Time and space are but a dream. Man must bring his future into the now. Blessings that seem so far away in the future are already prepared for you, waiting for you to believe in manifestation.
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For example, a student desired a watch. I told her to believe she already received it, and she soon received it from a friend.
Realization is manifestation. You ask how can you get rid of doubts and fears, which prevent realization? The answer is by taking an affirmation that gives a feeling of security and satisfaction. If you are afraid of a big dog, say, “Beat it, you big bluff.” The courts, fears, and adverse appearances are certainly only big bluffs.
A man who worried continually, seeming impossible to stop his worrisome thoughts, took out his watch and said he would worry for half an hour. To his surprise he found it impossible to worry, for he had put the law of nonresistance into operation. We ask the Universal Supply and then sigh, “I’ll not get it.” The successful man walks to hidden music.
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With rhythm in his thoughts, all the traffic goes his way. He has lucky breaks. Out of luck, out of rhythm. Affirm: The tide has turned to stay, for God has right of way.
You turned the tide; it brings joy and abundance. You gave the right of way. This brings your future into the now. Show active faith to turn the tide.
Some people always live in the future. It is daydreaming, and they never catch up with the now. One brother had a big vision and went to a large city where he linked up with opportunities that brought him fame and fortune. The other boy spent time telling people what he would do when he got a million dollars. He never got further than his rural audience. You must live fully in the now to make your dreams come true, but always be sure that you are dreaming according to the
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Divine Plan. There is a Divine Design of your life in your subconscious mind, so unless the Divine dreams the dream, they labor in vain who dream it. Affirm: Let the Divine Design of my life flash into my conscious mind. Let me see clearly the perfect plan.
The conscious mind must be redeemed from its wrong thinking by giving it the right ideas to work from the superconscious. You may desire something that is not in the Divine Plan, and you find you are continually blocked in its manifestation; or if you attain it, it brings only unhappiness and misfortune. Health, wealth, love, and perfect self-expression are the square of life and are for each individual, but the way of manifestation belongs to the Great Designer.
For example, the store sends two sweaters instead of the particular one the customer
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ordered. She picked one she had not at first selected and liked this one much better. After that she gladly left the selection of everything in life to Infinite Intelligence. The Universal Power is in my ship. I now sail fearlessly in unknown seas.
Many people are afraid of new undertakings. They are panic-stricken by the idea of doing something different, even though old conditions are unbearable. Sail joyously in unknown seas; arrive in your promised land. People wear out doing the same things every day. Have some interesting recreation to use a new set of brain cells. In order to be successful, the element of play must enter into what you are doing.
Let the ideal be the only reality in your life—then the obstacles and hindrances will melt away, as you are undisturbed by them.
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The Spirit is Pure Intelligence, upon which man draws to tune in. Do not limit yourself to a one-station radio of life. Tune in with Infinite Intelligence. Look with amazement at that which is before you.
With the fixed idea that your supply comes from Infinite Intelligence, you will always be provided for, in both big and little ways. The big things in life will come easily if you have no doubts or fears. So live fully in today, and bring your future into the now.
“Behold, I say unto you, lift
up your eyes and look on the
fields; for they are white
already to harvest.”
— JOHN 4:35
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#7
THE HOUSE THAT
FAITH BUILT
“Faith is simply knowing
that God can do it.”
Hebrews 11:1 says: “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” This is a scientific statement, for as we live in a sea of magnetic force, called mind-stuff, what we imagine is impressed upon this sensitive substance and crystallizes, sooner or later, on the external. The experiences you meet in life are your own creations. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, “A man’s
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life is the history of his fears.” Why not make it the history of your faith so someday you can say, “This is the health that faith built! This is the wealth that faith built! This is the success and happiness that faith built!”
Doubts and fears are sins, for they impress negative pictures on the mind-stuff and bring lack, limitation, or disaster to pass. Have faith in the affirmations you use. Never use a statement that does not give you a feeling of security.
