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JUNE 12     

I ENTHUSIASTICALLY SPREAD THE TRUTH   

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.  The way of life is wonderful; it is by abandonment.”  Emerson

The concept of my omnipresent God is too wonderful to keep to myself alone.  I spread my larger understanding of God abroad to all who will listen.  I am enthusiastic about Life as God in action.  Having given myself to the Infinite Presence, the Infinite Mind and the Infinite Love, I can shout from the housetops the value of this new way of life.  Gone are the fears, the terrors and the blasted hopes.  To me there has come the joyous abandonment to Him who knows what to do and how to do it.  I have never been so free, and never been as happy.

All men should know the Truth and be freed from their own misconceptions.  I accept the challenge to so live that all who contact me shall find their freedom, their health and their prosperity.  My light shall so shine that all men seeing my good works shall glorify my Father in heaven.  My enthusiasm for God is catching.  Others see the light in my face and seek the same enlarged consciousness of Good.  As they seek, they find, and in their finding pass on the same Light to others.  I am starting a chain of truth-minded people which shall encircle the globe and heal the nations.

The mantle of the Christ is upon my shoulders.  The sword of Truth is in my hands.  The breastplate of righteousness protects me from all evil.  I show forth the glory of my inner Christ, and whoever thinks of me receives a benediction of illumination.  The whole Spirit of God is in full action through me, and I have courage to do the right and loving thing at all times and under all circumstances.  His Mind is mine; His Love beats in my heart.  The contagion of true holiness is tremendous.  I share my God with my world.

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

JUNE 11  

I DARE TO PUT NEW IDEAS INTO PRACTICE   

“Let me admonish you, first of all, to go alone; to refuse the good models, even those which are sacred in the imagination of men, and dare to love God without mediator or veil.”  Emerson

I love God, and I appreciate the Inspiration which His Mind is pouring into mine.  Without this inner source of refreshment, I would soon experience stagnation and failure.  With my keen knowledge of the Spirit I face only pathways of pleasant success and certain abundance.  Many may call me irreligious, but I do not care.  Dearer than all else is the knowledge that I am the Son of the Father and unto me He gives all of Himself in full measure.  Of this I am certain now and forevermore.

I have courage to put new ideas into practice.  I dare to act as a spiritual being would act, for I am one who knows his Divine origin.  The world may not understand me, and may even condemn me, but I stand unmoved in my determination to prove that God is the only Power there is. My thinking is forward and my actions are creative.  Nothing stands between me and my desired accomplishments, for I am an open channel for the inflow and the outflow of God.  The Lord God Omnipotent operates through me.  My Spirit and I together walk as one united activity of life.

In a world that is weary of the commonplace, I originate new conditions of good.  I inaugurate God’s Ideas in a material world, and its seeming materiality melts away and reveals my heaven here and now.  My faith is great and I am determined to break new paths through the wilderness of human opinions.  There is a Light that leads me on, when all would turn me back.  I am an undaunted, inspired and creative expression of Infinite Mind.  I need not to be understood by men, for I am understood by the indwelling Spirit which motivates me.  Pioneering in the ways of Truth, I prove for all to see that the greatness of God does dwell in the hearts of all. 

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

JUNE 10         

I LET LIFE MOVE ME FORWARD INTO GREATER GOOD  

“People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.”  Emerson

There are no anchors in my world to fasten me to any one situation forever.  I accept the ever-changing, ever unfolding action of God in my experience.  I have faith that Life impels me into greater good for myself and for all who comprise my world.  I appreciate the past, but it cannot bind me to any person, place nor thing.  It is now a neutralized memory of good.  No more weeping for what might have been.  Today is the day of glory, and tomorrow is alive with the possibilities of creative self-expression.

There are no impediments to the Divine Impulse within me.  My consciousness is cleaned and awaits all new ideas with expectancy.  These ideas will take me out of the present mediocrities into the heaven of fresh conditions.  As I let Life move me forward I find joy on every hand and love in every heart.  New Friendships, new opportunities, new environment and new experience appear to be enjoyed and to be praised.  I do not miss the patterns from which I have emerged, for greater good is mine today than I have ever known before.  I bless the old, but I welcome with open arms the new.

I let changes take place in my life.  I know they must, and I know they will, whether I say yes or no.  All changes accepted as a spiritual adventure are for the good and I now begin the discovery of God in every new condition.  Buried in all men is the treasure of the Kingdom of God.  I seek it, and I find its coffers overflowing with kindness.  I have no enemies, for God’s Friendship comes to me through every relative, co-worker and contact.  I break all chains which bind me and walk free into God’s great experience of life.  New forms of good come to me, emanate from me, and appear around me today.    

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

JUNE 9   

I ACCEPT MYSELF AS A CENTER OF DIVINE RELEASE

“Yourself, a newborn bard of the Holy Ghost, cast behind you all conformity, and acquaint men at first hand with Deity.”  Emerson

I accept myself as the outlet of the Infinite.  I believe in my Divine origin, my persistent inspiration, and my destiny of good.  I know that God gives freely of Himself to all, and my share is great. In me the Divine is seeking to create new trains of causation, which will enrich me and increase the good of all who know me.  The power which spoke through Moses, Isaiah and Jesus is the power which acts through me.  I have within me all the creative powers of Spiritual Genius, and I accept them and use them this day.  What others have done in the past, I can do now, and even greater works can I do.

I acquaint men at first hand with Deity.  My actions as well as my words give evidence of my spiritual understanding and development.  My reactions to unpleasantness reveal my inner poise, security and peace.  In all situations I bear witness to His mind which directs me and prospers me.  Freely I give of myself to all, and richly the Father gives to me of His inexhaustible Self.  I behold the Christ in every man, and I refuse all human speculations of evil.  I refuse to accept, contemplate or seek anything less than the perfect, the true and the fine.  No man can convince me of error, for I know from my own experience that God is the final reality, and untruth fades before the light of my own understanding.

