LESSON XI.
DIVINE UNDERSTANDING, OUR STRENGTH.

THE well-balanced mind manifests as evenness in temperament, wherein are no seasons of moodiness or moments of discouragement, down-heartedness, or gloom in any form.

Discouragement.

Students who have times when they feel melancholy—have a “fit of the blues,” hearts that are heavy when days are gray, bodies that feel themselves cumbersome and weary—all these are the effects of believing oneself subject to ignorance and liable to foolishness. Such minds must be set free from self-depreciation, which rises from believing in superiority and inferiority. Con­ tentment and self-sufficiency must be manifest through realizing the Lord to be our very Self.

Divine understanding gives strength and independence. He who turns to the secret place in his own nature for all knowledge will walk with God, and not be lame or halt in his mental going. “Stand upright on thy feet !“ Learn to stand upon your own power of knowing Truth and interpreting life and Scripture, then your mental feet can walk, run, skip, dance, and go through every other performance, and yet keep their grace and self-mastery, for “the center of gravity will

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