T. 25. IV. 1 – 3. Jesus: “Minds that are joined, and recognize they are, can feel no guilt. For they cannot attack, and they rejoice that this is so, seeing their safety in this happy fact. Their joy is in the innocence they see. And thus they seek for it, because it is their purpose to behold it and rejoice.
Everyone seeks for what will bring him joy as he defines it. It is not the aim, as such, that varies. Yet it is the way in which the aim is seen that makes the choice of means inevitable, and beyond the hope of change unless the aim is changed. And then the means are chosen once again, as what will bring rejoicing is defined another way and sought for differently.
Perception’s basic law could thus be said, ‘You will rejoice at what you see because you see it to rejoice.’ And while you think that suffering and sin will bring you joy, so long will they be there for you to see!
Perception’s basic law could thus be said, ‘You will rejoice at what you see because you see it to rejoice.’ And while you think that suffering and sin will bring you joy, so long will they be there for you to see!
Nothing is harmful or beneficent apart from what you wish. It is your wish that makes it what it is in its effects on you. Because you chose it as a means to gain these same effects, believing them to be the bringers of rejoicing and of joy.
Even in Heaven does this law obtain. The Son of God creates to bring him joy, sharing his Father’s purpose in his own creation, that this joy might be increased, and God’s along with his.
You, maker of a world that is not so, take rest and comfort in another world where peace abides! This world you can bring with you to all the weary eyes and tired hearts that look on sin and beat its sad refrain. From you, can come their rest. From you can rise a world they will rejoice to look upon, and where their hearts are glad.”
You, maker of a world that is not so, take rest and comfort in another world where peace abides! This world you can bring with you to all the weary eyes and tired hearts that look on sin and beat its sad refrain. From you, can come their rest. From you can rise a world they will rejoice to look upon, and where their hearts are glad.”