AN ADVANCED CLASS
BY EMMET FOX
Many people would like to attend what they call an advanced class in metaphysics; and it will be worth while to analyze this idea briefly. What could an advanced course include that would not be in the ordinary lessons?
The usual metaphysical classes teach that God is the only power, and that evil is insubstantial; that we form our own destiny by our thoughts and our own beliefs; that conditions do not matter when we pray; that time and space and matter are human illusions; that there is a solution to every problem; that man is the child of God, and God is perfect good; that Jesus Christ is the one who taught the full truth about God, and actually demonstrated it.
Once the student has obtained a correct intellectual comprehension of these facts, and digested them—at least partially—the only thing that remains for him is to develop his understanding by demonstrating them in practice. This of course is the task with which we are all faced.
So we see that the real advanced course is the one we give ourselves by demonstrating over the practical problems of everyday life—by attaining health, harmony, and freedom.
Every time we overcome a difficulty by knowing the Truth about it, God teaches us something new, and of priceless value which could not have been put into words or into a book.
We should all be working in the advanced class right now, by the regular and constant practice of the Presence of God.
“Faith without works is dead.” James 2:20.
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