of contact he can %ossibl# ha&e !ith 1o". 1o" !ithin #our o!n consciousness !ill su%%l# #ou !ith e&er# bit of information necessar# if #ou ask an" are rea"# to be still at the same time. *f #ou

contem%late 'e, the * A', as the 1o" !ithin, then #ou !ill kno! that the limitations of the human %ersonalit# are broken. 0e still. Let me re&eal m#self to #ou - in a !a# !hich !ill cause #ou to kno! the Allness of the ?ing"om here an" no!. -An" as !e ha&e borne the image of the earth#, !e shall also bear the image of the hea&enl#.This glorious change !ill take %lace !hen the ne! birth takes %lace, !hen man reali,es that he is here an" no! a being of )%irit an" is !illing to !alk in ne! !a#s. What has a butterfl# to "o !ith the !a#s of a cater%illar4 What ha&e #ou to "o !ith that from !hich #ou ha&e e&ol&e"4 Wh# turn back an" imagine that #ou still ha&e to rake o&er the "ifficulties o&ercome or not o&ercome4 Wh# rehearse things of the %ast !hich belong to the cater%illar life4 You are a ne! creature, an" as surel# as #ou bore the out-%icturing of the consciousness of a cree%ing cater%illar, so #ou shall bear the image an" the ca%acities of the butterfl#. As surel# as #ou ha&e borne the image of the long-suffering human %ersonalit#, !ith its tremen"ous limitations, so #ou shall bear the image an" ha&e the ca%acities of the )on of 1o" - of the Li&ing 1o". /are #ou to take #our goo" here an" no!4 o! silentl# the change must take %lace. i" a!a# in the cocoon of secrec#, the ugl# limite" cater%illar goes its !a# - !ith a !hole a&alanche of con"emnation, hatre", limitation, an" other "ifficulties. *t is not announce" to the !orl" that he !ill transform himself, or else the curious "isbelie&ing !orl" !oul" tear his cloak of secrec# from him an" kill him. )o !ill it be !ith #ou !hen #ou are rea"# to go into #our cocoon of silence - * can bring to #ou a greater change than that !hich ha%%ens to the cater%illar. When #ou are rea"#, * !ill "o the !ork. When #ou can be still, an" are rea"# to lose e&er#thing that has to "o !ith the cater%illar, then * !ill make the transformation. 0ut if #ou, in #our heart, imagine that #ou shall be transforme" for the sole %ur%ose of rushing about calling attention to the fact that #ou !ere once a cater%illar an" are no! a butterfl#, an" therefore great an" !on"erful, #ou ma# sta# in #our shell of secrec# from no! on an" nothing !ill ha%%en. * am not concerne" !ith the telling of Truth, but !ith the re&elation of its boun"less an" %riceless glories. 0e still. O belo&e", %resentl# #ou shall be lost in the immensit# of this glorious %o!er, an" the trifling e&ents of the human %ersonalit# !ill be so much thistle"o!n before the hurricane. To #our o%ene" e#es #ou !ill see that such !on"rous fiel"s of attainment lie ahea" that the &illage #ou are lea&ing must be !i%e" out of memor#. 0e still. Let me re&eal '#self. Let 'e tell #ou something. Let 'e fill #ou !ith the )%irit of $ire an" Water, an" let 'e sen" #ou forth into e+%ression, a burning flame of re&elation an" a thirst-2uenching fountain of life. You > You, the little insignificant thing that #ou are, or You, the great %ri"e-s!ollen manifestation that kno!s so much or has so much, or bears such a !on"erful name, an" are co&ere" !ith fame. You, #ou !ho rea" - thro! off the mantle of this human self an" lose #ourself in 'e5 then #ou !ill kno! of the limitless blessings an" free"om of the )on of the Li&ing 1o". /o #ou hear, #ou !ho rea" this %age4 You4

ASSUMPTION
- E 'a"e himself as 1o"- - -* an" m# $ather are One.*t is natural that in making himself as 1o", becoming One !ith the $ather, Christ %artook 2uite freel# of the /i&ine nature. *n other !or"s, he assumed the nature of 1o"5 the "emonstrations of a necessit# follo!e" - -the signs follo!.- When man makes this assumption, !hen he recogni,es that all life is 1o", he !ill assume the 2ualities of 1o" naturall#, an" fin" them out-%icture" in his life. e !ill not then tr# to "emonstrate the &arious attributes of his *n&isible (o!er, but, b# assumption, !ill be able to call them forth into manifestation at his !ill. -Ye shall "ecree a thing an" it shall come to %ass- can onl# be true of one %ossession or assuming the 1o" nature. As long as this manifestation of 1o" seems unusual or miraculous, 8ust so long !ill it be little in e&i"ence to him. 0ut !hen man comes to the %lace !here -he makes himself as 1o"- - not a go", but as 1o"9 of the same nature an" substance - then b# this assumption the natural flo! of 1o"-e+%ression !ill take %lace, an" he !ill begin to un"erstan" he is -un"er grace.- e !ill un"erstan" an" acce%t the truth of the statement, -.oint heirs !ith Christ,- an" )on of the Li&ing 1o". e !ill begin to make his assumption in the secret %lace !ithin. e !ill recogni,e that, being create" of 1o", he must of necessit# %artake of the nature of 1o". is assumption of his 1o" nature !ill ha&e nothing to "o !ith the former i"ea of !ishing an" ho%ing for things to come to %ass. Once man is conscious of his true )elf, his "ecrees !ill be surroun"e" !ith confi"ence an" aban"on. e !ill not fin" it unnatural that the )on of the Li&ing 1o" shoul" a%%ro%riate the gifts of )%irit. Assum%tion of the 1o" nature, as sho!n b# the 'aster, is not akin to the ol" i"ea of &isuali,ation, !herein the %erson com%ose" a %icture to his liking an" floate" it in the imagination, tr#ing to make it come into manifestation. Assuming the -full stature of Christis reall# contem%lating the -&ision sho!n to #ou on the 'ount.- You "o not create it or imagine it. *t is alrea"# e+istent an" re&eale" to #ou. Assuming the /i&ine nature :making #ourself as 1o";, man %ercei&es the %erfect !here he formerl# sa! the im%erfect. The Assum%tion of the 7irgin :single-min"e" %urit# of consciousness; brought forth the ne! i"ea. The !or" became flesh - in other !or"s, the assum%tion became manifest. $rom the stan"%oint of assum%tion man fin"s ease more natural than "is-ease. e ceases to get ri" of "isease as a realit#, an" contem%lates the )on of 1o" li&ing in the %erfect ease of )%irit. One moment of this reali,ation an" his "isease has &anishe" into nothingness, for the %erfect )elf is thereb# re&eale" an" ma"e manifest. $rom the stan"%oint of assum%tion, man gains the actual, concrete results he has faile" to accom%lish b# the %rocesses of imagination he formerl# use". Are #ou afrai" to follo! in the ste%s of the 'aster, an" assume #our /i&ine rights an" see them into manifestation4 Are #ou afrai" to acce%t the results of consciousl# acce%ting #our birthright4 -The !orm of the "ust- finall# "isco&ers that he can "o nothing to change or better himself, for he is a %ro"uct of the "ual belief in goo" an" e&il. Working !ith the bo"# an" %ersonalit# is e+actl# the same thing. No matter !hat #ou ha&e been, "one, or left un"one, !hen the Christ has been recogni,e" as #our true )elf, all former limitations flee a!a#. Thousan"s of sincere souls, seeking the light, ha&e s%ent #ears tr#ing to better the con"ition of the -!orm in the "ust- - tr#ing to make

