not fall without the base,” the mind become unbalanced, or the feelings grow stolid and glum.

Discontent and the sense of uselessness are overcome by the power of Self-centering and ceasing to look outside for satisfaction and knowledge.

“Be strong and of a good courage,” said Jehovah again and again to the children of Israel as they were preparing to enter into the promised land of Canaan (Deut. 31 :6, 7, 23; Josh. I :6, 9, 18). “Be strong and of a good courage, fear not nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”

Learn to associate understanding with strength, and, conversely, see that discouragement, weakness, and weariness are to be associated with ignorance and foolishness, and realize that the healing of depression and inefficiency lies in spiritual understanding.

True self-sufficiency.

Perfect freedom, that comes through knowing, manifests as divine, non-resistant independence of all earthly authority and all earthly forms, ceremonies, dogmas, and creeds. All knowledge must be looked for within oneself, and no mat­ter who or what says a thing, when that authority is outside our own heart and mind we are only to ac­cept it as the Spirit in us bears witness to it that it is true. Jesus says, “I receive not testimony from man” (John 5:34); and he also says, “Follow me.”—Luke 9 :59. So, since Jesus receives not the testimony of man, and we would follow him, neither are we to receive the testimony of man, but listen to the Father

 

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