THE MASTERY OF YOUR ATTENTION WILL COME
WHEN YOU WILL START SEEING the truth..
In silence there must be movement, and in motion,
There must be silence. A small movement is better than a big one.. No movement is better than a small one..listen! Silence is all the movement's mother.. In Movement you should be like a dragon or a tiger. In non Movement you should be like a Buddha. -- Wang Xiangzhai(November 26, 1885 - July 12, 1963}
The Mystical I Joel S. Goldsmith Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and I will sup with him, and he with me. -Revelations 3.20 CHAPTER I I STAND AT THE DOOR "I stand at the door, and knock." Who is this I standing at the door?* And at what door is this I standing? At what door but the door of your consciousness? I stand at the door of your consciousness and knock, but you must open the door and admit Me, for "I am the bread of life.... I am the way, the truth, and the life.... I am the resurrection, and the life.... I am come that you might have life, and that you might have it more abundantly." The I that is standing at the door of your consciousness and knocking is the I that has come that you might have the life more abundant. When you admit that I into your consciousness, you have admitted life eternal: the bread of life, the water of life, and the wine of life. You have admitted into your consciousness the power of resurrection: the resurrection of your body, your home, your marriage, your fortune, and your business. Only when you admit I into your consciousness, do you admit into yourself the secret of life. When you acknowledge that that I in the midst of you is mighty, you are not speaking of a man or of any person: you are speaking of the I, I. The material in this volume first appeared in the form of letters sent to students of The Infinite Way throughout the world as an aid to the revelation and unfoldment of the transcendental Consciousness through a deeper understanding of Scripture and the principles of The Infinite Way.-ED. *The word I, italicized, refers to God, as does the word Me. Close your eyes and within yourself, silently, sacredly, secretly, and gently say the word, "I, I." That I in the midst of you is mighty. That I in the midst of you is greater than any problem in the outside world. That I in the midst of you is come that you might have life and might have it more abundantly. That I has been with you since "before Abraham was," awaiting your recognition and your acknowledgment. "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God?" Know ye not that the name of God is I, or I AM, and that you are the temple of God only when you have admitted I into your consciousness and held It there secretly, sacredly, gently, peaceably, so that at any moment you can close your eyes and just remember I?* This I that is in the midst of me a life eternal. This I that is within me is the He that is mighty. Just as this unveiling of the truth of your true relationship with God and with all mankind has taken place in you, some day it will include all of human consciousness. God does not select a personal "you" or a personal "me" for his blessings. God's grace is unveiled that it may be shared by all mankind. True, it comes only into the consciousness prepared for it, but "two or three ... gathered together in my name" or "ten righteous men" can save a city. So, as consciousness is more and more open to this unveiling of truth, the entire world will be embraced in this same relationship that is now being experienced by students of The Infinite Way. His Spirit is upon me, and I am ordained to heal the sick, but not without His Spirit being upon me. I am ordained to heal the sick, not by virtue of any words that I know or thoughts that I think, but by virtue of His Spirit being upon me, and then the right words and the right thoughts will come through. At this stage of unfolding consciousness, you are responsible for every picture that presents itself to your sight or hearing. You may not "pass by on the other side" of the road. It is given to men living purely in the human world to ignore the troubles of their fellow men, especially if they are of a different land, a different religion, or a different race. It is not so given unto you. The Grace which you have received from God was given you, not for you: it was given as the fruitage of God which the world is to eat. "Take, eat; this is my body." You are a fruitful vine on which grapes grow: you are spiritually fed and spiritually clothed and spiritually housed. Give up your grapes; let your grapes go out into the market, into the world. You owe a debt to God and to the world, and the debt is that you do not pass by on the other side of the road, but take note of every discord and every inharmony and bring to bear the activity of the Christ. Be a transparency through which the Christ dissolves the appearance. You do not necessarily have to think anything, but you must be still. You must be still for an instant, and let His Spirit flow through you and dissolve the appearance. You may not pass by on the other side. You are at a state of spiritual unfoldment where you have already been told to leave your "nets"-not to go anywhere or do anything, but just not to be concerned about your "nets" in the face of appearances. Rather cease your fishing for a moment and be "fishers of men." And how? Just by recognition. It takes only a moment, the blink of an eye, to realize that in the presence of the Christ, temporal power is not power. It has only the "arm of flesh." You cannot serve God, whom you have not seen and do not know, except as you serve man, whom you do know. Your only way of serving God is in serving man. This is giving the first fruits unto God. The only way you have of neglecting your service to God is to neglect your service to man. It is good and right that out of your material resources you share something with those who have less or who have nothing. That is a minor but necessary part of your spiritual development, because we all must acknowledge that we have very little in the way of material resources to give in comparison to the needs of the world. You who walk in the Light have more to give individually than an entire nation has to give, for the nations can give only of material resources which are limited and finite, but you have living waters, you have spiritual meat, you have spiritual wine, spiritual bread. You have the word of Life; you have the Spirit of God incarnate in you. Above all, you have a moment of silence, so that in that silence the voice of God may thunder. This is the most precious gift in all the world. You have emptiness. You bring to God every day an empty barrel, an empty consciousness, praying: Fill me today with all Thou art. Fill me with Thy Soul, with Thy Spirit, with Thy grace that my presence on earth may glorify Thee, that my presence on earth may show forth Thy glory, "with the glory which I had with thee before the world was, " the original glory of divine sonship. You might ask yourself every once in a while, "Why was I born? To what purpose have I come to earth?" If you listen, you will hear the Voice say, ` I am come that ye might have life, that this world might have life." "Ye" is not just you. "Ye" is all human consciousness. I am come that human consciousness may be fulfilled with the Spirit of God, filled full of the Spirit of God. I am come that the kingdom of God may come on earth as it is in heaven. You are not only on earth, but you are of the earth until the moment comes in which you realize, "the Spirit of God dwells in me." You are the man of earth until the realization has come to you that as man or woman you are nothing-nothing, less than nothing. It is only as the Spirit of God touches your consciousness that you are awakened, enlivened. You are "the walking dead" until the Spirit of God touches you, that through you this Spirit may be allowed to flow to all mankind. The manner of it is to realize that in the face of every appearance, whenever a human being appears to you, you are to lift up the son of God in him and realize God incarnate in him. Whenever an appearance of sin, disease, death, lack, limitation, or disaster presents itself to you, you are instantly to remember that in the presence of God-realized, in the presence of the realized Christ, temporal power is not power. In heaven or on earth, there is no power greater than I AM. Then you will understand this relationship that has been kept secret from the world, the invisible bond that exists among all mystics. The visible and invisible mystics of the world who have recognized I standing at the door of their consciousness, are eternally united in consciousness, sharing with one another. I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it. -Revelation 3:8
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