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In Spirit all things are fulfilled. Spirit is. Let us enter into the Spirit th o morning and realize ixax tnaujj>rxxxx*x the fulfil .^ent of that promise, "There shall he no more pain." "I nov; enter into the Spirit and there is fulfilled inn me the promise that there is no more paifl." C Silence)
Let ua add to that ti.e peace of Ocd that pas3eth understanding fills wy soul.
The letter killeth hut the Spirit maketr alive. The word’s Prayer to he Spiritually comprehended should he lnterpeted . Our i’atner which art in heaver.	perfect	in thy name,
lay rule is supreme. T.et thy will e done in heuven as in earth; Thy will is done in hod;, as it is done in Divine ”ind. Give us this day our daily 'read. Let this bread substance increase every day. Let all consciousness of sin be forgetton; let Divine Love ce ir. every thing.
Let vs know that through recognizing goed there shall be no evil in cur consciousness. Strength and power s all abide for ever and ever.
Let us all with one accord re-eat the J.ord 's Prayer p.s it is given ir. the Apostle’s creed aloud i.; eence t and then silently rrterpet it.
V.'e get ir. tne habit of repeating words which take on form.
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The subject oi* this morning's lesson is "The Mystery of Pair.".
/Tconnccticn with this I will read some extracts i'ron the scriptures. First from Job. "The wicked :r.an walketh alv/ays in ’>ain
Izah. "Sir. shall be ir. great pair.." Paul say3 "for we know that
in Revelation at ti e close "And he shall wipe every tear from their
first pains shall pass away."
The mystery of t e agony or. the cross has long beer, unfathomable *o those who look upon the Christ as having all power.
The question presents itself again and again, why e those who are a.;ove the cozl on expression of hu-oan uii.d «« subject to pa„:i ana are ir. agony and are suffering .? Why should Jesus Christ 4ave to suffer for example?. This agony upon the cross is something that ha3 formed	part of the Christian Religion. The human
consciousness seems to enter into the sympathies of suffering just as readily as it enters ar.to joy.	This	example	of	Jesus
Christ	that rs*from our standpoint
t! e whole creation groweth and
But we read also
eyes and there shall be no death any more."
for the
given to the human mind & certain sadness ai.d sorrow which
has, we might say,
it has given to tj.e or.urch the grioi and
sorrow t;.at is in .	espeo-ai.., *ne original
loilov.ers o: Christianity. The Catholics got into .i.e *«*i':fer 'r.g ar.d ti.e„- produced in the i&i.ds and t..e i'cct *hex verv. marks 01* ti.c lia.lb. 1Y.1& .-.as been proven again and again. "..ese ,.eo-pie i ave again and again token on ail tl;e p..&3es t-^t He is supposed to have gone though, and it has ^rod'. ced a cataleptic siate and it nus produced epilepsy, it ras produced ail tne
this to ts ace3 not elevate because v;e can sict ..a, one row- «i' things —us. le
God ce tai.-.l;- is not in pain. Tfijy t en was it necessary for the Sen o! God to suglsr pain? It was net	necessary.
xhe Son ol God never d-d Bugler pair.. The son of G^a never h..d any concept cl' pain. TThat was it that as cricii'iea? What is it in each one oi* us that aoc:..s to .^ve pa-n? I. uust be a part °* t..e problem which we axe demonstrating. T1 ere i;as some li..le encr crept in there and that little error in nv_ia.. consols, usne&b is ocuiiu pain. Is t..ere no ra... i.. Divi..e :ii.,d? Veil, t ore is a place ir. t..c consciousness that
it is the answer. You -ay worx a proo-em i.. ..jiitL-:iazlc3 v/itnout
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ever knowing ycx.r uisa-kes until you get the auras:*.
defeat and raiiu. tjxliixdz.xiv. a d mat ici.id of co..d.tto..s in the uind lead to pain. We serve puir. because we jiavo not demonstrated the pr..ncip*e. ?j.e crusifictiou of Jesus Chrisu ar.d iiia agony v;as not the Spirit, the real of iiiun ti.at sugj fered . It r;&3 the problem vaich suffered. You start on the blackboard witn a cer-ain proxies, that io not . ou. It is your intelligence t'.At is working, but in order to get full understanding of the principle. You ;iuat get a full understanding.
Jco. a Chris, continual*., .na t.-at he was able to
in ti.e -ace of pain in the co:.3ciouo mind to act. Pain is friendly? Pair, is the fJr.f Zj at is thrown out to us to indicate to us as v/e go on with the problem a3 we go on day by day when -here is some tiling wrong v/itn the pro clou.	There is
a little monitor lh.e:c which cries out "There is something wrong down here.* A: d if you ere wise yet wont try to hush that voice. Ask and y u 8..all -eCcivc knocK	Ask	that	little
voice. I* you ave a little pain in ycur stomach you oh ould no- try at once to ge. a -itt-e narewtic. T.At is the first thougnt oi the ignorant uind. to stop z'..c.z pain. "(rive _e
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something doctor tc sicp yi-a» pain.
lie says it is in '-ho body «e sx*„ it la an the .wind. Tiiat pain
is	■	ca	to	go	dovn»	into	Ujat	part	of	the	consciousness
and aaice :£Jt;ory there . What is the cause of :uy pain? Vnjr do I ‘.ave a pain in ay stcuocht? Because you have in a one v;ay
infringed the lav.*. Y/hat lav,?
I ray •.ave a pain from eating sor.exxiRgx kind of food. Why don't it xkxt.x agree with r.e? i don't know out it does r.ct. I aor.'t lhce strawberries. Ot..er people cat strawberries but I can'-.
