Lesson 10 - Nothing is more important
Nothing is more important than that we should understand our relationship with the subconscious self. In order to do this we must realize that our own so-called individual subconscious mind is merely the place where we use the Universal Law of Cause and Effect. This means that we are surrounded by an intelligent, Creative Force which acts upon our thought, but which can only act for us individually through our thought. Thus It automatically becomes to us what we are to It. In other words, It is a law of reflection. It is to us what we believe It to be.
This should not seem strange, once we have it firmly in mind that we are dealing with Subjectivity, a force which knows how to do, but which works only on direction. Of course, we have been using this Law all the time but largely in ignorance of Its true nature. The whole race has been using It, since there is but one Universal Subjectivity. What the whole race has experienced becomes a race law operating through the individual until he liberates himself from its action.
Subjective Mind can deduce only. It knows nothing about processes of reasoning. It merely draws conclusions. If we would make the best use of It, we must be certain that our conclusions
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