Some editions of Henry Drummond's spiritual classic The Greatest Thing in the World have been published with a certain sentence omitted. Spiritual Spice offers the expunged sentence below.
"For it is perfectly certain -- and you will not misunderstand me -- that to enter Heaven a man must take it with him."
Dr. Henry Drummond (1851-1897)
The deleted sentence occurs in the "analysis of love" section under Good Temper. Spiritual Spice has no opinion regarding Dr. Drummond's statement, but we do believe he would have wished it to be included in any edition of his book. An edition of the book, with the sentence, can be found at the Spiritual Spice Storefront . An online edition of The Greatest Thing in the World as Dr. Drummond wrote it may be found at henrydrummond.wwwhubs.com/
What is love?
What the world generally refers to as love is an intense emotional condition, combining physical attraction, possessiveness, control, addiction, eroticism, and novelty. It's usually fragile and fluctuating, waxing and waning with various conditions.
That love can turn to hate is a common perception, but here, an addictive sentimentality is likely what's being spoken about, rather than Love...
Love is unconditional, unchanging, and permanent. It doesn't fluctuate -- its source isn't dependent on external factors. Loving is a state of being.
Dr. David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D.
The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstacy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.
J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986)
If we know how to live, the Kingdom of God will manifest for us in the here and now; with one step, we can penetrate it. We don't have to die to enter the Kingdom of God; in fact, we have to be very much alive.
Thich Nhat Hanh
We can reach heaven while we are alive; we don't have to wait until we die. God is always present and the kingdom of heaven is everywhere, but first we need to have the eyes and ears to see and hear that truth.
don Miguel Ruiz
Eternity does not start with death. We are in eternity now.
Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993)
"The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed the kingdom of heaven is within you."
Luke 17:20,21
Love, and do what you like.
Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
Someday, after mastering the winds; the waves; the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955)
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