Spirit, after which baptism you no longer labor as a carpenter, or as a fisher, but begin to gather together your disciples--powers of mind. This gathering together of your powers is an orderly process, and you will find that it proceeds right along the lines laid down in Jesus' choosing of His disciples, as recorded in Matthew 4:18 and Mark 1:16. Your first power is the hearing faculty, Simon, and with him is strength, "Andrew his brother." You discover that hearing gives direction to your thinking faculty and that obedience increases your power to control your thoughts and to make your world conform to your ideas. Then you disentangle the I AM from the thinking faculty; you take control of the thinking and direct its power according to your wisdom. But wisdom is of Spirit. "There is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding."

6. After you have separated your I AM from the thinking faculty, you are no better off than before unless you recognize that all wisdom is from Spirit. You can get flashes of understanding at any time, but the clear light of the Supreme will shine steadily upon you only when you are obedient and receptive to its monitions. The record states that Jesus prayed often; that He sought in every way to do the Father's will, even to suffering the utmost ignominy in order to carry out the message that He had for humanity. He always listened for the "inner voice," and was obedient to it in His meek and lowly work among the humblest class of men. To do the will of the Father was His highest aim, because His success