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| + | **[[the_way_to_the_kingdom|The Way to The Kingdom]]** | ||
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| ====== I Have Chosen You ====== | ====== I Have Chosen You ====== | ||
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| It is for this that He has chosen you and has long been preparing you—you who love your fellows as He loves you. Our part is but to convince you of this, so that you in turn may convince others and lead them to Him. | It is for this that He has chosen you and has long been preparing you—you who love your fellows as He loves you. Our part is but to convince you of this, so that you in turn may convince others and lead them to Him. | ||
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| ==== MAMMON ==== | ==== MAMMON ==== | ||
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| We wonder how many realize what a mighty power Mammon has become in the world—in fact that he seemingly rules the world. | We wonder how many realize what a mighty power Mammon has become in the world—in fact that he seemingly rules the world. | ||
| If you do not realize it as yet, consider what follows, and then perhaps you will agree that there are very few indeed who are not under Mammon’s sway, who do not fear him, and who are wholly free from his power. | If you do not realize it as yet, consider what follows, and then perhaps you will agree that there are very few indeed who are not under Mammon’s sway, who do not fear him, and who are wholly free from his power. | ||
| - | First look around among your friends and note how money, or the possession of it, means everything to them. Without it they are “looked down upon” by those who have it. With plenty of it, especially if they spend it freely, they are “good fellows.” Those with a superabundance of it are “looked up to” with more or less awe by those who have less or little, while others bow and cater to them, deem them a great success, and generally consider them as having reached an exalted place in the world.</p> | + | First look around among your friends and note how money, or the possession of it, means everything to them. Without it they are “looked down upon” by those who have it. With plenty of it, especially if they spend it freely, they are “good fellows.” Those with a superabundance of it are “looked up to” with more or less awe by those who have less or little, while others bow and cater to them, deem them a great success, and generally consider them as having reached an exalted place in the world. |
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| + | Can you admit that the possession of money, today, in the eyes of the world, does not mean more to the vast majority of people than the possession of any other thing? Which means that practically everyone acknowledges Mammon as their lord and master, yields to his demands, and thereby gives money absolute power over them. | ||
| Do you think this is stating it too strongly? Then answer to yourself these questions: | Do you think this is stating it too strongly? Then answer to yourself these questions: | ||
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| Those who have the booklet “Wealth” should read it again in the light of the foregoing. It will prove most illuminating, | Those who have the booklet “Wealth” should read it again in the light of the foregoing. It will prove most illuminating, | ||
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| ==== HUSBAND AND WIFE ==== | ==== HUSBAND AND WIFE ==== | ||
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| We wish you now to think with us on a subject that is very close to some of you—especially to those who are married, and which perhaps is of more importance to such than any other subject we could consider. | We wish you now to think with us on a subject that is very close to some of you—especially to those who are married, and which perhaps is of more importance to such than any other subject we could consider. | ||
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| After coming together in the Work, however, these inequalities begin to disappear, as each learns to know and supply spiritually to the other what each lacks and needs. Thus they complement and round out—as two-in-one—their united channel for service under our Blessed Master, and are in a position to accomplish what He intended from the beginning. | After coming together in the Work, however, these inequalities begin to disappear, as each learns to know and supply spiritually to the other what each lacks and needs. Thus they complement and round out—as two-in-one—their united channel for service under our Blessed Master, and are in a position to accomplish what He intended from the beginning. | ||
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| ==== PRACTICAL WORK ==== | ==== PRACTICAL WORK ==== | ||
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| The time has come to give definite exercises that will help to lift the consciousness to that of the Master within. | The time has come to give definite exercises that will help to lift the consciousness to that of the Master within. | ||
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| Be still and know,—I AM—God.🔅 | Be still and know,—I AM—God.🔅 | ||
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| //<= back to top: [[the_way_to_the_kingdom|The Way to The Kingdom]]// | //next chapter => [[i_if_i_be_lifted_up_will_draw_all_men_unto_me|I, | //<= back to top: [[the_way_to_the_kingdom|The Way to The Kingdom]]// | //next chapter => [[i_if_i_be_lifted_up_will_draw_all_men_unto_me|I, | ||
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