Lesson 7 - Intuition, The Eye of Understanding

The word God is an Anglo Saxon word meaning all good, as "the Good One." We do not see God, the Infinite One, whom Christ declares to be the Father of all, but we do intuitively perceive and understand Him. It is no more true that no man has seen God at any time, than that no man has seen man at any time. Both are alike invisible.

Tuition is the particular watch of a tutor or guardian over his pupil, and the act of teaching the various branches of learning. Tuition refers to an individual teacher, instructing the pupil from the plane of sense in sensible things. The difference between tuition and intuition is, that in the latter the teacher is not an individual, but is the Infinite Spirit instructing the pupil by the still small voice in the understanding of truth; it is the thought of the Father expressed in the son. Intuition heeded is obedience, and knowledge gained; or it is seeing with understanding. When thought is elevated above sense, it is above delusion, and we are free from the psychological influence of the senses. The teaching of intuition enlightens the senses, and under its instruction we see the divine reason for sensible things. To yield our thoughts servants to obey the senses, is sense psychology, and henceforth we build upon an inverted foundation, which is to fall from God to mammon.

To discover first and final truth is to awaken from the dream of sense. "Come unto me all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Come unto Spirit in understanding, means obedience to Spirit, which is rest and peace which passeth understanding. To be transformed and "renewed in the spirit of our minds," means that we are to practice truth; truthful thoughts are things which we need in every hour to keep the mental atmosphere free from the mists of error. Think and speak the truth of yourself, and you will find wholeness, health and happiness for yourself. The way of obedience and intuition is that of recognizing God as our instructor; or it is to understand that His being is our being, and to recognize His mind and attributes as our mind and attributes, and that we have no other. The way of knowledge and power is to make God’s method and purpose our method and purpose, His thought and word our thought and word, by speaking the truth, and nothing but the truth of Him. Thus the individual becomes the willing instrument of Spirit; this is intuition.

The truth of which these lessons bear witness, reveals to you the basic principle of the great sum of truth; and you may demonstrate harmony within yourselves, by speaking the word with perfect faith in passive expectation. If you consult Spirit and upon it base all your conclusions as you would base the solution of problems upon principle, Spirit will guide you into all truth. It will instruct you to believe in itself and in nothing else. It will tell you not to believe that you are sick, weak, and in pain, or that you fear or doubt, or that you are perverse. It will not instruct you to hate persons, times or places, or to have an aversion for the weather or the daily duties of life. Ask yourselves daily and hourly, is this conclusion true of Spirit, or is it true of appearance? Seek in this way and you shall find. From the silent depths of your soul, ask to realize the life and light that lighteth every soul that cometh into the world. This light is the Spirit or God, which pervades you, and is the guide to all truth; take your position as one with your Maker.

None can realize their union with God as long as there is prejudice against, or a dislike for God manifest; that is, for anything in creation. "Love thy neighbor as thyself." Those who would perceive themselves as they truly are in being, must drop from their consciousness the thought or belief of dislike and prejudice, of evil, sickness and sorrow, as real; there are no such attributes in Spirit, which is all reality, the only Maker or manifestor. It is an offense against God to believe in that which is the opposite of His being. These destructive beliefs which we erroneously call sickness, sin, and death, destroy the body. Then think and believe in goodness, health, and life only, and you will perceive the body in harmony. First seek the kingdom of God, and all else will come. When mentality is free from the illusions of the senses, it knows that physical things are not its master, but that it is the God in us, which lives and is master of all. All conclusions based upon the truth that God is Infinite, are divine; the results may be likened unto flowers budding forth in spring time. They are buds of health, harmony and love, springing forth from the depths of soul.

Christ said, "I say unto you, love your enemies; bless them that curse you; do good to them that hate you; pray for them that despitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be the children of your father, which is in heaven; for he maketh the sun to shine on the evil and on the good, and sendeth the rain upon the just and the unjust." To manifest as sons of God, we must fulfill these commandments. Our thought, word, and act are to be pure, and extend equally to the just and seeming unjust, to the good and seeming evil. This can be accomplished only by ceasing all negation, and by living a life of absolute truth. Those who labor under the delusion that they are an enemy to any person, or that any person is an enemy to them, can be blessed only by removing the delusion. The power of truth alone can do this. The true practitioner of the science of Infinite Spirit will hold all alike, in truth, and loving thought, as brothers and sisters, regardless of their thought and deed. So, if any have the false belief, that they are our enemies, or that we are theirs, we should not allow their false belief to change our thoughts and feelings toward them; thus we continue to perceive our union with, and to retain our love for them. To give hate or revenge in return is to permit their erroneous thought and deed to form a basis for our thought and deed; hence, we are guilty of what we condemn; that is, we are doers of what we hate.

It is not sufficient for us to think about the goodness of God; we are here to bear witness of the Spirit of Truth, as did Jesus the Christ, by thinking its thoughts, and doing its work in Earth. It is not sufficient that we know that truth frees, but it is necessary that we think the truth in order to realize the freedom of truth. It is not sufficient for us to think about getting well, but in order to know the truth, that we are well, it is necessary to affirm health for ourselves. To affirm the truth of Infinite Being, to which we are eternally sealed - in thought, word and deed, is to manifest peace and harmony upon Earth.

Do not argue upon the Science of Spirit with one another. The still small voice cannot be heard; neither is it known to speak in argumentative tones, for such is not the resemblance of the stillness of Spirit. To hear the unutterable voice of the Supreme, it is necessary to attain a peaceful, tranquil habit of thought. The highest consciousness can be manifest by appropriating and trusting the truth of Being in all our experiences, be they agreeable or disagreeable. Do not believe that the trifling things which have annoyed you, can annoy or have power over you. For, how can circumstance or a thing of time and place that is past, hence dead, annoy or trouble you? If you believe it can, then it is your belief that troubles you, and not the circumstance or thing. Do not listen to recitals by your friends of sin, sickness and sorrow, without denying, in thought, their reality; this will prevent you from sympathizing with beliefs held and expressed by them. Give thoughts of love and truth in return. Speak not of any person’s belief in sickness, as having power over them. Cease the idolatrous thought, that form has power over the formless Spirit; for all who believe it has, or that form is life, substance or power, do suffer. It has been written that Truth is a jealous goddess, and suffers no rival. They who love her, will serve her; she does not compromise with false thinking. Not until we serve the truth, and fulfill the unchanging law (love) of Being, or put away lying, and speak the truth are we free from subjection to the law and its chastisement; but when we fulfill the law, we are one with it.

They who select Wisdom for their bride, must woo her with all their heart (with undivided affection); and dismiss false belief or perverse thought from the bridal-chamber of their soul (their consciousness). This chamber must be furnished with truth, and ornamented in the order of simple faith. Wisdom, the bride of Love, is modest, and only appears in the presence of her bridegroom - Love, when the bridal-chamber or consciousness is thus adorned or furnished. They who turn from the letter to the Spirit, with love and attention fixed therein to serve the Spirit or Truth day and night, will unite themselves with wisdom. They who love to serve the truth with unwavering faith, will find Me - Wisdom; for I am easily found by a constant devotion to Me - and love for truth. I am united and wedded to Love by the Supreme One, and they whom God hath sealed together cannot be separated. In whomsoever the love of God is manifest, the same is the Bride.