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  EFFECTUAL PRAYER
  by Francis W. Foulks
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Foulks' study of the principles of effective prayer as taught in Scripture,
examining what makes prayer powerful and how believers can develop a more
fruitful prayer life.

  Chapters: 11

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  TABLE OF CONTENTS
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    1. 01 - Chapter 1
    2. 02 - Chapter 2
    3. 03 - Chapter 3
    4. 04 - Chapter 4
    5. 05 - Chapter 5
    6. 06 - Chapter 6
    7. 07 - Chapter 7
    8. 08 - Chapter 8
    9. 09 - Part 2
   10. 10 - Meditations for the High Watch
   11. 11 - Spiritual Remedies for Particular Lacks

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Chapter I EFFECTUAL PRAYER

MANY STUDENTS of Truth, when turning from the old manner of praying and seeking
a greater knowledge of true prayer, make a great problem of entering the
silence. Indeed the silence does seem a problem to one who has never assumed
control of his thoughts, who has never learned the art of relaxation, of
concentration, of meditation, of being still and listening within. These are all
steps that are taken to enter the silence where God dwells and where we hear the
"still small voice," with its words of wisdom and love, where we contact the
gifts that through eternity have been waiting for us to become still enough and
receptive enough to receive them. The human race, at least that part of it which
prays to God, has so long spent all the time allotted to prayer in beseeching a
faraway God for material desires. They have prayed to a God who is near-sighted
and perhaps a little deaf, immovable on His throne in a heaven, dealing out evil
as well as good, many times favoring the sinner in preference to the saint. They
have talked at God, they have talked about God, in fact they have done all the
talking, never giving the omniscient One a chance to speak back to them to
assure them of His ability and wilLbgness to give them even more than they ask.
The Psalmist, beloved of God said: "I will hear what God Jehovah will speak/’ We
have the proof of his listening for and to God in the wonderful messages of the
Psalms. The singing of those God- given songs restored the singer’s soul, and
they have led many other hungry,homesick souls back to the green pastures and
beside the still waters, to "dwell in the house of Jehovah ever/’ To the
Psalmist, listening to Jehovah, God gave a long life full of rich living, a life
physically rich, mentally rich. The experience of one human being can be the
experience of all who are willing to pay the price. The price of such
experiences as David’s and Solomon’s is to live the Christ life, one step in
which is to learn to pray the prayer of faith that "availeth much in its
working." This prayer we do not pray, because we "ask amiss"; we desire the
gifts more than we desire the Giver; we ask for things more often than we ask
for a knowledge of the law, and the strength and power to use it aright. We have
only to review some of our past prayers and their results, or even examine some
of the prayers we are saying today, to realize that this is true.

All prayers are answered by the Father. Whenever a prayer remains unanswered in
the manifest realm, we can be sure that somewhere there is a closed door between
us and the Giver; for every prayer of every soul represents some need that in
its purified form, God is seeking to push forth into the manifest world. This
loving One is ever seeking to manifest Himself through His children as health,
joy, beauty, wealth. We are the only means He has of coming into visible
expression; and if each of us abandoned himself fully to His .will, the world
would be again a Garden of Eden where man could walk and talk with God in sweet
communion. Each day we should seek to hasten this time by establishing in our
heart the consciousness that He is all-knowing, all-powerful, ever present, that
He does hear and will give us the bread we crave instead of the stone that we
manifest. Only those who become quiet and listen become still enough to hear the
"still small voice" that gives this assurance. Such an assurance builds and
strengthens faith, and it is only those who have faith in the ability and
willingness of God to answer their prayers that are capable of receiving.

Each one of us builds his own capacity to receive. Today we are building our
capacity to receive the answer to tomorrow’s prayers. Our capacity to receive is
built by faith, vision, and expectancy, and the greatness of our faith, the
height of our expectancy, the steadfastness of our vision sets the measure. A
pint measure holds only a pint, no more; a gallon measure holds only a gallon,
no more. Some hold out a pint measure to the Giver and receive according to
their faith, their vision, their expectancy. Others hold out a gallon measure
and receive accordingly also.

