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DECEMBER 12   

I AM IMMERSED IN INTELLIGENCE AND LOVE

To love is to know Me, My innermost nature, the truth that I am.

The Bhagavad-Gita

All of God is where I am, and all of Good is offered to me.  I waste no more time seeking the Truth, for I am in It and It is in me.  The present thinking is God’s Intelligence and God’s Love.  My present thinking is God’s channel of action. My present mood is the way Love acts through me.  I now think as God thinks, and feel as God feels.  The simplicity of this is hard to believe, but it is the truth.  I need no mystical contemplation of a Deity, I need only to think straight.  I need no special mood or feeling, Love is already flowing through my present emotions. I rejoice in my ability to let God out into His world through my mind and emotions.

Immersed in Intelligence, I act as intelligence.  Mind in process through me demonstrates what I select.  Thinking in terms of what I want, the Law of Mind now produces it.  Feeling the goodness of Life, I now experience it.  It is right where I am, and is already in action.  I only pray to recognize what is already being done, and to give my life right direction and meaning. My recognition of Truth is the Truth in action.  As I know It, It is my experience instantly.  God does not come to me, for I have always been Its vehicle.  “Look unto me” is the way, and “This do” is the technique.   

Immersed in Divine Love, I am loving.  The Infinite is no respector of persons, so I now love all my co-workers, my family and my friends.  Life insists that I do this.  Mind challenges me to do this.  I know that faults are easy to behold, but I now train my consciousness to seek virtues.  Everyone I know has great good within them.  I seek this good, for it alone will endure.  I now assume my rightful place in the scheme of things.  Mind thinks through me, and Love acts as me.  The responsibility is mine to think this day with clarity, and to love this day with fullness.  Nothing can hinder this decision on my part.  Intelligence quickens me to seeing the Truth in my fellowman, and to thinking rightly about myself and my world of affairs.

Taken from “365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes & Raymond Charles Barker

DECEMBER 11   

GOD MAINTAINS ME IN BALANCE

He has attendant angels, before him and behind him, watching over him by God’s command.

The Koran

The Creative Power is a mathematically exact power.  I may strive to have my own way, but in the long run God always has His way.  The Law of Mind cannot be broken, and the ways of Mind cannot be used for my own selfish ends.  There is a divine Law of balance forever maintained.  My petty likes and dislikes have no power and no reality.  The Divine Design of my life will manifest for me, whether I see the way or not.  If I run roughshod over my fellowman in my greediness for more good, I shall only have a setback.  There is nothing in God which allows me, as Its creation, to play with spiritual dynamite.  The Law remains undisturbed by my hysterics.

The balance of my thought and emotions is required by the universe.  Creation refuses good to the unbalanced individual.  Divine Wisdom is forever in balance with Divine Love.  Is my present plan consistent with both Wisdom and Love?  If it is, then I shall prosper.  If it is not, then all my efforts are in vain.  Balance will be maintained in me and my affairs, whether I like it or not.  No individual can shake the foundations of this world which are set in Law and Order.  I must be balanced to be effective, and now I let all the Wisdom and Love of God maintain me in balance.

I affirm right motives in all that I do.  The Infinite wants me to be happy, successful and at peace.  My right motives will let Divine Action take place through me, and I now do just that.  Receptive to the perfect Will, I am inspired to perfect control of mind and emotions.  This assures me of success and peace.  Balanced in my innermost parts of consciousness, order appears at the circumference of my life.  Now I can be what I want to be.  This is the day of my demonstration.  No longer do situations dominate me, for Mind is in charge and Love is the power of my life.  Intelligence directs me and feeling moves me through the mist of confusions into the answer I seek.  I am balanced.

Taken from “365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes & Raymond Charles Barker

DECEMBER 10   

GOD IS NOT HANDICAPPED BY ME

What knoweth thou, that we know not?  What understandeth thou, which is not in us?

Job 15:9

The unlimited action of the Spirit works through me, and even I cannot hinder Its perfect results.  The Divine processes cannot be altered nor confused by me.  The Omnipotence of God cannot be stopped by my will.  Its action can be directed, but its flow will never cease.  I now direct It into constructive channels that bless and benefit me and my fellowman.  All that God is happens as me.  I now assume my rightful place in the Divine Order of life and let Power move through me into beneficent action.  I am never a handicap to God.  Nothing in me can impede the perfect Mind.  Divine Ideas use me as a clear outlet for their completion.  Heaven is happening to me at every instant.

I am a center in the Infinite Mind and the Love of God.  Every time I am confused and hurt, I prevent the action of Good in my life.  Knowing this, I resolve today to cease from all such futile actions on my part.  God needs me and wants me as His creative expression, and this I am.  Every positive idea finds acceptance and clearance in my thinking.  Every desire to love and to be loved finds a response in my soul. No more impediments within me, the Allness of Truth finds me and uses me for Its perfect ends.  The windows of my mind are open wide to the Divine Influx of inspiration.  The doors of my subconscious are ajar to let in the Divine Patterns which make me a whole person.  I accept my Heaven.

