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1963

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR

TEACHING

THE

INFINITE

WAY

NATURE OF

GOD. ERROR.

PMYER -

FOR

SIX

LESSONS

SIDE 1-

In instructing

the

young

student

of

The

InfiniEe

Way'

it

must

be

remembered

that

the

most

important

Passage

in

Scripture,

at

this

polnE,

i"

llT:_f,"9,

9_?9

aright

is_

life

eternalr'.

Now,

without

that,

t 9._"_ig

19

lle

of

going

any

further,

because it

must

be

self-evident

that

mankind does

not know

God, othernise

we

would

have

a

whole

lot

more

of life

eternal,

and

there is

no

use

of

learning

anythlng

until

that

one

point

is so well

known

to

us

that

it is

demonstrably

knosn.

That means not

rrere1y

that we

know

it up

here,

but

that

we

work

with

it. In other words,

not rere]y

that

we

know

it

in

the

head, intellec-

tually,

through

the mind, but

that

ere

could

almost

say,

rrOh,

whereas

before

I

was

blind,

now I seerr.

In other

words,

the

light

dawns

Now

I

will

show

you

that

no

part

of

mankind

evel--s-g-9pe-C -s*flqt

God

is;

that

it is

not

praying

to God,

never has,

and

that

even

what

llttle

result

they think

they

got

{1-om

p_rqye5-d1d.not come

from

God.

I

am

going

to

sum up

how

Eo attain

this

understanding

of

G9d

in

thre_e

w_og{9;

9gil"i9l9e,

Qmnip_oten_cg,

Omnipresence.

Not

necessarily

in

thaE

orderl

you

can

take

them

in

any

order

you

like,

but without

these

three

words

being

not only

indelibly

impressed

into

your

consciousness,

but

without

the

fullest understanding

of

their

meaningr

you

can never

ap-

proach

God.

Let

us

illustrate.

Omnisclence

means the

all-knowlng,

the all-wise,

the

alt-intelligence.

It

would

not

be

a

bad idea

to

look up

these

three

words

in

an

unabridged

dictionary

so

as

to get a

wide understanding

of

them, and

then stop

and ask

yourself

this question.

Certainly

htrlnns

are

l



-2-

NATURE

OF

GOD,

ERROR,

PRAYER

sung

t,o

the

all-wise

God, and

people

are

always

saying'rOf

course

God

is

the all-wise,

the

all-knowingr'.

Now

whaE

happens

the

next

minute?

You

teLl

God

you

have a

pain,

you

tell God

Ehe rent

is

due',

you tell

God

you

need

employment,

you

tel1

God

something-or-other,

and ln

that

instant

you

deny

God.

You

absolutely

deny

God,

Just

as

much as

if

you

were

to come

out and

sayrrl

do not

believe

there is

an

all-knoning

Godrr,

because

tf

you

knew

God

to

be

the aLl-kncrring,

would

you

ever

go

to

God

with

any

problem, would

you

ever

go to God

to

voice

enything,

to

tell Him

anything,

or

to

try

to influence

Him

on

your

behalf?

Son

if

you

once

grasp

the

nature

of

God

as

Omnisciencer

You

can

never

again

reach

up to

God.

In fact,

You

laugh

aE

yourself

every

time

you

think

of

even

dream-

ing

to

ask

God

for

peace on

earth, or

for

anything

else.

Do

you

see

that?

Now,

we

spend

onlY

a

very

few

minutes

Omniscience,

but

our

teachers

are supposed

this

instruction

on

the word

spend

months

on

it,

using

1n

to

what

we

have

said

here

merely

as a

reminder.

I

could not

possibly

glve

enough

instruction, or

long

enough

instruction to

teach

anyone,

because

it.

could

noE

be

taught

in

two

weeks,

two

months,

or

tqro

years.

I

can

only

present

Eo

you

the facE

that

Omniscience

must

be

Ehe

first

subject

of

your

awareness,

and

now

how

long

it will

Eake

you

to really

be

able

to

come

to

where_Iou

are

never

again

tempted

to telI

God_,a4ythingr

to

try

to

influence

God,

to let

God know

the

problem,

I

do

noE

know

that.

But

even-

tually

you

nust get to the

place

where

this is so

indellbly

a

parE of

your

consciousness

that

when

anyone esks

you

to

pray

for

them,

inwardly

you

would

be

laughing

out

loud.

_[l1lt

l::*y""

b1

I'PraV

f_or

vou"?

Tell

God

that

you

need

good

health

tomorroer,

or supply,

or should

I

tell God

to overcome

your

enemies,

or

change

your

disposition?

Do

yoU

see

how

ridiculous

iE

all

sounds

when

it is

put thls

way.

But

that

is

only

be-



-

3

-

NATURE

OF

GOD,

ERROR,

PRAYER

Ct,

,',

cause

in

some measure/,,is

so

real to

me

as

omniscience

that

I

cannot

ever

imagine

going

into prayer

or

medltation

in

any

other

lday

than

just

closing

the

eyes

and starting

to

1isten,

because

r

have

nothing

to

tel1

God.

But

if

God

utters

His

voice,

the

earth

melteth;

then

what

must

be

my

atEitude

of

prayer?

To

hear

the

voice

of God

God

is not

in the

rrhirlwind;

God

is

in

the

sEilt,

small

voicel

Now, do

you

want

God?

Then

according

ro

Scriprure,

the

j11l:q_j_9

_g_9_t

9ga

l"-

t-g

li.1 eg

gr, 11

you

hear

that

still,

"*fi

Voice.

',Speak,

Lord,

Thy

servant

heareth.rr

Not

Thy

servant

has

something

to tell

you

or

ask

you,

not

that

your

servant

hrants

favors.

your

servanE

$rants

to

hear

Your

Voice.

Is that

any

different

than

a child

crying

and

hearing

its

parenEts

voice:rrr

am rlght

here

with

you.

Ilo

not

be

afraidil,

and the

child

set-

tles

down

immediately.

of

course,

because

to the

child the

mother

or

father

is God.

When the

mother

or father

is

around,

who

could

harm

it,

or what? So with

us.