There are many ways in which we limit our capacity to receive an answer to our
prayers. Fear, doubt, worry always close the inlet through which the answer
would flow into visibility, for they carry us further from the Giver instead of
into His presence. The answer desired when the prayer was offered may never be
manifested, for as long as we are seeking things, our desires change with the
fashions, and there is no perfect pattern for substance to follow. Or the answer
may be contorted and unrecognizable when it does come into manifestation because
of a lack of faith and a wavering vision. Or only a portion may come into being,
or the desire may become manifest in an. unfinished and incomplete state,
because our expectation has been limited. Our answers may die a-borning because
there has not been incorporated in our consciousness the spiritual power and
strength to bring them forth. Sometimes an intense desire voiced in prayer puts
into action such a strong force that the desire prayed for comes into being
before its time, is premature; we are not ready for it, and it entails great
sorrow and suffering. Perhaps when the answer does come we find that we no
longer desire it, have no use for it, and we may have to spend long, weary hours
in prayer to erase the undesked thing from our life.

We do well to remember always before making our desires known to God that "The
blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith."

It is possible for our prayers to receive an answer in the twinkling of an eye,
instantaneously, a glorified manifestation that is astounding, because we have
asked with a faith that has given our desire into the will of the Highest. We
may rest assured that under all conditions, irrespective of our seeming needs
and desires, lasting good will come to us when we learn to ask that only God’s
good become manifest for us and through us. We can pray, "Not my will, but
thine, be done," without the old-time fear when we remember the words of
assurance from the lips of the Master: "Fear not, little flock; for it is your
Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom." When a person comes to the
place in growth where he puts the desire that God’s will be done in his life
before his personal desires, then the time is drawing near when all the good of
the kingdom is at his command.

It is made very plain in the Holy Book, which is the textbook and guide of all
who are seeking to find God, that prayer is answered. Isaiah, communing with
Jehovah his God in prayer, hears these assuring words: "Jehovah’s hand is not
shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear/’
Again he hears: "Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry,
and he will say, Here I am/’ Yet another time when he was listening for the
"still small voice" these words came: "And it shall come to pass that, before
they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear/’ These
promises are further confirmed by the One who best knew the Giver: "Your Father
knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him/’ To Jeremiah the inner
voice conveyed the same assurance: "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and
show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not." The secret of
effectual prayer is revealed over and over by the Master. He said: "God is
spirit: and they that worship [pray to} him must worship [pray] in spirit and
truth." To pray truly one must enter into the God consciousness, must rise in
mind to the plane of Spirit. If the prayers we offer are full of requests for
things, we are instead in a consciousness of materiality, and we are addressing
our prayers to a false god that has no power to answer them. Again Jesus tells
us: "Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter
into the kingdom of heaven," the spiritual realm, from which all answers come.
Looking into the face of a little child trustfully cuddled in His arms, Jesus
once said: "To such belongeth the kingdom of heaven." The heart of a little
child is pure, trusting, guileless, free from criticism, doubt, fear, jealousy,
covetousness, hatred, and the materiality that fills the hearts of most of the
race as it leaves childhood behind. Until we cleanse our heart of these errors
and seek to return to our original purity, we need not expect the Christ to set
up His kingdom in our heart and let its good become manifest in our life. "Ye
cannot serve God and mammon." The purest mind that ever functioned in a human
body received expression in these words: "Blessed are the pure in heart: for
they shall see God." When our vision is changed from material to spiritual and
we become pure enough to see the good only, then we shall be knowing as God
knows and seeing as God sees, then will our desire be "Thou only/’ and as
regards the heaven within, the kingdom of God, all things that we need and
desire will be added. This is the ful- fillment of the Master’s promise "If ye
abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be
done unto you." To this He added, "Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear
much fruit," showing us that it is the will of the Father that His glory be
expressedthrough us and for us on this earth plane in abundant measure. "Much
fruit" means all those things which are needed to make our life happy and
beautiful and useful, devoid of anxious care, of hard work, of scrimping and
saving for a rainy day. Let us remember in our prayers that the will of the
Highest is always "good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over,"
the "much fruit" of His promise.