The stars at night shine upon the just and the unjust.  The eternal Goodness of the Creative Process offers Itself to me without judgment.  My past is not Its concern.  My present alone is sought by the Divine Wisdom and the Divine Action.  Today It wants me to be like Itself.  This challenge I accept.  I agree to let God be in me what His Intelligence wants to be.  I know that this will make me a greater person, a finer instrument for goodness and a wider avenue of love.  I place nothing in the path of the Eternal.  I fear no evil, for God is with me, and God is what I am.  All doors are open; all ideas are coming to me.  Today is alive with Truth and the future is secure.  I am open and receptive to the Divine Inflow.

Taken from “365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes & Raymond Charles Barker

DECEMBER 9   

MONEY IS GOD IN ACTION

The virtuous, excellent man cheerfully attains the state of the gods.

Uttaradhyayana Sutra 7.21

Money is God’s means of giving me ease and freedom.  It is the symbol of the Divine Supply forever maintaining me in comfort.  I like money, and I appreciate the money I use.  I like all people who have money, spend money and enjoy the use of money.  I like the comfort and luxuries of life, and I believe God wants me to be happy and prosperous.  I do not want another’s money, because God gives me the ability to earn my own.  My earning capacity depends upon my consciousness, and I now have a prosperity consciousness.  I receive money with appreciation, and I spend my money with wisdom.  I know that God is my source and that more money flows in to fill my every need.  Money is God in action.

I think in large and generous terms.  Realizing my thinking determines my experience, I now let money appear in all possible ways.  My faith determines my fortune.  All of God offers Itself to me, and my financial ease is a part of God’s loving care of me.  I rejoice when I pay my bills. I see each bill as an avenue for releasing abundance into a good channel.  Everyone I owe has faith in me, and I am worthy of that faith.  I pay my bills on time and with joy.  I love to release the good which has come to me.  Money is mine to use, but not to own.  It circulates in my life with accuracy and ease.  God’s money comes to me in order that I shall pay it out.  Money is God’s ease in my life.

The universe supports me and maintains me in freedom, because God is the Source and Continuance of good.  The Mind which created me sustains me.  I use money for the Glory of God, and good of my fellowman and the ease of my own experience. I do not worship it, nor overevaluate it. I see it as a means if exchange.  I have no fear of lack, for always God prospers an alert mind.  Recognizing the spiritual value in money, it increases in my world.  Money received and spent with wisdom is the circulation of ease for man.  I have a right to this ease, and I claim it.   The things that money can buy will make my life richer and easier.  I know my spiritual responsibility for the right use of money.  Money is God’s way of making my life free.   

Taken from “365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes & Raymond Charles Barker

DECEMBER 9   

MONEY

DECEMBER 9   

MONEY IS GOD IN ACTION

The virtuous, excellent man cheerfully attains the state of the gods.

Uttaradhyayana Sutra 7.21

Money is God’s means of giving me ease and freedom.  It is the symbol of the Divine Supply forever maintaining me in comfort.  I like money, and I appreciate the money I use.  I like all people who have money, spend money and enjoy the use of money.  I like the comfort and luxuries of life, and I believe God wants me to be happy and prosperous.  I do not want another’s money, because God gives me the ability to earn my own.  My earning capacity depends upon my consciousness, and I now have a prosperity consciousness.  I receive money with appreciation, and I spend my money with wisdom.  I know that God is my source and that more money flows in to fill my every need.  Money is God in action.

I think in large and generous terms.  Realizing my thinking determines my experience, I now let money appear in all possible ways.  My faith determines my fortune.  All of God offers Itself to me, and my financial ease is a part of God’s loving care of me.  I rejoice when I pay my bills. I see each bill as an avenue for releasing abundance into a good channel.  Everyone I owe has faith in me, and I am worthy of that faith.  I pay my bills on time and with joy.  I love to release the good which has come to me.  Money is mine to use, but not to own.  It circulates in my life with accuracy and ease.  God’s money comes to me in order that I shall pay it out.  Money is God’s ease in my life.

The universe supports me and maintains me in freedom, because God is the Source and Continuance of good.  The Mind which created me sustains me.  I use money for the Glory of God, and good of my fellowman and the ease of my own experience. I do not worship it, nor overevaluate it. I see it as a means if exchange.  I have no fear of lack, for always God prospers an alert mind.  Recognizing the spiritual value in money, it increases in my world.  Money received and spent with wisdom is the circulation of ease for man.  I have a right to this ease, and I claim it.   The things that money can buy will make my life richer and easier.  I know my spiritual responsibility for the right use of money.  Money is God’s way of making my life free.   

