Life in the circles . e greater, the lesser knowledgewill be given him. Man on earth to-day is chiefly concernedwith acquiring either scientific or intellec-tual knowledge and he shuts his mind to thegreater knowledge, the knowledge of spir-itual opportunities and laws. Only in theselaws can he find full expression for thepowers that are his; and only by con-sciously working with and being alwayswillingly obedient to these laws, can he42 LESSONS ON KNOWLEDGE rise to his full stature, and each one wholives the life, as he can if he will, growsdaily and hourly in knowledge. All that the one who
Life in the circles . e greater, the lesser knowledgewill be given him. Man on earth to-day is chiefly concernedwith acquiring either scientific or intellec-tual knowledge and he shuts his mind to thegreater knowledge, the knowledge of spir-itual opportunities and laws. Only in theselaws can he find full expression for thepowers that are his; and only by con-sciously working with and being alwayswillingly obedient to these laws, can he42 LESSONS ON KNOWLEDGE rise to his full stature, and each one wholives the life, as he can if he will, growsdaily and hourly in knowledge. All that the one who has the light can domust be done to teach others to find theway, for until all men turn willingly to thegreat source of light and love, the worldmust be a place of trials and sorrows. Let no opportunity escape to do yourpart! Work joyfully in the belief that noeffort is lost, and bring to your work wher-ever it may be, a full realization of its im-portance to you and to God. This is the sixth lesson on 43 CHAPTER HILESSONS ON JOY FIKST LESSON ON JOYi WHEN man learns that he is a partof creation and that on his co-operation depends the continuityof his development, then he will begin toreally work, and as his will develops and hisknowledge grows, he begins to enter intothe Circles of Joy, and each days workwill lead him closer to the great Giver ofall joy and each day will make him a betterchild of God. As his work continues it willteach him a joy of which he has now noconception, for there is an inner radianceof the spirit which surpasses anything ofwhich he has dreamed, and only in obedientwork for God can he find LESSONS ON JOY Each day will open new opportunities todo his work well and to learn more andmore while doing it, and as his vision en-larges his joy floods into his whole soul andmakes him a new being, for this radiancein the spirit is utterly unlike any joy thathe has known before. This is the spiritualside of what is known as earthly joy an
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