From the Science of Mind & Spirit, authored by the American Mystic Ernest Holmes: "That which thought has done, thought can un-do. Life­long habits of wrong thinking can be consciously and delib­erately neutralized, and an entirely new order of mental and emotional reaction established in Mind. Merely to abstain from wrong thinking is not enough; there must be active right thinking. We must become actively constructive and happy in our thinking — not merely passively so. New and wholesome ideas of life, vitality and hope must be accepted and incorporated into the sub-stratum of our mental life, so that a more wholesome externalization may manifest in our bodily condition and environment."

                I believe there is nothing more powerful than a mind filled with hope. Hope is caused by a mingling of intelligence and imagination. We have all heard the expression, "be careful what you hope for." But these are words that restrict our powerful imagination when it is used intelligently. In order to vitalize our mind to that vibrant, magnetic state of power we must not allow anything to restrict our hopes and our imagination. We must enlarge our capacities to accept more and more good, even greatness if that is the objective we have set our mind on.

                  More from Ernest Holmes: "We cannot live a choice-less life. Every day, every moment, every second, there is choice. If it were not so we would not be individuals.
         We have the right to choose what we wish to experience.
          , ,, , , , We have a right to choose what we shall induce in Mind. The way in which our thoughts are to become manifest, we cannot always see — or should we be disturbed that we do not see the way — because effect is potential in cause. “I am Alpha and Omega,” and all that comes between cause and effect. Cause and effect are really one, and if we have a given cause set in motion, the effect will have to equal the cause. One is the inside and the other the outside of the same thing. A certain, specific, intelligent idea in Mind, will produce a certain, specific, concrete manifestation equal to itself. There is One Infinite Principle, One Infinite Thought-Stuff, One Infinite Creative Power, but countless numbers of forms, which change as the specific idea behind them changes."

                 Hope sets cause and effect in motion and as the mystical Holmes writes, they are one. What is your mind causing you to experience right now? If it is something you are unhappy with, take hope in the truth that you can set a different cause in motion beginning right now and  realize the effects (results) that you truly desire. This is the truth as long as we don't let our past experiences poison our mind and restrict our thoughts. We have the power ... the only power their is .... Mind!

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

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