Over and over we pray, "Thy kingdom come," and we, the only channel through
which this kingdom can become manifest as a rose-blossom earth, accept the
dearth and the famine, the weeds and the tares of a poverty-ridden world, and do
not rise high enough in our prayers to wipe out this condition from our life!
This condition will only change when we learn to ask and receive as did the
Way-Shower. He had learned to pray the prayer of oneness with the Father’s will.
He could say, "Father, I thank thee that thou heardest me. And I knew that thou
hearest me always," and have instant recognition and instant response to His
need. This One says to you and to me personally: "He that believeth on me, the
works that I do shall he do also: and greater works than these shall he do." As
you earnestly, confidently, expectantly seek to become that righteous man whose
prayer availeth much in its workings, there will be developed in you soul
qualities that you have never before known fearlessness, patience, compassion,
self-control, discrimination, tolerance, understanding. As you keep the high
watch, as you associate with the risen Christ, as you abide in the secret place
of the Most High, Isaiah’s prophesy shall be fulfilled for you: ’Then shall thy
light break forth as the morning {wisdom], and thy healing shall spring forth
speedily [health}, and thy righteousness shall go before thee [success}; the
glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward [protection]/’ O Thou Christ of the
living God within me to reveal to me the Father, as Thou knowest the Father,
that my faith may be strong, my vision high, my expectancy swre. Let all my
desires and all my prayers conform to the will of the Highest, that my life may
express only His glory, His beauty, His love.

Holy Spirit, Truth Divine Holy Spirit, Truth divine, Dawn upon this soul of
mine;

Word of God and inward light, Wake my spirit, clear my sight.

Holy Spirit, love divine, Glow within this heart of mine;

Kindle every high desire, Burn up self in Thy pure fire.

M. E. Coles "Create in me a clean heart, God; And renew a right spirit within
me."

"Behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not
be remembered, nor come into mind."

"Clear thou me from hidden faults."

"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and
there is none else/ 1 "Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the
glory which I had with thee before the workTwas."


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Chapter II

PREPARATION

TRUE PRAYER is communion with God, and man’s thoughts must take on the spiritual
quality of God’s thoughts if he would meet the great Giver face to face and
receive of Him. The Master truly teaches this in His words "It is easier for a
camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man [one immersed in
material thought] to enter the kingdom of God/’ Then to pray truly a person must
mentally unload his human desires and emotions, that he may become holy enough
to feel the God presence, still enough to hear the God message, open enough to
receive the God gifts. In the case of every one of us barriers stand in the way
of our already answered prayers to pre- vent their coming into manifestation,
barriers that we ourselves have erected and daily maintain in their solidity and
impenetrability. Some of these barriers we know faults, habits, hurts but we
have never come to the point where we were quite willing to give them up, we
have not yet gathered spiritual strength and courage to loose them and let them
go our mind and life. Other barriers are more subtle, more deeply established,
unremembered. These are subconscious barriers, those of which the Master spoke
when He said, "This kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting"; that is, by
cleansing and renewing, by denial and affirmation, by letting go of self and
touching the God power. Our life should be filled with good, because all of
heaven and earth was created good and given to man for profit and enjoyment When
an error condition in our life does not respond to prayer for its removal, we
have a right to ask why: "What is there in. nj that is keeping this good from
me?" Self-scrutiny at times, if rightly entered into, does no harm, but
continued use of it creates more error conditions like those which we see in our
search for the cause. When we do start to seek out the cause of any error
condition, any unanswered prayer, we should first fill our mind with love and
peace, build up faith, and enter into a realization of that glory which we had
with the Father in the beginning, "before the world was." There need be no fear
in this search if we let the Presence go before and lead the way, holding high
the light that dissolves even as it searches out the error. There need be no
reaping of a harvest of suffering from this search if we remember that we
continually have the ministrations of the Most High, ever ready and able to
cleanse to the uttermost, lovingly cooperating with our every endeavor to let go
of error and reach the higher ground of the Christ consciousness. As we put all
in His hands we shall be filled with strength and faith, courage and poise,
through the presence of the One, of whom Paul said: "We have not a high priest
that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities ; but one that hath
been in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."

