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' Ther:0 h~s a.Lwaye been ccnf'us Lcn ameng Chr·istiana as to ' i ' u-~e "haract\ir of what iG c;a.lleo. the kingdom of heaven. Jesus

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dinoua and :rµyst ical I that nc definite' unders'tanding has been arrived I \ , '-.

at, even by those who have claimed to be very wise in the geogr~phy 1

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, character of creation,- iteelf; liv:i;ng in the se'nsea almost wholly, > , I

he has tried to g'rasn sense conditions in everything that ha s come, z: ' \ \\

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•. ,,,,,_,-,-.'._~ __ .: _J'_aa.11.a Christ tried i o liken .tb.e 'king do~ I ·•

certain rel~tiona or conditions.' I / '

' ' . it and put it in ,sorile geogr p ,

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location, not knowing the under-

e sus , being a master in the ct·eati ve- world, , \

and being Ln very close, union with the Ca.us~ Side of' Existence, ' , ' ~ .

l•et.:vie. ·~r••e.•d.: him tot' a tut er gave' a 11ttl&. ~ ere and .a. 11 ttle.

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' there. He said! ,The kingdom of heaven ;is lilce a man who wants 'to

take' a. jc:iurney t~ a far country; and he leavAs his lands etc .. in

·. the hands· of his ser:-v:anta. ' When he comae back, those who have ' I I

increased the talents are ·commended. \ . ,, I ( \

The J,;ingdom ot heaven is a place where mwi 1.p ere ase 9 the I I I

I I kinkdom conditions in which he i e .;placed •. We have thought the of

heaven ;was all .fixed, ready for man t6 enter, and. al+ he ha.a. to

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do was to, .Ii lay ?pon ~· harp, ,$ ingin~ "gioty to God.,"

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Bu t , ,Jesue Christ indicated, v&ry clearly, ·thut the . I

kinrtdom of heaven was likened unto a' place where man must· grow • .

He is gi.ven certain t a.Lerrt a · * *

,1Nhen John came , he said: "Repent ye, for the kingdom

of heaven .. is rit 1hand .. 11 Th;lt do ea not mean it is a ytay off in

Mars er e omewhe r'e , but· it' 1 is at hand.

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close to the irtdicatin.g that 1 t .is right. her·o, so far

geographical location is concerned. _.Again, the king~oxn of God I ,

is .within you .. , Yet, we have j.u.st read that he went away, telling I

his 4ieciples that he.,was gping to prepare a place ofr.them; ~nd ' J

' where: he was, they should be also. What does that meanf''-')1esorib~ ,, ' the kingdom of God at:s a:' state of ,mind, and 'then again as a place? ' ·

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Look ab ma.n.1 s re at ion ~o. God, and the underlying crea.~~ve, ' - ,.'-'- :·:~ ... , ---~ \-· ..........

pr o ceae ',t,hrough _which ever_yt~ing1 ia brought forth.1 I-t~ is Mind•

1 I AM, and ~\ AM manifest. Everythb1g has its inceptio;n in Mind •

This is tp.e~' key . If,you think conditi1

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and 11 pl~oe, .-.nd_ it our 1114• • ~~e ~ What ,we C&l,l T U1'.H, Mu

r1•• laid dCIUJt in the Pr~nc.1ple, we wii~, \

through the rcr ce of creative1 'thought, throw· ourselves. into sur-r-ound=

'i;ng~, irtto rele.t Lona , o:, (i.nto a.\world that wi~l be. to u's the 1king­

dom of heaven· ... tha.t is,· a place that', will be in •hannon;y- ~i th our-

highest ideals'\

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conformi11g 'to the thought that He eetablished.- He came forth from , I

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not under.stan\:line the Creati~e. Law, we become lifeless,.· /

:We .ne ed mo r e energy .. mcr e fo'l'."ce, more electricity, -mcr-e me.gnatisrn,, 1

more mfH,1t1erisra '.., ariyth ipg that; Will° cna.fg;~ us With IUOre LI]1E. , ' I

Jesus Gb.rist underJlto9d that as pa:rt of' th~ kingdom of hea.-veJh' · ' '

In o·rder- to gat mot"i t~ we ha.d to have th• door open, wit1 e un .... d .... e_.r ..... --ta.n_d_i_n_g-th_;.a.t ...... Li;-cbme• r~~'-a,. --~11;~~aent Pr1n.o1ple, W~ ~•t

go to the Source of' Life. 'A·:ne;1

stat'e,'o.f CQnsoiousness mv.s~ be 'I

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You mu,st kn.QW, dn order to, · ·•: '' '

