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NOVEMBER 11   

THE LAW OF RIGHT ACTION IS OPERATING IN MY LIFE NOW

For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.

Job 22:21,26

Right action means that every legitimate and constructive purpose I have in mind shall be successfully executed.  It means that I shall know what to do, how to think, how to act, how to proceed.  I definitely declare that since my word is in accord with the Divine Nature, it actually is the Law of God in my experience, enforcing Itself.  Hence, there is nothing in me or around me which can limit this word.  The power of this Law is with me and the action which results from this power produces harmony, peace, joy and success.

Recognizing that there is but one Power, one Presence and one Life, I so unite myself with this Life that all things become possible to me through faith.  Humbly, reverently, but with complete conviction, I accept the gift of heaven, that life which is complete and perfect, here and now.

I know that in this consciousness of Reality is the supply for my every need – physical, mental or spiritual – and I accept that supply in deepest gratitude. I am thankful that this is the way Life fulfills my needs, through the doorway of my inner self, and I am thankful that I know how to use this perfect Law.  I come to this great Fountain of Supply, in the very center of my being, to absorb that for which I have need, mentally and physically, and I am filled with the sense of the Reality of that which I desire, As I am filled with Reality I permit It to flow into my world of thought and action, knowing that It brings peace and harmony and order all around me.  There arises within me limitless faith in the unconquerable Presence, the perfect Law and the Divine Action. 

Taken from “Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

NOVEMBER 10   

EVERY ATOM OF MY BEING IS ANIMATED BY THE DIVINE PERFECTION

The Tao cannot be heard; what can be heard is not It.  The Tao cannot be seen; what can be seen is not It.

The Texts of Taoism

The Chinese tell us that Tao (meaning Spirit) produces everything, nourishes everything and maintains everything.  It spreads itself over everything.  It flows through everything and is in all things.  Indeed, being all that is, there can be nothing outside It.  There is a mystical Presence which pervades the Universe, and this Presence, welling up in our consciousness, evermore proclaims Itself as the source and root of all.  The enlightened of the ages have told us that it is this God within us that recognizes Itself, or Himself, in everything we are.

I know that as there is One Mind, and that Mind is God and that mind is my mind, so also there is one Body, that Body is spiritual and that Body is my body.  Every organ, every function, every action and reaction of my body is in harmony with the Divine Creative Spirit.  I have both “the mind of Christ” and the Body of God.  I could not ask for more and greater could not be given.  I now seek to realize the spiritual significance of the One Mind and the One Body.

Every function, organ and cell of my body responds to the magnetic pull of wholeness, of unlimited energy, of prefect life.  As my thoughts are so put in order, all fear, doubt and uncertainty are banished into nothingness.

I live in the One Mind and act through the One Body, in accord with divine harmony, perfection and poise.  Every organ of my body moves in accord with perfect harmony.  The Divine circulates through me automatically, spontaneously and perfectly.  Every atom of my being is animated by the Divine Perfection. 

Taken from “Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

NOVEMBER 9   

SPIRITUAL SUBSTANCE IS MY SUPPLY

The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

Psalm 188:6

I know that Spirit fills all space and animates every form, therefore, Spirit is the true actor in everything.  But I also know that Spirit can only act for me by acting through me.  This means simply that God can give me only what I take.  I am conscious that as I daily enter into my Divine inheritance, in my thought and in the Spirit, I am entering into the realm of Absolute Causation and I completely believe that from this secret place of the Most High within me, there shall be projected an objective manifestation of my every legitimate desire.

Hope rises within me and sings a song of joy.  Love goes before me and embraces everything.  Peace accompanies me on my way, while doubt and fear vanish as mist before the light.

Am I really accepting abundance?  Is my thought really animating my experience with plenty?  Am I affirming that Divine Substance is forever flowing to me as supply?

Today I praise the abundance in all things.  I animate everything with the idea of abundance.  I am remembering only the good.  I acknowledge the good working everywhere.  I give thanks that this good is flowing into my experience in ever-increasing volume.  There is that within me that sees, knows and understands this truth, which completely accepts it.  There is good enough to go around.  Therefore I do not withhold this good from myself or others, but constantly proclaim Spiritual Substance is forever flowing to each and all as supply.

Taken from “Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

NOVEMBER 8   

I DEMONSTRATE THROUGH THE PERFECT LAW

And as He thinketh all things manifest, He manifests through all things and in all, and most of all in whatsoever things He wills to manifest.

Thrice-Greatest Hermes

All laws are laws of God.  Whatever Reality is, Its nature is One.  If I wish to demonstrate my good I must faithfully and fervently declare that the Law of the Lord is perfect and that this Law is operating in my experience now.  I believe that it is the nature of thought to externalize itself, to bring about conditions which exactly correspond to the thought. Therefore, I turn resolutely from every sense of lack, want and limitation, and declare the perfect Law, knowing that even though I am dealing with an invisible Principle it will be made manifest in my experience.

Therefore, today I declare that the Law of the Lord is perfect in everything I do.  It will externalize happiness; it will bring every good thing to me.  Today I am inwardly aware that there is a secret way of the soul, there is a secret pathway of peace, there is an invisible Presence forever externalizing itself for me and through me.  Today I believe in Divine Guidance.  Today I believe that underneath are the everlasting arms.  Today I rest in this divine assurance and this divine security.  I know that not only all is well with my soul, my spirit and my mind; all is well with my affairs.   

I sincerely believe that there is a Divine Presence and a Law of Good which attracts every person and everything to me, that belongs to me, and which, flowing through me, reaches out to everything in my life with love, with consideration, in joy and gladness.

