Spiritual thoughts for the week:

August 1 Raised Consciousness

The mountain means prayer - the elevated consciousness. We are told that the general public were not allowed to go up to Mount Sinai, but that does not mean that certain poeple were not good enough to go up. It means that if we want to go up the mountain - if we want to raise our consciousness, if we want to get closer to God - we must prepare ourselves by prayer. If we want to go up the mountain, we have to become a high priest spiritually and we must rid ourselves of our faults and weaknesses - otherwise we cannot elevate our consciousness and get our contact with God.

Moses had his revelation, and then he realized it as the experience that God and man are one. When he got that revelation, Moses brought back the laws of life, beginning with the First Commandment, as we call it.

Around the Year with Emmet Fox (Excerpt)

August 2 Pocket Gods and Graven Images

Whenever we give power to anything but God, we are making that thing into a graven image. For example, we give power to our ailments, particularly if it is a favorite ailment... We are making a graven image of these things. It is only when we take power away from them that we can heal them.

You can demolish a stone statue and burn a wooden one. The way to destroy mental images is to stop thinking of them and giving them power.

Around the Year with Emmet Fox  (Excerpt)

August 3

If you see God's purpose in many situations, it will be easier to give Him many moments of our day. Every situation has two interpretations - your own and God's. Try to handle each situation in the way you believe God would have it handled.

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August 6

Refilling with the spirit is something you need every day. For this refilling with the spirit, you need these times of quiet communion, away, alone, without noise, without activity. You need this dwelling apart, this shutting yourself away in the very secret place of your being, away alone with your Maker. From these times of communion you come forth with new power. This refilling is the best preparation for effective work. When you are spiritually filled, there is no work too hard for you.

24 Hours a Day