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160:1.10 But the greatest of all [[methods]] of [[problem]] solving I have learned from [[Jesus]], your Master. I refer to that which he so [[consistently]] [[practices]], and which he has so [[faithfully]] taught you, the [[Solitude|isolation]] of [[worship]]ful [[meditation]]. In this [[habit]] of Jesus' going off so frequently by himself to [[commune]] with [[the Father]] in heaven is to be found the [[technique]], not only of gathering [[strength]] and [[wisdom]] for the ordinary [[conflicts]] of living, but also of appropriating the [[energy]] for the solution of the higher [[problems]] of a [[moral]] and [[spiritual]] [[nature]]. But even correct [[methods]] of solving [[problems]] will not [[compensate]] for [[inherent]] [[defects]] of [[personality]] or [[atone]] for the [[absence]] of the [[hunger]] and [[thirst]] for true [[righteousness]].

160:1.10 But the greatest of all [[methods]] of [[problem]] solving I have learned from [[Jesus]], your Master. I refer to that which he so [[consistently]] [[practices]], and which he has so [[faithfully]] taught you, the [[Solitude|isolation]] of [[worship]]ful [[meditation]]. In this [[habit]] of Jesus' going off so frequently by himself to [[commune]] with [[the Father]] in heaven is to be found the [[technique]], not only of gathering [[strength]] and [[wisdom]] for the ordinary [[conflicts]] of living, but also of appropriating the [[energy]] for the solution of the higher [[problems]] of a [[moral]] and [[spiritual]] [[nature]]. But even correct [[methods]] of solving [[problems]] will not [[compensate]] for [[inherent]] [[defects]] of [[personality]] or [[atone]] for the [[absence]] of the [[hunger]] and [[thirst]] for true [[righteousness]].

160:1.11 I am deeply impressed with the [[custom]] of [[Jesus]] in going apart by himself to [[engage]] in these seasons of [[solitary]] survey of the [[problems]] of living; to seek for new stores of [[wisdom]] and [[energy]] for meeting the manifold demands of [[social]] [[service]]; to quicken and deepen the [[supreme]] [[purpose]] of living by actually subjecting the total [[personality]] to the [[consciousness]] of contacting with [[divinity]]; to grasp for [[possession]] of new and better [[methods]] of [[adjusting]] oneself to the ever-changing situations of living [[existence]]; to effect those [[vital]] reconstructions and readjustments of one's [[personal]] [[attitudes]] which are so [[essential]] to enhanced [[insight]] into everything worth while and real; and to do all of this with an eye single to the [[glory]] of [[God]]—to [[breathe]] in [[sincerity]] your Master's favorite [[prayer]], " Not my will, but yours, be done. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_22]

160:1.11 I am deeply impressed with the [[custom]] of [[Jesus]] in going apart by himself to [[engage]] in these seasons of [[solitary]] survey of the [[problems]] of living; to seek for new stores of [[wisdom]] and [[energy]] for meeting the manifold demands of [[social]] [[service]]; to quicken and deepen the [[supreme]] [[purpose]] of living by actually subjecting the total [[personality]] to the [[consciousness]] of contacting with [[divinity]]; to grasp for [[possession]] of new and better [[methods]] of [[adjusting]] oneself to the ever-changing situations of living [[existence]]; to effect those [[vital]] reconstructions and readjustments of one's [[personal]] [[attitudes]] which are so [[essential]] to enhanced [[insight]] into everything worth while and real; and to do all of this with an eye single to the [[glory]] of [[God]]—to [[breathe]] in [[sincerity]] your Master's favorite [[prayer]], " Not my will, but yours, be done. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_22]

160:1.12 This [[worshipful]] [[practice]] of your [[the Master|Master]] brings that [[relaxation]] which renews the [[mind]]; that [[illumination]] which [[inspires]] the [[soul]]; that [[courage]] which enables one bravely to face one's [[problems]]; that [[self]]-[[understanding]] which obliterates debilitating [[fear]]; and that [[consciousness]] of [[union]] with [[divinity]] which equips man with the [[assurance]] that enables him to dare to be Godlike. The [[relaxation]] of [[worship]], or spiritual [[communion]] as [[practiced]] by [[the Master]], relieves [[tension]], removes [[conflicts]], and mightily augments the total [[resources]] of the [[personality]]. And all this [[philosophy]], plus the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], constitutes the new religion as I [[understand]] it.