If

you

ever hear

the

Voice

of God,

the

stilI,

small Voice,

if

you

ever

receive

an

i.mpartation

within,

if

you

ever

feel

an

inner release

because

of

God's presence,

you

will

not

be

afraid

of

a

Iion,

you

will

not

be

afraid

of a

storm

or

a

flood.

what

can

come nigh

thy

dwelling

place

if

you

really have

God

in the

center

of

your

being,

and

are

on

that

good

terms

that

God

speaks

to

you,

utters

His voice

through

you?

You

see

also

t*ry

there

is no

room

in

The

Infinite

r*tay

for egot.ism.

We cannot

heal,

we cannot

protect,

rre

cannot

enrich

you.

.

We can

only

be

the

instrument

through

which the

Voice

of God

comes,

and

that

makes

us

very

humble,

because

we know that

r

of my

own

self

can

do

nothing,

and r

)

.r,



-4-

NATURE

OF

GOD,

ERROR,

PMYER

never

will

get

so

spi.ritual that

r

can

do

anyEhtng

ercept

be

a

trans-

parency

through

nhtch

the

Voice

of

God can

speak.

So

rith

our teachers

and

our

Practittoners,

for

any

of

then

to

belleve

that

they are

ever

go-

ing

to

get

eo spiritual

as to

have

spiritual

por€r

is lredlately

to

de-

feat

then.

The

further

they go,

the

more

of a

transparency

they

will

be,

but

because

of

thelr

nothtngnegs,

becauee

they

no

longer

speak

to

God,

they

no

longer

try to

tnfluence

God

or

use

God. They

knor

enough

nou

to be

a

clean

rindow

pane

to

let

the

tlght

shlne

through.

So

lf

you

rork

sith

the

naturo

of

God

as

Omnlsclence, you

slll

flnd

Ehat

aooner

or

later, lf

you

are

falthful,

that

your

nature

itself

rtll

so

change

that

you

rtll never

even

be tenpted,

it

wtll neyer

eyen

coe

tnto

your

thought

to

tell

God

anythlng,

to

try

to

tnfluenee

God

in any

vliYt or

to get

God

to

do

anything.

Your

new

attttude

of

ttfe

w111

alwaye

be

_keeplng

the

eer open.

lven

r,

you

are

gtvlng

a lecture, eveD

f_

you

are

teachlng,

even

lf

you

are

peintilg

a

_hou".l__Ioo

leve:

do

anlrhlng

rlthout

thls

car

belng

partfa-r_rr

orr,

because

it

ls only

ia

proportlon

as

you

do that

you

are

llstenlng for

that

Volce,

rtrtch

when lt

coroes

rlll

nelt

the

rhole earth

of error.

So

that

one

word

alone

can change

your

whole

nature,

and

you

vtll

be

lese of the

hunan

belng,

and

you

rtll

be

nore

the

son

of

God that

ls always

atteattve

to

the

Father.

The

next

uord

ls-

@glpot_e -cq.

wel.l,

of eouree,

there

is

not

a

hunan

belng

ln

atl

the

rorld

that

beltev_es

God

19

-urlpotence,

not

even the

hymn

wrltere

rriho

have

wrlEten

hyurs

to

Ourlpotence,

and

ourlpotent

God,

and not

a

ntnleter

Ln a church

that

keeps

repeattng

O&ol,potence

of

God

every

neek,

ftfty-tro

neeka a

y6ar;

not

one belleves

ltt rhey

pay

llp



-5-

HATURE

OF

GOD,

ERROR,

PRAYER

servtce

to

tt,

becauae

lf

you

ever

spend

a feu

reeks or oonths

with

the

neture

of

God

as

Oanipotence,

and

ever

get the

reallzatton

thet

God

ls

Onnlpotence,

what

wlll

you

ever

nced

God-poner

for

after

that?

Will

there

be

any

otber

porer

to

take to

God?

wtll tbere

be

any

por€r

to

oy€tcoFr or

rlge

above,

or dectroy,

lf

God

ls

Onntpotence.

If

you

catch Ehe

nature

of God

as

ounlpotence,

can

you

ever

agaln

aek God

to

do

anythlng,

or erren

expcct

lt?

wel[, not

rf

cod

could

cone dorn to

our

level of thought,

He

would

6ty,

,werl,

nhat

te thls pouar

tbat

you

sant

re

to

do

sorethrng

about?

Thc

poner

of sl.n, the

porcr

of dlsease,

the

power

of

Lack?

I{ell, tf

they

are

porers,

then

r

aE

not

Onnlpotent,

so

hor

do

you

knon

r aa

strong

enotrgh

for

the

Job?

But

lf

r

an

ourl-

\

potentr

you

do

not

need

My

po$er,

becauee

there

ia no

other

porrr.r

)

You

cannoE

lEaglno

rrhat

thta

does

to

you,

becauae,

well

that

ls

all.

that

le

to

ltl

somebody

corca

to

you,

and

they have

thls, that,

or

the

other

Eln

or

dleeaee,

or

need, or

lack,

and

lnetantly

lt

s.rst core

to

you,

can

lt

be

e

poner? That

takes aray

fron

Godrs

Ouripotence;

then

not

only

God cannot

do

anythlng

about

lt,

but

netther

can

I.

rn soe

degree, then,

everyone

glves porer

to

negatlve

forcee.

Ife

do ouraelyee,

to

soE extent,

begguge"no

one,

so

far

as

__

..h_qqg__gvg__r

hgar{r_

^a"_11 9r"t

JeEus

chgls ,

no o.n9

has

ever

caughr the

fut

r

vlalon

of

Qgt

--ae..

9g|ry_.:1"..

It

_means

that

al

the

ed.i.cal

lheoglee

of

germ6

are noneeneet

It

reane

that

the

belief

that butlets

have

porer

Ls

noneen6e.

It

even

san8

go

ahead and

explode

yotrr

atonlc

bombe,

because

they

are

not

power.

lfoy,

lt ls

absolutely

power

that

unlvereal

bellef

true

that

none

of

theEe

have

power,

ercept

gives

them,

and

the

ray tn

wtrtch

rrc

have

the

proved



-6-

NAf,URE OF GOD,

ERROR,

PRAYER

thls,

ln

the

last

hundred

years,

ls

that lf a

pereon

coneo

to

ua

rlth

Just

a

etnpl.e

cold, and

our

knowlng

Godrs Omntpotence

stops

tt,

heals

lt, lt

could uot

have been

e

porer

ln

the fLrst

place.

