1. God indeed can be reached directly, for there is no distance between Him and His Son. ²His awareness is in everyone’s memory, and His Word is written on everyone’s heart. ³Yet this awareness and this memory can arise across the threshold of recognition only where all barriers to truth have been removed. ⁴In how many is this the case? ⁵Here, then, is the role of God’s teachers. ⁶They, too, have not attained the necessary understanding as yet, but they have joined with others. ⁷This is what sets them apart from the world. ⁸And it is this that enables others to leave the world with them. ⁹Alone they are nothing. ¹⁰But in their joining is the power of God.

2. There are those who have reached God directly, retaining no trace of worldly limits and remembering their own Identity perfectly. ²These might be called the Teachers of teachers because, although they are no longer visible, their image can yet be called upon. ³And they will appear when and where it is helpful for them to do so. ⁴To those to whom such appearances would be frightening, they give their ideas. ⁵No one can call on them in vain. ⁶Nor is there anyone of whom they are unaware. ⁷All needs are known to them, and all mistakes are recognized and overlooked by them. ⁸The time will come when this is understood. ⁹And meanwhile, they give all their gifts to the teachers of God who look to them for help, asking all things in their name and in no other.

3. Sometimes a teacher of God may have a brief experience of direct union with God. ²In this world, it is almost impossible that this endure. ³It can, perhaps, be won after much devotion and dedication, and then be maintained for much of the time on earth. ⁴But this is so rare that it cannot be considered a realistic goal. ⁵If it happens, so be it. ⁶If it does not happen, so be it as well. ⁷All worldly states must be illusory. ⁸If God were reached directly in sustained awareness, the body would not be long maintained. ⁹Those who have laid the body down merely to extend their helpfulness to those remaining behind are few indeed. ¹⁰And they need helpers who are still in bondage and still asleep, so that by their awakening can God’s Voice be heard.

4. Do not despair, then, because of limitations. ²It is your function to escape from them, but not to be without them. ³If you would be heard by those who suffer, you must speak their language. ⁴If you would be a savior, you must understand what needs to be escaped. ⁵Salvation is not theoretical. ⁶Behold the problem, ask for the answer, and then accept it when it comes. ⁷Nor will its coming be long delayed. ⁸All the help you can accept will be provided, and not one need you have will not be met. ⁹Let us not, then, be too concerned with goals for which you are not ready. ¹⁰God takes you where you are and welcomes you. ¹¹What more could you desire, when this is all you need?