/*This script and its contents are copyright 2010 by Alexia di Sodre, Avalon di Sodre & Serving New Thought */ dayName = new Array ("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday") monName = new Array ("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December") now = new Date Jan = new Array Jan[1] = ""'IN the beginning, God!' Clear and expressive are these words. In the beginning, God only. No manifest universe! No system of planets! Nothing of form or life, of brute or man! God was the Spirit of All that was to be, but He had not yet moved upon the waters. Then this All-Being moved, or began to create. "

"Where did Spirit move, upon what did It move to create; where did It get a pattern; what means or power did It employ; through what agencies did It work? In short, what is the world, ourselves included, made out of, and how did we and all else come into being? These questions correctly answered would solve the problem of being and set men free. Let Us consider.

The Spirit was all; there was nothing else but Itself. All-Inclusive, Everywhere, Infinite. This All-Spirit could not have had the impulse to move unless It were self-conscious, therefore the Spirit is the Power that knows Itself; It is accordingly All-Knowing as well as All-Present. Being one, undivided, whatever It knows, It knows all over instantly. We find then that the Spirit operates through self knowing. It moves, and that inner movement must be One of Infinite Power, moving upon Itself — since It is all — and with a definite purpose. The Spirit, then, moves upon Itself, and makes out of Itself all that is made. In other words, what we see comes from what we do not see, through some inner intelligence at work, which knows there is no power but Itself. 'The things that are seen are not made of the things that do appear.'"

Insight:
"The only possible operation of intelligence is thought, or 'The Word.' So all things were made by the Word, and 'Without the Word was not anything made that hath been made.' How simple the process of creation when we understand it. The Spirit speaks — and since there is nothing but the Spirit and it is All-Power, it has only to speak and it is done; 'The Word was with God and the Word was God.'"

Click below to: read the source" Jan[2] = ""“In the beginning was the Word.” "

"This Word or the activity of the Spirit, is the cause of the law, and the law in its place is the cause of the thing, and the thing is always an effect; that is, it did not make itself; it is a result. The Word always comes first in the series; 'The Word was with God and the Word was God' and the Word still is God.When we realize that man is like God (and he could not be otherwise, being made out of God), we will realize that his word also has power. If there is but One Mind then it follows that our word, our thought is the activity of that One Mind in our consciousness; the power that holds the planets in their place is the same power that flows through man. We must place the Word where it belongs, whether it is the word of God in the Universe or the word of man in the individual; it is always first, before all else, in the beginning. The real sequence is this: Cause, Spirit, Intelligence, God; the Word, the activity of Intelligence; the effect, or the visible thing, whether it is a planet or a peanut. "

Affirmation:
"All are made out of the same thing. What we need to do is to learn how to use the word so that all will come to see that they are centers within themselves. "

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"Perfection is already accomplished.I am that Perfect Life here and now. Today I express the Limitless Life of the All Good. Today I manifest my Completion in every part of me. Today I am saved."

Affirmation:
"Here and now I am healed."

Click below to: read the source" Jan[4] = ""WHY, AND WHAT IS MAN? We find in the physical universe that automatic laws govern everything; "

"for instance, the tree cannot say “I will not,” because of the law that holds it in place; it grows without any volition of its own. So it is with all nature; but when we come to man we find a different manifestation of the Spirit, a being who can say “I choose.” In all creation, man alone is an individual; man alone is free; and yet man alone wants, is sick, suffers, and is unhappy. ‘Man marks the earth with ruin”; why? because he has not found his true nature. The very thing that should free him, and eventually will do so, now limits him. God could not make an individual without making him able to think, and he cannot think without bringing upon himself the results of his thought, good or bad. This does not mean using two powers, but using the One from two standpoints. Nothing in itself is either good or bad; all things exist in mind as a potentiality; mind is eternally acting upon thought, continually producing its own images from mind, and casting them out into manifestation. Man must be the outcome of the desire of the Spirit to make something which expresses the same life that It feels. Man is made to be a companion of the Infinite; but to arrive at this exalted plane of being, he must have his freedom, and be let alone to discover his own nature; to return love to his Creator only when he chooses to do so. At the doorway, then, of man’s mind this wonderful God has to wait. “Behold, I stand at the door and knock”; the opening must be on the part of the individual. Man lives in a mind that presses in upon him from all sides with infinite possibilities, with infinite creative power. The divine urge of infinite love crowds itself upon him, and awaits his recognition. Being the image of this Power, his thought also must be the Word or cause in the life. At the center of his being is all the power that he will need on the path of his unfoldment; all the mind that man has is as much of this Infinite Mind as he allows to flow through him. We have often thought of God as far off, and of man as a being separate from the All Good; now we are coming to see that God and man are one, and that that One is simply awaiting man’s recognition, that he may spring into being and become to man all that he could wish or want. “As the father has inherent life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life within himself.” "

Affirmation:
"It could not be otherwise; we are all in Mind and Mind is always creating for us as we think; and as we are thinking creatures, always thinking, our happiness depends upon our thought. Let us consider the law of our life."

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"The things that are, were and evermore shall be. Time, chance and change begone from my thought!The Changeless is here to stay,and the Timeless cannot cease from Being.The things that are shall remain, though heaven and earth should pass away.I rest secure and safe within the Life of Endless Perfection and Completion. My whole Being responds to the Realization of the Complete Whole."

Affirmation:
"I am that which is."

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"No harm shall befall you, my friend, for a Divine Presence attends your way and guards you into The All Good.Loving kindness awaits you at every turn of Life's road. Guidance is yours along the pathway of experience,And an Infallible Power protects you.God, Himself, and no other is your Keeper."

Affirmation:
"I proclaim this for you."

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"The Word is a mighty Power, and that Word is in me and through me now. My Word is one with the All Good and cannot fail to accomplish the desired ends.My Word goes forth with Power unto everything that I do, say or think.The Word is my Power by day and by night.I will speak that Word and trust in the great Law of Life to fulfill it."

Affirmation:
"I speak the word in full confidence."

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"WE will always attract to us, in our lives and conditions, according to our thought. Things are but outer manifestations of inner mental concepts. Thought is not only power; it is also the form of all things. The conditions that we attract will correspond exactly to our mental pictures. It is qute necessary, then, that the successful business man should keep his mind on thoughts of happiness, which should produce cheerfulnees instead of depression; he should radiate joy, and should be filled with faith, hope and expectancy. These cheerful, hopeful attitudes of mind are indispensable to the one who really wants to do things in life."

Affirmation:
"Put every negative thought out of your mind once and for all. Declare your freedom. Know no matter what others may say, think or do, you are a success now, and nothing can hinder you from accomplishing your good."

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"The account of creation, which says that, 'in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth,' does not refer to a time when there was no creation but rather to the process of eternal creation, which is a continual manifestation of Spirit. An eternal creation is proven by the fact that we must suppose Spirit to be conscious Intelligence, and there can be no conscious intelligence (page 5) unless it is conscious of something. Spirit is consciousness, hence It must be conscious of something, therefore It must always create. What a glorious concept is the idea of an eternal creative Principle! There is no stagnation in Spirit, nor should there be any in our idea of spirituality. To be spiritual is to create. The Spirit is alive, conscious, aware and active, always. But how does the Spirit create and from what does It, through Its creative genius, mould definite forms? These questions are pertinent to our philosophy. If we suppose Spirit to be the Life principle running through all things, the cause of all, then we must suppose that It has substance within Itself. It is self-existent consciousness, and also self-existent Substance."

Affirmation:
"Spirit makes things out of Itself through some inner act upon Itself. This inner act must, of course, be an act of consciousness, of self-perception, self-knowingness. What God knows,—is."

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"My affairs are in the hands of HimWho guides the planets in their course, And Who causes the Sun to shine. Divine Understanding attends me on the Way, And I shall not be hindered in my work.My affairs are controlled by Perfect Intelligence,And cannot be hindered from expression.I know that all that I dois done from the One Motive: To express Life; and Life will be expressed In and through me.I cannot hinder it."

Affirmation:
"I am controlled by Intelligence."

Click below to: read the source" Jan[11] = ""MEANING OF DIVINE MIND. Question—Why do we say Universal Intelligence, Divine Mind, etc., and why do we use other names in place of God when all mean the same? This is confusing to a beginner."

"ANSWER—When we say conscious life, spirit, conscious mind, objective mind, Christ Mind, self-conscious mind, we always mean the same thing, that thing in a person which enables him to be consciously aware of himself. When we say subjective, subc0nscious, creative consciousness, creative mind, soul, unconscious, psyche, we mean that thing in a person which automatically reacts to his conscious thought."

Affirmation:
"When we use the same words in relation to the Infinite Being we mean the same thing on the scale of the Universal."

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"'Be still and know that I am God.'I am still in Thy Presence.I am quiet and peaceful, for I put my trust in Thee.A great stillness steals over me and a great calm quiets my whole being, as I realize Thy Presence.The heart knows of Thee, 0 Most High within.It is still in Thy Presence,and it puts its whole confidence in Thee alone."

Affirmation:
"In Thy Presence I am still."

Click below to: read the source" Jan[13] = ""INVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION EXPLAINED. Question—What do we mean by involution and evolution? "

"ANSWER—Before anything can evolve it must first be involved. Before the seed can produce a harvest it must first fall into the ground. The planting of the seed is an idea specializing the law, having a definite purpose, that of producing its own type. The act of involution is a conscious one. The gardener consciously invokes the law. As soon as the seed is planted the natural processes of creation begin. Everything that happens from seed to harvest is intelligent but unconscious, hence a mechanical process. When we study evolution we are studying a mechanism and not a spontaneity. Involution precedes evolution in the creative sequence."

Affirmation:
"Evolution follows involution with a mechanical exactness. "

Click below to: read the source" Jan[14] = ""Thou shalt have no other Gods before me."

"This Me is Spirit. We are, then, to trust only in the activity of Spirit for what we need. But the world will say, “Human things come through human agencies.” This may be true, but we must realize that the power we are dealing with also has within its own mind all people and all things. We do not have to treat people; what we have to do is to embody principle. Principle may use people, but that is no part of our responsibility. Ultimately all is Spirit, and Spirit which is the beginning is also the end of all manifestation. “I am the Alpha and the Omega.” Our life, then, is to be governed by Spirit. We need look no further. "

Affirmation:
"It will do for us all that we will ever ask, provided we believe. "

Click below to: read the source" Jan[15] = ""Evolution is an eternal unfoldment. Life reveals itself to whoever is receptive to it."

"A motion picture would have been a miracle in medieval times, and no doubt the figures on the screen would have been regarded as either gods or devils. The birth of spiritual ideas into the human consciousness meets with three distinct reactions: the orthodox say that God never intended such things to be, else He would have revealed them through His prophets; the materialist laughs at them; the childlike are receptive.Science, philosophy, intuition and revelation all must unite in an impersonal effort if Truth is to be gained and held."

Affirmation:
"No system of thought can stand which denies human experiences; no religion can be vital which separates humanity from Divinity; nor can any science long maintain its position which denies the spontaneous appearance of volition and will."

Click below to: read the source" Jan[16] = ""What do we mean by 'success'? By success is meant, in this particular discourse, a life that is complete."

"By success I do not necessarily mean to point to the man who has a million dollars. A man might be a millionaire and, at the same time, a dismal failure. Equally, a man might have a very few dollars and be a very rich man, because he would be satisfied, happy, complete. Success means that which is necessary to maintain a balance, an equilibrium: Subjectively, it means a state of well being, a sense of happiness; and objectively, an environment that reflects this inner state of consciousness.A successful man will be at peace, and because he is at peace, he will be happy; and because he is happy, he will be surrounded by happy circumstances. He will have a sufficient consciousness of substance that his environment will reflect a degree of supply sufficient to enable him to have those things which make for a fuller life, whether we call it much or little"

Affirmation:
"A successful man will have such a consciousness of the unity of good, that this consciousness will find its objective correspondent in friendship, in love, in human interests."

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"The Substance of the Spiritis my Daily Supply.I cannot be without my Good.I can see that the constant stream of Life,flowing to me,brings into my experience all that makes Life happy and worthwhile.I rest in security, knowing that Infinite Good is within and is expressing through me."

Affirmation:
"I receive my good."

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"And the earth was without form, and void: and darkness was upon the face of the deep.' Prior to creation the creative Substance exists merely as a Divine possibility, a universal stuff, latent with energy and law, ready to receive the Creative Word that shall cause it to spring into definite forms.
That which is visible comes from that which is invisible. This universal, invisible essence, not exactly nothing, yet of itself no thing, is susceptible to impressions, ready to take form, and the creative word of the Spirit, (page 6) causes the form to appear through the law of the Spirit, which is an immutable part of Its own nature. Let us proceed with the account of creation, having this idea in mind; that there is, in the universe, a conscious Intelligence, which we call Spirit; a reactive Law responding to this conscious Intelligence, and a Substance ready to take form through the word of the Spirit. This is the Thing, the way It works, and what It does."

Affirmation:
"Without such a Reality there could be no creation."

Click below to: read the source" Jan[19] = ""OVERCOMING FAULTS. Question—Critical, intolerant, too impulsive and emotional, too severe and almost without love. I seldom line them up like this, as it is a formidable array which depresses me, and if that is self-pity, I am guilty of that, too. But how to overcome them?"

"ANSWER—Since you have climbed Life's Endless Stairway to the point of honest revelation and admission of your 'faults,' the next step is a decision to climb out of them, leave them, forget them. 'Life is changeless in its endless change.' There is nothing 'set' in it. This is the point for you to work on. The hard shell which apparently encompasses you will break and fall away from you when you break through it. Persistent hammering on the same spot in any wall will break the wall. Every time the old intolerant attitude suggests itself to you, turn it squarely around and demand the right mental reaction toward the thing you would criticize. "

Affirmation:
"This practice, persisted in, will develop a 'good- natured flexibility' in all your reactions which will prove to you that far from being 'without love,' Love is the very essence and core of you."

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"My feet shall not falter, for they are kept upon the path of Life through the Power of the Eternal Spirit.This Spirit is my spirit now.Guide Thou my feet; compel my way; direct my paths and keep me in Thy Presence. My feet are guarded and I am guided into The All Good."

Affirmation:
"He guides my feet."

Click below to: read the source" Jan[21] = ""THE PATH TO PROSPERITY. THE healing of conditions is no different from other healing."

"All healing is the constructive use of a mental law which the world is gradually beginning to understand something of. Again we must reiterate the principle of all life. We are surrounded by a thinking medium from which all things come. We think into it; it does the rest. Since we are thinking beings and cannot stop thinking, and since Creative Mind receives our thought and cannot stop creating, it must always be making something for us. What it will make depends absolutely and only upon what we are thinking, and what we will attract will depend entirely upon our holding thought to the complete exclusion of all that would contradict it. It is not enough that we should sit down and say, ‘I am one with Infinite Life.” This must mean more than mere words; it must be felt, it must become an embodiment of a positive mental atti­tude. It is not claiming something to be true which is going to happen; it is not sending out an aspiration, or a desire, or a supplication, or a prayer; it must be the embodiment of that which knows that now it is. This is more than holding a thought. Our ability to attract will depend upon the largeness of our thought as we feel that it flows out into a great Universal Creative Power. We are dealing with the form in thought, and not with the form in matter. "

Affirmation:
"We have learned that when we get the true form in thought and permeate it with the spirit of belief we will see the thought made flesh without any further effort on our part. "

Click below to: read the source" Jan[22] = ""We are on the verge of disclosing a spiritual universe and will ultimately conclude that what we call the material universe is a spontaneous emergence, through evolution, of inner forces which cannot be explained but which must be accepted"

"How, then, can we doubt that the very mind which we now use is the Intelligent Principle from which all that lives draws its power to be and to express? In mental treatment this sense of our union with the Divine Mind constitutes the power of the spoken word."

Affirmation:
"Jesus proclaimed, 'It is not I but the Father who dwelleth in me, He doeth the works.'"

Click below to: read the source" Jan[23] = ""Let's right now banish forever the idea that man must be poor to be righteous!"

"If, by this time, we are in agreement that God cannot know poverty or any kind of lack; that opulence, itself, should be manifesting freely in our lives, what steps shall we take to bring abundance into the lives of those who are now experiencing poverty? How shall we make two trees grow where one grew before? To begin with, we are never seeing poverty, but the representation of an idea of lack, which has taken hold of our consciousness. A symbol of lack. Poverty itself is not a reality—since God cannot know it—and, therefore, it can be changed. Both prosperity and poverty are states of mind. If we desire to erase the thought of poverty, we go back to the thought of prosperity ( an affirmation of the allness of good) the source of which is God; and we are confronted with the revealing truth that poverty is lack of knowledge of God!"

Affirmation:
"If we had a complete realization of the allness of Good and our oneness with God, we would automatically express abundance."

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"Despair gives way to joy at the thought of Thee,Indwelling Good.I cannot be sad when I think of Thee. My sorrow is turned to gladness and my shame to rejoicing. My tears are wiped awayand the sunlight of the Spirit shines through the clouds of depression and lights the way to Heaven"

Affirmation:
"Thy Joy has made me glad."

Click below to: read the source" Jan[25] = ""HOW TO BE SOCIABLE Question—Besides an inferiority complex of not being able to meet and be sociable with people, I have had pains in the top of my head, with dizziness, and am depressed most of the time. Will you please help me to overcome this mental condition? Being radiantly happy would help overcome depression and complex, too, wouldn't it?"

"ANSWER—Yes, being radiantly happy would, indeed, heal your negative reactions to life, and since you have sensed that this is the golden key to your problem, the next step is for you to use it to unlock those centers of graciousness and true appreciation of your fellow man, which lie within the soul. That inner, true self, which is really You, knows itself to be unified with the great invisible spirit of Life. It knows this Life to be pure, radiant joy, love and happiness. It knows itself to indwell every human being as a vital spark, an individual p0int in Cosmic Consciousness, and it sees itself in every other individual. Take this Truth into your meditation each day, realizing that you can become whatsoever you can believe yourself to be. If you can accept the belief that you are a perfect, joyous idea in Divine Mind and that immutable law waits upon your wishes, you can change every mental picture of limitation into one of fulfillment. 'Act as though I am and I will be.'"

Affirmation:
"In treating the case, say: 'I know there is One Perfect Mind, which recognizes me as a part of Itself. I know the Mind which I use is the One Mind which everyone else uses. By this word which I know to be Pure Spirit, I erase all thoughts of inferiority and I rely on that inner Intelligence to uphold me on every plane of expression. All confusion and bewilderment and mental clouds are dissolved by my word, and all pain, dizziness and depression are erased; therefore, I am free to express life in perfect health and happiness.' (page 73) "

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"The universe holds nothing against us. No matter how many mistakes we have made we are still perfect beings within, and the within may become the without, if we will carefully train ourselves to listen to the inner voice of truth which speaks to all people in their moments of quietness and solitude.
There is nothing in the universe that wishes evil to anyone; indeed, it is only as we experience good that God is expressed through us. The more completely we realize good, happiness and success, the more perfectly do we express God and the more of God do we become; that is, the more does God become personified through us. As the prodigal returned to his father's house, so must we return, not with a morbid mind, but consciously and definitely, with a direct intent of mind and a complete concentration of purpose. The journey back should be fraught with happiness and joyful expectation."

Affirmation:
"We shall be met with a smile from the universe and shall be folded in the arms of love forever."

Click below to: read the source" Jan[27] = ""All that is in the universe is with us ... nothing against us."

"Each one of us has access, immediately, in our own consciousness, to that absolute Power, that unconditioned Presence, that infinite Law, which molds and makes things out of Itself, by Itself directly becoming the thing It makes. The good which we desire passes out of It, as though it came from the very hand of God, which it does. But, even God cannot give us anything unless we are in a mental condition to receive the gift. The law cannot do anything for us unless it can do it through us. We live in the midst of eternal good, but it can only be to us what we believe it to be. We stand at the mouth of the river, but we must let down our own bucket if we wish it filled with the pure waters of Reality. It is not enough that this substance is everywhere around us and in us. There were thousands in the crowd through which Jesus passed, yet only one woman —she who touched the hem of His garment— received healing. The woman was eager for the blessing, and believed she would receive it, if she could touch the hem of His robe. Unless we consciously open our minds and recognize our oneness with omnipresent substance, we shall appropriate none of it."

Affirmation:
"The knowledge that God wants us to live fully; the certainty that there is no Force to keep our good from us; the assurance that abundance is ours for the asking, will avail us nothing unless we use that knowledge."

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"Come, Thou Great and Infinite Mind and inspire me to do great deeds. Acquaint me with Thy knowledge and in Thy wisdom make ME wise.I would be taught of Thee, Inner Light, and inspired by Thy presence.I will listen for Thy Voice and it will tell me of great things to be done.I will walk in Thy Paths and they will lead me into All Good. I will be inspired from On High.0 Wonderful Presence,flooding me,filling me with Thy Light, Thou dost inspire me!"

Affirmation:
"I feel the inspiration of Spirit."

Click below to: read the source" Jan[29] = ""THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN. If this brotherhood of man were recognized and practiced by the world at large, all war, poverty and need would vanish from the face of the earth. "

"They are creations of the finite mind and were never intended to be. God views all as a perfect whole; our divisions are only apparent, they can never be real. Hate generates hate; love begets love, and peace brings its own reward. Again let us not fall under the illusion that we can possibly measure life from the short range experience of that period of time between the cradle and the grave. Life is everlasting and we are eternal beings. "

Affirmation:
"Eventually love overcometh and exalteth itself above all, for love is a synonym for the Eternal Heart of the universe. "

Click below to: read the source" Jan[30] = ""ATTRIBUTES OF MIND. Question—What is meant by 'in Mind.' What Mind, whose Mind and where is this Mind?"

"ANSWER—The expression 'in Mind' refers either to conscious Mind or Spirit, or to the universal principle which is subjective to Spirit. Mind is a dual unity, as Spirit it is conscious, as law it is subjective. The expression, involved or implanted in Mind, when one has given a treatment, means (page 4) that the idea which he needs to know is now known in Mind and will be made known to him."

Affirmation:
"Pure Spirit, which is the potential knowledge of everything, will now know directly through his individual use of It."

Click below to: read the source" Jan[31] = ""THE EVOLUTION OF LOVE"

"The first love is that of the parent for its offspring; the outpouring of the mother and the givingness of the father. In this atmosphere the child is born into time and experience. Pressed from the creator into creation, in order that it may gain such knowledge as is necessary to develop a real individuality, the child comes from heaven or the central harmony.The next love is that of the child for its parents. This is a reflection of their love to the child and when this reflection is free from care, burden and personal ownership, it is ever complete and satisfying.The next love is that of the growing child for its playmates, a half affection, but of the essence of real love, for it is on equal terms. The community spirit is developing and this spirit is that of unity.The next love is that of the grown child for its mate, the one chosen to be its companion in this life. This love is strong, true, virile and assertive. It is the love of conquest, of personal adoration, of the melting of two souls into one life and the re-forming of this life on a basis of dual unity. From the fire of this passion and the union of these souls a new order of creation is to take place, and the old order of evolution is to be carried on."

Affirmation:
"A few steps beyond this love, the mind attuned to the real meaning of life, must reach out and love all humanity. This is the return journey of love, back to the central flame again; as the greater always includes the lesser, so the broader love includes the individual form which it has (page 136) taken, for those who love humanity most, love their own immediate families and friends the best."

Click below to: read the source" Feb = new Array Feb[1] = ""I AM NOT ALONE"

"I am not alone, for a Presence goes with me and daily accompanies me on my travels. Always I shall find this Divine Companion with me.He will not desert nor allow me to go alone.He will always be with me and near me,and will always provid for every want."

Affirmation:
"My life is hid with Christ in God."

Click below to: read the source" Feb[2] = ""FREE FROM SENSITIVENESS "

"My feelings cannot be hurt.No one wishes to harm me,and there is nothing in me that can believe in any separation from the All Good.I perceive that I am free from all people, and I cannot be harmed nor mistreated.I have such a sense of unity with all that the circle is complete and perfect.I love my friends and they love me, and that love is in, and of, God,and cannot be marred nor hindered."

Affirmation:
"I am filled with joy and love, forever."

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"Through the mist of human fear love gleams and points the way to freedom.I now decree and declar that I am free from all sense of bondage.I am made perfect and whole through knowledge of the Real Life within me.No illusions can enter my thought.I know that there is One Power, and I know that this Power now protects me from all harm.As Perfect Love casts out all fear,so my fear flees align=center>Affirmation:
"I am not afraid."

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"The Friendship of the Spirit and of man is mine now and forever.Even now I see the countless numbers of friends coming and going around me.I enter into this friendship and this companionship with gladness and rejoicing."

Affirmation:
"I receive my friends."

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" As Love enters, fear vanishes.I am so filled with Love that no fear can enter my thought.I am not afraid, for I know that a Perfect Intelligence guards and governs my every act.Perfect Love casteth out all fear.I am unafraid, and strong in my faithin that inner Presence that keeps me from all harm. "

Affirmation:
" Perfect Love casteth out all fear. "

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"I dwell in the house of Love; My dwelling place is filled with peace and eternal calm. Love attends me in my home of the Soul,and Joy awaits upon me in the 'Secret Place of the Most High.' My house is built for me by the hand of Love, and I shall never leave this Home of the Spirit,for it is always present.I shall abide in this home forevermore."

Affirmation:
"My house is a house of love."

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"A circle of love is drawn around me and mine, and all. No harm can enter that Sacred Circle,for it is the Love of God. It is a complete protection from all evil.'I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me.'There is no evil and no harm.I am free from all sense of fear.Love surrounds and protects me."

Affirmation:
"LASTBIT"

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"O Love Divine within me, I am overpowered by Thy Presence.I am speechless,for words cannot utter the things that Thou hast revealed to me.Why dost Thou love me so, and why clasp me so close to Thy Eternal Heart? O Blessed Presence,I know,for Thou hast claimed me as Thine own.I shall nevermore walk apart from Thee."

Affirmation:
"The love of God is within me."

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"The Love of the All Good is within me and through me.That Love goes out to meet all who come into my atmosphere.It radiates to all and is flowing through all.My Love within me is Perfect.Thy Love within me is Perfect.Love Dissolves All Fear Greater than fear is Love. Love dissolves all fear,casts out all doubt and sets the captive free.Love, like the River of Life, flows through me and refreshes me with its eternal blessings.Love cannot be afraid; it is fearless and strong, and is mighty in its works.It can accomplish all things through the Inner Lightof that faith in the All Good,Which fills my very Being with a Powerful Presence."

Affirmation:
"Love casts out all fear."

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"There is no lossThere was never any loss or confusion Creation is Perfect and Complete,within the One are all things,and all are known to the One.I am now in complete harmony with the Wholeand I cannot lose nor misplace anything.I am constantly finding more and more Good."

Affirmation:
"I know that there is no loss.Nothing can be lost,misplaced nor forgotten."

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"The Inner Mind is still.The Soul reflects the Most High.The Spirit of man is God.In the great calm of the All Good,I rest in peace and security.My life is now reflecting the Perfect Whole. I am Peace; I am calm I am security and complete satisfaction. I am One with God."

Affirmation:
"I am filled with peace."

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"The Circle of Love is complete.It comprehends all,includes all, and binds all together with cords of Everlasting Unity.I cannot depart from Its Presence nor wander from Its care. My Love is complete within me.The Love of God binds me to Itself, and will not let me go.I shall make a home for you,0 my wonderful Love, and we shall journey through life hand in hand.I shall sit in your Presenceand learn the wondrous things You will tell me;For You are God."

Affirmation:
"Love sits within me."

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"Like a cloak
His Love is wrapped around me.
Like a warm garment,
It shelters me
from the storms of life.
I feel and know
that an Almighty Love
envelops me
in Its close embrace.
0 Love Divine,
My Love,
how wonderful Thou art.
I am open to receive
Thy great blessing."

Affirmation:
"The Spirit within me is my Friend."

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"Like a cloak
His Love is wrapped around me.
Like a warm garment,
It shelters me
from the storms of life.
I feel and know
that an Almighty Love
envelops me
in Its close embrace.
0 Love Divine,
My Love,
how wonderful Thou art.
I am open to receive
Thy great blessing."

Affirmation:
"Love envelops me."

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"I am happy and complete,
today and forever.
Within me is that
which is Perfect and Complete.
It is
The Spirit of all Life, Truth and Action.
I am happy in the certain knowledge
of this Inner Light.
I cannot be sad nor sorry,
but must radiate Joy and Life,
For Life is within me now."

Affirmation:
"I am happy and complete."

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"I see no evil;
I behold only the good.
I have seen the drunkard
lying in the gutter,
and the saint
kneeling in ecstasy
before the high altar of his faith;
but I have found no difference.
I have perceived that each,
in his own tongue,
is seeking to express the One Life.
I will not separate and divide;
I cannot condemn nor censure,
for I know that there is but One in All.
I know that all came from the One,
and all will return to the One.
I know that all are now in the One,
and that each
is seeking to express the One."

Affirmation:
"I know and love all."

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"SPIRIT creates through law. The law is always mind in action. Mind cannot act unless intelligence sets it in motion. In the great universal mind man is a center of intelligence, and every time he thinks he sets mind into action. What is the activity of this mind in relation to man’s thought? It has to be one of mental correspondence; that is, mind has to reflect whatever thought it casts into it. Wonderful as Universal Mind is, it has no choice but to create whatever thought is given it; if it could contradict that thought, it would not be a unit, since this would be recognizing something outside itself. This is a point in Truth which should not be overlooked. "

Insight:
"The ONE MIND knows only its own ability to make whatever is given It;"

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"I draw around me a circle of love and protection.
No harm can enter
nor find place
within that charmed circle
of life and love,
for it represents
God's Loving Care
and Eternal Watchfulness.
I will rest within me now,
and I will speak comfort to my Soul
and tell It of all the wonders of Its life,
safe from the din of strife and fear."

Affirmation:
"I am protected from On High."

Click below to: read the source" Feb[19] = ""We should speak right out into mind all that we desire, and believe that it will be done unto us."

"Never take the time to listen to those who doubt. We observe that their philosophy has done but little to save the world or themselves. Here again let the dead bury the dead and see to it that you maintain in your own thought what you want, letting go of all else. Think only what you want to happen and never let yourself get mentally lazy and sluggish taking on the suggestions of poverty and limitation. See yourself as being in the position that you desire, mentally dwell upon it and then speak with perfect assurance that it is done; and then forget it and trust in the law. This will answer all needs. If you want to do this for someone else, all that you will need to do is to think of them and go through the same process of mind action."

Insight:
"You will be sending out the truth for them, and mind being always active will not contradict what you have said."

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"A TREATMENT has as much power as we put into the word which we speak when we are giving it. This does not mean screwing up our mind or using our will power, or using force from the material standpoint. It means simply knowing that what we say will be done unto us of a Power which can do anything that is given It to do. We must know that our word breaks down every material law and sets the patient free to express God. We must know that the word would endure even though all else should fail. 'Heaven and earth will pass away but my word will accomplish.'"

Insight:
"In calm confidence and perfect faith, speak and wait upon the perfect law, Get that mental attitude that never wavers. Be sure and it will be done."

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"The belief in the dual mind has destroyed practically all philosophies and religions of the ages, and will continue to do so until the world comes to see that there is but One. Whatever name is given it there is but One. It is this One that creates for us, whatever we believe. Our thought operative through this One produces all our affairs. We are all centers in this Mind, centers of creative thought activity. There is nothing which appears in the manifest Universe other than an objectified thought, whether it be a bump on your head, a growth on your foot or a planet. It could not be there were it not made out of Mind, for mind is all there is to make anything out of. Whatever is made is made out of it."

Insight:
"Nothing exists or can exist without a source from which it springs."

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"There is a Song upon my lips today;
it sings of the glad heart
and the happy ways of Life.
I will listen to my song,
for it carols to me
the glad tidings
of Great Joy of Love and Life
It tells me
of the Wondrous Journey of the Soul
and the Boundless Life
in which my life is hid."

Affirmation:
"I am filled with joy."

Click below to: read the source" Feb[23] = ""All the power of the universe with with you; feel it, know it, and then act as though it were true. This mental attitude alone will draw people and things to you."

"Begin to blot out, one by one, all false beliefs, all ideas that man is limited or poor or miserable. Use that wonderful power of will that God has given you. Refuse to think failure or to doubt your own power.

