Life is Consciousness

Emmet Fox

• Publisher: Barakaldo Books
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9781839744990
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

Emmet Fox (1886-1951), notable New Thought leader and writer, was born in Ireland but lived most of his life in England before moving to the United States. His early career was in electrical engineering, but he had become interested in the New Thought movement as a young man and finally gave his first metaphysical lecture in London in 1978.
During a visit to the United States in 1931, Dr. Fox accepted the position of minister of the Church of the Healing Christ in New York City. As a Divine Science minister, he was highly successful for the rest of his active life.
Emmet Fox had a high regard for the Unity Church. In 1936 he visited Unity headquarters in Kansas City Missouri, and spoke to the workers. This short book is the substance of that address.
Life Is Consciousness first appeared in the October 1936 edition of Unity Magazine, and presents important beliefs and ideas of one of the early New Thought leaders. The teachings of any movement evolve over time, and the material included here represents the author's interpretation of New Thought ideas at a given period in history.

LIFE IS CONSCIOUSNESS

I feel it to be a great honour to have the opportunity to speak at Unity Headquarters. As Charles Fillmore has said, I feel very familiar with the Unity message, for I have read it for over thirty years.

Of course, that is giving myself away quite a bit, but people always give themselves away sooner or later, so it may as well be sooner.

I have lived all my life in London until recently. Being there, I suppose, about 4,500 miles from Kansas City, gave me the opportunity to realize how far-flung this work has been. I doubt if you people here at Unity realize how great and how large the Unity work is.

The Truth movement, as we call it, is the most important in the world today. The Truth movement, which centers in the belief in the omnipresence and availability of God, is the most important thing in the world because it is the only thing that can save the world. Nothing else can. Everything else has been tried.

People have tried to build up might and power and have used them to wreck themselves. People have built up intellectual power. Especially since the Renaissance, education has been intellectual. People are surprised when you tell them that there is any other kind of education.

Those of us who have had the advantages of a higher education know that so-called intellectual study gives very, very little help in the practical business of living. This Truth movement comes along, takes hold of people, changes them, restores health if that has been lost, restores estate if that has been lost, restores self-respect if that has been lost. It puts people on their feet and shows them that there is something worth living for.

Among the various sections of the present-day Truth movement, Unity is probably the most important. Your work is practical. It has the character and quality of Jesus Christ because it is kindly and friendly. You do not put fear into people. When they come, you tell them that God is the only power; you tell them to relax, become quiet, and turn to that power. That is the highest message you can teach.

I am one of Mr. Fillmore’s spiritual children, so I just thought I wo...

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• LIFE IS CONSCIOUSNESS