understanding the “i am”… that is you…

“From this hour, will you remember Me with this Call that gives Me the opening to draw within and around you the Strengthening, the Cosmic Light's Indestructible Substance that strengthens everything that is constructive within your borders, holds Protection for the people that are trying to do that which is right, and enables you to [...]

the imitation of christ, the 1st book: chapter xi (seeking peace of mind and spiritual progress)

OF SEEKING PEACE OF MIND AND OF SPIRITUAL PROGRESS “We may enjoy abundance of peace if we refrain from busying ourselves with the sayings and doings of others, and things which concern not ourselves. How can he abide long time in peace who occupies himself with other men's matters, and with things outside himself, and [...]

the imitation of christ, the 1st book: chapters ix and x (obedience and subjection; danger of superfluity of words)

OF OBEDIENCE AND SUBJECTION “It is verily a great thing to live in obedience, to be under authority, and not to be at our own disposal. Far safer is it to live in subjection than in a place of authority. Many are in obedience from necessity rather than from love; these take it amiss and [...]

the imitation of christ, the 1st book: chapters v and vi (the reading of holy scriptures; inordinate affections)

OF THE READING OF HOLY SCRIPTURES: “It is Truth which we must look for in Holy Writ, not cunning of words. All Scripture ought to be read in the spirit in which it was written. We must rather seek for what is profitable in Scripture, than for what ministers to subtlety in discourse. Therefore, we [...]