See only what you wish to experience, and look at nothing else. No matter how many times the old thought returns, destroy it by knowing that it has no power over you; look it squarely in the face and tell it to go; it does not belong to you, and you must know -- and stick to it -- that you are now free.

Rise up in all the faith of one who knows what he is dealing with, and declare that you are one with Infinite Mind. Know you cannot get away from this Mind; that wherever you may go, there, right beside you, waiting to be used, is all the power there is in the universe."

Insight:
"When you realize this you will know that in union with this, the only power, you are more than all else, you are more than anything that can ever happen to you."

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Question—Does the metaphysician believe in a personal God?"

"ANSWER—He believes that God is the Life Principle through which man is identified as an intelligent self-choosing entity; that the mind in man is the Mind of God, since in unity there must and can be but the ONE MIND. The particular current of this One Mind which man uses habitually to serve his own personal needs makes this Divine Mind or Intelligence very personal to him, as according to his choice and use, are his experiences. God, or Life Principle, therefore, is very personal to the individual. There comes to him a deep sense of inner communion, a spontaneous sense of irresistible union."

Insight:
"The metaphysician, therefore, sees and FEELS with clarity the truth about God and man."

Click below to: read the source" Feb[25] = ""We are created, we are told, in the likeness of the Eternal, after the image of the Infinite."

"We sense a divinity within, a nature hidden in the cryptic interior of our minds which we have scarcely penetrated—a unity with the Whole. The intuitive faculty which we use to uncover Reality is evidence that this Reality is already latent within us.
It matters not if we reach this place through the inductive process of science or by the deductive process of revelation. It is useless for the materialist to say that revelation is a myth, for it can be shown that science is an inductive process leading to deductions, and that all deductions are revelations. "

Insight:
"All life is a revelation—from the cradle to the grave; by revelation is meant the uncovering of that which already is in essence, law and order."

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"Child of All Good,
you are born of Eternal Day.
There is no evening of the Soul,
for it shall live forever.
It is Deathless and Perfect,
Complete and One with the Ever­lasting.
No thought of tomorrow
can disturb the calm of him
who knows that Life is one Eternal Day.
No fear can enter where Love reigns,
and Reason keeps faith with Hope.
The thoughts of the tomorrows
and the yesterdays
are swallowed up
in the great realization
of the Perfect Here
and the Complete Now."

Affirmation:
"Today I completely accept my wholeness."

Click below to: read the source" Feb[27] = ""True, ideas come from Infinite Mind through what we call the human mind."

"But ideas can only come to the mentality that expects them, and opens its doors of thought to them to enter and pass through into expression. A man, then, before he can be truly successful, must be eternity minded, without longing to die and go to heaven. In other words, he must begin to consciously experience immortality, while in the flesh. It is asking a lot of ourselves, but not one-half of what the universe intends for us. Nothing will be lacking in our world when we recognize our spiritual inheritance. 'He that hath a bountiful eye, shall be blessed.' We fulfill the law of increase by seeing all things with the bountiful eye.

I am unwilling to leave this subject without calling your attention to the inspiring example of Solomon. He was certainly not rich to begin with, but when told that he might ask of God what he would, he did not ask for great wealth. Instead, he asked for wisdom--for rich ideas— then he developed those ideas, until the world acclaimed him a man of great wisdom. Then the logical thing followed; people came from far and near, seeking his advice, and bringing him in exchanges, Riches. The Queen of Sheba brought him quantities of gold, and the King of Tyre brought him the material with which to build his temple. Do we need further proof that right ideas are the chief requisite in the acquisition of any good thing? "

Finally, I would remind you:
"The thought which produces prosperity is a righteous thought, one linked with the spiritual consciousness within man; one recognizing God as the source of man's supply; one recognizing man as God in expression, and consequently never lacking anything of God."

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"Today I meet my Good;
it knows me
and will not let me depart from it.
My Good is at hand,
and I cannot be robbed of it.
Good is forever expressing itself
to me and mine.
I can even now
see and hear and feel
the All Good in
and It presses itself against me,
and fills me
with a great surge of Life."

Affirmation:
"My Good is at hand."

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"'And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass,' etc. 'Whose seed is in itself, after his kind.' The interesting idea in this passage is, the self-perpetuation of God's thought and the individual definiteness of His concepts. Each creation brings forth after its kind. Back of each manifestation is a definite idea having the power to perpetuate itself. Man evolves from the idea of man, monkey from the idea of monkey. The ideas of Spirit are never confused, the individual manifestations of God are always definite and concrete.

We are next told that God caused manifestations of life to appear in the earth, air and water, showing the Divine Mind to be omnipresent, in Its three-fold nature of intelligence, substance, law and action. Energy, life and intelligence fill all time and space with the representations of Spirit, from the atom to the planet, and in the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms we see vast and endless creations. His lines have gone out in every direction and His Presence encompasses all. And wherever His Presence is, there must be manifestation. Everything is replete with Life."

Insight:
"'And God blessed them,' and, 'God saw that it was good.' It is impossible for the Divine Mind to see other than good or to do other than bless. The curse is self- imposed, through ignorance of the true law of liberty."

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"My Love goes out
to every one in the world;
I do not exclude anything,
for I love all Nature
and everything that is.
My Love warms and lightens
everything that it touches,
and it goes out into all places.
The Love flowing through me
is a Power to all
who come into contact with it,
and all feel and know that I love.
Love within me
is Complete and Perfect."

Affirmation:
"Love within me is Complete."

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"Cast aside all doubt,
0 Soul of mine, and be unafraid,
for Thy power is from On High.
He Who sitteth in the heavens
shall be Thy champion;
Thou need not fear;
Come forth, 0 Spirit,
from within
and express Thyself
through me
and let not my doubts
hinder Thy approach.
My faith shall go forth
to meet Thee,
and my confidence
shall embrace Thee.
My waiting thought
shall bid Thee welcome
to my house of Love,
And Joy shall accompany us
through the ages yet to come."

Affirmation:
"I lay aside all fear and doubt."

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CREATIVE. MIND cannot force itself upon us because we have the power of self-choice."

"It recognizes us when we recognize it. When we think that we are limited or have not been heard, it must take that thought and bring it into manifestation for us.

When we look about us and see nature so beautiful, so lavish and so limitless, when we realize that something, some power, is behind all, and sees to it that plenty obtains everywhere, so that in all things manifest there is more than could be used; and when on the other hand we see man so limited, sick, sad and needy, we are disposed to ask this question: “Is God good after all? Does He really care for the people of His creation? Why am I sick? Why am I poor ?“ Little do we realize that the answer is in our own mouths, in the creative power of our own thought. The average person when told the Truth will still seek some other way."

Insight:
"God has already done for us in a mechanical way — all that He can do; and having been given the ability, we will have to do for ourselves the rest. Yet the Great Power is always near, ready at any time to help, but we must use it according to its own nature in harmony with its laws. Man should learn that he himself is the center of this Divine activity."

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"I have discovered
a Secret Place within,
where the thought
goes into a mountain high above
the din of the world.
I have found in this mountain
a Place of Peace and rest,
A Place of joy and comfort to the heart.
I have found
that the Secret Place of God
is within my own Soul."

Affirmation:
"I will listen for Thy Voice."

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"'These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. And every plant of the field, before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew.' This passage clearly states that before anything was created it already had form in the Divine Mind. Before the herb grew it existed, and before the plants were in the earth they had being. This can have but one meaning which is, that the idea of anything must exist before the fact. This is a teaching of involution and evolution.

Involution is the Divine Creative Word, and evolution runs through everything. Hence we have two accounts of the creation of man. In one we are told that he was made in the image of God, and in the other that he was formed of clay."

Insight:
"Both accounts are true and both are necessary to an understanding of the creative order of the universe. The spiritual man is made in the image of God for he is an intelligent, thinking, knowing center of God-conscious life. This is the first man, made in the image of God. The material man is made of clay, that is, the human body is formed of a stuff common to all created things;"

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"The Great Personality of God the Limitless Knowingness of The Spirit
is my Knowingness,
and the One Mind
is my mind.
All, All live in One Infinite Being,
and each manifests the One
Who is formed through and in all.
Man is the Personality of God
in manifestation
and cannot be left
without the Inner Witness of the Spirit.
I now realize
that the Infinite Personalness of the Spirit
is my Personality,
and I rejoice to know the Truth
about myself."

Affirmation:
"God is my Personality."

Click below to: read the source" Mar[7] = ""TECHNIQUE OF THE SILENCE

Question— 'Going into the Silence' is something I do not quite understand. Will you kindly explain?"

"ANSWER—The procedure called 'Going into the Silence' is as follows: Sit comfortably in a chair in an alert attitude of mind. You are going into prayer, for a very definite purpose. The purpose of this particular silence should now be contemplated. If you seek health, the contemplation should revolve about the spiritual truth that in Divine Mind, where you are known by your own name, there is no connection between you and ill health. This thought should be dwelt upon and amplified until you have convinced your mind that illness is no part of the Divine Plan for your experience. Then you should unify your mind with the Divine Plan for your perfect health by gratefully determining to give up the habit of thinking illness, and resolve to think the truth about yourself.

Now say: 'There is but the One Perfect Eternal Life and that life is my life. Perfect health is the law of my being, and from now on it shall be my conscious experience. I know the Law accepts my word and delivers to me the conscious manifestation of health, and I think the great Spirit of Life for this fulfillment.' As you thus meditate, you are directing Mind, and setting into motion the Divine Law. Your denomination will be in the same degree as your belief. 'Be Still--and know.' Know that you are answered before you call, just as surely as the light will shine in your face whenever you turn your face to the light."

Insight:
"This is an example of going into the Silence."

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"My profession
is the Activity of the Great Mind
working through me.
As such
It is a Divine Activity
and is constantly
in touch with Reality.
I am inspired in my work
from On High with lofty ideals,
And my thought
is illumined
by the All-Knowing One."

Affirmation:
"I am inspired."

Click below to: read the source" Mar[9] = ""We measure life through our concept; automatically, thought has power."

"If we wish to prove that there is a spiritual principle which we may definitely use, let us forego any sense of coercion and become as a little child in receptivity; let us definitely and consciously accept our good and continue accepting until we experience it. We must subject ourselves to the Law if we wish the Law to subject Itself to us. A good-natured flexibility with one's self, and a faith, persisting in the face of anything which would contradict it, is the only way to approach the principle of right action.

Deeper than our mind is the Spirit, which we but slightly comprehend. From this Universal Reservoir a power passes through our minds into action. When the mind is peaceful and still, it catches a vision of this greater good; while the mind is in turmoil and combat, it cannot receive an image beyond the limiting circle of the small measure in which it has been treading around. "

Affirmation:
"Somewhere, the walls of experience must be broken down; we must learn that we can transcend our previous experiences, that behind the finite is the Infinite."

Click below to: read the source" Mar[10] = ""Every normal-minded person believes in something greater than himself."

"Every scientific person is compelled to admit that there is an intelligence in the universe, whether he ascribes the elements of personality to it or not. It is not a mark of intelligence to deny a supreme Something in the universe. Some of us feel there is an absolute and positive Presence in the universe, to which we may consciously come, and which will consciously respond to us."

Insight:
"But in speaking of this Universal Presence, we do not think for a minute that It blesses some and damns others, but rather responds to everyone who approaches it."

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"There is
a Secret Way of the Soul
which all may know.
It is the Way of Peace and Love.
This Secret Way
leads into places of joy
And into the house of good.
It is the Way of the Spirit,
and all may enter who will.
I tread the Secret Way of good,
the Path of Peace,
And I enter into
'The Secret Place of The Most High.'"

Affirmation:
"The Secret Place of The Most High is within me"

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'Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.' "

"Jesus is referring to the heavenly birth which means being born into the knowledge of Truth. He refers to this as being born of water and Spirit.

The symbol of water is used to express the idea of a complete immersion in Spirit. As water flows in and around, so we are immersed in an everlasting Spirit which flows around, in and through us. To be immersed in water symbolizes our recognition that we are surrounded by pure Spirit. It is the outward sign of an inner conviction. But water alone cannot make us completely clean or whole. We must be born of the Spirit, for, 'that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit.'

Man partakes of the Divine Nature and the Divine Nature is man. The recognition of this is being born of the Spirit. But we cannot be born of the Spirit unless we do the will of the Spirit and the will of the Spirit is goodness, peace, mercy, justice and truth. It is conscious union with God."

Insight:
"The new birth comes not by observation nor by loud proclamation, but through an inner sense of reality. We cannot tell where this comes from if we look to outward things, as it proceeds from the innermost parts of our own being."

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"I will listen for Thy voice,
Inner Presence.
It will guide me
and acquaint me
with all knowledge.
Thy voice is sweet and tender;
it is always kind and gentle.
O Lover of my Soul,
how I adore Thee!
How I love Thee!
How I love Thy voice;
it thrills me with gladness and joy.
It fills me with peace and calm,
and it soothes me.
It quiets me
and gives me wonderful rest.
I listen, 0 Divine Speaker,
I listen to Thee alone."

Affirmation:
"I listen for Thy voice."

Click below to: read the source" Mar[14] = ""PRINCIPLE itself is simplicity, yet it is infinite — it is Infinite Mind and manifestation of Mind."

"We live in a Spiritual universe governed through thought, or the word which first becomes law; this law creates what we call matter. Jesus Christ discerned the truth about spiritual principles more than any other man who ever lived, and he proclaimed the eternal reign of law and understanding, absolute, complete, perfect; and he found that law to be operative through his own thought and the power of his own word. And when you and I shall cease looking outside ourselves to any person and shall realize that whatever truth and whatever power we shall have must flow through us;"

Affirmation:
"when we begin to interpret our own natures, we shall begin to understand God and law, and life, and not until then."

Click below to: read the source" Mar[15] = ""The Energy back of constructive thought is Spirit;"

"Spirit permeates everything; hence, constructive thought calls the best out of any particular experience. A Religious Scientist is a practical idealist, but not a dreamer. Thought swings from contemplation into action, from prayer into performance, for while there is in the innermost recesses of our soul a place which dwells in eternal stillness and inaction, there is also a place at the circumference of our being which, animated by this inner principle, goes forth to accomplish. Thus alone can contemplation become fruition, and inner recognition outer realization."

Insight:
"It would not be correct practice to spend one's whole time contemplating or meditating. There should be a balance between the inner and the outer states; from an inner communion of the soul with the Spirit there comes inspiration and guidance, but this inner state would remain an idle dream unless heaven were brought to earth, and spiritual perception woven into the fabric of everyday experience."

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Question—Explain how one makes the concept of God personal, especially in connection with prayer. Law is such a cold thing."

"ANSWER—When we desert the old idea of God, we have lost something. Because we had a God to Whom we could go, Who we felt could hear and answer. When we think of a government of law we no longer have any Spirit to pray to and we are thrown into a spiritual abyss, but one passes through this state to the realization that we could not be conscious beings unless there were a First-consciousness in the universe. We could not be personified unless there were an Infinite Personalness. So we begin to see that there is an Infinite Personalness in the universe, an Infinite Presence (not an infinite person), the abstract and universal cause of all personalities. The it begins to dawn upon us that where our life is personified God is personified. So we regain the old (page 8) idea of a personal God but with a less limited sense. 'Who made the eyes, shall He not see. Who made the ears, shall He not hear. Who made the understanding, shall He not understand!'"

Insight:
"The personal God returns to us and is in us. Prayer becomes a communion and not a petition. The wave dips up from the ocean of Infinity and personifies itself through all people, hence, it is personal to all who understand its inner presence."

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"My Soul within me
rejoices at the realization of Life.
I am made glad
as I behold my inner Light;
I cannot be sad nor depressed,
for the All Good
has claimed me as Its own.
0 Soul within me,
rejoice and become glad,
for Thy Light has come
and Thy Day of Salvation is at hand.
Be still within me
and behold Him
Who sitteth On High."

Affirmation:
"I rejoice in my Life within me."

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ALL things come to us through the use of our thought."

"If have a small concept of life we will always be doing small things. First in the creative series is the Word, but the Word carries us no further than our consciousness back of it. Unless we are constantly expanding our thought we are not growing. Growth is the law of life and it is necessary. We cannot stand still. If you want to do a new thing, get a new thought and then you will have the power of attraction which has the possibility of drawing to you the circumstances which will make for the fulfillment of your desires. Get over the old idea of limitation Overcome all precedents and set yourself in the new order of things. If you want to build a railroad, you will never do it unless you get over the idea that the most you can hope for in life is to sell peanuts. Let the people sell peanuts for a living who think in the terms of peanuts."

Insight:
"Get out of the rut.

God has created you for a glorious future; dare to fling out into mind the greater assurances about yourself."

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"There is no over-action
nor inaction in Divine Law,
for every­thing moves
according to perfect harmony.
Every idea of my body functions
in accordance with this Law of Perfect Life.
I now perceive that the action
within me is perfect,
complete and harmonious.
Peace be unto every part of me,
and perfect Life
to every member of my body.
I act in accordance with Divine Law."

Affirmation:
"I am Perfect Life throughout my whole Being."

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"Today I realize
that I am One with the All Good;
my God and I are One.
I cannot be hid from His face.
I behold Thee,
0 Most High,
enthroned in my temple of flesh.
Thy secret place is within me.
I feel Thy presence,
I hear Thy voice,
I rejoice in Thy Light.
Today my body
responds to the Divine Behest:
'Be perfect.'
I know of my perfection and wholeness;
I am complete and perfect now.
Let every thought of disease
flee from me,
and let Thy Light shine.
0 Light Eternal,
0 Light of my Life,
I come into Thy presence
with joy and thanksgiving."

Affirmation:
"So be it."

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"There are no vicious nor false habits.
Every desire
of my thought and heart
is satisfied in the Truth.
I do not long for anything
nor feel the lack of anything.
I am complete within myself;
I am perfect within myself;
I am happy and satisfied
within myself.
I am One with All Life within me."

Affirmation:
"I am free."

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"Infinite Life within me, which is God,
guard Thou my feet
and keep Thou my way.
Let me not stray from Thee,
but compel me to do Thy will.
I am guarded and governed
by an Infinite Intelligence
and an Omnipotent Power.
No mistakes can be made
and none ever
have been made.
An unerring judgment
operates through me
and I am led
by the Spirit of Truth
into all Good
and into
all Peace and Happiness."

Affirmation:
"Infinite Life within me."

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"I am free
from belief in sin;
there is neither sin nor sinner.
There is no judgment against anyone.
God does not condemn and man cannot.
All fear of sin is removed from me;
all belief in punishment
is gone from me.
I live by the One Power,
and no thought
can enter to disturb me."

Affirmation:
"There is neither sin nor sinner."

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"There is no hypnotism
nor false suggestion.
I represent the One Mind
which cannot act against Itself
nor can It act against me.
I am immune to all suggestion
and cannot receive false thoughts,
nor harbor them.
I am surrounded
with a circle of Love and Protection.
Asleep or awake,
I am free from false thoughts.
I see the nothingness
of all belief in,
or fear of,
otherness;
and I know
that The One and Only Mind,
alone,
can act."

Affirmation:
"Only the Good can enter."

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Question—Do you teach there is no evil? For instance, is there no punishment for one who breaks the law?"

"ANSWER—Heaven is harmony and is a state of spiritual consciousness while evil is a belief in a power opposed to God, the Good. Man makes his own heaven or his own hell right here and now. Evil is sometimes thought to be a very real thing but it has no vitality, no life, because it can always be destroyed by Truth. Change the mental concept and know that whatever constructive condition you vision, the same you actualize. You are the ALL Conquering Son of God. Accept love, harmony, happiness and peace and they will manifest in your life and indeed Heaven will be to you a radiant and illumined state of consciousness. Yes, there is suffering for the lawbreaker, but it is not within your province or mine to condemn or judge our brother. Any so-called breaker of the law, spiritual or man-made, is sowing destructive seeds which must sooner or later return to him. This is according to law. It could not be otherwise, so let the law deal with him. Your work and mine toward our fellow man is not to condemn or judge harshly, but to see the perfect idea there, no matter how grievous the mistake."

Affirmation:
"It is only in this way that the other condition can be neutralized."

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"There is no condemnation in me
nor operating through me.
I am free from the belief
or thought of men.
I walk my own way,
immune to all suggestion of condemnation.
Only those thoughts
can enter my mentality
which I allow to enter.
I do not,
and cannot,
receive adverse thoughts.
Only those thoughts
which are helpful
and life-giving
can find entrance to my house."

Affirmation:
"There is no condemnation."

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"My answer
comes quickly and surely
back to me from On High.
My answer will not fail me,
for the Law of the Universe
is the Power through which it comes.
I shall not doubt nor fear,
for the answer is swift
and certain."

Affirmation:
"My answer comes."

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"As the Great Joy of Life
comes into my Soul,
flooding me with
Its wondrous light,
all sorrow and sadness flee from me.
I shall not grieve,
for nothing is lost
nor gone from me.
My own cannot be kept from me.
My own knows me
and will follow me
wherever I go.
I am filled
with the Joy of living
and the Great Peace
that comes to all
who believe."

Affirmation:
"I am made glad forevermore."

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Question—Is the Law of Mind an impersonal force?"

"ANSWER—In THE SCIENCE OF MIND, it is written: 'Like all law, the Law of Mind is an Impersonal Force, and because of Its nature, is compelled to act.'

The Law of Mind is impersonal yet everyone may consciously set It into activity to very definite and personal ends. One who realizes that his word is the mold which marks the form of his creation, who knows that the Law acts automatically upon this Word, will speak or think only such words or thoughts as he Would wish to see manifested. All mental and spiritual healers know how to use the Law of Mind to help themselves and others. They consciously direct their mental stream toward the desire they entertain, and know that it is a finished and perfect thing even as they think it. If they are speaking the healing word for some seeker after health, the realization of health which they hold for that person is acted out in the experience of the person by the Law of Mind. "

Insight:
"It has performed a very personal service, yet It is equally at the service and call of everyone."

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"And in Deuteronomy the thirtieth chapter we are told that the word of power is not afar off but in our own mouths that we may know and do it. Here, again, Moses is bringing the burden of proof home to the individual life. Life is from within out, never from without in. The word is in our own mouth. The word is our own being. The word is our belief in Life and when that word is one with Life it IS Life.

Again we find a parallel between the teachings of Jesus and Moses. Moses tells us that the word is in our own mouth, and Jesus, that the Kingdom of Heaven is within. Language cannot state a proposition more clearly. The issues of life are from within. The Creative Spirit has imparted Its own life to us. We are made from Life and we are Life. The great teacher said, 'I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.' And all men are alike.

The blessing or the curse is in our own mouth. "

Affirmation:
"What responsibility and what opportunity! What vistas of divine possibility lie hidden in the human soul! Eye has not seen, ear has not heard but the still small voice has proclaimed, 'Man, know thyself.' And, 'the eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.'"

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"The objective universe, through which alone we interpret the Invisible Cause, is evidence enough that the Original Creative Genius forever passes from substance, through Law, into manifestation. We would defeat the very purpose of life should we live in a continuous state of meditation or prayer, oblivious to the objective world. The practical values of spiritual perception remain latent until objectified. Any attempt to isolate one's self from the world of action is contrary to the order of the universe, therefore futile. As practical religionists, we seek to make our dreams come true, and unless our dreams are subjective hallucinations, they will become actual experiences if we demonstrate our principle, which is, that true ideas pass through into accomplishment.

Unless we are engaged in spiritual and mental practice, we need not spend more than thirty minutes or an hour each day in meditation, but this amount of time is of inestimable value in our practical life, for it is here that we join the real to the ideal and receive inspiration for action and guidance toward accomplishment. In actual practice, we try to sense the union of the Spirit with everything we are doing, and as there is 'no great and no small to the Soul that rnaketh all,' it follows that our slightest desire is important to the universe, since it is some expression of the Parent Mind through us. This gives a dignity to our slightest undertaking, and places a greater value on human endeavors. "

Affirmation:
"The happiness of the individual life is essential to the Universal Wholeness, for thus alone can It find an extension of Itself."

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"Joy has come to live with me.
How can I be sad?
I do so love Thy presence,
which is joy within me.
It makes me glad and I sing,
for I am so filled with Thy Spirit
that I cannot be depressed nor unhappy.
I am filled with the joy of the Spirit,
and I overflow with the gladness of life.
Thou art a Happy Companion
to travel with me through Life;
Wonderful Joy,
Thou art so radiant and beaming,
It is impossible
to be sad in Thy presence
I shall give myself to Thee
and remain with Thee,
for Thou art complete and satisfying.
I find fulfillment in Thee,
and joy forevermore."

Affirmation:
"I am filled with the Spirit of Joy."

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"This is a teaching of non-resistance. War lords and plunderers of human possessions have come and gone. Kingdoms have risen only to crumble in dust and become numbered with past events. Passion and lust for power have strewn the earth with destruction; it would seem as though the meek had lost out in the titanic struggle for temporal supremacy.

In the midst of this drama of human existence, Jesus declared that the meek shall inherit the earth. Let us inquire if his teaching was a true one. Do we teach our children to follow the steps of a Caesar and a Napoleon? Or do we tell them the story Of Jesus or Buddha. The cross is mightier than the crown and we teach our children that love masters everything. The meek shall inherit the earth. To whom have our artists turned for inspiration and that quickening power which enables them to depict the ideal? Not to the war lords nor even the captains of industry,—but to the meek. What characteristics are set before us as being worthy? Have not faith and belief in the divine Goodness been the theme of our greatest singers. Who could write a beautiful story about hell? But heaven and love have inspired thousands to the uplifting of humanity. "

Insight:
"Jesus was right when he said that the meek shall inherit the earth. They have done so and will continue so to do."

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"We must also believe that the spiritual man is perfect, and since it is difficult to believe that the objective man is perfect, we must confine our statements to a realization of the spiritual per­fection of man. In such degree as our realization becomes a subjective embodiment, the objective healing will automatically take place. We know the background of human thought is, to a great extent, one of negation, a denial of an harmonious and spiritual Universe; consequently, our outlook on life must be transformed by the renewing of the mind, and even when the results are not immediately forthcoming, we must still maintain a calm serenity of thought. We must relight the torch of our imagination by 'fire caught from heaven.'"

Insight:
"We must remain faithful to this vision for a realization of the Presence of God is the secret power of our work."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[4] = ""In the Infinity of mind, which is the principle of all metaphysics and of all life, there is nothing but mind, and that which mind does. That is all there is in the Universe."

"That is all there ever was or ever will be. This mind is acted upon by our thought, and so our thought becomes the law of our lives. It is just as much a law in our individual lives as God’s thought is in the larger life of the Universe.

For the sake of clearness, think of yourself as in this Mind, think of yourself as a center in it. That is your principle. You think, and Mind produces the thing. One of the big points to remember is that we do not have to create; all that we have to do is to think."

Insight:
"Mind, the only Mind that there is, creates."

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Question—If there is a Thinker behind all, who does the thinking, and if He is all good, why do we think evil?"

"ANSWER—There is but one Thinker and one Mind behind all. To think otherwise is to suppose duality, and duality cannot be. That this One is the essence of Goodness is necessary, else the universe would be self-destructive. That this One is the Original Cause is certain and that this Cause is a perfect Unit is self-evident.

Man exists in this One, but with perfect freed0m, since he is an individual with the power of selection or ch0ice, without which power there could be no real freedom. But man is on the pathway of unfoldment and does not yet fully comprehend his true nature. In ignorance of this nature he brings calamity upon himself through a misuse of the creative powers of his being. In reality God is the first Thinker, the true Cause. This Cause flows through man at the level of his comprehension of It. Man thinks limitation. The result which follows is n0t REAL limitation but an expression of his freedom, which freedom is so COMPLETE that it causes him to APPEAR limited. MAN IS BOUND BY HIS FREEDOM RATHER THAN BY ANY REAL BONDAGE."

Insight:
"To believe only in the good is to demonstrate that the good ALONE has real power."

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"I have always known the Truth,
and no fear
can keep my inner knowledge from me.
My wisdom from within comes forth
into daily expression.
Knowledge from On High
is given to me,
and I shall always be led of the Spirit."

Affirmation:
"I know the Truth."

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"No one can misdirect;
none can mislead me.
I am free from the belief
in all lies and untruths;
I know and speak only the Truth,
and the Truth alone
can be spoken to me.
I know the false
and can understand the Real.
I cannot be fooled nor misled;
I am guided by Truth alone."

Affirmation:
"There is no lie nor liar."

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"I arise and go forth
into the Dawn of the New Day,
filled with faith
and assurance in the All Good.
I arise, I arise, I sing with joy!
I proclaim the One Life:
'In all and through all.'
I arise, I arise,
I shout
with gladness that is within me.
I declare
this day to be Complete,
Perfect and Eternal."

Affirmation:
"I respond to Life."

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"Not only does the human heart long for such a possibility, but the human mind comprehends, understands, senses, feels and knows it. There are moments when the individual consciousness feels itself merged with the Universal, then it knows and no longer asks for explanations. The heart longs for, the mind comprehends and the intellect needs such a contact–the influx of divine ideas stimulating the will to divine purposefulness. It is fundamental to our belief that there is a Presence in the universe with which we may consciously communicate and which will consciously respond to such communication."

Affirmation:
"We hold this as fundamental to any consistent philosophy or religion, not only because we long for and actually need it, but because such a Presence is an inevitable necessity."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[10] = ""That instinctive sense of the Divine Presence which is inherent in us all is there because it is true, and in the state of each person's intellectual capacity to perceive truth, it comes out, and to each of us becomes our God. It is forever proclaiming its own being."

"There is a Power and a Presence in the universe which responds to us so completely, so perfectly, that we shall be amazed when we realize how completely, and how perfectly, but it can only operate for us through us. Our communication with God must of necessity be, and always remain, an inner light; we communicate with the indwelling God.

I doubt not that there is a God beyond our finite comprehension, for the nature of God is to be universal, but it is the nature of humanity to be so constituted that we can know nothing outside the confines of our own knowledge; this is self-evident. Hence, the only God we can know is the God which we sense, and since this is an inner light, it is God in and through us. "

Insight:
"This is the only God we can know; this is the God who responds to us, and I sense that in every altruistic act, in every true charity which is love, in every expression of right emotion, that this is God-action through the individual, a direct response."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[11] = ""The hand that gives is the hand of God, and the eye that sees is the eye of God. In each other, through each other, we contact God, but God is more than this."

"If this were the only God there is, then the artist would have painted a picture and stepped into it, being completely lost in his or her own work. Now, do we say that art is greater than the artist or thought greater than the mind which conceived it? The poem is not the poet, who has breathed into, animated and created it, and it will stay, so long as his or her consciousness exists, but he or she has not stepped into it; some day he or she will write another and a better poem. Neither is God absorbed by law or creation."

Insight:
"I think that as we contact each other we are contacting a definite, direct manifestation of Deity; when we talk to each other, I think that God is talking to God; but I do not think that this is the only God there is. If it were, our finite knowledge would have exhausted the Infinite and there would be no God beyond our conversation."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[12] = ""Of what ultimate value would a religion or philosophy be to the world which simply taught it a few laws of cause and effect, or how to heal a pain?"

"This is good and wonderful, but unless it teaches how to live and how to be, unless it gives something which is a divine certainty of life and being, it is useless.

Prosperity is inevitable if a person's mind is right. Nothing can stop it. Healing is inevitable if a person is in harmony with life. There is nothing that can stop it. It is a law. We are to use consciously this law, but we can use it only to the degree in which our consciousness is unified with Truth. But we must not go searching after God. God is in you and in me."

Insight:
"Therefore we each must penetrate more deeply into our own nature, and just so surely as we do, we will have a very marvelous experience. We will find a depth to ourself that we have never realized. It will be a sane, spiritual experience."

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"They who hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be filled. Is there anyone who does not have a soul hunger? Does not the spirit of man thirst after knowledge and understanding? The old Cosmic Urge is behind all this. Man has more within him than he dreams,—and yet he does dream of that fairer land,—he yearns for truth and reality, as blind men yearn for light. And his hunger can only be satisfied with spiritual food,—as manna from heaven.

Let us inquire into this teaching and see if it be an illusion. Turn to the history of those who have been spiritually minded and the question is answered. All who have been hungry have been fed, their hunger has been blessed in that it has led them to that only food, that heavenly manna, which has sustained, strengthened and upheld them while the rest of the world has eagerly inquired from what store they bought their goods."

