“Now bear in mind the following: Appetites and passions create desires; by means of the reasoning faculties, desires create beliefs of which the soul-consciousness, the divine-life within, makes a law, the law of the individual life. This law is the religious faith, and when it is established, the conscience justifies everything in accordance with it [...]
Category: The Goal of Life or Science and Revelation: Hiram Butler. 1908
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter iv (conscience)
“This selfhood, this consciousness that is conscious without the effort of thinking, this something that is the man, that thinks without his volition, this vital-principle, we must admit, has been derived from the creative-forces. If this is true and if God is the Cause and Source of creation, then it is derived directly from God, [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter iii (reason and religion)
"There are a people among us denominated Spiritualists. The major part of these people is the legitimate outcome of religious devotion on the part of their parents. Spiritualistic mediums are such by organic structure, which leads them to open up their life-centers to the psychic currents around them. In order to be mediums, they must [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter iii (reason and religion)
“Apparently, two sets of factors come into action to produce this diversity of mind and consciousness: First, the quality of life from which the thought is formed; second, the beliefs of the person. But, in reality, the quality of life, that is, the character of the consciousness—or vital-thought just defined—is determined by the beliefs of [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter iii (reason and religion)
“There is first a desire and a will to do, followed by the turning of the mind and the centralizing of it upon the subject that we wish to consider. The question here arises as to what is meant when we say that we have turned the mind to the consideration of a subject. Does [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter iii (reason and religion)
“In considering the underlying and causative principles governing the two factors that give power, the one, the "Reason" or the intellect, and the other, the sentiment that we call "Religion", we necessarily enter an unknown realm, for mind must study its cause—the stream must rise to its fountain. Therefore, in order to study the causes [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter ii (the existence of higher faculties)
“In the preceding chapter we referred to the law of inspiration, that we draw in, inspire, whatever the mind is centered upon to the exclusion of all else, and that the wonderful formative principle dominating human consciousness at once makes an image, a thought-form of that which is indrawn. But in the process, the principle [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter ii (the existence of higher faculties)
“Man in his developing has become overbalanced in the direction of the reasoning faculties, and as suggested in the preceding chapter, the harmony of a well-rounded maturity demands that the intuitional faculties be understood and given their full function. As intelligent, thinking beings, we find ourselves here with but a vague idea of how we [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter i (development)
“The Cyclopean eye figures a reality of life referred to by our Lord when he said: “If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” (Matt. vi. 22.) For purposes of concentration upon one subject, the physical eyes and the eyes of the mind become one—physically upon the book before you, [...]
the goal of life or science and revelation: chapter i (development)
“The terms “inspiration” and “revelation” have been misapplied, and therefore need definition. Inspiration bears to revelation the relation of cause to effect. Inspiration is not necessarily the act of a human agent becoming a medium of expression for a being in the spirit-world, but it is a well-known phenomenon of everyday life. The act of [...]
The Mark Of God: Understanding Your "I AM Presence" 