In one of the parables by which he illustrated his teachings, Jesus described a sower who sowed "good seed" in his field. When the wheat came up, it was found that tares were growing with it, and the man's servants questioned from whence the tares had come. The master was not disturbed. He understood, as he explained to the servants (Matt. 13:28), that an enemy had done this.
Studying the story in the light of its metaphysical meaning, we realize how well it describes phases of our own experience. We perhaps have been trying to plant only good thoughts in our consciousness; we have declared frequently the allness of God, Spirit, the nothingness of matter or evil, and the forever fact that man is at one with God. These statements we know are true; yet it may seem at times that an enemy has come and scattered seeds of a different sort.
This enemy has perhaps suggested that we are discouraged or afraid, or that we have not enough understanding to solve the problems that confront us; that our bodies are at the mercy of material laws of health, our homes subject to discord or our businesses to failure.