V/t will know t-.ou t..at pain is -o ca-i our attention You will cor.dei-n one ..o&utiiui fruit and bring it into tr.e pain subjection of the cor.seiou3..ess, it :-&y be somo-hing that you need. Your ood^ ,.&j nood just tr.at kind of acid.
We know t* at fruit is the most .^*tural food prepared for :tan. 'fne fruit hurts you oduaust «u i.ave educated the ator-acne to live upon t. e
Tne pain then is to oai.i ones attention to .he infringement of
If we WGUxd 0 :1
the law
analyze the situation we would fi..d
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We are getting at
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the truth ci’ Being.	v/i;en	we	get	at	t.io	cause	v/e	fi.ui
there is no pair.. When haraony co co when each gets in place then there is no more pair.. When we read in Revelation that	all
the tears shall be wiped away.
It does not have to appeal to all men let it applet) to you. that tl.e individual jesus
This pair, is in tie bod: consciousness. I tell you, "It is not in the esenco of things, it isnot ir. the Divine Mind. , but it is m the relation which your bod.- bears tie Universal. How are you working? If you are working out in the wrong "’ey you will get pain. Pain is a good thing because it protects these organisms. If you put your hand cn the lot stove rain says, "Take it of If it were not for pair, cur rands art3 every part of our body would be hurt and bruised through contact with the external world. We would be knocking our snins against the sidewalks. But now we know if we do any of these things for v/e are not and we dc not lire pain. We use a certain amount of wisdom and v/e are relieved fr::» pair. In. the body. It is a good thing used in tr.e right way, but we can rise to a certain understa.-.ding where we dc not lave to be especially friendly with pain.
Physiologists tell us that they can not tell v/nero pain fades 'nto pleasure. You i;i your own experience have seen people who
are crying one moment and laughing the next_ ar.d t..e;. slide back and
fort.i. Again and again people have died of pair that was really causd
'n'S joy. Great joy orod cep
sue* a rush
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that the organ is-i <-<?e ns to he dissolved in f e oov/er
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must talc a certain control over our joys as well as our pains.
Pain can be Mastered 1»; t the liuraan v/il.L. Why, in battle it is found that those who have strong wills, right in the face of wouldo, xsh go right on and never Vrncw about tnem	but there 'a always
a reaction lr:at ./ill
and that wain ar.d pleasure are one a.-d that the realis tlie pleasure . Nov; ir. she xxxxxtix crucifixion of Jesus Christ that we had in the lessen this morning, it occured tc me t at these two robbers xaxax curcified with Jesus x referred to pair, a & pleasure For the
pain reviled t..e bod.' and the pleasure 3aid , "Why do you revile this rsar."	Ar.d	the	robber	that	sa.	d	"This	da;-'	will
in Paradise.
Now you can see that these are the conditions that are constantly passing through ourselves because it represents this outer expression
of what v/e are doing ir. mind. We are between two fires, pleasure
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o.n tne one siae ar.d .ci:. ••?. ...e ot;.er. W.iat a re ^ go in/; cc do about i‘ If you give yourself rt to pleasure it leads to parr..
Nov; v/e have dominion ,e must
;a..e posses..-ion of both pleasure and pain.
If you give yourself up to pleasure it yfl.li lead to pain and if you
You will find in every depart-
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give up to pain you areiost.
went ex' life people wo are being roboed bj pleasure. We are always locking forward to soiaothir.G t-.at voa-re going to enjoy, and frojii which v/c are going to derive great .-loaouro. You ay*
*r:o G'ir.g on a trip. KoV7, you pro* ably vr’ll strive and 31rug?9 ar.d work to get read; .‘or it a::d by the time you are read;' to go you are all worn out. Your idea of p2easure will change to pain ar.d you
the appetite i3 really a great pleasure to rt:an but if you let your appetite
ao t at you can see tnat we suet be senators over sensations and over pleasure ana pain. We are constantly	crucified	t	e
body with t. e thief ox’ pleas re on ti e one side and the thief of pam on tne other. We must do awa^ wi... the	cor.seionaness
^xr.-.en one went to t..eu for instructions for himself he iaust go throv.g.i a certain discipline. He is required to go through a ;roat many hard experiences in order that he nay control ..is feelings. How many . eop-e in your acquaintance car. control their feelings? If you went to a Hindu .-taster to learn how tc concentrate he would say, "Car. y \ control
yourself?" You are tc «>eco.:ie -roister
of sonsation. You nust say there i3 no sensation as pain."
Hov; do you do it? Through the power of mind realizing in Spirit that there is no such a thing as pain and pleasure.
rest in the consciousness that ir. Gcd there is no such thing as pair..	Pain	ycur	body	so:>:eti":es
and leaves it there if you believe in it.
and t.ien you will know v; at they mean by all tears being w iped av.ay. vr en you know ti.e truthof Being then yev 3..ail have no :nore pain. I know people w'o arc lying on tr.cir lack's I know a lad; who is lug or. her jack and refuses to neve eecausc cf her pain
si.c did not seen to be able to overcone that idea of pain.
There is no reality at all in that pain for you walk again and again on the corn that pained ycu ^ on you get out and forget about it while thinking about what you see you forget it. We can dc awn,' with all pair, if we will rise into that spiritual consciousness where there ;s sic pain. 7: ere i3 no reality in pain at all. Do not give up to your pain.
As I told you in the gegi .r.ing v/e s..ouxd find out t..c cause cf pain but do not let the pain he the ruling state of consciousness.
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Just say "I now wipe out through the power of the Spirit all recollection of pain." We know that in Spirit there is no reality in pain.' "I an in no pain because of Jesus Christ." neither do I reflect in ny head the narks of the thorns"
I relieve the
through Divine
God is good and Godis all.
guidance.