More Sparks Of Truth: Sidelights of Demonstration

By Emmet Fox

The influence of Emmet Fox in the spread of New Thought ideas lies not simply in the large number of his readers, but in the fact that he is so widely read my ministers of all denominations. This collection of lectures contains easily accessible help for daily problems, practical or emotional. The short lectures are intended to instruct the reader in basic spiritual truth, and to furnish material for short meditations. The subjects are usually handled in a light and amusing style, and often deal with familiar incidents in everyday life. Lectures Include: Register Joy and Hold It; Rough Altars; Faith; Building and Wrecking; Flee to the Mountains; Personality, True and False; Christopher Columbus, Spotlights, No Waiting, Me Bothers I, Swing Doors to Hell, Treatment of Divine Love, The Fool's Handbook, and many other sermons.-print ed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Braunfell Books
• Release date: Nov 8, 2022
• ISBN: 9781839749681

Emmet Fox

Emmet Fox (1886-1951) was one of the most influential spiritual leaders of the twentieth century and a pioneer of the New Thought movement. His bold, dynamic message proclaiming that our thoughts shape our reality has changed the lives of millions across the world and influenced many key contemporary spiritual writers such as Wayne Dyer, Esther Hicks, and Louise Hay, all of whom have tapped into the power of positive thinking. Fox's other key works include Power Through Constructive Thinking and Alter Your Life.

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REGISTER JOY AND HOLD IT

IF you really believe in the existence of God you should be happy and cheerful.

Even if conditions for the time being are difficult or repugnant, you should understand that such things can only be a temporary picture. God has all power, and God is good; so life must be good too. Once you know this, it can only be a matter of time before you will demonstrate both health and happiness.

Meet the world with a smile. You owe this to God, to fellow man, and, above all, to yourself. If you go about with a face like an east wind, what can you possibly expect to attract from the world.

When I say smile, of course, I mean a real smile, not an artificial one, for an artificial smile is the saddest sight on earth. We all know people who carry a fixed, frozen, mirthless, almost professional, smile. Really, however, that is not a smile at all, it is just a permanent wave in the face.

Smile, even if it takes a little effort at first, and keep it up until it becomes spontaneous, as it will. In the graphic Language of Hollywood, register joy, and hold it!

ROUGH ALTARS

And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Exodus 20:25

THE SECRET of success in prayer is to be simple, direct, and spontaneous. Any kind of elaboration is sure to break the spiritual contact and result in failure. In the above text, the Israelites were told that they must not polish, or square, or otherwise elaborate their altars; they were to use just a rough and ready pile of stones.

Israel in the Bible stands for anyone who believes in God and in prayer, and so we see from this text that effective prayer is something direct and immediate.

As soon as you begin to elaborate, you are using the intellect, and with the intellect you cannot get spiritual contact. The intellect is an excellent thing within its own strictly limited sphere, but you cannot pray intellectually. Whenever your mental activity becomes involved, especially if you feel that you are being rather clever or literary, you may be enjoying yourself, but be certain that you are not praying.

If a tiger suddenly jumped in the window, you would not elaborate, or plunge into abstract metaphysical speculations; you would pray very directly, and you would probably make your demonstration.

There is a very practical lesson in this example. The reason people usually get the most remarkable answers to prayer in times of great emergency is that it is at such times that they are simple, direct, and spontaneous.

FAITH

Verily, I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only