Chapter 96258–261

positive conclusion nor any command to action. When it pretends to originate or impel, it is masking other agencies.

261 – Until Wisdom comes to thee, use the reason for its God-given purposes and faith and instinct for theirs. Why shouldst thou set thy members to war upon each other?

What are the highest aims of reason, faith and instinct in ordinary life and in spiritual life?

Each one has his own aims according to his nature and the goal he wants to attain in ordinary life. As for spiritual life, it has only one goal: to know the Divine and to unite with Him, by every possible means and with the help of faith, which is certainly the most powerful motive-force for beginners.

31 December 1969 262 – Perceive always and act in the light of thy increasing per-ceptions, but not those of the reasoning brain only. God speaks to the heart when the brain cannot understand him.

263 – If thy heart tell thee, Thus and by such means and at such a time it will happen, believe it not. But if it gives thee the purity and wideness of God’s command, hearken to it.

264 – When thou hast the command, care only to fulfil it. The rest is God’s will and arrangement which men call chance and luck and fortune.