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In the following chapters we will consider some of
the errors of life and show the reason why life is not longer; why
the art of living long is a lost art; also the needed plans to
prolong life and to create a life-giving atmosphere on which the
material body lives as the fish lives in the water. The
art of creating a life-producing and life-prolonging atmosphere is
a lost art, but one that can be regained. This book will
have its effect on the thought and lives of thousands and thus
others will be inspired to follow the plan of living here recorded
and create their own healthy atmosphere. It is
necessary, only, to consider some of the great leaders in Bible
history to understand that the art of living long is a lost
art. Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eyes
were not dim nor were his material forces abated. The years
of Isaac were 180. Joshua died at 110. Rehoboam was
140 when he began to reign and reigned for 17 years. Job
lived to 140 years of age and there are records of many others who
attained even much greater age. In those days the food was
more simple; exercise was forced on all men; lack of modern errors
made life more simple. They had no daily sensational press
to tell them of all the murders and suicides that happened in all
parts of the world, and fill their minds at the beginning of each
day with revolting, depressing news. The disasters that
befell the world were not known until years after. Men lived
simple, God-loving lives and it was thus easy to create the
necessary life-producing atmosphere; easy to consider and believe
that long life was possible as they had examples of others who had
lived to be 140 and more years. Then, the mesmerism
of three-score-years-and-ten did not erect that deadly barrier in
thought as it has for the people of this age. This belief
that three-score-years-and-ten was the allotted time of life has
done more to shorten life than all wars and plagues the world has
ever experienced, and when this mesmeric the ought is broken by a
few, as it will be, life will at once lengthen for the mortal body
renews itself as long as life lasts, and renews itself according
to the patterns you give it, and if the atmosphere in which you
live is renewed daily, purified by healthy thoughts, it will be
possible to almost indefinitely prolong life. One
of the causes that has shortened life in the past has been the
gloomy hue given to it by established religions with their creeds
of predestination, foreordination, infant damnation and the belief
that earth was a vale of sorrow from which death liberated
man. To-day, religion is being lifted up, purified,
clarified, and man is finding religions of hope and joy. No
truth can be encompassed by creeds nor copyrighted. Man
should be free to express his own inspiration and not be held in
bondage by organizations and creeds; his mind should always be
open to new thought which is truth forcing itself on man, and be
it new thought in an old established sect or a new sect with new
thoughts that uplift, they are all good, spiritual
elevators. Some appeal to one and some to others. They
are a part of progress and it is right to progress, to be free, to
perceive and accept greater enlightenment. When man is ready
for a new revelation, it is given him. It is always knocking
at the portals of thought as the truth in these pages, and as God
is the same yesterday, today and forever, that which was
accomplished in the days of old, can be accomplished now. This
lost art of long life can be regained. Why not try to regain
it. At any rate, by cultivating healthy, hopeful thoughts,
you will be happy and a joy to those you meet. You will help
to make the world a better place to live in for all who come into
contact with you. A hopeful, healthy atmosphere draws you to
cheerful, happy, successful people like the magnet draws
iron. Regain, if you can, the lost art of living
long. To regain the lost art of living,
you must accept Christ's statement that death is an enemy and if
an enemy, you have a perfect right to combat it. This
statement has never been accepted by the so-called Orthodox
Christians, but instead they have accepted the fable that the allotted
life of man is three-score-years-and-ten. This powerful,
poisonous lie is in nearly ever conscious and sub-conscious mind,
and is more powerful than any thought or belief that man has to
contend with in his battle for a long life; more powerful than all
other beliefs and fears in the world. It is a murderous
thought. It assassinates man just as he arrived at years of
usefulness, few, if any, objecting to it -- nearly all blindly
accepting it. Is there anything on earth that we so blindly
accept as we do this three-score-years-and-ten lie? Man did
not blindly accept the tallow dip as the final means of light; man
