Menticulture; or, the A-B-C of True LivingFletcher, Horace
Religion
Menticulture; or, the A-B-C of True Living
Fletcher, Horace
Anger; Conduct of life; Worry
And outside of these devotees, there is the great mass of men, the
so-called Skeptics, who claim to adhere to logic, and scientific sense,
for their light on spiritual, as well as on material subjects. To
these, Emancipation will be a haven of repose for their spiritual
yearnings; and, unimpeded growth, under Divinely natural conditions,
"will do the rest" for them all.
PRESCRIPTION
[Sidenote: A Simple Remedy]
One grain of the assurance of Christ that man is made in the image of
God.
One grain of respect for the responsibility of the care and culture of
the Divine Essence with which we have been entrusted.
One grain of the command of Christ (implying a possibility) "Be ye
perfect, as your Father in Heaven is perfect."
One grain of the example of Buddha that man can grow to perfection
through the elimination of anger and worry and their brood of dependent
passions.
One grain of the wisdom of Aristotle which declared that the passions
are habits of the mind, and can be gotten rid of as physical habits are
gotten rid of.
One grain of the assurance of Omar Khayyam that Heaven and Hell are
within ourselves.
One grain of the assurance of Christ that "the Kingdom of Heaven is at
hand."
One grain of common sense applied to an analysis of mental handicaps
and the discovery of their limitations.
One grain of the to-day experience of the author that anger and worry
are the roots of all the passions which depress, and can be eliminated.
DIRECTIONS
[Sidenote: The Ever-full Never-full]
Take: and then let
The ever-full, never-full bounty of love,
Sing a song, tell a tale, strike a chord, from above,
Soften strife out of life, find a pleasure in giving,
Sound the key-note on earth, of the Art of True Living.
SCRAPS OF EVIDENCE
[Sidenote: Evidence Sought]
Early in life I was fortunate enough to acquire the belief that, what
seemed to be the consensus of opinion of the learned in any art or
science, ought to be true; and, accepting their dictum, I have tried to
grow up to an appreciation of their intelligence or taste in the
subjects of their study, without combatting it with my own callow
impressions. In this way I have enjoyed an early appreciation of the
classics in music and in art, much in advance of the ordinary
experience derived from personal contact. In this spirit of
investigation I have collected some scraps of evidence which all prove
my theory. No one has denied the possibility of Emancipation, but every
one has found a pleasure at once in the ray of hope it suggests.
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