Insight:
"They who hunger and thirst after Reality are always fed, and directly, by the hand of God Himself."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[14] = ""It is most worthwhile to talk to the Universal Spirit, when we talk in the right way. Do not talk at It; talk to It."

"Sense and feel that It is within you, that the approach to It is direct, through your own consciousness. That It is just as conscious of you as you are of It–since your consciousness of It must be, in the last analysis, and is, Its consciousness of Itself. Hence as we recognize It, It recognizes us. As we go out to meet It, It comes out to meet us. This is the meaning of the story of the Prodigal Son. Always we are met halfway. Always the Spirit corresponds to our belief in and receptivity to It. Hence there is a power within, to which each may come; a Presence which is Light; a Spirit which is guidance."

Insight:
"This is fundamental to the understanding of the Science of Mind. There is a Spirit which knows. This is God. This Spirit which knows, knows us. It corresponds, It responds. It flows through us. Whatever intelligence we have is It, in us."

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"'Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.'

Again we are confronted with an apparent contradiction. Do the merciful always obtain mercy? From casual observation it would seem otherwise. But are not many of our observations based on a limited concept, from a finite outlook? Can we estimate life from the range of one human experience? If life begins with the cradle and ends with the grave, then are all our hopes, not only forlorn, but useless. It is only when the 'Eye views the world as one vast plain, one boundless reach of sky,' that it sees truly. The perspective of reality is lost when we view life from the range of a short experience. Jesus saw beyond the veil and estimated life from the great perspective,— the long run of the adventure of the soul. He knew that the law of cause and effect takes care of all and that the 'Mills of God' will grind the chaff of unreality from the wheat of the spirit. What matter if these mills do not do all their grinding while we are clothed in flesh! Did not Jesus know of another life which to him was as real as this one? Can we expect, in this world, to receive full compensation for all our work? Of course not. We are building on an eternal foundation, one that time cannot alter nor experience destroy."

Insight:
"A true estimate of real values cannot be built on the shifting sands of time alone. In the long run the merciful will obtain mercy. In the long run we shall reap as we have sown."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[16] = ""Creation does not respond, it only corresponds. Now that is what we mean when we speak of Divine Principle."

"Divine Principle is not God any more than electricity is God. It is a law of God, just as electricity is a law of God. It is a mental law of cause and effect. When you impress your thought upon it, it is its nature to take that thought and execute it, exactly as you think it. If there is destruction in the thought, it must destroy. If there is good in the thought, it will execute goodness or healing. This is the principle governing spiritual science, and, unless such a principle were, spiritual science could not be."

Insight:
"Know that there is something more than law; an intelligence to which we may come for inspiration, for guidance, for direction; a power responding to us, a Presence pressing against us, an animation flowing through us, a light within us. This is the constitution of Being, the Eternal God, the Everlasting Spirit, the Father."

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"Can we ever see God? Is there any news of Heaven other than that which comes through our own thought or, through the thought of another? Who thinks purity sees it, and is beholding God. The face of 'The Ancient of Days' onlooks eternity and the upward glance ever sees this reality in all things. The pure in heart not only shall see, but do see God.

The peacemakers are called the children of God. We never associate warriors with the divine kingdom. Struggle and strife are outside the kingdom, they cannot enter in because of their confusion. Only peace can enter the gates of reality and sit at the table of love. The Divine Host serves not his bounty to confusion, but distributes his gifts to those who enter his gates with peace in their minds, and love in their hearts. 'Ye are the light of the world.' Man is the candle of (page 39) the Lord. Is there anywhere else in this world where the light of the Lord shines so clearly as through the mind of man? The mind of man is the only self-knowing and consciously directive creation that we know."

Insight:
"It is necessary that the mind of man become the light of the world, for it is only through this avenue that truth can come to us. How important, then, that this light be kept trimmed and burning, with the oil of pure spirit through the wick of peace and joy. In this way do we glorify that Indwelling God who is the Heavenly Father and the Cosmic Mother of all."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[18] = ""The religionist who believes in a faith once and forever delivered to the saints is lost to a greater vision."

"The philosopher whose petty conclusions obstruct a broader viewpoint is traveling in a vicious circle, and any scientist who refuses to accept intangible values has no adequate basis for the tangibility of the values which he has already discovered.

The ethics of Buddha, the morals of Confucius, the beatitudes of Jesus, together with the deductions of other great minds, constitute viewpoints of life which should not be overlooked. The mystical concepts of the ancient sages of China keep faith with the sayings of Eckhart or Underhill; the deep thoughts of ages past are reworded in Emerson's Essays, and wherever deep cries unto deep, deep answers deep."

Insight:
"Science is already deserting its old materialistic basis and indulging in philosophic viewpoints. All branches of knowledge are converging, and a fundamental unity is becoming more and more evident. Revelation must keep faith with reason, and religion with law, while intuition is ever spreading its wings for greater flights; science must justify faith in the invisible."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[19] = ""All of us seek some relationship to the Universal Mind, the Oversoul or the Eternal Spirit which we call God."

"That we are living in a spiritual universe which includes the material or physical universe has been a conclusion of the deepest thinkers of every age. That this spiritual universe must be one of pure intelligence and perfect life, dominated by love, by reason and by the power to create, seems an inevitable conclusion.

We all wish to feel that the power behind everything is good as well as creative, an eternal and changeless Intelligence in which we live, move and have our being. Intuitively we sense that each of us, in our native state, is some part or manifestation of this eternal Principle, and that the entire problem of limitation, evil, suffering and uncertainty is not God-ordained, but is the result of ignorance. It has been written that the Truth shall make us free, provided we know the Truth, and we note that the evolution of humanity's consciousness brings with it the acquisition of new powers and higher possibilities.

Nature seems to await our comprehension of her, and, since she is governed by immutable laws, the ignorance of which excuses no person from their effects, the bandages of humanity must be a result of our ignorance of the true nature of Reality. But some people will say: 'If the power behind everything is good, why does it admit of even the possibility of evil and limitation?'"

Insight:
"The only answer to this question is that we are each individuals left alone to discover ourselves, creatures of volition, intelligence and will, fused into personality for the purpose of producing a real entity–an actual, conscious being"

Click below to: read the source" Apr[20] = ""The storehouse of nature may be filled with good, but this good is locked to the ignorant."

"The key to this door is held in the mind of intelligence, working in accordance with universal law. Through experience we learn what is really good and satisfying, what is truly worthwhile. As our intelligence increases and our capacity to understand the subtle laws of nature grows, we will gradually be set free. As we learn the Truth, the Truth will automatically emancipate us."

Insight:
"The advancement of science, philosophy and religion is not the result of a change in the nature of Reality but of a change in our minds toward Reality. Reality, of course, is changeless and eternal."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[21] = ""Evolution is an eternal unfoldment. Life reveals itself to whoever is receptive to it."

"A motion picture would have been a miracle in medieval times, and no doubt the figures on the screen would have been regarded as either gods or devils. The birth of spiritual ideas into the human consciousness meets with three distinct reactions: the orthodox say that God never intended such things to be, else He would have revealed them through His prophets; the materialist laughs at them; the childlike are receptive.

Science, philosophy, intuition and revelation all must unite in an impersonal effort if Truth is to be gained and held."

Insight:
"No system of thought can stand which denies human experiences; no religion can be vital which separates humanity from Divinity; nor can any science long maintain its position which denies the spontaneous appearance of volition and will."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[22] = ""A human being is more than matter. There is an inner life higher than the psyche."

"A human being is mind, soul and body; mental, spiritual and physical; intelligence, volition and will, fused into a' coordinated personality, and we each can understand ourselves only from the larger viewpoint. We deal with the real person only when we deal with the whole person."

Insight:
"We deal with the whole person only when we deal with the mental, spiritual and physical faculties working in unity."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[23] = ""All creation, ourselves included, is the result of the contemplation of this First Cause within and upon Itself."

"In taking form It gives form to the formless, thus expressing the reality of Its own contemplation, which expression of reality through any particular form produces the element of time, which Dean Inge tells us is a sequence of events in a unitary whole.

While neither time nor space are things of themselves, each exists as a necessary complement to the self-knowing mind, which would be unexpressed without time and space."

Insight:
"Could we understand Absolute Causation we should perceive it to be pure Intelligence operating through perfect law and producing perfect effects, which live and have their being not by virtue of an isolated life, but by reason of a universal livingness which permeates all things."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[24] = ""The whole aim of the study of Science of Mind is to realize and consciously penetrate the upper atmosphere of our thought and bring down, as it were, into the lower mind greater visions of reality."

"Effect follows cause as the night the day, and should we image forth an adequate concept of substance, we would be supplied with all human needs; could we sense perfect being we should experience perfect living; could we reach that serene contemplation of the soul which views all as an undivided part of the Great Self we should no longer be disturbed in our thought."

Insight:
"Health, happiness and success are effects and not causes. Occult and esoteric practices are neither necessary nor beneficial in this work. Any state bordering on trance or hypnotism through self-suggestion is far removed from the field of reality where the consciousness should ever be aware, and still more aware of itself and its unity with the Whole."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[25] = ""The relationship between the Life Principle and that which It sustains is self-evidently one of unity."

"The highest perception of humanity has been our sense of this inner oneness with the Spirit. The more completely we become conscious of this Divine union, the more power we have over our own existence, but we should not limit the unity of God and person to the religious field alone, for this has been one of the great mistakes of the ages.

We should not separate life from living, Spirit from matter, nor Divine Principle from a universal creation. God is 'all in all'; that is, God is, and is in everything. The gardener finds a divine idea concealed in the seed; loosed into action this idea produces a plant. The geologist finds the imprint of invisible forces in the rock. The evolutionist reads the history of cosmic activities on this planet as he or she deciphers the unfolding of an Intelligent Life Force carrying creation forward to its consummating point here, which is the production of self-conscious life. "

Insight:
"The scientist finds an energy concealed in the atom, and the spiritual genius discloses an intuitive knowledge which can be accounted for only on the theory that we lie in the lap of an Infinite Intelligence."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[26] = ""To suppose that the Creative Intelligence of the world would create man in bondage and leave him bound would be to dishonor that Creative Power which we call God."

"To suppose that the Creative Intelligence of the world would create man in bondage and leave him bound would be to dishonor that Creative Power which we call God.

On the other hand, to suppose that God could make man as an individual, without leaving him to discover himself, would be to suppose an impossibility. Individuality must be spontaneous and can never be automatic. The seed of freedom must be hid within the shell of the human. But, like the Prodigal of old, man must make the great discovery for himself. Although the journey may at times seem hard and the burden too great to bear, man still feels within a subtle sense, a mystical presence, a divine Reality."

Insight:
"Thus, the inherent nature of himself is forever seeking to express itself in tenns of freedom. We will do well to listen to this inner voice, for it tells us of a life wonderful in its scope, of a love beyond our fondest dreams, of a freedom which the soul craves."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[27] = ""The only possible operation of intelligence is thought, or 'The Word.'"

"So all things were made by the Word, and 'Without the Word was not anything made that hath been made.' How simple the process of creation when we understand it. The Spirit speaks — and since there is nothing but the Spirit and it is All-Power, it has only to speak and it is done; 'The Word was with God and the Word was God.'

From the Word, then, comes forth all that appears. Each life, human or divine, each manifestation is a different kind of word coming into expression. The great fact to dwell upon is that Spirit needs nothing to help It; It is self-conscious and has all power and all ability to do whatever It wishes to accomplish."

Insight:
"It operates simply by speaking."

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"MAN is beginning to realize that he has life within himself as the great gift of God to him. If he really has life , if it is the same nature as the life of God, if he is an individual and has the right of self-choice which constitutes individuality; then it follows that he can do with his life what he wants to do: he can make out of himself that which he wishes. Freedom is his, but this freedom is with law and never outside it. Man must obey law. If he disobeys it, it has to act as law, and so acting has to punish him. This he cannot change but must submit to."

Insight:
"Freedom comes to the individual from understanding the laws of his own life, and conforming to them, thereby subjecting them to his use, to the end of health, happiness and success."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[29] = ""The next questions is, how do things come from life? How do the things that we see come from the things that we do not see?"

"The things that we see must be real because we see them. To say they are not real will never explain them nor answer any question about them. God's work is not a world of illusion but one of divine realities. The truth must not explain away things that we see. It must explain what they are. We are living and experiencing varying degrees of consciousness and conditions. Only when the why of living and of our experiences is understood will we know the least thing about the truth. Jesus did not say that things are illusions. He said that we must not judge from the standpoint of the seen but must judge righteously or with right judgment; and He meant that we must get behind the appearances and find out what caused it. So let us not in any way fool ourselves nor allow ourselves to believe we have always been fooled."

Insight:
"We are living in a world of realities. Whatever we have experienced is a reality as far as that experience is concerned, although if we had had a higher understanding of life, the unpleasant experience might have been avoided."

Click below to: read the source" Apr[30] = ""Jesus told us that there is a Divine Presence that will guide us if we let it."

"And he told us that there is a Power that will operate for us if we believe that It will. But he also told us that this Presence is love and this Power is good and that we cannot hope to derive the greatest benefit from the Presence as Divine guidance, or the Power as the operation of Divine Love, until we first greet the Presence in love and use the Power for good. So far as I know, he laid down no instructions other than these: God is love and God is good."

Insight:
"Therefore, Divine Power is delivered to us only in such degree as we love and as we are constructive."

Click below to: read the source" May = new Array May[1] = ""Jesus worked in a different kind of laboratory. He understood a different set of laws, and because he used these laws, a power was delivered to him that has amazed the world."

"It is our purpose to rediscover these laws, find out how they work, and apply them for every legitimate purpose, and then reap the benefit for us and for others. Of course, in doing this, it is necessary that we follow the example of the one who really knew. The only reason we have to suppose that Jesus knew is that he proved his claim. What we should do, then, is to find out exactly what Jesus believed, and why, and how he used this secret of the ages so effectively.

The first thing we shall learn is that Jesus believed himself to be one with God, and he believed that the Divine Presence was right where he was.

He communed with this Presence through prayers and meditation until it was the most real thing to him in life. We find, then, that the whole background of his teaching starts with the idea that there is such a Presence and such a Power; that the Presence is accessible to all of us, and that the Power can be used by anyone who has faith in it."

Insight:
"This is no doubt the greatest secret of the ages. It is the miracle of the answer to prayer. It is the miracle of Life itself. We need to believe that you and I, so little and so alone, do have access to a Power that has the possibility of making everything in our lives happy and harmonious if we cooperate with it."

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"My hearing is perfect.
It is God in me hearing His own voice.
I hear That Voice, and no belief in inaction can hinder that hearing.
There are no impaired organs.
Every idea of the body is now complete and perfect
and functions according to the Divine Law.
I open my ears to hear.
I am receptive to Truth and can understand it."

Affirmation:
"Open my ears that I may hear."

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"Stand forth and speak, Spirit within me.
Proclaim Thy presence,
announce Thy course.
Declare through me Thy wondrous works
and Let the children of men hear Thy voice.
Behold, He maketh all things new.
The Spirit within speaks words
of Truth and Life to all.
The Spirit within me is God."

Affirmation:
"I speak the Truth."

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"O man,
speak forth thy word and be not afraid.
Did you not know? have you not heard?
His Divinity is planted within thee,
and thy word is one with all power.
The Spirit of the Most High is thy Spirit,
and the Word of God is thy word.
Thy freedom is hid within thee,
and thy inner light shall illumine thy way.
Speak man, and be free!
Announce and proclaim thy works!
Let thy word go forth with power,
and thy Spirit shall conquer all."

Affirmation:
"Spirit within me, speak."

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"God within me is mighty to heal.
He healeth me of all my diseases and removes all fear from me.
My God within is now healing me of all sickness and pain
and is bringing comfort to my soul.
God is my life; I cannot be sick.
I hear the voice of Truth telling me to arise and walk, for I am healed."

Affirmation:
"I am healed."

Click below to: read the source" May[6] = ""The Bible also tells us that the word is not afar off but in our own mouth. It is neither here nor there; it is within every living soul."

"We must take the responsibility for our own lives. All must awake to the facts that they have absolute control over their lives, and that nothing can happen by chance. Then they will have a broader concept of God, a greater tolerance for their neighbor, and a greater realization of their own divine nature. What a relief from strenuous labor; no more struggle or strife. “Be still and know that I am God, and beside me there is none other.” The Spirit being all there is, we cannot conceive of anything that can hinder its working. When the Spirit has spoken, the Word becomes Law, for before the Law is the Word; It precedes all else."

Insight:
"First is Absolute Intelligence, All-Power, All-Presence, All-Causation; then the movement upon itself through the power of the Word; then the Word becoming Law; the Law producing the thing and holding it in place."

Click below to: read the source" May[7] = ""I DO NOT INHERIT DISEASE"

"There is no inherited tendency to disease nor ill health.
I am born of Pure Spirit.
False ideas cannot be transmitted from one to another,
and I am free from race-suggestion.
My Life is from Above,
and I remember that I was always Perfect and Complete.
An Inner Light shines forth
and frees me from the bonds of false belief."

Affirmation:
"I came from the Spirit."

Click below to: read the source" May[8] = ""NO CONGESTION"

"There is no congestion
nor stoppage of action.
Life, flowing through me,
is Perfect and Clear;
It cannot be stopped, retarded nor hindered.
I feel the One Life flowing through me now.
It eliminates all impure secretions
and cleanses my thought
from any suggestion
of false deposits in the flesh.
I am Clean, Pure and Perfect,
and my Word eliminates all else."

Affirmation:
"There is no congestion."

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"'Every plant which my Heavenly Father
hath not planted,
shall be rooted up.'
There is no false growth
and nothing for one to feed on.
I am free from all thought of, or belief in,
anything false or fearsome.
I cast out all fear
and with it all manifestation of fear.
A false idea is neither
person, place nor thing,
and has no one to believe in
nor experience it.
I am now One with
The Perfect Life of Complete Wholeness."

Affirmation:
"My Word casts out all fear."

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"There is no weariness.
Mind and Spirit
do not become tired nor weary,
and I am Mind and Spirit.
The flesh cannot become weary,
since it has no mind of its own.
I am free from all illusions of weariness.
My whole being
responds to the thought of Life.
I am alive
with the Great Vitality of the Spirit."

Affirmation:
"I am alive with Spirit."

Click below to: read the source" May[11] = ""NO BONDAGE"

"There is no bondage nor limitation.
Every part of me
moves in perfect harmony and freedom.
I cannot be tied, bound nor made inactive,
for I am Free Spirit,
and the Power of my Life is from on High.
There is no inaction nor false action,
And I am now completely Free."

Affirmation:
"I am free."

Click below to: read the source" May[12] = ""NO OBSTRUCTIONS"

"There are no obstructions to Life's Path;
no hindrance to man's endeavors.
Let my Word be
the Law of elimination to all thought
of hindrance or delay,
And let the thing that I speak
come forth into manifestation at once.
I behold it and see
that it is even now done,
complete and perfect."

Affirmation:
"I receive now."

Click below to: read the source" May[13] = ""ONE PERFECT ACTION"

"I am One with Perfect Action.
Everything that I do, say or think
is quickened into action
through this right understanding
and this correct knowing.
The harmonious action of the Great Whole
operates through me now and at all times.
I am carried along by this Right Action
and am compelled
to do the right thing at the right time.
There is nothing in me
that can hinder this action
from flowing through me."

Affirmation:
"The action of God is the only action."

Click below to: read the source" May[14] = ""PEACE, POISE AND POWER"

"Peace, Poise and Power are within me,
for they are the witnesses
of the Inner Spirit of all
Truth, Love and Wisdom.
I am at peace within me,
and all about responds
to that Great Calm of the Inner Soul
which knows its rightful place
in the All Good.
Power is born from within me
and passes into my experience
without effort or labor.
I rest in Security and Peace,
for the Inner Light shines forth
and illumines the way."

Affirmation:
"I rest in Thee."

Click below to: read the source" May[15] = ""HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW"

"'His eye is on the sparrow
and I know He watches me.'
This is a blessed thought,
for it means that we cannot
wander from His Presence,
nor depart from His care.
Always
He will watch over us and comfort us.
Forever
we shall sit in His house and ceaselessly
He will care for us.
The All-Seeing Eye
cannot overlook any one, and all,
all shall be kept in His care."

Affirmation:
"All are kept in His care."

Click below to: read the source" May[16] = ""COME, AND LET ME HEAL YOU"

"Come and I will heal you.
The inner power of Life within me is God,
And God has all power.
I will heal and help all who come to me.
I know that the realization of Life and Love within me
heals all who come into Its presence.
I silently bless all who enter my atmosphere.
It is not I, but the Father Who dwelleth in me, He doeth the works."

Affirmation:
"I heal all who come near me."

Click below to: read the source" May[17] = ""THE WORD OF POWER"

"My Word is a Word of Power,
for I know
that it is the Word of the Great God within me.
My Word shall accomplish and prosper,
and shall do good
unto all who call upon my name.
My Word is a tower of strength
and cannot be denied.
It is complete and perfect here and now.
My Word is the Word of God."

Affirmation:
"My word is the word of God."

Click below to: read the source" May[18] = ""PERFECT VISION"

"There is One Vision and One perfect seeing.
My eyes are open and I behold Perfect Life.

I perceive that all people can see,
and that the One, looking through all,
sees and is not limited in vision.
I am one
with a complete understanding of Truth.
I do open my eyes and I do see.
This Word operates even through me
and manifests through my eyes NOW."

Affirmation:
"Open my eyes that I may see."

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"The Truth within me is unassailable,
and the Power of the Word is irresistible.
I can even now feel that my Word
has gone forth with Power and Reality,
and that it will accomplish
that purpose for which it was created.
Limitless is its Power
and wonderful are its works.
It can be nothing less
than the Almighty working in and through me,
I will let this Word of the Spirit
go forth from my mouth,
and heal and bless the world.
It shall be as a strong tower
unto all who call upon it.
The Truth is Complete and Perfect,
and is within me now."

Affirmation:
"My Word is complete and perfect, now."

Click below to: read the source" May[20] = ""That instinctive sense of the Divine Presence which is inherent in us all is there because it is true, and in the state of each person's intellectual capacity to perceive truth, it comes out, and to each of us becomes our God. It is forever proclaiming its own being."

"There is a Power and a Presence in the universe which responds to us so completely, so perfectly, that we shall be amazed when we realize how completely, and how perfectly, but it can only operate for us through us. Our communication with God must of necessity be, and always remain, an inner light; we communicate with the indwelling God.

I doubt not that there is a God beyond our finite comprehension, for the nature of God is to be universal, but it is the nature of humanity to be so constituted that we can know nothing outside the confines of our own knowledge; this is self-evident. Hence, the only God we can know is the God which we sense, and since this is an inner light, it is God in and through us."

Affirmation:
"This is the only God we can know; this is the God who responds to us, and I sense that in every altruistic act, in every true charity which is love, in every expression of right emotion, that this is God-action through the individual, a direct response."

Click below to: read the source" May[21] = ""The Bible also tells us that the word is not afar off but in our own mouth. It is neither here nor there; it is within every living soul."

"We must take the responsibility for our own lives. All must awake to the facts that they have absolute control over their lives, and that nothing can happen by chance. Then they will have a broader concept of God, a greater tolerance for their neighbor, and a greater realization of their own divine nature. What a relief from strenuous labor; no more struggle or strife. 'Be still and know that I am God, and beside me there is none other.' The Spirit being all there is, we cannot conceive of anything that can hinder its working. When the Spirit has spoken, the Word becomes Law, for before the Law is the Word; It precedes all else."

Affirmation:
"First is Absolute Intelligence, All-Power, All-Presence, All-Causation; then the movement upon itself through the power of the Word; then the Word becoming Law; the Law producing the thing and holding it in place."

Click below to: read the source" May[22] = ""COMMAND MY SOUL"

"Spirit within me,
command my Soul to do Thy bidding;
Compel me
to follow the course of Truth and Wisdom.
Control
my inward thoughts
and my outward ways,
And make me
to understand Thy Laws.
Command my Soul
to turn to Thee
for guidance and light;
To turn to Thee
for wisdom and knowledge.
Let the paths of my Life
be made straight and sure;
Let the Journey of my Soul
find its completion in Thee."

Affirmation:
"Command my Soul to do Thy bidding."

Click below to: read the source" May[23] = ""The only possible operation of intelligence is thought, or “The Word.”"

"So all things were made by the Word, and “Without the Word was not anything made that hath been made.” How simple the process of creation when we understand it. The Spirit speaks — and since there is nothing but the Spirit and it is All-Power, it has only to speak and it is done; “The Word was with God and the Word was God.”
From the Word, then, comes forth all that appears. Each life, human or divine, each manifestation is a different kind of word coming into expression. The great fact to dwell upon is that Spirit needs nothing to help It; It is self-conscious and has all power and all ability to do whatever It wishes to accomplish. "

Insight:
"It operates simply by speaking."

Click below to: read the source" May[24] = ""THE FATHER WHO SEETH IN SECRET"

"We are not to give our alms before men to be seen of them, but to do good for the pure love of good. Here Jesus is teaching the lesson of sincerity. We must be free from all hypocrisy and pretense; live a straightforward and unassuming life, free from any attempt to be thought great. Men will come and men will go, friend and foe alike may fall away but—always the soul shall be thrown back upon itself. The indwelling Spirit who lives in the secret place of OUR lives will ever be with us. And this Father who seeth in secret will reward us openly. Here, again, is a suggestion of the law of cause and effect which Jesus tells us so much about."

Affirmation:
"Our prayers are to be made to God in the secret place of our own being. They are not to be shouted aloud for the ears of men. The soul must enter this secret place, naked and alone. This is how the One returns to the One."

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LEARN to see God in all manifestation, in all people, through all events."

"The ordinary person sees only the lump of matter. Not so with the awakened soul. He sees in all things the Divine Mind at work molding out into expression what it feels itself to be of life, of color, of form and beauty. There are some illusioned ones who claim that what we see is all false, and that the so-called material universe is an unreality. What a mistake! What we see is the body of God, full, free, complete, whole.

“A primrose by the river’s brim,
A yellow primrose was to him,
And it was nothing more.”

He never saw the idea behind — it was seen only as matter, matter, matter; yet what he could have seen was God’s thought of himself coming out into wonderful beauty, and color, and form; The Infinite One manifesting in an infinite variety of forms. What do you see when you look upon the human form, the crowning glory of God’s perfect creation? Matter, matter, matter? Flesh, blood and bones? Indeed, these may be passing into expression, but what of the idea, what of the reality of the body? This body of ours is as real as God is real. It would not be if it were an illusion. The very touch of the flesh should send a thrill through the whole body, bringing up its vibration to a higher pitch, to a finer form. The body is not one “mass of pollution,” it is the temple of the living God and should be so thought of. Too long have we condemned it, and now we must free it by reversing the process. Of all things on earth the human body is the most beautiful, the most wonderful and the most God-like. "

Affirmation:
"'If you do not love your brother whom you have seen, how can you love God whom you have not seen?' Human magnetism is not hypnotism, it is the divinity of man in expression; and when we learn to convert human passion into divine love, to transmute the lower into the higher, we shall have with us a power of attraction against which nothing can stand."

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AND THE IRRESTIBLE WORD"

"The Truth within me is unassailable,
and the Power of the Word is irresistible.
I can even now feel that my Word
has gone forth with Power and Reality,
and that it will accomplish
that purpose for which it was created.
Limitless is its Power
and wonderful are its works.
It can be nothing less
than the Almighty working in and through me,
I will let this Word of the Spirit
go forth from my mouth,
and heal and bless the world.
It shall be as a strong tower
unto all who call upon it.
The Truth is Complete and Perfect,
and is within me now."

Affirmation:
"My Word is complete and perfect, now."

Click below to: read the source" May[27] = ""HOPE CANNOT DIE"

"Hope cannot die.
Eternal Hope
is forever warm and fresh
within me;
the deathless Hope
built upon
the rock of sure knowledge.
0 Hope Sublime,
0 Life Supreme,
behold I come to Thee
as a tired child,
and Thou dost
rekindle within me
the fires of Faith.
Strong, swift and sure,
Faith springs forth into action
and my entire Being
rises to meet the Dawn."

Affirmation:
"Hope, Faith and Love are in me."

Click below to: read the source" May[28] = ""Evolution is an eternal unfoldment. Life reveals itself to whoever is receptive to it."

"A motion picture would have been a miracle in medieval times, and no doubt the figures on the screen would have been regarded as either gods or devils. The birth of spiritual ideas into the human consciousness meets with three distinct reactions: the orthodox say that God never intended such things to be, else He would have revealed them through His prophets; the materialist laughs at them; the childlike are receptive.

Science, philosophy, intuition and revelation all must unite in an impersonal effort if Truth is to be gained and held."

Affirmation:
"No system of thought can stand which denies human experiences; no religion can be vital which separates humanity from Divinity; nor can any science long maintain its position which denies the spontaneous appearance of volition and will."

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"He Who inhabits Eternity
keeps watch over me and mine.
'He Who neither slumbers nor sleeps'
forever keeps watch over all.
I will rest in the assurance
of Love and Protection.
O Thou Great Overshadowing Presence,
I am conscious of Thy care;
I am aware of Thy loving kindness.
I rest in Thee.
"

Affirmation:
"Be still and know."

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"We are told that God will forgive us after we have first forgiven others. This is a direct statement and one that we should ponder deeply. Can God forgive until we have forgiven? If God can work for us only by working through us, then this statement of Jesus stands true and is really a statement of the law of cause and effect. We cannot afford to hold personal animosities or enmities against the world or individual members of society. All such thoughts are outside the law and cannot be taken into the heavenly consciousness. Love alone can beget love. People do not gather roses from thistles.

The Father who seest in secret will reward us openly. Shall we not learn to enter the 'secret place of the most High' within our own soul in gladness? We are to fast without outward sign but with the inner mind open and receptive to the Good, alone."

Affirmation:
"Our treasure is already in heaven and our thought can take us to this treasure only when it is in accord with divine harmony and perfect love. "

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"My confidence in the All Good is complete.
My faith in the Power of Spirit is supreme.
I have no doubts nor uncertainties.
I know that my Good is at hand,
and I realize
that no fear can hinder That Good
from making Its appearance
in my life and affairs.
I know that my Life and Good are complete.
Evil cannot touch nor hinder my work.
I rest in security, for
THE ONE MIND IS MY COMPLETE REFUGE AND STRENGTH."

Affirmation:
"I am serene and confident"

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"If our eye is single we shall be filled with light. That is, when we perceive the Unity of Good we shall perceive it in its entirety, an undivided whole. But if our eye be filled with evil we shall remain in darkness. We must cleave to the good and trust absolutely in the law of God to bring about any desired end. The Divine Mind will mould our purposes when we allow It to do so. As we learn to depend more and more upon the perfect law we shall find that the outward things which are necessary to our good, will be provided."

Insight:
"We shall be cared for as the lilies of the field, which live directly upon the Divine bounty. And yet they toil not nor do they spin."

Click below to: read the source" Jun[2] = ""POWER TO LIVE"

"I have the power
to live the life of good.
My power is from On High,
it cannot be taken from me;
It will not leave me desolate.
Power flows through me
and is in me,
and I can now feel and sense it.
The Power to live is in me
and it cannot desert me.
It is my power
and is continually present."

Insight:
"m the power to live."

Click below to: read the source" Jun[3] = ""MY ATMOSPHERE"

"My atmosphere is attracting the Good;
it is constantly on the alert
to see and know the Good,
and to bring it into my experience.
There is that within me
that calls forth abundance
and happiness from Life.
I am surrounded
with an atmosphere of Peace, Poise and Power.
All who come in contact
with that great Calm of my Life
are made strong and confident,
are healed and blessed.
'Bless the Lord, 0 my Soul,
and all that is within me,
bless His Holy Name.'"

Insight:
"I am hid with Christ in God."

Click below to: read the source" Jun[4] = ""MIRACLES AND FAITH

Question Are so-called miracles just as demonstrable as ordinary events, if one has sufficient faith?"

