In Tune with the Infinite; or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and PlentyTrine, Ralph Waldo
Religion
In Tune with the Infinite; or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty
Trine, Ralph Waldo
New Thought
The word heaven means harmony. The word hell is from the old English
_hell_, meaning to build a wall around, to separate; to be _helled_ was
to be shut off from. Now if there is such a thing as harmony there
must be that something one can be in right relations with; for to be in
right relations with anything is to be in harmony with it. Again, if
there is such a thing as being _helled_, shut off, separated from,
there must be that something from which one is held, shut off, or
separated.
THE SUPREME FACT OF THE UNIVERSE.
The great central fact of the universe is that Spirit of Infinite Life
and Power that is behind all, that animates all, that manifests itself
in and through all; that self-existent principle of life from which all
has come, and not only from which all has come, but from which all is
continually coming. If there is an individual life, there must of
necessity be an infinite source of life from which it comes. If there
is a quality or a force of love, there must of necessity be an infinite
source of love whence it comes. If there is wisdom, there must be the
all-wise source behind it from which it springs. The same is true in
regard to peace, the same in regard to power, the same in regard to
what we call material things.
There is, then, this Spirit of Infinite Life and Power behind all which
is the source of all. This Infinite Power is creating, working, ruling
through the agency of great immutable laws and forces that run through
all the universe, that surround us on every side. Every act of our
every-day lives is governed by these same great laws and forces. Every
flower that blooms by the wayside, springs up, grows, blooms, fades,
according to certain great immutable laws. Every snowflake that plays
between earth and heaven, forms, falls, melts, according to certain
great unchangeable laws.
In a sense there is nothing in all the great universe but law. If this
is true there must of necessity be a force behind it all that is the
maker of these laws and a force greater than the laws that are made.
This Spirit of Infinite Life and Power that is behind all is what I
call God. I care not what term you may use, be it Kindly Light,
Providence, the Over Soul, Omnipotence, or whatever term may be most
convenient. I care not what the term may be as long as we are agreed
in regard to the great central fact itself.
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