USE WHAT YOU HAVE

USE WHAT YOU HAVE Around the Year with Emmet Fox June 12 Many people say to me, "I want to get on faster. I want more understanding." And as a rule, they go on to ask for a list of books to read or some "advanced course" that they can take. This attitude is quite mistaken. It implies that spiritual advancement is a question of intellectual activity— of the mere accretion of knowledge. That is true in the study of mathematics, or of physics, or chemistry, but it is not true in metaphysics. Spiritual growth comes from putting into practice the knowledge we already possess. Instead of reading another book, read your favorite book once more and apply it more carefully than ever in your practical life. Metaphysics, like music, is both a science and an art. In metaphysics it is absolutely true that you learn by doing. “be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only . . .” James 1:22