"ANSWER—Yes, a miracle is merely something we are not (page 17) accustomed to seeing or experiencing. In reality there are no miracles, for what seems to be a miracle is but a supremely natural law. The faith that can bring about the least demonstration can bring about the greatest. Great and small exist only in the consciousness of man. In the Universal Mind there is but ONE ELEMENT—completion or perfection. Whatever an individual can believe in his mind, can become objectified in his experience. Intellectually, he may know a thing for a long time but it will never be more than a mental thing to him until his intellectual knowing is corroborated by his spiritual feeling and conviction. Once this action has taken place, he is so imbued with the Truth about the thing that his certainty on the subject is bound to project itself into being. Many people demonstrate without consciously reasoning a thing out at all. Their intuitional capacity is greater, or rather more developed, than their intellectual capacity, and by following their hunches, they have proved to themselves that such leadings are trustworthy. '"

Insight:
"Obedience to a true hunch will project into outer manifestation some certain experience, BUT MERELY CONSIDERING THE THING FROM AN INTELLECTUAL POINT OF VIEW WILL NEVER OBJECTIFY ANY EXPERIENCE."

Click below to: read the source" Jun[5] = ""As we trace the unfoldment of human personality, we find a calm, unhurried, definite and irresistible impulse, building finer forms and more intelligent avenues of self-expression, coming up through all the stages of unconscious and simple conscious organisms until at last it reaches a cycle which ushers in self-conscious humanity."

"A very definite step takes place when we come to self-conscious humanity. The Divine Spirit has evolved a living soul, an emanation of Itself, that this soul may become immortal but individualized.

Why is it necessary that the soul shall undergo the experiences of evolution? Individuality means spontaneity, self-choice, volition, reality, creative ability. If we were to assume individuality, and volition, without law to bring its choice into fruition, we would have a dream, a hallucination, a fantasy. Individuality presupposes choice, which presupposes the possibility of bringing choice into actual experience. Only through experience can it come full-orbed into conscious unity with the Divine Mind. When the working idea emerges from an unconscious to a self-conscious state, it becomes individualized. At the doorway of self-choice, arbitrary methods of evolution cease. As we come to the point where we know ourselves, we are individualized; the Cosmic Mind must now wait for us to recognize our relationship to It.

When we reach self-consciousness, the Spirit can do nothing more for us until we consciously cooperate with It. Since human beings first said, 'I am,' nothing has been forced upon us. We have lived, learned, experienced and discovered."

Insight:
"Nature has awaited our discovery of its laws; as we discover new ones we use them. This is the meaning of an ancient saying, 'nature obeys us as we first obey it.' We must come to understand her laws, then she will obey us. Moses knew nothing about electricity; Solomon, with all his wisdom, had no automobile to ride in, yet all these possibilities existed–waiting 'Behold I stand at the door and knock.'

Just as soon as the Divine Mind has brought the evolution of personality to a point of self-recognition, it must wait on our conscious cooperation for further evolution."

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'THE Word was with God and the Word was God.' “The Word is nigh thee, even in thy own mouth that thou shouldst know it and do it.” "

"What does this mean? It clearly states that whatever power there is in the Word (and it says it is All Power) is also in our own mouths. There is no avoiding the fact that the Bible claims for man the same power in his own life and his own world that it claims for God. In the lives of the majority, men do not realize that the Word is in their own mouths. What Word? Little do we realize that this Word which they are so earnestly seeking is every word they hear, think or speak. Do we who are endeavoring to realize the greater truths of life always govern our words?"

Insight:
"If any word has power, it follows that all words have power."

Click below to: read the source" Jun[7] = ""As a matter of fact, this should be the most comforting thought ever entertained by us: that thought is creative, because with it comes the realization that it is creative only because we are using the Mind of God."

"What greater thought can ever come to us than the realization that God is with us. 'If God be for us, who shall be against us?' To the man who understands, and will take the position that he wishes to work in union with the Power of Good, will come all the power that he can conceive of and believe! Such a man will then know that he cannot fail in what he really wants to do, and can have what he really wants to have.
I do not care whether we call God the Spirit or the Mind, or whether we call Him the Creative Principle, or the Universal Mind, or the Heavenly Father, or something else—one thing we must learn that it does not matter what we call anything; the only thing that matters is that we have the right idea about the things to which we give a name. The Divine Reality responds alike to the symbol of the cross or the crescent. We should think of our spirit as being part of the Universal Spirit, and of our minds as open to the Divine Influx. As any specific knowledge must come from the center of all knowledge, it follows that whenever and wherever the mind of man is open to the Divine Influx, it will receive instructions directly from the Source of all. Science, invention, art, literature, philosophy and religion have one common center from which is drawn all knowledge.

But we must not overlook what we term negative thoughts; thoughts of hate, of lack, of jealousy, of greed. Universal Mind takes these and brings them back to us—multiplied. Undoubtedly, we will not like this. We are perfectly willing to concede that we help ourselves somewhat by uplifting thoughts. Maybe we go so far as to admit that spiritual thought is creative. But negative thoughts — surely they have no power to do anything? Just the power that we give them."

Insight:
"The Creative Substance cannot refuse to take the form that our thoughts give It. It doesn't know 'good' or 'bad' thoughts; It knows only to multiply and return to us that which we ordered by our thinking. We cannot break the Law: 'It is done unto you as you believe.' We cannot express freedom when we are in bondage to negative beliefs. We had better obey the whole law, if we expect perfect results."

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"'And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.' The Spirit of God means the conscious or self- knowing Mind of God; the active principle of conscious selection and self-assertion moving upon the passive principle of creative law, which is called 'the waters.' (See Chapter on 'The Nature of Being,' The Science of Mind). 'The waters,' as used in the Bible, sometimes means the Law which reacts to the Spirit and at other times refers directly to Spirit Itself.
Next in the account of creation we have the Creative Word used to bring forth a definite manifestation of Itself in concrete form. God is contemplating Himself as creation. This shows that the Spirit has the power of selection and choice. It can create what It chooses; but, of course, It could not choose to create anything that would contradict Its own nature."

Insight:
"This is the only limitation of Spirit. It cannot do anything that contradicts Its nature. This is not a real limitation. It is the necessity of Perfection remaining perfect."

Click below to: read the source" Jun[9] = ""When confronted with undesirable conditions in harmony and lack—we know they are not the result of obedience to the law."

"We know we have been betrayed by an erroneous thought, and we will not allow any self-righteousness to dull our ability to separate the real from the false. We will declare our unity with Good, and know that the law of our being is a law of annihilation to anything unlike itself.

No matter how often we say, 'I do not like to believe that,' we must remember we are not dealing with a field about which we can say I do, or do not, like to believe thus and so. It is not a question of likes and dislikes. It is only a question of what is so and what is not so.

And this body of ours—the objective manifestation of the invisible principle of life—is always an eff ect. It cannot by any possibility be a cause. So, if we would change conditions in the body, our only alternative is to go back to the cause in Mind, and make the change there."

Insight:
"When we speak of the body of a man's affairs, we refer to the outward condition of his circumstances. His business or his environment (which is always an effect of his inner life) can be changed by changing the thought about the conditions."

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Question—How can the statement that we should not hold thoughts be reconciled with the endeavor to visualize, or see, things mentally as we wish them to be? Is not the effort to (page 18) visualize a thing as it should be, the act of 'holding a thought?'"

"ANSWER—There is a difference between visualization and holding thoughts. To visualize means to mentally see, to conceive of an image in thought of some definite desire, while holding thoughts too often becomes a mere process of willing things to happen. It is not necessary either to hold thoughts or visualize in order to demonstrate—although visualization might often be a very substantial prop to the acquirement of a correct consciousness. As the plant is potential in the seed, so the thing inheres in the concept of it, and every word, as has been stated by a great thinker, carries its own mechanics with it."

Insight:
"Thought should be loosed, not held, but loosed in the full conviction that it is a tangible, definite, spiritual entity in an intelligent and receptive law, whose business it is to take the concept and evolve it into tangible form."

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"I behold in thee His Image.
In thee, my friend, I see God,
and through you I feel His presence.
I see in the hand that gives, His hand;
And in the voice that speaks of Love,
I hear Him speak.
For His lines have gone out into all places,
And from the highest to the lowest,
all, all partake of His nature.
'For He is all in all, over all and through all.'"

Affirmation:
"I perceive that God is in all people."

Click below to: read the source" Jun[12] = ""We find ourselves today, then, somewhat inspired and somewhat inhibited by what the world has believed."

"Jesus understood these things perfectly. That is why he said: 'Judge not according to appearances but judge righteously.' Let us forget for a time the religious aspect of our subject and approach it from another angle. Let us not think of God as Love, or even as Conscious Intelligence, but let us say It is that Source from which our life springs. When we are confronted with the problems of everyday living (embracing the thought of supply, and health and happiness) we like the word SOURCE. We constantly speak of the source from which we get so and so."

Insight:
"It is literally true that 'God is all. God is Good. Then all is Good.'"

Click below to: read the source" Jun[13] = ""The secret of spiritual power is a consciousness of one's union with the whole and the availability of good."

"We are one with a universal creativeness which is the God of theology, the Spirit of mysticism, the Reality of philosophy and the Principle of science. God is accessible to all people.

Let us approach this Reality in a childlike manner. We shall then wave aside all differences and realize that Jew or Gentile, Protestant or Catholic, Buddhist or Confucianist, idealist or agnostic, all have a spiritual power in such degree as they are unified with Reality. The history of spiritual endeavor has proved that when one believes in spiritual reality it descends into his or her thought and flows out into expression. This is why people like Jesus have said, 'Believe!'

I have often felt that the Spirit must be pure belief, pure imagination, pure feeling, perfect volition and complete knowingness, fused into a unity. An infinite personalness, as personal to you and to me as we are to each other. God must be more than a mathematical principle. "

Insight:
"Spirit is the Cause, the essence of that Being from which we are personified. In that place where the Spirit personifies, it must be personal to us, not separate from us, but personal and present in us. Perhaps this is the meaning of these sayings—'It is not I but the Father who dwelleth in me' or 'The Father is greater than I.'"

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"My Good is complete;
it is finished;
it is now here
and is conscious
of me and of mine.
I do not have to wait for my Good;
it is at hand
and ever ready to spring forth
and express itself to me.
I accept my Good
and gladly acknowledge
it to be my daily companion.
My Good is mine now,
and I can see it
and feel it
and know it."

Affirmation:
"Today I claim my Good."

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"Every soul in its struggle to scale the heights of spiritual perception must, on the way, express itself at the level of its own evolution, its own mental horizon. A careful study of psychology shows that those who continually condemn are either bound by the morbidity and intolerance of a false religion and a narrow philosophy or else they are suffering from an inferiority complex.

Ultimately we shall see that the universe rests on the shoulders of Love, that God is Love, and that all the errors of man are the result of ignorance of his own true nature. The happy outlook on life is always constructive, and the understanding heart is filled with sympathy and helpfulness to all. "

Insight:
"An evolved soul judges no one, condemns no one, but realizes that all are on the road of experience, seeking the same goal, and that each must ultimately find his home in Heaven."

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"My Soul reflects Thy Life
and rejoices in the happy thought
that it looks on Thee alone.
0 Soul of mine,
look out and up and on;
and reflect to me
the wondrous Life of The All Good.
Look thou upon The One, and be saved.
Behold thou His Face forevermore."

Affirmation:
"My Soul reflects Thy Life."

Click below to: read the source" Jun[17] = ""God speaks every time a scientist discovers a new thing, every time an inventor invents a new thing—God speaks, and wherever truth is proclaimed, God is speaking."

"But the person who goes deeply into his or her own nature will find that God speaks in a language more subtle than the human language, without a tongue, in that universal language of spiritual emotion which is instinctive in human and in brute, and held in common by all civilization, by all creation, by all people who have lived—the universal language of emotion, sense, feeling, intuition, instinct."

Insight:
"Sometimes we call it conscience, sometimes we call it a hunch, sometimes we call it a vision, a dream. It makes no difference what we call it. It is a direct revelation of Omniscience through us."

>Click below to: read the source" Jun[18] = ""NO MISTAKES"

"There are no mistakes;
none have ever been made
and none ever will be made.
Nothing ever happened in the past
to hinder or hurt.
There is no past, and I know,
and can see,
that there is no belief
in any past
to rise against me.
I live in the Now,
free from any yesterdays
or tomorrows.
Now, I am Happy,
Free
and Complete."

Affirmation:
"There are no mistakes."

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"THE affirmation is the great weapon of the healer; it is in alignment with the way of the original creative spirit and is the true use of the Word of All Power. We need only to say that our word is the law unto the case and calmly state what we want to be done, and then say and do nothing that contradicts it and wait for the fulfillment of that word. There is a power that operates on what we say, and it is done unto us, and we need have no fear about the results.

If I am treating Mary Jones I need only say I am helping her, and go to work within myself to realize that she is now a perfect being, made in the image of God. I must know that I am destroying all imperfection; when I know within myself that I am speaking the truth and realize that she is perfect, the healing is done as far as I am concerned. If she receives she is healed; I am not responsible for her receptivity. Know that there is a power that corresponds to your own mental attitude and you will see that the way you are believing is what makes things happen the way they do."

Insight:
"Always believe in what you are doing; never see the negative side of life, never talk about it, or listen to talk of other people, and never think about or see imperfection; and you will have no trouble in making demonstrations."

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"I meditate upon the Law of God.
It is a Perfect Law
and is now working for me
and in
and through me.
'The Law of the Lord is perfect.'
I speak into that Law
and it is done unto me."

Affirmation:
"Thy Law is in my heart."

Click below to: read the source" Jun[21] = ""If we make ourselves receptive to the idea of love, we become lovable; to the degree that we embody love, we are love."

"This is why people who love are loved; it does not pay to hate, hate is a human idea; love is a divine verity. If we make ourselves receptive to the ideas of peace, poise and calm, calling upon these divine realities, we find them flowing through us and we become peaceful, poised and calm. We have mental equilibrium and balance. Try this some day when you feel distraught, discouraged, agitated and irritated. Sit down with yourself–for there is a self within you that is real; no one can ever enter here but yourself, for it is you. Therefore, sit with yourself, that you may meet yourself, that the inner self may talk to the outer self; speak to it, calling it peace, if it is peace you need."

Say:
" 'Perfect me within me' just as though you were talking to a person–or 'My peace within me, which is perfect, come forth and express through me,' and musing on this, meditating upon it, being receptive to it–not forcing, not coercing but allowing–you will find that the physical body will relax. Your agitation will disappear, confidence and peace will follow, and balance will be gained."

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"Within Thee is fullness of Life.
Within Thee is complete Joy
and everlasting Peace.
Within Thee is all.
Thou art in me as I am in Thee,
and we are all in all.
My Life is full and complete within me,
and that Life I give to all men freely;
And from all I receive again
that which I have given,
For it is One in All."

Insight:
"1 am One with the fullness of All Life"

Click below to: read the source" Jun[23] = ""We differentiate between the Law and the Spirit; the Spirit directs and guides, the Law executes, and creation is the result."

"This is the Trinity—the Thing, the way it works and what it does. The constructive use of the law—always seeking to use it in the right way, for good only—is what is meant by the Spirit of Christ. The destructive use of the law—using it only for selfish, personal or conflicting aims—is what is meant by the spirit of Antichrist. However, there is nothing in either the Spirit or the Law of the universe which denies us the most complete use of it, provided we use it constructively."

Insight:
"In other words, God wants us to have more than we have. The Spirit desires a complete expression of Itself. Hence, the more we enjoy, the more It is expressed."

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"Free Spirit within me,
Unbound and Perfect,
teach me Thy ways
and make known to me
Thy Limitless Completion.
O Spirit of Life,
control my every action and thought.
Compel me to follow Thy light
that I too may be free and complete.
I will follow Thy footsteps
and learn of Thee
all the wondrous secrets of Life.
I will follow Thy Light
into the Perfect Day."

Insight:
"Free Spirit within me."

Click below to: read the source" Jun[25] = ""Science of Mind and Spirit bears the same relation to religion that natural science bears to the laws of nature."

"It is a science of mental and spiritual phenomena, and, as such, it appeals to adherents of all religious beliefs, as well as to those who have no particular religious conviction; it appeals to all students of life.

We all look to the day when science and religion shall walk hand in hand through the visible to the invisible. A movement which endeavors to unify the great conclusions of human experience must be kept free from petty ideas, from personal ambitions and from any attempt to promote one person's opinion. Science knows nothing of opinion, but recognizes a government of law whose principles are universal."

Insight:
"These laws, when complied with, respond alike to all. Religion becomes dogmatic and often superstitious when based on the lengthened shadow of any one personality. Philosophy intrigues us only to the extent that it sounds a universal note."

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Question—Above everything else I want spiritual enfoldment. I hear so many people say they would like to know God's universal law, but cannot know how to contact it or apply it or make it their own. Will you please give a simple, direct way in which beginners may understand the universal law, a direct way of applying it?"

"ANSWER—The first thing for beginners or those who are not beginners to realize is that they are surrounded by intelligent Spirit operating through perfect law. Very few people have an adequate idea of the meaning of spiritual experience and fail to realize the simplicity of the application of the law. Learn to come to the Spirit WITHIN YOU as a child approaches its parents. Never try to use other people's words but put your thoughts in your own words and approach reality directly in your own thought."

Insight:
"That which the sages and the saints have known you can know as well as they. Let nothing stand between you and It, and believe with all your mind that the Spirit is making Itself manifest to you."

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"People who are successful look upon life with radiant expression, with cheerful enthusiasm and receptive minds. They do not say, 'everything is wrong and everyone is against me,' they feel that everything is for them. We may hear them say, 'conditions are temporarily wrong but they are straightening out,' or, 'things are not just as they should be but everything will come out all right in the end.' This does not mean that they are saying things are right when they are wrong; it means that successful people have an inner conviction that things are fundamentally right with the world.
The critical, condemning, judging type have a sour look, a dyspeptic countenance and an unhealthy atmosphere. Healthy, happy, normal people find such mentalities distasteful and shun them; in so doing they act wisely. (page 53) In the long run nothing judges us but the immutable law of cause and effect. Whoever deserves punishment will receive it and whoever merits reward will find that it is brought by the hand of the Almighty and delivered to him."

Insight:
"There is a direct law responding to condemnation and a direct law responding to praise and appreciation. It is, of course, the same law used in different ways."

Click below to: read the source" Jun[28] = ""Since our ability to know is God in us, it must follow that thought is creative."

"'The words I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.' The teacher did not say these words are going to stir up the pity of God; he said, 'These words,' and then he sent out his word which healed. When thought knows, understands and embodies Reality, it becomes and is Reality, and Reality is power. This is the secret of spiritual treatment. Spiritual healing is not willing, wishing, beseeching, nor repeating a lot of formulas. It is the result of a dawning perception of Spirit, incarnated in the one needing help."

Insight:
"When the illusion of opposites disappears from our mental perception and we come to realize that we are whole, we shall be made whole."

Click below to: read the source" Jun[29] = ""God does not bestow the gift of abundance upon this or that man. God does not know whether you and I have much or little. "

"The Source of our supply is unlimited and it rests with us how much we will embody.

Every time we say that our environment is against us, we are cursing it, and cursing ourselves in our relationship to it. Let's erase any principle of hate—the tare of the wheat, the Devil grass of the lawn. Let's pull it up and leave only the principle of right action. Let us bless our environment, visualize it and idealize it in thought and imagination. We should meditate, or think, an environment into existence, which is like the thing we feel will make us happy. The existence of life or form is from within and never from without. So I think we have a perfect right to contemplate our environment. The environment should be contemplated as joy, as love, as appreciation, as recognition. I hear so many people say, 'I do this or I do that and am never paid for it.'"

Insight:
"It is impossible for a man to be compensated for his work if he refuses to be compensated. If we contemplate our environment as not appreciating us, then we shall get back from it in kind—we will not be paid."

Click below to: read the source" Jun[30] = ""It is most worthwhile to talk to the Universal Spirit, when we talk in the right way. Do not talk at It; talk to It."

"Sense and feel that It is within you, that the approach to It is direct, through your own consciousness. That It is just as conscious of you as you are of It–since your consciousness of It must be, in the last analysis, and is, Its consciousness of Itself. Hence as we recognize It, It recognizes us. As we go out to meet It, It comes out to meet us. This is the meaning of the story of the Prodigal Son. Always we are met halfway. Always the Spirit corresponds to our belief in and receptivity to It. Hence there is a power within, to which each may come; a Presence which is Light; a Spirit which is guidance."

Insight:
"This is fundamental to the understanding of the Science of Mind. There is a Spirit which knows. This is God. This Spirit which knows, knows us. It corresponds, It responds. It flows through us. Whatever intelligence we have is It, in us."

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"0, My Soul within me,
Great is Thy Presence
Within Thy Law is freedom
to all who will believe.
I believe in Thy Law
and I love Thy precepts.
I know that Thy Law is perfect
and It is a delight to my Soul,
for It is illumined
with Thy Words of Power.
Thy Law is complete freedom to me,
and to all for whom it shall be spoken.
I speak the Word of freedom to all,
and all shall receive it."

Affirmation:
"I am free in Thy Law."

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'The son can do nothing of himself.' We are strong only as we are in unity with good, which is God. "

"But the Father showeth the son, that is, it is revealed to us, through the inner-most parts of our being, that there is a complete unity, a perfect wholeness. As this concept of unity takes place it brings with it great authority. The Father quickens the son, the son quickens whom he will.

Here is a lesson in practical Religious Science. As the subjective state of thought becomes unified with goodness and love, it automatically reflects these in whatsoever direction the thought goes. The tendency of this inner thought sets the tendency of the outward life.

Let us make this plain. If one is not attracting good into his life there is something wrong with his unconscious thinking. The subjective state of his thought is wrong. The subjective state of thought constitutes the sum total of his belief. It is his habitual attitude toward life and living. This inner thought content is the sole medium between the absolute and the relative, between causes and conditions.

When this inner thought is clarified, that is, when it knows the truth, it will reinstate the outer man in peace, poise, health and happiness. This inner thought becomes clarified as we unify with good; this is the inner quickening. Following this is the outer quickening, the outward sign of the inner belief."

Insight:
"When a man has this inner light he passes from death unto life. And this life unto which he passes is the life of God, consequently it is everlasting life. Death has nothing to do with life everlasting and is but an impatient gesture of the soul, wishing to rid itself of a body no longer useful."

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Question—What do you mean in Religious Science by being 'FREE?'"

"ANSWER—Free Spirit—means that which cannot be b0und; It is free to do as It chooses, but cannot, of course, do anything that denies Its own nature. Freedom of will means the ability to do, say or think as one wishes; to express life as one personally desires. To be able only to think and dream of freedom would not be liberty. To imagine, without the power to manifest that imagination, w0uld be to remain in a sort of dream world which w0uld never c0me to complete self- realization. This is not the world in which man lives at all, for man's world is one of self-expression, even though that expression appears at times to destroy him.

Freedom, then, means to eliminate from consciousness all those things which bind and limit the free flowing of the Divine Spirit through man, and at the same time, exercising the faculty of personal choice. Keeping the personal choice immersed in the divine flow of Spirit, one with It, brings to us the power that Jesus used, and the works that He did become possible to us. Man binds himself only by thinking, and it is because his mind IS the mind of God that his thought is effective. He automatically claims his freedom when he is convinced that he can use no mind except the creative Mind of God, and wills to create no limitation for himself. He is then 'keeping his HIGH WATCH toward THE ONE.'"

Treatment follows this method:
" In the quiet of your soul, know with all the mind you can bring into action, that God, desiring expression through YOU, gives you your true freed0m, your thought medium being identical with His Mind. The same Law serves the Great Creator and the Specialized Creator, which is yourself. Know that to claim Peace and Happiness is to call out of the Law these experiences. Realize that there is absolutely no dividing line between you and God, that the freedom of God is your freedom. Then know that when you ask for guidance to speak only those words that will bring your happiness to you, this guidance will be an active directing force in your life and affairs. Consciously creating what you will to experience is divine freedom."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[4] = ""It is not a matter of choice that we are potentially perfect. It is not a matter of conjecture."

"If we wish, we might say it is the gift of God. As Jesus said, 'Fear not, little flock, it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.' Thus you see, goodness is already given. We may have misinterpreted it; we may have used our very freedom to bind ourselves. In fact, I think we do that very thing and the intelligence which we use in the wrong way (which wrong makes us unhappy) is the only thing that can make us unhappy. Someone might argue that faith and fear are entirely different attitudes. Really fear is nothing more than misplaced faith—faith in a power opposed to good. I believe it is all one, and every experience we have is as real as it is supposed to be. It is not necessary to deny objective reality—not necessary to deny that we suffer or that we are unhappy—in order to understand subjective or self-conscious Reality, and no great thinker has ever done so."

Insight:
"Goodness is already given, the Divine Gift is made, the Divine Impartation is made, and as we awake to the realization of it, it is ours. That is what demonstration is."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[5] = ""The Spirit responds to us by corresponding to our states of thought."

"We enter into It in such degree as we comprehend It. It enters into us through correspondence in such degree as we comprehend It. Prayer–communion with the Spirit, meditation or contemplation–is for the purpose of unifying our minds with the Universal Mind, opening up the avenues of our thought to a greater influx.

The Spirit is ever ready, ever waiting because it is Its nature to incarnate. The greater our receptivity and comprehension, the more complete Its flow. The Universe is not only a spiritual system, it is an orderly system. We are living under a government of law, always, whether we deal with the soul, the body or the Spirit, whether we are dealing with physics or with metaphysics. The law is subject to the Spirit, which does not mean that the Spirit is capricious and may create a law only to break it, but does mean that law is subject to the Spirit, in that it is Its Servant–just as all the laws of nature are our servants and obey us insofar as we understand them and properly use them. The spirit, being Omniscient, understands and properly uses all law. Hence, the Spirit never contradicts Its own nature, is always harmonious, is complete within Itself; It exists in a state of perpetual bliss and always acts in accord with the law of Its own being."

Insight:
"We are of like nature to this supreme Spirit. Everything exists within It. We exist within It, having arrived at a state of consciousness whereby we can consciously approach It, believe in It, receive It; and in receiving the Spirit, we receive the law which is Its servant, and that law becomes our servant."

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"THE man who has arrived will realize that he has done so in the midst of an outer confusion; he will be the one who has gone into the silence for strength, and has come out into the world equipped with power from on high; but that light which he has received must be kept burning.

Not alone in the silence but in the busy throng must all of us find the way of life. Our every thought creates. For the majority of us these thoughts come in every-day affairs, some of which are very trivial, but these too will be demonstrated."

Affirmation:
"We have missed the whole point, unless we have learned so to control our thought that time and place inake no difference."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[7] = ""OVERCOMING LACK OF CONFIDENCE

Question—Should like some help to do a little straight thinking as I am taking up a new line of work which requires more self-assurance than I seem to possess. I feel that I lack confidence in my own ability, yet I have the knowledge and experience necessary to make a success of this venture."

"ANSWER—Fear or concern about ability to undertake something new presupposes duality. In reality all work (everything) is contained within the infinitude of the great whole. Nothing is new, nothing is unknown to Infinite Mind. To admit a doubt of one's ability is a misconception of that which is. Eliminate the idea of separateness, and endeavor to unify your consciousness with the thought that there is no limitation in Infinite Intelligence."

Treat believing that:
" 'Infinite Intelligence within me knows itself to be the Creator of all situations. It knows within me that there is nothing with which it cannot cope, and that it does succeed in doing, through me, everything required in my new line of work. My intelligence is this Infinite Intelligence in operation.'"

Click below to: read the source" Jul[8] = ""SOME one has said that half a loaf is better than no bread, and ignorant faith is better than no faith. So perhaps we made some progress when our religious convictions were rooted in the Divine, even when we were convinced that Divinity was outside of, and vastly removed from, us."

"For the first time in the history of human thought, we are coming to the place where intelligent people are setting about to rediscover man. People are becoming afraid of what the intellect, uncontrolled by spiritual ideals, may do to the human race. Many modern, scientific men are turning, with great earnestness, in an endeavor to find something that gives value to life, other than the mere uncovering of mechanical force and energy. Too much knowledge with too little wisdom is dangerous.

If a man is seeking God, and if he happens to have the ability to think straight through, he will arrive at the inevitable conclusion that the discovery of God will have to come through the discovery of himself. This calls for an absolute unity between God and man; not a unity some day to be attained, but one that exists now; that existed before he found it out; and would have existed just the same if man had never made the discovery. Thus we realize that man is immortal now, whether he knows it or not. If this is not true—if he is not immortal now—there is nothing he can do to achieve immortality."

Insight:
"As man mentally retraces his steps to the Source of his being — God — there gradually awakens in the human consciousness a concept of itself which is transcendent of the objective form. Every individual who lives finds that the great within of himself is immersed in God and is God, even while the great mental makeup of himself is the result of his experience. The physical makeup is merely an image, cast as a reflection into the mirror of his experience. Man walks back and forth, enslaved by the shadows of the walls he has cast between himself and Reality. The shackles are phantoms; they are not real and the Truth alone has the power to strike them from him."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[9] = ""CONDEMNATION AND HEALTH"

"The one whose thought continually rests upon his bodily condition will never be physically well. Nature has intelligently provided for the automatic functions of the body and the less the average person knows about his body, other than that it is harmonious, the healthier his body generally is. This is a fact which can easily be verified by observation. The one who knows little about how his food digests seldom has trouble with digestion. When we realize that digestion was, before we were aware of the fact, we shall see that the only thing hindering it is our attitude of condemnation toward it. This is true of every organ in the body. A perfectly well man never wonders whether his heart, or any other organ is working correctly, while the average invalid is conscious of everything that is wrong. The invalid should stop condemning his body, indeed, he should forget it entirely and, learning to live in a happy frame of mind, he will soon find that the physical instrument responds and becomes harmonious."

Insight:
"There is a law common to all people which responds to every man's belief in life, at the level of that belief. No man can be happy who lives in a continuous state of condemnation of people, conditions and things. We must learn to praise and not condemn. We have no right to judge people."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[10] = ""GOD'S WILL ABOUT HAPPINESS

Question—I prayed that a friend of mine might be united with me again, without result. If it is God's will for me to be unhappy, I will have to submit. I don't think it is any use to pray any longer."

"ANSWER-It is never the will of God or universal harmony to have any person suffer. To do so would be to contain within itself—harmony—an element of inharmony: which, of course, is an impossibility. We are taught that God is Love, and that in Him we live and move and have our being. Get this firmly fixed in your conscious mind, that God knows nothing about unhappiness, and since you are a free choosing agent, and permit it to manifest, it will cause you suffering. Remember, you choose, and the law fulfills. Whatever it is that seems to separate you from your friend, if you will love that friend with no other desire than his happiness and perfect freedom, and if you will set apart a time each day for the practice of unselfishly loving that person, the whole situation will clear."

Affirmation:
"Know that if it is right for you to have this particular desire made manifest in your life, it will be brought into your experience at the right time and in the right way. Know definitely that there is no misunderstanding in Divine Mind."

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Question—I am starting a new work very soon which I believe to be my big opportunity, and wish to be a perfect channel through which Divine Mind can operate successfully. Will you help me?"

"ANSWER—You have begun your new enterprise in a very constructive frame of mind, so there is every reason to believe you will be successful. Your willingness to be an unobstructed channel, if persisted in, must terminate satisfactorily. In your meditation realize that Good governs all your affairs, that It makes the right contacts and compels you to think, say and do the right thing at the right time. Know that this Good Governor is all the activity there is in your world, and that It has your personal interests in Its wise and sure keeping."

Affirmation:
"Each day bless your place of business and name it a point of Success for yourself, a point where the presence of your good manifests. Never doubt, no matter what appearances may declare. See through them to the ideal, and 'stay at home with Cause.' The effect will take care of itself."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[12] = ""So, perhaps, we arrive at the place where we want to use the Law to demonstrate our good. If it be that we can be well; if we can be happy; if we can be prosperous; if we can have a fuller life by our thinking, then we should like to begin."

"How shall we go about it?

First, you will recall, our treatments must be based on the proposition that the universe is limitless and immediately responds to us. Even if we do not know a person of influence or pull to give us a helping hand, Spirit fills every place, so every place is a place of influence! God makes things out of Himself, by Himself becoming the things He makes. So, we find that a spiritual treatment, for the betterment of conditions, works according to a mechanical law in the universe. We must first be sure that what we want is in unity with good, and then the gaining of our desire can only produce good to ourselves and to everyone else. We must believe that the universe itself desires us to have this good, because in our expressing this good, It is expressing Itself. "

Insight:
"We must have faith that the universe instantly responds to us, and we must understand that for every action there is an equal reaction, which means, in metaphysics, that at the level of our recognition will it be done."

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Question—I have lost my home. The mortgage company has gathered in what it has taken me a life-time to establish. How can I reconcile this fact with your teaching, that nothing is ever lost?"

