TCR 24 - Knowledge And Being Held in God's Hand

TCR 24 [1-2]

Every one should prepare the way for God,
that is, should prepare himself for His reception;
and this is done by means of knowledge.

This knowledge has hitherto been wanting;
yet it is by this knowledge
that a person may ascend and know the Divine Being.

It is said that person ascends;
but it is to be understood that he is raised by God;
for a person has free will
in acquiring knowledge for himself,
and as he acquires it from the Word
by means of his understanding,
he thus prepares the way
by which God may descend and raise him.
The knowledge in its sequence
by which a person's understanding ascends,
while God all the time
holds him in His hand and leads him . . ..