Article August 17, 1974 Issue

Protection Provided

LEON ALBO WOODS

We all have the surest protection available, right where we are every minute. This all-encompassing refuge is in our knowing our real selfhood as children of God.

It would appear, however, that mankind are perpetually seeking protection through various devices outside themselves. Some of these devices are atomic and nuclear weapons and other arms for the defense of nations. Watchdogs, alarm systems, guns, and other means are resorted to in the effort to protect individuals. But these are variable and unsure means of safety.

Why, one may ask, are not men equipped to defend themselves as much, at least, as the falcon or gazelle with its speed, the elephant with its tremendous strength, other animals with their natural camouflage? Even the lowly fruit fly has an elusiveness he can use to avoid detection. Is such equipment provided for the animals, birds, and insects but not for mankind? No! Men have their armor too. They are not left exposed. They are protected by their knowing—knowing what to do, and when and how to do it. Right doing follows right thinking, and right thinking is governed by right, spiritual ideas coming from God, Spirit. Spiritual ideas, then, are necessarily reflected through spiritual, not human, means.

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