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  • Human beings create their experience by the activity of their thinking. Everything in the manifest realm has its beginning in thought.

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  • Knowing and understanding the laws of life, also called Truth, are not enough. A person must also live the Truth that he or she knows.

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Weekly Message for January 27, 2019

 

            This Week's Message is Part 4 of a 4-Part Series on the "Essentials" of the Science of Mind and Spirit; evolutionary spiritual metaphysics.    These messages must be more than just read ... they must be studied ... a single word can light the spark of truth within us that takes us from doubt to absolute faith in ourselves, in our relationship to G-d and our confidence in merging our life with the One Life that insures All Good in our experiences.
Part 1 can be read by clicking on this link: 
01/06/2019  Part 2 can be read by clicking on this link 01/13/2019 Part 3 can be read by clicking on this link 01/20/2019.

4 – ESSENTIAL THINGS TO KNOW:
The Thing Itself
How It Works
What It Does
How To Use It


HOW TO USE IT

              From Dr. Ernest Holmes -  One of the great difficulties in the new order of thought is that we are likely to indulge in too much theory and too little practice.  As a matter of fact, we only know as much as we can prove by actual demonstration.  That which we cannot prove may, or may not, be true but that which we can prove certainly must be, and is, the truth.
          We are in the world and of it and it is good that it is so.  The world is all right when we view it correctly.  Who knows what would transpire if all men would speak the truth?  It has never yet been tried, but let not the mouth of the profane hinder those who would enter, thereby keeping them from entering.  The world has never yet followed the simple ethics of Jesus, yet it is loud in its proclamation that it is Christian.  This statement is not written in a spirit of controversy, it is one of conviction, and will make its appeal only to those who are convinced.  "A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still."
          The Truth is instantaneous in its demonstration, taking only such time in Its unfoldment as is inherent in the law of a logical and sequential evolution.  In this invisible law of unfoldment, we must come to trust, and although we do not see the way, we must believe that the way IS and IS OPERATIVE.  We must trust the Invisible, for It is the sole cause of that which is visible ... "... things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." (Hebrews 11:3)
         Healing and demonstration (answered prayer) take place as our minds become attuned to the truth of Being.  There is no process of healing, but there is generally a process in healing.  This process is the time and effort which we undergo in our realizations of Truth.
          The one who wishes scientifically to work out his/her problems, must daily take the time to meditate and mentally treat the condition, no matter what the apparent contradictions may be.  We are working silently in the Law and the Law will find an outlet through our persistent faith in It.  This Law is the Law which puts the act into all action.  It is the invisible actor, working through us to will and to do.  As a result of right treatment, the mold formed in the subjective mind by the treatment makes possible a concrete manifestation.  The treatment is an intelligent Energy in the invisible world.  It is a spiritual entity, working through the Law of Mind, and it is an actual force now consciously directed.  Therefore, it must produce specific results.
         True thought deals directly with First Cause (G-d); and this Science is the study of First Cause, Spirit, or the Truth, that Invisible Essence, that Ultimate Stuff and Intelligence from which everything comes - the Power back of creation - The Thing Itself.  
- The Science of Mind and Spirit

           In spiritual metaphysics we realize that we must develop a greater awareness of Universal Principles; the Master Mind Jesus taught ... "it is done unto you as you believe" ... in the Book of Job we can read .. "that which I have feared has come upon me" ... so we understand that our patterns of thought create imprints on our subconscious and therefore create our experiences ... as we believe.  No one truly desires to experience illness and discord in their lives ... but as we allow our mind to dwell on morbid thoughts or listen to negative ideas ... we create the "possibility" of these things happening to us.  This is why the the Master Mind Jesus taught, "be in the world but not of the world."  The world believes in the possibilities of misery ... through worry, doubt and fear ... and this belief in the possibility separates us from G-d, Infinite Good.  Over 5,000 years before the Teachings of Jesus were presented to the world, we can read in the Bhagavad-Gita ... "according to your belief it is done."  So we know that All is Mind, yet All Is G-d.  As we seek greater understanding of our relationship with G-d, Infinite Spirit ... we will find it.  We will realize solutions to our seeming problems.  We will realize greater peace and joy in our experiences.  But as we attempt to "separate or divide G-d" ... by judgments of good and evil, lesser and greater, superior and inferior ... infinite possibilities become "limitations" ... we must nurture and foster the Truth that G-d Is All In All ... Omnipresence, Omnipotent, Omniscient ... Always Present ... All Powerful ... All Knowing.