Taken from “Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

NOVEMBER 4   

TODAY I MEDITATE UPON MY DIVINE INHERITANCE

Every state of happiness that appears in the body or the mind is said to be due to the quality of Goodness.

The Mahabharata

“Beloved, now are we the sons of God.”  The kingdom of God is at hand.  I inherit everything that belongs to this kingdom.  The riches and the power and the glory of this kingdom are mine now.  I do not rob anyone by entering into the fullness of the kingdom of power, of joy and of abundance.  I recognize that everyone inherits the same kingdom.  There is no law of human heredity imposed upon me. Evil has no history.  Limitation has no past.  That which is opposed to good, has no future.  The eternal now is filled with perfection.  I always have been and always shall remain a complete, perfect and whole expression of the Eternal Mind, which is God, the Living Spirit Almighty.

All that the Father hath is mine.  I am now entering into the Kingdom of Good which love has prepared for me.  I am letting go of all the cares and fears of yesterday.  I am looking forward to tomorrow in quiet confidence and with joyful expectation.  And I am living today in the glorious fulfillment of the law of good.

Today I enter into the limitless variations which the Divine Spirit has projected into my experience.  I know that all things are good when rightly used.  I perceive that all experience is a play of Life upon itself.  I enter into the game of living, then, with joyful anticipation, with spontaneous enthusiasm and with the determination to play the game well and to enjoy it.  Today I enter into my Divine inheritance.  I have freed my thought from the belief that external conditions are imposed upon me by birth, through inherited tendencies or race belief.  I proclaim the freedom of my Divine sonship.  I possess the kingdom of God today, in all of its fullness.

Taken from “Richer Living” by Ernest Holmes and Raymond Charles Barker

NOVEMBER 3   

I OVERCOME HATE WITH LOVE   

Therefore it is clear that Ignorance can only be removed by wisdom.

Raja Yoga Philosophy

I know that there is but One Power in the universe, and that Power is God.  That Power manifests in and through all form, all people, all conditions, and so is at the very center of my being.  This Power is Life itself, and Its nature is Love – All-Good.  I know that just as light dissipates darkness, just as heat warms the atmosphere, so a consciousness of good overcomes the negation of evil (hate), dissipates it, obliterates it, blots it out.

I refuse to think of hate or any negation as a power and I know that it will flee from me. Its dissolution is its flight – it disappears.  Hate cannot exist where love is recognized and knowing that good alone is real, I turn the searchlight of Eternal Truth upon every so-called evil in my experience, and these dark places of imagination are instantly dissolved into light.  The dissolution of evil is complete; the manifestation of good is perfect.  I know that Love protects Its own, and now makes it clear the way before me, eliminating everything that looked like hate.  I am guided into an ever-widening unfoldment of being, and my every thought, feeling and act is an expression of the God Nature – Love – through me. Continuously I overcome hate with love.

So I give back into the great and divine Presence that which it has given to me, knowing that the gift will again be returned, but multiplied.  So shall peace and joy come as a light from heaven, and in that light I walk.

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

NOVEMBER 2   

THE INFINITE LAW OF GOOD BRINGS ME COMPLETE SATISFACTION

Then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.

Proverbs 3:10

There is a Power operating through me, a Presence inspiring, guiding and sustaining me.  Upon this Power, I place my reliance.  In this Presence, I feel myself to be an outlet of immeasurable good.  Because I am in this Divine Presence, and because It is in me, and because this Divine has all power, I know that my thought is made manifest in a perfect demonstration of health, of harmony and of success.

I know that the Creative Law of Good is infinite and has all power to accomplish.  I know Its whole desire for me is freedom and joy.  Therefore, I declare that freedom and joy are mine today.  This freedom and joy spontaneously express in my experience, and there is nothing within me that can hinder this expression.  Because this All-Good is mine, and because it constitutes the only Presence there is in the universe, I know that freedom and joy cannot be separated from me.

Realizing that the kingdom of love is at hand today, I enter into this kingdom with a song of praise, a hymn of joy.  Knowing that God is hid in everything, I reveal this Divine Presence to myself and to others, in sympathy, in love, in kindness.

I am conscious that there is an Infinite Wisdom directing me.  Whatever I should know, I shall know.  Whatever I should do, I shall do.  Whatever belongs to me must come to me.  Because of the Infinite Intelligence which is mine and which is within me now, I am compelled to recognize my good; to see more; to understand and accept and express more.  I know the Infinite Law of Good is always bringing complete satisfaction into my life.  

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

NOVEMBER 1   

I DWELL IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD

In my father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you.

John 14:2

The Household of God is the Household of Perfection.  It is the Secret Place of the Most High.  The inmates of this Household are all Divine Beings.  Nothing can enter the consciousness of any of these inmates which contradicts the unity of Good.  Each and every member of this Household is at peace with all other members.  There is a community of peace, of understanding, of fellowship, of love and unity. 

In this Household of God – which is any man’s household who declares to be such – there is no bickering, no jealousy, and no avenue through which any littleness or meanness may operate.  It is not only a household of peace, it is a household of joy, it is a place of happiness and general contentment.  Here is warmth, color and beauty.  This earthly household symbolizes the Divine Harmony of the Kingdom of God.

No one is a stranger within this household.  Nothing is alien to it.  It is protected from all fear, from every sense of loss.  Nothing can enter it but joy, integrity and friendship.  The same good I realize belongs to everyone else.  I do not desire a good for myself which is greater than the good I desire for all people.  Neither do I deny myself the good I affirm for all others.  In this Household, the Host is God, the Living Spirit Almighty, and all who dwell in this Household are guests of the Eternal Host.   

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