Faith is like the Gulf Stream, a river flowing through the ocean. Faith brings warmth and will change conditions for you.
For example, a woman came to me with the appearance of a flesh growth. It was quite noticeable and long-standing, but she had perfect faith that it could be healed. Weeks passed
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by without any apparent change, but she said, “I have perfect faith that God is doing His perfect work.” One day, it suddenly disappeared! Her friends were amazed and said, “You had better go to a doctor and see what happened.” She replied, “I am perfectly well. God has done His perfect work.”
Faith is simply knowing that God can do it. Every unpleasant condition in your life is the result of a lack of faith. A student demonstrated several thousand dollars after years of lack, but her first act was prompted by fear instead of faith. “I bought a lot of shoes in case I should be without money again.” Her motive was wrong. Watch your own motives with all diligence, for out of them are the issues of life. If her motive had been simply a desire for plenty of shoes, it would have been constructive. But it was really a preparation for loss, so she soon had lots of shoes but no money.
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Many people keep back their demonstrations by fretting because of evildoers. Someone is mean; someone is unjust or cruel. Resentment is a violation of the law of love (good-will) and is a barrier to your desires. “Trust in the Lord and do good” means to never doubt the power of God. Trust Infinite Intelligence with the management of your affairs, never interfere with doubts or worry, and let every act be prompted by good motives.
Follow your intuitive leads and prepare for the blessings you have asked for, regardless of adverse appearances. True prayer means preparation. For example, a lady wanted a radio, made a place for it in the corner, and kept the spot dusted. If your demonstration lags, you haven’t dusted it. The explorer and adventurer in you will see you through. It is your Divine Self, the superconscious, which knows no defeat or failure. With fearless faith, mountains
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are removed from your subconscious; therefore, they disappear in the external.
The lions on your pathway will be powerless to harm you when you turn to the Universal Power for protection and send goodwill to the lions. You can never receive what you cannot see yourself receiving, for everything comes through you, not to you. An athlete said he was working on his broad jump; he was lying there, seeing a win. A person with a success consciousness is someone who doesn’t know he is a failure, even when he fails. His vision of success is strong
—he is unmoved by adverse conditions.
Keep yourself wound up. Activate faith. Affirm: I am wide-awake to my good. I never miss a trick.
We have often heard people say that certain things are bad for our health, but we have
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never heard them say that certain things are bad for wealth. Broken chairs, untidiness, disorder, etc., are bad for wealth, for they keep us in a poor vibration. A man told me he had put his life in order by straightening out his desk. He threw out old letters, pieces of twine, and faded ink-filled blotters, and pigeonholed the papers he wanted and were important. Conditions on the external changed. A new world of order and prosperity opened for him.
As you change in consciousness, all the conditions about you change. Do not neglect the day of small things, for little beginnings have big endings.
“According to your faith
be it done unto you.”
— MATTHEW 9:29
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#8
DO NOT LET
YOUR HEART’S
DESIRE BECOME A
HEART’S DISEASE
“Every test is a process
of purification.”
Many people do not receive their heart’s desire because they desire it too intensely. They are longing for it instead of feeling they have already received it. If you believed that before you called, you were answered, then
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you would be quite free from worry and anxiety, and live joyfully in the moment. When you can be happy with or without your heart’s desire, it will suddenly appear, for your ship will come in over a “don’t care” sea. Be happy, and something will happen. Feel rich, and riches will manifest on the external.
All suffering is a spiritual alarm clock. You have been asleep about something. Perhaps you have been unjust, unforgiving, ungrateful, critical, or intolerant. Perhaps you were afraid to follow an intuitive lead. Suddenly the karmic factories begin working, for the “way of the transgressor is hard.”