          Spiritual metaphysics offers the greatest tool we can use to maintain the Truth of Omnipresent Good in our minds ... it is a powerful, affirmative, prayer practice called "Spiritual Mind Treatment" or "Affirmative Prayer."  This practice was discovered by Dr. Holmes as he studied the work of the Master Mind Jesus in-depth.  It is the method of prayer that the Master Mind Jesus used in every demonstration of healing that have been recorded in the scriptures.  This method of prayer can be utilized for every thing ... health, wealth, work, relationships and more.  It is a method of prayer that "conditions" our minds to a higher awareness and acceptance of G-d's Loving Presence in our lives.  And this heightened awareness of the Presence of G-d automatically brings with it a greater and more joyous Life experience.  This method of prayer has been used to heal cancer, leukemia, diabetes, poverty, loneliness, feelings of guilt and shame ... patterns of failure.  It has been used to restore happiness to marriages ... to attract people to each other to fulfill a greater purpose in Life.  It is a marvelous and effective way to pray that opens up our lives to the Glory of G-d ... and once we begin to practice it and make use of it in the things that concern us ... we realize without a doubt ... that there is no secret what G-d can do.  (I will publish the art and method of affirmative prayer with the next Weekly Message.)

                      From Dr. Ernest Holmes -  Our mind must be steady in its conviction that our life is some part of G-d, and that the Spirit is incarnated in us.  Affirmations and denials are for the purpose of vitalizing faith - for the purpose of converting thought to a belief in things spiritual.  The foundation for correct mental treatment is perfect G-d and perfect being.  Thought must be organized to fit this premise, and conclusions must be built on this premise.  We must keep our faith vital, if we hope to successfully treat (pray) for ourselves or others.
          No man has seen G-d at any time, nor have we seen goodness, truth or beauty, but who can doubt their existence?
          No only must we have complete faith in Spirit, and Its ability to know and to do, but we must have complete confidence in our approach to It.  We must not be lukewarm in our conviction.  We must know that we know.  We are to demonstrate that spiritual thought force has power over all apparent material resistance, and this cannot be done unless we have abounding confidence in the Principle which we approach.
          Pure faith is a spiritual conviction; it is the acquiescence of the mind, the embodiment of an idea, the acceptance of a concept.  It we believe that the Spirit, incarnated in us, can demonstrate, shall we be disturbed at what appears to contradict this?  We shall often need to know that the Truth which we announce is superior to the condition we are to change.  In other words, if we are speaking from the standpoint of the Spirit, then there can be no opposition to It!  It is only when we let go of all human will, and recognize the pure essence of the Spiritual Principle incarnated in us, that thought arises above a belief in duality.  We should constantly vitalize our faith by the knowledge that the Eternal is incarnated in us; that G-d Itself goes forth anew into creation through each one of us; and that in such degree as we speak the Truth, the Almighty Spirit has spoken.

THE TECHNIQUE OF ACQUIRING FAITH

        There is no one who believes more in faith, more in prayer, or more in the necessity of the Divine Will being done, than the person who practices daily the art of affirmative prayer.  By relieving our mind of the morbid sense that the Will of G-d can be the will of suffering; for if there were a suffering G-d, and if we are eternal beings, then we should suffer through all eternity.  But a suffering G-d is an impossibility.  We suffer because we are not in both conscious and subjective communication with the affirmative side of the Universe.  All human misery is a result of ignorance; and nothing but knowledge can free us from this ignorance and its effects.
         As students of spiritual metaphysics, we find in the remarkable character of the Master Mind Jesus, a great impetus toward faith and conviction.  The Centurion came to the healing power of Jesus and asked Jesus to heal his servant, and Jesus said:  "Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee."  The Centurion had what we call a mental equivalent of Divine authority.  In the realm in which he lived, he was accustomed to speak his word with authority.  He accepted the word of Jesus as having authority on the invisible plane.  Jesus said, "I have not found so great faith, no, not in all Israel."

       There is nothing in the Universe that denies us the right to be happy, if our happiness does not deny or interfere with the general good.  The Universe remains unlimited, though the whole world has suffered a sense of limitation.

       We should be careful not to divide our mental house against itself.  Having announced a law of liberty, we must not deny it.  The mold of acceptance is the measure of our experience.  The Infinite fills all molds and forever flows into new and greater ones.  Within us is the unborn possibility of limitless experience.  Ours is the privilege of giving birth to it through us!


       From my teachers I have learned statements that have permeated my consciousness; from Dr. Domenic A. Polifrone, I learned, "A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways," and from Dr. O. C. Smith, I learned, "lukewarm water does not boil eggs."  In other words, not only are we to remain steadfast in knowing the Truth ... knowing that G-d is in agreement with our Good ... but we are to cultivate and nurture a vital faith in our Good ... that it is available and it is ours now ... no matter what may appear to be otherwise.  

      
 We must know that "I am not all of G-d, but all that I am is of G-d" ... and in this understanding we know that we are an expression of Life unfolding as G-d's life.  So, we must choose to live in the way an Infinite Intelligence would choose to live ... free of doubt, worry and fear ... with a mind that is open to infinite possibilities ... a life lived from the Truth that I am not nationality, race or gender ... All I am is of G-d ... as we identify with our Divine nature and loose the ideas and concepts that separate us from Life ... tremendously wonderful things begin to automatically become part of our Life experience and this is the truth for me, for you and for everyone.

Keep the Faith!
Henry Lee Bates
(Reverend Dr.)

                            

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