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"The first questions or subjects presented begin with the Beginning, as recorded in the accepted text or word of faith in the accepted Christian world. "
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This reading says that to understand your life, you must start at the very beginning—creation, as described in the Bible (Genesis). That’s where Day and Night, light and darkness, were first created. These are not just physical things, but important patterns that shape life.
Instead of trying to understand life from where you are now, you go back to the beginning to see how life was designed. This helps you understand that Day and Night have meaning and purpose.
The same pattern from creation is still happening inside you today. Just like light was separated from darkness, you are always learning to tell the difference between clarity and confusion, truth and uncertainty.
Light represents understanding, clarity, and knowing what is right. Darkness represents confusion, doubt, and not seeing clearly.
Every day follows this pattern. You act and make decisions (like “day”), and then you rest, reflect, or feel unsure (like “night”). This cycle repeats and helps you grow.
Creation is not just something from the past—it is happening inside you every day as you learn, grow, and become more aware of who you are.
"...light and darkness, day and night, are represented by that termed as periods of growth and the periods of rest or recuperation, through the activities of other influences in those forces or sources of activity condensed in form to be called matter, no matter what plane this may be acting from or upon."
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This reading says that Day and Night (light and darkness) represent two important parts of life: growth and rest.
“Day” is when you are active—thinking, working, making decisions, and using energy. This is when things grow on the outside and you take action in real life.
“Night” is when you slow down, rest, and recover. This is when your body and mind process what happened during the day and rebuild your energy.
This pattern is not just spiritual—it is built into everything. Your body (work and sleep), your mind (thinking and processing), and nature (growth and rest) all follow this same cycle.
Real growth happens through a rhythm, not constant effort.
Activity (Day) - you use energy and act
Rest (Night) - you recover and grow internally
If you only stay active, you burn out.
If you only rest, you don’t grow.
Balance between the two is what helps you develop.
(Q) [288]: Is Night the shadow of the original sin, or significant of man's seeking after knowledge which separated him from the light? and is that why children instinctively fear the dark?
(A) It is both! Now this is leaving self to study some! For, it IS both; but figure it out!
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The answer “It is both!” means Night (darkness) has two meanings at the same time, and you need to think about both.
First, Night is like a shadow of separation from light. When you move away from truth, clarity, or connection, things become unclear—this is darkness. It’s not a separate force, but what happens when light is missing.
Second, Night is also part of learning and seeking. When people try to understand life on their own, they can become confused or make mistakes. This can create distance from truth, but it is also how people learn and grow.
So darkness is both Separation from light, and A learning process through that separation
That’s why children often fear the dark. Darkness feels like the unknown, where you can’t see or understand clearly. This fear may be natural, not just learned.
Night (darkness) is both losing clarity and learning through that loss. It shows what happens without light, and helps you understand why light matters.
(Q) [993]: Please explain why during the study of Day and Night, Eve has stood out so plainly and also Mark 14, Daniel 12?
(A) Each here in their respective sphere of activity, Eve in hers. Daniel in recording the vision, or with the viewing of the wrestling between the forces of darkness and the forces of light. And that referred to in Mark as the source of light, the source of night. Each in his respective sphere presenting to a seeking mind a phase of the study. Hence each may be used as their shadow, or as their contribution to the study of the thought or lesson being presented.
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This reading says that Eve, Daniel, and Mark each show a different part of the meaning of Day and Night. You are meant to study them together, not separately.
Eve shows the beginning of separation. Her story is about choice and becoming aware of good and evil—moving from unity (light) into dual awareness (light and darkness).
Daniel shows the ongoing struggle. His visions describe the fight between light and darkness, which continues in life and within each person.
Mark (chapter 14) shows the source of light and the way back. It points to where true light comes from and how a person returns to alignment through surrender and trust.
Each one gives a different piece of the same truth: Eve - beginning, Daniel - struggle, Mark - resolution
Day and Night are not just about time—they describe the whole human journey: separation - struggle - return to light.
(Q) Was the experience I had in meditation in connection with the study of Night and Day? The words, "Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending. Thus saith the Lord." Please explain.
(A) Compare this with that written in Isaiah, as to how the Lord, the God, is the Beginning and the end of that brought into material manifestation, or into that known by man as the plane or dimension from which man reasons in the finite. Then there will be to the body the correct conception of that meant. "I am Alpha and Omega, beginning and the end." That God, the Father, the Spirit, the Ohm, is the influencing force of every activity is not wholly sufficient unto man's salvation, in that he is a free-will being. As intimated that Alpha beginning, Omega ending. For, the confirmation, the segregation, the separation, the building, the adding to it, is necessary - in relation to those activities that lie between - for man's building to the beginning and the end.
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This reading says that “Alpha and Omega” (beginning and end) is not just about God—it also describes your whole life journey.
God is the source of everything (the beginning) and the final outcome (the end). Everything exists within this range.
But your life is not automatic. Because you have free will, you must take part in what happens between the beginning and the end.
That “middle” is your life: You test and confirm what you believe, You separate truth from error, You build your character, You grow through experience.
This happens through Day and Night cycles:
Day - action, choices, building
Night - reflection, processing, understanding
These cycles are how you grow step by step.
God is the beginning and the end—but your life is shaped by what you do in between.
(Q) [303]: Please explain to me the affirmation given in this lesson, that I may be able to apply it in my activities better.
(A) As in the material life there is the day, in which the activities of the body are put in motion to supply the material things of the earth, and - as shown - such materials add to the abilities of the body to carry on in its daily activities, through the sustenance gained by the attitudes of self in the daily activity; so it is seen in the same association and connection that the night becomes the period of meditation, rest, associations of those ideas through the activities of the day; which are the gift not of self, not of self's abilities, but from the source from which mercies, truth, love, knowledge, understanding, arise. So is given, "May Thy mercies guide" in the understanding, that the concepts of that presented in Day and Night, Night and Day, may be builded in self in such a manner as to make for the glorifying IN the activities of self Day AND Night to the glory of Him that IS the Maker, the Giver, the Father of light.
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This reading shows how to live the idea of Day and Night, not just understand it.
During the day, you are active. You work, think, and make choices. These actions help provide for your life and also build your skills, strength, and character.
During the night, you rest, reflect, and process. This is when everything you did during the day comes together and makes sense.
But the key point is this: The deeper understanding you gain at night does not come only from your own effort—it comes from a higher source (truth, love, wisdom).
That’s why the affirmation says: “May Thy mercies guide.”
It means: guide my thoughts, help me understand, and shape what I learn.
So both parts are important: Day - action, effort, building. Night - reflection, receiving, understanding
Together, they shape who you become.
You grow not just by what you do, but also by what you receive and understand.
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