Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life(Proverbs 4:23).
Most people, and learned people especially, have all kinds of knowledge that does not in the least affect or improve their practical lives. Doctors know all about hygiene, but often live in an unhealthy way, notwithstanding; and philosophers, who are acquainted with the accumulated wisdom of the ages, and assent to most of it, continue to do foolish and stupid things in their own personal lives.
Now, knowledge such as this is only opinion, or head knowledge, as some people call it. It has to become heart knowledge, or to be incorporated into the subconscious, before it can really change one. The modern psychologists in their efforts to “re-educate the subconscious” have the right idea, though they have not yet discovered the true method of doing so, which is by single-minded prayer, or the Practice of the Presence of God.
Jesus, of course, thoroughly understood all this, and that is why he stresses the fact that we have to be pure in heart.
As we learn to replace our dependency on knowledge with the awareness of our dependency on God, our subconscious begins to reflect this in our every thought, word and deed. That is when spiritual law becomes as much a part of our reality as gravity. Then we will achieve purity of heart and walk in our gardens.
Gardening within,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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