-.ohn )mith- a better man, healthier, richer, or ha%%ier - but ha&e accom%lishe" little. The cater%illar cannot change e+ce%t from !ithin. No goo" tr#ing to make a cater%illar fl#5 it is im%ossible. A com%lete change has to take %lace, a transformation. .esus the car%enter becomes Christ, the )on of the Li&ing 1o", !ith all %o!er. The cater%illar becomes the butterfl#. Certain la!s ha&e to be hee"e". *f the cater%illar fails to close itself !ithin its cocoon, it might ha&e the "esire an" the ca%acit# to become a butterfl#, but !oul" be utterl# unable to "o so, because it faile" to hee" the la! of secrec#. To lose the %ersonalit#, secrec# is necessar#. The change !ill be too great for the %r#ing, "oubting Thomas to %artici%ate in the glor# of it. -)ee that #e tell no man- !ra%s a cloak about the one !ho su""enl# begins the %rocess of assumption, 8ust as the cocoon is built aroun" the grub that is to become the butterfl#. Later, that !hich acts as a cloak of %rotection becomes a hin"rance an" is cast off. The scaffol"ing is torn "o!n finall#, in or"er that the %erfect structure ma# be seen. The secrec# gi&es u% its %erfect manifestation, then man ma# sa#, -1o an" sho! .ohn.The change that is ma"e bet!een the grub an" the butterfl# is tremen"ous, but it is nothing as com%are" to the change that takes %lace in the one !ho e&ol&es from the -.ohn )mith%ersonalit# :the !orm of the "ust; into the )on of the Li&ing 1o". What !as im%ossible to -.ohn )mith- is "i&inel# natural to the Ne! *"ea. As the butterfl# seeks a ne! mo"e an" means of e+%ression after it has gi&en u% its cater%illar state of e+istence, so the man !ho has assumed his )onshi%, an" seen it out into manifestation, mo&es into a ne! hea&en an" a ne! earth. The butterfl# takes no cogni,ance of its former e+%ression - no !orr#ing o&er its mistakes, shortcomings, omissions, an" fears. The# are nothing. The ne! e+%ression is so far remo&e" from the ol", it is as a "ream. -The former things are %asse" a!a#- - -the# shall be remembere" no more, neither shall the# come into min".- )o the ne! )on of the Li&ing 1o" mo&ing into his new king"om of e+%ression "ro%s off all !orries an" fears, the cause an" effect of the -.ohn )mith- %ersonalit#. -0e still an" kno! that * A' 1o",- takes on a ne! meaning9 0e still an" assume the glories of this ne! estate. "ssume them in the secret %lace - easil#, naturall#5 assume them an" rest them in the silence. -0e !ise as ser%ents - harmless as "o&es.- ?no! nothing, see nothing, hear nothing, then #ou !ill kno! all, see all, an" hear all. Come a!a# from the nois# %ersonalit# !ho !ants to change the -.ohn )mith- an" heal him an" make him %ros%er. You are the )on of the Li&ing 1o", an" !hen #ou recogni,e this #ou are through !ith the foolish i"ea of making "emonstrations, an" #ou !ill see the constant out-%ouring of the substance of 1o" through the ne! i"ea b# the assumption of the )on. -One in All an" All in One.- 0e still an" serenel# assume the 1o"-gi&en 2ualities, an" hi"e them "ee% in the cocoon of silence. Then !ill the# burst forth as glorious free" e+%ressions. -0e not afrai"5 it is *- - the &er# -*- that is able to assume its 1o" inheritance is at this time s%eaking to #ou. -0ehol", * stan" at the "oor an" knock.- *t is alrea"# there, a!aiting recognition. *t "oes not nee" healing, %ros%ering, being ma"e ha%%# or 8o#ous. *t is alrea"# these things. *"entif# #ourself !ith *t. -Ac2uaint no! th#self !ith *' an" be at %eace.- -?no! #e not that #e are go"s4- /o #ou kno! it4 *f so, !hen !ill #ou assume the 1o"-like 2ualities an" see them into manifestation4 0e still - buil" the secret cocoon about #ou %resentl# #ou shall be transforme" b# the rene!ing of #our min".

