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From Emmet Fox, "God
intended us to have dominion over our lives, to be the captain of our
souls...Now, if we are to be captain of our souls, then we must speak
with authority, as Jesus did...The point is a subtle one because
outwardly we may desire a certain thing, but inwardly we have a fear of
demonstrating it."
There are those who
believe that Life is a test. To those people I would state that if
Life is a test, then we create the test and we create the consciousness
that either passes or fails the test. There is nothing outside of
our own consciousness that is "testing" us. Whether we
succeed or fail in the things that we pursue is determined by whether we
control our fears or let our fears control us.
Emmet Fox tells us that
we must "speak with authority," and this statement carries a
great deal of significance in measuring our success in demonstrating
whatever it is that we want to demonstrate. If we are experiencing
the appearance of illness ... we must never speak the words that give
power and validity to the illness. The more we discuss our
illnesses and the more mention we make of the experience of diminished
health, the more we are unlikely to succeed in moving into a greater
experience of revitalized health. The same holds true of our
desire for any Good thing we want to experience more of. We must
"speak from the demonstration" even if this means all our
conversations of perfect health in time of illness, prosperity in the
time of financial lack, and loving companionship in the time of
loneliness ... is limited to a conversation with God only.
Oftentimes, when we declare health in the midst of illness or the
opposite of any discord we may be experiencing ... those around us may
not understand that we are speaking from a "Higher Truth" that
transcends our current condition or situation. It is best to keep
our declarations or affirmations between us and like-minded individuals
or limit them to God.
We know without a doubt that all
that we speak with conviction ... comes from our thinking ... and our
thinking generates the energy of healing and attracts to us
opportunities and ideas that create the changes that we seek to see
manifest in our lives. Dr. Ernest Holmes in his book, "This
Thing Called You," stated: "When
you think with complete conviction, the Law of Mind will operate on your
thought exactly as you think it, for the thing, condition, or person you
are thinking about."
As we begin the process of creating
conviction within ourselves, we may find ourselves stumbling at first
(in our minds), but as we remain persistent, the conviction will come
and this conviction will energize the Law of Mind according to our
measure of conviction and will certainly .... demonstrate the Good
we seek to experience. There is no mystery
to the Law of Mind ... it is precise ... and therefore it must be used
with precision ... and as we "Stake Our Claim" with conviction
it brings to us precisely what we speak into It!
And
So It Is!
Letting
Love Use Me In Its Own Good Way,
Henry
Lee Bates
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