ATDDTA(10) Unto The Day [271:7-8]

[Keith]

On p.96, Veikko replies to Webb's minimization of the impact of a  
track and trusswork blasting by asking if he wanted the "end of the  
world." "Sufficient unto the day," Webb shrugged. "Course."

Here, Deuce also alludes to Matthew 6 in his description of Butte- 
style forgiveness....."sufficient unto the day and so forth."

The citation appears at the end of the chapter, but the entirety is  
worth a read in light of some major themes in ATD (materialism vs.  
spirituality, forgiveness, redemption, light vs. darkness, unity vs.  
duality). They're all here in the words of our Lord:

MATTHEW 6 - King James Version

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them:  
otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.  
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before  
thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that  
they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their  
reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy  
right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father  
which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for  
they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of  
the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,  
They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy  
closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is  
in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee  
openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen  
do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.  
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what  
things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will  
also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither  
will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad  
countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear  
unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But  
thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That  
thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in  
secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust  
doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor  
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:  
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single,  
thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy  
whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is  
in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and  
love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the  
other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye  
shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye  
shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than  
raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do  
they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth  
them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking  
thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought  
for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they  
toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even  
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,  
and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe  
you, O ye of little faith?

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall  
we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these  
things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that  
ye have need of all these things.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all  
these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for  
the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of  
itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
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This chapter is the middle of the Sermon on the Mount, the  
centerpiece of Jesus' teachings, which have been the subject of  
hundreds of years of debate regarding their application. http:// 
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermon_on_the_Mount