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FEBRUARY 1948

                    of this blessed thing that can alone free you and give you peace, freedom and
                    power. Are you antagonistic to anyone because of his or her belief? Are you
                    envious of position and rank? Are you jealous of and hateful to others?

                           When you can discern these movements and know these monsters
                    for what they are—your own creation—and then call the power and the
                    Presence of that Love of the Divine to take its abode, then this Divine will
                    work in you to transform the consciousness for its own true expression which

                    is the only power there is.
                           The more the faith is turned towards the Divine presence the quicker
                    you can effect a change. Success at the beginning may be slow and chequered

                    by many failures, but this should not daunt you. Be patient and persevering and
                    success is assured.
                           Now this cannot be done by thought-control alone for thought-control

                    is a contraction and not an expansion, neither is it understanding. You must
                    reason with faith, and with a strong aspiration in the heart, which will bring about
                    realisation and a feeling in the heart of that Living presence that is all power,

                    Love and Wisdom. Neither must you rely on your own power alone but on the
                    grace and power of the Divine presence you adore.
                           The cause of most failures is because one places too much reliance
                    on one’s own mind and will. If you can get the habit of silent reliance on the

                    power of the presence at all times not merely calling it in to support your own
                    efforts when you need its support most of your difficulties would diminish
                    and eventually disappear. “It is the Father who ever remaineth within me who

                    is performing his own deeds.” It is this attitude you must adopt and when
                    thoroughly understood becomes the habitual thought behind all your doings,
                    then a new Life will open before you with a confidence that nothing can
                    shake.

                           The Christ Consciousness is not attained all at once but if you aspire
                    at all times calling on the Divine presence, that is Ever-present, with a true
                    heart and straightforward will and well-defined thought, you will grow more

                    and more into this consciousness. Then the personal effort will be transformed
                    into a movement of the Divine Force that will astonish all who witness It.
                           Hypocrisy must be uprooted and this is not easy to do at first, because

                    the mind is chained to the personality, which is full of defects and pettiness. It
                    delights itself in social inaccuracies and vain platitudes and repetitions and
                    when you see what your own mind contains, you will not be so ready to condemn




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