Education is a wonderful thing, but what I am trying to teach cannot be taught. The understanding comes when we are seeking to be taught and our minds could very well be on other things.
Because I really do try to keep an open mind I have discovered that the closed mind will avoid me.
When our minds meet it is like forming a bouquet of flowers and each is able to express its own freedom of expression.
The freedom which I seek does not come from you nor is yours from me. It is not from dogmatic religious, state or country demands that freedom is found -- freedom comes from our individual oneness with each other and then we find God.
If I give you of my total self I then find I am gathering more unto myself than I ever dreamed possible.
If there is a restriction in a friendship then it has been soured and the sweetness is gone.
A truly happy person does not accept a devil or Hell and damnation as things to be fought against, he sees them as stepping stones towards that which earned him his happiness.
It really does not matter what a person loves as long as he learns to love.
It hardly matters how much a person tries to analyze or destroy old teachings as long as he has replaced them with that which helps him toward living a good life.
I would very much like to make a bit of history and not only read about it.
If I am able to love my fellow man and solidify it with a bit of humor then the love is worthwhile.
If I am unable to understand - or at least try to understand - why you do what you do then I cannot be your friend.
If there is ever a tombstone over my head I would like it to say this — "HE TRIED TO GIVE A BIT OF HIMSELF.”
I must admit that I weary of the superiority of those who tell me they have been saved and infer that I am inferior.
I am quite guilty of wanting people to like me more than I deserve.
There are times that I feel people come to my classes to learn without thinking and only think they are learning and this can be veryp destructive.
It is really quite easy to see how much we are learning together because the understanding person has become more understanding, the wise person has become more wise, the critical person has become more critical and the foolish person has dropped out.
All we have to do is meet together six months from now and it will show, loud and clear how much we have gained.
The person who sees little in the “sitting” together is, usually, the person who doesn't have himself together.
When I say I love everybody could very well show my hypocrisy.
Your giving me, freely, your hand in true friendship is worth far more than any of my other accomplishments.
If any person tries to hold me down in what I am teaching it should be remembered that he will have to stay down with me, but if any person helps me into heaven it also must be remembered that he will have to be there with me.
We could learn an awfully lot if we would but take time to consider how a pearl is made.
When we think we have found the answers thru such things as astrology, meditation, cosmic energy, pyramid power, even God Himself we are no longer free but have become slaves to concepts and portions.
If I try to add a second word to "Love" I have destroyed it. If I try to explain “Jesus” I have tried to make Him less than He is.
Many of us quote scripture only to suit our own purposes.
If I base my reputation on only what I think others expect of me I then place limitations on myself.
If I judge a man by his color, race or way of worship then I do not know God and have no right to say I do.
I am not trying to teach dogmatic things nor am I trying to convert -- my one hope is that I am here to help fan a spark into a flame.
It is very necessary that I know why I walk away from certain temptations because temptations, if yielded to, can be a great source of my learning.
If I am always unwilling to bend a little I might very well never enjoy the odor of the flower. If I am unwilling to bend a little I could very well lose what could have been a wonderful relationship.
If my way of worship becomes too systematic I could very well lose myself in a system.
I fear there are many who always are asking, “WILL GOD?" instead of declaring, "GOD WILL!”
I like the people in my classes who have an excitement in what we are doing - I find they are exciting people.
Friendship is a Grace - not a duty.
I have discovered willy nilly clase members are willy nilly in many other things and I would think twice before giving them a responsibility.
The people who say they are getting nothing out of a group are much like the person who will not hang the wash out to dry because it could rain.
I am certain if I was told I was going to die tomorrow I would, immediately, create a complete new set of values.
The people who tell me they are getting nothing out of learning in a group sure have a lot to learn about Power.
True understanding is a rare thing because when it comes it is discovered to be but a beginning. It is then the real work of ABSORBING begins.
God Love Ya
Jack |