THE MECHANICS
W EN YO3 come to the %lace of recognition - an" b# that * mean !hen #ou ha&e actuall# acce%te" the fact that the uni&erse is un"er the "irect control of a (o!er "esignate" as 1o", or Life, an" not sub8ect to the limiting la!s of e&il belief, then #ou !ill see that before the chicken or egg, before the flo!er or see", is a (o!er !hich concei&e" the thing in its totalit#. The su%%ose" e&olution from the in&isible to the &isible is onl# the sluggish action of the human thought, tr#ing to account for e&er#thing through the elements of time an" s%ace. An i"ea "oes not ha&e to be !orke" out in the 3ni&ersal 'in". As in the single grain of !heat lies the substance !hich e&entuall# sustains a !hole arm# of %eo%le, b# a some!hat slo! %rocess of gro!th, so !ra%%e" u% in e&er# i"ea is not onl# the means of e+%ressing itself, but the com%lete e+%ression in its entiret#. *t is b# looking at a single grain of !heat - %utting it through the limiting %rocesses of human estimation, an" then %itting the fin"ings against the %o!er of consum%tion of the arm# of %eo%le - that man comes to a full sto% an" sa#s that it cannot be "one, or that if it be %ossible there is such a great time-lag !hich inter&enes bet!een the single grain of !heat an" the thousan"s of loa&es of brea" necessar# to sustain the mob, that it is ho%eless to e+%ect an#thing from that source. This ma# be true an" reasonable from the limite" human conce%t it is merel# use" as an illustration of com%arati&e si,es. An i"ea as small, s#mbolicall# s%eaking, as the grain of !heat, has !ithin it the substance sufficient to fill the greatest ca&it# of human belief - not b# a slo! %rocess of e&olution from the in&isible to the &isible, but b# su""en recognition of the Allness e&er#!here. o! it !ill come into manifestation is not kno!n to man - -not e&en the )on, but the $ather kno!eth.- The )on of #ou in this res%ect might be 8u"ging from a%%earances, an" in a manner !aiting for something to take %lace might be s%eculating on ho! it coul" take %lace. The 'aster, recogni,ing this, kne! that if the )on concei&e" the thing as com%lete an" finishe", an" reste" it, the mechanics of ho! it !oul" a%%ear !oul" take care of themsel&es - an" the i"ea !oul" ha&e !ithin it the means of bringing itself into full e+%ression. -Take no thought- is the comman" - after ha&ing lai" carefull# before the min" the fact that taking thought coul" not a"" one cubit to one6s stature, an" asking the %ungent 2uestion, -*f #e cannot "o that !hich is least b# taking thought,- !h# "o #ou tr# to change the eternal i"eas4 'an is beginning to see that all the thought in the !orl" is not going to change the eternal la!s of the uni&erse. Nothing shall be a""e" to, an" nothing taken a!a# from, that !hich is all an" in all. 0# this sensing of the eternal facts of the uni&erse the feeling of %erfection an" com%leteness of the i"ea in its entiret# becomes a constant e+%erience. Out of the chaos of the night of belief, in the blackest mire of human thought, man concei&es light, an" su""enl# the "arkness is absorbe" - it has "isa%%eare" - an" the e+%erience not onl# seems to ha&e been a "ream, but actuall# has been a "ream - a semi-conscious state. The e+%eriencing of an# e&il is but a semi-conscious state. 'an is conscious of some action, but his inter%retation, through his belief in e&il, causes him to e+%erience !hat is terme" e&il. -*t is !ell,- if concei&e" as a realit#, !ill set e&er#thing right in #our uni&erse. o!4 * kno! not - * am not concerne". *t is so. -0elie&est thou this4- *t cannot be reasone" out5 all the

human intellect in the !orl" cannot e+%lain ho! #ou can be %ros%ere" an" #et ha&e no increase of s#mbols or things, but the use of the in&isible substance of the All. The unseen substance is %art of that !hich -e#e hath not seen,- but it is there, an" man senses it. *t is not necessar# for him to ha&e an out!ar" sign5 he fin"s that he has in realit# e+%erience" the use of substance - "one things, gone to %laces, e+%resse" himself - an" actuall# his bank account has not ha" more s#mbols of "ollars an" cents. )o he fin"s e&entuall# that his acce%tance is %ushe" to a %oint of accom%lishment. -Onl# s%eak the !or".- A !or" of itself !oul" "o nothing - -(eace, %eace, an" there is no %eace- is a fine illustration of !hat the em%t# !or" ma# accom%lish. The li&ing Wor", the Wor" of 1o", is not clothe" in an# language. A hun"re" men, all s%eaking "ifferent languages, !oul" un"erstan" the Li&ing Wor", !hereas b# merel# hearing the "ifferent noises ma"e b# one another, to re%resent !hat the Wor" is, !oul" be a &eritable To!er of 0abel. Come, a!ake> a ne! "a# "a!ns, so far remo&e" from the tr#ing to make things ha%%en b# 8abbering !or"s at 1o". What ha&e all the !or"s accom%lishe"4 o! often ha&e #ou %lea"e" !ith 1o" - begge", beseeche", beaten at the gates of hea&en, an" been turne" a!a# em%t#4 Thousan"s are !aiting in the "esert for "rink that #ou alone can su%%l# through the ne! %lane of recognition. You can gi&e onl# that !hich the# ha&e alrea"#, as it might be sai" that .esus ga&e life to La,arus b# calling his attention to the eternalit# of life. -An" man became a li&ing soul- - e&er#thing into !hich the breath of the li&ing Wor" is breathe" becomes a li&ing manifestation of 1o". 0reathing the breath of life into a man-*-festation is onl# another !a# of stating the %o!er of recognition. *t is a far cr# from the glorious truth, -Ye shall "ecree a thing an" it shall come to %ass,- to the - o! to ha&e %ros%erit#, health, an" success,- b# rattling off a lot of !or"s in tempo or out of tempo. -(ro&e me an" see if * !ill not o%en !in"o!s of hea&en an" %our out a blessing #e cannot recei&e.- You !ill see that the 'E is the Christ !ithin #our consciousness that is to be %ro&en, an" that the !in"o!s of hea&en must also be in #our o!n consciousness, for hea&en is a state of consciousness - a state of self-e+%ression or re&elation. The blessing that is to "escen" to the .esus is then "irectl# out of the consciousness of the Christ - not in some far off localit#, not something that has to be ma"e to a%%ear out of the skies or through some strange treatment. (ro&e it #ou cannot, until #ou become full# con&ince" of the (resence of the (o!er of 1o", life e&er#!here - com%lete an" !hole, merel# a!aiting recognition. Then the i"eas containing in themsel&es the com%lete e+%ression !ill, to the human sense, a%%ear to e&ol&e into manifestation. 0ut the !hole thing - the ho!, !h#, !hen, an" !here - is in the NOW, an" is "one at the instant the recognition is ma"e. 'an has nothing further to "o !ith the %ro%osition, but to len" himself as an instrument, a !illing instrument, to bring about the manifestation through the beliefs of time an" s%ace. There is, therefore, no concern about the outcome5 it is sure an" certain, an" has not one chance of not a%%earing, for in realit# it is alrea"# there, in&isible to the "ouble e#e, but %lainl# &isible to the single e#e of the * Am. -0elie&est thou this4- /o #ou think it %ossible !ith this 1o" (o!er, or !ill #ou still inter%ose a lot of tra"itional i"eas an" things that #ou ha&e gaine" from going u% an" "o!n an" to an" fro in the uni&erse of changing, shifting belief4 Yes or no4 Either #ou "o or "o not5 no mi""le