If impersonal and unprejudiced and sincere search is made for the cause of an
unanswered prayer for more life or love or wisdom or abundance, if we let no
excuse, no self-pity, no blame of another enter, the cause of the inharmonious
appearance will be found, whether we recognize it or not. The forgiving love of
Jesus Christ, the love that said, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what
they do/’ will wipe out all the errors of consciousness. The love that said,
"To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise," will put in action the law of
re-creation, and appearances will begin to change, will instantly change, if our
faith is strong and we are looking entirely to our Father, who is quick to give,
quick to forgive.

Many are the causes that may be found in the inner search, through our unloading
of human desires and emotions, this preparation to be fitted to meet our God.
Perhaps we shall discover that our eyes have been fixed on the demonstration of
things ; instead of trusting God momently for every need we have been going to
Him only in our extremity, when human help failed and our own endeavors came to
naught. Perhaps we have uttered selfish prayers, asking for those things which
would deprive another, hurt another, not yet fully realizing that only the good
that man spiritually earns can come to Him. Perhaps we go to the Giver harboring
thoughts of hatred or condemnation, forgetting the Master’s admonition to become
reconciled with our brother before approaching the altar. Perhaps we are seeking
our own good, with envious thoughts of another’s success and abundance; seeking
freedom from debt, while yet holding another in the bondage of debt to us. Few
of us seek to enter the holy place without something in our heart that would
profane the altar of the Lord. In this we are re-enacting the sacrificial rites
of the Israelites of old: we are offering polluted bread in our devotional. To
us now, as at that time, Jehovah says: "I have no pleasure in you . . . neither
will I accept an offering at your hand." Anything in the heart that is
un-Christlike hatred, criticism, intolerance, selfishness, condemnation,
injustice, impatience, jealousy, even anxiety and fear is like polluted bread
and must be cast out before the Christ can take up His abode with us and do His
perfect work in us.

