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I RECOGNIZE BUT ONE MIND, THE MIND OF GOD

“There is one mind common to all individual men.  Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same.  He that is once admitted to the right of reason is made a freeman of the whole estate.” 

Emerson

If there is but one mind, then God must be that Mind, and therefore God must be my mind now.  The unity of creation is evidence of One Creative Cause, and the process of creation is indicative that this Cause is pure Intelligence in action.  The world in which I live is the mind of God made visible.  The body I wear is Intelligence clothing me with a vehicle of accomplishment.  The works of my consciousness, my hands and my efforts are the outlets through which I release the one Mind into form.  I now accept the responsibility of knowing myself as the Mind of God in action. Continue reading “June 24, 2017 – I RECOGNIZE BUT ONE MIND, THE MIND OF GOD”

I SIMPLIFY MY UNDERSTANDING OF GOD

“Whenever a mind is simple and receives a divine wisdom, old things pass away, – means, teachers, texts, temples fall; it lives now, and absorbs past and future into the present hours.”   

Emerson   

Jesus was not interested in the logics of theology; He was primarily concerned with the Spirit in man.  I now turn to the Spirit within me, and find It in all Its greatness and all Its peace.  There is an interior Christ-Mind that baffles all reasoning, and is beyond all human explanation.  In me at this moment, God abides in fullness, in richness, in omniscience.  My life today is the Life of God.  My thinking this day is accomplished because the God-Mind thinks through me.  My capacity to be a great and loving person is because greatness born of the Spirit indwells me. Continue reading “June 23, 2017 – I SIMPLIFY MY UNDERSTANDING OF GOD”

MY RELIGION IS OF TODAY’S GOD

“As soon as every man is apprised of the Divine Presence within his own mind, – is apprised that the perfect law of duty corresponds with the laws of chemistry, vegetation, astronomy, as face to face in a glass; then we have a religion that exalts, that commands all the social and all the private action.”  

Emerson

The world of today is my world, and the Cause of it I consider in today’s language.  I see my world as the operation of an Intelligence which must be Mind, a Power which must bear witness of Divine Love.  While I respect the beliefs of the past, yet I must seek my God today.  I can accept a perfect Mind, an unalterable Law and an interpenetration of Love.  This is understandable to me, and workable by me.  I believe myself to be of Divine Importance.  I believe that He who brought me forth indwells me and acts through me.  God in me is my reason for being. Continue reading “June 22, 2017 – MY RELIGION IS OF TODAY’S GOD”

I KNOW THAT SICKNESS IS UNNECESSARY TO GOD’S CREATION 

“We cannot describe the natural history of the soul, but we know it is divine.  But this I know, that these wonderful qualities did not now begin to exist, cannot be sick with my sickness, nor buried in any grave; but that they circulate through the universe: before the world was, they were.” 

Emerson

I accept myself as a healthy, whole person endowed with Divine life and the wisdom to maintain It in freedom of action.  I am unconvinced by all the reports of disease and their many classifications.  I condemn no one who believes them or experiences them, but I am certain that God is unaware of illness.  I have faith that the Intelligence which created my body will maintain it in perfect action, if I will cooperate.  In me the Spirit of Wholeness abides and remains untouched by the errors of body.  The Christ in me is never ill, and never depleted.  God in me is the same yesterday, today and forever. Continue reading “June 21, 2017 – I KNOW THAT SICKNESS IS UNNECESSARY TO GOD’S CREATION “

I AM A GROWING MIND IN AN UNLIMITED GOD 

“The life of man is a self-evolving circle, which from a ring imperceptibly small, rushes on all sides outward to new and larger circles, and without end.” 