groun" is %ossible. All or nothing. 1o" is, an" is All, or #ou ha&e t!o %o!ers. What is the goo" of tr#ing to fence !ith the i"ea an# longer4 *f #our e#e is "ouble to e&il an" goo", then #ou cannot e+%ect to e+%erience the %o!er of the Christ. E&il seems more real than goo" to most %eo%le, because the# actuall# ha&e acce%te" it as so, although the# em%haticall# "en# it. The least thing that ha%%ens to them the# e+claim, -.ust m# luck>- - not that the e+claiming of this means an#thing5 it is the acce%te" %o!er back of it. The mere !or"s !oul" mean nothing to a $renchman5 in fact, a !hole string of negati&e !or"s !oul" mean nothing to him unless the# !ere in $rench. We must get back of the s#mbol. A gramo%hone recor" has no %o!er in its !or", an# more than the %ra#ing machines use" in the Orient. 0e still, sto% tr#ing to tell 'e !hat to "o - sto% tr#ing to arrange the outcome of things. 0e still - be still - acce%t the uns%eakable Wor" of life !hich sha%es in #our min" as -*t is !ell,an" len" #ourself, a !holl# !illing ser&ant, to %erform the mechanics, if an# be necessar#, to bring this i"ea into manifestation. /o #ou hear4 You !ho rea"4 1o" is - #ou are - it is !ell. 1et that !o&en into the fiber of #our min", an" glorious melo"ies, com%lete s#m%honies, !ill be %la#e" across the strings of #our heart, an" #ou !ill become so bus# a%%ro%riating the glories of hea&en here an" no! that #ou !ill ha&e neither time nor nee" of "emonstrating the %o!er - it !ill be a continuous manifestation of one glor# after another. -$rom glor# to glor#,- from re&elation to re&elation, not in the im%ractical, intangible, emotional !a#, but actuall# -the Wor" ma"e flesh- - the actual manifestation in "ail# life. You !ill be foun" !alking in the gar"en - #our gar"en - gathering fruits an" flo!ers !here #ou !ill. Not as a s%ecial fa&or for a fe! moments, after !hich #ou are to be turne" out again in the "esert of human e+%eriences, but as an heir - an o!ner - one !ho a%%ro%riates that !hich is. Came .esus an" state" the nothingness of time an" s%ace - -A thousan" #ears in th# sight are but as #ester"a#- - -instantl# he !as on the other si"e- - "isa%%eare" !hen in cro!"s. /are #ou to think on these things4 Not as a glutton !ho !oul" consume the foo" in or"er to sho! his si,e, not as one !ho !ishes %ersonal %o!er, but as one !ho tra&els alone into his o!n king"om of self-e+%ression an" fin"s it normal an" natural, as !ell as con&enient, to be %ossesse" of these %o!ers. -0e still.- *f * coul" not tell #ou e&er#thing in .erusalem because #ou coul" not bear it, * shall not al!a#s !ithhol" it from the ears of those !ho are rea"# an" !ho ha&e !ashe" their robes clean from all this self-seeking an" this attem%ting to shout, -Look at me - * am holier than thou - let me sho! #ou m# bag of meta%h#sical tricks.- Come a!a#> 0e still> Lea&e #our nets - #ou cannot catch man# fish, an#!a#, until #ou kno! that the substance is there in its entiret#, an" #ou ha&e onl# to acce%t it to fin" the nets breaking !ith manifestation. Not for sho!, belo&e", not for talk - "o #ou hear4 0e still, be still, be still. *t is !ell - fear not. E&er#thing is all right. /o #ou hear4 You !ho rea" this %age4 This !or" No!4 You4 *n the t!inkling of an e#e it is "one - so 2uickl# the flurrie" human thought has not time to flash an ans!er. )o o&er%o!ere" an" bo!le" o&er is his reasoning that he e+claims, -A miracle- - 6-)ome su%ernatural %o!er at !ork.- What "ifference !hat he calls it or ho! he tries to e+%lain it4 e has to a"mit that it ma"e itself manifest, not through his best acce%te" chain of la!s, but in s%ite of them, an" that those best an" finest la!s that he has concei&e" for himself ha&e been com%letel# ignore". Wh# !ill #ou e+amine into the human la!s to fin"

out !hether it is %ossible for 'E to e+%ress4 $ol" u% #our tent an" steal silentl# a!a# from the noise an" clatter. * ha&e something to sa# to #ou alone - * ha&e something to sho! #ou something to make #our heart so full that it shall run o&er into the !hole uni&erse. *t is !on"erful> /o #ou hear4 You !ho rea"4 You4 You make an" break all human la!5 it has no basis. A traffic la! in one to!n ma# be broken in the ne+t, !hile fulfilling the la!s of that cit#. *t is nothing but a human limitation. *f it !ere an absolute la!, it !oul" be the same for e&er, an" breaking it !oul" automaticall# %ro"uce results. This is true of all the la!s of sickness, %o&ert#, an" e&il. 0e still - * ha&e much to sa# to #ou. When #ou are rea"# an" !illing, * !ill %erform the !orks in such a beautiful, eas# manner - e&en no! as * !rite this book - e&en no! as #ou rea" this %age. E&en as #ou no! hol" the finishe" manifestation in #our han"s, so * hol" it finishe" an" com%lete in consciousness, an" am going through the mechanics of belief to bring it into manifestation, an" to bring it into #our han"s. /o #ou begin to see4 /o #ou begin to rea" bet!een the lines the message that * cannot %ut on the lines because of the limitations of belief4 0e still - be still. *t is so - it is !ell !ith #ou NOW.

