"Fretting and
stewing and conniving do not draw us closer to our good, to greater
wholeness of body, illumination of mind, harmony of affairs. Such
attitudes only delay and hinder the good results we seek, while
willingness, cooperativeness, and expectation hasten our receiving of
the blessings desired. When we add to this willingness and
co-operative-ness, faith in the infinitely wise Father (Spirit), there
is no limit to the good we may claim and receive." - Mary
Kupferle. God Never Fails
Imagine
what it would be like if everyone had the willingness to solve the
issues of our world without first thinking about how it affects them
personally. Politicians and religious leaders cannot be counted
on to lead the way to solutions but so many people continue to look to
them. After the gun violence in Oregon this week a GOP
politician said we don't have a gun problem and don't need more gun
regulations. He said instead we have a mental illness problem in
this country. I couldn't agree more and it is centered in the
Congress. It seems the majority of the people in Congress
believe that you can do the same thing over and over again and get a
different result. And this is what will continue to be as long
as politicians continue to connive and think only of what benefits
their own personal agenda with little concern or cooperation with that
which will benefit the entire country.
When we turn to G-d
we must realize that we are turning to Intelligence. But, not
just intelligence, but an Intelligence far beyond the ability of the
human mind to embody. It is this Intelligence that permeates
everything visible and invisible in the universes that we are aware
of. And then we must realize the nature of this Intelligence
which is always universal, always for the expansion of that which is
good for all. Emerson tells us that "the selfish man
suffers more from his selfishness then from whom that selfishness
withholds some important benefit." In other words, a
selfish attitude or prayer constricts the very Intelligence necessary
for us to receive the good that we desire. Selfishness, then is
another sign of insanity, that is, that which is lacking in
intelligence.
This is what the
American Mystic, Ernest Holmes, has to say about
"Insanity": "A temporary or permanent control of
the conscious mind by the unconscious or subjective. This
control may be complete or in degrees. Psychologists find it
difficult to distinguish between sanity and insanity, since we are all
insane in such degree as we entertain wrong conclusions about life;
but in its broader sense, insanity means a temporary or permanent loss
of the objective faculties. The throne of reason is usurped,
while the subjective, emotional reaction to life controls the
thought. The real mind, of course, cannot be deranged, and a
complete mental treatment for insanity is to know there is but One
Mind, which is now functioning, and perfectly functioning, in the
individual who appears to be insane."
We can conclude
from the words of Ernest Holmes that even though we may all
"appear" to have lost our sanity at times the truth is that
this is never the condition of the "real mind" which draws
its intelligence from the Spirit of G-d Itself. And the
"good news" is that these conditions are always
temporary. There is a statement in the ancient wisdom that
illustrates this human condition, "whereas I was blind, now I
see" ... blind to the truth that Universal Intelligence can ever
be limited for it would be against Its nature to be so. And in
this we can find ourselves rejecting and denying the signs of insanity
that appear in our thoughts and in our observances of others. As
we know that this Supreme Intelligence is always available, always
corresponding to our faith in It, we can know that even those lucid
moments of sanity can be overcome.
Let us think about these
words from Walt Whitman: "What do you suppose Creation
is? What do you suppose will satisfy the Soul, except to walk
free and own no superior? What do you suppose I have intimated
to you in a hundred ways, but that man or woman is as good as
God? And that there is no God any more divine than
Yourself? And that that is what the oldest and newest myths
finally mean? And that you or any one must approach Creations
through such laws?"
We
must always remember and never forget that we are an
"expression" of Intelligence; clothed in human form, our
divinity is inherent for the nature of G-d is always and forever being
expressed through us ... through our mind, body and spirit ... and in
this awareness we can know this for everyone and everything.
AND
SO IT IS!
Keep
the
faith!
Rev.
Henry Bates
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