"The
principle of growth is that of inherent vitality in the seed itself,
and the operations of the gardener have their exact analogue in Mental
Science. We do not put the self-expansive vitality into the
seed, but we must sow it, and we may also, so to speak, water it by
concentrated contemplation of our desire as an actually accomplished
fact. But we must carefully remove from such contemplation any idea of
a strenuous effort on our part to make the seed grow. Its
efficacy is in helping to keep out those negative thoughts of doubt
which would plant tares among our wheat and therefore, instead of
anything of effort, such contemplation should be accompanied by a
feeling of pleasure and restfulness in foreseeing the certain
accomplishment of our desires. This is that making our requests known
unto God with thanksgiving which St Paul recommends, and it has
its reason in that perfect wholeness of the Law of Being which only
needs our recognition of it to be used by us to any extent we
wish.
Some people possess the power of visualisation, or making
mental pictures of things, in a greater degree than others, and by
such this faculty may advantageously be employed to facilitate their
realisation of the working of the Law. But those who do not possess
this faculty in any marked degree need not be discouraged by their
want of it, for visualisation is not the only way of realising that
the law is at work on the invisible plane.
Those whose
mental bias is towards physical science should realise this Law of
Growth as the creative force throughout all nature; and those who have
a mathematical turn of mind may reflect that all solids are generated
from the movement of a point which, as our old friend Euclid (Greek
mathematician, father of Geometry) tells us,
is that which has no parts or magnitude, and is therefore as complete
an abstraction as any spiritual nucleus could be. To use the apostolic
words, we are dealing with the substance of things not seen, and we
have to attain that habit of mind by which we shall see its reality
and feel that we are mentally manipulating the only substance there
ultimately is, and of which all visible things are only different
modes.
We
must therefore regard our mental creations as spiritual realities and
then implicitly trust the Law of Growth to do the rest." -
Thomas
Troward, Let Nature Do Its Work
I
believe these words from Troward are so important that it would
benefit us to read and study these words until they are fastened with
faith in our consciousness. From his wisdom we read that we must
carefully remove from such contemplation any idea of a strenuous
effort on our part to make the seed grow and in these words he is
reinforcing the Master Mind Jesus' instruction that "it is the
Father (Spirit/Intelligence/Power) that does the work. It is our
responsibility to provide the concentrated contemplation of our desire
as an actually accomplished fact. In other words, to believe
that "it is" ... formed on the Unseen Side of Life.
Troward also gives those of us
who have a difficulty with visualization to know that it is only one
way in which to realize that the law is at work, though unseen.
And in this we can know that we can speak to our imagination what it
is that we see with our spiritual vision and know with certainty that
all things are coming together for our good through the inherent
nature of the universal Law of Growth.
The mystical Neville lectured and
wrote extensively about creative visualization and the transformation
of consciousness. In his book, "Seedtime and Harvest"
we can read: "Your
life expresses one thing, and one thing only, your state of
consciousness. Everything is dependent upon that. As you,
through the medium of imagination, assume a state of consciousness,
that state begins to clothe itself in form. It solidifies around
you as the serpent's skin ossifies around it. But you must be
faithful to the state. You must not go from state to state, but,
rather wait patiently in the one invisible state until it takes on
form and becomes an objective fact. Patience is necessary, but
patience will be easy after your first success in shedding the old and
growing the new, for we are able to wait according as we have been
rewarded by understanding in the past. Understanding is the
secret of patience. What natural joy ad spontaneous delight lie
in seeing the world - not with, but as (William) Blake says - through
the eye! Imagine that you are seeing what you want to see, and
remain faithful to your vision. Your imagination will make for
itself a corresponding form in which to live. ... All things are made
by imagination's power. Nothing begins except in the imagination
of mankind. "From within out" is the law of the
universe. "As within, so without." Mankind turns
outward in our search for truth, but the essential thing is to look
within."
Through the medium of
imagination we can assume a state of consciousness, Neville tells us,
and in this we can find our way to move through whatever it is we must
move through in our present consciousness to be lifted up in the new
consciousness that we desire to experience. Our
state of mind while planting the seeds of desire in our imagination
shall provide for us a marvelously wonderful new life experience as we
trust in the Love and Law of G-d, Infinite Spirit, patiently and with
our mind at rest, awaiting the pleasure to come.
AND
SO IT IS!
Keep
the
faith!
Rev.
Henry Bates
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