We

dld not

r

nedtcate

tt,

ne

did

not

do

any

of

the thtngs necessary

to destroy

these

j

gerne

of colds,

and

flu,

and

grtppe.

{11 ry

afa

was

knos

Godre

Onotpo-

t6nce,

reantng

the

non-porrer

of

the

germ

theory. Rlght? Well,

lf

tt

was

healed, then

se

have

proven to that

extent,

then,

thls that

ras

brought

to

ue a6

po$er

le not

poser.

Other

lnfectlons,

tnfeettons

fron

cuts,

and

bruLses,

and

bllsters,

and

bolls;

ln

these

hundred

years,

Chrlstlan

Sclence

practttlonere,

Ihlty

practitioners,

New

Thought prac-

tltloners,

Inflntte

Way

prcctlttoners,

they have

handl.ed

tens of

thous-

t\,

\

ands

of

ceses

of

bllsters,

and

butno,

and

cute, and

bnrlses,

and

Proven

I

I

that

lnfectlon Ls

not a

por'sr. They

have

not

proven

thet

God

heale those

i

l

thlngs,

because

God ls

no respecter

of

persons,

and rrhy

ehould

Ee

do

lt

for

a etaphyslclan

and

not for

the

non-netaphysician?

What

God

stll'

not

do

for

a

non-metaphyslclan

he

rill

not

do

for

a

retaphyslclan.

God

ls no respecter

of

persons;

in fact,

God

works

through law, so

lt

ls

not

God that

heals

these

lnfecElons.

It ls

"Ye

shall

knos

the

tnrth,

and

the

\

I

tnrth shall

nake

you

freerr,

and

the tnrth

ls

that

these

lnfectlons,

and

germs,

and

beltefs

and

theorles

are

not

po$erl

Now,

God

has

not

healed

these

case6

for

you;

a

caaG

and

never

$111.

Eealtng

cotres

through

the

God

has

never

healed

tl.l.uulned eonsclous.e""'f

of

an

lndlvldual, and

lt mrst

be

lllumtned

on

thle

pofnt

of

Onnisclence

and

Omnlpotence.

That

ls

the only lllunlned

conEctousness

Ehere

Ls.

Not

one

trho

sees

vlslons,

not

one

qrho

has

cnottonal

experiences;

this

ts

not

lt luninatlon.

The

llluulned

conscloueness

ls

the

conscLousness

that

knows



-7-

NATURE

OF GOD,

ERROR,

PRAYBR

.\

the

tnrth,

and

ln Ehe

Inftnlte

l{ay

rritlngs

i.t says there

is

no

tnrth

)

about

nan

to

be

kaown,

the

tnrEh haa

Eo

be

knorm

about

God.

rf

you

know

7i

,,

Oonleclence

and

Onnlpotence,

you

know

enough

tnrth to

change

your

life

and

the

llvee

of

etl

those

who

corre

to

you,

once

you

have

rorked

wlth lt

long

enough

eo

that

tt le

not

an

lntellectual

knorledge,

that

lt

becornes

an

act

of

awareness.

In

the

krsslan nysticlsn

they

have

uhat

they

call

a

prayer

of

Jesua,

end

they

teach

that

lf

you

volce

thls

prayer,

oh,

never

less

than

three,

four

hundred

tles

a day,

never

less

than

seven

days

a

week,

never

legs

than

fifty-tro

naeks

a

year,

that

eventually

that. prayer

goee

fron the head

lnto

the

heart,

and

fron

then

on

you

never

agaln

have

to

say

lt,

you

llsten,

and

lt

cores

uP

to

you.

l{or,

that

ls

exactly the

lnflnlte

t{ay teaching,

that

lf

you

learn

the

Letter

of tnrth

flrst,

really

teern

Lt,

so

that

you

can

eay

rrl

knov that

I

rqrst

knor

Omrlsclence

and

OEnlpotence,

I

knor Ehat

those

are the

two

thlngs

r

u.rst

knocr,

and

then

work

vlth

then,

and

rrcrk

wlth then

untll

they

go

fron

the

head

to

the heart.

After thaE

you

do

not

have

to

know

them

any

more.

when

soreone

asks

your

help,

You

smile,

and

your

snile

is

only

the

front

for

shat

is

coming

up

from

here.

The

truth

comes

up

fron

wlthin.

No

one

is

ever golng

to

go

very

far

tn

healing

work, or

developtng

e

heallng

coneclousness

that

hae

not

come

to

the

convtctlon

of

God

ae

omnlsclence

and

omnipotence.

rf

it

takes

a

year,

if

it

takes

flve

years,

lf it

takes

ten

yearsr

Iou

sill

never have

to

say

nI

wonder

crhat

the

truth

ls,

or

rhat

the

truth

r

have

to

know

lsr .

r

ean

telr

you

in

those

words.

The

next

thlng

ls to

know then,

spirltually.

That

leaves us

with ounipresence.

rFll,

of course,

anyone

that



-8-

RATURE

OF

GOD,

ERROR.,

PRAYER

ever

cstchee

the

signlflcance

of

Omrlpresence

ls

autoratlcally

freed

from

fear of

any

nAture.

The reason

ls

this.

The

only

reason

any

of

us

has

to fear ls

if

$e

are

not

tn

Godrs

Presence,

because

then

that

puts the

deal

up

to u8.

wheE

can

I

do

about

thls,

and

if

I

am

not

sufficlent,

I

an

dooned.

Rtght?

Iilhether

lt

ls

belng

on

e

battle

front,

or

beiDg

ln

a clty

thet

has

contaglon,

or

epldentc;

rhat

can

you

do

about

it,

if it

ls

Juet

you

Ehere

alone?

on

the other

hand,

nhat

can

eny

of

these

bellefs

do

if

God

ls

there

uith

you?

A11

throtrgh

the Infinlte

}Iay

wrlttngs

you

wtll'

dlecover

hol. borlng

I

can

reelty

get

rith

one

ldea:

'rThe

place

chereon

I

stand

s

holy

lround'

where

God

is,

I

am;

nhere

I

am,

God

ls,

beceuec

$e

are

lnseparably

onerr'

Now

count,

sorrcbody,

how

many tlres

that

aPPeare

ln

the lnflnite

I'Iay

wrlt-

tngs,

and

you

wiI[

see

how

repetitloue

I

can

be.