160:1.12 This [[worshipful]] [[practice]] of your [[the Master|Master]] brings that [[relaxation]] which renews the [[mind]]; that [[illumination]] which [[inspires]] the [[soul]]; that [[courage]] which enables one bravely to face one's [[problems]]; that [[self]]-[[understanding]] which obliterates debilitating [[fear]]; and that [[consciousness]] of [[union]] with [[divinity]] which equips man with the [[assurance]] that enables him to dare to be Godlike. The [[relaxation]] of [[worship]], or spiritual [[communion]] as [[practiced]] by [[the Master]], relieves [[tension]], removes [[conflicts]], and mightily augments the total [[resources]] of the [[personality]]. And all this [[philosophy]], plus the [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]], constitutes the new religion as I [[understand]] it.

*2. 160:2.7 ''[[Union]] of [[souls]]—the mobilization of [[wisdom]]''. Every [[human being]] sooner or later acquires a certain [[concept]] of this world and a certain [[vision]] of the next. Now it is possible, through [[personality]] [[association]], to unite these views of [[temporal]] [[existence]] and [[eternal]] prospects. Thus does the [[mind]] of one augment its [[spiritual]] [[values]] by gaining much of the [[insight]] of the [[other]]. In this way men enrich the [[soul]] by pooling their respective [[spiritual]] [[possessions]]. Likewise, in this same way, man is enabled to avoid that ever-present [[tendency]] to fall [[victim]] to [[distortion]] of [[vision]], [[prejudice]] of [[viewpoint]], and narrowness of [[judgment]]. [[Fear]], [[envy]], and [[conceit]] can be prevented only by [[intimate]] contact with other [[minds]]. I call your [[attention]] to the [[fact]] that [[the Master]] never sends you out [[alone]] to labor for the extension of [[the kingdom]]; he always sends you out [[two]] and two. And since [[wisdom]] is superknowledge, it follows that, in the [[union]] of [[wisdom]], the [[social]] group, small or large, mutually [[shares]] all [[knowledge]].

*2. 160:2.7 ''[[Union]] of [[souls]]—the mobilization of [[wisdom]]''. Every [[human being]] sooner or later acquires a certain [[concept]] of this world and a certain [[vision]] of the next. Now it is possible, through [[personality]] [[association]], to unite these views of [[temporal]] [[existence]] and [[eternal]] prospects. Thus does the [[mind]] of one augment its [[spiritual]] [[values]] by gaining much of the [[insight]] of the [[other]]. In this way men enrich the [[soul]] by pooling their respective [[spiritual]] [[possessions]]. Likewise, in this same way, man is enabled to avoid that ever-present [[tendency]] to fall [[victim]] to [[distortion]] of [[vision]], [[prejudice]] of [[viewpoint]], and narrowness of [[judgment]]. [[Fear]], [[envy]], and [[conceit]] can be prevented only by [[intimate]] contact with other [[minds]]. I call your [[attention]] to the [[fact]] that [[the Master]] never sends you out [[alone]] to labor for the extension of [[the kingdom]]; he always sends you out [[two]] and two. And since [[wisdom]] is superknowledge, it follows that, in the [[union]] of [[wisdom]], the [[social]] group, small or large, mutually [[shares]] all [[knowledge]].