' heaven in i te outer.1 ' .

rr.ani:f'estation, you mu~t · en tar into the ccnac rousneas of it as 1;1nd '

, or Spirit-Place. · The. kingdom. o! he~ye ·is w~thin 1ne,, aa. a mental I ' , ' '

forcEit', working to the surface,, when I ha.r,monize al~ foiiy _forces- ; f 1

w:i th the Prine iplEu :W• .muat 14.;ius·t ourse,lvea, to thi~ kingdom 1 ' ',

001ni11g into ma~i:t'estation ~ w.hich Jestilit c,Jili.i' h a • I ' ' I I

for us , we must' ~1djus~ ourselves to 'that, not ori'.l.y .tn thought, but r , I I

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in, S~bstance ~ that ,means that our bod1ee1 themselva~, mu,.et ccme under I •

the :Law. People enter into the kin~do:iu Qf heaven, in a measure;

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' be cau se you have not· be•n. l3-dj~st~d to th'e wi"t11in-t You \ \ \ • • 1' f

· run up against een_&e• It says: "\Vhy,, 1! .wo.u1d ,l'1ke :to have. tnis," l I 1

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ac~ouane~~ - ·that it eh~ll b• °½ranitomneth · Thia eo:rrupti'ble l;?h>l-ll · .. j . .I. •

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put o~ incol""ruptibi.lity,- urH'ica.t,ion of mind .~11-du;td. be followed I

bY, ~urif1c~t ton pf envir,onm , , ' I t '

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()f which to build our\

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k1nedom• ,Jesus Ch~t~\.i~ ri~ht l).e,te in ~h:l;s ,r(?~lll.t·, ihi a, ~~ate ·,of,

(,}Onaq1.011ahesa, 'because in Spirt.,t there ie· np such tn'.1~g :3-s, taking ' v f I l

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1'11.e S_pfrit tellt, us we can ILay hold o:r that S1..~b~it-~1noa, and. use it jn th.e .re-oonatru,;:,t:ion .of our 1bodiei.$ .. · of' cur surrc;>undingu of

I eYet';J character. Je:irn.t;i Christ entered into that Substanee; he lan'eW \

of th:ts Ether, and of tre possibilities o,f man, and that man could '1 ••

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make in th~t Invhd.1)le a pla.ce where ha cot,dd come int.a harmony '

with his ideal.a. That is the p Lace he goes to pre1?0tre. We are,

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' not abiding, in 01.1r pN• .-to plac• .i

eonsti\ntlY chahging, 'but. when " ent.er into the ln'fl•ible, R-eher

and adj1~st otir~elves to ,it, we will .abide; .o~.:r thoughts ii11. 1ma~, ' I a permanent place., We wil.J. enter into the ·abidi;ng · of conac i.oi . .u.me~s,

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and through the mar11i.festat ion of· the thoue;ht-conec iousness in us, . ;

we will make an· a.'biding ,place, I ,I I • •

it shall. be done unto you~ tt lf you b~lieve ~in Jesus Obrist, if

"Ask what ye will :in my name, and .. ,-;, ... ·~~: ,'. ~ ' ':r

you believe he; did what ~.a 1-c1~i1Uea,; you mu t 'believe t heae p':rorrd..,ses.-' .

We mu.st ccnceutr'ate

He. was not an id.le ta.l~er. He de:monetr~teq., and he ~a.1,dr You.

sltall do these thing~ a:n<;l grieater be causs I go' unt9 the )a.ther. NO"!{' ,, I' ' l

there is a.relation between ,hia going .to,t'.he 'lf~ther a nd ou'r ability.·. f 1 1; '1 l J I

if we want'"

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i,rci.ke m~ a., re1/:ident of the ~lngdOlrl• but it 1~aketl the siii,fit easier

,in .. its ,use of th_e body. , I \ ., '

'.f'l',y~ioal ijoiertCf:t is brint:tin(!'t \US. {light to -~he p1

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11 I,nvisi'ple :&'o.rcea are to help tn· the adju'stm,ertt ,of the o~tet world ' · ·' ··< • I • I ' '

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to the' inner, ""' the phy~~ca'Jl wor~a 't() the mental. ~hes,, tell l~a 1•

the r?. its an l:nvis i'ble S~bstanee, ~hi~b 'they call 'Nth~r'<~· ·artd1 9u·~ o;f

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it evt.rk;,thin~ ooines'I lllverytz1i~g ·ha.a ,an t,1?vi1ible Su'.qst,~nq~':'~.i.d~1, ,I, ! I 'I, I

ant triat he.H i.n it ev ·ryth~~· t1 at :w n~c·e~~acy to t:tie -iiiaible. · IV' 1l