"ANSWER—Changes come. However hard it may be for us to accept them, we are compelled to meet them. Our reaction is most important; it is by our reactions to circumstances that we measure our weakness or strength. The entire emotional field of our being is affected by our reactions to experiences. You say your home is lost, that you have been a 'life-time establishing.' We cannot see behind the scenes and check all the whys and wherefores for your losing it. But we can say to you: Stand fast. Know that if you could establish one 'home' you can establish another. Yes, I know we hear contrary opinions all about us. But consider this: Is the possession of a house and lot really a home? Is not the state of mind much more of a home than the physical place you have known as a number on a certain street? The very spirit which built that ideal home is the Everlasting Spirit which builds the universe all about us. "

Insight:
"The law of 'home' is everywhere."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[14] = ""Above all things, we must know definitely and consistently, that the universe is for us and not against us."

"But someone will say: 'It is not true that the universe is for us. Look at the evil, the lack, the limitation, the physical pain and anguish of the human race.' Particularly will people say that who have believed, for countless years, that God wanted them to suffer. Such a thought is perfect nonsense, but it does not dissipate by just saying that it is nonsense. We must convince the mind that God does not—could not—desire evil. We shall have to get over, too, the age-long determination to believe that evil is an entity. We shall have to learn that evil is not person, place nor thing, but is an experience we are allowed to have (because of our divine individuality) until through negative experiences, we learn to use the law affirmatively; to cooperate with it and thus enjoy its full benefits. For the true law is a law of liberty and not of bondage. Our sins were forgiven us before we ever sinned, which, however, does not mean that we can keep on sinning and get away with it."

Affirmation:
"The universe, though, is foolproof. It does say that we can have what we want, but it also says that we shall have to take into our experience the logical result of our thinking, be it good or what we call evil. It is as impersonal as electricity. It will warm us or burn us, according to the way we use it."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[15] = ""We are intelligent beings living in an intelligent universe which responds to our mental states, and, insofar as we learn to control those mental states, we shall automatically control our environment. This is what is meant by the practical application of the principles of Science of Mind to the problems of everyday living. This is what is meant by demonstration."

"Naturally our first thought is that we would like to demonstrate health of body, peace of mind, prosperity in our affairs; to neutralize a circumstance which is unhappy or to attract to ourselves some good which we have not been enjoying. Such a desire is natural and in every way normal, and the possibility of such demonstration already exists within the mind of every living soul. Every one of us has within himself or herself the power to consciously cooperate with the spiritual side of our existence in such a way that it will create for us a new body and a new environment and a greater happiness. But the greatest good which this philosophy of life brings to us is a sense of certainty, a sense of the reality of our own soul, of the continuity of our own individualized being and the relationship of this self to the great Whole.

The greatest good that can come to us is the forming of an absolute certainty of ourselves and of our relationship to the Universe, forever removing the sense of heaven as being outside ourselves, the fear of hell or any future state of uncertainty."

Affirmation:
"We are each a part of the life that is, some part of the Eternal God. We are forever reaching out, forever gaining, growing, expanding; Spirit is forever incarnating Itself in us."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[16] = ""THE OLD HABIT TRACK

Question—Why is it that when some persons start to study Metaphysics everything seems to go wrong for a while?"

"ANSWER-A beginner in metaphysics is reversing his thought processes. He is running back over the old habit track and encountering all those forms he would eliminate. He must blaze new thought trails, make new pictures of which he is the acting center or magnet. If he has formerly been vindictive, wrongly aggressive, selfish and arbitrary, these traits of character will rise before him continuously for the old recognition and indulgence. If he is off guard for a time, he will find them obtruding themselves at most inconvenient and embarrassing moments. If he does not understand how they happen to come into his consciousness, he will fight them with his will, and thus be on the wrong track to eliminate them. But if he realizes they are old pictures of his own creating, he may bid them depart and turn his attention to the conditions he wishes to see manifested."

Affirmation:
"The beginner in metaphysics is deliberately choosing a higher vibration or state of consciousness, and to attain it consciously, he has to clear out all the strangling, obstructing undergrowth of the old subjective field. Herein he proves that he has no fight—that his choice and his word have set the law into greater activity and he is automatically lifted to the plane of his desire."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[17] = ""We think of all mind as One Mind and all spirit as One Spirit."

"At first, you may feel we are going too far with this idea, particularly, if you have not thought steadily along these lines before. But, let's consider how far the world has gone with us. The old idea that the stuff out of which our bodies are made is any different from any other stuff, is an antiquated theory now. We now deal with the universe on the basis of an absolute, fundamental, universal unity. The answer of modern science relative to what we have miscalled a 'material universe,' is that the universe is One! Science, you see is unifying matter; psychology is tending to unify mind, and we announce that Spirit is One!

If I say, 'God is Mind,' would you know what I mean by it? If I say, 'God is Spirit,' that, too, is just another word. But, whether I say 'Spirit,' 'Mind,' 'Principle,' 'Cause,' it is Reality we are talking about. Personally, I like the word 'Reality,' and the word 'Spirit,' as they do not sound outlined, but fluidic and flexible, ready to be formed.

Whatever we agree this God is, this God is you. There is no world external to consciousness, and we shall never know any God greater than the God our inner consciousness proclaims. Look into your own mind and determine whether this is so. This has to be the ultimate criterion, because the universe is to you and to me what we are to it, and can never be anything else. Whatever this Life Principle is that animates us, we did not make it."

Insight:
"When we speak of God as Causation or Reality, we are not trying to introduce a new fashion. We are referring to a principle resident within us which we did not put there. No experience we ever had put it there; and certainly all our experiences merely tend to awaken us to the conclusion that it is there, and teach us how to use it. That is what God is."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[18] = ""SELF-HEALING MUST COME FIRST OF ALL"

"If we think we can guide our brother aright while our own feet still walk in darkness we are mistaken. We must first clarify our own vision, then we shall become as lights lighting the way for others. But can we teach a lesson we have not learned? Can we give that which we do not possess? To suppose so is hypocrisy, a thing to be shunned. Jesus tears the mantle of unreality from the shoulders of hypocrisy, winnowing from the soul of sham and shallowness its last shred of illusion."

Insight:
"We cannot see reality until our eyes are open; until the light of eternal Truth has struck deeply into OUR own souls"

Click below to: read the source" Jul[19] = ""THE FALLACY OF FATE

Question—Should we accept the belief in fate or destiny?"

"ANSWER—Certainly not. Our idea of the Karmic Law is one of cause and effect. We do believe in a specialized dispensation or a specialized creation. For example, we do not believe that the Universal Intelligence desires to tell an Edison all about electricity. This would be a special dispensation of Providence. On the other hand, an Edison wishing to know about electricity specializes in this subject. This is a specialized dispensation."

Insight:
"To believe in a special dispensation would be to take away the incentive and the genius of individualism which would rob man of incentive and selection"

Click below to: read the source" Jul[20] = ""THE EVER AND THE ALL"

"Life always was and evermore shall be,
'World without end.'
All the Power there is,
is mine now.
All the Life,
Truth
and Love of the Universe
is now and forever
Flowing through my Soul.
The All Good cannot change.
I shall always have access
to my Eternal God within me."

Affirmation:
"I am Changeless Life within me."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[21] = ""Like produces like, attracts like, creates like."

"If we could see our thought and take a picture of it and of our conditions we would see no difference between the two, for they are really but the inside and the outside of the same thing.

We cannot make affirmations for fifteen minutes a day and spend the rest of our time denying the thing which we have affirmed, and affirming the thing which we have denied, and obtain the results which we seek. We send out the word and it sets the power in motion; then we think the opposite thing which neutralizes the first word, and zero is the result.

We cannot demonstrate one iota beyond our mental ability to conceive and steadfastly to embody. Infinite as Creative Power is, receptive and quick as it is, it can only become to us what we first think into it. God can do for us only what He can do through us.

Dare to say, “Behold I am he. Great men have come and gone, and behold a greater now stands here where I stand, and I am that one.” The world will laugh and perhaps scorn. The Christian world will hold up its hands in holy horror, lest you blaspheme; the unchristian world will smile knowingly. Neither the one nor the other will understand, but the understanding of either counts for nothing.

You are now free, and your freedom will yet save the world from itself. The great soul finds within himself the Divine companionship which he needs. He finds within himself the “Peace which passeth all understanding” and the power to do all things. All Power! He speaks, his word is Law and it is done unto him of all the power there is."

Insight:
"His word knows itself to be the law of life unto all for whom it is spoken and who receive it."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[22] = ""LOVE"

"Love is the central flame of the universe, nay, the very fire itself. It is written that God is Love and that we are the expressed likeness, the image of the Eternal Being. Love is self-givingness through creation, the impartation of the divine through the human.

Love is an essence, an atmosphere which defies analysis as does life itself. It is that which IS and cannot be explained: it is common to all people, to all animal life and evident in the response of plants to those who love them. Love reigns supreme over all.

The essence of love, while elusive, pervades everything, fires the heart, stimulates the emotions, renews the soul and proclaims the spirit. Only love knows love, and love knows only love. Words cannot express its depths or meaning. A universal sense alone bears witness to the divine fact."

Affirmation:
"God is Love and Love is God."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[23] = ""To say it all in a little different way; from the standpoint of the spiritual universe, there is no solid fact; there is merely outlined form."

"The findings of modern science tend to affirm this position. The material universe is not a thing in itself, but it has a definite meaning; its business is to give form to Spirit. The human body is some part of this form. If we can accept this position as true, we can come to believe that the nature of the Spirit is to control the flow of the form, then we can understand how it was that Jesus was able to heal the paralyzed man; was able to say to the blind man: 'See.' Jesus did not create vision; he re-molded the concept of vision. Jesus did not create the ability of man to reach out and grasp at a physical object; he merely recreated the idea of the instrument which could reach out. In such degree as we understand this principle, we shall be able to perform the same so-called miracles, and it would be in accord with law. But we must first come to sense the spiritual universe as real, and know that the power of our word, in conjunction with the Spirit, is immutable. We should have to learn to transpose the physical universe for a spiritual one and call upon the Invisible side of ourselves. This is far more than suggestion; it is the realization of life. The Essence of life is ever-present. It is the intellectual and mental faculties which mold this essence into form."

Affirmation:
"The Essence is already here and conviction measures it out."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[24] = ""It is not by a terrific mental struggle or soul-strain that we arrive at this goal but through a quiet expectation, a joyful anticipation, the calm recognition that all the peace there is and all the power there is and all the good there is is Love, the Living Spirit Almighty."

"A mental treatment is a definite act of the conscious mind, setting the law in motion for the one specified in the treatment. A treatment is a spiritual entity in the mental world, fully equipped with the intelligence and the power to demonstrate itself.

When we are giving a treatment, we believe that our word is operated upon by an intelligent, creative agency which has at its disposal the ways, the methods, the means and the inclination to receive our treatment, and to create those circumstances which would be the logical outcome of this treatment.

If we wish to demonstrate supply we would not say, 'I am a multimillionaire,' but we would seek to realize that Infinite Substance is irresistible supply."

We would say to ourself:
"I am surrounded by Pure Spirit, perfect Law, Divine Order, limitless substance which intelligently responds to me. It is not only around me, but it is also in me; it is around and in everything. It is the essence of perfect action. It is perfect action in my affairs. Daily I am guided by this Divine Intelligence, I am not allowed to make mistakes, I am compelled to make the right choice at the right time; there is no confusion in my mind, no doubt whatsoever. I am certain, expectant and receptive."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[25] = ""WHOSE RIGHT IS TO COME"

"He has come Whose right it is.
He has made His home within me,
and will nevermore depart from me.
I shall walk no more alone,
for One walks with me
Who knows the path of Life,
and Whose feet will never falter nor fail.
My Inner Light shines
through the mist of human beliefs
And frees me
from the bondage of fear and limitation.
I shall walk with You, my Friend,
and shall learn of You
the ways of Life and Freedom.
We shall travel together from this day,
and none can part us,
For we are united in the perfect bonds
of an everlasting unity."

Affirmation:
"I walk with Thee."

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"The sacredness of Truth is given value by the teaching that we should not cast pearls before swine. Spiritual truths cannot be taught to those who will not accept them. The wisdom of this world is foolishness to a greater wisdom; and the wisdom of Spirit is often overlooked by human foolishness."

Affirmation:
"We should not forget that Jesus was an illumined soul; he saw clearly that which we only look for. This is why he spoke as one having authority. Since he was able to prove his wisdom by his works we shall do well to accept his teaching."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[27] = ""There is an Infinite Intelligence which gives birth to our minds, and if our minds are in league with It, then we arrive at the reason for the power of thought."

"Does it not follow that the creative power of thought does not repose in the human will, but in the Divine Presence? And should we not have an entirely different conception of spiritual healing, if we knew that it had nothing to do with mental suggestion, but with that silent recognition of the Spirit already resident and inherent in the individual for whom we are working? You and I, by taking thought, do not do anything other than line ourselves up with that which is the Father of thought. But could it be other than that 'the highest God and the innermost God is One God'? When we seek to heal spiritually, we are seeking, psychologically, in a sense, to involve the Spiritual Principle inherent within the individual needing healing.

In other words, my mind is the mind of God, functioning at the level of my perception of life. So, to me, my mind must be as God. It is the only thing that could interpret, understand, accept, or reject. God, the Universal Creative Principle, is in us, and that is why our thought is creative. That is why we think at all. Naturally, there is one Ultimate Thinker, yet this Thinker thinks through all of us."

Affirmation:
"The Universal Mind is incarnated in every one. Every man has access to it; every man uses it, either in ignorance or in conscious knowledge. Consciously using it, we bring into our experience today something we did not appear to have yesterday . . . a better environment, a happier circumstance, more friendship, more joy. These manifestations are of the nature of Reality."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[28] = ""FIRSTBIT"

"Love, being the most subtle force known, the strongest latent energy, should be carefully preserved and guarded against the inroads of its opposite which is license. When the intellect decides that to which the emotions are to respond, then, love is balanced by law; but when the emotions are in the ascendency, chaos reigns with destruction following in its wake.

It is wrong to call emotional mistakes by the sacred name of love, thus attempting to dignify them by a false cloak. (See article on 'Repression and Sublimation' —The Science of Mind.) Love is pure in heart and sacred in its motives. It is the essence of goodness, spilled over everything and flowing through all.

It is easy to understand that God must be love, since everything in nature loves. Our love and OUR desire to express ourselves in terms of harmony and unity, is but a reflection of that Higher Mind, which is harmony and unity."

Affirmation:
"Without love we are lost and with it there can be no loss."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[29] = ""I SHALL NEVER DIE"

"I shall never die,
for the Spirit within me is God
and cannot change.
My life is hid
within the Universe of Love and Light,
and that Light shall live forever.
Go,
fear of death and change;
begone from my thought,
fear of death and uncertainty.
That which is
cannot become
that which is not;
and that which I am
can never change.
The Spirit of Eternity
is enthroned within me,
and the Life of Endless Ages
flows through my being.
From Eternity to Eternity
my Life flows along its way
of peace and harmony.
Time brings
but more glory
to crown me
with its pleasures."

Affirmation:
"My life is forever."

Click below to: read the source" Jul[30] = ""By this time, I know you understand that a treatment must be spiritual."

"What do we mean by spiritual? We do not mean repeating any sacred words or burning incense. These ways are all right. All ways are good if they lead somewhere and do not confuse us to the point where we think the way is the end in itself. For ourselves, we believe that, with the simplicity of a direct approach, we can short-cut the ways and short-circuit much of the performance, and at once 'enter in.' We must believe. 'They could not enter in because of their unbelief.' We must not limit the Infinite. And we can begin right now to heal ourselves of physical troubles, of mental fears, of lack and limitation. And when enough people can believe that by pure reason, or by perfect faith, spiritual healing of the body can follow, then everyone will naturally seek that method—the cleanest, easiest and most satisfactory method of all. It is not going to do us any good to wait until the world comes out of its confusion. It is not going to do the world any good for us to sit down and cry with it. Jesus said: 'And I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto me.' He did not say, 'if I be dragged down.' So each one of us must be continuously endeavoring to promote his own welfare, not at the expense of someone else, but by applying this principle directly and immediately to himself, for himself, in himself. Is that selfish? I do not think so. It would be selfish if we were trying to get something, of which there was not enough to go around, but since we are dealing with that thing which is increased as it is scattered, since we are dealing with the Infinity of Reality—something which cannot be exhausted—we are not selfish. It is simply self-expression. "

Insight:
"We do not desire anything we would not have everyone have."

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Question—For years I have cared for my mother. She was a very forceful character, dominating my entire life, not with a conscious desire to do so, but simply by the habit of years and a thought that she was caring for me. . . . She has lately died and I find myself like a ship without a rudder, having no initiative or power of decision. I realize now what has happened to me. Is it too late to develop some will power?"

"ANSWER—Far from being too late to develop the latent power within, it is the ideal time for your expression, not only for such development, but for the reshaping of your whole reaction to experience. You MUST now take charge of your own affairs, using your own creative power. For a while it may be difficult for you to break old habits and assert yourself in your mental world, but do not be discouraged. Know that you were intended to do your own thinking; proceed to do so at once, and work diligently at your (page 151) conscious development. None of your divine inheritance has been lost through your non-use of individual thought; it is all there at your call, but you must learn that it has to reach you through new paths in mind.

By faithfully sitting in daily meditation, consciously accepting your power to decree and to decide, you build another habit that will make you positive by dethroning the old power that has so long coerced you. Assert yourself now and claim your birthright of freedom in perfect love before another dominant 'mind' appears in your experience. This moment is yours for development, self-assertion, for freeing yourself from that slave-consciousness."

In your meditation say:
"Loving Giver of all my good, I thank You for my blessed freedom from mental slavery. I know that You give me power to think for myself, NOW —that You guide me in all my actions, NOW, that You protect me from mistakes. I know that Divine Intelligence within me guides me and directs me, and this faith and assurance I have, that all the good in the universe inspires me to think, say and do only the right thing."

Click below to: read the source" Aug = new Array Aug[1] = ""IGNORANCE and superstition have always been allies—'vultures born of the same egg.'"

"And it is not surprising to find, in a country where so many years there have been just two kinds of people, good and bad, there are yet individuals here and there puzzled about 'goodness.' Finally, it reaches, through some insidious suggestion too subtle for understanding, the absurd height of asking: 'Am I good enough to attempt to express more good?' Because I have not reached the top, shall I refuse to take the first step? Because I have not prepared for calculus, shall I refuse to do my sums in addition? If the requirements followed these lines, there would be no progress from 'sense to soul.' Jesus refused to allow His disciples to call him 'good,' explaining that there were none good . . . none except the Father.

Yet Jesus did some pretty effective treating. Shall we wait until we see, as clearly as He saw, the unity of all life, before we attempt to use what light we have? Shall we now bury our one talent and foolishly expect that we shall later dig it up and find it has multiplied into ten? What did Jesus say on this subject? Seems to me I recall something about 'The things that I do shall ye do also, and greater things, because I go unto the Father.' Greater things than Jesus did! Does that mean that we have to be better than He was to do this? Did He say that perfection was the thing that was required? "

Affirmation:
"On the contrary, He made it plain that BELIEF was the one essential factor. 'It is done unto you as you believe.'"

Click below to: read the source" Aug[2] = ""Faith is not a dogma, a creed, or a statement of being. It is a certain mental approach to Reality. It is an affirmative approach as opposed to a negative one. It is agreement as opposed to denial."

"The mind can accept or it can reject, but it cannot do both with the same proposition. The mind cannot accept what it rejects, it cannot embody what it denies, it will not accept what it refuses to believe. Prayer, faith and belief are mental attitudes. It is written that 'faith shall heal the sick and God shall raise him up.' This implies a human act followed by an act of God. It also implies that without such a human act the act of God will not follow. The act of God follows our faith in God.

Prayer leads one to a place of mental acceptance, but prayer without faith is ineffectual. Faith elevates the prayer to conviction and acceptance. Where does God come in? God already is in and does not have to come from anywhere to anywhere. God is the entire process, both in our thought as individuals and in the universal as answering our individual thought. The prayer of faith makes it possible for the law to respond and do the thing desired."

Affirmation:
"This is a natural law in the spiritual world. We need not be afraid of leaving the Spirit out of the process, for It is Cause, Medium and Effect. The All in All."

Click below to: read the source" Aug[3] = ""MY WORD COMES BACK TO ME"

"My word comes back to me
laden with the fruits of its own speech.
My word is the Law unto my Life,
and the Law unto every­thing
that I speak.
O Word,
go forth and heal
and bless all humanity.
Tell them of their Divine Birthright.
Tell the stranger that he is not alone,
but that One goes with him.
Who knows and cares.

Tell the sick that they are healed
and the poor that they cannot want,
Tell the unhappy of the joy of the Soul,
and break the bonds of those who are in prison."

Affirmation:
"My word shall come back to me blessed of God and man."

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"In studying the Bible we should remember that it was written by men; men with minds like ours. It is an at, tempt to set down their thoughts about God, man, and creation and the relationship between the visible and the invisible.

We shall understand the Bible only when we approach it as a whole, and discover the thread of unified teachings running through its different texts."

Affirmation:
"We shall approach our study with the idea in mind, that we are working out a philosophy of life, which deals with man's relationship to Spirit. No attempt will be made to explain all the intricate sayings of the Bible, but rather to analyze those passages which have a direct meaning and significance in everyday living."

Click below to: read the source" Aug[5] = ""THE POWER WE HAVE WITHIN US."

"We have within us a power that is greater than anything that we shall ever contact in the outer, a power that can overcome every obstacle in our life and set us safe, satisfied and at peace, healed and prosperous, in a new light, and in a new life.

Mind, all Mind is right here. It is God’s Mind, God’s creative Power, God’s creative Life. We have as much of this Power to use in our daily life as we can believe in and embody.

The store house of nature is filled with infinite good awaiting the touch of our awakened thought to spring forth into manifestation in our life; but the awakening must be on our part and not on the side of life. We stand at the gateway of limitless opportunity in the eternal and change­less NOW. Now is the day in which to begin the new life that is to lift us up to the greater expression of all that is wonderful. The word that we speak is the Law of our life and nothing hinders but ourselves. We have through ignorance of our real nature misused the power of our word, and behold what it has. brought upon us, ‘the very thing that we feared.'"

Affirmation:
"But now it shall produce a new thing, a new heaven and a new earth."

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"I shall keep the promise
that I have made to myself.
I shall never again
tell myself that I am poor, sick,
weak nor unhappy.
I shall not lie to myself any more,
but shall daily speak the truth to my inner Soul,
telling It that It is wonderful and marvelous;
that It is One with the Great Cause
of all Life, Truth, Power and Action.
I shall whisper these things into my Soul
until it breaks forth into songs of joy
with the realization of Its Limitless possibilities."

Affirmation:
"I shall assure my Soul."

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Question—"Is man's mind finite or infinite, and is it possible for a finite mind to understand the Infinite?"

ANSWER—"Man, being the expression of the infinite life, has within himself all the attributes of that infinite, and as he evolves, he uses consciously more and more of the infinite wisdom in the great encompassing and impregnating mind in which he 'lives, and moves and has his being.' In the sense that he is conscious only of certain fields in his experience, we say that his mind is finite—but the truth is, that his mind is the very mind of the Divine Infinite, Itself. In the circumscribed fields through which man walks to round out his experience, he uses as much of this Infinite mind as he, as an instrument of All-Mind, is capable of sustaining at any time. But as he grows in understanding, he comes into wider and wider fields, and is conscious of more of the ultimate truth. But he can never comprehend the true Infinite until he reaches his ultimate Godhood and delivers his individuality to the Whole completely. Man always uses Infinite Mind, because there is no other mind to use. There is but ONE MIND, and one Law which all people use, consciously or unconsciously, constructively or destructively . . . There is only One Ultimate Reality, but within this One there are many experiences."

Insight:
"Man is within the One and draws from It any and all experiences in which he believes."

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"We now come to a definite teaching regarding prayer."

"We shall receive that for which we ask. It shall be opened to us when we knock and we shall find that for which we are searching.

This teaching implies the definiteness of spiritual and mental work. God is Intelligent Mind and Spirit, and there is a direct response from this Universal Intelligence to OUR intelligence. If we ask for bread we shall not receive a stone. But we are told that we must ask, believing, if we are to receive.

Here again we are meeting the law of cause and effect in the teachings of Jesus. Prayer is a mental as well as a spiritual function of intelligence. It is a certain manner of approach to the Spirit, a conscious act of the mind, a concrete experience of the knowing faculty.

Prayer should be direct and specific, and should always be accompanied by a positive receptivity. God cannot answer prayers which have no meaning. The answer to prayer is in the prayer when it is uttered or thought. We do not pray aright when we are in opposition to the fundamental harmony.

The whole teaching of Jesus, relative to prayer, is that God will answer when we pray aright. Jesus points to the fact if we, being human and consequently limited, know how to give good gifts to our children, how much more will God give good things to those who ask and he explicitly tells us to ask directly for what we want. If we ask for bread we shall not receive a stone. This must be true if we are dealing with intelligence."

Insight:
"'Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.' How clearly this states the Law while referring to the prophets who had already taught the same law."

Click below to: read the source" Aug[9] = ""If by goodness you mean that state of being which some people think they attain by sacrifice and long suffering—an imagined condition of perfection to which they have grown by refraining from untoward experience,"

"then I should say that goodness, such goodness, has nothing to do with your equipment as a practitioner.

You would not refuse to enjoy the sunshine just because you swore a bit yesterday; you wouldn't close every opening in your room, so that the fresh air could not penetrate, just because you felt wicked from not going to church last Sunday?

No more can I imagine you would refuse to claim the greatest blessing that is yours (merely for the accepting) just because you thought you were not good enough. Isn't it more likely that we are afraid some one who knows us will not think we are good enough? Aren't we more afraid about what people think about us than what we think about ourselves?

I am convinced that there is always something within man, which constantly proclaims to him his Divinity, and which is always pushing out for expression, but we are stopped when we remember that those who know us might not believe we were sufficiently qualified. "

Insight:
"Let's banish from our thought the idea that the world must call us 'holy' . . . as the world understands the word . . . before we can claim our wholeness with Good, and demonstrate it for ourselves and others!"

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"Subtle Essence of Spirit within me,
flowing through me;
Elixir of Life
in my veins
purifying me
with Thy marvelous Life,
I let Thy Spirit cleanse me
from all false thought and idea;
I let Thy Life flow through me
in a complete and Perfect Whole."

Affirmation:
"I feel
the presence of Spirit
within me."

Click below to: read the source" Aug[11] = ""Treatment is effective insofar as it agrees with and cooperates with the essential nature of Reality."

"But those giving the treatment must know that it is a good treatment for it can be no more effective than we know it to be. For instance, if we treat for abundance while at the same time accepting poverty, our words cannot be as effective as they would be should our minds accept plenty; often repeated thoughts, believed in, at last become subjective acceptances, and it is the subjective acceptance which counts. Treatment must convert confusion into peace and thus transcend and transmute the lesser into the greater. Division must pass into unity."

Insight:
"The universe withholds no good thing from us, but what belongs to us we must take. In the case of prayer and treatment this taking is a mental act or an act of the mind in acceptance of its natural good."

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"We are to know the truth by its fruits."

"The sure estimate of reality is ever evidenced by its worth in actual living. We are not to separate life from living nor God from His creation. One is the Cause, the other is the effect. The invisible things of God are manifested through the visible, and unless the invisible thought and desire of man is in line with Truth his acts will fall into error."

Insight:
"While we are told not to judge we are clearly warned not to fall under the illusion of accepting the false for the true."

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Question—"What is meant by the word 'embody' as used in the Science of Mind textbook? How may I embody the idea of active prosperity in my affairs?"

ANSWER—"The first thing to do is to invite and entertain the idea of your prosperity.

This is building a mental equivalent. As your thought revolves about this idea, convince yourself that prosperity is your natural financial condition, your right to divine substance and supply.

When you have convinced yourself of this truth you have 'embodied the idea.' You have impressed the thought-form into Universal Mind, which has accepted and believed your conscious mental projection as true. The voice of thought is your word—'In the (very) beginning was the Word,—and the Word was God.'"

For a realization of this truth
treat as follows:
"Know that there is no difference between your spoken word and the original Creative Word. Meditate on this until you feel assured of its truth. Then speak your word with authority for the objectification of prosperity, realizing that it has living power within itself, that it is its nature to produce."

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Question—"How can I overcome sorrow and loneliness caused by separation and not hearing from my two daughters?"

"ANSWER—'Love fulfilleth the Law.'

If you will realize perfect freedom for your daughters, you will be working the law for your own freedom. 'Loose them' and know that there is no separation in mind. The very mind current that flows through your own consciousness flows through that of your daughters.

Be very sure that you leave them in peace and freedom to write you or not, as they choose. Your work has to do with yourself alone, and as soon as you feel confident that your word is really true, your letters from them will be forthcoming. Do not merely hope. KNOW IT."

In your meditation to dispel this condition,
treat something like this:
"'I know that there is no separation, no misunderstanding, no inharmony in Divine Mind; and I know that Love fulfills Itself in my desire and that there is nothing between me and (naming them) that has the power to keep us apart. In love I know them to be divinely free and I give them the freedom that I claim for myself. I know that the love of God is flowing through them and through me and it works out this word of mutual interest and harmonizes into right action everything in our lives. My word is law unto this thing and cannot return to me void.'"

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Question—"Just what is meant by 'living affirmatively'?"

ANSWER—"One who determines to live affirmatively has chosen to see only Good in everything, to have faith in that great INNER SOMETHING which animates him, which guides, directs, and loves him with a love beyond his understanding, and which fulfills his every desire and supplies his every need.

If conditions on the objective seem adverse and limiting, the person living affirmatively, deliberately and persistently ignores them as things having no power to affect him. He proceeds to change them by looking through them and postulating his thought in Original Cause. When his thought is so postulated, he lets it rest there, knowing that the law will do the rest."

Insight:
"One who lives affirmatively is an unwavering believer in the goodness of life, the sureness of Divine Love and protection, the infinite care of the Creator for His creation. He is the master key to health, harmony and success."

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"'Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me.'His disciples were depressed, having an instinctive sense that Jesus was about to depart from them; they were filled with sadness. It was on the eve of his betrayal that he spoke these words, 'Let not your heart be troubled,' with that calm certainty, which has been given to the believing. He was not afraid. He had already plumbed the depths of human existence and penetrated into the beyond. He knew there is no death to the soul.Our hearts are troubled over many things and our mental burdens often become unbearable. It seems, at times, as though a cup of bitterness were being held to unwilling lips, with the demand that they drink.Jesus, standing at the threshold of his greatest experience, foreknew that he would turn apparent defeat into glorious victory. From the calm depths of an undisturbed soul he spoke words of comfort to those of lesser understanding. "

"He told them to believe in God and because of their belief in God to believe also in him. Again he is referring to the individual—'I'—as the outward manifestation of the universal 'I AM.' We are to believe in ourselves because we believe in God. The two are ONE. We are to know that passing events cannot hinder the onward march of the soul. The temporal imperfection of the human cannot dim the eternal integrity of the Divine. The universe is to be trusted as are OUR best impulses."

The best that is in us is God.:
"'Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me.' "

Click below to: read the source" Aug[17] = ""Spiritual mind healing, you can see, is not just psychological healing."

"It is not will power; it is different from the ordinary concept of prayer; it is not holding thoughts; it is not beseeching God to be God (God is already God). It is the actual determination on the part of the mind to intelligently—with as much emotion or feeling as possible--realize its own inherent, eternal, and never-changing being. "

The treatment becomes a statement of our belief, an affirmation of our investigation; and these things externalize in exact mathematical ratio as the beliefs which deny them are dissolved from our consciousness.:
"Mental healing, in its highest sense, cannot be divorced from a true religious conviction . . . by which I mean an individual's idea of God. Healing is knowing the truth that the same pure Intelligence, which is the volition and will of the universe, is incarnated in us right now. "

Click below to: read the source" Aug[18] = ""Affirmations and denials are for the purpose of converting thought to a belief in things spiritual."

"The premise of correct treatment is perfect God, perfect human and perfect being. Thought must be reorganized to fit this premise and must be built on this supposition. We must believe if we hope to successfully treat; we must have faith.