*3. 160:2.8 ''The [[enthusiasm]] for living''. [[Isolation]] tends to [[exhaust]] the [[energy]] charge of the [[soul]]. [[Association]] with one's fellows is [[essential]] to the [[renewal]] of the zest for life and is indispensable to the [[maintenance]] of the [[courage]] to fight those [[battles]] consequent upon the [[ascent]] to the higher levels of human living. [[Friendship]] enhances the [[joys]] and [[glorifies]] the [[triumphs]] of life. [[Loving]] and [[intimate]] human [[associations]] tend to rob [[suffering]] of its [[sorrow]] and hardship of much of its [[bitterness]]. The [[presence]] of a [[friend]] enhances all [[beauty]] and exalts every [[goodness]]. By [[intelligent]] [[symbols]] man is able to quicken and enlarge the appreciative [[capacities]] of his friends. One of the crowning [[glories]] of human [[friendship]] is this [[power]] and [[possibility]] of the [[mutual]] [[stimulation]] of the [[imagination]]. Great [[spiritual]] [[power]] is [[inherent]] in the [[consciousness]] of wholehearted [[devotion]] to a common cause, mutual [[loyalty]] to a [[cosmic]] [[Deity]].

*3. 160:2.8 ''The [[enthusiasm]] for living''. [[Isolation]] tends to [[exhaust]] the [[energy]] charge of the [[soul]]. [[Association]] with one's fellows is [[essential]] to the [[renewal]] of the zest for life and is indispensable to the [[maintenance]] of the [[courage]] to fight those [[battles]] consequent upon the [[ascent]] to the higher levels of human living. [[Friendship]] enhances the [[joys]] and [[glorifies]] the [[triumphs]] of life. [[Loving]] and [[intimate]] human [[associations]] tend to rob [[suffering]] of its [[sorrow]] and hardship of much of its [[bitterness]]. The [[presence]] of a [[friend]] enhances all [[beauty]] and exalts every [[goodness]]. By [[intelligent]] [[symbols]] man is able to quicken and enlarge the appreciative [[capacities]] of his friends. One of the crowning [[glories]] of human [[friendship]] is this [[power]] and [[possibility]] of the [[mutual]] [[stimulation]] of the [[imagination]]. Great [[spiritual]] [[power]] is [[inherent]] in the [[consciousness]] of wholehearted [[devotion]] to a common cause, mutual [[loyalty]] to a [[cosmic]] [[Deity]].

*4. 160:2.9 ''The enhanced [[defense]] against all [[evil]]''. [[Personality]] [[association]] and [[mutual]] [[affection]] is an efficient insurance against [[evil]]. [[Difficulties]], [[sorrow]], [[disappointment]], and [[defeat]] are more [[painful]] and disheartening when borne alone. Association does not [[transmute]] [[evil]] into [[righteousness]], but it does aid in greatly lessening the sting. Said your [[the Master|Master]], " Happy are they who mourn "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_5]—if a [[friend]] is at hand to [[comfort]]. There is [[positive]] [[strength]] in the [[knowledge]] that you live for the [[welfare]] of others, and that these others likewise live for your welfare and advancement. Man languishes in [[isolation]]. [[Human being]]s unfailingly become discouraged when they view only the transitory [[transactions]] of time. The [[present]], when [[divorced]] from the [[past]] and the [[future]], becomes exasperatingly trivial. Only a glimpse of the [[circle]] of [[eternity]] can [[inspire]] man to do his best and can [[challenge]] the best in him to do its utmost. And when man is thus at his best, he lives most [[unselfishly]] for the [[good]] of others, his fellow [[sojourners]] in [[time]] and [[eternity]].