If one person feels any ill will toward another, holds any unf orgiveness in his
heart, no matter how great seems the cause for offense, he should cleanse his
heart with a "God bless you, I love you, and forgive you," and this blessing
should be made part of the feeling nature before it is dropped. It may seem hard
in the beginning. It may be only from the lips that the words come. There will
come a time however, if we earnestly desire to feel this forgiving love, when it
will wipe out even the remembrance of an offense, and a great joy and a new
freedom will take its place. In the greatest of all prayers our Master said,
"Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors." He also said,
"Love your enemies"; and to Peter’s query of how often he should forgive his
brother, He replied, "Until seventy times seven," meaning until every offense
was completely forgiven. Until we learn this manner o forgiving we need not
expect much from our prayers, for we are lacking in that quality which is the
fulfilling of the law, that magnetic quality which draws us to God and the good
to us. The law cannot wipe out the results of our past errors when the heart
does not contain that which is in itself the redeeming force in man, neither can
the love of God enter an embittered heart, a hardened heart, an unforgiving
heart and manifest itself in the only way it can, as health and joy, peace and
abundance. We need also to forgive ourselves in the same way that we should
forgive others. We may be condemning ourselves for some past act that we call a
mistake, and grief in the heart and a constant repeating of the act in the mind
shuts out the love of God, which has the power to make all things new. We should
count each experience that has been ours as a lesson in the school of life, one
through which we come to higher knowledge. It is only necessary for us to pass
through an experience once, and we need not linger if we get the lesson quickly;
but as long as we cling in our mind to a past experience it is given power to
repeat itself in our life. It is made easier to let go and forgive the errors of
ourselves or others when we remember that the forgiving love of Jesus Christ has
already cleansed the whole world of sin, present, past, and future, and the
manifestation of it in our life only awaits our acceptance of this and the
living of a higher life. We need to remember also that in the mind of the Father
there never has been and never will be any condemnation and that He who is most
greatly sinned against recognizes it not at all. To pray without ceasing, that
is, to look continually toward God and His sinless heaven, is to enter into this
mind also which sees no error, therefore takes no offense and has nothing to
forgive. Who are we that we should hug to our heart and pronounce an error that
which the Father sees not, shutting out our good and the joy of life! The
quicker we take up forgiveness on the occasion of offense, knowing "It is
already forgiven/’ the easier it will be and the less we shall have to reap
under the law. Did not the Master say, "What is that to thee? follow thou me."
Our work is not to inquire into the failure of others to live the Truth and, by
recognizing and resisting something that they have started into action, to do
time in reaping the consequences of broken law; it is rather to give all our
attention to ever advancing toward the goal of our high calling in Christ Jesus.
Such an attitude not only makes life more joyful for us, more productive of the
good for which we pray, but it adds to the high consciousness of the race and
brings nearer the time when this forgiven offense will appear no more in the
hearts of men, when man and man, nation and nation, will live without offending
one another. This constant attitude means the accomplishment of our part in
answering that portion of the greatest of all prayers: "Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done, as in heaven, so on earth." The preparation for prayer through
cleansing, has a denial side, a tearing down of the old structure preparatory to
the building of the new, a wiping out of error to make way for the entrance of
good. There is another side to the preparation for prayer, that of affirmation
or constructive thinking, which carries us into the high watch, where dwells the
Lover, the Giver, the Knower. We should never use any denial or cleansing
thought without immediately following it with a high and holy aspiration or
realization; for to leave a vacancy such as a denial makes is to make room for
other errors to enter, and perhaps the last state will be worse than the first.
There is a higher way of cleansing, when the mind is ready to accept it, in
which no denials are necessary. If one can turn quickly enough to God, refusing
entrance to the mind of the error, refusing recognition of it, and can keep the
mind full of prayer and affirmatipn of the good, the error will be as
effectually wiped out as is the impurity of a pool when a stream of pure water
is allowed to pass through it continuously.

Each must conduct for himself the search for the closed door that is keeping his
good from him, keeping his prayers from being answered. When the search is
finished, no matter what is written over the door, each will find that the real
cause is a lack of God in the heart and mind. We have not often enough and long
enough lifted pur eyes to the One who neither slumbers nor sleeps, who keeps us
from all evil; we have not sought to dwell constantly in "the secret place of
the Most High"; we have not turned often enough in times of pain to the Great
Physician whose touch brings wholeness; nor in times of lack to the omnipresent
Banker who continually presses out substance into every receptacle held out to
Him; nor in times of darkness and ignorance of the way to the great Knower who
gives of His omniscience freely to all who put their dependence in Him. We have
not kept the high watch but have let our vision drop to happenings, seeing good
and evil, and bringing into our life the manifestation of this mixed state of
consciousness. We have called on God in another consciousness than the God
consciousness, our mind more on the gifts than on the Giver. There is something
in our mind, before God, and we are again the Israelites contending on Mount
Carmel and with the same results: "They . . . called on the name of Baal from
morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor
any that answered.’* But when like Elijah we repair the altar within and in
faith and purity of thought make our needs known, even though the waters of
negation seem to surround us and overflow us, as surely as Elijah’s God burned
up the wood and licked up the water as a sign of His presence so will our God
show Himself greater than any circumstance, greater than any condition or
personality in our life. To know God truly enough to receive is to know that He
withholds no good thing from any of His creation, whether it be plant, animal,
or man. Only in this knowledge can we ask, believing we have already received,
and see with the God vision as already accomplished. He who created the "Very
good" still rests in this perfection and to enter this place with Him, if only
for a moment, is to start into action something higher than the mortal knows.
All that is less than good, all those things which bring sorrow and suffering,
which leave regrets and bitterness, have been brought into our world through the
wrong use of our power of choice. To acknowledge that we ourselves have brought
into our world everything less than good, to forgive ourselves for all the blame
we have ever attached to God or to others for the sorrows and suff erings that
have come to us, is a very important step in preparation for prayer. Do you
believe this? Can you truly take all the blame and give to the Father the praise
and^glory for all the good of your life? To know that God is more willing to
give the good gifts than we are to receive them, that He is continually pushing
out the good to His children through every avenue that they open to receive it,
is to begin to assume the attitude of true prayer.

