Infinite Way Writings

Weekly Passage - for week of 10/2/05



"The Master gave it to us in these words, 'I can of mine own self do nothing.' Therefore, if I of mine own self can do nothing, there must be Something that does the work; there must be Something functioning in my experience that is responsible for my life and its demonstration. What is it? First of all, it is the realized Presence of the Spirit within; and secondly, it is abiding constantly and consciously in the realization that whatever I am being presented with is a picture -- a picture sometimes good and sometimes evil -- and I must not be attached to any picture. I must not gloat over the good, and I must not fear the evil: I must relize the unreal and impersonal nature of both."

-- from Joel Goldsmith's "The Contemplative Life"
Chapter 9 - Daily Preparation for Spiritual Living


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