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salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is
far spent, the day is at hand'' -- Rom. 13:11.
The "deep sleep" that fell upon Adam, has held the
race in dullness until this day. But it is written, "As in
Adam all die, so in Christ shall all be made alive." Not
in some far off Adam, any more than a far off Christ!
In the ignorant thought within us, is belief of separation
and death. Also in the consciousness of sonship within
us, is knowledge of oneness and life eternal for all.
In this "sleep," the whole race have believed in separation from God, which means separation from Peace,
from Life, from Spirit and Wisdom, from Strength and
Wholeness. We have the "fruit" of that belief. It appears as our world of sin and suffering.
In the awaking, we begin to see the falseness of
these universal, or race beliefs; we see there is no separation from God, no world of our own, no mind of our
own, no life separate from God; no power, no presence,
no knowledge but God Mind.
But, as when we awaken from a deep sleep, we do
not in a moment throw off the spell of the sleep and its
dream, so we do not at once and for all, give up that
which has held us so long. We are not at first wide
awake; sometimes we indulge in a little more sleep, and
go back into our dream! But "morning" has come, the
."day" has dawned, darkness is disappearing, and we must arise.
After we are fully aroused, we often smile at the absurdity of our dreams; sometimes we are so glad to
know that they are not true. How much more satisfaction shall we feel when we "awake to righteousness,"
which is right thinking, "I shall be satisfied when I
awake with thy likeness." -- Prov. 17:15. When I awake
