BUT KNOW, My Child, there are sure ways of knowing when the voice of self speaks, and when I speak—to him who sincerely wills to know, and who is ready to face self and see and know it for just what it is, and just what it pretends to be and is not.

Self is always in an attitude of fighting for and protecting its own, always afraid of losing something it possesses; and so its voices of criticism, condemnation, anxiety, fear, worry, selfishness, greed, envy, jealousy are ever heard in their efforts to hold your attention; while My Voice of Love and Faith, Hope and Trust, Understanding and Discrimination always seeks to enlist your interest in the Truth I would unfold to you.

The voice of self is always asking, demanding and trying to get something for self, is always concerned solely with self. My Voice always points you to and concerns you with others whom I want you to think of and to help.

The voice of self sounds from without, always relates to something in the outer world, or to conditions springing from it. My Voice always sounds from within, and relates to things of the Soul-state, of your Soul, or your brother’s.

The voice of self ever seeks by much reasoning and argument to oppose anything that would deprive the self of some power or prerogative long held or exercised by it. My Voice speaks from deep within the heart and declares the Truth so definitely that unless self has complete control the mind cannot but accept and recognize it as Truth.

The voice of self is always trying to get from others that which will benefit self, often hiding such benefit behind sophistries put forth to fool the mind into believing they are for others’ good. My Voice definitely requires that you denounce the ways of self, that you realize now and always that My Way is just the opposite of that of self; for it is ever the way of loving service to others, instead of getting for self.