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The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day

CHAPTER IV
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But he suggests that cure; and the necessary changes and adjustments required for its realization are made unconsciously, under the influence of the dynamic idea.

Here the direction of "The Cloud of Unknowing," "Look that nothing live in thy working mind but a naked intent directed to God"[113]--suggesting as it does to the psyche the ontological Object of faith--strikingly anticipates the last conclusions of science.

Further, a fervent belief in the end proposed, a conviction of success, is by no means essential.
Far more important is a humble willingness to try the method, give it a chance.

That which reason may not grasp, the deeper mind may seize upon and realize; always provided that the intellect does not set up resistances.

This is found to be true in medical practice, and religious teachers have always declared it to be true in the spiritual sphere; holding obedience, humility, and a measure of resignation, not spiritual vision, to be the true requisites for the reception of grace, the healing and renovation of the soul.


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