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EC: Yes, we have the body, the enquiring mind, [1793]; and those conditions, those desires and purposes relative to [631].

In giving advice and counsel regarding such associations and relations, desires and purposes and wishes, many phases of man’s experience and man’s endeavors should be taken into consideration—rather than saying alone “I will.”

Rather are the circumstances in the present much in that manner as has been said, “Man’s extremity becomes God’s opportunity.”

And unless one can truly say within, “Thy will, O God, be done in me, through me,” and then the life, the activities, the associations with the fellow man day by day in accordance with that prayer, that supplication—there is little hope for such an entity or body . . .

Then let thy activity, thy prayer, thy supplication be in those directions, that:

“As Thou seest, O God, use Thou me; that there may come to thy children who seek to know in this material experience the greater truth, the greater mercy Thou may show; not to be used in self-indulgence, in self-honor or glory, but rather in self-effacement; that the glory Thou hast shown in Him may be manifested in the lives and hearts, and in the bodies of these Thy children!”

This is the manner, then—through prayer, though meditation; not as one shutting himself away from its fellow man, but knowing that it is as ye do it unto the least of thy neighbors, thy brethren, thy fellow men day by day, that ye bespeak of the fountains of purposes within thine own heart and soul respecting thy Creator!

Then, not by might and by power but by the love that thou hast for thy fellow man, may this thing be accomplished in thy desire, in thy endeavor; that these be made one with God’s purposes with thee and thy ward!

[Background: Retired professor, Protestant. This was a life reading in which the individual counsel included information on how to become more consciously aware of his relationship to God.]