The more we learn, the more we find there is left to be discovered. If we hold on to this open-mindedness, it is possible we may save this generation from the stigma of stupidity.^1.

We find ourselves today, then, somewhat inspired and somewhat inhibited by what the world has believed. Jesus understood these things perfectly. That is why he said: "Judge not according to appearances but judge righteously." Let us forget for a time the religious aspect of our subject and approach it from another angle. Let us not think of God as Love, or even as Conscious Intelligence, but let us say It is that Source from which our life springs.^2. When we are confronted with the problems of everyday living (embracing the thought of supply, and health and happiness) we like the word SOURCE. We constantly speak of the source from which we get so and so. It is literally true that "God is all. God is Good. Then all is Good."^3. And a clear realization of this would manifest perfection, but this does not always seem a practical thought to the consciousness which has not dwelt long upon the thought of man's unity with this Good. So, we shall speak

^1. Readers should ask: What is the difference between ignorance versus stupidity?

^2. Most major spiritual paths teach compassion as a key expression of spirituality. New Thought teaches that God is a creative, not directive force, but the various schools of New Thought differ in their beliefs about whether or not God is Love. In your New Thought cosmology, do you think of God as Love?

^3. This is an example of a "syllogism," which is type of argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true. Readers should ask is this a valid conclusion? While New Thought universaly teaches that God is Good, not all schools of New Thought extend this to everything. Some New Thought forms teach that while God is Good, not all actions are good. What actions are not good? Do you agree with Holmes that "all is good" or do you think that some conditions or actions or not good? What about murder, or rape? What about deliberate environmental damage? etc... Will such a syllogism invariably bring about good results? Or could such a belief result in monumental stupidity? What do you think?