The belief that man has his being from man. The law is that like begets like, and this law is set Page 96 into operation in a way adverse to Truth when man holds himself as the offspring of mortal man. It is overcome by the Truth that God is Father, that man's real source is God, and that his inheritance is the perfection and wholeness of God. When this Truth is perceived we begin to understand and take on the characteristics of our divine Father. If we believe that God is our Father, and acknowledge Him, He will acknowledge us.
Man dies to the old life of sense and lives under a new commandment.
The hireling state of mind is that in which one is constantly looking for rewards. This cultivates selfishness, which is the foundation of fear. Gathering things together in the external. This is a vain effort to avert an imagined shortage in the future. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume . . .