Article September 1, 1973 Issue

SPIRITUALIZING THOUGHT

through uniting with God in His purpose

DAVID E. SLEEPER

A friend of mine gave a $20 bill to a bank teller and asked him to change it. He glanced at the bill, then gave it back to her. To her astonishment he said, "I can't cash it. It's counterfeit." He then showed her some imperfections in the bill. She could see it was, indeed, counterfeit. When she asked him how he could detect its falsity so quickly, he replied, "I've made a careful study of genuine currency. As a result, I know its characteristics so well it wasn't any trouble to detect the counterfeit."

Someone had given my friend the counterfeit bill. She had accepted it as genuine. But had she been as well informed as the bank employee, she too would have rejected it as unreal.

Appearances, of course, can often be deceiving. To detect the falsity of surface appearances readily, one must understand the subject he is contemplating. Then he will not be deceived by any misrepresentation of the truth.

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