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Page 39
... live on my death . ... The man who lives like that is living in death . He cannot find himself because he is lost ; he has ceased to be a reality . The person he believes himself to be is a bad dream . And when he dies he will discover ...
... live on my death . ... The man who lives like that is living in death . He cannot find himself because he is lost ; he has ceased to be a reality . The person he believes himself to be is a bad dream . And when he dies he will discover ...
Page 50
... live in me , and because His love is in you it can come to me from a quarter from which it would not otherwise come . And because it is in both of us , God has greater glory . His love is expressed in two more ways in which it would not ...
... live in me , and because His love is in you it can come to me from a quarter from which it would not otherwise come . And because it is in both of us , God has greater glory . His love is expressed in two more ways in which it would not ...
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... live in much dirt , and eat bad food . To take orders and work hard for little or no money : it is a hard school , and one which most pious people do their best to avoid . Many religious people , who say they love God , de- test and ...
... live in much dirt , and eat bad food . To take orders and work hard for little or no money : it is a hard school , and one which most pious people do their best to avoid . Many religious people , who say they love God , de- test and ...
Contents
AUTHORS NOTE | 13 |
SEEDS OF CONTEMPLATION | 17 |
EVERYTHING THAT IS IS HOLY | 20 |
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