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All attempts to contact God through the mind or

intellect have failed and always will fail. Godcan be known only through the Soul and the

Soul-faculties. (101

!n the spiritual way" many come to barren places--the

desert" the wilderness--and believe that God has forsaken

them. !ften it appearsas if #hrist had forsaken them.

$hen it is that the spiritual seeker must remember that he

has not yet attained" that what he believed to be the full

reali%ation of $ruth" the #hrist" or God" was not the

fullness of the Spirit. $hese wilderness e&periences reveal

that he must still press on" for when the 'ight is fully

come" ) will neverleave thee" nor forsake thee.

*emember that discords and inharmonies are apparentonly to human sense. Spiritual vision sees through--to

*eality. (10+

$he prayer uttered through the intellect can

return fruitage only in proportion to one,s beliefin that prayer. (10

aith does not concern the past or the future.

aith is an activity taking place in the present--now" only now/ (10

aith in an unknown God brings only the

harmony of blind belief. God must be known

and understood through the Soul. (10

aith is an activity of consciousness--2ust as

much so as integrity. aith is always present inyou" even though" like integrity" it may be

dormant. $he recognition and acknowledgment

of the omnipresence of faith as an activity ofindividual consciousness starts the flow of it into

visible and tangible effect. (103

$o an advanced student4 5ou have reached the

place where you know every truth that can beknown" understood" or received humanly. 6ow

you must reach higher for the $ruth that reveals

)tself through spiritual means--without humanmeans of communication.(107

aith is a 8uality of God" not of man9 but" as a

8uality of God" it is present in all its fullness.

(10:

;hy do advanced Souls" even practitioners and teachers"

still e&perience ills and other problems< ;hatever degree

of mortal or material consciousness that still remains inthem is e&pressing itself. There is no unexpressed

consciousness,and even a tiny bit of human

consciousness remaining will e&press itself in terms of

human good or evil. $his is the law. $hese two remain

side by side until" in proportionas spiritual consciousness

unfolds" more and more of material sense is uprooted.

=ven the *esurrection brought forth a material sense of

body" with all the marks of human error. )n the Ascension"pure spirituality is revealed. (10>

?o not e&pect the power of God to function inthe dream" but rather to break the dream.

(110