If the objection should be raised that having faith calls for superstition, let us remember this: all the sciences are built upon faith in principles which experience has proven to be real. Everything happens as though they were real and we are justified in believing in them. All principles are invisible, all laws accepted on faith—there is no alternative. No one has seen God at any time, nor has anyone seen goodness, truth or beauty, but who can doubt their existence? We must learn to have faith.

As practitioners we must have faith in Spirit and complete confidence in our approach to It, must know that we know and not merely be lukewarm in our convicdons. We are to demonstrate that spiritual thought-force has power over apparent material resistance, and we cannot do this without faith and confidence in our approach to the principle which we wish to demonstrate.

We must believe in an ever available good and that we have access to it. We must act as though this good were real to us; it must be real to us if we hope to demonstrate it. The greatest teacher of applied metaphysics who ever lived taught the necessity of such faith. Faith has its seed-time and its harvest. Mental treatment repudiates doubt and fear and in their place builds up hope, courage and conviction, expectance and receptivity. The treatment takes place immediately in the thought of the one giving it."

Insight:
"Our work begins and ends in our own mind."

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"The temple of Truth is approached by the pure in heart and entered by those who serve but one master which is the Truth."

"In no way can this passage be misconstrued to mean or even to suggest anything like the theological hell. Jesus never taught the popular concept of hell. He was laying down a philosophy of life for time, as well as for eternity. He knew that eternity must be made up of different times. To suppose an eternity without the element of time, is to suppose an impossibility for it means to suppose an unexpressed existence"

It is not everyone who says, 'Lord, Lord,' who enters the kingdom of harmony; only those who do the will of love can enter.:
"The wise man builds his house on the solid rock of Truth and not on the shifting sands of unstability. He measures causes by effects and estimates reality by that (page 59) which is real and enduring. The foolish man, living only in sense perception, has no measure for reality and builds his home on false opinion and erroneous concept; the vicissitudes of fortune upset his frail building, the storms of experience tear the walls apart, while the edifice falls about him in ruins. Truth alone endures to Eternal Day."

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"I draw my Good to me as I travel along the Way of Life,and nothing can keep It from me.My Good will always follow me.I accept the Good and rejoice that it is with me."

Affirmation:
"I accept the Good."

Click below to: read the source" Aug[21] = ""THE one who wishes to practise metaphysics must first, last, and all the time realize that he himself is a center of the divine activity; he must know that whatever God is in the Universal, he is in the world in which he lives."

"He must know that all things are made out of Spirit, which is First Cause; nothing comes before Spirit. Operating upon itself out of itself, it makes what it will out of its own perfect desire. He must think of the Spirit as the Father of his own life, eternally bound to him, eternally binding him to it.

He must know that the Spirit not only can manifest through him, but that it wishes to do so; 'The Father seeks such to worship Him.'

The practitioner who understands the truth knows that as long as God exists, he will exist; that he could no more become non-existent than God could. Walking, talking, moving in God, he must not only see the Divine Being as tile great unknown Cause, but he must go a step further and see God as the great self-knowing, understanding power of Infinite Intelligence, thinking through his own thought and willing into his own life all power and all good. More fhan this, God must become within his own soul the greater self, the inner life, the inner light that is to light his path with sure step to the attainment of the greater ideals."

Insight:
"God is to become the great friend of his life, understanding him, and helping him at all times to understand all things."

Click below to: read the source" Aug[22] = " IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS

"'In my Father's house are many mansions.' This world, with all its wonders, is not the only one that we shall inhabit. There are many others and we shall inhabit each in time.

If this life were the only life Jesus would have told his followers so. He held out no false promises, never deceived"

"He spoke only the truth. 'I go to prepare a place for you.' What more beautiful thought than that those who go before shall be there when we arrive! There is no death, only an expansion of the soul, an enlargement of the experience. But Thomas, who was a disciple, said that he did not know where Jesus was going nor did he know the way."

God is within and it is here that we meet Him. The inward gaze alone can reveal the Father.:
"Jesus answered, 'T am the way, the truth and the life:' Again he is referring to the individual—'I'---the son of the eternal 'I AM.' This son is the way to the Father. We approach reality through our own natures and through no other source. 'No man cometh unto the Father but by me.'"

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Question—"Will the same treatment take care of, or be effective for, both health and prosperity, or must there be two different kinds of treatments given?"

ANSWER—"In the last analysis there is but one treatment given for anything that is desired. That treatment consists in convincing the mind that the thing desired is already accomplished. The only thing that seems to be difficult is for the person to KNOW THAT HE KNOWS that what he asks is already his. Since man is of the Divine Substance, the quality of KNOWING is inherently active within him. But until man knows consciously that this inherent wisdom is at his command, he cannot use it consciously."

Every problem is primarily mental, and the answer to all problems will be found in Spiritual Realization.:
"Treatment is not for the purpose of making things happen; it is to provide, within ourselves, an avenue through which they may happen. Treatment opens up the avenues of thought, expands the consciousness, and lets Reality through; it clarifies the mentality, removes the obstructions of thought and lets in the Light. We already live in a Perfect Universe, but It needs to be mentally seen before It can become a part of our experience. Treatment removes doubt and fear; lets in the realization of the Presence of Spirit; and is necessary while we are confronted by obstruction or obstacles."

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Question—How can I keep from thinking lack and limitation when I am confronted by it many, many times a day?ANSWER—We can demonstrate to the level of our ability to know; beyond this we cannot go"

"The student should take time every day TO SEE HIS LIFE AS HE WISHES IT TO BE, TO MAKE A MENTAL PICTURE OF HIS IDEAL. He should pass this picture over to the Law and go about his business with the inner assurance that on the invisible side of life something is taking place. Let the Law work through, and express Itself in the experience. You cannot see tomorrow, nor next summer. But they will come because it is their nature to appear according to their law. You can picture the roses that will grow in your garden next summer, because you KNOW the plants are there. Just so, plant your thought for the experience you desire, KNOWING that on the unseen side of life, 'something is taking place.' "

Insight:
"If you can train yourself to KNOW what you cannot see with your eyes, your knowing will project what you desire into visibility and experience."

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'If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.'"

"As it is impossible for humanity to literally abide in the man Jesus we must look for a figurative meaning in these words. He is speaking of the spirit of his teachings; and the whole spirit of his teachings is to the effect that man is an individualized center of God-consciousness.

The spirit of man is the Spirit of God, for God is One. When we abide in the One we cannot ask amiss but must ask for that which is right and good, consequently our prayers to the One will be answered. But let us remember that prayer is answered according to law, and this law is one of liberty and never one of license. True liberty comes only through true harmony, true harmony only through true unity, and true unity can come only by the conscious realization that we are one with God or good. "

To trust in the law of good is to constantly believe that we are surrounded by a power which can and will cast all fear from our minds, free us from all bondage, and set us safe and satisfied in a new order of living.:
"Jesus says that it will be done unto us. He implies a power which can and will work for those who harmonize with, and believe in it. But we must first abide in the spirit of Truth. And what is the spirit of Truth other than that we live in conscious unity with good and do harm to no one. Goodness is natural while evil is abnormal."

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Now some of the scribes who heard Jesus tell the sick man that his sins were forgiven, said he blasphemed God in attempting to forgive sins. >"

"But Jesus, reading their thoughts and knowing what was in their minds, asked them if it were easier to forgive or to heal? In order to prove his position he healed the man.

This incident has to do with a great psychological law. If one labors under a great burden of past mistakes he devitalizes his body and if the condemnation is great enough it might render the body incapable of moving. Jesus, seeing that the sick man was laboring under a load of condemnation, told him that his sins were forgiven. This removed the weight from the man's consciousness, making it possible for him to receive the healing word."

Indeed he knew that the Divine Mind is too pure to behold evil and knows nothing about sin.:
"Would Jesus have forgiven the man if he thought that God held anything against him? Certainly not. He knew that the Eternal Heart is one of love and that God forgives from the foundation of the universe."

Click below to: read the source" Aug[27] = ""If we wish to demonstrate a companion or a position, we are not treating to heal some physical ailment. If someone asks us how to get to a certain place, geographically, we do not direct him in the opposite direction.

Why, then, should we be chaotic in giving treatments?"

"There is nothing more specific than mental treatment. We are going back to the Essence, God, Spirit, the Absolute, the Unknowable, in that It is more than we shall ever know, but not unthinkable. Let us try to realize not only that with God all things are possible, but that poverty, disease and other human ills do not have stages of development in Divine Mind.

When doubts, fears and contradictions come up in mind, we must turn to them and consciously and definitely put them out. We must remember a thought is a thing. A thought that doubts good neutralizes a thought that affirms good, and vice versa. It does not matter what has happened or what condition exists, we must realize that we are using a Power, compared to which the united intelligence of the human race is as nothing. We must still affirm, with an ever-growing conviction, the active presence of good in our experience right now. A treatment becomes a mental entity in the spiritual world, just as a kernel of corn becomes a physical entity in this creative force of nature which we call the soil, in conjunction with the elements. "

The sooner we realize this is the truth about mental practice, the quicker we will demonstrate.:
"The word which we speak is complete and sure and has means and processes of producing itself at the level of our recognition. Consequently, as the recognition becomes greater, the experience becomes broader. We are dealing with Absolute, unconditioned Causation right now, and in such degree as our concept embraces this conviction, we are able to demonstrate the condition we desire."

Click below to: read the source" Aug[28] = ""We must come to feel that there is a universal goodness, a perfect law and a divine reality flowing through our word.

It is impossible to really erase this spiritual conviction. It is implanted by a reality greater than the human mind. There is a power which descends into and operates through the consciousness of the one sensing such power. Real in itself and being ever present, it is as actual as we allow it to become. "

"There is an essence in the invisible world, the emanation of which is the passing of beauty into the form of that which is beautiful, of life into the form of that which lives, the passing of Spirit from an abstract into a concrete state. It is this principle which the practitioner seeks to demonstrate."

The effect is tangible and real. The timeless passes into time, the formless into form, the uncreated into that which is created, the prayer into the performance, the treatment into its own demonstration.:
"Conviction compels the attention of the intellect; it is Reality which floods it. It is the essence of Spirit descending into the intellect, illumining the mind and healing the body. The healing is automatic. The cause is invisible. "

Click below to: read the source" Aug[29] = ""GIVING HELP TO OTHERS

Question—If a person has not removed from his own consciousness all sense of imperfection and has not demonstrated in his own affairs, how can he help another person through a mental treatment?

ANSWER—We can help others in so far as we can sense their perfection in the Law and in the Spirit."

"It is entirely possible that one, even while he might be himself suffering, could help to relieve the suffering of another. If we all wait for the dawning of a complete realization of our inherent perfection, then we might have a long time to wait, and during the process of waiting nothing would have happened. "

I would not hesitate to help others simply because I had not, myself, attained a complete recognition of perfection.:
"The Law is, but we must enforce It. And so far as the individual unity of life is concerned it will remain unenforced, other than through the law of averages, until he consciously individualizes himself. "

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"The Voice of Truth speaks to me and through me.The Voice of Truth guides me and keeps me on the Path of the Perfect Day.I will listen to the Inner Voice and It will tell me what to do in the hour of need.I shall be told everythingthat I ought to know when the time of need arrives, and I shall not be misled.The Voice of Truth cannot lie,but always speaks to me from On High.Nothing enters but This Voice,for it is the Voice of God."

Affirmation:
"God speaks to me."

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"There is a Witness within me who knows the Truth and who will not let me enter into falsehood.My Inner Guide keeps me on the Pathway of Life and directs me at all times to that which is right and best.I shall never be without this witness of the Spirit,for believe in It and accept It as the Great Companion of the Soul."

Affirmation:
"The spirit within me is perfect now. "

Click below to: read the source" Sep = new Array Sep[1] = " THAT YE BEAR MUCH FRUIT

"'Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit.'"

"When we express a greater livingness, then Life is more completely expressing itself through us. A barren tree does not express the principle of abundance and production, so a life barren of good works does not fully express the divine ideal.

Evolution has brought man to a point of self-expression and it can do no more for him until he consciously cooperates with it. Its law is one of growth and enfoldment. God goes forth anew into creation whenever anyone discovers a new truth or increases knowledge about an old one. Each is a center of the All, and each has access to the All, through his own nature."

That love knows no bounds and, the Eternal Goodness gives all to all.:
"Jesus refers to his joy on the eve of his greatest lesson to mankind. That joy which is full and complete. That joy which no man takes away. The joy of a sense of completion. He was about to lay down his earthly life as the greatest object lesson ever taught. And what was this lesson?"

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"My business is directed by Divine Intelligence.The All-Knowing Mind knows what to do and how to do it.I do not hinder,but let It operate in my affairs.It prospers and directs me and controls my life.My affairs are managed by Love,and directed by Wisdom, and they cannot fail to prosper and expand."

Insight:
"My affairs are in His hands."

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"'I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me.'I will not be afraid,for the All Good is constantly with me and is always near at hand to guide and comfort.There is no evil in the Truth,and no power of darkness to hinder the Light from shining.I will not be afraid,for there is One within Who protects and keeps me from all harm."

Insight:
"I fear no evil."

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"If God knew sin He would be a sinner, for what the Infinite Mind knows must BE."

"Sin or mistakes are outside the province of Reality; Jesus knew this; he also knew that while man labors under the sense of condemnation the burden of his thought weighs him to the dust. Being able to read thought he knew just what step to take in relieving the burden of this man's mind before telling him to arise and walk."

Insight:
"Remembering that the Spirit holds no evil toward any and that God is Love, we should emulate this divine lesson and forgive all, that our hearts may be free from the burden of our own condemnation.

We shall do well to remember this lesson. How often we condemn when we should forgive, how often censure when we might praise. What untold grief of heart might be relieved by words of cheer and forgiveness. Especially should this lesson be remembered in the training of children, for they so readily respond to the thought of others."

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"EVERYTHING that we see is the result of mind in action. "

"We all have a body and we have what is called a physical environment; we could have neither if it were not for mind. The law implanted within us is, that we need nothing except ourselves and this All-Wise Creative Mind to make anything; and that just so far as we depend upon any condition, past, present or future, or upon any individual, we are creating chaos, because we are dealing with conditions and not with causes. Every living soul is a law unto himself, but of this great truth few people are conscious. It seems difficult for the race, which f eels itself to be so limited, to comprehend the fact that there is a power that makes things directly out of itself, by simply becoming the thing that it makes, and that it does this by self knowing. But we will not demonstrate until we see at least some of this, the greatest truth about life.

We should realize that we are dealing with the principle that is scientifically correct. It will never fail us at any time but is eternally present. We can approach the Infinite Mind with a depth of thought and understanding, knowing that it will respond, knowing that we are dealing with reality. "

Insight:
"Life externalizes at the level of our thought. Jesus, who saw this very clearly, laid down the whole law of life in a few simple words: “It is done unto you as you believe.” We do not have to do it, it is done unto us, it is done by a power that is all. Could we believe that a material mountain would be moved, it would be done unto us. But unless we do believe there is no impulse for the creative power and we do not receive."

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"There are no delays in the Divine Plan for me.Nothing can hinder the operation of this Law unto my Life and Action.Obstructions are removed from my path, and I now enter into the realization and manifestation of complete fulfillment.I do not have to wait,for the Law waits upon me at every turn in Life's road."

Insight:
"Now it is done unto me."

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"'Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.'"

"To-day we know what this means. The renewing of the mind is a scientific act. As the conscious thought pours truth into the subjective channels of creative energy, the body is automatically renewed; this is mental healing. Mental healing is a conscious act as well as an established fact in the experience of many people. Instead of the old concepts of disease and failure we are to inject those of liberty, freedom, health, harmony and success.

Mental healing is subject to the exact laws of mind and Spirit, and is accomplished by correct knowing. This knowing is a mental attitude toward the Truth. It is the Truth that makes free, and it is the mind which knows the Truth. "

The process through which this renewing takes place is a conscious one and may be practiced by any who understands the principle involved.:
"The body is healed as the inner mind is transformed; as the old and false images of thought are renewed by images of truth and life. "

Click below to: read the source" Sep[8] = ""An individual giving a treatment must believe that there is a Power and a Presence that respond to his thought.

No matter what all the world believes, no matter what anyone says, he must believe that this Power does, directly and specifically, respond to his word . . . that he is actually in league with the only Power there is. Without this conviction, our word returns unto us void. "

"We are to approach this Presence simply, directly and easily, because it is right here within us. We can never get outside ourselves. We shall always be interior in our comprehension. I am here and It is also here. In other words, we are surrounded by pure Intelligence and we are part of it. Intelligence responds to us directly, specifically, concretely and personally

On these points, I take it we are in accord. To each one of us, this Infinite is the infinite potentiality of all abstract personalness. God is Universal, Life is Universal, but at the point where the consciousness of man contacts It, It becomes personal. We are Its personality. ."

Consequently, the one wishing to demonstrate must turn to his own mind and his own thought, because in his own mind and his own thought is the place where he is an individualized center of God-consciousness.:
"Therefore, when we approach this Principle of Life, we should approach it not as something distant and far away, or something to which we petition. It isn't necessary that we go to some hallowed spot, to some sacred precinct, for Spirit is within us. We can never find Reality outside ourselves. "

Click below to: read the source" Sep[9] = ""The world is slow in waking up to reality, but we need not wait."Though the whole world were unhappy, peace still would be. It is our business to demonstrate that harmony is real and discord unreal, that good is real no matter how much evil people may be experiencing. It is on this basis alone that we can use the greatest law of life."Good never compromises with its opposite. The one practicing must be able to look a fact in the face and say that it is not there. This will not be irrational to the one who has made a careful study of the Science of Mind and Spirit."

The results rest in the eternal law of good.:
"Truth knows no opposites. When we take away the belief in evil it flees with the dissolution of this belief. We must be continually reminding ourselves of the power of the word and of our ability to consciously use it. We must know that truth produces freedom because truth is freedom. We are not God, but we are some part of the power of God. It is in quiet expectancy and in calm confidence that our work should be done. "

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"Without love there is no hope of growth."

"The soul, unloving, becomes unlovely. Love is the giving of the self and without this flow there is no growth, no ripening of the finest force known in all nature.

Love itself is the universal urge of Spirit for self-expression and when this is stifled in the individual, life cannot express its greater good through him. Love always tends toward unity and an harmonious accord with people and things. When two people really love each other they do not quarrel, they unify. When a family, individually and collectively, loves its members, it remains in harmony and unity, and is bound together by a common interest and a common passion to preserve itself from all harm."

Love alone can solve the problems of international relations and bring about the day of universal peace.:
"When the members of a community love one another that community is solid, prosperous and happy. Nations are bound together by common interests and common affections. When the whole world realizes this it will unite in thought and in action."

Click below to: read the source" Sep[11] = ""When all the nations of the world shall see God incarnated in each other, then we shall no longer have use for swords, but it's going to be hard for us to get spiritual realization while we believe that perhaps we are holier than other men.

Again, if we insist on believing that God is somewhere apart from us, or somewhere apart from the subject for whom we treat, then how are we going to know whether that God is going to come down and incarnate?"

"But, if, on the other hand, we are certain that God is incarnated, it is going to be a question of the God in us saying 'Hello' to the God in the other fellow. That is not meant to be profane, for, after all, isn't that just what is taking place? "

Though the question is still on our lips, it is already answered WITHIN. Isn't it the salutation of the Divine to Itself? :
"That is exactly what this self-realization is: the pronouncement of Spirit Itself, the self-announcement of Reality through us."

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"Any work which is of the Truth receives a reward. "

"The law of compensation looks after this as it does after everything else. If any man's work be burnt, that is, if it is not of the Truth, he will suffer loss but the man himself will be saved.

Paul knew that there is no eternal damnation to the soul. He said that when we make mistakes we suffer as by fire. He does not say that we suffer by fire, but, 'as by fire,' the stricken consciousness, the sense that we might have done better. The burning of the dross from the soul is, 'as by fire,' but the man himself will be saved. In the end all will reach the same goal; to believe otherwise would be madness."

To believe in any form of eternal damnation is sheer madness. Whatever man is, he is because he IS, and since he did not make himself he cannot help being what he is. But he does not yet manifest his true nature and much that he now manifests will be done away with, while that which is real will live forever.:
"Man is the temple of God and the Holy Spirit indwells every soul. When the outer temple is unfit it is destroyed; but it is evident that if the inmate is the Spirit of God It cannot be destroyed, even by the greatest of human foolishness. The embodiment may be destroyed and is, but the inner temple itself, that structure reared on the foundations of the universe, is eternal. That which is mortal of us will perish but that which is immortal is immortal."

Click below to: read the source" Sep[13] = ""Question—You know that old saying, 'Daytime is night-time of the soul; night-time is daytime of the soul.'Is there a communion of souls aside from personal contact? Instead of contacting another in person, may one send his thought? Is not this the 'Comforter' of which we read in connection with the statement, 'I will not leave thee utterly alone?'"

"ANSWER-I do not believe that the daytime is the nighttime of the soul.That part of us which is spiritual must be the part of us which is conscious.That part of us which is subjective is the mechanical result of the spiritual and spontaneous consciousness, plus the instinctive urge which comes with us. There would be no real individuality or personality without self-conscious contacts.Hence, it seems improbable that the activities of the mind in its unconscious state could be as real as its activities while in a conscious state. While it is probable that the mind continues to work even during sleep, in this work it undoubtedly follows the suggestions and impulses which have come to it during its waking state. And in all probability there is more or less of a subjective communication going on at ALL times between persons who are in deep sympathy with one another. This communication might or might not rise to the threshold of consciousness. When it rises to the threshold of consciousness it is as a direct message or a telepathic communication. When it does not rise to the threshold of consciousness it is more like an impulse or an urge."

Insight:
"The 'Comforter' is 'Emanuel, or God with us,' and is a Spirit within our own mind which forever bears witness to the direct relationship between the Infinite and the finite."

Click below to: read the source" Sep[14] = ""In saying that, 'no man puts a piece of new cloth on an old garment or new wine into old bottles,' Jesus was teaching a lesson in religious development."

"We are continuously living a new life and when the old and the new do not fit nicely together, the old, being no longer able to contain the new, should be discarded. Every day we must expect new revelations of old truths. We should never lose sight of the fact that the soul is on the pathway of an endless and ever-expanding experience and that only by expansion can it evolve. This does not mean that we should cast away any good which the old has to offer, but that we convert it into a greater good. Accepting the lessons and experiences of the past and taking the best from everything, we should press boldly forward, looking ever for the Truth and ever ascending higher and higher into the heavens of reality.There is no limit to the possibility inherent in all men. Let the timid soul put its complete trust in good and press bravely on."

Insight:
"'And, behold, a woman, which was diseased . . . came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole."

Click below to: read the source" Sep[15] = ""Question—I have been unable to hold a position due to the fact that I seem impelled at times to leave unceremoniously. I seem to be forced to obey some voice within.It is as though there were a master directing me. The condition brings severe pains across my body. Can you suggest a remedy?"

"ANSWER—You are evidently functioning on the psychic plane, or the 'plane of many minds.'I advise you, for your peace of mind, resolutely to climb higher. You are the only master who has a moral right to direct your own actions. There is a center within you through which the true intuition or guidance works; this is the well you must seek to tap; this is the point you must keep in mind as you do your daily work.The treatment for you to practice is somewhat as follows: 'By this word, which I recognize to be Pure Spirit, I free myself forever from everything that is contrary to the God- intended man—MY REAL SELF—and I (naming yourself), am under the direct and holy guidance of Truth. Anything less than Pure Truth cannot touch me. I know myself to be led to my right position, because my word establishes me there now. "

Insight:
"This word acts itself out for me without hindrance or delay.DAILY BELIEVING AND SPEAKING THE WORD IS NECESSARY."

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"I conquer my mental household and cast out all fear and doubt.Let my Word cast out all sense of fear and doubt and let my thoughts be lifted unto Him Who lives Within.My Word has dissolved all fear within me,and has cast out all doubt.My Word shall guard my thought and make me receive only that which is Good and Perfect."

Insight:
"I control my life."

Click below to: read the source" Sep[17] = ""Anyone can heal who believes that he can and will take the time to put that belief into motion through the Law."

"If we are troubled by an imaginary hindrance—the thought that we must attain a degree of perfection—before we dare use any of the knowledge we have about God, we should build up our faith by a realization of what we are . . . One with the Infinite.We should conceive of all good--health, happiness, and abundance—existing for us and for all men. We should remember that BELIEF is the weight which thought carries in its creative activity in Mind, and it must be uncolored by any meagerness or mediocrity of past experience. When we have strengthened our belief, by aligning ourselves with the nature of Reality, which is wholeness and unity, goodness, truth, and beauty, we shall see that we do not have to contend with anything on earth. We do not have to struggle to find a place for ourselves in the universe. "

Insight:
"In the sight of the Almighty—which is in the sight of our own spiritual natures—we are of It, no matter where we are. Anything that expresses, is the light that it expresses."

Click below to: read the source" Sep[18] = ""When practitioners have declared that our words are for the person whom we name, we have made the only connection with the patient that is necessary; the rest will depend upon the receptivity of the patient."

"On the spiritual plane there is no barrier to thought. This does not mean that we are without identity on the subjective plane. Since the Universal Being is perfect, the Spiritual Being of every person is now complete and perfect within Itself and may draw directly upon that Eternal Reservoir of Life in which all live, move and have their being.If the mind were acquainted with this reality, and reflected only harmony and peace, there would be no trouble in the physical world. Where does the treatment, contemplation, meditation, prayer or aspiration for the other person take place? Where could it take place other than in the mind of the one giving the treatment?"

Insight:
"In other words, if one wishes to help a person who desires to receive such help, the only connection necessary is a definite knowledge on the part of the practitioner for whom and for what the word is intended."

Click below to: read the source" Sep[19] = ""Question—'Faith without works is dead.'What is meant by active faith?"

"Active faith is the knowing, by experience, that your theory can be proved. When you can make no perceptible move toward proving that the universal good is yours, here and now, then is the moment for you to wait on God—to 'keep thy heart (understanding) with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.' Prov. 4:23. Keeping one's heart high to the truth that God works in each and every one is having active faith. It is only by standing unmoved in a condition that one may be master of it. As long as the problems of life make one desert the truth, just that long will that person find himself overwhelmed. You prove yourself stronger than the negative circumstance by staying positive to your Inner Self, and waiting patiently and with confidence on God. Such an attitude brings the desired results, and you have established your theory when the demonstration becomes an objective experience. In such case your faith has proved to be 'the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.' Faith is an inner knowing. Faith IS REAL. It cannot die."

Insight:
"Man loses sight of it in stress, but it ever waits for him to rediscover it, and to put it to work for him."

Click below to: read the source" Sep[20] = ""We should more and more learn to think of things in the absolute, that is, to think of things as not limited by conditions"

"Realize at all times that the Spirit makes things out of Itself, and needs no beginning except its own self-recognition. Then we must cognize our relation to this great power as one of absolute correspondence; what we think into it, it takes up and does for us as we think. It should not be an effort so to think; we should do so with ease, without strain. The law must return to us; we have no responsibility except to provide the proper channel. It can return only in the exact way that we think. If we think struggle is the reality, we shall gain our demonstration, but struggle will have to be the result. "

Insight:
"There is a law of reflection between Mind and the one who thinks; and it is not only what a man thinks but also how he thinks that 'shall be done unto him.' "

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"Peace steals through the waiting Soul,and the comfort of the Spirit comes into the stillness of the heart of Peace,like an ocean of Infinite Life,reflects itself through me and calms every turbulent feeling.I am at peace and rest in the knowledge of the All Good which is at hand."

Insight:
"I rest in peace."

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"The Power within me is blessing all mankind,and is forever healing all with whom I come in contact.The Power within me is God, and It must bless and help and heal all who come near It.Silently the work goes on, and silently all are being helped by this Inner Power which is operating through me.I will give thanks that my Power within is silently blessing and helping every one to whom my thought reaches."

Insight:
"The Life within me blesses all mankind."

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"I serve the world.I wait upon the Lord within all men;I call forth glory from On High through the minds of all people.I obey the will of Him Who inhabits Eternity.I do the works of Him Who dwelleth among the heavens. My Lord within commands and I obey."

Insight:
"I do good to all people."

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"But Jesus was wise in the ways of the world as well as in heavenly wisdom, and he counselled his followers against attempting to help people when they wished no help; he said, 'And when ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.'This is a lesson which sincere students of the truth often discover to their great chagrin. People do not always receive their message and when this happens there should be no controversy, no argument, and no sense of disturbance; but, abiding in a conviction of the ultimate acceptance of truth by all, they should let their peace return unto themselves and go calmly on their way, unprejudiced, non-combative, but certain of themselves. If, however, they are called upon to defend their faith they should remember that the spirit indwelling their lives will put the very words into their mouths which they should speak; for the great teacher said, 'It is not ye that speak but the spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.'"

Insight:
"Never forget that there is an indwelling Spirit which knows."

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"And if one should never allow thoughts of a variety that would be very distasteful to experience to enter one's mind, how about the indifference as to what way, or to what occupation one's path may lead? I have been told that I should be willing to do my kind of work for my supply, and am at the same time told to avoid any thought entering my mind which I would not wish to experience; I am at sea about the meaning of this.ANSWER—Outlining is a term which describes the experience one wishes to have objectified.Outlining is working in limitation at best. Our work is to specifically set the law in motion. A right attitude is one which believes there is but One Mind and that this Mind knows exactly what to do, and how to do it, and that It does it at the bidding of your spoken word; that It opens the best channels, using the most powerful agencies, human and divine, for the accomplishment of your desire. A right attitude is a positive factor working in the Absolute. All creation results from a positive attitude—a mental acceptance of the thing as finished—a deep contemplation. Your seed is growing from the unseen side of life to the visible and tangible. While it is in this process, IT IS RIGHT that you accept whatever presents itself as an avenue through which your supply may come, in the realization that it is good because it serves your purpose at the moment. "

Insight:
"Speak your word and believe that after it is spoken, it gathers unto itself whatever is necessary to its fulfillment. The law does the rest."

Click below to: read the source" Sep[26] = ""This Divinity, the Life-Principle of everything, is incarnated in all that lives, from the lowest to the highest. "

"Most of us are running hither and yon, searching for Reality outside of ourselves, when, all the while, the conscious realization of this inner Divinity is the unveiling of the Christ! It is indwelling, as well as over-dwelling, and the Christ is forever infolded within human personality. The search for Reality must eventually end in the realization that It is within. And he who seeks the Christ outside himself will never find Him. Sooner or later, we must come to the conclusion: that that which we look for, we look with; and that which we find, we take with us in the search. "

Insight:
"Only another way of saying that Reality wells up from within and is ever an inner light."

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"Question—What is wrong when one's disposition becomes antagonistic because of being unable to make a demonstration? ANSWER—Antagonism indicates the presence of stress. The demonstration comes through peacefully when man relaxes in the situation and permits God to do the work. Man is prone to misuse his will. Will power is only the directing agency of Spirit, and not the creative agency. By faithfully knowing that God within him is doing the work, and by determining that no thought of his shall negate that spiritual fact, man frees himself from the burden and the stress that is father to his resentment against failure. This freeing from the burden, this conscious 'letting' of the Spirit of his Good operate through him, is the demonstration in action. He cannot fail. Every thought-seed sown in mind has its own law of harvest. Know that if your demonstration is really necessary to your well being, if it is truly a spiritual part of you, it projects itself into your experience for your use in time to serve you. In working it is well to say: 'Father, I know this demonstration is given me, or its full equivalent, for the purpose of helping and serving my need.' "

Insight:
"Believe what you say and do not forget that God's law imposes no burden on you."

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"My life is in God;it cannot be hurt nor hindered in its expression.God lives and expresses through me; His work is complete and perfect in me now.I know His life to be my life,and I know that my life is complete and perfect.."

Insight:
"My Life is in God"

Click below to: read the source" Sep[29] = ""I believe that we are surrounded by an intelligent law which receives the impress of our thought and acts upon it. "

"This is the law of our life and we may use it consciously and for definite purposes. I am not superstitious about this law any more than I would be about the law of electricity or any other natural law, for nature is always natural.I believe in a religion of happiness and joy. There is too much depression and sorrow in the world. These things were never meant to be and have no real place in the world of reality. Religion should be like the morning sun sending forth its rays of light; it should be like the falling dew covering the land with fragrance and sweetness, like the cool of evening and the repose of night. It should be a spontaneous song of joy and not a funeral dirge. From the fullness of a joyous heart the mouth should speak.I believe in the brotherhood of humanity, the Parenthood of God and a unity binding all together in one perfect whole"

Insight:
"I believe the Spirit is in the wind and wave, and manifests Its presence throughout all Nature. But most completely, through our own minds and in our hearts, It proclaims our livingness and Its lovingness."

