though it may be ... to those who have endured, as patiently as possible, all the ills they thought the flesh was heir to, resting in the confidence of certainly going to heaven when they die. You will not. You are in heaven now!

The Kingdom of Heaven is within you. Be at peace now. No condition, no place, no person except yourself, can cheat you out of the kingdom of heaven. It is a state of mind. Furthermore, we cannot pray for anything for ourselves, the coming of which would cheat or in any manner hurt another, for no thought like that can penetrate the consciousness of one abiding in Him. We can only ask for good, for Good is the nature of God. Good is in His name . . . His nature. Prayer is its own answer as Spirit is both cause and effect.

The approach to God must be spontaneous. We need not worry about salvation. God is for us. But if we seek to destroy, we will be destroyed; and when we are tired of being destroyed, we will stop it, and nothing will have happened to the soul itself. Frequently our eyes are so veiled with the tears of anguish that we fail to see the glories around us; our ears so filled with discord that we are unable to hear the music