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This
web site will be 22 years old on the 15th of November. I began
this web site when I was taking "Practitioner" classes at "The
Hollywood Church for Today" with the permission of Dr. Domenic
A. Polifrone. Initially, I did not archive my "Weekly Messages"
and only did so when I received numerous requests to do so. The
"Weekly Message" I am posting today was the first one to be
archived. I will choose another from that "era" for next week
and then back to new and fresh material. You will notice changes
in my teaching of this philosophy, most obvious is the spelling
of the word "God" which I no longer use in my personal writings
as I believe it directs us toward the god of religion which is
outside of us, rather than the G-d of Truth, which is within
each and every one of us. My hope is that you find this message
beneficial and enjoy it.
Sunday, October 22, 2000
TURNING
GOD LOOSE
Glory to God in the Highest! We do
not
Glorify God in our tears and our fears. When
we can say we depend on Principle, not person,
place or thing, we are depending absolutely
on the Highest Thought about ourselves
and the things that concern us.
God loves Big - Really BIG! Look at
the Universe - it is proof that God loves big. The bigger we
make our lives, our visions and our thoughts, the more room
there is for God to move through our affairs, visions and
thoughts. But if the focus of our thoughts is on the finite
piece of the world that we see, we are limiting God in our lives
and therefore our lives become rife with limitation and
restriction. We must open up our thinking to the panoramic view
of all things. We must open our minds to
the Infinity that Is God. We must go beyond our past
experiences and history, our past thoughts and beliefs that have
created limitation thinking in our minds.
We must see ourselves in the
BIGGER PICTURE OF LIFE. But this
won't happen unless we expand our thinking and take the steps to
allow it to demonstrate in our lives. It all starts with a
"desire" for something better. Most of us want what we have
already to be better. We want greater compensation for our
jobs. We want whatever ails us physically to be healthy. We
want our relationships to be happy and loving. We want our
friendships to be easy and comfortable. We want a home fairly
similar to our friend's homes. What most of us imagine for
ourselves is "something a little better." Or, perhaps we think
"someday" I will be ready to live a more fuller Life, a more
dynamic Life. These ideas of "something a little better" or
"someday" catch up with us quickly and soon we become
dissatisfied with Life, we lose our Joy for it and the more we
postpone making significant changes in our thinking and the
ideas we have about ourselves the more receptive we are to
depression, to inactivity, a feeling of futility and resistance
to change. We have to rid the thought of "something a little
better or someday" from our minds. If we are not feeling "alive
and vital" with what we have right now, "something a little
better" will not be enough to create much more than a very
temporary moment of mild contentment. Today is it - there is no
guarantee that there will be a tomorrow! God doesn't work in
tomorrow, God only knows Today, Now! We must give God a bigger
field to express Itself in NOW!
BEGIN BY TURNING GOD
LOOSE IN YOUR LIFE! Take time each day and open your
mind to something "grand" for yourself, something
"spectacular!". See yourself in "Love with Life." See yourself
totally free and unencumbered! See yourself living a most
wonderful Life! See yourself feeling alive, awake and thrilled
to live each day. See yourself at the "top" feeling the "best"
you have ever felt! See your Life as vital, interesting,
exciting, a Life that demonstrates the magnificence of God in
all that you do! Get your little ideas of yourself and others,
your weaknesses, your fears, your "some-days" - your worries and
doubts out of the way! Dream a Bigger
Dream for yourself! Get Still. There Is Something within us
thinking - which is why we can't stop thinking. Let It think
through your mind. See in your "mind's eye" what you want in
your Life. Lift up your idea of yourself and your Life to a
higher place and trust the Power within you. And then - turn
God loose to make it happen! Feel the joy of it, Be with it and
don't lose faith in it - know that it is working its way to
you! Believe in the highest thought about yourself and the
things that concern you that you can imagine.
GLORY TO
GOD IN THE HIGHEST!
We do not Glorify God in our
tears and our fears. When we can say we depend on Principle,
not person, place or thing, we are depending absolutely on the
Highest Thought about ourselves and the things that concern us!
Keep the Faith!
Rev-Bates
(Reverend Dr. Henry Lee Bates)
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