Chart No. 1: The Vital Creative Flame

of all living and growing things of matter. Mind is the river of energy, described as the one river out of Eden, which splits into these four heads or energy currents and fields as patterns and power to govern the crystallizations of chemistry and its secretions as well as mechanical motion.

In the teachings of the Saints, the higher positive Energy is chosen to lift the mind upward, toward the seat of the soul, rather than the negative way of separating and dividing the conscious mind from the subconscious, which is the negative pole of it. Evolution and growth of the soul lie in greater consciousness, not in unconsciousness and in the helpless darkness of the lower mind.

Mind must be lifted up for the gates of brain activity, so it can rise and function better. The Psalmist had this in mind when he wrote "Be ye lifted up oh ye gates".^[1]

Faith is dependence on God's Eternal Sound Current which sustains all through its Essence. Faith links the mind to the soul and raises it up to a higher vibration of life and Light. Faith can lift mountains of negative mind substance and remove them to oblivion, as light dispels darkness. Faith is soul energy at work. Faith is the North Star of the mind, through the understanding of God's goodness and life's purpose.

Mind and soul grow through faith by ascending into a higher, positive vibratory state of consciousness. While in hypnosis the mind and consciousness descend into a state of helplessness, and negativity of the past recordings, which it can do nothing about. The mind does not benefit by stirring up the dust of the ages, accompanied by its frightening aspects.

The conscious mind should lift, direct and guide the unconscious impulses upward, toward the light and a higher conscious control of it all, by love, faith and clarity of perception. Instead, it loses all control of the subconscious mind in hypnosis. Is going backwards ever a logical procedure?

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¹ Psalm 24:7