A winding mountain road in the Sierra Nevada of California, flanked by great pines and leading to our cabin, proved instrumental in helping me to demonstrate a metaphysical truth.
At first, whenever I left the cabin, I would invariably turn in the wrong direction to get to the nearest town. I would think, "The town is in this direction, I just know it is." But of course it never was! Not until reason overcame illusion did I turn in the right direction. That direction still seems wrong to me, but I am no longer fooled by appearances. I know the way now, because I have proved it many times.
Certainly humanity is continually being tempted to trust in physical sense, to watch matter for some indication of the next step to take. But matter, alias mortal mind, is never dependable, whether its signs appear to be good or bad. If one is not alert to the suggestions of this carnal mind, he may be temporarily blinded to God's tender, unfailing direction: "This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left."Isa. 30:21.
