How true and yet how difficult of realization is the great fact that each new moment of each new hour is the only moment of which any of us can be conscious! Our yesterdays, with their joys and sorrows, are gone; they belong to the dead past. Our tomorrows, with their hopes and anticipations, never come. It is quite evident that the present, and not the succeeding moment, is the one in which we consciously exist. It is likewise self-evident that all that can ever come within the range of our knowledge and experience must exist now.
God, Truth, Life; man, immortality, heaven, bliss, eternity, in fact all the verities of being, are in existence now. No one can consistently believe that the past has entombed any verities which are not in evidence in this present time, because all that is true is eternal. Nor can we conceive of the future holding within its grasp a knowledge of things which has not always existed, because all true knowledge is universal and eternal. Obviously, as we can know and enjoy the verities of being, we should be profoundly interested in demonstrating their truth at this very moment.
It requires tactful, patient, and loving thoughtfulness to teach and encourage people to realize that there is contained in the simple act of acquiring true knowledge and understanding, all that is necessary for their extrication from sin and disease. In order to appreciate this fully, we should recognize that one's consciousness is made up largely of beliefs which have been accepted without investigation or effort, while passing through the natural experiences of life from childhood to adult years.