*4. 160:2.9 ''The enhanced [[defense]] against all [[evil]]''. [[Personality]] [[association]] and [[mutual]] [[affection]] is an efficient insurance against [[evil]]. [[Difficulties]], [[sorrow]], [[disappointment]], and [[defeat]] are more [[painful]] and disheartening when borne alone. Association does not [[transmute]] [[evil]] into [[righteousness]], but it does aid in greatly lessening the sting. Said your [[the Master|Master]], " Happy are they who mourn "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_5]—if a [[friend]] is at hand to [[comfort]]. There is [[positive]] [[strength]] in the [[knowledge]] that you live for the [[welfare]] of others, and that these others likewise live for your welfare and advancement. Man languishes in [[isolation]]. [[Human being]]s unfailingly become discouraged when they view only the transitory [[transactions]] of time. The [[present]], when [[divorced]] from the [[past]] and the [[future]], becomes exasperatingly trivial. Only a glimpse of the [[circle]] of [[eternity]] can [[inspire]] man to do his best and can [[challenge]] the best in him to do its utmost. And when man is thus at his best, he lives most [[unselfishly]] for the [[good]] of others, his fellow [[sojourners]] in [[time]] and [[eternity]].

160:2.10 I [[repeat]], such [[inspiring]] and ennobling [[association]] finds its [[ideal]] [[possibilities]] in the human [[marriage]] [[relation]]. True, much is [[attained]] out of marriage, and many, many marriages utterly fail to produce these [[moral]] and [[spiritual]] fruits. Too many times [[marriage]] is entered by those who seek other [[values]] which are lower than these superior accompaniments of human [[maturity]]. [[Ideal]] [[marriage]] must be founded on something more [[stable]] than the fluctuations of sentiment and the fickleness of mere [[sex]] [[attraction]]; it must be based on genuine and [[mutual]] [[personal]] [[devotion]]. And thus, if you can build up such trustworthy and [[effective]] small [[units]] of human [[association]], when these are assembled in the [[aggregate]], the world will behold a great and [[glorified]] social [[structure]], the [[civilization]] of [[mortal]] [[maturity]]. Such a [[race]] might begin to [[realize]] something of your [[the Master|Master]]'s [[ideal]] of " peace on earth and good will among men. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_2] While such a [[society]] would not be [[perfect]] or entirely [[free]] from [[evil]], it would at least approach the [[stabilization]] of [[maturity]].

160:2.10 I [[repeat]], such [[inspiring]] and ennobling [[association]] finds its [[ideal]] [[possibilities]] in the human [[marriage]] [[relation]]. True, much is [[attained]] out of marriage, and many, many marriages utterly fail to produce these [[moral]] and [[spiritual]] fruits. Too many times [[marriage]] is entered by those who seek other [[values]] which are lower than these superior accompaniments of human [[maturity]]. [[Ideal]] [[marriage]] must be founded on something more [[stable]] than the fluctuations of sentiment and the fickleness of mere [[sex]] [[attraction]]; it must be based on genuine and [[mutual]] [[personal]] [[devotion]]. And thus, if you can build up such trustworthy and [[effective]] small [[units]] of human [[association]], when these are assembled in the [[aggregate]], the world will behold a great and [[glorified]] social [[structure]], the [[civilization]] of [[mortal]] [[maturity]]. Such a [[race]] might begin to [[realize]] something of your [[the Master|Master]]'s [[ideal]] of " peace on earth and good will among men. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_2] While such a [[society]] would not be [[perfect]] or entirely [[free]] from [[evil]], it would at least approach the [[stabilization]] of [[maturity]].