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tubs f or- cos.l, and. far sleeping,, They had no., .udji;0tment:

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!H~d got ~en 'back of the e:re of aenee tc) t'L. t '' , ; · ' d ' ,J .,,,.. Ha o 1 S:i, lit' 1 t , "fn · hearing · ...

ev·erythi:ne had t ake n on a new -capa.ci ty. }ie ·chRn\;ad h':i'.~ ,·· al):pea~·ance,

at will I and yet . j t ctmfor.rr.1:id .. to the, j · , 1 ; .:a or .g ma 1dea.. He had , in . .I 1 ·,

h i.s new power of body•transf''o:r1hat ion that capacity whioh makd.e hill.l ! .

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that ii$ a 'ki,ngdom where • wit) in anu ~,\. \u~.... we. ' j

qe.n !change the .Bubs t ance o:( our bodies in~tantl,y,', an,d yet th.is i~ 1 l • I ' \

t1'~t a. ghoat i' it i.s' sometllinm .subetant~al., Jeaus Christ ,took all I l\ ,,,

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pllys ically disa.p~eared.

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of the. man. with him. ~pt1ca7 History Qaye there 'have baen 'many

sq, refined in s:p1~it 'an~ .body .t hat; they,' I r • \ _,

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such a. raJ)id r-at.e tha.t the cells bec!iUile rapid,, o~using bhsm to'

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enter an c t her state of' consoiousne2s"'1 ',, ''

W~ can enter into that place, where J"eslilS. Christ' i,i; • If ~ , , , ' . , , ~·r , r . '\ i I }. , I ti I

you bavtt ente1•ed into that, place where yOu have S •JIS,, 'YOU l'fave . , . I , ,

ae en th• lather. I 'AM ·God D\a,nif~s·t,, whe~ I a.m ma.J1re11 ing, God., r'1 y

lfuen J All ,d.er,io;e,t,ra.tirt; ,,,.._.,..,,.....,_"'-4,,:,;;,.i~·· i.,"""i--41 ... ~.uu'I.,. ~~- ~ .. ,: ~

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I I pe ojrLe in the. w.orld want ie sorneth;i.1,g, ln the way.- ott a nice ,houee;

tv1e,,r 1f" nt t f nicely. furn;ish6l,d and to be a.co?r;d'ing ~'t() s~me s~t,

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ad)u~tn.er;t ~ 1rn,t we ea2:1 t ar;prec~ate good I

vie lfl,Y~' i.4p· ~c i,J,tion iri ou.rtH'.11 ves. / I

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,J'ef$UB Chr:ti:-,t then. is: here establishing tb.e riuo Leus of I

'· ~1 this l"l.e'•1 kingdom of heaven. 1'his kingd.orn 'comes down out of he·ave~

(the MJnd) on to earth.

necessary· to t he m.:;1.king

proved to hie follqwers

'.Hel'"i::: is 'all' potent.iality ... a.ll thi11F,1;e

or t~e ki_n~dom of heaven ... , · .resua Christ f f I \ .,

that they saw hini,· ~g~in an~ again,, arid to I I

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go down to .retuealem." ou pi:-obably ~&ff met people I \ ' ,

. who have oia.imed to t,lk to Jesus Christ •. ' I have seen .me n 1who I have aeen Ydm, and they say th_e p.ictu:ree we have.: are a. very g?o d.

' , I I portrayal\ of, htm, and ;naturally, a.rt'ifltfJ have painted the fiatures '1

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very muoh a.like• lie reveals ,himself t O all Who e)1ter int'o ,a 1 1, ',,

~- Ii • epiritual at.at e ot mind •. "Ask and ~t shall be given unt o you~" ..

and ,ye, ab.al~- find._,1' i I ' 1'\ l'-'lf!" ,,.,...._, :,

, Then it i~ pofieible foir1 ua , not only ':tq ente'r in'to ;the.

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ki~gd.om, but to have th~t ki~gdo:m to.ani:fest '_in our ev:e~yday pi.ffairs .. I

. You can esta.blish ,a. kin~dom in. y u hO:nae. We are , to.7day, 'and I ' .l ' f

ente?"j,n,g int Q it, just t O th, extent that we r-ea,liza the ma.nifast~..1 I I -) I '

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is1 in., the· epvironment; 1it1 i~ ;iB thonght IIJl4 1·n the man,if~~tation,,

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arid th6 . o ci.re 'i1r1any• al1 ic1 ing 'places in I 't!3-ia ltJ'I 1,'l'hqre ,, ' '

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