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CHAPTER SEVEN HOSTS AND GUESTS Reg had been so absorbed in their conversation that he had ceased to notice the great void, but now he saw that the strange blue light had given place to a grassy hilltop. The three …
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CHAPTER SIX PEAS AND CARAWAY SEEDS “Tell me more about going to this Plane Between in sleep,” Reg asked. “Well, man prepares for death in this way. If it were not for sleep, death would have the terror of the …
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CHAPTER FIVE A JOURNEY THROUGH THE VOID “Can I really? I suppose you have all seen them already?” “I have,” replied Gordon. “The others have been too busy as yet.” He turned to them. “Well, fellows, are you ready? …
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CHAPTER FOUR “GREAT TIMES” Gordon rose from the seat and stood looking out over the park. “Want to meet some of the fellows now?” Reg sprang to his feet. “May I really? Somehow I think this will all seem …
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CHAPTER THREE THE HALL OF FRIENDS What an exhilarating experience it was! They neither walked, nor ran, but seemed to speed rapidly through the air, close to the high ground, but far above the valley. Each of the angels …
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CHAPTER TWO PROBLEMS “He is everywhere,” explained the angel, answering the last question first. “Here, He is called the Father because He is the loving Father of us all. We cannot see Him on the lower planes – not …
Death and Life of a Soldier: 1
PART ONE. THE SOLDIER’S STORY CHAPTER ONE THE WELCOME The valley on the fringe of Heaven’s realm lay dreaming in fragrant peace. The pearly sky held no hurrying clouds, but remained lightly veiled in mist as though time and …
A Matchstick a Horse and Man: Chapter Twelve
MY LITTLE PARABLE Once upon a time there lived three little housewives very happy and very new! They each lived in a flat in a big block in a busy city and because they were very friendly, too, they used …
A Matchstick a Horse and Man: Chapter Eleven
WHAT PRACTICE DOES One of my new Students wrote the other day: “Very many thanks for your most kind and helpful letter, and those precious Lessons, and for accepting me into your large Family of Students, all bent, like myself, …
A Matchstick a Horse and Man: Chapter Ten
TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS In the letters section of Bernard’s Weekly News this week I quoted my reply to a Student in which I said: “It wasn’t ‘sent’ from God. God loves you and wants every possible good for you.” I …
A Matchstick a Horse and Man: Chapter Nine
THE DENIAL OF MORTAL MAN I think most of you will agree that two of the most conflicting statements (seemingly) in the New Testament are:” Deny thyself; take up thy cross and follow Me.” (Matt. 16, 24. Mark 8, 34. …
A Matchstick a Horse and Man: Chapter Eight
DOWN-TO-EARTH DETAILS Do you know, Family, that in spite of all the Thought Bricks teaching, Students still give me the hint, at times, that they are not really sure if thoughts have power or not? For instance, they tell me …
A Matchstick a Horse and Man: Chapter Seven
THINGS VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE Have you met a person who says that he only believes what he can see? Have you, perhaps, been that man or that woman? Are you, perhaps, that man or that woman now? In the many …
A Matchstick a Horse and Man: Chapter Six
The Invisible Market Once upon a time there lived a man named Nigel Gatling. He worked in a factory stamping out a small metal part for an unimportant metal tool. He lived in a small terrace house in an unimportant …
A Matchstick a Horse and Man: Chapter Five
The Way of Inner Working TIhe other day I had a letter from a Student who told me of her difficulties regarding noise in the house where, she lives. I was so sorry, for I know how trying it is …
A Matchstick a Horse and Man: Chapter Four
God’s Invitation From time to time I have letters of quiet and patient bewilderment from members, especially new members of my large Student Family. They say, in effect: “I have always tried to live a good life; I was brought …
A Matchstick a Horse and Man: Chapter Three
Our Real World I have had three letters this week on the subject of the kingdom within. (” The kingdom of God is within you,” said the Master.) The first I want to quote is from a Student who writes: …
A Matchstick a Horse and Man: Chapter Two
Hast Thou Not Known? FROM time to time, among the many letters I receive, I come across phrases like this: “I know now that thought is an important thing, but up to a year or so ago I didn’t think …
A Matchstick a Horse and Man: Chapter One
A Wonderful Heritage TODAY I have received a letter from a Student who writes: “There are several things I don’t quite understand. If God is my Father and I am His child, He must know the things I want and …
Over the Rim
We spent the journey in meditation, feeling that a preparation of quietness and peace was essential. The drifting ease and blankness of the void, and the blue light made stillness simple. As we sped on our way without apparent movement, …