It is a being conscious of his own existence as a living,
thinking, seeing, intelligent creature. All this is not seen by the natural
man. Then what is the natural man? He is the shadow of the
clairvoyant; neither is conscious of the existence of both at the same time.
Why do you speak of two when one is only a shadow? The
clairvoyant is like a man who is just where he thinks he is. The natural man is
governed by a belief. Reason does not enter into the combination of
the clairvoyant for if he reasons, he is not clairvoyant. Where is my
consciousness? I am conscious of my senses in both states at the same time. I see the substance and shadow at the same time and change the
former. I do not see my own shadow, but I see myself as I really am to myself
and knowing that I am not as I ought to be, I change that
knowledge by comparing myself to health till I feel it. Health is the standard
by which we judge ourselves and just as a man deviates from
this standard, he is in the dark and makes shadows. These shadows are the
feelings of the sick and are called disease. PPQ September
1861
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