THE BLAZE OF LIFE

-T E Lor" in the mi"st of thee is strong an" might#- - the Lor", the (o!er, the Life, in the mi"st of the burning bush !hich bla,es forth an" #et !hich consumes not - !hich at the same time consumes that !hich is not - is strong an" might#. The 0la,e of Life !hich #ou ha&e heretofore thought of as a "estro#ing flame %ro&es to be a "a,,ling !hite light !hich sho!s the nothingness of that !hich it formerl# seeme" to consume. There is nothing in the ?ing"om of ea&en that nee"s to be "estro#e". A see" that has e+%an"e" through the time an" s%ace belief of the human thinking has not been "estro#e", but fulfille". The grub that, through the slo! motion of time an" s%ace thinking, becomes a butterfl#, is not "estro#e", but fulfille". )o #ou !ill fin" that #ou ha&e not great areas of e&il in #our min" an" life to be "estro#e"5 but &ast amounts of unrelease" 8o#, ha%%iness, an" e+%ression to be set free. As long as the e#e is "ouble #ou are a belie&er in hell - a %urif#ing fire !hich is to consume something !hich #ou %rom%tl# sa# is nothing. What kin" of mental g#mnastics is this4 You ma# sa# that #ou can %ro&e that it has to be "estro#e" - #ou can cite )cri%ture to that en" but, ha&ing the "ouble e#e of goo" an" e&il, #ou ha&e ne&er #et rea" the real )cri%tures. The 0la,e of Life !ithin #ou, if misinter%rete", ma# cause #ou to commit that !hich is "esignate" e&il. A bank robber6s original i"ea is goo". e "esires to inherit the substance of min", e+%resse" in the s#mbols of the !orka"a# !orl"5 but his inter%retation is ba". *mme"iatel# u%on recei%t of the "esire to %ossess substance he translates it into terms of his limite" uni&erse. e fin"s it im%ossible to attain in an# of the legitimate a&enues, an" so he %rocee"s to break human la! in or"er to obtain it. is !anting the substance is not !rong5 !here he falls "o!n is in looking to the a%%earances, an" fin"ing them limiting an" im%ossible, acce%ts them as real an" attem%ts to set them asi"e. The first ten"enc# of man, after he has felt the urge of the oncoming goo" in his life, is to look out in the !orl" of illusion an" see the limitations that are about him. e imme"iatel# 8u"ges - "eci"es !hether it is %ossible or not - !hether it is reasonable or not. *f he fin"s it reasonable !ith the human un"erstan"ing, he %rocee"s to bring it into manifestation b# human channels5 but, if not, he ma# turn criminal an" attem%t to %ro"uce it that !a#. No !on"er, then, that the 'aster sai", -.u"ge not from a%%earances, but 8u"ge righteous 8u"gment.- *f #ou are looking to the a%%earances of the human life, almost an#thing is im%ossible, because it is sub8ect to chance, "estin#, fate, or !hat #ou !ill. When man learns that the life !ithin the tem%le, bo"# :embo"iment;, is a 0la,e of Life, he !ill be able to see !ith this 0la,e %ast the human barriers, of !hate&er nature the# ma# be, an" %ercei&e the ob8ect of his "esire in full manifestation. .u"ging righteous 8u"gment is acce%ting the !or"s of the *nner Lor", -0efore #e ask * !ill ans!er, an" !hile #e are #et s%eaking * !ill gi&e it unto #ou.- *s this so, or is it a lie4 Ans!er #ou !ho rea" this %age. Are #ou still %la#ing !ith !or"s4 /o #ou still reel off meta%h#sical statements, an" fin" #our coffers em%t# an" #our life col" an" une+%resse"4 * am the 0la,e of Life. Can #ou see ho! the light of this 0la,e can search the 8oints an" marro!, an" ho! the stu%i" re%etition of !or"s !ill fall like sha"o!s on sno!4 Can #ou see !hat -0e still an" kno!- !ill "o for #ou, instea" of rushing about to fin" a healer or teacher - or co%#ing a

