In elections, in business, in every phase of experience, it is well, of course, to consider the record of all those concerned. Any sequence of action, however, needs to be understood as a whole. No correct judgment can be based on merely disconnected instances of seeming failures or successes. A way of doing can be rightly estimated and appreciated only in proportion as it is comprehended in its entirety. In judging any record, therefore, one is sure of being right only through using the discernment which comes from infinite intelligence.
The true record, moreover, is not of persons but of Mind's activity unfolding. Seeming mistakes of people have never affected in the slightest this ceaseless unfoldment. For any human shortcomings there is always the perfect remedy in sincere reliance on Principle now. To compare the waverings of mortals with the steady course of Principle throughout eternity is to see the insignificant fading away before the divine wisdom that is and always has been indestructible. Whatever has been good endures forever, while whatever has seemed wrong never has been real. In all circumstances, the one who is alert must know that the one Mind maintains exactly the right doing that constitutes the complete happiness of the real man in the divine image.
By knowing this, each one will find himself choosing with honest assurance what is of value and rejecting what is not. Divine intelligence manifests itself as clear reasoning in any case of selection, whether of candidates, of platforms, or of anything else. Infinite Mind infallibly uses and perpetuates true experience, ability, and spiritual vigor. Genuine understanding of Principle is never in vain but is necessarily for the general good. Without any hindrance whatsoever, it sooner or later takes the place of all manner of supposed limitations. Even a deliberate turning aside from Principle can be but temporary and must count as naught in the irresistible infinity of immortal unfoldment.
