July 9

I once read Emmet Fox’s book “The Sermon on The Mount”* Though I personally did not go all in on the Christian beliefs it discussed, I understood what Emmet was getting at. He suggested that we have a “’Secret Place,’ as Jesus calls it, where our thoughts are moulding our destiny for good or evil, and experience is the outer expression of inner thought.” This is pretty deep stuff, but stay with me. One thing that reading this book allowed me to have and consider was a constant conversation with my Higher Power throughout the day. And to have a “Secret Place” where my thoughts can reside and come from. This was a real beginning of a relationship with a Higher Power. I utilize and continue this “Secret Place” throughout the day. This was the beginning of “conscious contact with a power greater than myself.”

Reflections

Do you have an ongoing conversation with a power greater than yourself? Where does that inner voice come from? Who are you talking to?

Daily Challenge

Memorize this quote: “There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance—that principle is contempt prior to investigation.” – Herbert Spencer or William Paley