statement "o!n out of a book or a lecture to re%eat a thousan" times4 Can #ou see !hat the 0la,e of Life !ill "o for #ou4 *t is shar%er than a t!o-e"ge" s!or". *t catches #ou e&entuall# as #ou ri"e along on the !a# to /amascus, all %rou" of #our attainment - #ou, the official stone-caster - #ou, the consecrate" one. *s one more consecrate" than another4 Are not all of the same substance of life4 *s not the 0la,e of Life in e&er# man !ho !ill turn !ithin an" fin" it4 )o !on"erful, that 0la,e of Life !ithin #ou !hich is the %erfect e+%ression of #our True )elf. Without Life an" Light there is no e+%ression - other than this it is but a borro!e" light, a flicker on the mirror of the human min". The 0la,e of Life !ithin #ou is that White /a,,ling Light !hich illumines all #ou sa#5 the most common%lace !or"s become ali&e an" full of fire - the most or"inar# e&ents become great !a# markers on the %ath of the ne! %ilgrim. You, e&en though #ou be a sim%le car%enter or ten"er of shee%, !ill !ith this light fin" the gates of the ?ing6s %alace flung !i"e o%en to #ou. You, though #ou be a fine nobleman, shall fin" the 0la,e of Life "is%elling the hateful bon"age of a poseur. Your fatigue of al!a#s kee%ing u% a %retense shall cease, an" #ou shall fin" 2uiet an" %eace, an" %earls an" rubies shall "ro% from #our li%s rather than the har" !orthless gol" !hich formerl# bought #ou nothing but the fa!ning of monke#s. You, !ith the %icture of #our self-e+%ression hi""en a!a# in the sha"o!s of limitation, shall su""enl# fin" it illumine" b# the 0la,e of Life - it !ill become ali&e an" acti&e, an", strange as it ma# seem, #ou !ill fin" that all the !aiting #ou ha&e "one !ill ha&e amounte" to nothing - #ou shall take u% the e+%ression at that %oint !hich !ill cause #ou to kno! that nothing has been lost - not e&en time. O glorious 0la,e of Life, that looks through e&er#thing, an" sees the Realit# of 0eing - the No! of Life an" Light. The halo is not something %ro8ecte" b# su%ernatural &ibrations, but a %erfectl# natural emanation of light !hich esca%es an" is &isible e&en to the e#es of the "ouble min"e". e !ishes to fall "o!n an" !orshi% .esus, an" gets the stern rebuke, -Call not me goo".- )eeing this emanation in terms of success an" 8o#ous aban"on, the human min" tries to flatter it an" fails - tries to "estro# it b# e&er# !a# an" means he can contri&e, an" fails. 'ight he as !ell tr# to "estro# the light of the sun b# thrusting a s!or" into it, as to "estro# the 0la,e of Life !hich %rocee"s from the * A' !ithin - the soul !ho has a!akene" to his true i"entit#. As light consumes "arkness an" #et "oes not consume it, so the 0la,e of Life consumes the "arkness of human thinking, an" the glorious /i&ine in"ifference to a%%earances from this height al!a#s brings results. The sick are heale" an" the %oor are fe" an" the goo" s%ell :gos%el; is %reache" !ithout an# conscious effort. What is all this !orr# an" flurr# about making the !orl" goo" an" getting ri" of e&il4 You can onl# get ri" of that !hich is !ithin #ourself. (erha%s #ou "o not like this - more than likel# #ou are one of the consecrate" ones, one of the a%%ointe" ones - but remember, * stoo" not in %ul%its, but in the stable, an" !as associate" !ith those #ou calle" harlots, !ine-bibbers, an" sinners. Remember that * A' not an# more in #our hol# churches, !ith all their rules an" regulations of !ho an" !h#, than * A' in the lo!est "i&e. /are #ou to "en# this4 Then #ou "are to sa# to 'e that * A' not omni%resent. You "are to sa# that * A' more %resent because of #ou an" #our chattering !or"s or #our i"le thought about making 'e a%%ear. You shall see in goo" time. * A' the 0la,e of Life !ithin #ou - * gi&e life to the "ea" an" "#ing b# recogni,ing the

eternalit# of life - * A' that !hich can again establish the La,arus, e&en though to all the human reasoning it is im%ossible. * A' the /oer of the *m%ossible - * A' the one an" onl# e+%resser - an" * "o not fin" it e+citing or miraculous that m# goo" shoul" come into manifestation !ithout effort. * A' effortless, like the light breaking across the skies of night #our skies of night. E&en as #ou rea" this * A' rea"# to break across #our consciousness an" cause #ou to see be#on" the limitations of #our human thought. * A' the 0la,e of Life. -*f #e be in the )%irit <consciousness= #e are no more un"er the la!.- The la! of !hat4 The la! of #our o!n belief. *f #e be in the )%irit, "o not fall "o!n an" sa# it is har" to be in the )%irit. You are at this instant, an" al!a#s ha&e been, in the )%irit of Life - onl# the hol# torch !hich is !ithin #ou !as not fire" into flame b# %ure recognition of the 1o" (resence in e&er#thing, here an" no! an" al!a#s. A!ake, thou, across the black night of tr#ing to make 'e a%%ear5 behol", * stan" at the "oor an" knock - not as some strange historical character, but as a li&ing, breathing, %ulsating life a 0la,e of Life !hich has come finall# into e+%ression. /o #ou hear4 You !ho rea" this %age4 Yea, this line4 * A' looking through #our e#es5 let 'e illumine the %age for #ou - let 'e illumine life for #ou an" cause #ou to see the flo!er before the see" an" the bir" before the egg. 0e still - "o not attem%t to blo! the 0la,e of Life out, or make it flicker to suit #our %oor human ca%acities. You !ill begin no! to a%%ro%riate some of the things !hich * coul" not tell #ou of back in .erusalem. You !ill begin to absorb some of the goo" !hich is all about #ou. You !ill be 2uiet. Yes, #ou !ho rea" this %age, #our chattering !ill be o&er - #ou !ill feel '# %resence, an" after that nothing !ill matter, an" all the i"le tr#ing to "emonstrate 'e !ill %ass - !ill be lost in the 0la,e of Life !hich !ill re&eal to #ou that there is little nee" of "emonstrating that !hich is %resent in all its fullness. You !ill go b# the !a# gi&ing - gi&ing gi&ing - such a %recious substance that e&en #our ga,e resting u%on so-calle" e&il !ill transform it. The halo !hich !ill emanate from #ou !ill not make #ou an im%ossible saint of the earl#-"a# Christians, but !ill be the light !hich #ou !ill carr# into the e&er#"a# !orl", an" !hich as #ou go on #our !a# !ill fall into man# a basement "!elling an" make it a %alace. Again !ill come to #our remembrance :for !hen #ou recogni,e the 0la,e of Life #ou !ill not be a healer, but a re&elator of the *sness of the ?ing"om here an" no!; the glorious an" /i&ine in"ifference - /i&ine in"ifference because it "oes not recogni,e the t!o %o!ers, one goo" an" the other e&il, but the Oneness of the )%iritual 3ni&erse, !hich b# reason of its oneness an" unit# becomes in"ifferent to beliefs amasse" from the 8u"gment of a%%earances. ealing !ill flo! into e+%ression as naturall# as light "is%els the sha"o!s. Wh# shoul" one, kno!ing the nature, then, of sha"o!s, not be in"ifferent to them - regar"less of ho! real the# ma# a%%ear4 e is "i&inel# in"ifferent to them, an" kno!s that nothing he "oes or attem%ts to "o !ith a sha"o! !ill change its essential nature5 but, recogni,ing the truth that !ith the coming of light the en" of the sha"o! automaticall# takes %lace, he turns his attention to light. * A' the Light of this :%resent; !orl". * A' al!a#s &er# near, as near as #ou #ourself are to an# con"ition or situation. * A' a light !hich is set u%on a hill, thereb# illuminating all the &alle#s an" ra&ines of human belief. The light %iercing the "ark ca&es of the earth re&eals

