215B Chicago Private 25 4/6

Now, if material sense makes us ill, the antidote for it is spiritual consciousness or the realization that Spirit alone is power.  If I say that Spirit alone is power and I don’t love God and man, I’m a liar.  So I’m full of rheumatism, or cancer, or consumption, or something else.  So, I have to open out a way for the imprisoned splendor to escape.  I have to open out a way for forgiveness to flow out from me, prayers to flow out from me for the good and the bad.  Continue reading 215B Chicago Private 25 4/6

215B Chicago Private 25 2/6

You see one of the faults of our students, of all students, is that as soon as they hear a little truth they want to get out on a platform with it. They want to save the world. Everybody else is going to be saved. They haven’t been saved. They’re going to save the world. They’re going to give this away right away. Now, because they’ve got nothing to give, words in the book the other people could have found for themselves. Continue reading 215B Chicago Private 25 2/6

Esoteric Meaning Of Easter 5/5

The spiritual life is an individual life. There are ways of receiving help from a teacher. There are ways of receiving help from each other, but the final battle and victory is an entirely individual one that must be fought out in the consciousness of you as an individual, just as Jesus probably could have gotten a little support from his disciples in the garden of Gethsemane. Continue reading Esoteric Meaning Of Easter 5/5

True Identity 5/5

But there is God in the midst of you, and It is that very word I, and It will multiply loaves and fishes for you and through you; and It will be your safety and your security, even in the midst of bombs, even in the midst of wars, even in the midst of hell. This I at the center of your being, if you develop your consciousness to the point where you do not declare these truths, when you listen for them, when you let them declare themselves to you, then you will find that you’ve made the change over from material sense to spiritual sense. Continue reading True Identity 5/5

True Identity 4/5

Is there any other than that I? No, there is not. I, in the midst of thee, am mighty. I, in the midst of Moses, made the clouds appear, and the pillar of fire, and manna from the sky. I, in the midst of Jesus, multiplied the loaves and the fishes. I, in the midst of Jesus, healed the multitudes and always that same universal, impersonal, impartial, loving Father. I did those things throughout Scripture, and that I is the I speaking through the mouth, the throat, the words, the voice of Joel. Continue reading True Identity 4/5

God Seeks Us 4/6 ~1st Point of Practice

In spite of appearances, thou art there. Thou are here. I shall not fear what man can do to me. I shall not fear what mortal man can do to me. I shall not fear what circumstance or condition can do to me. I shall not fear what anything—time or space—can do to me. I shall not fear any presence or any power in heaven, on earth, or in hell for Omnipresence is with me. The Presence of God goes with me. Continue reading God Seeks Us 4/6 ~1st Point of Practice

Contemplative Meditation on Grace 5/5

So we learn that we do not go to God for business. We do not go to God for dollars. We do not go to God for help. We go to God for God. And having God, we have all. We will not have all while we have me and God. “There is not room for me and thee,” says God, “for I have to fill ALL space. I am a jealous God. I fill all space, and there’s no room for aught but me. I, me alone. I am ALL.” Continue reading Contemplative Meditation on Grace 5/5

Contemplative Meditation On Grace 3/5

Because the higher you go in the mental realm, the more it becomes intuitive and instinctive rather than actually mental power. As you leave the mental realm for the spiritual—and these are never synonymous; these are two entirely different states of consciousness—you find that you use less and less of the mental, until, if it is possible to rise high enough, you may use none at all. Continue reading Contemplative Meditation On Grace 3/5