Recording 352B, is from the 1960 England Open Class. It is the source for Chapter 10, “Meditation on Life by Grace,” in The Contemplative Life.
This is the quote that Marty read at the beginning of our Thanksgiving session, which is from the November 1955 Infinite Way Letter in the book The Heart of Mysticism, Volume 2. Joel said:
As we approach the time for celebrating Thanksgiving Day, a natural question arises: “As a student of The Infinite Way, for what shall I give thanks, and in what manner shall my thanksgiving be expressed?”
What have you asked? What have you sought? At what door have you knocked?
The Master admonishes us: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,” and by that, he meant that you were to seek the things of God; that you were to knock at the door of consciousness for the revelation of the infinite, divine Presence WITHIN YOU.
Is this not what you have asked of God? Is this not what you have sought?
Therefore, let your thanks be that you have achieved some measure of the realization of God.
Let your thanks be that the door of spiritual consciousness has opened and revealed God as the very nature of YOUR OWN BEING.
Let your thanks be that the kingdom of God, which you have long sought, has been found—WITHIN YOURSELF.