four-dimensional state of consciousness, for there can be
no negation there. Joshua, whose name has the same meaning
as that of Jesus, entered the Promised Land and opened the
way for the Children of Israel. He represents the first
step in mind toward that full consciousness of the
omnipresence and omnipotence of God that was attained in
Jesus. Moses was the lawgiver, and Jesus was, in His own
words, the fulfillment of the law.
We must begin to see this four-dimensional world within,
with its innate capacity for all things. Everything is
right here, all that ever was or ever could be, simply
waiting to be brought forth into manifestation. The Lord
has prepared a great feast and invited all of us to it,
just as Jesus explained in parable. We have right here
within and all around us this substance ready for our
appropriation or eating. Eating is the outer symbol of
mental appropriation. We begin to break bread by breaking
the substance of mind, everywhere abundantly provided.
We have discovered that there is within us a life force
that can be quickened into greater activity by thinking.
Everyone has at some time demonstrated that he could
overcome the negative condition of weakness by holding the
thought of strength. Sometimes the strength follows the
thought immediately, sometimes the thought must be
persistently held for days or weeks. In demonstrating the
law of ever-present abundance we should and do expect the
same results. If the demonstration seems slow in coming,
patience and persistence will win. That may be because
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