The mystical life rests on the premise that in the presence of spiritual consciousness neither material nor mental power is power. All spiritually illumined individuals are in agreement that they know nothing of the nature of any power with which to overcome sin, disease, lack, or inharmonious human relationships, but they also testify that in proportion to their attainment of an inner stillness, without any sense of needing a power, the discords evaporate. Joel S. Goldsmith