there is the spiritual body—or the soul. Of this the entity may only become aware when in those periods or conditions where anxieties respecting others become apparent within the experience of self; or that longing which is a part of each soul's experience for the continuity of that which is constructive within the experiences of the body, mind and soul.
It is from such a premise, then, that we would approach the problems of this entity in this experience.
As we find then, it becomes necessary—and behooves the body, mind and soul of the entity—to take counsel with the best that is within self; and know what is thy ideal.
What are thy hopes for eternity, as ye come to think of same? Not as in fear, not as in doubt; but in whom have ye put thy trust, thy faith, thy hope, thy love?
For it is not all of life to have the answering for the moment to the gratifying of appetite or desire, or for the bodily emotions of same.
But where, with whom, in whom have ye put thy trust? Is it able to keep thee in body, in mind, in soul, safe from all fear, all doubt?
Does it supply the love that brings peace and understanding and comprehension? Ye know, then, that it must be founded in the spiritual attributes; and that it is just as necessary to consider from whence ye came as it is to consider wither thou goest.
For what purpose are ye in materiality?
What hath given thy body these desires? Thyself and thy judgments of Creative Forces within thine own body, mind and soul? Yea—and for what? The opportunities that ye may glorify that Creative Force in such measures and manners that all of eternity becomes as the thought not of self but unto the glory of Him in Whom ye live and move and have thy being! that He may be exalted in thee and in thy desires, in thy will, in thy purposes!
“These,” ye say, “to be sure are exemplary ideals; they are idealistic. But what is the practical application of same in the experience and the position in which I find myself in the present?”
If the beings builded in self mentally have been anxiety, fear, trembling, hate, and those things that are founded in fear, then indeed there must be turmoil within thyself. For thy spiritual self, thy soul, rebels against disorder, inharmony.
For love would rule! else there would not be the fruit, the seed of thy body manifested in the material planes! else ye would not find desire running as rampant in thy inner self!
But are these desires, these hopes, these loves founded in Creative Forces that are of His making?
Know that thy mind is the builder, and that it is true, as given in the days of yore, that today—now—there is set before thee good and evil, life and death—choose thou!
For with the will, that is the heritage of each soul, thou choosest that which is to bring, or will and does bring harmony or peace, or destructive forces with their attributes of every nature.
Know that as ye do it unto the least of thy brethren, much less flesh of thy flesh—or the choice of thy blood, ye do it unto thy Maker.
But, as ye understand, ye have come to those conditions in which different choices must be made.
Then weigh them in the balance of thy own conscience, in the light of that for which thy own mind and body calls. For no one can, no one must make those choices but self!
But today, whom will ye serve! Thyself and its own ego, its own satisfaction? Or thy brother, thy friend, thy God?
These are not as the material things, but they take hold upon that which is eternal in thyself!
Then, is the path chosen to lead to light and hope and faith—in what? Self or others?
This is the answer ye must make within thine own self.
Each soul finds itself in body, in mind, in that place in which it—itself, as an entity, as a whole—is meeting only its own self!
Who is able then? Who hath promised then, that when ye are in doubt, when ye are set about by fears and doubts that He will answer, that He will direct?
Is it self? No—for self is inclined to forget the promises and look for the moment alone.
But thy body is the temple of the living God, and He has promised to meet thee in thine own tabernacle; for the kingdom is within and there He hath promised to meet thee!
Then seek while He may be found!
For as He hath given, “If ye will but be my children, I will be thy God—and though ye wander far, when ye call I will hear, and will answer thee speedily!”
That there are duties, that there are problems is because promises have been made within thine own conscience! and these confront thee now!
But in Him and in His ways with thee, ye may find the answer to all of thy promises, to all of thy problems, to all of thy fears, to all of thy doubts.
For indeed in Him ye live and move and have thy being.
As to whether or not ye acknowledge this, as to whether or not ye show forth by thy dealings with others that ye appreciate same, is thine own answer—and ye alone may find the answer, with Him who has promised, “If ye will but open the door of thy consciousness, of thy heart, I will enter and abide with thee.”
This is not a fancy, this is not hearsay. Ye may experience such. For it is the law, it is the way, it is life itself!
For He is life, and the author of same; yet He offers Himself as a way in which ye may approach that throne of grace and mercy in the loving Father—about Whom He has told thee! He has shown thee the Father by the manner in which He presented Himself.
Then, open thy heart, thy mind, that thy body and thy service and thy activities before thy fellow men may indeed be as the beauty of the opportunities that lie before thee in thy relationships to others.
“For as ye do it unto these ye do it unto me, saith the Lord.”
Ready for questions.
(Q) What shall I do, that will be best for my husband and children, and for myself?
(A) Analyze all of these situations, and in the light of that which has been indicated here choose thou—if that indicated answers to that something within thine own self that is eternal. If it answers, then it answers as to what ye shall do respecting them as well as respecting one that to thee would make thy life—now, in the material—a glory, at least for the moment. But analyze them all.
Then act; not as in duty, not as merely fulfilling an obligation, but as in love! For what thy Friend, thy Savior, thy Lord, thy Master has been, He is and ever will be! For He hath given, “Lo, I am with thee always—even unto the end of the world.”
So act, then, in regards them—thy children, thy husband, thy neighbor—yea, thy enemy—that ye may be able to live with that choice—for ever and ever and a day!
(Q) Would I be justified in getting a divorce?
(A) This can only be answered within self.
