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from Mary Ann

Hey guys, I know you had a nice Thanksgiving Day and hopefully ate well and rested well too.

I was doing some studying this am and really liked a couple of things in Prose Works.

In Christian Healing P. 10, it says, "If you wish to be happy, argue with yourself on the side of happiness; take the side you wish to carry, and be careful not to talk on both sides, or to argue stronger for sorrow than for joy. You are the attorney for the case, and will win or lose according to your plea."

And in Miscellany p 116 the chapter is on Personality and the article is called Personal Contagion. I know I have read this, but it hit home to me today as something to be aware of. You need to read it, but here are a few nuggets from it. "In time of religious or scientific prosperity, certain individuals are inclined to cling to the personality of its leader. This state of mind is sickly; it is a contaion - a mental malady, which must be met and overcome. Why? Because it would dethrone the 1st commandment, Thou shalt have one God." and "Forgetting divine Principle brings on this contaion. Its symptoms are based upon personal sight or sense.....every loss in grace and growth spiritual, since time began, has come from injustice and personal contagion."

So - make sure we move past personality, personal sense. I am pretty confident that personal sense has never helped limitless living!

Much love,

MA

posted by Jenny @ 9:20 AM