to the next stage of life, focus your attention on his remembered face. Otherwise, visualize an heirloom or other object that has special, meaning for you. “Breathe gently and deeply, inhal ing through the nose for a courit of eight, and exhaling for a similar count through the mouth, while men tally holding the picture before your mind’s eye. “The rhythmic breathing should be gin to wield a self-hypnotic effect, as the mental image pulsates backwards and forwards before your closed eyes. If your mind strays away from the visualized image (and it will), gently bring it back into focus. “After sustained daily practice, you may develop various types of psychic abilities: clairvoyance, in which you see events occurring at a distance; — YESTERDAY, TO D A Y , TOMORROW My yesterday was Christ upon the tree Who bore the condemnation due to me. Today I journey on, and He shall lead; He knows my pathway, and He knows the need. Tomorrow is not; but His wisdom plans; I leave my future in His loving hands; Full well I know those hands all worlds upbear, The hands that hold the stars shall hold my care. clairaudience, a high level of aware ness in which you inwardly hear mes sages; or a deep trance, during which a discamate speaks through you to others. “Such controlled meditation fre quently develops one’s ability for re ceiving automatic writing, Ford says. In this state, while you sit quietly with pencil lightly poised on a sheet of paper, messages are seemingly writ ten by discarnates who have passed beyond ‘death.’ “Ford advises the beginner to prac tice this type of solitary meditation no more than 15 minutes a day. The weekly grdup sessions provide an es sential safety value.” What saith the Scriptures in re gard to such heathenish practices? Isaiah 8:19-20 should answer for ev ery child of God: “And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter- should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” DECEMBER, 1963
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