%recious stones, unseen b# the human e#e unai"e" b# the light. The Light of the * A' %ierces the "ee% recesses of #our human thought, an" fin"s hi""en there ro#al "ia"ems of 8e!els of attainment - such 8e!els as are be#on" all %rice. The# are there in #ou, a!aiting the recognition of the Light !ithin. When #ou i"entif# #ourself !ith this glorious Light of the !ithin, an" are 1o"-conscious of its %resence, then !ill #our !or"s shoot forth on streams of lightning an" illumine the !a# for not onl# #ou, but for countless others. *t !ill be !ith the im%ersonal an" im%artial gi&ing of this Light, that greater effulgence !ill come to #ou - the halo shall be e+ten"e", e&er caking in ne!er an" fresher mansions in the $ather6s house. *n the language of the )cri%tures, #ou shall enlarge the bor"ers of #our tent. You cannot bring the Light as something #ou carr# in #our han"s or something #ou force into e+%ression b# so much thinking, but #ou sho! forth the Light b# reason of being the Light #ourself. The !hole %rocess !ill become more an" more unconscious, an" hence more an" more natural, reliable, an" %ro"ucti&e of results. -0lessings, blessings, blessings - so man# #ou cannot count them- !ill become true. )o automaticall# !ill the (o!er of 1o" function in #our life5 #ou !ill %resentl# be s!allo!e" u% in it, an" be unable to sort out "emonstrations of the (o!er an" talk about them. )o man# blessings #ou cannot count them, #ou !ill not be seeking little gifts of the )%irit5 #ou !ill come an" la&e an" "rink an" eat. -Eat m# flesh an" "rink m# bloo"- has small comfort to a hel%less sinner - as taught b# theolog#5 but it is a !ells%ring of beaut#, a gushing fountain of life an" &italit#, to the a!akene" soul !ho once recogni,es that the flesh to be eaten is the substance of )%irit ma"e manifest - the hea&enl# manna - an" the bloo" is the ins%iration of 1o" Almight# coming into his life !ith a great 0la,e of Light. You !ho are silentl# rea"ing this, "o #ou hear !hat * sa# unto #ou4 You !ho rea" - #ou4 0e still5 that !hich is back of all thought is a thinker - an" the thought is onl# the farthest reaches of the im%ression, %ut through the limitation of the intellect. 0e still, then, an" * !ill im%ress #ou !ith something so !on"erful that it cannot be %ut into !or"s. You !ill begin to acce%t some of the ne! %ro%ortions of the ne! hea&en an" earth. 0e still - "o #ou hear4 Learn to acce%t #our goo". Lea&e the "r# letter of the !or" an" imbibe the soul - it is !ell !ith thee No! - "o #ou hear4 * ha&e strange an" !on"rous things to im%ress #ou !ith. '# %romises are ke%t - "o #ou hear4 Rea", then, one of them, an" see for #ourself. Are #ou afrai" to trust 'e !holl# an" alone4 * gi&e nothing to co!ar"s, because co!ar"ice has narro!e" "o!n the a%erture to such "iminuti&e %ro%ortions an" onl# the tiniest ra# can %enetrate. Listen9 - enceforth * call #ou not ser&ants5 for the ser&ant kno!eth not !hat his lor" "oeth5 but * ha&e calle" #ou frien"s5 for all things that * ha&e hear" of m# $ather * ha&e ma"e kno!n unto #ou./o #ou hear4 0elie&est thou this4 You !ho rea" this %age4 You4 As a ser&ant of the human beliefs #ou kne! not !hat the 'aster or O&erlor" of chance an" fate "i"5 but * call #ou frien", an" make kno!n to #ou all things that * ha&e hear" of '# $ather. That is, * A' rea"# to re&eal to #ou the "e%ths an" heights of the True Wor" of 1o" !hich is abo&e all the human la!s an" o%inions. 0e still - #ou !ho rea" this. You.

*f #ou gi&e the -cu% of col" !ater- #ou !ill not go unre!ar"e". *f #ou gi&e to the %erishing soul the glorious freshness of the (resence of the 1o" (o!er here an" no!, an" if #ou bring to him the ?ing"om of ea&en as %resent, this !ill 2uench his thirst an" moisten the %arche" li%s so long in the "esert of human reasoning. -)eek not !hat #e shall eat ... neither be of "oubtful min",- but -seek #e first the ?ing"om of 1o" ... an" all these things shall be a""e" unto #ou.This is 8ust the re&erse of the strange i"ea that b# reeling off !or"s #ou can get things, or that the reason .esus came to earth !as to gi&e man a %o!er to !ork magic an" get %ros%erit# an" all sorts of things. .esus came to re&eal the ?ing"om as here an" no!, !here e&er#thing is alrea"# in manifestation an" "oes not nee" to be re-create" b# a thinking man. 0e still - #ou !ho rea" this %age. You. /o #ou belie&e that -all these things !ill be a""e" unto #ou-4 Yes or no4 What can #ou "o about it4 Can #ou make them a%%ear4 0la,e of Life - 0la,e of Life !ithin #ou !ho rea" this %age - shine forth - shine forth, "issi%ating the sha"o!s of "isease an" inharmon# - shine forth. )hine forth in all th# s%len"or - re&eal the ?ing"om as here an" no!, com%lete an" !hole.

WHO ARE YOU?