==160:3. THE LURES OF MATURITY==

==160:3. THE LURES OF MATURITY==

160:3.1 The [[effort]] toward [[maturity]] necessitates [[work]], and work requires [[energy]]. Whence the [[power]] to accomplish all this? The [[physical]] things can be taken for granted, but [[the Master]] has well said, " Man cannot live by bread alone. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deuteronomy#Chapter_.8] Granted the [[possession]] of a [[normal]] [[body]] and reasonably good [[health]], we must next look for those lures which will [[act]] as a [[stimulus]] to call forth man's [[slumbering]] [[spiritual]] [[forces]]. [[Jesus]] has taught us that [[God]] lives in man; then how can we induce man to release these [[soul]]-bound [[powers]] of [[divinity]] and [[infinity]]? How shall we induce men to let go of [[God]] that he may spring forth to the refreshment of our own [[souls]] while in transit outward and then to serve the [[purpose]] of [[enlightening]], uplifting, and [[blessing]] countless other [[souls]]? How best can I [[awaken]] these [[latent]] [[powers]] for [[good]] which lie dormant in your [[souls]]? One thing I am sure of: [[Emotional]] excitement is not the [[ideal]] spiritual [[stimulus]]. Excitement does not augment [[energy]]; it rather [[exhausts]] the powers of both [[mind]] and [[body]]. Whence then comes the [[energy]] to do these great things? Look to your [[the Master|Master]]. Even now he is out in the hills taking in [[power]] while we are here giving out [[energy]]. The [[secret]] of all this [[problem]] is wrapped up in [[spiritual]] [[communion]], in [[worship]]. From the human [[standpoint]] it is a question of combined [[meditation]] and [[relaxation]]. Meditation makes the [[contact]] of [[mind]] with [[spirit]]; [[relaxation]] determines the [[capacity]] for spiritual [[receptivity]]. And this interchange of [[strength]] for [[weakness]], [[courage]] for [[fear]], [[Doing the will of God|the will of God]] for the [[mind]] of [[self]], constitutes [[worship]]. At least, that is the way the [[philosopher]] views it.

160:3.1 The [[effort]] toward [[maturity]] necessitates [[work]], and work requires [[energy]]. Whence the [[power]] to accomplish all this? The [[physical]] things can be taken for granted, but [[the Master]] has well said, " Man cannot live by bread alone. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deuteronomy#Chapter_.8] Granted the [[possession]] of a [[normal]] [[body]] and reasonably good [[health]], we must next look for those lures which will [[act]] as a [[stimulus]] to call forth man's [[slumbering]] [[spiritual]] [[forces]]. [[Jesus]] has taught us that [[God]] lives in man; then how can we induce man to release these [[soul]]-bound [[powers]] of [[divinity]] and [[infinity]]? How shall we induce men to let go of [[God]] that he may spring forth to the refreshment of our own [[souls]] while in transit outward and then to serve the [[purpose]] of [[enlightening]], uplifting, and [[blessing]] countless other [[souls]]? How best can I [[awaken]] these [[latent]] [[powers]] for [[good]] which lie dormant in your [[souls]]? One thing I am sure of: [[Emotional]] excitement is not the [[ideal]] spiritual [[stimulus]]. Excitement does not augment [[energy]]; it rather [[exhausts]] the powers of both [[mind]] and [[body]]. Whence then comes the [[energy]] to do these great things? Look to your [[the Master|Master]]. Even now he is out in the hills taking in [[power]] while we are here giving out [[energy]]. The [[secret]] of all this [[problem]] is wrapped up in [[spiritual]] [[communion]], in [[worship]]. From the human [[standpoint]] it is a question of combined [[meditation]] and [[relaxation]]. Meditation makes the [[contact]] of [[mind]] with [[spirit]]; [[relaxation]] determines the [[capacity]] for spiritual [[receptivity]]. And this interchange of [[strength]] for [[weakness]], [[courage]] for [[fear]], [[Doing the will of God|the will of God]] for the [[mind]] of [[self]], constitutes [[worship]]. At least, that is the way the [[philosopher]] views it.

160:3.2 When these [[experiences]] are frequently [[repeated]], they [[crystallize]] into [[habits]], [[strength]]-giving and [[worshipful]] habits, and such habits eventually [[formulate]] themselves into a [[spiritual]] [[character]], and such a character is finally [[recognized]] by one's fellows as a [[mature]] [[personality]]. These [[practices]] are [[difficult]] and time-consuming at first, but when they become [[habit]]ual, they are at once restful and time-saving. The more [[complex]] [[society]] becomes, and the more the lures of [[civilization]] multiply, the more urgent will become the [[necessity]] for [[God]]-knowing [[individuals]] to form such protective [[habitual]] [[practices]] [[designed]] to conserve and augment their [[spiritual]] [[energies]].