But

nihy?

well'

Just

telllng

you

once

that

God

ts

Ororlpresence'

and

thaE God

ts

Pre6ent

rhere

you

are

Eay

be

teachlng

lt

to

you,

buE

you

are

not

learnlng

lt.

It

is

only

when

that ls drilled into

your

consciousness day

after

day,

neek

after

15ek,

nonth

after

month,

chat

one

of

Ehese

deys

sonething

lnelde

of

you

will

expl.ode

and

you

wil.l.

s8y,

rrOh,

God

is

hererr,

or

you

dtl

hear inslde

of

you

trl

w111

never

leave

you

nor

forsake

yloUrr. Ahl

And

you

rt[[

see

the

idee

of

all

Ehese

quotations

ln

the

wrltings,

because'

agaLn

llke

the child

and

the

Parent'

what

nore

doee

a

chtl'd

went

than

the

assurance

of

the parent'e

presence?

tdhat

rcre

could

re

posstbly

sant

than

the

assurance

of

Godrs

presence'

because

eom

dosn

to

fCce

|t,

r,hat

could

a

bultet

do

lf God

sas

preseat?

Is

a

bullet

nore

than

God;

is e

bomb

more

than

God?

once

you

percetve

that

no,

no,

God

Is

greater

greater?

That

ls

not

the right wordl

God ts

omnlpotencet



-9-

NATURE

OF

GOD,

ERROR,

PRAYER

See

how

theee

words

keep

going baek and

forth,

and

back and

forth,

and

they

support

each

other,

and

botster

each

other,

so

that

you

really

can

Ltve

your

nhole

llfe wlth

those

three

words.

Strangel.y

enough,

I

spoke,

at

the

start,

about

thls

belng an

unfold-

rcnt

a6

to

Ehe

nature

of

God.

In

The

Inftnlte

llay ue

have

tro

Bajor

un-

foldrents,

trro,

rtthout

rihtch

you

are

not

ln

The

Inflntte

Way

at

all; and

the

cecond

one

lE

the

nature

of error. lJell

now,

Just

go

back

over

rihat

I

have

sald

and

see

lf

t

have

not lncluded

the

nature

of error.

tJlthout

ever

mentionlng it,

you

have

already

got

tt. In

the fac€ of

Omnipotenee,

nhet

{s

the nature

of error?

Non-porert

In

the face

of

Omrisclence,

what

is

the nature

of

error?

In

the

face

of Ourlpresence, what

is

the nature

of error?

It,.ls

non-presence,

ls lt not?

So

non-power'

non-Presence'

non-

intel,tigence,

non-law,

rhlch

would

come

under

Ourlscloncel

so

ln

these

three

words

you

have the nature

of

God

and

the

nature

of error.

But

you

have

to

conselously

renenber

that

you

have

Juet

handled

the nature

of

er-

ror.

In

other

worde,

almost

anybody

ln

the

sorld

that coes

to etaphystce

loves

to talk

about

the

Omrlpotence

of

God, and

Onnl.sclence,

and

Owtlpres-

ence, and

so

forth,

but they

do

not

thereby

nrle

out the

presence

and

Poiter

of

eorethlng

el.se.

It

is only

rhen

they

reallze

consclously

that

Ehe na-

ture of error

reveals the

non-presence'

the non-pooer

and

the non-tntell't-

gence

or

law,

that

you have

the

full circle.

Not,

tf

you

develop that

consctousness;

certalnly

as

you

develop

the

consclousnese

of

Onnlscience,

and

at

the

garre

nonent

say,

ItAh,

but

thls,

then,

precludes

the

possibltlty

of error

havlng

law,

lntelllgence,

sub-



I|ATURE

OF

cOD,

ERROR,

PRAYER

stance

or actlvltyrr.

When

you

are

llvlng

utth

omrtpotence,

and

than

re-

altze,

trAh,

but

at

the

seCIe

Domcnt

thle

oEnlpotence

Ee6n8

the

non-poner

of

any

form

of error'

evtl,

threat,

and

thc reallzatlon

of

ourlpresence

autoaatlcally

neans

the

non-presence

of the

appearancer;

nos

you

have

brought

the

t,o

rnto

one,

you

have

the

ntrore.

Do

you

see thet?

Tl_"_1

: :

I_"_T:11_ 9.

191-r,e_a_lrnq

i9 the

betlef

that

God

fs

eorng-'-,,,

;

t_:_ot

sonethlng

to

the

errorr_

and

ln

our

conociousness

uG

are

waltlng

)

for

eoncthing

that

cannot

happen,

$e

are

warttng

for

a

God-power

to

do

eonethlng.

Do

you

see

tbat?

Ttrat

not only

is

a

barrlar to

heallng

work,

but

the

patlents

stro

are

uncongclously

acceptlag

thls

are

standtng

in

the

ray

of their

own

belng

healed,

becauee

all.

the

tire

you

ere

pregent-

lng thls

truth

to

thea,

they

are

slttlng

around

walting

for

God to

walk

on

the

face

of

the

rater

and

do

sonething.

cod

ls

not golng

to

walk on

the

face

of

the

water

to do

anythrng,

and

thc

bellef

that

God

ts

proves

that

re

do

not

knos

the

narre

or

nature

of

God.

Let

us

etart

rrth

plantrng

a

seed

rn Ehe

ground.

Nature does

not

start

to

do

sorethlng.

Before

the

eeed

is

ln the

ground

the

lar

of

nature

ls

operatlng,

onty

there

ig

no

seed

for

it to

operate

on;

but

uilren

you

prt

the

eeed

ln

the

ground,

the

law

that

ls

already

there

goee

to

work.

Right?

There

ls no

law

sltting

off

to

the

eide

wattlng

for

you

to grt

that

seed

ln

the

ground

and

then

etartlng

to

go

to

rrcrk,

re

there?

Ho,

not

rhe

law

of

God

ls

oonlpresent,

therefore

it

cennot

start

bctng

preSent

now.

you

cannot

brlng

God

into

actlon.

rt

ls

not

your

prayers

that

brlng

God-porer;

thc

God-power

ts

omrlpresent.

Yoyr-.prayer

ls thc

connectlng

link

wlth

you.