Click below to: read the source" Sep[30] = ""PRIOR to the period of our recent economic disturbance, the entire world was more investment-conscious than at any previous time in history."

"From elevator boy to corporation president, the first item people scanned in the morning paper was the stock market report.Then came the panic. As stocks dropped to new 'lows' people lost confidence and dumped everything onto the market. Many good investment stocks went right into discard along with the more highly-speculative holdings, and people awoke in a state of bewilderment.The same thing is happening to us in our spiritual life. We have come upon a day when we have lost faith in much that we one time considered an authority. When we lose faith in the authority of any existing institution, we are very likely, in repudiating its tenets, to throw out something that we should keep, just as we did with our stocks, when our perspective was gone. "

Insight:
"Now, we are not alarmed over the thought that we shall suffer greatly in the dropping of many creeds and ceremonies, but we are anxious that we shall hold on to God."

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"Oh, for a tongue to express the Wonders which the Thought reveals!Oh, for some Word to comprehend the boundless idea!Would that some Voice were sweet enough to sound the harmony of Life.But Within,in that vast realm of thought where the Soul meets God,the Spirit knows.I will listen for that Voice and It will tell me of Life, of Love and Unity."

Insight:
"Speak to me, Spirit."

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"In saying,'there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known,' Jesus was referring to that law of cause and effect which is immutable. To the mind which knows all there are no secrets and from the all-seeing eye nothing is hidden. When we seek to cover things we are but attempting to put a lid (page 68) over an energy which will not be suppressed. The Cosmic ear hears everything, the Eternal Mind knows all things, and the law of cause and effect brings everything to pass in its time."

Insight:
"A normal life is one which has nothing to conceal, but which is lived with spontaneous open-mindedness and complete receptivity to the Good."

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"Question—What is the meaning of Human Experience?ANSWER—Human experience is a play of Life upon Itself, a result of the necessity of the Self-Expression of the Universal Mind and Spirit.Reality would not be real unless It were expressed. The entire physical universe, including man, is an expression of Self-Pronouncement of a Universal Reality, conscious of Itself through Its manifestation. Man is the highest form of this Self-Pronouncement known to the human mind and since the higher form of intelligence invariably governs the lower, man is automatically given dominion over nature."

Insight:
"Man's greatest exercise of this dominion is in the control of his own consciousness, for his consciousness in turn creates his destiny."

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"THE best way to arrive at the highest consciousness is to have a great faith in the willingness and the ability of Life to do all for us, by working through us. We must believe in the inherent goodness and all-powerful­ness of the Spirit of Truth. And so every path leads us back to the one point and we must learn to realize the near presence, the great reality. There, through the door of our own thought, we enter into the Universal Consciousness, into a complete realization of life and truth, of love and beauty; and as we sit in the silence of our own souls and listen, it will be the greatest thing that we will ever do. In that completeness we are lost and yet we are found"

Insight:
"This is what is meant that a man must lose his life in order to find it. We are lost to the human and found in the divine. We realize that we are One with Cause. "

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"I behold the Beautiful and the Pleasant.My eyes see only that which is beautiful to look upon.I will not see anything else nor believe in anything else.I know that beauty has entered into my life, and will always remain there."

Insight:
"I see only the beautiful."

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"The Word of my mouth shall bear fruit.It shall accomplish and prosper,and shall not return unto me void.My Word is the law unto the thing whereunto it is sent, and it cannot come back empty-handed.I send out my Word and it is the law unto my life.My Word is the Law unto the thing whereunto it is spoken,and will become fulfilled in the right way and at the right time. My Word is complete and perfect,and is the Presence and the Power of the One Mind that is in and through all. I speak the Wordand know that it will accomplish.I wait in perfect confidence for the Word to fulfill itself in my life."

Insight:
"My Word Is Law."

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"The Eye of the Spirit cannot be dimmed, neither can It be limited in Its ability to see.My eyes are the Vision of my Indwelling Lord;they are the Windows of my Inner Spirit and are always open to the Vision of Truth.I see with the Vision of the Spirit, and this sight cannot be weakened nor lost;it is forever effective.My word which I now speak is the Law of Perfect Sight, my eyes are opened and I see."

Insight:
"Spirit sees through me."

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"My flesh is the Manifestation of the Spirit in my body.It is kept perfect through the Law of God.'In my flesh shall I see God.'The mantle of flesh is perfect and complete here and now.It is one with the Body of God, and cannot be sick, nor suffer"

Insight:
"My flesh is Perfect."

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"There is no pain nor inflammation.All fear is swept away in the realization of Truth.I am free from every belief in pain.The Spirit cannot pain, and I am Pure Spirit."

Insight:
"I am free from all pain."

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"The Divine Plan for me is Perfect.I am held in the Mind of God as a Complete and Perfect Expression of Life and Truth. No power can hinder nor mar this Inner Image of Reality,for It is God-given and God-kept."

Insight:
"God gave and God will keep."

Click below to: read the source" Oct[11] = ""THE LAW OF CIRCULATION 'Freely ye have received, freely give.'"

"When the law of circulation is retarded, stagnation sets in. It is only as we allow the Divine current to flow through us and on and out that we really express life. The law of giving and receiving is definite. Emerson tells us to beware of holding too much good in our hands.Because of the unity underlying all life, no man lives entirely unto himself, but through himself he lives unto the whole, which whole embodies all other lives. Therefore, 'he that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life shall find it.'When a man's thought rests entirely upon himself he becomes abnormal and unhappy; but when he gives himself with enthusiasm to any legitimate purpose, losing himself in the thing which he is doing, he becomes normal and happy. Only as much life enters into us as we can conceive, and we conceive of life in the larger sense, only when there is complete abandonment to it.The losing of personality in the great sea of life which surrounds us, makes possible the flow of this life through our own livingness, producing the inevitable reaction of a greater livingness in our own lives."

Insight:
"Let the one who is sad, depressed, or unhappy find some altruistic purpose into which he may pour his whole being and he will find a new inflow of life of which he has never dreamed."

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THE RADIATION OF LIFE

"The life of God within meradiates and shines forth from me in a constant stream of Light to all.The One Life flowing through me is Life to all who come near.The One Power operating through me is flowing into everything that I contact.Life radiates from me."

Insight:
"TheRadiationOfLife"

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"'And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.' There are no enemies external to our own mind. This is one of the most difficult problems to understand and simple as it sounds it penetrates the depths of creative causation. Nothing can happen to us unless it happens through us. That which we refuse to accept, to us, cannot be, and that, which to us is, cannot help becoming a reality. But someone will say, 'I did not conceive of this evil which came upon me; it was not in my mind.' The question then arises, 'can any particular evil be real to one if he refuses to entertain it in his thought?' The answer must forever be, it cannot. This is one of those 'hard sayings' which is difficult to understand, but the principle involved is plain.If we can divorce our lives from the thought of evil, from receptivity to it, if we can bring our mentality to a place where it no longer conceives evil, then evil cannot exist for us. "

Insight:
"The proof of this doctrine remains for individual conviction, through experience, but it is well worth trying. "

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"His Arms enfold me, His Strength upholds me,His Presence fills me with Life and Joy.I shall nevermore be sad nor depressed,for I know that I do not walk Life'spath alone.There is One Who goes with me and tells me all the things that I should know.There is a Presence with me guiding me into the Perfect Way."


"I rejoice in knowing that I am not alone."

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"Question—I very much desire to 'call out of the Universe that which is mine.'Will you please tell me how to go about it? ANSWER—First of all, realize that you are Incarnate Spirit, vested with Divine authority; that you may literally call your own and your own must respond, or obey the call. It cannot do anything else. Being a center in the Universe, you think or speak your word, and that thought and word is present simultaneously at every point in the Infinite Mind of the Universe. Your 'call' becomes the living nucleus about which the answer gathers and forms. It is the nature of the law to evolve the right conditions out of the desire for its fulfillment. Realizing this, your responsibility ends with your call. God, Infinite Spirit, 'speaks, and it is done.' Man, Incarnate Spirit, therefore, speaks and it is done. In treating for your fulfillment, know that there is but the One Mind, the action of which transmutes your call into the right answer, your desire into the logical fulfillment. Your conscious recognition of the truth will serve to keep your purpose clear of confusion, and your mental force definitely directed."

Insight:
"When you have convinced yourself that you speak and it is done, because the law MUST obey your word, you will never doubt."

Click below to: read the source" Oct[16] = ""The Law of Mind works as a law of identity, reproducing identically the content of our thought in and as our experience."

"It works by involution and evolution. We must get the ideas into the mind and allow them to work out. But very frequently people do not realize this and do not give the Law a chance to work. It is like planting seeds in the garden and then tearing them out again before they come to fruition. We must watch the seeds of thought and cultivate them. We must separate the ideas with intelligence, separating the wheat from the chaff and saving the wheat.God always gives the increase if we trust in and rightly use the Law of God's nature.It is as simple as this: We are surrounded by an infinite Law that can do anything. There is no limit to It and It does not know anything about big and little. But what the Law does for us It must do through us.Therefore our problem is to convert our own thought. "

Insight:
"We must consciously and subjectively accept only that which we wish to experience."

Click below to: read the source" Oct[17] = ""Always when there dawns upon any individual member of the human race the realization of his own divinity, the eternity of his own nature, the unity of his own life with the Eternal, and the immediate availability of the Law, through the power of his own word — there Christ is born again"

"This much we know: If a man can create in his own consciousness the image of good and keep it there, he will experience it, but not at the expense of his fellow man. Back of all, in and through all, there is a cause, a destiny being worked out. Each man is divine and senses that divinity in conscious unity with good, with all humanity, all creation. "

Insight:
"Unto the great has come that sublime and divine realization that the man who gives most, gets the most, by way of that law of cause and effect, which is immutable, the chancellor of God and the servant of man."

Click below to: read the source" Oct[18] = ""It is not our desire to make this sound complicated, abstract and unintelligible."

"The primary object in studying these subjects is to relate Truth with life and life with Truth and so transform our everyday living. Metaphysics means clear thinking; it means Intelligence, Love; it means God humanized. If we fail to make it plain that the ever-availability of Good, through the use of our minds, means added wisdom for anything and everything we undertake—investments or expenditures—we have fallen short of our purpose. Every man can prove the proposition for himself and the Almighty has already given him the power. We shall never know that it actually works until we try it, but once we have proven it, there is added to our lives and our experiences a something which will so change us that we shall never again be the same; our whole reaction to life will forever be different. We shall have made one definite step in the spiritual evolution of the soul."

Insight:
"As Jesus said, 'They know not what they worship, but we know in whom we have believed.'"

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"I shall not doubt nor fear, for my salvation is from On High,and the day of its appearing is now at hand.I shall not doubt nor fear, for my whole being responds to the realization of Life within and around me.I shall not fear, for the Hosts of Heaven are waiting upon me,and the Law of the Universe is my Salvation."

Insight:
"I shall not fear."

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"we must enlarge our thought until it realizes all good, and then we must swing right out and use this Almighty Power for definite purposes. We should daily feel a deeper union with Life, a greater sense of that indwelling God, the God of the everywhere, within us. When we speak into this Mind we have sown the seed of thought in the Absolute and may rest in peace. We do not have to make haste, because it is done unto all as they believe.In that day that they shall call upon me I will answer. People will often ask, What is the best method for demonstration? There is but one answer to that question; the Word is the only possible method of demonstrating anything; the word really felt and embodied in our thought. Then the word becomes flesh and dwells among us and we behold and experience it."

Insight:
"We will ask for no other way when we understand this."

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"By man came death, by man also came the resurrection. Here is a plain statement that man alone is responsible for death and the resurrection. The great teacher has told us, God is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live unto Him.Through our mistakes we die. All die in Adam, and all are made alive in Christ. Christ and Adam are two different names for the same man; one is earthly, the other is heavenly. Adam typifies the material man with his false estimate of life, while Christ typifies the principle of holiness, or wholeness. Each of us is both Adam and Christ. We die daily in Adam and daily are we resurrected in Christ. There is a daily death to that which is untrue and a daily rebirth into the true. The angel of our better selves keeps watch by the graves of our lesser selves, pointing the way to life, truth and beauty. This angel is Christ, forever dwelling in the bosom of the eternal Spirit. Adam pulls down; Christ uplifts.By man alone came mistakes. By man alone will come salvation. Let us remember the saying of Emerson: The finite alone has wrought and suffered, the Infinite lies stretched in smiling repose.The finite must put on the Infinite if it is to be resurrected. The resurrection principle is the eternal manifestation of life in higher and higher forms of expression."

Insight:
"Man fell. Man will have to rise. God will never desert him but will ever manifest Himself to any who consciously partakes of the Divine Nature. We are to look, not to the fallen Adam, but to the resurrected Christ. Both are within us."

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"Question-I live in Santa Barbara. Can I help my brother in Nebraska recover from an operation which has been performed in a hospital there? ANSWER—There is no separation in Divine Mind. Divine Mind is Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Omniscient, perfect and complete and It knows no particular geographical point as being near or distant. Realize the truth of this completeness and perfection at the point of call—the point of call then becomes the place where spiritual and mental work is done since the individual I is included in the universal I-AM-NESS. Thus you can see that your brother can be reached as effectively in a Nebraska hospital as can a person sitting within reach and hearing."

Insight:
"Mind is immutable and eternal and what it knows at one point it knows at all points at the same instant and with the same force."

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"'Wisdom is justified of her children.'Jesus had been questioning his hearers about John the Baptist.'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But, 'Wisdom is justified of her children.'This shows that the world ever finds some flaw in human character. If a man fasts he is possessed of peculiar ideas and if he feasts he is a materialist and a glutton. But Jesus would have us understand that virtue consists neither in eating nor drinking nor yet in abstaining from eating and drinking.'Wisdom is justified of her children.' A man may desire to fast and be wise, or he may desire to feast and still be wise. Virtue is independent of any material form which it may take. The children of wisdom look to the inner and not to the outer for justification. Wisdom knows neither publican nor sinner but is conscious only of herself though she may dress in many garments.If one believes that virtue consists in fasting, then virtue appears to him through fasting; but to him who finds no virtue in fasting, appear to be a greater virtue"

Insight:
"We are over-concerned with non-essentials, straining at gnats while swallowing mountains of superstition."

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"The unity of the Spirit is kept through the bonds of peace Other than peace suggests confusion and separation. The Spirit is a perfect unit and we harmonize with this unity when we maintain a state of peace in our minds.'There is one body and one Spirit.' The entire creation is this body, the body of God who is One Spirit. Within this one body are all bodies; that is, within the one creation—which is the product of the one Spirit—are all bodies.We have learned that all material forms come from one ultimate substance. Any special body is some manifestation of this original stuff. The original substance takes many forms; multiplicity, or many within unity, or the One.'One Lord, one faith, one baptism.' One Lord, who is the indwelling Christ, generic man or the universal Son. There is but one faith, for faith is an affirmative mental attitude toward the universe; and one baptism which is the realization that we are in One Spirit.'One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.' It would be impossible to make a clearer statement of truth: One life behind all that lives;—One, one, one, and never two. The unity of all life. To learn this is to know the secret of the ages. The wisest man who ever lived knew no more than this about reality;—and we are as wise as the wisest when we know it."

Insight:
"Here is a mystical saying: God is in all, through all and above all, which means, we partake of the One Life but we are not all of this Life. No man can exhaust the Divine Nature but all live by, in and through It. It is in us but also above us. We shall ever ascend into a greater expression of this One but we can never completely encompass It.This is a glorious concept, and one which fills us with wonder at the majesty of our own being,forever hid with Christ in God"

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"Jesus teaches that a child-like mind is more receptive to Truth than an over-intellectual person, who must have too rational an explanation to those truths which cannot be intellectualized, but which must be accepted on their face value. For instance, who could explain why he lives? The self-evident fact of living is the only explanation possible or necessary. In the whole life and through the entire teaching of this marvelous man we find a child-like faith in the universe and an implicit trust in the goodness of God."

Insight:
"Judging his work by its results and its influence on succeeding ages we are compelled to accept the fact that 'Wisdom is justified of her children.'"

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"Almighty God, Everlasting Good,Eternal Spirit, Maker of all things and Keeper of my Life, Thou art All. Infinite Presence within, in Whom all live; Joy Supreme, flooding all with gladness,I adore Thee.Eternal Peace, undisturbed and quiet,I feel Thy calm."

Insight:
"I am Complete In Thee"

Click below to: read the source" Oct[27] = ""We convert the mind by the audible or silent expression and acceptance of constructive words,thoughts, ideas or beliefs."

"This is prayer, communion, realization or meditation–whatever we choose to call it. Thus we automatically change our thought patterns through the Law of Cause and Effect. As our thinking rises to a higher comprehension of the nature of Spirit–the Source of health, beauty, love, life and abundance–automatically our thought patterns are improved and become more productive of good in our lives.We must imbibe and embody a sense of both the Divine Presence and the infinite Law. As we do so we may with surety affirm that our thoughts and ideas become more Divine-like in their nature. We need to be more concerned about getting our thought straightened out than about the results that will follow, for they will follow automatically as night the day.For clearer thinking in what we call a spiritual mind treatment, effective prayer, we watch ourselves, and see if in it we have placed any limitation relative to the past, present or future which may limit the possibility of its complete fulfillment. If we have, we are automatically causing the Law to act through that limitation and not to act freely on the good that is desired. We are conditioning the action of the Law to what we have accepted–good or bad."

Insight:
"Jesus stated the whole thing simply when he said: 'as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee'"

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"Question—How can I let the Spirit work through me? How can I discriminate between a Divine Urge and a human impulse? ANSWER—The first thing for you to do is to recognize your unity with the great Universal Expression.If you can get a clear concept of your oneness with It you will be able to differentiate between the human impulse and the Divine Urge. For in the former, you will see that only the smaller self will benefit through the fulfillment of your desire, while in the latter, you will discover that what benefits you will be beneficial to all. Although the Universal Urge works through the individual, It never loses sight of Its own cosmic purpose. Therefore, you may ask yourself whether only selfish ends are served by the fulfillment of the desire within you. If you find this to be the case you may be sure that your human impulse is father to the desire. The Divine Urge is altruistic, serving the many through Its least expression. It deals with spiritual factors, such as love and service for their own sake; It is true to Itself on every plane of Its expression. To let this spirit work through you it is necessary that you find that secret place within your soul where you realize that your identity as an individual is simply the working of the great Self-knowing Mind."

Insight:
"From this inner sanctuary analyze your impulse, whether it be the petty personal or the great Impersonal."

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"By some inner mystic Presence,I was told to live and to love,to laugh and to be glad.I was told to be still and know of the One Almighty Power, in and through all.I was told to let that Power work through and in me.I believed that voice and I received my Good."

Insight:
"I am healed—The joy of Life."

Click below to: read the source" Oct[30] = ""We maintain if you are intelligent enough to recognize the absence of friends, you are intelligent enough to perceive the qualities which enter into friendship: loyalty, honesty, integrity, understanding and such."

"The first step for you to take is to become friendly in your own thought. When you recognize that you are joined to every other person by your common heritage of good, you can easily prepare for friendship by creating an atmosphere of love and harmony in your heart. Not anywhere else but in your own thought.You might begin by saying to yourself: 'Everything is One. The Mind which I use, which I call my mind, is the same Mind that every other human being uses, so there can be no ill will or opposition in any man's mind toward me. I have no enemies. I am one with all Good. But every man is one with all Good; therefore, I am one with every man. Wherever I go, whenever I go, I am meeting friendship, love, kindness, and consideration. I am loving every man and am desiring every man's good as I desire my own. I give to every man kindness and unselfish service. Therefore, these have to come back to me in friendship, 'Heaped up, pressed down and running over,' for Universal Mind can deny me nothing.Who does this, will find friends wherever he goes."

Insight:
"Every man has within himself the power and the capacity to know God, to understand Reality, to be divine because He is divine, and to be absolute and complete master of his own fate, when he understands the Truth."

Click below to: read the source" Oct[31] = ""TREATMENT Living Spirit within me which is God, uniting me with all good, makes me one with all people, breaks down every difference of opinion, calms every tempest of thought, stills all doubt, casts out all fear"

"I let that Divine Presence within me illumine my intellect, direct my thought, guide my feet, and inspire me. I let that peace which is the atmosphere of this living Spirit within me flood me with the knowledge of perfect unity, and I know that no good thing is withheld from me. Infinite Spirit within me brings every good and perfect gift, and I accept the great gift of life which is peace, joy, love, unity and wisdom.I expect only the good, anticipate only that which is perfect. I accept God as being perfect in me. Even in those places where my human mind cannot fathom the apparent mystery of this Invisible Presence, there is an inspiration of hope, realization of faith,a consciousness which is beyond the intellect, and "

Insight:
"I know that I am guided into the pathway of good forever."

Click below to: read the source" Nov = new Array Nov[1] = ""Let us forever remove from our minds the thought that we shall some time get to the place where God will become available."

"God is available, right this minute, and we are where God is, and all of God—the everlasting good, the ever-present, ever-available, limitless potential power, intelligence, creativeness—is wherever our thought rests, ready to spring instantly from this invisible being into concrete form through our imagination."

Insight:
"God is available, right this minute, and we are where God is, and all of God"

Click below to: read the source" Nov[2] = ""THE POWER AT THE HEART OF GOD"

"Peace is the power at the heart of God. It is through the revelation of the self to the self that one understands life; that he approaches the power which is at the heart of God. This comes through a recognition of the unity of the individual with the Spirit back of, in, and through all.The problem of philosophy is to unite the Infinite with the finite, to join the abstract with the concrete, to find a meeting place between the Absolute and the relative, to unify with First Cause. The same problem confronts religion and is indeed, its whole purpose; to unify man with God. This is also true of science but from a different angle; science seeks to join causes with effects and by so doing to make practical use of its knowledge"

Insight:
"Science is really spiritual while philosophy leads to true religion. Science is the hand-maid of religion and philosophy."

Click below to: read the source" Nov[3] = ""THE SOUL IS INDEPENDENT OF THE BODY"

"That the soul is independent of the body is proven by the very fact of death itself; for, when the soul leaves it, the body at once begins to disintegrate—because the life principle has deserted it. It is evident that something real has left, for until now the body has responded to some subtle power which is not physical. If the body, itself, could act, it would continue to do so. The body cannot act, it is acted through; it has been a vehicle for the functioning soul, but is now a garment no more fitting: it is thrown aside to return to the dust from which it sprang, while the Spirit returns to the God who gave it.What is an individual? What is a Man? He is a center of conscious life, intelligence and action, equipped with choice, volition and free thought. What attributes does he possess which enable him to make use of these powers while on earth? Those which we call the senses; and yet we could not take from him any one of them. If the eye could see, it would keep on seeing; if the brain could think it would think on and on forever."

Insight:
"Paul tells us there is another eye behind the physical one, that there is a thinker back of thought, using the brain as a physical vehicle while man is clothed in flesh. And when, by reason of physical inadequacy, the brain is no longer a good instrument the thinker quietly deserts it and takes a new one."

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"The law of God is one of liberty and not one of bondage. The Spirit of the Lord is everywhere. Freedom and liberty are also everywhere if we could but see them. Freedom, like the Truth, is self-existent and self-propelling. The Spirit, Truth and Freedom are co-existent with one another.Whenever we are conscious of God or pure Spirit we are made free. This is proven in mental and spiritual healing; when we are conscious of perfect life the body is healed. We must become unconscious of the imperfect and conscious of the perfect alone. Since our ideas of perfection are limited to our present understanding we do not yet manifest perfection. With a greater unfoldment of reality through our consciousness we shall evolve a more perfect body.In the demonstration of abundance, we seek to realize the liberty of the Sons of God; the freedom whereby God proves His absoluteness. This is done, not by meditation upon limitation, but by contemplating plenty, abundance, success, prosperity and happiness"

Insight:
"It is unscientific to dwell upon lack for it will create the undesired condition. It is scientific to meditate on plenty, to bring the mind to a point of conceiving an eternal flow of life, truth and energy through us and through everything that we do, say or think."

Click below to: read the source" Nov[5] = ""NEARLY all people are controlled by outer suggestions, and not by inner realizations."

"Ordinarily man thinks only what he sees others do, and hears others say. We must all learn so to control the inner life that outside things do not make an impression upon our mentalities. As we are thinking beings, and cannot help thinking, we cannot avoid making things happen to us, and what we need to do is so to control our thought processes that our thinking will not depart from the realization of that which is perfect. Man is governed by a mind which casts back to him every thought he thinks; he cannot escape from this and need not try; it would be useless. The laws of mind are simple and easy to understand. The trouble with us has been that we have laid down great obstructions, and then have tried to overcome them. Stop trying, stop struggling, begin to be calm, to trust in the higher laws of life, even though you do not see them; they are still there. Did you ever see the law that causes a plant to grow? Of course you did not, and yet you believe in this hidden law of growth. Why do you believe? Simply because every ear, out of the seed time comes a harvest. Shall we not have as great faith in the higher laws of being? To those souls who have dared to believe has come as definite an answer as came to those who believed in receiving a harvest trorn the planted seed. This law is, and if we would see results we must use it; that is, we must provide the mental receptivity that will prepare us to accept the gift when the Spirit makes it. This receiving is a mental process, a process in which we lose all sense of limitation. If you wish to demonstrate prosperity, begin to think and talk about it, and to see it everywhere. Do nothing that contradicts this thought either mentally or physically. The world is full of good; take it and forget all else. Rise above depression and be glad that you are saved from adversity; the human mind needs to be cleansed from the morbid thoughts that bind through its false beliefs. No living soul can demonstrate two things at the same time, if one contradicts the other. There is no way except to let go of all that you do not wish to come into your experience, and, in mind, take all that you do wish. "

Insight:
"SEE, HEAR, TALK ABOUT, AND READ ONLY WHAT YOU WISH, AND NEVER AGAIN LET A NEGATIVE THOUGHT COME INTO YOUR MIND. "

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"The world seeks a solution of its great riddle,—the apparent separation between God and man, between life and what it does, between the invisible and the visible, between the Father and the Son; and until this riddle is solved there can be no peace. (page 75) Peace is an inner calm, stable and certain, obtained through man's knowledge of what he believes and why. Without knowledge there is no lasting peace. Nothing can bring peace but the revelation of the individual to himself and a recognition of his direct relationship to the universe. He must know that he is an eternal being on the pathway of life, with certainty behind him, certainty before him and certainty accompanying him all the way."

Insight:
"Peace is brought about through a conscious unity of the personal man with the inner principle of his life, that underlying current, flowing from a divine center, pressing ever outward into expression. But this can never come by proxy. We can hire others to work for us, to care for our physical needs, but no one can live for us. This we must do for OURselves."

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"ANSWER—Your real self is the One Great Self. Your desire to express this Divine Purpose of your individual being is but the innate urge of the Great Self pushing forth into your consciousness. In this way It calls your attention, your mind, into co-operating with It. You should gather all your mental power into one vitalizing current and turn it on each of the activities you bring into your conscious mind for consideration. The moment it plays on the right or the Divine Purpose within you, you will sense a quickening which will serve to hold your interest on that point.Then daily treat yourself as follows:'Divine Intelligence within me and within this point under my consideration, I recognize Your Presence, and I know You now reveal to me the avenue through which I find my perfect expression. Within this Word is each agency that is necessary to fulfillment and I know that, for the sake of the Self within me, I am now answered and satisfied. I expect and receive my answer and I am protected against making mistakes.'Meditate daily on the activity you have chosen, using the (page 47) treatment as given, and without doubt you will find new avenues opening to you. Fearlessly foll0w your hunches in connection with your meditation."

Insight:
"Leave nothing undone."

Click below to: read the source" Nov[8] = ""We say, in our system of thought, that there is nothing but God, and that when we talk to each other God is communicating Himself to Him-self"

"It is small wonder that people who believe that Divinity is an external thing should think we are sacreligious. From their point of view they are right, but if that Something which we call God, in Its essence and in our approach to It, is not to be found in our own spirit, then we shall never find it. Emerson said: 'Listen greatly unto yourself.' And Jesus said: 'Who hath seen me hath seen the Father, because this is the manifestation of God.' God must be, and is, a universal essence, an undivided and indivisible Spirit, omnipresent, and present in our own spirit as that which we are at this moment. Our approach to this Divine, Creative Principle is the Still Small Voice. God is an indwelling Presence. I do not believe in lost souls, but I do believe that every living soul is in search of himself and his relationship to whatever Reality is. I only know what Reality is in a very small degree."

Insight:
"We have come to believe there is a Reality which we sense in our own being, giving birth to a direct relationship to the Infinite— all the magnificence and the beauty and the power and the peace which is commensurate with the estimation of the meaning of the Infinite . . . God."

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"In waiting on Thee there is fullness of Life.I wait on Thee, my Inner Lord;I listen for Thy voice.I hear Thy word;I do Thy will; again I wait on Thee.And listening, I hear Thee say:'Be perfect, be complete;live, love, be glad.'"

Insight:
"Sit thou in the stillness and let thy Lord speak."

Click below to: read the source" Nov[10] = ""You must increasingly come to understand that you have access to the infinite creative power of Law, and you must always be aware that in the infinite Presence rests the universal Principle of Perfection"

"Not only in every way reaffirming Its Presence, you must in every possible way establish within your own consciousness a feeling for It, a sense about It.Heal the discordant thought and the Principle of Perfection, which always pervades your path, will establish harmony in your experience. Know that It does this immediately, that there is no process of time. Every spiritual mind treatment must incorporate within it the consciousness of completion, of perfection, of fulfillment, in the here and in the now.There should never be any sense of finality in your self-discovery. No matter how much good you experience today, you should expect more tomorrow. Expectancy always speeds progress; anticipation of better-yet-tocome helps to dissolve the load of disbelief which you now carry with you. You must learn to free your consciousness."

Insight:
"Nothing is too good to be true. Harmony is already an ever-present Reality, but as far as you are concerned, It waits to be perceived and only as much good can come to you as you mentally accept."

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"We need spiritual experience, a first-hand knowledge of life and reality. There is no medium between God and man, nothing between life and living, between heaven and hell but an idea. But an idea has no real value until it becomes an experience.In conversation we assume great knowledge of religion and philosophy but how much do we really experience? We can know only that which we experience. All great religions have taught truth but it means nothing to us unless it becomes our truth.We need spiritual experience. We shall never know peace until we embody it; we shall never know Truth until we become Truth; and we cannot know God unless we (page 76) sense Him within our own being. The Spirit is ever giving, but we must take. What life does for us must be done through us. It is useless for a troubled mind to beseech God to bring peace to it. God Is Peace, and we can approach this wonderful presence only as we turn from all that is opposed to it. It is useless to ask God to save sinners from eternal damnation since the Divine Mind conceived neither hell nor devil. If the Deity could know these things they would have a real existence. God knows only peace, and peace is the power at the heart of the Eternal Mind. Back of all is eternal goodness, loving-kindness and everlasting blessedness.Spiritual experience is deep, calm and self-assertive; it is the result of actually realizing that presence which binds all together in one complete Whole. This experience comes in the stillness of the soul when the outer voice is quiet, when the tempest of mortal strife is abated; it is a quickening of the inner man to an eternal reality.Spiritual experience is not an opinion, it is a fact. Spirituality may be defined as the atmosphere of good, the realization of God. It cannot, and does not, borrow its light from another, no matter how great or noble he may be; it springs from within, coming from that never-failing fountain of life, which quenches every thirst, whose source is in eternity; the well-spring of self-existence."

Insight:
"It is a revelation of the self to the self, putting one back on the track of his own self-dependence on Spirit, his own at-one-ment with reality."

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"There are no misunderstandings. All is made clear between the ideas of Good. No false sense of separationcan come between people, nor disturb the realizationof the Unity of All Life.I perceive that I am one with all people, and all are One with me.There is no separation."

Insight:
"There is no separation."