160:3.2 When these [[experiences]] are frequently [[repeated]], they [[crystallize]] into [[habits]], [[strength]]-giving and [[worshipful]] habits, and such habits eventually [[formulate]] themselves into a [[spiritual]] [[character]], and such a character is finally [[recognized]] by one's fellows as a [[mature]] [[personality]]. These [[practices]] are [[difficult]] and time-consuming at first, but when they become [[habit]]ual, they are at once restful and time-saving. The more [[complex]] [[society]] becomes, and the more the lures of [[civilization]] multiply, the more urgent will become the [[necessity]] for [[God]]-knowing [[individuals]] to form such protective [[habitual]] [[practices]] [[designed]] to conserve and augment their [[spiritual]] [[energies]].

160:5.8 I am not only [[intrigued]] by the consummate [[ideals]] of this [[religion]] of your [[the Master|Master]], but I am mightily moved to profess my [[belief]] in his announcement that these [[ideals]] of spirit [[realities]] are attainable; that you and I can enter upon this long and [[eternal]] [[adventure]] with his [[assurance]] of the certainty of our [[ultimate]] arrival at the [[portals]] of [[Paradise]]. My brethren, I am a believer, I have embarked; I am on my way with you in this [[eternal]] venture. [[The Master]] says he came from [[the Father]], and that he will show us the way. I am fully persuaded he speaks the [[truth]]. I am finally convinced that there are no attainable [[ideals]] of [[reality]] or [[values]] of [[perfection]] apart from the [[eternal]] and [[Universal Father]].

160:5.8 I am not only [[intrigued]] by the consummate [[ideals]] of this [[religion]] of your [[the Master|Master]], but I am mightily moved to profess my [[belief]] in his announcement that these [[ideals]] of spirit [[realities]] are attainable; that you and I can enter upon this long and [[eternal]] [[adventure]] with his [[assurance]] of the certainty of our [[ultimate]] arrival at the [[portals]] of [[Paradise]]. My brethren, I am a believer, I have embarked; I am on my way with you in this [[eternal]] venture. [[The Master]] says he came from [[the Father]], and that he will show us the way. I am fully persuaded he speaks the [[truth]]. I am finally convinced that there are no attainable [[ideals]] of [[reality]] or [[values]] of [[perfection]] apart from the [[eternal]] and [[Universal Father]].

160:5.9 I come, then, to [[worship]], not merely the [[God]] of [[existences]], but the God of the [[possibility]] of all [[future]] [[existences]]. Therefore must your [[devotion]] to a [[supreme]] [[ideal]], if that ideal is real, be [[devotion]] to this [[God]] of [[past]], [[present]], and [[future]] universes of [[things]] and [[beings]]. And there is no other [[God]], for there cannot possibly be any other God. All other gods are figments of the [[imagination]], [[illusions]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND mortal mind], distortions of [[false]] [[logic]], and the self-[[deceptive]] [[idols]] of those who create them. Yes, you can have a [[religion]] without this [[God]], but it does not mean anything. And if you seek to substitute the [[word]] [[God]] for the [[reality]] of this [[ideal]] of the living God, you have only deluded yourself by putting an [[idea]] in the place of an [[ideal]], a [[divine]] [[reality]]. Such [[beliefs]] are merely religions of [[wish]]ful fancy.