Taken from “365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes & Raymond Charles Barker

IS GOD IN ACTION

The virtuous, excellent man cheerfully attains the state of the gods.

Uttaradhyayana Sutra 7.21

Money is God’s means of giving me ease and freedom.  It is the symbol of the Divine Supply forever maintaining me in comfort.  I like money, and I appreciate the money I use.  I like all people who have money, spend money and enjoy the use of money.  I like the comfort and luxuries of life, and I believe God wants me to be happy and prosperous.  I do not want another’s money, because God gives me the ability to earn my own.  My earning capacity depends upon my consciousness, and I now have a prosperity consciousness.  I receive money with appreciation, and I spend my money with wisdom.  I know that God is my source and that more money flows in to fill my every need.  Money is God in action.

I think in large and generous terms.  Realizing my thinking determines my experience, I now let money appear in all possible ways.  My faith determines my fortune.  All of God offers Itself to me, and my financial ease is a part of God’s loving care of me.  I rejoice when I pay my bills. I see each bill as an avenue for releasing abundance into a good channel.  Everyone I owe has faith in me, and I am worthy of that faith.  I pay my bills on time and with joy.  I love to release the good which has come to me.  Money is mine to use, but not to own.  It circulates in my life with accuracy and ease.  God’s money comes to me in order that I shall pay it out.  Money is God’s ease in my life.

The universe supports me and maintains me in freedom, because God is the Source and Continuance of good.  The Mind which created me sustains me.  I use money for the Glory of God, and good of my fellowman and the ease of my own experience. I do not worship it, nor overevaluate it. I see it as a means if exchange.  I have no fear of lack, for always God prospers an alert mind.  Recognizing the spiritual value in money, it increases in my world.  Money received and spent with wisdom is the circulation of ease for man.  I have a right to this ease, and I claim it.   The things that money can buy will make my life richer and easier.  I know my spiritual responsibility for the right use of money.  Money is God’s way of making my life free.   

Taken from “365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes & Raymond Charles Barker

DECEMBER 8    

GOD’S MIND IN ME IS CLEAR AND DEFINITE

In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

II Corinthians 7:11

I always make right decisions, for within me is That which knows. The revelations of Truth have come to others, so they now come to me.  Eternal Mind is not restricted to a time, an era nor a certain religion.  The Infinite which released Itself through the great people of all times now releases Itself through me.  All that the Wise have known, I can know.  All that the Great have accomplished, I can accomplish.  I, too, am an outlet for Divine Mind and Divine Love.  I accept this interior Gift of the ages, and I let It determine my life this day.  God’s Mind in me is clear and definite.  To me is given the knowledge to handle every situation this day may bring.  Omniscience is mine.

Guided by a perfect Mind, I make right decisions and accomplish with ease.  Life abundant offers itself to me, and I accept it.  The wisdom I need for greatness is already within me, and seeks me as its outlet.  I affirm Divine Wisdom.  I affirm Divine Intelligence. I affirm my own capacity for success.  No more hazy thinking, no more foggy questioning, I know what needs to be done, and I know how to do it. The cobwebs of confused thinking are swept out of my consciousness.  Life is plain, clear and direct.  As I think, Infinite Mind thinks as me.  As I create, the One Mind is creating through me.  I am one with God and with all of God’s clear Ideas.  Today my thinking is positive. 

Demonstrations of every kind appear in my experience in the next few hours.  This treatment guarantees my health, happiness and security.  My thinking of God assures me of perfect action this day.  Dwelling upon His Wisdom, I am wise.  Dwelling upon His Life, I am healthy.  I know that I want to accomplish, and I proceed to accomplish it.  My thinking is straight, my intentions are right, and my procedure is scientific.  I know God wants me to be successful this day.  I know that all His Mind and all His Love are revealing Themselves to me right now.  Led by this inner Divine Compulsion I accomplish far more than even I expect.  It is good to know Him whose ways I walk with certainty.  

Taken from “365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes & Raymond Charles Barker

DECEMBER 7   

A LIGHT IS IN EVERY MAN, AND I BEHOLD IT

Let all mankind be thy sect.

Adi Granth Japuji 28,M. 1

Humanity is Divinity made visible.  We are good people in the sight of our Creator.  Knowing this, I see my neighbor as a part of the Divine Plan for all.  His ideas may not be mine, but they are right for him.  I may not agree with the outer man, but I must agree with the inner one.  In him is the Spirit of Truth, the need for self-expression and the vision of what he can become.  This I respect, and this I value.  I no longer try to make him in my image and likeness.  I now realize that his individuality is of God, and I adjust my thinking to this bridge of human opinions and embrace him as a Son of God.