-lo-

)

r

i

I

rt

is

Juat

ltke the

turnlng

on

of

your

radro.

t{hen

you

rurn

on

your



- 11

-

ltAf,uRE OF

GOD,

ERROR,

PRAYER

rAdlo,

you

do

not lnaugurate

any

Program.

The

program

le

osrlpresent,

and

by turnlng

on

your

set

you

merely

tune

tn

to

lt.

So

it

is

that

anyone

\

I

raitlng

for

God

to

do sorethlng

ls

rasting

thelr

tine. God is

not

going

-)

to

do

sotrething

a

D,iinute

from

now.

Whatever

God ls

golng

to

do,

God

ls

dolng,

and

God

has

been

doing since

the

beginnlng

of

time.

You cannot

start

or

lnaugurate

a

God-actlon.

Nothing

will

do

thatl

Betng

good

rllt

not

do

lt,

refornlng

w111

not do

iE,

belng

moral

wlll

not

do

tt,

tlthlng

w111

noE do

tt.

You cannot

start

God

ln actlon, God

te Omipresent.

You

l

can only close

your

eyes

to

Ehe aPPearance

and

tune tn.

Now,

to

knon

this ts

to

know

somethlng

about

the

nature

of

God

that

the

rorld

does

not

knos.

The

universal

bellef

ts that lf

you

Pray

to God,

God ansners.

There

are

ao

many

unanssered

preyers

that lre

know

thts

can-

not

be.

The

unlversal

beltef is

thet

tf

you

get

baPtized,

or

you

get com'

mrned,

or

you

get

buried

ln

holy

ground,

theE

God

gges

to

ro

rk

and

doea

somthlng

for

you.

You

q.rst

accept

thls

as a

Enrth:

Man cannot

lnfluence

God.

Nothing

that

tsan

can

do

wtll

lnGluence

God.

t{ot

betng

good'

noE

belng

moral,

not

reforming,

not

betng charitablei

none

of

these

wlll

ever influence

God.

It trtll

brlng

you

lnto

at-oneoent

sith

the

law

of

God,

rhich

you

are

not

rhen

you

are

belng

bad,

or

unklnd,

or

uncharitable'

Do

you

see?

That

ls

why,

that

ac

8ore

Period

in

the

nidst of

our

badneas

we

have

to ctop

Just

long

enough

to

tune

ln

to God,

and

tben

our

badnass

ls

turned lnto

goodness. We

do not sEop

belng

bad and

becore

good,

because

we do

not

have that

poner,

te

do aot

even

have

the

porer

to

lose

our 19-

to

wtsdom

about

God.

A11 we

have

the

power

orence

about

God and

turn tt



-

12

-

NATURE

Or coD, ERROR,

PR.AYER

_to

do

fs

1t n

whatever

re

are dotng,

and

and

tune

tn.

God

will

nake

us

good,

and

causc

God

will

do

it

now,

but

because

of

le

there

nhenever

you

tune

in to tt.

See

Omnieclence

qlst

conctant.ly

be

our

atm

of

stop

rrrhatever

we

are thtnktng,

God

wlll

enllghten

ue; not

be-

Owrlpresence,

Ehe

porrcr

of

God

how

Onrnlpresence,

Ornnlpotence,

rcal1zat1on.

AnystnnercancontactGod;theyonlyhavetostop1ongenoughto

\

tune

ln

and deslre

God,

llke

the

thlef

on the

cross

or

the

sniltren

taken

\

I

ln

adultery

that

looks

up to the

Chrtst.

That

ts atl

it takest

Neithe.

I

one

of

theo

stopped

being

bad,

they

Juet

paused

long

enough

ln

thetr

bad-

ness

to

desire

rightr

and

then

the

dctlvtty,

the

onntpresence

of the

')

ChrLEt;

and both

of

those

exanples

show that

Chriat

was

present

rtren

they

reached

out

for

hiu.

It

does

not

have

to

be

Jesus

present;

the

norenE

anyone

rsaches

out,

Christ

ui11

be

present,

elther

lnvisibly

or

vlelbly

ln

sore

forr.

Thls

leads

lnevltably

to

e correct

understandlng

of

prayer,

and

tt

ls

only

through

prayer

that

you

have

contact

wlth

God.

But by

now

the ques-

tlon

is

ln

your

nlnd,

how

shall

I

pray,

beceuse

I

have

certelnly

taken

aray

froa

you

the

need

for

any

sorde

or

thoughts.

There

is

nothlng

you

can

thlnk

that

ls

golng

to

influence

God,

there

1g nothlng

you

can

eay

that

te

golng

to

reach

God.

What

will

do

lt?

I

yll,l

tel.l

you

in one

word:

Motlve,

motfve.

All

the efflcaey

of

preyer

le

suEoed

up

in

the

one

yord

notl,ve. In

other

worde,

lf

God

1s

Omnlecience,

God

nrst

knor

r*rat

ts

ln

our

heart,

so

rhat

ie

the

use

of

gotng

to

God

and

aayrng

to

God

.Make

re

purerr,

when that

1e

not

nhat

w.a

Eean

at

all.

rt

is far

better

to

go

to

God

wlthout

trcrds

and

wlthout

thoughts,

but

wlth

thc

lnner notlve,

,God,



-13-

NATURE OF

GoD,

ERROn, PMYER

you

know

tho

norklngs

of

ny hoart,

reward

e aecordlngly'r,

and tf

your

ootlve

ls

not rtghtr

lou

wlLl

get

an

anful rallopl

If

your

ootlve

ts

rereLy

trnake

ne

wellrt,

or

nake Ee ProsPcrousrr,

or

rrmake

ne

happyrr,

there

sill

be

no anorilBr,

because

ttlty

kingdom

ts

not

of

thl.s

world".

rrThte

rorldr'

may nakc

you

healthy,

wealthy

and

wisc;

t'My

klngdoor

ls

splrltual.

So

tf

yotr

core

to

God,

you

had better

eone

rantlng

some

sptrltual

Grace,

and

forget

what

lt ls ln

the

huuan

ptcturc

you

a€em

to need,

because

you

cennot

reach

God wlth

that.

The

only

eay

you

caa

reaeh

God,

lf

you

belleve ln

Oqtlectence,

ls

to

cl.oec

your

cyes,

reallzlng,

rrWclt,

I

cannot

tcll

God aaythtng'

but God

searches

the

heart, the

Earro$,

and

the

tntenta

of

the

nlnd,

therefore,

God,

who

knoseth

e, here

I amtr.

