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• Thomas Edison, who was responsible for over 1000 patented inventions, including the electric light bulb and the first phonograph (machine to record sound
for the youngsters among you), regularly tapped into his super-conscious mind for the solutions that would lead him to a successful invention.
• Michael Faraday was never trained as a scientist, in fact he started life as an assistant to a book binder. What he did have was a voracious appetite for
knowledge and he made appoint of reading the books he bound. One night he awoke with his mind overwhelmed with scientific formulae. Unaware of the
significance of the information “being fed” to him, he wrote pages of scientific formula and calculations down on paper. The notes were later examined by
a reputed scientist and it was discovered that the work was based on knowledge that had never existed before. The work was to form the basis of the entire
electronic age that we now enjoy.

• Nikolai Tessla, considered the greatest electrical genius of his age, constructed electrical motors piece by piece in his mind, was able to take them apart in
his mind and reassemble them until they would work perfectly. He could then go into his workshop and build a perfectly working electrical machine or
motor that worked first time. Tessla was attributed with the honour of having produced the first electric motor.

The man who is often acknowledged as the greatest thinker of the last century was Albert Einstein. Einstein was a firm believer in the super-conscious
mind, the infinite intelligence source that we refer to. The following is extracted from one of his articles, “The World As I See It” :-

The harmony of natural law...reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human
beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.

There is something about the universe -- an elegant order in the way everything fits and unfolds, an inexplicable beauty in its living patterns, and the
mysterious depth and expressiveness of it all -- that reminds us of the brilliance we see in the works of great artists, scientists, engineers, and saints.

Some people believe that human intelligence is the pinnacle of natural evolution and can outdo anything nature has to offer -- and that there is no God, and
that nature has nothing remotely resembling consciousness or intelligence. Others say that nature's (or God's) brilliance is greater than any human
intelligence -- ultimately awesome in its scope and endlessly surprising in its details -- and that human intelligence is a small but elegant expression of this
larger intelligence and has much to learn from it.

I find myself in this latter group -- those who sense some kind(s) of universal intelligence. To some degree, this is a matter of faith. To some degree, it seems
that the evidence surrounds us.

For those of us who see things this way, I suspect it honours universal intelligence more if we contemplate it, share our sense of it, and tap into it rather than
argue about it with others who see things differently.

Across the world, enlightened scientists, eminent philosophers, religious and spiritual wise men and women are acknowledging the presence of a “sixth sense”,
an infinite world of intelligence and energy beyond that contained in our individual minds. Page201

Christians see a higher intelligence they call God's plan, or the will of God. Taoists see a higher intelligence they call the Tao, the Way of Nature. Meditative
traditions speak of cosmic consciousness. Most indigenous peoples consider all of nature to be intelligent and alive. Scientists speak of natural laws -- and