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Attaining purposeful focus is basic to the achievement of cosmic unity. To attain this state one must develop control over the body and mind, so as to be able to see clearly the direction of the self to the immediate situation. But forget not the whole while focusing on the particular. To attend too carefully to the details might give one a distorted picture of what is really important. |
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Know first and foremost, as has been given, that the Lord thy God is one! Then know, too, that thyself is one—thy ego, thy I Am. Thy purposes, then; thy heart and thy life must be a consistent thing! For if thine eye be single (the I Am; that is, the purposes, the desires—and ye work at it!), then thy whole body is full of light. 1537-1 And those influences in the emotions, unless they be governed by an ideal, often may become as a stumbling stone. But use rather thy choices, thy endeavors, thy experiences, in a way and manner that they may become stepping-stones for a greater comprehension, a greater awakening of that consciousness of the Creative Forces of good, of hope, of faith, of brotherly love, of kindness, of gentleness; yea, of patience. 1599-1 (Q) Explain, "If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light." [Matt. 6:22, 23] (A) It explains itself. The I AM, the I Self, the I Consciousness, the eye as in those things James has given; the eye that hath looked on, the eye that hath observed, the eye that hath desired in the heart. That eye. If thine eye be single thine whole body is then full of light. Just as indicated in that given, as the Master gave to him that became the teacher to many peoples, how hard it is to kick against the pricks. Or in other words, how hard it is to make thine eye single, or thyself to say, "Lord, have thy way with me." 262-85 In the relations then with individuals, let those forces emanate that the self may ever be conscious of the life well spent in keeping the spiritual aspects of life first and foremost. Not that anyone should give self to being sober, long-faced or not knowing any of the pleasures of the earthly spirit, yet use, rather than abuse, those relations. 212-1 (Q) How can body avoid constant restlessness and sense of frustration and uselessness? Why doesn’t her home life and her charities satisfy her? (A) These will, when they are made one with the mental, physical and spiritual well-being; for these have been kept separated—and one as not knowing what the other did, but in the coordinating of the physical and mental and spiritual well-being, of that as may be accomplished in the home, in the charity, or in the associations socially, these should be ever with the eye single of that, "whatsoever my hands find to do, that will I do, with an eye single of showing, manifesting, living, being, my concept of the Divine." 454-1 | |
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