As

long

et

Ey ootive

is

to

recetve

God;

Codre

wisdon,

Godrs

votce,

Godrs

presence,

sooething

of

a

splrltual

neture,

thero

ls no

relationshlp

to

uy

huran

rcrld'

1t

witl

adJuet

oy

hunan

rorl.d.

It 1111

adJust

tt,

not

I. I

cannot

de-

cide

what

I

want,

wlth

onc

exception.

The

momnt

I

hava awakened

to

the

fact that

I

need God,

or I

need truth,

thcn I

can

have

the

deslre

to go

rtrcre God

or

the

truth

ls

to

bc

found

or

revealed.

It is

true,

God ls

Onnlpresence,

and

therefore

lt ts

tnrc that

a

percon

could at-

taln

lt of

theaselvee,

wlthout

any

outeide

help

from

booke

or

teeehcrs,

but

they

night

have

ny

experlence

tn

havlng

to

take

thlrty-ftve

years

to

ecconplleh lt,

or

tsenty

years,

because

rereober

that froo

1909

to

L929

I

rras

eearchlng

lnaldc

of eyself.

I

knew

no

booke

to

go

to,

aad

I

knew

no such

thing

as

teachers,

Bo

I

had

nowhere to

eearch

but

rlthln

nysclf,

and

trenty

years

later

lt

happcned.

So

if

tlm

ts

not

aD

elcrent,

you

can

do

tt atl

by

youreclf,

but at leaet

have the

handlcap

of knowlng



-

14

-

NATURE

OF

coD,

ERROR,

PMYER

that

1f

I

am

to

find

God,

the

klngdou

of

only

find

it

if

my

motlves

sre put€o

If

my

oun,

I

can

Eell

you

the

nature

of

God

anybody

anything

for

thenselves.

God

rithin

rE,

at

least

I

wl1l

I

rmnt

God

for

sorc purpose

of

ls

such

that

God

does

not glve

Thet

is

wtry

no

indlviduals

recelve

the

revelatton

of

God

unrese

the

receiving

of

that

revelation

wlll

enable

thern

to

go

out

and preach

the

gospel,

and

feed

the hungry,

and

so

forth,

because

God

never

does

anything

for

you

or

for

re.

God

never

reveals

the

truth

to you

or

to

me,

for

your

proflt

or

mlne,

or for

your

help

or mtne.

you have

no

knowredge

of

the

Dature

of

God

if

you

ever

berleve

that

God

does

anythrng

for

anybody.

Therefore,

rhire

God

is

ourlpresence,

and

ready

to

be

revealed,

r

cannot

accept

or

have

the

revelation

because

r am

not

open;

r

am

only

open

to

the

extent

of

receiving

God

for rre.

Do

you

see

that?

r

have

crosed

the

door.

rf

r

want

God,

r

rErst

want

God

for

whatever

the

coneequences

may

be,

and

lf

God

telts

me

to

leave

mother,

and

father,

and

sister,

and

brother,

then

that is

my

JoF.

rf God

telrs

me

to

give

up my

bustness,

lf

God terls

ne

to

do

this,

I

mtrst

do

lt.

I

cannot,

do

it

because

I

would

like to

do

lt,

r

cannot

do

lt

because

ny

preference

would be

that.

Atr,

not

But

at

least

ln

going

to

God

there

has

to

be

a

pure

motlve,

and

that

p-rre

motive

is

not

to

get

something

for

rue

or

for my

farotly.

Like mothers

sorettrnes

say

to

ner

t'rsntt

lt

rlght

for

re

to

rlant

my

children

to

be

educated?ir

r

have

to

angrrer,

I'r

suppose

it is,

but that

has

nothlng

to

do

with

God,

that

has

to

do

wlth

your'.

rf

you

want

God

to

be

interested

in

your

chlldren

being

educated,

then

you

have

to

want God

to

educate

all chlld-

ren,

end that

meens

you

have

to be

wil.Llng

to help

with

the

educatlon

of

soue

other

chlldren

besldes

your

own,

because

to

think

thaE

you

can



-

15

-

{ATURE

OF

GOD'

ERROR'

PRAYER

go to

God

and

get

the

graciousness

of

God

the

face

of

God,

because

your

chlld

ts

no

chll.d,

or

hts

chttd,

or

her

chlld'

for

your

chi.l.d,

ts

to

sPlt

more

lnportant

to

God

than

That

ls rihy

prayer

is

a

farce

lf

lt

contains

anything

of a

personal

nature,

or

selftsh

nature,

or

exclusive

nature.

That

1e

l'try

the

words

on

our

lips

and

Ehe

thoughts

in

our

mlnds

soretlres

are

Ehe

very

berriers

to

the

prayers,

becauae

rre

are

lytng;

0e

are

lying

to ourgelves

and

$e

are

lylng

to

God.

But

you cannoE

lte

to

God,

beeause

God

searches

the

bonea'

the

marrow,

the

lntente

of

the

heart.

Therefore,

far

better

to

forget

all

words

and

all

thoughts,

and

go

to

God

eaying'

rtGodr

how cen

I

fool

you?

Ilere

I

am,

fill

re.i.

Do

you see

that?

You

have

a

urch

better

chance

then

to

recelve

Godrs

Gr8ce.

BUt

becauee

there

ase

teachere

and

teachtngst

there

really

is

no

need

to r*alt

tnenty

year6

to

get

8n

enswer'

If

ue

oPen

ourselves

for

the

Chrlst,

the

Chrlst

w111

soBhow

meet

our

need'

and

lt

can

very well

be

through

a

book,

a

teachlnS

or

e

Eeacher'

But

slways

re-

menber

that

theee

Ere

but the

tnstrtrments,

and

the

prrpoee

of

a

book,

a

teacher,

or

a

teachlng

ie

to reveal

the

nature

of

God

to

you,

so

that

you

yourself can

nake

your

contaet.

Then,

Htlen

the votce

of

God

speaks

to

you'

lt

slll

not

change

the

prlnclpl.ea

any,

but

lE

wtll

certelnly

change

the

nature

of

the

neaaege,

so

that

you

w111

have

your

indlvtdual

way

of

pre-

sentlng

lt.

