Thursday, April 19, 2012

'There's no mystery about long life in the flesh – only ignorance.'

Harry (Thomas Henry) Gaze (1878 – 1959) was born in Thurlow, Suffolk, UK. He began his lecturing career in San Francisco in 1898, and was ordained by the Divine Science College in Denver in 1945. He married in 1932, and had two sons, one in 1935 and the other in 1940. His wife died in 1940. He had a son and a daughter from a previous marriage, and remarried in 1951.
Dr Gaze had written a book called How to Live Forever, which states, 'There's no mystery about long life in the flesh – only ignorance.' Well, Dr Gaze lectured frequently on his favourite subject – that is, living forever. In 1959 he agreed to give two lectures on physical immortality at Robert H Bitzer's Hollywood Church of Religious Science. He didn’t show up for the second lecture. The attendees were all waiting and wondering where their esteemed lecturer was. Unfortunately, there had been a motor vehicle accident, and Dr Gaze, who had been a passenger en route to the church, would die in the aftermath of that accident. He never gave that second lecture.

Gaze pointed out the lure of "Law of Attraction" to some New Thought proponents. It was a catch-22 situation for many. They were charged with commercialism if you make money and criticism when they fail and got into debt. Never the less, the use of Truth in the business world may bring great results and success when used in the love of being in service. Troward's view of this was "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be added unto you." "The Kingdom of Heaven is within vou." - first find God in yourself and you will find Him everywhere else," It is a case of "you press the button- and we do the rest." And, also, the masses love the practical side at the expense of the religious overtones. (Note: I’m still trying to determine when “law of attraction” became “Law of Attraction”.)
How to Live Forever, the Science and Practice (1904)
Life, Youth and Success, Constructive Psychology from A to Z, An Alphabet of Affirmation (1918)
Emmet Fox, the man and his work [1952]
An Thomas Troward Intimate Memoir of the Teacher and the Man[1958]
My Personal Recollections of Thomas Troward: One of the New World Thinkers and Teachers[1958]



How to Live Forever with Golden Rules for Successful Living 1904. In this handbook for living healthfully, youthfully and joyfully, Harry Gaze, minister, teacher and friend of Emmet Fox shows you how to harness all the power of your intelligence and energy to achieve complete rejuvenation. The book is systematically planned in order for you to obtain the maximum desired results. The chapters are composed of three parts: first, a general explanatory text; second, a set of Golden Rules for systematic application of text; third, a set of one months Daily Affirmations.
As a member of The World New Thought Federation Gaze was active in the conventions of 1910, 1912 and 1913. And later the INTA.

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