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My enduement of power must come from "on high," from a higher region within myself than my present conscious mind; so must yours. It must be a descent of the Holy (whole, entire, complete) Spirit at the center of your being into your conscious mind. The illumination we want can never come in any other way, nor can the power to make good manifest.

We hear a great deal about "sitting in the silence." To many, it does not mean very much, for they have not yet learned how to "wait ... upon God" (Ps. 62:5 KJV), or to hear any voice except external ones. Noise belongs to the outside world, not to God. God works in the stillness, and we can so wait upon the Father of our being as to be conscious of the still, inner working --- conscious of the fulfillment of our desires. "Those who seek the Lord lack no good thing" (Ps. 34:10). "Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength" (Is. 40:31).

In one of Edward Everett Hale's stories, he speaks of a little girl who, amidst her play with the butterflies and birds in a country place, used to run into a nearby chapel frequently to pray, and after praying, always remained perfectly still a few minutes. "Waiting," she said, "to see if God wanted to say anything" to her. Children are often nearest the kingdom.

When beginning the practice of sitting in the