The Impersonal Life

by Joseph Sieber Benner

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-seemed as if my physical body was lifted from the couch on which +seemed as if my physical body was lifted from the couch on which I was lying. Then the Chinaman straightened up and lifted his arms and ran toward the Light.
-I was lying. Then the Chinaman straightened up and lifted his +
-arms and ran toward the Light.+
  
-YESTERDAY, just before entering upon the Noonday Service, +YESTERDAY, just before entering upon the Noonday Service, I had been reading the chapter in The Way to the Kingdom entitled, “Whom the Lord Loveth,” and when in the course of the hour I took up the name and image of my sister who for many years had been confined in an insane asylum, but was now in a County Infirmary in Michigan. I said in my heart, “Oh Lord Jesus, how You must love her!” And immediately it seemed as if all the radiance of the Kingdom was turned upon her.
-I had been reading the chapter in The Way to the Kingdom +
-entitled, “Whom the Lord Loveth,” and when in the course of +
-the hour I took up the name and image of my sister who for +
-many years had been confined in an insane asylum, but was now +
-in a County Infirmary in Michigan. I said in my heart, “Oh +
-Lord Jesus, how You must love her!” And immediately it seemed +
-as if all the radiance of the Kingdom was turned upon her.+
  
-Shortly after she reported to me by letter that she knew +Shortly after she reported to me by letter that she knew I must have been holding her in thought, for often in the midst of the wrangling and quarreling that goes on among the inmates there a great sense of Peace and Love comes over her.
-I must have been holding her in thought, for often in the midst +
-of the wrangling and quarreling that goes on among the inmates +
-there a great sense of Peace and Love comes over her.+
  
-JUST a few of the experiences of the Inner Work I have done +<WRAP centeralign>—————————</WRAP>
-lately. One of my neighbors was so cross to his family they +
-were almost afraid to say a word. I began to see Christ in +
-that home, and when I think of him I see Jesus Christ, and it +
-certainly is doing wonders to that home. Their friends cannot +
-understand the change that has come over him.+
  
-I also have two neighbor women that would not speak to each +JUST a few of the experiences of the Inner Work I have done lately. One of my neighbors was so cross to his family they were almost afraid to say a word. I began to see Christ in that home, and when I think of him I see Jesus Christ, and it certainly is doing wonders to that home. Their friends cannot understand the change that has come over him.
-other, and in surrounding them with love and seeing Christ in +
-them, and they are becoming good friends again. I have also tried +
-the same thing where my husband works. They intended to make +
-a big cut in help although they needed all they had and they also +
-were going to cut wages, and by using the same method no one +
-was let out and some got raises. There is so much work to be +
-done if we only have ears to hear.+
  
-A FEW weeks ago our dog was taken very sick with diarrhea. +I also have two neighbor women that would not speak to each other, and in surrounding them with love and seeing Christ in them, and they are becoming good friends again. I have also tried the same thing where my husband works. They intended to make a big cut in help although they needed all they had and they also were going to cut wages, and by using the same method no one was let out and some got raises. There is so much work to be done if we only have ears to hear.
-She did not eat a thing for three days. She would look +
-into my eyes as much as to say, “You can help me”; but I seemed +
-powerless.+
  
-The fourth evening while studying The Way Beyond Course, +<WRAP centeralign>—————————</WRAP> 
-she came over to me, and putting her front paws on my lap, she+ 
 +A FEW weeks ago our dog was taken very sick with diarrhea. She did not eat a thing for three days. She would look into my eyes as much as to say, “You can help me”; but I seemed powerless. 
 + 
 +The fourth evening while studying The Way Beyond Course, she came over to me, and putting her front paws on my lap, she
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