06085cam a2200349Ii 4500 ocm00550148 OCoLC 20241017113118.0 730131s1949 nyu 000 0 eng 49049012 AU@ 000014345518 AU@ 000026911544 (OCoLC)550148 DLC eng ZAAPA OCL OCLCG WY@ CFT CIRBC OCLCF OCLCQ MXL ZAAPA ZAAA BV4832 .J476 1949 242 Jones, E. Stanley (Eli Stanley), 1884-1973. The way to power and poise / E. Stanley Jones. New York : Abingdon-Cokesbury, �1949. 365 pages ; 16 cm "A sequel to [the author's] The way." The end of the physical organism: inner stability amid changing environment. The end of the spiritual quest; inner stability. A review of different systems-Greek, Chinese, Hindu -- Continued review of systems in their search for inner stability-Vedantism, Buddhism, Islam, Hebrew, materialism, Communism, hedonism, modern cults -- Sub-Christian answers. The Christian answer -- The Christian answer operative in Jesus and His disciples -- The center of the Christian answer-the Holy Spirit within as dynamic -- Unfolding steps in Jesus' teaching about the receiving of the dynamic of the Spirit -- These steps continue -- These steps end in a climax of receiving -- The seven pillars of the Christian faith -- Does the dynamic come from awakening the resources within, or is it from "on high"? No escape mechanisms -- Called to be, or to belong? The meaning of self-surrender -- Clearing away misunderstanding regarding the receiving of the dynamic, the Holy Spirit -- The coming of the Holy Spirit broke molds, made Christianity universal The Holy Spirit quickens the physical, attunes the physical and the spiritual. No rite or ceremony necessary to His coming -- The driving urges in the unconscious cleansed and redirected and unified -- Not suppression but expression of the driving urges -- Deliverance from self-hate. Power to the total personality. The Holy Spirit is power where it counts -- The Holy Spirit brings unities between man and God, man and himself, man and man, group and group, race and race, man and the material, and man and enemies -- Various aspects of the coming of the Spirit within -- The Holy Spirit unfolded in Romans 8 -- What shall separate us? The permanency of the coming of the Spirit -- Love in I Corinthians 13 as a fruit of the Spirit -- The interpretation of "The Love Chapter" continued -- Summing up of the message of the first half of the book. Steps in receiving the Spirit Things that upset power and poise. An empty, meaningless universe. The general neurosis of our times-emptiness of meaning. Attempts at escape: alcoholism, narcotics -- Jonah, an example of escapism -- Four ways to meet life's demands: archaism, futurism, detachment, and transformation -- The two approaches to life-the religious and the scientific. The place of authority in Christianity -- An inadequate faith saps power and upsets poise. Self-centeredness produces physical disease. Six attitudes toward yourself -- Twin enemies of power and poise-fear and worry. They upset the physical too -- Thinking symptoms into being. "Worry a cycle of inefficient thought." Steps out of fear Tied up by resentments. A tranquil mind is health -- Our actions are important, our reactions are more important. Steps out of resentments -- Another enemy of power and poise: wrong attitudes toward sex. The three levels of life-instinct, duty, and grace. Steps to victory in sex -- Another cause of weakened power and poise: lack of security. The over-all security-the Kingdom of God. Making the social order contribute to personal security. World government -- Insecurity through approaching old age. A ladder to reach an old age of power and poise -- Your reactions can be converted. Steps out of wrong reactions -- A triangle situation-an enemy to power and poise. Steps to meet a triangle situation -- "Shadows due to change." The changes from adolescence to maturity, the changes children bring, approaching old age and death. The shadows due to change from success to failure, from goodness to sin, from hope to discouragement -- "it came to pass." Situations and sorrow come but they "come, to pass." But they can come to stay-they leave a deposit within. Living on two levels at once -- Thankful for the worst that can happen-then you are safe. "In Jesus everything is opportunity." Kagawa illustrates this victory "That I may not be shaken"-the unfolding of this possibility -- If we are to have power and poise we must put up with imperfections in ourselves and others. Be yourself. "Unbind him and let him go." living in day-tight compartments. How to stop worrying -- Unbinding the subconscious-by surrender, by prayer. The quiet time. Cobras across our breasts -- The Christian fellowship, the church contributes to unbinding us. A description of the Ashram fellowship. Needs exposed and needs met -- On pruning for power and poise. Pruning our bodies from all unnecessary illnesses, our vocabulary from all unnecessarily negative words, our thoughts from all defeatist, negative thinking, our habits, our indecision, our motives. Methods of pruning -- Pruning from herd-dominance. Four attitudes toward the herd. The clinging to the little in the face of the big -- Gathering up the message of the book. The character of the world justifies our hope of stability -- The open door-to power and poise. On using everything. Making music out of storms. A capacity to turn a minus into a plus. All this given to those who "have but little power." -- Suggestions for the quiet time. Devotional exercises. Devotional exercises. fast Online version: Jones, E. Stanley (Eli Stanley), 1884-1973. Way to power and poise. 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