so these dear believers
patterned their lives
on the men who brought
them the gospel,
who were imitating
the lovely Lord Jesus.
Just as Christ suffered
on our account,
for the joy that was
set before Him,
so we are to suffer
for His sake for
the joy we find in Him.
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This mission
to serve the ultimate truthon the one handmakes the believingcommunity a partnerin humanity’sshared struggle toarrive at truth.
Invitethe divine
The highest orderis love and love is light.In this lightyou bathe yourselfand then you will knowyour highest self.
Repeat with sincerity
as often as it is possible.But, we mustnot ask it ofthe mind.If we do,we will justreceive superficialanswers connectedto that which wealready knowabout ourselvesand ourmemories of the past.
In union,
self that vanishesis our false self.It is the selfwe thoughtourselves to bethat vanishes.Our false selfis thus extinguishedin this realization.Our social,psychological,emotional selfis given a newfreedom andwe become capableof placing ourobservable selfin its properrelationship to God.
The world is in pain,
it seems we wouldneed to blockallthe evil out andbelieve that allis well to haveany hope fora semblanceof safety andsufficiency.
We are now coming
implications ofNietzsche’s‘death of God’and Max Weber’s‘disenchantmentof the world.’We live inan objectivelyvalueless world.We are loosingthe moral frameworkthat over-archedus and our society.It places a greatresponsibility upon usto choose for ourselvesand to create and liveby our own values.