Intelligence
(original untitled)
You ask me to explain what I mean by that intelligence that is independent of a person's identity as a
natural man. I will try to give you the true answer. The
natural man is made of the substance called dust of the ground, that is of living
matter. This
matter is always changing and as it is
life it receives into it the essence of
wisdom and this essence or identity receives its birth from the
wisdom or
First Cause. As
wisdom is all knowledge it fills all
space, so that the natural life or
matter is its servant. So as this
wisdom spoke the identity called man into existence, essence is in that identity. So that when a child is born, the
matter contains this essence. Now I speak of the
natural man; he is made of
mind and
matter; the
matter is that part that compares to
death; the
mind is that which is called
wisdom of
matter. Now
wisdom is the
First Cause. The essence is the result or
effect of
wisdom.
Every living being is made of this essence or
idea of
matter. This essence is
wisdom or progression and as it is attached to
matter, it has its father or mother that protects it till it is able to protect itself. But the
wisdom of
matter has its identity, just as much as the
wisdom of
God has its identity, so that man has two identities: one of
error and the other of
science; so as one is destroyed, the other is set free. Each
wisdom has no form only as it is attached to an
idea. Our
wisdom may or may not be attached to things seen by the
natural man. Yet it has an identity and is the very substance that makes the shadow we call man. But the
natural man is so gross that he cannot see
wisdom or
light, so that things must be shrouded in darkness. When I speak to you, that which speaks is not the thing that speaks but the shadow of the substance.
I think I hear you say I do not understand. That voice comes from the world of
error. But I hear a different voice that speaks from the inner scientific man, saying I understand.
Quimby