The promise and perils. Reflective and reflexive. A direct transmission to ponder our own paths, then act accordingly. I look forward to the next. Thanks Mitch. /bow
Thanks for this well-rounded look at a writer whose books I have appreciated for many decades. Reading a book like βThe Pathway of Rosesβ, one can almost feel the power pouring from the pages.
Although I donβt really know, I wouldnβt be so quick to classify his βconservatism of speechβ as an inner failing or sign of lack of conviction. Knowing-as he seemingly did-of the true power of the spoken word, perhaps Larson was βexercising greater silenceβ, as Mitch wrote in his recent βShut Upβ essay which we all liked so much. Maybe Larson eschewed superfluous speech. Personally, I prefer that to some of the smarmier New Thought and βprosperity gospelβ types of today.
In the βFinding the Lost Wordβ chapter of βPathway of Rosesβ Larson writes the following. Knowing this, I too aspire to be more careful in my speech:
The great word is not a word, as many suppose, nor a definite statement of truth. The great word is the soul of every word, the spirit of every thought and the inner power of every expressed statement. In the minds of the great majority it is a lost word, because their speech does not have soul, their thought does not have spirit, and their statements of truth, or untruth, are devoid of inner power. But those who are learning to live, think and act, not as material personalities, but as Sons of God, are finding the great word; they are beginning to speak with authority, and there is hidden power in everything they say. What they say will come true, does come true; what they think they can do they gain the power to do, and their work invariably contains some exceptional quality that the ordinary mind cannot define.
The promise and perils. Reflective and reflexive. A direct transmission to ponder our own paths, then act accordingly. I look forward to the next. Thanks Mitch. /bow
Thanks for this well-rounded look at a writer whose books I have appreciated for many decades. Reading a book like βThe Pathway of Rosesβ, one can almost feel the power pouring from the pages.
Although I donβt really know, I wouldnβt be so quick to classify his βconservatism of speechβ as an inner failing or sign of lack of conviction. Knowing-as he seemingly did-of the true power of the spoken word, perhaps Larson was βexercising greater silenceβ, as Mitch wrote in his recent βShut Upβ essay which we all liked so much. Maybe Larson eschewed superfluous speech. Personally, I prefer that to some of the smarmier New Thought and βprosperity gospelβ types of today.
In the βFinding the Lost Wordβ chapter of βPathway of Rosesβ Larson writes the following. Knowing this, I too aspire to be more careful in my speech:
The great word is not a word, as many suppose, nor a definite statement of truth. The great word is the soul of every word, the spirit of every thought and the inner power of every expressed statement. In the minds of the great majority it is a lost word, because their speech does not have soul, their thought does not have spirit, and their statements of truth, or untruth, are devoid of inner power. But those who are learning to live, think and act, not as material personalities, but as Sons of God, are finding the great word; they are beginning to speak with authority, and there is hidden power in everything they say. What they say will come true, does come true; what they think they can do they gain the power to do, and their work invariably contains some exceptional quality that the ordinary mind cannot define.
Brilliant. Thank you and keep them coming...I know you will.