The inner life makes the mind clear, for it is that part of one's being which may be called divine, the essence of life, the pure intelligence; and wherever the light of pure intelligence is thrown things become clear. Absorption in the outer life, without that which the inner life can give, makes one blind; all that one says, thinks, or does is based upon outer experiences; and one cannot realize to what extent the power gained by the inner life enables one to see through life. There is such a thing as belief in a third eye; in reality the third eye is the inner eye, the eye that is opened by one's awakening to the inner life.