The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a pearl of great price for which a man will sell all that he has, that he may possess it. This, perhaps, best explains the way of the illumined. To them, the kingdom of heaven has meant everything, and has been above all else. We find them going away by themselves that they may more completely enjoy this inner realization of their relationship to the Whole. | A divine companionship has ever attended such on the pathway of human experience. The description of the things they have seen, felt and heard, constitutes some of the most valuable lessons the world has ever learned, |n6570 ¶1
The only news we have of heaven has come through the consciousness of men and to those few who have penetrated the veil of illusion and entered the realms of deeper reality, we owe a debt that cannot be paid in any other terms than those of appreciation and thanksgiving.n6570 ¶2
That the illumined have had experiences which the average man cannot conceive of is certain, and that anyone who wills to know Truth may know it, is evident to all who make the attempt. ) But let us not forget that spiritual experiences are normal, natural and rational. The illumined have always had rational intellects and well-balanced mentalities. |n6570 ¶3
No experience is salutary unless it be gained while in a normal state of mind. Too great a warning cannot be given against any attempt to break through the veil when in any other but a perfectly normal mental state.n6570 ¶4
Jesus lived in the spiritual world just as normally as we live in the material and just as consciously. And what is the spiritual world? And where is it? It is right here could we but see it. Behind everything material, stands the spiritual, supporting it, and without which there could be no material. <en6570 ¶5
And he called the multitude, and said unto them,n6570 ¶6
Hear, and understand: not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.n6570 ¶7
Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.n6570 ¶8
If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.n6570 ¶9
Then Jesus answered and said unto her,n6570 ¶10
O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. MatTTrHEw—Fifteen.n6570 ¶11