From Karma to Grace
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John Van Auken. From Karma to Grace
From Karma. to. Grace
Contents
1. Karma
2. Grace
3. Fruits of the Spirit
The Fruits of the Spirit
The Spirit of the Lord
The Nature of Spirit
4. The Fruit of Love
The Science of Love
The Psychology of Love
The Philosophy of Love
The Spirituality of Love
A New Commandment
A Mystical-Psychic View of Love
The Ways of Love
Giving of Ourselves
The Role of the Spirit in Our Hearts and Minds
Nature—God’s Expression of Love
Law and Love
5. The Fruit of Forgiveness
Forgiveness Implies Sin and Transgression
Original Sin
The Seven Deadly Sins
The Seven Virtues
6. The Fruit of Mercy
God’s Patience and Mercy
Mercy and the Ten Commandments
The Mercy Seat
The Temple is Within Us
“I Seek Mercy, not Sacrifice”
Mercy and Justice
7. The Fruit of Patience
Patience as a Dimension of Consciousness
8. The Fruit of Faith
The Nature of Faith
The Unseen Powers
Faith in the Scriptures
Examples of Faith
Kicking Against the Thorns
9. The Fruit of Meekness
10. The Fruit of Humility
11. The Fruit of Kindness
12. The Fruit of Gentleness
13. The Fruit of Peace
PRESENT
READING
14. The Fruit of Joy
15. The Fruit of Goodness
16. The Fruit of Temperance
17. The Fruit of Long-Suffering
18. In the Spirit
A Simple but Potent Meditative Process
Warnings
The Ideal
Jesus Christ
The Life Force
Head and Neck Exercise
Prayer of Protection
Prayer Words and the Spiritual Centers
Breath Power
Strengthening and Opening Breath
Rising and Bathing Breath
The Rising Incantation
Into the Mind
Expansion and the Imaginative Forces
The Lower and Upper Chakras
A More Wonderful Life
Success Is in the Doing!
Why Meditate
19. God Speaks to Us . .
How to Remember
The Importance of Dreams
The Nature of Dreams
How to Interpret Dreams
20. Growing Together
Finding a Group
Starting a Group
Some Group Specifics
21. Gifts of the Spirit
Gifts of the Spirit
WISDOM
UNDERSTANDING
COUNSEL
MIGHT
KNOWLEDGE
FEAR OF THE LORD
22. God: Trinity in One
A.R.E. PRESS
EDGAR CAYCE’S A.R.E
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From Karma
John Van Auken
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John 3:5-8; RSV
When we practice the fruit of the Spirit, it nourishes us in a manner that gradually changes us from predominantly physical, worldly vibrations and consciousness to more spiritual, godly vibrations and consciousness. As one loves, one unites with love, and as the Scriptures point out: God is love. (1 John 4:8) As we apply these virtuous fruits in our thoughts, words, and actions each day, we become one with these virtues, thus united with the Spirit. Then the Spirit gives the gifts that strengthen us and that expand our minds and hearts in such a manner that we become increasingly one with God and companionable to God—the God of the entire universe and all that is in it. The evangelist Paul wrote:
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