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From Dr. Ernest Holmes: Someone
may say, "I cannot imagine God not caring." I
cannot either, but we are dealing with Law. Does the Law of
electricity care whether it cooks the dinner or burns down the house?
Whether it electrocutes a criminal or warms a saint? Of course, it
does not. Does the Urge which impels people to express, care
whether a man kneels in ecstasy or lies drunk in the gutter? We
are dealing with Law, and it follows that since we are dealing with Law,
It will ultimately bring back to us the result of the forces which we
set in motion through It.
Consequently, no person
who is enlightened would seek to use this Law destructively, for he
would know that, sooner or later, the very power set in motion by
himself would ultimately destroy him. "All they that take the
sword shall perish by the sword." The Spirit of Christ is the
spirit which constructively uses the Law. The spirit of
Antichrist is the destructive use of the Law. The Spirit of
Christ, being in line with the Cosmic Life, will always transcend,
neutralize, destroy, and utterly obliterate the spirit of the
Antichrist. Finally, only the Spirit of Christ can succeed.
When we know our
Oneness with God and Law, what a great burden is removed. Any
sense of opposition is removed from the consciousness which perceives
Unity. That which we call OUR subjective mind is but a point in
Universal Mind where our personality maintains its individualized
expression of Spirit. If we think of ourselves as being separated
from the Universe, we shall be limited by this thought, for it is a
belief in separation from God which binds and limits. WE ARE BOUND
BY NOTHING EXCEPT BELIEF. "They could not enter in because of
their unbelief, and because they limited the Holy One of Israel."
There is but One
Mind. Here is the point: everything we experience, touch,
taste, handle and smell - environment, bodies, conditions, money,
happiness, friends - all are effects. Is it clear that the
infinite and limitless possibilities of that One of which man/woman is a
part, depend in man's/woman's expression, upon her/his own concept?
If he/she is a point of personality in Limitless Mind, which she/he is;
and if all her/his life must be drawn from this One Mind, which it must
be, there cannot be anything else, can there? And if there is
nothing else, if there is nothing to move save Mind - and if man/woman
is a thinking center in Mind - nothing is going to happen TO him/her
that does not happen THROUGH him/her, whether it be the result of
his/her own erroneous conclusions, those of his/her grandfather, or
those of the race to which she/he belongs! This is not in any
sense fatalistic, for WE MAY CHANGE THE TREND OF CAUSATION WHICH HAS
BEEN SET IN MOTION AT ANY TIME WE DECIDE TO DO SO.
Everything comes from Intelligence. There is nothing but Unity;
there is nothing but freedom; there is nothing but completeness; there
is nothing but Totality. Begin at the beginning and reason this
out, time after time, until all doubt disappears. It is necessary
that each one do this for himself.
Such
is the power of "right thinking" that it cancels and erases
everything unlike itself. It answers every question, solves all
problems, is the solution to every difficulty. It is like the
Sunlight of Eternal Truth bursting through the clouds of obscurity and
bathing all life in a celestial glory. It is the Absolute with
which we are dealing and nothing else. <The
Science of Mind>
So there we
have it ... it is all Mind. The Law, as defined by Religious
Science, is Universal Law ... meaning the nature or properties of
something that acts the same way universally ... i.e. the Law of
electricity or the Law of mathematics. As we understand Universal
Law, we realize that we cannot "expect" It to do something
that is contrary to Its nature. In other words, we cannot pray or
"treat" and expect a result that is "selfish" ...
whatever we pray or treat for ... must be for the Universal Good ...
cannot take anything away from someone; i.e. their freedom of choice,
peace, harmony, joy etc.
Many people do
not pray, either scientifically or otherwise, because they have lost
faith in prayer and some have even lost faith in God. But, this is
never the Truth, for within each of us there is always that spark of the
Divine which knows that prayer is effective ... and knows that God IS
... and most people will turn again to God and to prayer. So
instead of crossing God out ... we should be honest with ourselves and
see if we are willing to "work with God."
The
Master Mind Jesus stated, "the Father works, and I work."
Do we "work with God" or do we turn to other means and methods
to attempt to get the results that we seek? How many of us are
willing to put ten times as much enthusiasm into what we do? How
many of us are willing to pray one-hour each day out loud? How
many of us are willing to sit in the Silence of our thoughts and really
begin to understand what it is that will make us happy ... and what it
is that has made us unhappy? So ... before we "cross God
out" ... or settle for less than we want in Life ... let's do the
work! It works ... when we work it!
And
So It Is!
Maximum Love,
Rev.
Hank Bates
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