There have been many times in my life when I have been dissatisfied with the way life was going ...dissatisfied to the point of quietly inwardly wondering and pondering the possibility of finding a way out ... and with more frequent periods of introspection and contemplation of life and what is was all about, I received an impression that was something like an inner being saying to me Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace who mind is stayed on thee. Later more unfolded ... lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths ... in quietness and confidence shall be your strength... abide in Me... let Me abide in you ...live and move and have your being in God ...I can of mine own self do nothing ... the Father that dwelleth in me, He doeth the works. Gradually it dawned on me that man whose breath is in his nostrils, man separate and apart from God is not to be accounted of ... the secret was making God a part of my very consciousness by praying without ceasing. This you are only going to discover through your own experience. Think of awakening in the morning and realizing He performeth that which is appointed for me ... whither shall I flee from thy presence. In the degree that you live consciously in the realization of God and let this realization of God dwell in you it becomes true that you do not live alone ... the place whereon you stand is holy ground. I have consciously remembered that God is the Father, the creative principle, the life of all with whom I come in contact. No one can change the fact that whatever the name, nationality, race or creed there is only one God, one Father and we are all children of that one but this truth serves only those who consciously remember it, realize it and trust it. After the years that I have spent in this work, I can say to you that the inner meat, the inner water, the inner wine and the bread of life are brought into tangible experience through inner communion and in no other way. Spiritual truth is only a power in proportion as it is brought alive in your consciousness and kept alive. The worlds troubles have driven men to seek that which will restore the lost years of the locusts ... that which will establish peace on earth ... I have found it and you will find it. Joel Goldsmith Practicing the Presence
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:59:12 +0000