I am God in action, for there is nothing else for me to be.  Creative ideas indwell me, and my environment welcomes their complete expression.  I am unopposed for the one Power and the one Presence is the cause, continuity and conclusion of my life.  I am a center of Divine release and from me there flows this day the glory of God to all the other Sons of Heaven.

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

JUNE 8   

MY GOD INDWELLS ME AS MIND AND LOVE   

“The nameless Thought, the nameless Power, the super-personal Heart, – he shall repose alone on that.  He needs only his own verdict.  No good fame can help him; no bad fame can hurt him.”  Emerson

There is but one infinite Mind, and It indwells me this day as the source of all life, all knowledge and all possible good.  This Mind is also Love.  It is a complete unity of all that ever has been, ever will be.  I know myself as Its vehicle of operation, and It acts without hindrance through me.  Not to the outer world do I look for help, but to the inner Source I turn for the full supply of every need.  In this inner consciousness of security I am no longer impressed by material fears.  All manner of evil may appear to assail me in my hectic world, but the peace within bids me to believe it not.

Divine Love maintains the calm of my being.  It disciplines and balances my emotions.  Anger and hysterics are impossible to experience, for within me there is nothing to cause them nor react to them.  I face my world poised and at peace. I face the arguments of my fellowman with the clear understanding that they will not twist my judgment nor lead me to wrong conclusions.  God’s Mind is the only basis of my decisions, and thus all my affairs must prosper.  With love and intelligence as the foundation of my thinking, I do all things with ease and with efficiency.  God’s action in me is wonderful.

I am independent of fame and slander.  I am a Spiritual Being in a Spiritual Universe and only my estimate of myself is true.  Others may proclaim my faults, outline my mistakes, and declare my weaknesses.  Not one word of these is true.  God in the midst of me cannot see evil, hear evil or speak evil about me not anyone else.  Only that which is true of the Spirit is true of me.  I know my Spiritual worth.  I affirm my thought as the Divine Thought, and my heart as being of Him whose Heart is the heart of all.  I am untouched by human opinions, and I offer none.  God indwells me today as Mind and Love.

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

JUNE 7   

I RELY ON GOD ALONE TO MEET EVERY SITUATION   

“Instead of that reliance which the soul suggests, on the eternity of truth and duty, men are misled into a reliance on institutions, which the moment they cease to be the instantaneous creations of the devout sentiment are worthless.”    Emerson

I face my world with a courage born of my knowledge of God.  I am never alone, never deserted and never without aid.  My reliance is on Him who brought me forth to express His life divine.  Indwelling me, there is a center of Mind and Love, where Power awaits my recognition.  From this inner Christ I draw greatly on God.  The inexhaustible action of Divine Mind is the power of my thinking, and I have the courage to do all things.  Directed from within, I see the falsity of external authority.  God in the midst of me is my Power and my Deliverance from all that would beset me.

Steadfastly knowing my inner strength, I am no longer appalled at what I need to meet.  Challenges change to opportunities; problems to possibilities.  Urged forward by Divine Truth, I proceed into correct action and bring forth right solutions.  I am no longer the victim of verdicts, whether they be medical, economic, age, social or financial.  I have but one Divine Verdict upon me – God declares forevermore that I am His eternal Son.  That alone is true of me, and knowing this I have no fear.  His whole Mind and Love are mine to use for right activities, and I use them with ease.

As there is no power opposed to omnipotent Mind, there is no power opposed to me as Its beloved outlet.  I now erase all opposition within my own thought, and am a free and open channel for Omnipotence.  I face all things with faith, cheer and the expectancy of good.  I am a spiritual optimist, for I know that with God’s help everything works together for good.  My life is now a victorious one, and problems dissolve as I think the Truth.  Today is filled with victory.   

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

JUNE 6   

I KNOW MY OWN DIVINITY AND APPRECIATE IT   

“The purpose of life seems to be to acquaint a man with himself.  He is not to live in the future as described to him, but to live in the real future by living to the real present. The highest revelation is that God is in every man.”  Emerson

All Mind operates at a center within me.  All Love seeks an outlet through me.  God’s action in me is my own real Self, and to It I now devote my attention. I know myself as God knows me, and all disbelief is erased from my consciousness.  Contemplating myself as a spiritual being, I realize the vast possibilities before me.  I am unconditioned by the world, for I am Mind in action.  I now become the person I have always hoped to be.  Finding the Spirit within me, I change all my opinions of myself.  No more self-limitation, no more self-condemnation.  Today, I am God’s creation and as such I move forward in life.

Watching my momentary thinking, I realize the reason I have not accomplished my heart’s desires. All stumbling blocks have been unconsciously created by myself.  I am determined to cease my own self-imposed restrictions.  God has placed no limitations upon me, and I accept my freedom to prosper. Acknowledging myself as God’s beloved expression, I think straight and make right decisions.  I now act from the God-Mind indwelling me, and my actions are worthy of Truth.  God speaks acts and loves by means of me.  Around me is an inviting Presence, and within me is all the Mind of Truths.  Knowing myself as God knows me, I move ahead to great accomplishments.

I appreciate the God Action indwelling me.  I appreciate the Life that animates me.  I praise and give thanks for my own Divinity.  I see this same Divinity in my fellowman.  All men have goodness in their hearts and greatness in their souls.  I am one with the good in all.  I am one with the universe and it’s Spiritual Source.  I am one with God and act as His representative.  Today, all men shall call me blessed, and the world will be a better place because of my action.  I am Divine and release goodness.  

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