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The time draws near for radical
change in the way you present yourself to the world. Like an animal that
sheds its skin in due season, your new self is ready to come forth. If you
try to remain stable on what has been solid in the past, you will lose
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(Q) Any advice regarding the world changes beginning June 25th, as they might affect my husband and me; also as to the attitude for us to hold? (A) . . . The attitude of all should be: "Thy will be done, O God! And let me find myself content with that I cannot change, and to change that which I may that will be in closer keeping with Thee." 1100-37 (Q) Give the body any advice and counsel that will help him at this time. (A) Has the body determined in self that it has chosen wisely and well in its activities day by day? In its choice of association in every direction, are they in keeping with the ideal the body has sought, does seek, and in taking such stock of self the body will find some changes, some conditions that amendments or change will be gradually brought about. Think not to destroy anything by the merely quitting or changing of same, until a whole consciousness is gained of the purpose of it all. Do not fight blindly or in the dark, for the whole of the physical and mental training of the body has been—and is—of a purpose, or a reason for accomplishing or going about any activity. Then, are those activities—are those purposes—in accord with the ideal as is builded, as is sought, as may be found by the self? Then work like thunder! 99-7 It is also understood, comprehended by some, that a new order of conditions is to arise; that there must be many a purging in high places as well as low; that there must be the greater consideration of each individual, each soul being his brother’s keeper. There will then come about those circumstances in the political, the economic and the whole relationships where there will be a leveling—or a greater comprehension of this need. For as the time or the period draws near for these changes that come with the new order, it behooves all of those who have an ideal—as individuals, as well as groups or societies or organizations, to be practicing, applying same in their experience—and their relationships as one to another. For unless these are up and doing, then there must indeed be a new order in their relationships and their activities. For His ways will carry through. For as He gave, "Though the heavens and the earth may pass away, my word will not pass away." All too often has this message been forgotten in the pulpits and in the organizations, not only in the national relationships but in the international relationships. 3976-18 | |
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