did not accept the horse or the ass as the only means of
transportation. Man did not accept the apparent fact that
the only place for his feet was on earth and that the sky was for
the birds, or that the depths of the sea were only for the fish;
nor did he accept the slow post as the only means of carrying
messages. And it is on account of this impelling desire to
improve and accomplish that which seemed impossible, that we today
light the world by electricity; that we are able to travel 60 and
80 miles per hour by train; that we have wrested from the eagle
his sole domain, the high heavens. Everything that comes to
bless the earth must first be an idea in the mind of man; a vision
in the mind of some so-called visionary man. Such a person
was Socrates. The age in which he lived was not ready for
the wisdom he expressed and they gave him the hemlock
cup. The lie that
three-score-years-and-ten is the allotted time of man's life has
been believed too long. Its autocratic death-dealing power
must be destroyed. Man will never be free from the shackles
of this belief until he perceives and understands that it is a
fable. When that is understood and realized, long life will
be re-established and accepted as naturally as the world accepted
electricity in the place of gas and the tallow dip. The
orthodox Christian will answer that it is God's decree that
three-score-years-and-ten are the allotted years of man's life and
many will continue to believe it the same as they believe the
fable of the earth being made in six days and the whale swallowing
Jonah, and those who believe this fable will come under it and
depart. As they pass on, let us hope that they will take
their fable with them. If it were the Creator's
will that man's allotted time on earth is
three-score-years-and-ten, death would not be an enemy, but part
of the Creator's scheme of existence. Christ said that death
was an enemy. Why not accept this statement? He also
said that He came not to destroy the law, but to fulfill it;
therefore, we should look upon death as an enemy as Christ did and
do all within our power to banish it and prolong life.
Wherever Christ went, he was healing the sick and raising the
dead. If death was part of God's plan, he would not have
attempted to overthrow it. People can drink
contaminated water, and those with vital constitutions will
perhaps be able to resist its effects for some time, but those who
have weak constitutions will sooner or later suffer from it.
And so it is with all diseased and discordant thoughts --only
those with strong constitutions are able to entertain them and
survive, and even they pay the penalty in a weakened atmosphere
and shortened life. Why hold them when they are plenty of
good, strong, life-producing thoughts which enable you to Live and
Grow Young. We have the power to choose our thoughts, so why
not choose harmonious thoughts --life and health thoughts. Avoid,
all you can, everything connected with the death thought. Do
not form a habit of looking for and reading the obituary notices
in the paper. Never mind who is passing away. Keep
your mind on life and everything it represents. Do not
attend funerals just for the sake of seeing how they are
conducted. Some people make it a practice to go to the
funeral of every prominent person. It, no doubt, amazed the
disciple who asked Christ to allow him to attend his brother's
funeral when he answered --"Let the dead bury the dead;
follow thou Me." While it may be necessary to
attend your brother's funeral, you need not make a practice of
attending those of all your distant relatives and favorite movie
stars. Funerals are permeated with the mesmerism of
death. They fill your mind with gloom and depressing
thoughts until it is impossible to create a living vital
atmosphere for yourself. This is the new
truth that three-score-years-and-ten being the allotted span of
man's life is an unfortunate lie. See the truth and
free yourself from its deadly power.
"THE LIBEL"
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BY ANGELA MORGAN
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There is no crime against the human race
More terrible than age -- to take new gold
Perfect and pure from the eternal mould
And stamp so huge a falsehood on its face
How dare we halt and shrivel with the years?
How dare we bow to death, decay and age
When Life that thunders through a million spheres,
Terrific torrent of creative rage,
Sings in our sinews, laughs within the
blood,
Cries, "Counterfeit!" to man's poor tale of
blight;
Shouts, "I can make you over in a night,
If ye but yield to my renewing flood."
O Man, predestined creature of the sun,
Speak, in thy might, but the stupendous Truth --
Thy thought, thy will, thine aim and Nature's one --
And thou shalt know at last eternal youth! |
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