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Serving New Thought is pleased to present
Horatio W. Dresser's
The Power of Silence
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Preface to the New Edition -
The Point of View -
Immanent God -
World of Manifestation -
Nature of Existence -
Mental Life -
Meaning of Idealism -
Nature of Mind -
Meaning of Suffering -
Duality of Self -
Adjustment -
Poise -
Self-Help -
Entering the Silence -
The Outlook -
Contents -
Index
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ours, this divine moment of time, is a part of that eternity. It links
the limitless future with the irrevocable past. It is as important,
as truly a part of eternity, as any moment could ever be. We learn
that we are in eternity now, not that it is to come. We try to comprehend
what it means--in eternity now, in infinite time, in boundless space,
or, better, above all time and space, where one Power, one law, holds all
events together, where each and all are inseparably related to the Supreme
Reality.
If we dwell in eternity, why
need we hurry in soul, whatever bodily hurry may be required? Why should
we not dwell here in the everlasting present, instead of reaching off somewhere
in thought, anticipating the future and death, as though there would ever
be a break in the stream of life? If we, as souls, dwell in eternity,
is not our life continuous?
In some of us has been born
a desire to live forever. It is probable that we are no more responsible
for that desire than for our deepest faith in God. In the supremest moments
of human life it is He who stands by us, not we by our faith in Him, and
we would fain doubt Him if we could; but we never quite persuade ourselves
that He will fail to fulfil every earnest desire and justify all the conditions
in which we have been placed, though it take for ever. There are times when
we
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