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Contents
Foreword
Part I: Entering the Kingdom
The Soul's Great Need
The Competitive Laws and The Law of Love
The Finding of a Principle
At Rest in The Kingdom and All Things Added
Part II: The Heavenly Life
The Divine Centre
The Eternal Now
The "Original Simplicity"
The Unfailing Wisdom
The Might of Meekness
The Righteous Man
Perfect Love
Perfect Freedom
Greatness and Goodness
Heaven in the Heart
Foreword
In seeking for pleasures here and rewards hereafter men have destroyed (in their hearts) the Temple of Righteousness, and have wandered from the Kingdom of Heaven. By ceasing to seek for earthly pleasures and heavenly rewards, the Temple of Righteousness is restored and the Kingdom of Heaven is found. This truth is for those who are ready to receive it; and this book also is for those whose souls have been prepared for the acceptance of its teaching.
James Allen.
Part I: Entering the Kingdom
1. The Soul's Great Need
I sought the world, but Peace was not there;
I courted learning, but Truth was not revealed;
I sojourned with philosophy, but my heart was sore with vanity.
And I cried, Where is Peace to be found!
And where is the hiding place of truth!
Filius Lucis
EVERY HUMAN SOUL IS IN NEED. The expression of that need varies with individuals, but there is not one soul that does not feel it in some degree. It is a spiritual and casual need which takes the form, in souls of a particular development, of