For example, you have condemned someone, and now someone condemns you. You were unjust; someone is now unjust to you. You were intolerant; someone is intolerant toward you, etc. You are now awake, and instead
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of blaming people or circumstances for your unhappiness, you look back to see why you attracted the situation. Someone you disliked harmed you, but you gave that person power to hurt you, because you withheld love and goodwill. Your own poisoned arrows have returned to you. Now call on the law of forgiveness and affirm the statement: I call on the law of forgiveness. I am free from mistakes. I am under grace and not under karmic law. Forgive the person or persons who have harmed you, sending love and goodwill, saying, “I forgive them.” Then like a kaleidoscope, the whole situation changes, for love is the fulfilling of the law. Your seeming enemies are transmuted into friends and, consciously or unconsciously, serve the Divine Plan of your life.
One learns tolerance through suffering. If your unhappy experiences make you bitter and resentful, you will attract more of the
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same variety. Make the most of your karma so that the experiences will not be repeated. The fear of the law is the beginning of wisdom.
I was in the toy department of a crowded shop one day, and a little boy was standing in front of a huge bear, which moved its head up and down and looked quite ferocious. A stranger leaned over and asked, “Little boy, aren’t you afraid of that big bear?” He replied, “No, ma’am, bears don’t bite good little boys.” He had a clear conscience and was unafraid.
To receive the desire of the heart, all karma must be wiped out, as well as anxiety, impatience, and fear. We are told to wait patiently on the law. Patience means nonresistance. Practice nonresistance on the law, and it will bring your desire to pass.
I heard a man say, “The good Lord takes his time. He’s the one man you can’t hurry.”
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It came to me as a direct message, for I had become impatient and was trying to force a demonstration. I suddenly realized that the more patient (nonresistant) I was, the quicker the Universe could work. Soon the demonstration came in, over a calm sea. People so often keep back a demonstration of their good by outlining the channels. Happy is the man who believes that Infinite Intelligence knows the way of fulfillment.
For example, a woman had a business enterprise she wished to develop. She tried every avenue she could think of, but no one was interested enough to help her. She became nonresistant and put it in the Universe’s hands, saying, “I’ll let the Universe attend to this. I let go.” She was visiting in a distant city and met a woman, seemingly quite by chance, who asked her if she might carry out the enterprise. The Universe is eternal, reliable, and
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unchangeable but must be given the “right of way.”
Personal will keeps you out of your own kingdom. For example, a friend came to me saying she would be obliged to sell a piece of jewelry in order to have ready cash. She did not want to sell it and regretted that it was necessary to do so. I said, “Why, this pin isn’t your pin—it is the Divine Spirit’s pin. We now place it upon the altar. If it is Spirit’s will, you will sell it; if not, you will receive the money in some other way.” A few days later she telephoned and said, “I didn’t have to sell the pin! I received an unexpected check that supplied the money I needed.” She had applied this wonderful law of renunciation, which is so difficult for many people to understand.
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The desire of the heart can only be attained through nonresistance. For example, one of my students said that the man she cared for was very cruel and indifferent. She was looking forward to spending New Year’s Eve with him, when he suddenly announced that he had another engagement for the night. She was shedding tears of anger and resentment. I said, “You are completely demagnetized; therefore, you are pushing your good away from you. When you see him, don’t be angry and reproachful. Bless him and say that you wish him a happy evening.” She did this, much to his surprise. He couldn’t understand her change in attitude. The following day he called her on the telephone and asked if he might spend New Year’s Eve with her. There was nothing more said about his former plans.
At one of my meetings at the Unity Society, I gave the following treatment to dissolve
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all anger and resentment: The light of Infinite Intelligence streams through your consciousness, dissolving and dissipating all anger and resentment. You are at peace with yourself and with the whole world. A woman told me, after the meeting, that she seems enveloped in a blazing light, which swept all discord from her consciousness, forever. She said, “When you were speaking, I realized I had lost everything I ever loved through anger, but now I feel that I can never be angry again. It was a most wonderful experience.”
Many people think if they can control their temper or not show anger, it is enough. This is not the case. The vibration goes out just the same. As long as you can be moved inwardly, there will be discord in your life. You must be cleansed to be free from anger and the effects of anger. Don’t let appearances rock your boat. I had a patient who once said,
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