Chapter 1 (16-20)

Question 1

16.

Answer 1

Life is an unfoldment, not accretion. What comes to us in the world without is what we already possess in the world within.

Question 2

17.

Answer 2

All possession is based on consciousness. All gain is the result of an accumulative consciousness. All loss is the result of a scattering consciousness.

Question 3

18.

Answer 3

Mental efficiency is contingent upon harmony; discord means confusion; therefore, he who would acquire power must be in harmony with Natural Law.

Question 4

19.

Answer 4

We are related to the world without by the objective mind. The brain is the organ of this mind and the cerebro-spinal system of nerves puts us in conscious communication with every part of the body. This system of nerves responds to every sensation of light, heat, odor, sound, and taste.

Question 5

20.

Answer 5

When this mind thinks correctly, when it understands the truth, when the thoughts sent through the cerebro-spinal nervous system to the body are constructive, these sensations are pleasant, harmonious.