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Restrictions are necessary in our world. The sage realizes the limits of her ability, lives within those limits, and thereby gains her freedom. But neither too great nor too small restrictions are satisfactory. To be able to determine what is proper, the sage defines a personal code of ethics, rooted in her ideals. Once she has articulated this means of measurement, she can define the boundaries of her behavior in a manner which guides but does not frustrate. |
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Know, as has been given, God looks on the heart, not on the outward appearance. A rose by any other name may be just as sweet. So may an individual by any name. What is the purpose? The church, the God-force, is within self; not in the name that may be added by man. That oft becomes the stumbling stone to man. For to such there is limitation, and who can limit God? Who would limit the Master? Who would limit self, in God’s direction? 3350-1 There has also come a teacher who was bold enough to declare himself as the son of the living God. He set no rules of appetite. He set no rules of ethics, other than "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them," and to know "Inasmuch as ye do it unto the least of these, thy brethren, ye do it unto thy Maker." He declared that the kingdom of heaven is within each individual entity’s consciousness, to be attained, to be aware of—through meditating upon the fact that God is the Father of every soul. 357-13 (Q) Although the upward flight of my soul has been tremendous, why has it always been blocked by limitation when opportunity has come? (A) . . . True, each soul as it enters this material plane enters for its advancement. What the soul-entity does about that it has gained in experience, in application, makes for whether this is to be far—or very little—or even a backward tend. For growth is hindered as by the searing of influences that are not of the nature to make quick or lasting growth. 708-1 (Q) What are my present errors in conducting my personal life and my work? (A) As has been indicated, a little more patient, a little more tolerant, a little more humble. But, as has been indicated, not a tolerance that becomes timid—this would make rebellion in self. Not a patience that is not positive. Not an humbleness that becomes morbid or lacking in beauty. For as orderliness is a part of thy being, so let consistency—as persistency—be a part of thy being. 1402-1 Don’t abuse that intuition, but know that in the use of same, it must follow the pattern of the law and there must be ideals as well as rules and regulations, and that in the application of the tenets innately in self from the intuitive forces they must be for the common good of all and do not use to take advantage of thy brother, or as for satisfactions. 5163-1 | |
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