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"We cannot arrive at any other conclusion. Without mind there is no philosophy, there is no science, there is no psychology, there is no religion. There is no prayer and no answer and no universe, unless there is a mind to be aware of it. But you ask me, What is mind? I do not know. Nor does anyone know. It is intelligent to say that no one knows what mind is. No living being knows what matter is. Theoretically, we dissolve it, but it is still there—a material object, an illusion, or lines of force in energy. There is no one living who knows what it is, and yet if a man denied it was there, we would say he was insane. All I could tell you about mind is that mind is that thing in me, whatever it is, which enables me to know that I am. It is that in you which enables you to know that you are. If I had a mind which was all mine, and you had one which was all yours, how could you know that I exist or how could I talk with you?"

Insight:
"Therefore, we believe that there is only One Mind in universe and it is incarnated in everyone of us."

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"O Spirit of man and God within me, Thy Power is great, and Thy Knowledge goes beyond the range of human experience.Thy Wisdom excels that of all else, and beside Thee there isnone other.In Thy Strength do I daily walk and live; In Thy Presence do I always rest in peace and joy. Spirit within me and without, Powerful Thou art, and Great; Wonderful is Thy Might,and Complete is Thy Understanding.I let Thy Mighty Strength flow through me,And out into all the paths of my human endeavors."

Insight:
"Life from within expresses through me."

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"'And Jesus knew their thoughts.' Jesus was consciously psychic, that is, he had an extended vision which (page 82) enabled him to read the thoughts of others without going into a trance. To be able to discern the thoughts of others, without entering an abnormal state, is a development which will ultimately come to all. But in our present state of evolution this would not always be a pleasant experience, and will not be until we have learned to think constructively. But according to the narrative, Jesus 'knew their thoughts.'He had been healing a man possessed of unclean thoughts and the priests had reasoned within themselves that his power to do this was of the 'evil one.'Jesus, perceiving their mental process, told them that a house divided against itself cannot stand and that if he cast out evil by the power of evil, then evil would be a power divided against itself. But, he said, 'if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.'Here is the lesson. We cannot do good by continuing to do evil nor can we heal evil except by the power of good. To all sincere students of Spiritual Science this lesson is a guide post, pointing to the fact that the thought of good must ever overcome and completely put to rout any thought of evil or any thought that is less than good"

Insight:
"By the presence of good, evil is cast out, just as by the presence of light the darkness disappears."

Click below to: read the source" Nov[16] = ""We cannot pray for our good to come to us through particular channels, and at the same time expect that it will be a perfect demonstration."

"That would be based on the supposition that God is limited and could only fill our need through one channel. We might be greatly limiting that Infinite Supply which was already rushing toward us. And we cannot pray to go to Heaven. I hope this is not a terrible disappointment, though it may be ... to those who have endured, as patiently as possible, all the ills they thought the flesh was heir to, resting in the confidence of certainly going to heaven when they die. You will not. You are in heaven now! The Kingdom of Heaven is within you. Be at peace now. No condition, no place, no person except yourself, can cheat you out of the kingdom of heaven. It is a state of mind. Furthermore, we cannot pray for anything for ourselves, the coming of which would cheat or in any manner hurt another, for no thought like that can penetrate the consciousness of one abiding in Him. We can only ask for good, for Good is the nature of God. Good is in His name . . . His nature."

Insight:
"Prayer is its own answer as Spirit is both cause and effect."

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"Question—What exactly do people mean when they say that your demonstration can only be equal to the mental equivalent embodied in your desire? ANSWER-A demonstration, like anything else in the objective life, is born out of a mental concept. The Mind is the fashioning factor, and according to its range, vision, and positiveness, is the circumstance or experience. For example: If a person can see only unloveliness in others, it is because unloveliness is a strong element in himself. The light he throws on others is generated in his own soul and he sees them as he chooses to see them. He holds constantly in his mind a mental equivalent of unloveliness and creates unlovely reactions toward himself. He is getting back what he is sending out. If a man believes himself to be a failure, and that it is useless for him to try to be anything else, he carries with him constantly the mental equivalent of failure. So he succeeds in being a failure, according to the law. That is his demonstration.Having a strong picture, or mental concept, of that which we desire, and holding to that mental equivalent regardless of circumstances or conditions, we must sooner or later manifest according to the concept. For in time the conception comes, through evolution and law, to the moment of birth, (page 48) or projection into the objective world."

Insight:
"Such is the way of Nature. Such is the law of all creation."

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"The Way is made clear before me; I do not falter nor fall.The Way of the Spirit is my Way, and I am compelled to walk in it. My feet are kept on the Path of Perfect Life.The Way is prepared before me, and that Way is a Path of Peace, of Fulfillment and Joy.The Way is bright with the light of Love and Kindness. The Way I tread is a pleasant and a happy one."

Insight:
"I see the Way and I walk in It."

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"A good tree produces good fruit, so good thoughts bear a harvest of good deeds, while evil consumes itself in the flame of its own fire. If a man's life produces good deeds (page 83) the man is himself good: and this, no matter what his particular religious belief may or may not be.The mouth speaks from the heart. It is impossible for a man to conceal himself. In every act, word or gesture he stands revealed as he is, and not as he would have himself appear to be. From the universe nothing is or can be hidden; the very walls have ears and the mirror of life cannot help reflecting back to us that which we really are.Jesus plainly tells us that we are held accountable for the very words which we speak. No man ever lived who placed a greater power in the word. By our words we are justified or condemned. The word may be considered to be the complete thought and act of man. There must be a thought before there can be an act and a thinker before there can be any thought. The thinker condemns or justifies himself through his thought.We should think that only, which we wish to have happen, and wish only for that which is good. If our thought divides itself between good and evil, then OUR experiences will be mixed; part good and part evil."

Insight:
"When we learn to think from the standpoint of good alone, we will overcome evil and all that harms us will disappear from OUR lives."

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"We must not only think but we must know. We have to provide within ourselves a mental and spiritual likeness for the thing desired. The reason why so few succeed, then, must be because they have not mentally really believed to the exclusion of all that would deny the thing which they believe in. And the reason why others do succeed must also be because they have absolutely believed and allowed real power to flow through and out into expression. They must have a real concept of life. Hold an object in front of a mirror and it will image in tile mirror the exact size of the object. Hold a thought in mind and it will image in matter the exact likeness of the thought. Let us take this image which we hold before a mirror and change it ever so slightly and there will be a corresponding change in the reflection."

Insight:
"It is just the same in the mental world; whatever is imaged is brought forth from mind into manifestation. "

Click below to: read the source" Nov[21] = ""When you array your ideas of the nature of God against the evidence of appearances, you should be certain that the conclusions you reach are positive ones and outweigh all negative ideas which would contradict them"

"The effectiveness of your treatment lies entirely in your state of consciousness, in whether or not you really are able to perceive more good than evil in any condition or situation.You should have a calm which transcends the distorted thought and confusion about any condition. You should have a sense of eternal justice which outweighs any belief in, or manifestation of, temporary injustice, and a sense of abundance which completely transmutes a lesser concept of bondage into one of liberty.It is not enough merely to state your belief or to affirm it as a conviction–this is but the foundation upon which you build your edifice of faith. These are the materials which you mold into the form of definite desire. You must not only know that God is all there is, but you must know that God exists right where the need is–not in the form of the need, but in the form of the answer to the need. The Divine Spirit is the only Actor, the All-in-All, and is now manifesting Itself. Being All-in-All, It has no opposition, competition or otherness."

Insight:
"Firmly being aware of your Oneness with God constitutes a right start in giving a spiritual mind treatment."

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"I will give thanks to my Inner Lifefor all Its Marvelous Wonders, and for all Its Wonderful Works.I will sing and be glad, for I know that I am hidden with Truth in a Perfect Life."

Insight:
"The fullness of Joy is mine."

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"Let us learn to believe and to perceive and daily to announce; and whenever negation comes up into our consciousness, let us declare the affirmative, and know that there is One bearing witness with us, even the Spirit of God, that wherever there is light there is no darkness. Every man has the power of faith and understanding to remold and remake his life, to recreate his destiny; not by willing, but by being willing to know. Not by coercion; the race is not to the fast but to the sure-footed. The race is not to anyone who contends with any powers, visible or invisible, but to the one who knows. 'God is not afar off; the word is nigh unto thee, even in thine own mouth, that thou shouldst know it and do it.' Let us feel the direct, indwelling presence of a Power and Spirit, sufficient to meet every human need; and accept that It not only desires to, but that it is Its business to; that Its whole purpose and time shall be devoted to supplying that need, if we live in unity with It. Living in unity with It is very simple—the act of acceptance, belief, acquiescence, and embodiment."

Insight:
"Then will our Oneness with Spirit be so complete, there can be no question as to what we may pray for. Our every prayer will be a song of praise: 'Yea and Amen.'"

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"The time has come,the hour has struck.The power from withinhas come forthand is expressingthrough my word.I do not have to wait; today is the time.Today I enter into all Truth;today I am completely healed.Today I enter into my inheritance."

Insight:
"Today the Truth has made me free."

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"O Soul of mine, look out and see; look up and know Thy freedom.Be not cast down nor dismayed; be uplifted within me and exult,for Thy Salvation has come.Behold the wonders of the Great Whole and the marvels of the Universe.Look out and see Thy good.It is not afar off, but is at hand.|Prepare Thyself to accept and believe; to know and live.Let Life enter and live through Thee, Soul of mine, and rejoicethat Thou hast vision so fair and so complete.Rejoice that the Perfect Whole is so completely reflected through Thee"

Insight:
"My light has come."

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"Could we see the mentality of a successful man, we should find the imprint of success written in bold letters across the doorway of his consciousness. The successful man is sure of himself, sure of what he is doing, certain of the outcome of his undertakings. As much gathers more, as like attracts like, so success breeds greater success and conviction is attended by certainty. The whole teaching of Jesus is to have faith and to believe. He placed a greater value on faith and belief than anyone who has ever taught spiritual truth. We are to believe in ourselves because we have first penetrated the invisible cause back of the real self. We are to have absolute faith in our work because we have positive conviction of the inner power which enables us to do the work.But to those who believe only in failure the law comes in corresponding measure, measuring back to them the logical outcome of their beliefs. The habitual failure bears across the threshold of his thought an image of his inability to attain. The old law says that what little he has shall be withdrawn until he has learned the lesson of life and action, Each should train himself, and do so consciously, to conceive of himself as a success. Sailing on that immense sea of livingness, upon whose bosom we are all carried forward, we should go from success to greater success. All thoughts of failure or depression must be erased from the mentality, and positive thoughts of achievement should take their place. Have faith in God, in life, and in your fellow man. Know that right is might. "

Insight:
"Get some degree of real conviction and stay with it. The Cosmic Mind is neither wishy-washy nor willy-nilly. It is positive, certain of itself and sure of the outcome."

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"Question—I have a lot of day dreams, but seem to lack will power, or mental consent to carry them into action.ANSWER—Will is a directive force, and when thus used it becomes the instrument through which divine energy is directed. Teaching oneself how to meditate and how to concentrate takes as much practice as that required for any other accomplishment—IT IS NOT DONE OVER NIGHT. Each day, without fail, give time to meditation—sit quietly— forget everything that suggests chaotic conditions or personal (page 52) dilemma. Each time a negative thought presents itself to you discard it from your mind. Do not be discouraged if at first your mind seems to wander—persistently put every diverse thought out of your mind until you have formed the habit of controlling your own mental action. Know that perfect order and harmony in your affairs is your birthright and CLAIM IT NOW. Treat something like this: 'Divine Mind within me knows all things. It knows the answer to my problem and this Mind makes me know consciously just what action to take. I listen for the inner guidance, and I do make the right decision, and that which is for my highest good is now manifesting in all of my affairs."

Insight:
"I know that the Spirit of Infinite Goodness harmonizes into right action everything in my affairs, and that absolute Intelligence controls every act of my life.'"

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"The Inner Mind is still.The Soul reflects the Most High.The Spirit of man is God.In the great calm of the All Good,I rest in peace and security.My life is now reflecting the Perfect Whole. I am Peace; I am calm I am security and complete satisfaction. I am One with God."

Insight:
"I am filled with peace."

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"Question—I am practically well physically, but seem unable to get hold of things mentally. I am an educated professional woman. Please help me to find myself again.ANSWER-If you mean that your mental world is chaotic or disorganized, the treatment for you to use is as follows: Sitting quietly, contemplate the idea of your unity and harmony with Divine Mind; then realize that only harmonious and logical action and reaction can have place in this One Mind. You are one with this Mind, hence only your perfect good can reach you through its channels. When you can sense the truth, that this One Mind is your mind, declare your (page 53) Oneness with It. And on this basis, claim as your own all the mental power that this Mind has. "

Insight:
"Say: 'I know there is only One Mind, and It is my mind now. Hence my Mind is in perfect balance. It is trustworthy. It knows what I want and gives me health, peace, power. There is nothing in me to deny nor delay the working out of my good and I know it.'Praise God and know that it is finished, complete and perfect."

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"'But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.'What is it that the eye should see and the ear hear? Do not all people's eyes see and their ears hear? No. But few, indeed, looking, see, or listening, hear.We are to see that Spirit creates all things by the power of Its own word and that we are spiritual beings. We are to hear that inner voice of Truth which is ever proclaiming the freedom of all life, the eternal unity of God with man. It is useless for those who have never experienced this inner seeing and hearing to deny its reality. A man might as well say there is no meadow because he has never seen one.. The world needs spiritual experience as it needs bread and butter."

Insight:
"Men need spiritual convictions as they need meat and drink. And with spiritual conviction comes all else. To those who have shall be given."

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"There is no loss.Nothing can be lost, misplaced nor forgotten.There was never any loss or confusion Creation is Perfect and Complete, within the One are all things,and all are known to the One.I am now in complete harmony with the Whole and I cannot losenor misplace anything.I am constantly finding more and more Good."

Insight:
"I know that there is no loss."

Click below to: read the source" Dec[2] = ""In your treatment you naturally start with the supposition that Spirit is the only Life, and that this Life is your life. This Perfect Life is your life now"

"The Law of Mind establishes your recognition of this Perfection as being your immediate experience. All the Power there is is the Power of the Law of Mind–the creativity of Spirit. The only action there is is the action of Mind or Spirit. Hence, in your word rests the ability to remove anything and everything which does not belong to pure Spirit.You must believe this and definitely state it. Your statements must be specific, and you must be conscious of their meaning. Without these two elements of thought, treatment cannot be effective.Lack of abundance is not part of the heavenly kingdom. It would be a contradiction of the Divine Nature to think of God as being impoverished. But humanity is impoverished because we do not see the abundance around us. We do not interpret the universe as a spiritual system; we do not recognize the Spirit as the limitless Source back of all supply,In declaring that the Spirit is the Source of supply you state an eternal verity. But you must follow this declaration with another declaration that this Source is now your supply. The idea you use in your treatment is that Spirit manifests as your supply according to your concept of it. You make the specific statement that you are rightly guided and Divinely protected."

Insight:
"You know that every good thing is attracted to you, and that everything that makes life full and complete is now manifest in what you are doing, where you are right now, at this present time, today."

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"Question—I'm not sick or I'm not in trouble of any kind, but for some reason I don't seem to advance as I should. I have no trouble in holding a job, but I only advance so far and then stop. I have been studying Science of Mind for several months and only get so far, then stop—seems like I come to where the trail is dim, and I become lost and just wander around, accomplishing nothing. Will you please advise me how to get over or past this place where I always lose the trail? ANSWER-It would seem that this losing the trail, and groping about in confusion is a well-beaten habit-track on the subjective side of your life. It should be handled exactly as any other undesirable habit. If advancement is what you desire, you have but to know that, even before the desire (page 54) could present itself to your conscious mind, it had already taken on definite form. We are taught that supply precedes demand—'Before ye call, I will answer and while ye are yet speaking, I will hear.'To wipe out the old habit, turn your mind to the new purpose, that of getting beyond the old mental stopping place. Realize that the infinity of the One Mind is resident within you—perfect, complete and powerful. Know that progress is the immutable law of your good and that there is nothing in the universe that can hinder or delay your advancement."

Insight:
"Treat yourself as follows:'I know that the One Perfect Mind, in which is everlasting and infinite advancement, is my mind, and It knows exactly how to carry me beyond the old point of confusion. In this Mind there is no confusion, no doubt, no hindrance, no obstruction, and all of these negative thoughts are now erased forever from my mind, and by the power of this word which I speak for my advancement, I know that the immutable law of God waits upon my living word, to fulfill it.' Daily practice will obliterate the old subconscious tangle"

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"Not what we eat or drink, but what we think defiles. The issues of life are from within. If a man is clean in his mind, then is he clean indeed. We must keep the mental house free from any thought which contradicts the truth of being.Life is what consciousness makes it. This is a great realization. Experience may appear to disclaim this fact, but the principle involved is an immutable one and cannot be shaken any more than the integrity of the universe can be violated.Let each resolve to be true to himself, true to his inner light, true to the Truth as he understands it. When every man learns to speak the truth a complete salvation will come to the world. If one thinks impurity, then his acts will be impure. If his thought dwells on purity and Truth then his acts, reflecting his mind, will make him pure and true"

Insight:
"Every plant which is not of God's planting shall be rooted up. In the long run all that does not belong to the heavenly kingdom will be destroyed. Truth alone can endure. All wickedness, sin and mistake will eventually be done away with and righteousness will be enshrined in every heart."

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"IN practice the emancipated soul must always realize that he is in union with the Father; what the Father does, he can do in his own life; what God is, he can become. His word must be spoken with absolute authority; he must know; there should be no uncertainty. The word is the only power; everything must come from it, and nothing can stand against it; it is the great weapon which he is to use against all evil and for all good. It is his shield against all adversity and his sure defense against all seeming limitation. he realizes that indeed he is honored of the Father. His word is flung out and will work and none can hinder it; the sense of sureness is complete. Heaven and earth may pass away, but the word goes on and on accomplishing that thing for which it was sent; and all power is given to it on earth and in heaven. "

Insight:
"If he speaks to the sick and they receive, it will heal them. If he says the word of prosperity it will manifest, and nothing can hinder it; the world will abound with good, and his cup run over with life. "

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"My eyes behold the complete and perfectin all Creation,'In all, over all and through all.'I see the perfect;there is nothing else to see, and no suggestion of othernesscan enter my thought.I know only the perfect and the complete.I am perfect and whole, now."

Insight:
"I see the Good."

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"Question—Please tell me how to avoid being affected by the thoughts of others? ANSWER—Work for mental stability, which is the ability to 'stand' in your own mind without being 'blown by every wind, and tossed.' 'Stand ye still,'which means STAND YE STEADY. In establishing this mental stability, you must be careful that the element of rigidity does not enter, because inflexibility of mind, wherein one becomes opinionated and arbitrary, is as great a fault as the other extreme or lack of ability to 'stand.'The habit of being affected by the thoughts of others is negative and should be overcome.Treat as follows: 'There is but one objective and one subjective mind. There is no mind stronger than mine, no mind (page 56) can affect me against my judgment or my will. My judgment is at the helm of my thinking processes and protects me from the influence of other minds. Those things which I would not choose cannot enter my mental realm to affect my experience. This is the word I give to my subjective, in full faith that it strengthens me in my own positiveness and protects me from undesired suggestion."

Insight:
"I know that I am protected and governed by Infinite Love and I am now free from all false suggestion.'"

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"'If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.' We must be careful what kind of thought we are following. We must test all ideas to see whether they are of the Truth. It is a mistake to accept every man's philosophy simply because it sounds plausible. We are to be on guard against accepting that which is not true. And let us remember this, the Truth is simple, direct and always self-evident.False ideas heaped upon other false ideas make bad matters worse. The whole confusion of the world arises from fundamental errors of thought. Chief among these errors, and the father to a greater part of the others, is a belief in duality. The belief in duality supposes that evil is equal to good, that a suppositional devil divides the kingdom of Truth with good. Such things cannot be. Remember the teaching of Moses, that 'God is One.' If, on the other hand, we accept that evil has a power equal to good, then we must fall into the ditch of our own confusion.To believe in the good alone may seem fallacious to many but he who believes thus will find his path lighted by a torch which flickers not, nor fails.Then said Jesus unto his disciples,"

Insight:
"If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.~MATTHEW—Sixteen."

Click below to: read the source" Dec[9] = ""Even though we appear only vaguely aware of our divine possibilities, the world is on the eve of the greatest spiritual revival it has ever had;"

"and not just a revival of religious convictions, but a revival of spiritual realities. After having passed through an age of scientificism, when people were afraid of being thought fools, unless they could give what seemed like a logical answer to everything, we are now witnessing a strange phenomenon in the evolution of thought and intelligence. Many of our leading scientific minds, having apparently analyzed the material universe to a vanishing point, are beginning to consider the spiritual and mental as being real. Marvelous as the previous age has been, its material frontier is falling into a state of collapse. Objective empire has pushed us as far as it can go without the invisible; and we are just entering a period of discovery on a new frontier, which will not collapse or exhaust itself"

Insight:
"Instead of coming to a point of exhaustion, we continue to arrive at new points of expansion."

Click below to: read the source" Dec[10] = ""You should be careful not to fight fear too much, but rather, through a sort of flexible imagination, convert fear into faith."

"Realizing that it is a mental attitude, you can do this very easily. Looking at the thing which you fear and examining the thought of fear which you have about it, convert this thought into one of faith, realizing that the energy of fear converted into faith will produce an effect exactly opposite. If you will look at the thing you are afraid of until you really understand it, it will no longer have any element of fear for you. You can do this in such degree as you are conscious of being Divinely guided and protected, and state your realization of this in a definite manner.Love overcomes both hate and fear. However, love does not overcome hate and fear through controversy, argument or force, but by a subtle power of transformation, transmutation and sublimation. It is invisible in its essence but apparent through its act. As light overcomes the darkness, as the presence of heat causes the coolness of a room to change until it is warm and comfortable, so the radiant action of love and peace dissipates fear, hate and confusion. Love is the victor in every case. Love breaks down the iron bars of thought, shatters the walls of material belief, severs the chain of bondage which thought has imposed, and sets the captive free. In treatment you should know that love rules your thought and actions, and that you are appreciated by everyone who contacts you."

Insight:
"You affirm that fear and hate cannot motivate you, cannot operate through you, cannot do anything to you, do not belong to you, and are no part of you. Allow nothing to enter your consciousness but a sense of peace."

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"Arise, my Spirit, arise and shine.Let Thy light illumine my path, and let Thy wisdom direct my way.Compel my will to do Thy bidding, and command my Soul to look to Thee.I will follow Thee, my Spirit, and learn of Thee.I will sit in the Silence and listen and watch,and I will see Thy light and hear Thy voice.I will follow Thee and will not depart from Thee, For in Thee alone is Peace."

Insight:
"Arise and shine."

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"to us, as much is possible as we can conceive according to the law. Should all the wisdom of the universe be poured over us, we should yet receive only that which we are ready to understand. The scientist discovers the principle of his science; the artist embodies the spirit of his art; the saint draws Christ into his being, all because they have courted the particular presence of some definite concept. Each state of consciousness taps the same Source, but has a different receptivity. Each receives what he asks for, according to his ability to embody"

Insight:
"In this way the Universal is Infinite and the possibility of differentiating limitless. "

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"Question—How can one help another, who seems to live almost wholly in race-consciousness, to lift up his thought to a higher level? ANSWER—In helping others the question arises sooner or (page 58) later: 'Just how far may one go?' It is not possible to tear a bud open if we want to have the perfect bloom. We have to let the sun and air and wind, in other words—nature—do the work. Just so it is in working for another whose consciousness is not evolved to the point where he can appreciate what is being done. Each one of us is an individualized center in God-consciousness, and each is expressing himself at the level of his consciousness of God. Thus each one is free to work out his own destiny, and, as certain as night follows day, we all must find our way back to the'Father's House.'But you can do some very powerful work within yourself which will embrace him and his unfoldment. You can follow the treatment given here and results are sure to follow. In your treatment, lift him to the plane of the absolute, knowing his perfection and that the love that fulfills all law fulfills him. Do not try to hasten his growth, but know within yourself that spiritual growth is ordained for him from the beginning of time and that he cannot resist its influence."

Insight:
"Let all of your reactions toward him be affirmative; think of him constructively, and see the constructive side of things habitually, that he is safe, secure, in Divine Mind—and see him there perfect and complete."

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"From far and near my own shall come to me. Even now it is coming to me and I receive it.My own is now manifesting itself to me, and I see and know its presence. My own shall know and respond to me.My own cannot be kept from me, neither can I keep my good away from me I receive my good NOW."

Insight:
"MY OWN SHALL COME TO ME"

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"We must become as little children. How we long for a return of that simple trust in life which children have; in their minds there are no doubts, they have not yet learned that they are sinners, destitute of divine guidance and spiritual life. The life of the child is lived in natural goodness. God is natural goodness. The prison walls of false experience soon build themselves into barriers, shutting out the light and the child grows into a man, often losing his sense of that inner guide leading his footsteps aright.We must return the way we came. As little children, who know that life is good and to be trusted, we are to approach our problems as though they were not; approaching them in this manner, they will vanish.Let not the materialist deny us this right, nor the unbelieving cast any reflection of his blindness before our eyes."

Insight:
"There is a wisdom and power not of the flesh which springs perennially from the inner life,—all-powerful and all-wis"

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"Love breaks down the iron bars of thought, shatters the walls of material belief, severs the chain of bondage which thought has imposed, and sets the captive free.In treatment you should know that love rules your thought and actions, and that you are appreciated by everyone who contacts you. You affirm that fear and hate cannot motivate you, cannot operate through you, cannot do anything to you, do not belong to you, and are no part of you. Allow nothing to enter your consciousness but a sense of peace.In effective prayer you know that there is no place for anything but good in your life. You know that you do not contradict what you have affirmed, that the statements you have made are the Truth about you, and that they absolutely, positively, immediately and permanently uproot, cast out and forever obliterate every negative condition or situation to which they are directed"

Insight:
"You never let yourself be misled by appearances or limited by the thinking of others. You accept for yourself only those ideas which you intuitively recognize as being Divine in their source."

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"Through the long night watches Thou hastbeen with me.In the dark place of human ignorance Thy hand hath guided me,Thy light hath lighted the pathway of desolation to a land of plenty.I have perceived Thee from afar,and my soul hath yearned to Thee, 0 Thou Mighty One!The Spirit within me hath urged me on to the goal,and I have not been misled.I have been guided and guarded through the long journey, and Thy Presence hath been made known to me.I awake from the dream and reenter the house of my Lordclothed with Peace and robed in colors of Light."

Insight:
"The Spirit of Truth watches over me."

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"My thought is in Thee, Inner Light.My words are from Thee, Inner Wisdom.My understanding is of Thee, Inner God.I cannot be hid from Thee, my inspiration and my life."

Insight:
"My thought is in Thee."

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"The Light of Life is full within me and around me.It shines forth into the Perfect Day. O Light within, lighting my path to peace,I adore and love You and I let You shine.Go forth and bless all who come to You, Light within. My Light radiates to all and through all."

Insight:
"My Light has come."

Click below to: read the source" Dec[20] = ""AN inquiry into Truth is an inquiry into the cause of things as the human race sees and experiences them."

"The starting point of our thought must always being with our experiences. We all know that life is, else we could not even think that we are. since we can think, say and feel, we must be. We live, we are conscious of life; therefore we must be and life must be. If we are life and consciousness (self-knowing) then it follows that we must have come from life and consciousness. Let us start, then, with this simple fact: Life is and life is conscious. But what is the nature of this life; is it physical, mental, material or spiritual? A little careful thinking based upon logic, more than any merely personal opinion, will do much in clearing up some of these questions that at first seem to stagger us with their bigness.How much of that which is may we call life? The answer would have to be: Life is all that there is; it is the reason for all that we see, hear, feel -- for all that we experience in any way. Now nothing from nothing leaves nothing, and it is impossible for something to proceed from nothing. Since something is, that from which it came must be all that is."

Insight:
"Life, then, is all that there is. Everything comes from it, ourselves included"

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"Out of the darkness of the long night the Dawn has come.I rise to meet the new day, filled with confidence and strength.I arise and go forth into the dawn,inspired and refreshed bythe Living Spirit within me.O Day, you shall never die; the sun shall never set upon your perfect glory.For the Lamp of the Soul has been re-kindled with the oil of Faith,And Love has cleansed the windows of Life with the spirit of gladness.They shall nevermore grow dim with fear,for Perfect Love casteth out all fear.I am renewed in strength through knowing Good."

Insight:
"My light has come."

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"The Light of Heaven shines through me and illumines my path. The Light Eternal is my guide and my protection.In that Light there is no darkness at all.It is a Perfect Light shining from the altar of a perfect Love.0 Light and Love within me,Thou art welcome."

Insight:
"Light shines through me and illumines the Way."

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"I am still and receptive to Life.I let Life flow through me into all that I do, say or think.I shall let my Life be what it is, and shall not worry nor complain.I am now enteredinto the Secret Place of the Soul where complete quiet reigns supreme and where God talks to me."

Insight:
"I receive."

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"I wrap myself in the mantle of Love and fall asleep, filled with Peace.Through the long night Peace remains with me, and at the breaking of the new dayI shall still be filled with Life and LoveI shall go forth into the new day confident and happy."

Insight:
"I rest in Thee."

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"The Pathway of Life shines before me unto the Perfect Day. I walk the pathway of the Soul to the Gate of Good. I enter into the fulfillment of my desires.Nothing need be added to and nothing can be taken from the All Good which is forever expressing Itself in me.Daily shall I receive Its great blessings and my Soul shall rejoice forevermore."

Insight:
"I am now entered into my good."

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"The Spirit has no responsibilities.The Spirit knows no want nor fear.It is complete within Itself,and lives by virtue of Its own Being I am Spirit and cannot take on the fears of the world. My ways are made straight before me.The pathway of Life is an endless road of Eternal Satisfaction and Perfect Joy. My Life within me is Complete and Perfect,and has no care: nor burdens.It is Free Spirit and cannot be bound.I rejoice in that Freedom."

Insight:
"I rejoice in freedom."

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"Whatever I need comes to me from the All Good.Divine Intelligence working through me always knows just what I need and always supplies it when I need it.This Law is unfailing and sure, and cannot be broken.I receive my Good daily as I go along the pathway of Life, and I cannot be robbed of my birthright to freedom and happiness."

Insight:
"I receive my Good."

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"The Seal of Approval is upon me,and I am not condemned by the thought or the act of man.I will fear no evil,for I know that the Great Judge of allcontrols my every act.Let every fear of man be removed from me and let the Silence of my soul bear witness to the Truth."

Insight:
"God approves of me."

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"World Peace will appear when the nations, realizing that there is good enough to go around, learn to live together in harmony. This is a matter of self-training among the different peoples, an international understanding. This international consciousness is being born to the nations to-day and will yet shine full-orbed. Then we shall cease to have wars.The world is made up of individual members so we must begin with the unit. We cannot carry discord into harmony for discord is a lack of the proper appreciation of harmony. As a straight line finds no abiding place in a curve, so discord finds no abiding place in harmony. We cannot carry our troubles to the Spirit for the Spirit is untroubled. We approach God only through His own nature.If one wishes to experience peace he must first become peaceful in his own thought. Careful self-training will do this; watching one's thought and carefully discarding such mental attitudes as are of a destructive nature; this is possible for all"

Insight:
"The Divine ear cannot listen to discord. Become peaceful and you will find peace."

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"MAN is surrounded by a great universal thought power which returns to him always just as he thinks.So plastic, so receptive is this mind, that it takes the slightest impression and moulds it into conditions. There are two things in man which his thought affects, his body and his environment. At all times he is given absolute control over these two things, and from the effect of his thought upon them he cannot hope to escape. At first, being ignorant of this fact, he binds himself by a misuse of the laws of his being; but as he begins to see that he himself is responsible for all that comes to him on the path of life, he begins to control his thought, which in its turn acts on the universal sustance to create for him a new world. The great soul is learning more and more to dare to fling out into mind a divine idea of himself, and to see himself perfect and whole. If he has a divine thought he will get a divine thing, if he has a human thought he will get a human tiling; he will receive whatever his innermost thought embodies. And so we find in the Bible twice repeated these words: “To the pure Thou wilt show Thyself pure and to the froward Thou wilt show Thyself froward.”"

Insight:
"It is done unto all as they believe. "

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"My Life is in Thee, 0 Inner Presence.I look upon Thee and hope springs forth into realization.0 Hope within me, undying evidence of Good,Thou dost completely hold me in Thy loving embrace, And from this fond caressassurance shall be born,and confidence and love."

Insight:
"My hope is in Thee."

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