He that is wise, and well instructed in spirit, standeth fast, not heeding any thing, but that the whole intention of his mind may tend to the right end.
For thus he may continue one, and the selfsame, and unshaken in the midst of so many various events, directing continually the single eye of his intention unto me.
3. And the purer the eye of the intention is, the more steadily doth he pass through various storms.
But in many things the eye of a pure intention waxeth dim, for it quickly looketh upon any delightsome object that occurs.
And it is rare to find one that is wholly free from all blemish of self-seeking.
So the Jews of old came to Bethany to Martha and Mary, not for Jesus alone, but to see Lazarus also.
The eye of thy intention therefore is to be purged, that it may be single and right, directed unto me beyond the manifold earthly objects that come between.
CHAPTER XXVI.
That God is sweet above all things, and in all things, to him that loveth.