Emerson

I decide to grow in wisdom and in understanding.  I decide to give up the half-truth and base my whole life upon the one Truth which forever imparts Itself to me.  No more good and evil, no more right and wrong.  God alone is good and Truth alone is right. I refuse to stagnate at any intellectual level of knowledge, for all true wisdom comes from growth with understanding. What I now know is merely the doorstep to what I shall know.  Greater ideas of God come to me each moment, and these cause me to walk forward with consistent enlargement of consciousness.  I thank God that I can grow in His ways. Continue reading “June 20. 2017 – I AM A GROWING MIND IN AN UNLIMITED GOD”

I NO LONGER INDULGE IN NEGATIVES  

“We lie open on one side to the deeps of spiritual nature, to the attributes of God.  Justice we see and know, Love, Freedom, Power.”  

Emerson

The spirit of the Lord is within me, and I am resolved to live positively.  The Bible states that man is the image of a perfect God.  Therefore, I must have the potential of perfection, and this perfection must be positive. I now align myself with the positive side of life.  It is divinely natural to be positive, optimistic and expectant of good.  These are the bases of all healing, for they are the way God works through me.  If God is my life, then I should express health.  If God is my supply, then I should express abundance and freedom in finance.  I have faith that these ideas are true, and that they now act for me. Continue reading “June 19, 2017 – I NO LONGER INDULGE IN NEGATIVES”

LET HEAVEN HAPPEN TO ME TODAY

“From within or behind, a light shines through us upon things and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.”

Emerson

Within me now is the Light of Life, and I let It reveal Its perfect nature in all that I do.  I am willing to step aside from all petty thinking and place God first and foremost in my experience today.  I know that more Good is seeking to express through me than I can ever know.  All that the Father-Mind has is within me offering Itself to me.  Peace is in my environment, prosperity is in my finances and health rules my body, as I let God dominate my consciousness.  It is a great relief to know that I need not work, but merely know truth and let it happen to me. Continue reading “June 18, 2017 – LET HEAVEN HAPPEN TO ME TODAY”

I FIND THE ONE IN THE ALL

“We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles.  Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related; the eternal One.” 

Emerson

I have faith in one God, one action of Love, and one Life that is in all and through all.  God must be one – for my lift bears witness of a unity of creative action, that I, alone, can upset.  This eternal One Mind acting through one Law is never confused by the stupidity of man.  It remains forever poised in Its own self-knowing, and this is the Rock of Ages to which I can always turn when my own thinking has led me astray.  I am never alone, never forsaken by the Truth.  Its patience is forever, and as I return to Its premise It welcomes me and gives me all that It is. Continue reading “June 17 – I FIND THE ONE IN THE ALL”

IMPORTANCE IS THE ORDER OF THIS DAY   

“Every moment when the individual feels himself invaded by it (Truth) is memorable.  By the necessity of our constitution a certain enthusiasm attends the individual’s consciousness of that divine presence.” 

Emerson

Each day is the new order offering itself to man.  In the Divine Plan, all yesterdays are canceled and all tomorrows are speculation.  This is the day the Lord hath made, and I accept its importance.  None of my affairs are under the verdict of yesterday.  Health, peace and abundance are dependent only on this day.  Mind negates the past and affirms the present. God’s Ideas vitalize and create new vistas of demonstration.  I realize the value of this day, and refuse to allow it to be dominated by the past or by the future.  My God is of the present, and His Ideas rule me at this moment. Continue reading “June 16, 2017 – IMPORTANCE IS THE ORDER OF THIS DAY”

DIVINE IDEAS COME TO ME AT EVERY MOMENT   

“The soul’s communication of truth is the highest event in nature, since it then does not give somewhat from itself, but it gives itself, and becomes that man whom it enlightens.”   

Emerson

I accept the responsibility of being alive in God’s great universe.  Truth seeks to give Itself to me, and I open my mind to It.  I let down all the bars; I unlock all the gates of human wrong thinking.  I expect to have my consciousness flooded with inspiration as the Infinite Mind uses me as Its channel for expression.  I allow the Divine to enter and absorb me, I become the Divine incarnate.  This is what Jesus knew, and now I know it. He sensed his responsibility to so think, act and be that God would find no closed doors in his mind.  I shall do likewise. Continue reading “June 15, 2017 – DIVINE IDEAS COME TO ME AT EVERY MOMENT”