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I belong to a Facebook group called “ACIM Meets Christian Science & Infinite Way”. There are many spiritual messages they post which bring about good discussions and deep thoughts. Today’s posting from Jill brought the realization that structured study is required. I am grateful for this reminder!
“GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR SPIRITUAL STUDIES.
“Quotes from Yogananda's: Talks and Collective Essays.
“The awakening of one's intuitive faculties is necessary to fully grasp and absorb spiritual teachings. The best time for spiritual study is after practicing meditation, when one is calm and therefore more intuitively receptive. A restless mind or a highly intellectual mind, cannot absorb truth. All truth must be assimilated, not just kept on the intellectual plane.
“Before you begin to read, choose a quiet restful place. The ability to pay reverent attention to what you are reading, makes you more receptive to the truths in each sentence. The capacity to calmly focus your attention, is an aspect of concentration that will also help you to progress.
“Read every word carefully and inwardly digest the message. Do not allow yourself to be distracted. Permit each thought to filter through your mind. In this way you will absorb the knowledge in the text more thoroughly.
“Keep the body and the mind motionless. Now absorb everything I say unto your soul, and absorb deeply the spirit behind my words.
’Thy Self-realization shall blossom forth from thy soulful study.’”
—Yogananda
“This is a course in mind training. All learning involves attention and study at some level. Some of the later parts of the course rest too heavily on these earlier sections not to require their careful study. You will also need them for preparation. Without this, you may become much too fearful of what is to come to make constructive use of it. However, as you study these earlier sections, you will begin to see some of the implications that will be amplified later on.”
—A Course in Miracles T-1.VII.4:1-6
“Observation, invention, study, and original thought are expansive and should promote the growth of mortal mind out of itself, out of all that is mortal.”
—Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 195: 19-22
“This is a course in mind training. All learning involves attention and study at some level. Some of the later parts of the course rest too heavily on these earlier sections not to require their careful study. You will also need them for preparation. Without this, you may become much too fearful of what is to come to make constructive use of it. However, as you study these earlier sections, you will begin to see some of the implications that will be amplified later on.”
—A Course in Miracles T-1.VII.4:1-6
“Observation, invention, study, and original thought are expansive and should promote the growth of mortal mind out of itself, out of all that is mortal.”
—Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 195: 19-22
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