There is more than one
way to stop suffering. Practicing Buddhism is
one way. Learning
how to automatically dissolve the meaning you give to meaningless events is another. Suffering really is not necessary.by Morty
Lefkoe
You belong to the realm of
art and mechanics. Get a good education. Fear nobody and nothing. Keep this motto:
"Behold,
the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me?" ECH
Verily, the more understanding one possesses,
the less there is to say, and the more there is to do.~ Francis *
"Do not
strain to understand life. Just live." VH
Man’s mind can be
possessed by illusions, but his Spirit is eternally free. If a mind creates
without love, it can create an empty shell. This CAN be
possessed by evil. But the Atonement restores the Soul to its
proper place. Unless there is emptiness there is no danger,
and emptiness is a false creation. The mind that
serves the Spirit is invulnerable. Miracles honor
man, BECAUSE he is lovable. They dispel
illusions about himself, and perceive the light in him. They thus atone
for his errors by freeing him from his own nightmares. They release him
from a prison in which he has imprisoned himself. By freeing his
mind from illusions, they restore his sanity, and place him at the feet of
Jesus. (Biblical quotation re healing
of devil possessed man, in which the sufferer was subsequently found healed in
his right mind, and sitting at the feet of Jesus.) CH 1 urText
I will not go back
further than John the Baptist. He is the only one that Jesus seemed
to put much stress upon. John saw that the time was very near when his truth or
Christ would become a science. Therefore, he says, As the truth is laid at the root or foundation of their theories, every tree or supposed
science that cannot stand the test of true science must be hewn down. Therefore
he spoke of a science that he could not prove but knew that it
would soon be explained and become a science. Therefore his belief was like
water that could wash away some of the errors, but when the
Truth or Holy Ghost should come, then it would be reduced to a science. At this
time Jesus had not received the Holy Ghost or knowledge, so as
to explain it. Therefore He went with others to John to be baptized or hear
John's ideas for truth. So when Jesus asked John to explain to Him,
John modestly replied, "I have need to be baptized or taught by you."
Jesus declined explaining, so John then went on to tell his ideas or belief.
Jesus entered into the water or belief, and understood it, and
when He came out of the water, the heavens were opened to Him and the Holy
Ghost descended like a dove and lit upon Jesus and a voice
said to Him and Him alone, This is my beloved Son or Science in whom I am well
pleased. At this time, this science had no name till Peter
gave it the name of Christ as an answer to a question put to him by Jesus.
"Whom do the people say that I, this power, am?" Peter answered, "Some say Moses," etc. Jesus then said, "Whom do
you say that I am?", not Jesus as is supposed, but this power; for all the
persons that Peter had named were dead, so of course Jesus did
not include Himself, but His theory. Peter answered Him, "Jesus, the
Christ, the living God or Science." This science he called
Christ. Then Jesus said, "Flesh and blood hath not revealed this to
you." It must have come from the same power that Jesus had. Therefore He
said, "Upon this rock or truth I will build my church or
theory and the gates of error and superstition shall not prevail against
it." This Truth or Christ is what Jesus taught. This
broke the locks and bars, opened the prison doors and let the captive free from
the old superstition and ignorance. By this power He healed all manner of diseases, cast out devils, established health and happiness,
brought peace and good will to man. PPQ Truth II January 1860 This is interesting because Quimby makes the distinction that the baptism
was symbolic of a rise in consciousness. The sort of thing Neville talked about
in relation to the Virgin birth, see: Prayers
to be successful must be Prayers claiming rather than begging.
*
Actually the quote comes from www.tut.com but now you know about Francis
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