160:5.9 I come, then, to [[worship]], not merely the [[God]] of [[existences]], but the God of the [[possibility]] of all [[future]] [[existences]]. Therefore must your [[devotion]] to a [[supreme]] [[ideal]], if that ideal is real, be [[devotion]] to this [[God]] of [[past]], [[present]], and [[future]] universes of [[things]] and [[beings]]. And there is no other [[God]], for there cannot possibly be any other God. All other gods are figments of the [[imagination]], [[illusions]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND mortal mind], distortions of [[false]] [[logic]], and the self-[[deceptive]] [[idols]] of those who create them. Yes, you can have a [[religion]] without this [[God]], but it does not mean anything. And if you seek to substitute the [[word]] [[God]] for the [[reality]] of this [[ideal]] of the living God, you have only deluded yourself by putting an [[idea]] in the place of an [[ideal]], a [[divine]] [[reality]]. Such [[beliefs]] are merely religions of [[wish]]ful fancy.

160:5.10 I see in the teachings of [[Jesus]], [[religion]] at its best. This [[gospel]] enables us to seek for the true [[God]] and to find him. But are we willing to pay the price of this entrance into [[the kingdom]] of heaven? Are we willing to be born again? to be remade? Are we willing to be subject to this terrible and testing [[process]] of self-destruction and [[soul]] reconstruction? Has not [[the Master]] said: " Whoso would save his life must lose it. Think not that I have come to bring peace but rather a soul struggle "?[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_9] True, after we pay the price of [[dedication]] to [[the Father]]'s will, we do [[experience]] great [[peace]] provided we continue to walk in these spiritual paths of [[consecrated]] living.

160:5.10 I see in the teachings of [[Jesus]], [[religion]] at its best. This [[gospel]] enables us to seek for the true [[God]] and to find him. But are we willing to pay the price of this entrance into [[the kingdom]] of heaven? Are we willing to be born again? to be remade? Are we willing to be subject to this terrible and testing [[process]] of self-destruction and [[soul]] reconstruction? Has not [[the Master]] said: " Whoso would save his life must lose it. Think not that I have come to bring peace but rather a soul struggle "?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_9] True, after we pay the price of [[dedication]] to [[the Father]]'s will, we do [[experience]] great [[peace]] provided we continue to walk in these spiritual paths of [[consecrated]] living.

160:5.11 Now are we truly forsaking the lures of the known order of [[existence]] while we unreservedly [[dedicate]] our [[quest]] to the lures of the [[unknown]] and unexplored order of the [[existence]] of a [[future]] life of [[adventure]] in the spirit worlds of the higher [[idealism]] of [[divine]] [[reality]]. And we seek for those [[symbols]] of [[meaning]] wherewith to convey to our fellow men these [[concepts]] of the [[reality]] of the idealism of the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]], and we will not cease to pray for that day when all [[mankind]] shall be thrilled by the communal [[vision]] of this [[supreme]] [[truth]]. Just now, our focalized [[concept]] of [[the Father]], as held in our [[hearts]], is that God is spirit; as conveyed to our fellows, that [[God]] is [[love]].

160:5.11 Now are we truly forsaking the lures of the known order of [[existence]] while we unreservedly [[dedicate]] our [[quest]] to the lures of the [[unknown]] and unexplored order of the [[existence]] of a [[future]] life of [[adventure]] in the spirit worlds of the higher [[idealism]] of [[divine]] [[reality]]. And we seek for those [[symbols]] of [[meaning]] wherewith to convey to our fellow men these [[concepts]] of the [[reality]] of the idealism of the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]], and we will not cease to pray for that day when all [[mankind]] shall be thrilled by the communal [[vision]] of this [[supreme]] [[truth]]. Just now, our focalized [[concept]] of [[the Father]], as held in our [[hearts]], is that God is spirit; as conveyed to our fellows, that [[God]] is [[love]].

160:5.14 And thus ended the [[dissertation]]s of the [[Greek]] philosopher, one of the greatest of his [[race]], who had become a believer in the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]].

160:5.14 And thus ended the [[dissertation]]s of the [[Greek]] philosopher, one of the greatest of his [[race]], who had become a believer in the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]].

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