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
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