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THE PHILOSOPHY OF P.P.QUIMBY

THE PHILOSOPHY OF P.P. QUIMBY by one of his most loyal students, ANNETTA GERTRUDE DRESSER,  wife of Julius A. Dresser and mother of Horatio Dresser

The Dressers were loyal students of Phineas Parkhurst Quimby and they spent their lives teaching and defending the philosophy they had learned from the gentle, kind and generous healer who is now credited with having been one of the founding fathers of the New Thought movement in America.  The Dresser family believed that another healer who studied with Quimby during the time they were students together took Quimby’s philosophy and started her own church with what she had learned.  This difference of opinion started when Mary Baker Eddy began her teaching and healing practice and continued as long as the Dresser’s lived.  Mrs. Eddy finally won a court battle in the matter but that did nothing to assuage the grief the loyal Quimby students felt, nor did it stop their jousting with the windmill of Christian Science for the remainder of their lives.

However, others have stated they can see plainly the differences in Dr. Quimby’s healing and that of Christian Science. So, it is a matter of reading about it, studying, and making up your own mind.

This book is a detailed description not only of Dr. Quimby’s life history, but also contains anecdotes of various healings he accomplished, along with many newspaper articles of the day lauding his work.  It also contains some reminiscences by people who knew Dr. Quimby and some of those who were students or had been healed by him.

The book also contains selections from some of Dr. Quimby’s manuscripts.  It is well worth the read to see how closely his healing coincides not only with Christian Science, but with many of the other healing methods taught by some of today’s churches such as Unity, Religious Science and others.  It is quite interesting to compare in order to see just how much of Quimby’s philosophy remains today.

This is an enormously interesting read for anyone wanting to compare today’s mental healing with the infancy of New Thought.

RIDING THE OX HOME

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THE ALCHEMIST

THE ALCHEMIST
An International Best Seller

by
PAULO COELHO

Just inside the front cover of the above titled book, it states as follows:  Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil and has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today.  Renowned for his best-loved work “The Alchemist,” he has sold over 75 million books worldwide and has been translated into 61 languages. The recipient of numerous prestigious awards, he is a storyteller with the power to inspire nations and change people’s lives. He and his wife, Christina, live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and France.

Then on the title page of “The Alchemist” a young friend of mine has written a note directed to me (the book was her gift to me and it became one of my treasures). Her note reads: “This book is the very first thing we bought when we got to Rome.  It changed our lives and helped us to hear.  May it do the same for you.  I love you. Kellee ( and Glenn and Beta)  May 2007.”  And so I began my journey with “The Alchemist.”

Paulo Coelho, in his “Author’s Note” (Translated by Margaret Jull Costa) says: The book has been translated into 61 languages, has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, and people are beginning to ask: “What’s the secret behind such a huge success?”  The only honest response is that I don’t know.  All I know is that, like Santiago the shepherd boy, we all need to be aware of our personal calling. What is a personal calling?  It is God’s blessing, it is the path that God chose for you here on Earth.  Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend.  However, we don’t all have the courage to confront our own dream.  Why?

He goes on to list four obstacles and his view of the obstacles seems esoteric to me in its interpretation, nevertheless, the book leads one toward the denoument which he states in his last sentence: “ --- if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.”

This book is the simple yet profound story of a shepherd boy’s journey in search of treasure --- oh, wait, I must not give up the secret.    You must read the book.   It is a delightful story, well told, interest holding, wisdom unfolding, and quite delightful.

You will find that “It will help you to hear.”

THE MASTER KEY SYSTEM


by CHARLES F. HAANEL

This most marvelous of textbooks is sold on the internet by many of the online gurus at their websites, as well as Amazon.com and other booksellers. It was long out of copyright until some of the online gurus found it after it was used as a basis for "The Secret" and they have recopyrighted it for their own enrichment.    But www.psitek.net still has it for free and you may download it for free, it is a gift of that dear man who is doing so much for the seekers of this world.  His name is Simon Templeton.

“The Master Key” tops the list of book downloads for a very good reason. In order to get to a better place in life, your study of this book should be your first endeavor.

This book, written more than sixty years ago, lost to the public for a while but now back in all its glory, is a wonderful instruction book, if followed precisely and if practiced daily, it will lead you into a new dimension.

All the secrets that were ever hidden are right there where Charles F. Haanel put them in plain sight for all to use.

You may find at first that you have not sufficient composure to sit quietly and turn off your busy mind.  But if you follow his instructions and persevere through the first few lessons you will find yourself moving into another world, one that you have never known before.

I highly recommend a deep and concentrated study of this guide to enlightenment.

THE APOSTLE


by  SHOLEM ASCH

There’s a dear lady I know, who happens to be my sister-in-law, and who, when she sets her mind to something, always follows through.   In a conversation with her one day, I mentioned that I really had a difficult time feeling any empathy for a fellow named Saint Paul. In the main, it was because I felt he was a male chauvinist. I assured her that my antagonism toward Saint Paul was well-founded.   I based my argument on the fact that some few of the female followers of Jesus of Nazareth had reached positions of high rank in the group of those forced to flee to Africa for their safety along with the Disciple James and others; but, that as far as I was able to discover, such high rank was not tendered to any other women in Christianity from the time of the mission of Paul and Peter (that ended so disastrously for them in Rome) until the early twentieth century A.C.E.  Even though she neither agreed nor disagreed with me, she had apparently decided then and there that I should look more closely at St. Paul.  One day she handed me a book to read and its title was “The Apostle” by Sholem Asch.   Because I love her, I did not argue, but took the book and read it.  The power of it astounded me, haunted me. The entire 754 pages of that great book held me transfixed from beginning to end.  I could not put it down until I had finished reading.  Now, I know I’m a little late in writing a review of a book that was published more than fifty years ago.  Clifton Fadiman wrote in The New Yorker in 1943, after the publication of The Apostle: "Let the Nobel Committee convene as soon as may be and award this year's prize for literature to Sholem Asch."  However, the Nobel committee did not come forward.  Yet, it is my understanding that The Apostle today commands almost as great an audience as did the original publication.  The full power and glory, bravery and heroism, tenacity and courage of those early founders of Christianity is brought forth in this master work by a Jew whose magnificent writing actually sounds quite Christian to me -- Sholem Asch.

And for all the self-improvement gurus out there – Paul has the perfect instructions for unfolding health, wealth and happiness at Phillipians 4:8

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Go to http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/paul.html for a documentation of the life of St. Paul.

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