In the Fire of the Heart (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt: ...to say¿   "From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits       and imaginary lines,   Going where I list, my own master total and absolute,   Listening to others, considering well what they say,   Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating,   Gently, but with undeniable will divesting myself of the       holds that would hold me." Great should be the joy that God's boundless truth is open to all, open equally to all, and that it will make each one its dwelling place in proportion as he earnestly desires it and opens himself to it. And in regard to the wisdom that guides us in our daily life, there is nothing that it is right and well for us to know that may not be known when we recognize the law of its coming, and are able wisely to use it. Let us know that all things are ours as soon as we know how to appropriate them.   "I hold it as a changeless law,     From which no soul can sway or swerve,   We have that in us which will draw     Whate'er we need or most deserve." If the times come when we know not what course to pursue, when we know not which way to turn, the fault lies in ourselves. If the fault lies in ourselves then the correction of this unnatural condition lies also in ourselves. It is never necessary to come into such a state if we are awake and remain awake to the light and the powers within us. The light is ever shining, and the only thing that it is necessary for us diligently to see to is that we permit neither this thing nor that to come between us and the light. "With Thee is the fountain of life; in Thy light shall we see light." Let us hear the words of one of the most highly illumined men I have ever known, and one who as a consequence is never in the dark, when the time comes, as to what to do and how to do it. "Whenever you are in doubt as to the course you should pursue, after you have turned to every outward means of guidance, let the inward eye see, let the inward ear hear, and allow... (lib)