Many times we, especially the younger student, is apt to believe that the spiritual way of life, the contemplative way of life—is one without discipline. And the very opposite of this is truth, because there is no life that requires more disciplining than the spiritual life.
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All prayer or communion with God is for only one purpose—to achieve this sense of peace within; to achieve the realization that “…lo, I am with you always.” Let us have that sense of Divine Presence now and we will have answered prayer. Let us fail to achieve this sense of peace and the prayer is not a prayer. The feeling of the Presence is in itself a prayer. Continue reading The Importance of Meditation (4/4)
Each day it is our privilege and duty to retire into our secret chamber of consciousness, and pray this prayer of realization for those of our household, our business, our community, our nation, and this giving of our understanding, of our time and our devotion will be rewarded in His Grace literally appearing as our sufficiency in all things. Continue reading The Importance of Meditation (3/4)
My Peace
“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:27) Continue reading The Importance of Meditation (2/4)
God is the all-knowing Mind, so take the attitude that He knows our needs better than we do, and turn within only for the impartation of His Word. Continue reading The Importance of Meditation (1/4)
God constitutes individual being; God is the very nature of man; and therefore, man’s nature is godly and good, and these qualities of evil – ambition, lust, greed, stupidity, ignorance and fear – are the carnal mind. But there is no carnal mind, for there is no mind but the One. Continue reading Spiritual Principles in World Affairs
The mystic does not sit around worrying about what is going to happen to the world: the mystic beholds life and watches God at work. If he wants to see the sun rise, he gets up early, but then realizes that he is watching an activity of the Principle that governs this universe. Continue reading Beyond Space And Time
There is no such thing as mass salvation. Salvation is individual. You must find and experience God within your own being in order to achieve the Kingdom. Pray, meditate, ponder and commune within yourself until this confirmation comes to you. Continue reading Prayer (3/3)
The nature of God is fulfillment. It is the function of God to fulfill and to express Itself. However, there is that which will prevent us from coming into the experience of that fulfillment. Just as there may be brilliant sunshine, there are also shades, and we may use those shades to keep out the sun. As long as we entertain a sense of separation from God, this serves as the shade, which keeps away from us the benefits, the joys, the affluence of God. Our sense of separation from God is the barrier to our enjoyment of the blessings of God. Continue reading Prayer (2/3)
What, then is true prayer? What is the prayer that leads us unto God? What is the nature of the prayer that reveals our health and supply, our companionship, and the harmonies of every day living? We know that God is the goal, and our work is to attain that goal. If prayer is the way, what is prayer? What is the prayer of faith, of which James speaks, that results in demonstration? Continue reading Prayer (1/3)
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