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We
are living in period where facts and science are being rejected
by far too many people due to political and religious nonsense.
We are intelligent beings. When we reject Intelligence, we are
rejecting that which formed our life and endowed us with the
ability to choose what we will accept in our life experience and
what we will reject. We cannot reject intelligence and believe
that we shall have a good life, a prosperous life, or a joyful
life. The Intelligence that formed our life does not correspond
to nonsense.
We are already experiencing our thoughts and beliefs, but we may
not be choosing them consciously and actively directing them to
something specific in a definite way. It is not that difficult
to do ... but we must begin to do it or we may find something
within our thinking that believes that it is difficult, or
hard. We have been endowed with the ability to do all things
with grace and ease, but we must connect with the Ultimate of
Grace, Intelligence, consciously in our mind and our thoughts
about the things that concern us; that is, our success, our
prosperity, our health, and happiness. We have the power within
us to do this because we are part of Intelligence; we think and
we reason, so therefore we are part of the Intelligence that is
forever expanding through creation. This expansion of
Intelligence is constantly changing, and we are changing with It
whether we are consciously aware of this or not.
Many of us go through life consciously or
unconsciously with prejudice. Webster’s Dictionary defines
prejudice as this:
preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual
experience. This may be a prejudice based on race,
religion, class, education, educated people, and a myriad of
things. It is what prevents us from realizing a greater influx
of the Intelligence necessary to live our best life.
Let’s look at these words from Horatio Dresser:
"There are few discoveries in regard to the human mind of more
consequence than the revelation which shows the power of
prejudice. Some might say that it is more important to become
aware of the power of fear, or to awaken to the influence and
scope of suggestion. But oftentimes a man's prejudices are far
more deeply rooted than his fears, and to show him the power of
suggestion you must show him that his life is narrowed by his
preconceptions. One may be aware of fear and may be valiantly
at work to overcome it, but the peculiarity of a prejudice is
that one is unconscious of it. To discover that one is
prejudiced is forthwith to see that in the respect in question
one stands absolutely in one's own light."
The important thing we want to take from these words is “the
peculiarity of a prejudice is that one is unconscious of it.”
Recently I had a conversation with a man who assumed I was a
Christian minister. When I told him that I teach a spiritual
philosophy that is not religious but offers benefit to those of
any and all religions. His tone quickly changed as did the
subject. He revealed his prejudice. His mind was closed down
quickly in response to his prejudice against any
spiritual/religious teaching that was not aligned with his own.
When I told someone, I know about this conversation, they asked
why I didn’t press my philosophy further with him and perhaps he
would have liked what I had to say. My response was that I am
not a salesman, I am a teacher. This man wasn’t ready for what I
teach, his change in tone made that very apparent, and should I
have pressed it, I would have been in the wrong. We are all
entitled to be and to know, what we are ready for, and no more.
This is why it is
imperative that we seek Intelligence. We all have prejudices,
blocks, obstructions, etc. in our mind, that we are not
conscious of. Intelligence tells us; that which you are seeking
is seeking you. As we open our mind to Intelligence, we can
realize this is so.
Keep the Faith!
Rev-Bates
(Reverend Dr. Henry Lee Bates)
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