The Impersonal Life

by Joseph Sieber Benner

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-====== The Inner Life 1933 ====== +====== The Inner Life ====== 
-Whatever the Lord sends, that I accept as His will. I have given +== THE HERALD OF THE NEW AGE | APRIL 1936 == 
-my whole self—body, mind, actions and feelings—to the will of +----
-the Almighty.”+
  
-“Suppose you are threatened with death by a murderous ruffian, 
-would you do nothing and accept that as God’s will?” 
  
-“When any danger arises I know that I have only to pray and +<WRAP justify> 
-instantly I will receive His protection. Prayer is necessary, but +Whatever the Lord sends, that I accept as His will. I have given my whole self—body, mind, actions and feelings—to the will of the Almighty.”
-fear is not. I pray frequently and the Lord has marvellously +
-protected me. Yet I have been through great troubles. Through +
-all of them I was conscious of His help and I trust Him fully under +
-every event. One day you, too, will disregard the future and +
-become indifferent to it.”+
  
-“There will have to be a remarkable change in me before that +“Suppose you are threatened with death by a murderous ruffian, would you do nothing and accept that as God’s will?” 
-happens,” I observe drily.+ 
 +“When any danger arises I know that I have only to pray and instantly I will receive His protection. Prayer is necessary, but fear is not. I pray frequently and the Lord has marvellously protected me. Yet I have been through great troubles. Through all of them I was conscious of His help and I trust Him fully under every event. One day you, too, will disregard the future and become indifferent to it.” 
 + 
 +“There will have to be a remarkable change in me before that happens,” I observe drily.
  
 “That change will surely come.” “That change will surely come.”
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 “Are you certain?” “Are you certain?”
  
-“Yes, you cannot escape your destiny. This spiritual rebirth +“Yes, you cannot escape your destiny. This spiritual rebirth is an event which comes from God, whether one looks for it or not.”
-is an event which comes from God, whether one looks for it or not.”+
  
-WHAT is the supreme object, the final goal of this Yoga of +WHAT is the supreme object, the final goal of this Yoga of Brahma Chinta?” I ask him.
-Brahma Chinta?” I ask him.+
  
-“We seek the condition of sacred trance, for in that condition +“We seek the condition of sacred trance, for in that condition man obtains perfect proof that he is a soul. Then it is that he frees his mind from his surroundings; objects fade away and the outside world seems to disappear. He discovers the soul as a living, real being within himself; its bliss, peace and power overwhelm him. All he needs is a single experience of this kind to obtain the proof that there is a divine and undying life in himself, never again can he forget it.”
-man obtains perfect proof that he is a soul. Then it is that he +
-frees his mind from his surroundings; objects fade away and the +
-outside world seems to disappear. He discovers the soul as a +
-living, real being within himself; its bliss, peace and power over- +
-whelm him. All he needs is a single experience of this kind to +
-obtain the proof that there is a divine and undying life in him- +
-self, never again can he forget it.”+
  
 A shred of doubt prompts my enquiry: A shred of doubt prompts my enquiry:
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 A ghost of a smile curls around his lips. A ghost of a smile curls around his lips.
  
-“When a mother gives birth to a child, is it possible that +“When a mother gives birth to a child, is it possible that she can doubt, even for a single moment, what is happening? And when she comes to look back on that experience, could she ever think that it was only an auto-suggestion? And when she watches her child grow up beside her year after year, can she hesitate at any time and disbelieve in its existence? 
-she can doubt, even for a single moment, what is happening? And +</WRAP> 
-when she comes to look back on that experience, could she ever + 
-think that it was only an auto-suggestion? And when she watches +
-her child grow up beside her year after year, can she hesitate +
-at any time and disbelieve in its existence? +
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-The Sacred Trance 5+
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