During a drive a member of the party made the positive statement that in the many years she had lived in that part of the country she had never seen a weather vane. Before the drive was finished she for the first time became aware of them in that vicinity, having many times previously passed them by with unseeing eyes.
That she had not been conscious of them did not alter the fact that they had been there; and that which brought them into her vision was her awakened thought regarding them. This recalled to her what Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, wrote in her book "Unity of Good" (p. 8): "Everything is as real as you make it, and no more so. What you see, hear, feel, is a mode of consciousness, and can have no other reality than the sense you entertain of it." By this incident it is seen that it behooves us to be alert as to what we acknowledge as real, for we believe in that which we are convinced is existent.
Spiritual cognizance was the goal to which Jesus directed his followers. Through parables and example he earnestly endeavored to enlighten the thought of his disciples, so that they could see and understand what he perceived and understood. He was ever conscious of the things of Spirit, for they were ever present realities to him. He therefore yearned for all to become conscious of and to recognize Spirit and its manifestations. Great joy must have been his when he met with responsive understanding and spiritual discernment.