Youeee'Prayer,thenatureofGod,thenatureoferror,theyare

all

lnterlocking.

one

leads

to

the

oEher;

when

you

are

through,

tt

le

a clrcle.

Through

your

underetandtng

of

onnlecienee,

@nlPoteace'

oml'

preaence,

you

eutomattcatty

see

the

nature

of

error.

when

you

see

the

natureoferror,lnsteadofwaetingtireflghtlnglt,orFayingtoGod

to do

souethlng

about

it,

you

are

enabled

to

slt

quietly

arrd

listen'

and

you

are

in prayer.

See

how

they are

all

inter-related'

1n

Ey



-[5-

NATURE

OF

GOD, ERROR,

PRAYER

You

vlll

not reech

God

without

prayer,

becauae

even rihen

you

know

the

nature

of

God

and

the nature of

error, lf

you

do

noE atEatn

that

lnner stillness

that

enablee

you

to hear the

still,

small

Volce, lt

le

not

eonplete,

you

only

have

knowledge

up ln

the

head.

I,ltthout

thts know-

ledge

up ln

the

head,

you

wlll

not

get

the

tnner

peace

to enable

you

to

pray

aright. It ls

all lnterlock1ng.

I{e

need

the

Letter

of

trtrth,

te

need

it

as

a

raft,

we

need

lt as I

rpana to

an

end,

bUt

no

ngtter

how

much

of

the

Letter rce

have,

if we

do not

go

the

next

EteP

further and

let

that

lead us

to the

Splrit,

the

awareneas,

the coneciousness, we

do

not

completg

our

$ork.

Therefore, lf

you

rere

glving

a

treatnent, or

voicing a

Prayer

for

soreone, no

matter

hor

urch

tnrth

you

know

and

include ln itr

be sure

thaE

you

wlnd

up

rlth

I'Now,

God,

I

dld

not

say

any

of thls

for

your

bene'

flt, thte

yas

ell

for

my benefit,

eo I

could

get

stlll

lnslde,

but now

lt

le

Your turn.

I

am

llstenlng, I

am

prepared

to

be

stlllr'.

Ahl

l{ow

you

are

ln

prayer,

now

you

are

ln rredltatlon.

The

other

ms

the

prepara-

tlon

for it.

So

in

your

teachlng,

you

u.rst

teech

every one

of

these

poinEs,

and

as

you yourself

ltve

dth

these

polnts,

you

wtIl

have

ten tlres

trore

to

teach

abouE

then than

I

have

glven

you,

becauae

I

have

only

given

you

the

66sence,

whlch

will

mrltlply

lteelf

wlthln

you.

You

can

see

that

as

you

are teaching

begfnnerE, that

you probably

should

only

take one

of

the three

words

for a

lesson.

Osrlsclence

today,

OmnipoEence

in

the next

leason, Ouripreeence

Ln the next lesson,

the

nature

of error

as

the

natural

consequent

ln

the next leseon,

prayer

ln

the

nert



-L7-

NATURE

OF

GOD,

ERROR,

PRAYER

le3son.

In

other

wordsr

YoU

should

have at

least

five lessons

ouE

of

thls

one,

because

I

can

say

to

you,

who

have

been

etudylng

all

these

years,

rfrrat

I

have

said

in

thls

hour,

with

sore

degree

of

confldence

thet

you

can

accept

lt,

But

eould

I

do

that d.th

a

beglnner?

Hesvens,

nol

I

rculd

gi.ve

thea

mental

lndlgestlon.

Hor

could

they

ernbrace

atl

of

theee

Ehlngs

that

roe

have

put

lnto

this

hour?

Therefore,

in

teach-

lng,

make

flve

lessons

ouE of

thls

one.

Then,

efEer

you

have

taken

flve

lesson8,

use

the

sixth

for

revlew,

and

tie

them

all

up

together.

I

have

done

it

in

thls

one

pertod,

tied

all

of

these

up

Eogether,

but

I

have

done

t for

you,

who

I

know

has

years

and

years

of

background

of

atudy,

andyouSrenowJustasslmilatlngellofthis,tyingastringaroundlt,

and

eaylng,

,,oh,

I

knew

every

one

of

these

thlngs

he

haE sald

for

years'

but I

dld

not

tie

them

all

up

together

ln

one

bundle,

nor

perhape

see

the

ful[

significence

of

theur'.

Ilo

you

see

that?

That

ls

all

rlght

for

you'

and

Jren

you

coee

to

where

you

are

teachlng,

thoee

rho

are

ready

to becone

teachers,

it wlll

be all

right

to do

lt.

But

as

long

as

you

are

teaching

cfasses,

do

not

hope

to

do

more

than

take

one,

and

make

flve

lessons

of

this,

and

the

sixth

one for

revier,

and

lf

they

have

not

done

rrcll

ln

tha

slxth

1es6on,

nake

the

seventh

lesson

another

revlew.

In

fact,

do

not

go

on

to

another

subJect

untll

you

are

sure

Ehat

thle

class

has

caught

the

tm'

portence

of

this

polnt

and

then,

tn

teachlng,

do

Dot

forSet'

eix

nonths

later

brlng

that

sare

clasg

beck, and

go

through

one

or

two

hours

of

re-

vlet of

the

flrst flve

leseons,

because

lt ts

easy

for

them

to forget' it

is easy

for

them

Eo

lose

lt.

The

only

they

have

had

EtrE

you

can

be

aure

thet

anyone

w111

not

lose

lt

is after

Ehe

denonstrable

realtzaElon

wlth

signs

following'

Then

you



..

18-

NAIURE OF GOD,

ERROR,

PRAYER

can

sey,

rrGood,

you

are safe

on

thls.

You do

not necd

thls

Snynore,

you

can

go

on froa

hereft;

but

not

your

Sverage

sEudent.

Thqhave

to

have

a

revtew,

especially on

polnte

llke thls.

They

wtlt

not

llke

theee

lessons

as

vrelt as

they

rill

the

lessone about

ettting

on

Cloud

Nine,

and

hearlng

about

i.nner

inltlatlons,

and

eeeing

vi.aions,

and eo

forth.

