4/16/1932
13. (Q) For that day?
(A) No. For, fasting - as is ordinarily termed - is as the Master gave: Laying aside thine own concept of HOW or WHAT should be done at this period, and let the Spirit guide. Get the truth of fasting! The body, the man's bodily functioning, to be sure, OVERDONE brings SHAME to self, over indulgence in anything - but the true fasting is casting out of self that as "I would have done", [replacing with] "but as THOU, O Lord, seest fit - use me as the channel, as the strength comes by the concerted and cooperative seeking of many to give Thy strength to a body!" (295-6)
12/22/1939
23. The entity finds self a body, a mind, a soul. There are attributes of the physical body that may or may not be controlled by mental forces and influences. There is the soul-body that may not be controlled by, or may be controlled by, the good or the bad influence of spirit. These are as the shadows which were indicated in the mount by the outer court (the body), the inner court (the mind), and the still more holy of holies (the soul). These are but shadows, and yet indicate the trend of the development, - just as the sojourns of an entity in or during interims between earthly or material manifestations indicate the trend in which the soul through VARIED experiences has sought an outlet or an expression. (2067-1)
06/27/1942
41. Keep the faith, then, as was indicated there. For those who
seek are indeed Israel, and Israel indeed is ALL who seek; meaning not those as of the children of Abraham alone, but of every nation, every tribe, every tongue, - Israel of the Lord! That is the full meaning of Israel. (2772-1)