Who are #ou- An" to !hat en" !ere #ou born4 You !ho rea" this book - to #ou * come. * ask #ou the 2uestion #ou rea" because, if #ou are !illing, #ou shall see the ans!er !ritten in fire o&er the %ortals of #our uni&erse. )la&e> Arise from the %igst# of #our %ro"igalit#, an" return to #our $ather. You ha&e "one a "eal of talking an" rea"ing - taking lessons an" listening to lectures. What is the final result of all this research in the material husks of reasoning but a fe! grains of truth4 /o #ou belie&e one %ercent of !hat #ou sa#4 Wh# %rate about the healing influence !hen before #ou o%ens a "oor of no-healing4 Who are #ou to be heale", an" of !hat4 0elo&e", !h# !ill #ou !ait longer for the reali,ation of that !hich #ou ha&e been telling of for #ears. When !ill #ou arise as the )on of 1o", of the Li&ing5 1o", an" assert the free"om that a!aits #ou4 - abo&e all treatment5 abo&e all !orr# or !on"er5 abo&e all tr#ing to make it so. When are #ou going to acce%t !hat #ou are sa#ing4 -* A' the )on of the Li&ing 1o".- /o #ou belie&e this4 *f so, #ou are at this instant facing ra"ical change in the out!ar" e+%ression !hich !ill be so far abo&e the ol" conce%t that #ou !ill stan" in ama,ement at the glor# of it all. .ust !hat "o #ou belie&e4 *s there a 1o", an All go", in #our uni&erse4 Or is the "e&il of #our belief more %o!erful than the 1o" !ho create" e&er#thing4 Are #ou still getting ri" of e&il4 /o #ou still insist that e&il is real an" true4 You sa# -No- to all this, but !hat "o #ou "o each morning4 /o #ou recogni,e 1o" as %resent an" gi&e thanks, or "o #ou run to some %erson !ho is su%%ose" to be or"aine" to s%eak the Wor" of Truth an" see !hat he has to sa# about #our %roblems4 When !ill #ou ha&e the courage to 8erk the curtain a!a# from this h#%ocris# an" see that the -holier-than-thou- has left a home full of "isease an" unha%%iness to come to his office to a"&ise #ou ho! to li&e an" be4 When !ill #ou come to 'e4 When !ill #ou o%en the "oor an" let 'e in4 When !ill #ou thrill !ith the reali,ation of the %resent - the no!4 /o #ou not see that man nee"s no me"iator bet!een himself an" 1o"4 When !ill #ou a!ake to the so&ereign truth that 1o" *s4 o! much longer !ill #ou sit !ith the s!ine an" ask for that !hich is %oure" out to #ou in abun"ance4 When !ill #ou a!aken to the full truth that is here an" no!4 When !ill #ou sa# !ithin the courts of #our o!n being. -*t is !on"erful-4 When !ill #ou recogni,e the 1o" 3ni&erse, an" begin to li&e4 When !ill #ou reali,e that 1o" is al!a#s %resent, in s%ite of the har%ies !ho insist that #ou must ha&e a s%ecial training to kno! this4 When can #ou arise an" sa# !ithin #our soul, -*t is !on"erful-4 What is !on"erful4 Life is !on"erful !hen #ou come to 'e, the * A' - that !hich e+iste" before Abraham - that !hich is an" al!a#s shall be - that !hich cannot be sol", or %reache", or %ut into %rint - that !hich is. *t is !on"erful. 0less #ou - fear not - * ha&e le" #ou along the %ath - * ha&e %ro&e" to #ou the

foll# of seeking hel% through man5 #ou ha&e finall# been humble" before the stable of #our o!n True )elf. Take off #our shoes :human un"erstan"ing;5 #ou are on hol# groun". 0e still &er# still - an" bring #our gift. You ha&e arri&e" at the %oint !here #ou "o not seek 'e for a gift, but seek 'e to bring a gift. You bring the self an" la# it at the manger of '# birth :'# reali,ation;, for in realit# * !as ne&er born an" ne&er "ie", an" * A' YO3. When * come to #ou * come free - untrammele" an" abo&e all the %ett# cares of life. * A' - "o YO3 hear4 - an" * ha&e no name but the * A'. * A' e that shoul" come - an" !hen * come #ou cannot but reali,e that all schools, names, %ersons, an" %laces are !i%e" out of the %icture. * bring a ne! "a#. /o #ou !ant to gi&e u% the ol" "a#, !ith #our %ast !on"erful achie&ements4 /o #ou !ant Christ4 Or "o #ou !ant to im%ress %eo%le !ith the trifling thing that #ou "i" or that #ou left un"one, but that #ou no! glorif#4 Are #ou a glutton for %raise4 Are #ou afrai" that someone !ill not remember that #ou "i" a goo" "ee"4 Who are #ou, an" !hat is the authorit# !hich makes #our "ee" so glorious4 0e still, belo&e"> You ha&e %asse" through all these states - #ou ha&e tol" me e&er so often of the !on"rous "ee"s #ou ha&e "one. You ha&e trie" to !rite #our name on the san"s of time. You ha&e %ara"e" in m# robes, holier-than-thou - * kno! #ou. What matter4 0elo&e", * kno! #ou are tire". One s#stem after another has faile" - e&en #our "esire to "estro# 'e has faile". * A' an" al!a#s shall be an" though #ou !oul" sla# 'e in one une+%lainable !a# or another, rest assure", #our efforts to "estro# 'e are naught. 0less #ou. You are tire". Wh# "o #ou not let go of the %ro"igal an" return to #our $ather6s house4 When !ill #ou come, belo&e"4 - out into the sunshine of reali,ation - the (resence of the 1o" (o!er here an" no!4 /o #ou belie&e one-tenth of that !hich #ou s%eak4 Are #ou a man of matter4 Or )%irit4 Who are #ou4 What is the en" of #our a%%earance on this %lane4 * come !ith light an" healing in m# !ings, belo&e". Wh# !ill #ou kick against the %ricks4 o! much longer must * s%eak to #ou an" ha&e #ou turn asi"e4 o! much longer !ill #ou "i&i"e m# garment among #ou4 o! much longer !ill #ou set #ourself u% as the holierthan-thou4 When !ill #ou be the )on of 1o"4 When !ill #ou act like the )on of 1o"4 When !ill #ou "e-h#%noti,e #ourself from the belief that #our kno!ing or thinking !ill "o an#thing4 -A!ake, thou that slee%est, an" Christ shall gi&e thee light.- /o #ou belie&e that4 Or is it a fair#-tale4 When !ill #ou begin to sa#, -*t is !on"erful - it is !on"erful-4 When !ill #ou begin to reali,e the Truth of Life4 All the %athetic i"eas that #ou entertain about 'e an" '# ?ing"om !ill fall a!a# !hen the light of the hea&en here an" no! a%%ears - !hen #our soul automaticall# arises to the %oint !here it can sa#, -*t is !on"erful,- an" mean it. <$*N*)=