But renember

that

as

tnportant ae those

lessona are,

they

are

of no

use

at all

il.thout

thls,

because

thls

ls

what

rnakes

truth

demon-

strably

tntth,

rith

signe

folloring.

It

ls

the

reaEon

that

sorre teachiags,

in fect, all

of

the

naJor

netaphysical

teachings

of

today,

are

gotng

baeknard. lhey

are

not ln-

creasing,

they

ace

deereasLng;

and

the

reaeon

is

that they

are ell so

eager

to

sit

around and

talk

about

thts

lovety

God,

that

they

dll

not

come rlght

dorm

to the braee

taek

and

say,

rtYes,

God

ls

lovely,

but

He

ts

not dolng anlthlng

for this

Frldr';

only

for thoee

*to

nake

then-

selvee consciously

one

rtth

tnrth. You

wLll

fiud

nost

of

the

sorld

does

not

rant

that

hard work,

but

you

wtll

have

to

oake

a

choice,

as

a

teacher,

nhether

you

want

the

nunbers

or

nhether

you

want

to

attract

only

those

nho

do

really

want

to

get

soret*rere ln

life.

I

personally

vould

rather turn

oui

tnelve

flna

teachers

and

prac-

t,itionere

rhile I an on

earth,

than

I

nuld

bulld

e

folloylng

of

a

half

a

miltionr,students,

because

I

cotrld

not hold

the

half

ntllton

studente

after I left

here,

unless

I

have

the

trplve

teachere

that

caa

raake

thie

op€rate, becauee

the

half mlllion

w111

not.

They

rtll

not,

not

tn

thle

agel

Infutur,c

egeo

they

w11[,

Ihen

they

are born

tnto

thls

consciousness,

but

rlght nor,

trelve

rawelous

practitioners

and

teachers

are sorth

Eorg

than

a

half

nillion

follot

ero.

surely,

you

ean

get

rlcher

off the

hal.f



-

1,9

t)

HATURE

OF

cOD,

ERROR,

PRAYER

nllllon

f,ollonere,

and

lf

realth

or

poprlerity

Eans

anythlng,

I

guess

that

ls

tt. But

lf

personal

acconpllshrent

Eeans

somethlag,

rtrlch it

should,

to

a

teacher, then

belleve

m,

lf

they

could turr

out

tso,

three,

four,

flve,

etx realty

and

tnrly

rho

have

caught

the

metaphystcal

and

spirltual,

Dystlcal

vislon,

and can

rork slth lt,

and can

go

out, firet

of

all,

to heal

otbere

and

then to

teach

othersr

you

have

done

a

far

better

Job,

even

though

the

rest

of thc

sorld s1[1 not kaow

about lt.

Yes,

I go

all

over the

mrld,

but there

are

only

a

few

people

tn

eaeh

ptaee

that

know rej

I aE

not

knorn to

thle

world,

I

an

not even

kRorm

Eo

Harall. Why? Becauee

I

havc

not

EedG

n5leelf concerned

d.th

nunbere.

I eould

Just

as

rrell

have

prblic

metlngs

evet7

leek.

No, f,lrst

1 nrst

have

the

nucleua,

the

enall

group

that can

really

rork.

Then

I

can let

tt expand

ae

far

ae

lt

rlll

expand.

tt.

Now

you

see

that havlng

eald

all of

thle, the

value

only

comes

now

when

I stop saytng

tt,

and

you

slt for mdltatton,

and say,

rrAh,

Father,

rre

nor know all

the tnrth,

but

now,

how

about en

extra

rcrd

from

Iourr,

because

that

ie the

word

that hae

algns

followtng.

Even to

have

a

feel-

lng

of

rrAtr,

God ie

on

the

scener'.

God

wae

Owrlpreeence

bef,ore, but the

roof

could

cave

ln,

and

the

Omripresence

of

God

would

not

etop lt;

but

a

mdltatlon

wlth slgns

following

would stop

Ehe roof

falllng

ln. Be-

lleve

Ee,

lt

would

hang

suepended

rlthout

touchlng

youl

t{ot

by uy

poser,

not

by

my

goodness,

not

by

uy

loveg

by

Godrs

Grace.

But

you

can

only

be

Eure

that Godre

Grace

ls on

the fleld

when

that

assurance

le

there.

So

lt ls,

no

matter

hor

nrch

you

teeeh

your

studenta,

do not

let

them

go

amy untll

there hae

bccn

a

redltation

to

consolldate lt,

to

enable



t

20 -

HATURE

OF

GOD,

ERROR,

PRAYER

then

to

asstntlate

tt,

and

to

lct the

aeal be

put

on

lt. llow,

no

hunan

tcachcr

caa

put

a

scal

on

a

Leason;

God

hae

to

ptrt

the

fl.nal

eeal

on

tt

tn

sore

ray. so tt

ta,

whether

tt ls

Ehat

r

an teachlng

you,

or

you

aro

teachlng

a

beglnnersr

class

or

an

advanccd

claee,

aluaye rerenber

that

the

eeal

tc

plaeed

on the

leeeon

nhen

the nedltatlon

takce

place,

and

that

te

when

you

brtng

it al.t.

lnto

llvlngness;

you

brlng

it

dom

fron

the

head

to

the heart,l

I{e[l'

you

have

here

slx

leesons,

and

nbether

you

teaeh

ln

one

city

or

anothsr,

thls

uret

bc

the

first

slx

tessone

that

are taught,

because

wtthout

thls

foundatton,

anythlng

you

glve

then

aftenrard

hag

no

founda-

tton to

rest

onr

and

the

house

w111

cone

tuabllng

doun.

Ttrere

nrst

be

a

foundatton

based

on

som

Gaeure

of ararenees

of

the

nature

of God, the

nature

of

error,

and

the

nature

of

prayer,

and

that

ts

all combi.ned

in

theee

six

lessone, the

stxth

belng

the

revlew.

Each

one

to

have

a

nedt-

tatlon

beforehand

to

tneuro

that

ntrat

cores

through

your

llps

nill

bc

thc

Volcc

of

God, and

coneludtng

with a

mdltatlon

that

God

prte

the

seal

on

lrt

rn thts

concludtng

redttatton,

renrember,

we

are

Just

Bttttng

ln a

state

of

receptlvity

our

lesson and

our

redttatton.

need

no words

or Ehoughts,

Let

God

place

the

Bea[ on

w€

to

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