Article August 15, 1977 Issue

What are the rungs to higher thinking?

The Ladder

GRETI ZBINDEN

Sometimes it seems as if we need a ladder in order to climb to a more spiritual consciousness that allows us to discern our unity with God. Such was the ladder that Jacob, the unruly patriarch, saw in a dream: "the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it." Gen. 28:12; In the years that followed, these "angels" changed his whole life.

Through the working of revealed Truth, we too can become aware of the great possibilities that await us when we are prepared to discern God's messages. Still, it may not always seem easy to give up recurring mortal fears, limitations, and the beliefs of inadequacy and failure. What can help us take the first steps up the ladder to a higher consciousness of life? The path for each person is an individual path. There is no set way or formula.

For me, the first rung could be called an inner stillness, a deeply anchored calm, a peace rooted in incontestable truth—constantly at work in us, whether we are aware of it or not. But, mortal mind may argue, how is this desirable inner stillness gained when there are so many influences from outside and inside to rob us of our stability? How can we remain calm in the midst of challenges and in view of the world's unrest? The Bible gives a very valuable hint. We read in Psalms, "Be still, and know that I am God." Ps. 46:10;

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