There is a goodness in my fellowman that needs my recognition.  He is hungry for someone to see him as he really is.  He needs my spiritual perception of his innate kindliness and I now look for every slight indication of god in man and praise it.  In the midst of him is the Spirit, and I now see its many modes of expression.  I appreciate and bless everyone I know.  Family, friends and co-workers are God’s means of peopling my world with love.  No more need to be on guard, I lovingly and joyously accept every person as God made manifest.  No one can harm me, no one can take from me any good. Others make me whole and loving.  God in me reaches out to the highest and best in everyone I know.  Friendship and understanding await me in my home, my place of business and the neighborhood where I live.

People bless me, for they give me so much that I need.  The hand of God is in every hand I clasp. I now see a beauty and a wholeness in everyone I know.  No mistakes, no injuries, no more suspicions.  I let God run his universe, and I let His Law take care of all whom I know.  I expect the best from my friends.  I live in a friendly world, and all people are essentially good.  There is Light born of God within all people, and I expect this Light to bless and benefit me.  Today I release all human judgments.  I behold the Christ in man.  God is in me, so he is also in everyone I meet. 

Taken from “365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes & Raymond Charles Barker

DECEMBER 6   

THE IDEA I NEED NOW APPEARS

To attain this subtle realization, you must completely cut off the way of thinking.

Mumonkan 1

I am the creation of an all-knowing Mind, an Infinite Love and a Divine Law of action.  As a mother feeds her child, so does this Holy Wisdom nourish my consciousness.  Forever within me is all that I shall ever need.  I seek without no more, for God in the center of me is my unfailing supply.    All Mind is given unto me.  All Power is mine to distribute in creative ways.  All Love is asking me to release It unto my fellowman.  From this Center within me I draw the riches of the Kingdom of heaven.  I am the richest person there is, for all of God is offering Itself to me in consciousness.  I rejoice in my capacity to receive greatness.

What I need to know at this instant, Mind gives to me.  The idea I need is now active within me.  I draw from my own Divine Center the wisdom to handle my affairs.  I do not question, I know.  I do not seek, for I have found.  God leads me with His ideas into success in all my ways.  Where I am the Mind of Truth is.  The Idea I select, the Law will execute instantly.  The new, the fresh and the different offer themselves to me now. I select new ideas, and I have new experiences.  Weary of negatives, I select positives.  The night of false conclusions is over, for the dawn of clear thinking has come upon me.  I am prospered by Infinite Spirit, and I am made glad by absolute Joy.

Quickened by the One Mind, I freely use Its Ideas.  Now, I know what to do, how to do it, and when it should be done.  No more doubts, for the certainty of God’s inspiration is revealed me.  This is my hour of right decision followed by right action. The portals of my thought are open to Truth and ideas of God enter my consciousness.  My way is easy and my burden is light, for I am inspired at every instant.  Decisions are clear, and my authority is of god.  All that I can ever use is mine now.  All this is good, and all this is true.  Mind revealing Itself in me is my security.  For complete inspiration at every moment, I rejoice and give thanks.  I have every idea I need at the instant of time that I need it.  God’s action in me is wonderful.  

Taken from “365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes & Raymond Charles Barker

DECEMBER 5   

I RESPECT THE HEALTH IN MY BODY

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 30:17

My health is not self-created, for God is the health of man.  This health is worthy of my respect.  Only that which I respect do I value and handle with care.  My body is a spiritual vehicle through which God’s Life flows.  God’s unlimited health maintains it in strength, vitality and ease of action.  My thought definitely affects my health, and my spiritual responsibility demands that I stay positive and creative. As all illness and fatigue originate in my mind, I now eliminate their causes.  Every spiritual thought of mine helps the body to remain sound and whole.  Such thoughts I have with ease.

No more fear and no more worry for me.  I know their destructive actions, and I refuse to adulterate God’s Health in my body with such errors.  I must not impede the health and vitality which God has planned for me.  No hate is worth the toll it takes in my tissues.  No anger is worth the destruction it causes in my body.  What God made I use with all the wisdom I have and can claim.  As I respect my body and declare that God abides within it, I feel an upsurge of life.  Strength and power become my tools to use for right activities.  All fatigue disappears and I do easily whatever needs my attention.  God responds to me with all possibility, because I have rightly used His Life within me.

The Divine Pattern of my health is now accepted by me.  This includes a rich sense of well-being all the days of my life.  I expect my body to react with ease, as my thinking acts with wisdom.  Letting go of all beliefs in sickness, I never again experience disease.  Even the slightest cold will be no more, for I now see God as my health.   I respect the Divine enough that I dedicate my thinking to positives.  I rejoice in my healthy body, because it indicates my healthy thinking. Today I am alive with health, vitality and the power of accomplishment.  I eat with wisdom, rest with wisdom.  I think only those thoughts which maintain me in health.  I am alive now with the permanent and perfect Health of the Spirit.

Taken from “365 Days of Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes & Raymond Charles Barker