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The Way to a Wonderful Life, Sunday, January
27, 2013
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"Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo
there! for, behold, the kingdom of G-d is within you." [
The Master Mind Jesus ]
"What lies behind you and what
lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of
you." [ Ralph Waldo Emerson
]
"Only in the degree that we understand
the nature of God can we understand the nature of individual being.
In thinking of ourselves, as well as of others, we must catch some
glimpse inwardly of the nature and activity of God, the creative
Principle, which brought us forth into expression. God has
incarnated Itself as the very mind, soul, substance, and life of our
being - even the substance of our body. The Word has become flesh
as individual you and me." - Joel Goldsmith, The Art of
Meditation
When I read the words attributed to the great Emerson, the Master
Mind Jesus and the mystical Joel Goldsmith, I am inspired and motivated
to give even more of my time and energy to "beholding G-d" ...
that is, the Spirit, Power and Intelligence that not only is omnipresent
in the world but that part of It that is within me and you.
As we look out into the world and consciously seek to realize the
infinite creativity and intelligence that is both visible and beyond our
physical vision, we cannot help but feel the Presence within our own
heart and soul.
After centuries
of being told that we are "only human" and that God is out
there somewhere beyond the clouds, I have the most tremendous respect
for those who have broken through the "world belief" and told
us that there is more to G-d than superstition and tradition have given
us. There are very
few people in the world who are fully conscious that they are Spirit
having a human experience, and although many know this intellectually,
our being conscious of it to any great degree is continually challenged
by the experiences that we go through and the collective consciousness
that is always pressing against our mind.
So much of what must be accepted by us along with the truth that
we are the Living Spirit of G-d in flesh, is difficult for so many of us
to accept and to realize for ourselves.
In order to establish this truth at the deeper level of our
consciousness, the soul level, we must also arrive at the realization
that our experiences are like a mirror, reflecting back to us that which
we believe and have accepted as true for us and for others.
Now, we read these words and for the most part, we accept them as
the truth. After all, doesn’t gravity reflect back to us our awareness
of its nature and our willingness to align ourselves with the
changeless, immutability of its laws?
Does this mean that we are “responsible” for everything that
happens in our experience, of course not, as we can’t be responsible
for something that we are not “conscious” of.
But, we can begin to become more conscious and more aware of the
impact and consequences of our beliefs, thoughts and the images in our
mind that we dwell on. And,
I know this appears to be simplistic, and I assure you that it is.
The Intelligence of Spirit that created us and lives in us, did
not create obstacles to our happiness and joy and peace, yet, we have
allowed ourselves to be mesmerized into believing that that which is
simple, is somehow complex.
“Ask and ye shall receive.” This is one of the most wonderful statements ever uttered.
It implies that there is a Power which can and will honor our
requests. At the same time
Jesus said that we should not ask amiss. However, these two sayings of Jesus are not contradictory.
They merely mean that you should ask in the “nature” of the
Divine Life which is love, truth, beauty, power, wisdom, goodness and
peace.
Anything we ask in this nature we have a right to expect to
receive. But it is only as
we let go of the lesser that we can take hold of the greater, only as we
drop confusion that we can entertain peace, only as we transcend doubt
and fear that we can be lifted up to the hill tops of the inner Life.
In asking, we must identify our self with the greatness of the
Spirit. This is the only
way we can breathe this Almighty Power.
[We must] permit our consciousness, through faith, to rise to a
greater and broader realization of that Divine Presence which is always
delivering Itself to us.
Believing that the Divine Mind [Spirit] is ever present, that
Divine Intelligence is ever available, open our consciousness to Its
guidance. [We must] keep
our mind steadfast and loyal to the thought that we are governed by this
Divine Intelligence. [And]
feel that we are impelled to make right decisions, that we are compelled
to act upon these decisions intelligently, and know that the Power that
is with us cannot desert us.”
- Ernest Holmes, This Thing Called You [slightly modified]
The time is right for each of us to look forward to, and “expect” to
realize a greater and more fulfilling life experience.
It has been said that “nothing is impossible for those who
believe” … and this is the truth for each of us, but for most of us,
we must elevate our thoughts and ideas about what we believe to be true
for us, in order to bring forth that spark of the Divine within us, that
responds to us. It is right
and intelligent to believe that the “kingdom of G-d is within us”
… but it is even more tremendously satisfying to demonstrate it
as the truth for us … to let our faith bring forth the visible works,
or results, that give us the validation that we can depend on our right
of consciousness to give us the good desires of our heart.
And so we must ask ourselves, what do we believe?
Why do we believe it? And,
most importantly, what are the consequences of these things we believe?
The Master Mind Jesus informed us that our faith can “make us
whole” … but do we believe this?
Or, are we waiting for someone else, perhaps G-d, or Jesus or
Buddha or Krishna, or some spiritual guru to make us whole?
No one can answer these questions for us for no one else can
think for us or believe for us that which we do not accept as true for
us. We hold our ideas and
beliefs in place in our consciousness … and it is our divine right to
do so … but, it is also our divine right to displace those thoughts,
ideas and beliefs that no longer serve us, with those that do.
AND
SO IT IS!
Keep
the
faith!
Rev.
Henry Bates
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