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BEFORE YOU ASK I WILL ANSWERBY: WALTER C. LANYON

"BEFORE you ask I will answer, and while you are yet speaking I shall give it unto thee." A statement purely offourth- dimensional capacities, since no amount of human reasoning can arrive at such a possibility. It isimpossible from the human standpoint to be answered before having asked the question, and to receive thefinished results before the request. It is well to constantly bear in mind that "The wisdom of man is foolishnessin the eyes of God" is a basis or a premise from which to take off into this "new day," or the NOW of Heaven on

earth. It is impossible to reason from a basis of what is, or what has been, or what is to be, and arrive atanything but the same old, monotonous pattern of human existence. It is impossible to reason from the basis oappearances and arrive at any of the conclusions of which Jesus spoke. "The wisdom of man is foolishness inthe eyes of God" shows how clearly impossible it is to get anywhere with the revelation of Jesus Christ - ifapproached through the "glass darkly" of man's best findings of life. Hence the statement Before you ask, I willanswer " is as utter folly to the human, scientific intellect. It just cannot be and that is an end to it - just as anincurable disease is incurable, and a hopeless condition is hopeless, and so on. No one is refuting this,because it is so - when pleasured by the standards of conscious thinking. There is no argument. That is whyJesus said, "Agree with thine adversary quickly, whilst thou art in the way with him." What is the good ofargument? If you know that disease is real and incurable, so be it unto you. No amount of argument is going tochange that fact - until it is changed within your consciousness, and then it will be by recognition of somepower, which completely transcends all of the most cherished beliefs of man. In other words it will have to be

performed at the point of recognition that " the wisdom of man is foolishness in the eyes of God " is true.

So, in approaching the solution of your problem, it is not as one approaches a mathematical problem, althoughit has much in common, differing, however, in this point - the answer to the mathematical problem isrecognized as existing eternally, i.e. the result of two plus two is four. Even if you do not know it from proof,you, along with every other thinking individual, will say, "Yes, the answer exists." In the case of your personaproblem, you, and every other "knowing" mind, may "know" that it is impossible to solve, and there is nothingyou can do about it but suffer and bear it.

At the outset, your problem comes under the heading of the "impossible." If it had been possible of solution,you would have worked it out long ago. Do you begin to see how necessary it is to get "started" right if you areto "Follow ME" - the Christ consciousness? Also why it was that Jesus kept admonishing, "Judge not from

appearances, but judge righteous judgment?" Do you begin to see why it is necessary to forsake alappearances, testimony, findings, etc., regarding your problem - if you are to set in operation the law of thenext dimension? The infinite quality of the Christ Power makes it impossible to put it in the finite language wespeak, without apparent contradictions and absurdities of expression, but " He that hath eyes will see and hethat hath ears will hear," and will know the revelation that is given between the lines.

A thousand illustrations, however well put, are inadequate to give more than a glimmer of this wonderfurevelation, yet until such time as the "inspiration of the Almighty" has come unto you, or is recognized as anindigenous quality, these illustrations must serve as the bridge to carry you over into the "Promised Land ofattainment." This quotation, "Before they ask I will answer," then becomes a little clearer by the illustration ofthe fruit tree in winter. Suppose we take a fruit tree, which has a recognized capacity. Let us say twentybushels of apples is the yearly yield. You view this tree in winter as it stands leafless. You realize that from the"nowhere" will come the substance from which twenty bushels of fruit will appear. Can you explain it? Do yousee it? Can you handle it? Can you do anything with it but "let" it into expression by a perfect co-operation withthe law? That it is there in its incipience, is true. Do you begin to see that the same thing is true of you, as the"Temple of the Living God," - only a hundred times more certain and sure of success? When you can see thatyour body is the tree through which the Sap of Spirit flows into manifestation, you will understand how it ispossible to "feed my sheep, to loose the glorious manifestation into being. In other words, you begin to thrillwith the glorious revelation of the Power to "answer before the call." All this is so far outside the humanreasoning of the "how, why, when, and where," that to examine into it with the prying eyes of the curiousdisbelieving, human thought - is to dig into the roots of the tree to discover where the twenty bushels of appleswere "kept" during the winter. If you cannot sidestep all the preconceived notions, ideas, and laws of thehuman thinking, you will find little "Truth" of a practical nature in the WORDS of Jesus Christ.

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Then it is true that "Faith [recognition] is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things notseen." It is possible, though your eye sees nothing, for your "eye" to SEE all and to "look again." None of thiscan be done through the human senses, for they are double and begin immediately to work with theappearances, and it is foolish to try to use the laws of God while actually regarding and measuring the threedrops of oil you have into manifestation. The command to "pour" the oil is either obeyed - or a tedium of humanopinion sets in and immediately a perfect, defensive agreement is made. It is impossible to "pour" when youhave nothing to pour. Nothing more can be done from the outside than has been done to change theconditions of your life. You have only resorted to the Christ after you have tried everything else. It is not very

flattering to the Christ consciousness, is it? Yet this great Impartial Power is not bothered about such apparent"slights." The amazing thing is that many who have "tried" everything but Christ, finally in their extremity"throw" themselves and their mistakes on the Christ, in desperation, and expect the machinery of the world tocease while their answer is given. Many times it is not forthcoming because there is no recognition - only amad desire to get rid of the conscious - thinking product. It is wonderful when you approach the Christconsciousness without the "shoes" of human wisdom, which already have trampled everything underfoot, andleft their ugly marks all over the earth. It is glorious when you forget your importance long enough to "LET" themiracle happen.

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for " so the farmer has "faith" in his tree. He does not go beyond this,even though he may put it into scientific terms to please the erudite. He knows that in the final analysis he mus"LET" it come into manifestation. When you push his erudition too far, he dismisses it all with the plain and

incomprehensible statement - "It grows." How, why, etc., he cannot explain; any more than you can explainhow "your problem" can be worked out "by the way you know not of."

Contemplation of the Presence will do much to loosen the hard and fast ideas of conscious thinking. The law ofsecrecy will aid mightily in the manifestation of the "Before they call I will answer." Remember that no manlooking upon three drops of oil, as such, can ever experience the increase. If you are awakened, you will nottry to explain to him the possibilities. You will "agree with your adversary quickly whilst thou art in the way withhim." "What is that to thee? Follow ME." What does it matter what he thinks, or has found, true? You havefound something in the secret place and have ceased to desire to "show" or "tell about things which are soprecious that they are compared with pearls" which swine trample underfoot.

He that hath ears let him hear what the Scriptures say unto the Churches"

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