It is well always to have a fixed season and place of prayer. God is
omnipresent, we know, but this habit of regularity seems to aid the physical man
to relax, the intellectual man to concentrate and let the spiritual man take
full possession. To go apart faithfully, earnestly, joyously once, twice, three
times a day as the duties of the life permit and commune with the Father, is the
path to the attainment of the Christ consciousness in which there is no
separation of God and man in thought or manifestation. If Jesus Christ in His
perfect conception of oneness with the Father found it necessary to withdraw
from the sights and sounds of materiality that surged about Him and spend a time
apart cleansing His human consciousness of these sights and sounds and renewing
within Him the glory and power of His sonship, how much more should we do
likewise, who have only in a very small degree entered into that perfect union?
Just how much we need to leave materiality behind, to still the mortal thought
and bodily emotions, to enter into the joy of the I AM, we do not realize until
we practice it and come forth feeling that all things are made new.

If we make our time for prayer a holy time set apart for communion with our God
and are faithful to it in mind, outer things in our life will cease to disturb
us as we dedicate it to the Father. If guests are in the home, excuse yourself
at the appointed time and go to the regular place, if only to say: "My Father,
this time is holy unto Thee. Everything and everybody in my world works in
harmony with Thy love! When this is done you can return and enter into the needs
of the hour with renewed strength, and enjoyment. If the telephone or the
doorbell rings during the time of silence, let it ring a moment while you repeat
your affirmation; then attend to it. No matter what the disturbance may be, do
not resist it or quarrel with it or it will continue to repeat itself. Bless the
person or thing that interrupts, seeing each in its right place. When we really
desire more than anything else a period of silent communion with our Father and
appoint and dedicate a time for this purpose, the law by which true prayer is
answered will hold back every disturbing element, and the mind of people who
might otherwise turn to us at this time will be given pleasant occupation
elsewhere. If some person continues to tread on our sacred ground, we can
operate in accord with the law by using a thought for ourselves and him
something like this one, "Father, for myself and (name) I ask that Thy power, of
love and justice be now expressed in each of our lives/’ When we pray such a
prayer, the one who has been interrupting will find some happy occupation at the
time we have set apart for worship, and this time of renewal and communion will
be left undisturbed. We have only to test God to prove His promises, we have
only to start Godward to find the Father running to meet us, we have only to let
go of the self to find the greatness of His presence.

Cleanse Thou me O Spirit of love, from all conscious and subconscious
transgressions of Thy law. Let me enter into Thy presence and see as Thou doth
see. Let me bring -forth Thy glory that the outer may become as the within.
Where Thou dwellest in love and purity and peace let me there dwell also.

Drop Thy still dews of quietness Till all our strivings cease;

Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The
beauty of Thy peace.

Breathe through the heats of our desires Thy coolness and Thy balm;

Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire, Speak through the earthquake, wind, and
fire, O still small voice of calm.

Selected "Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him."

’The eternal God is thy dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting
arms."

"Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God."

"Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him."

"Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in
you ?"

"Ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body."


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Chapter III

RELAXATION THE MYSTICAL WAY of life everlasting involves the body as well as the
soul. In following our old way of thinking we gave much attention to prayer for
the saving of the soul, but the body received only desultory spiritual
attention, and that when it was under bondage to disease. Even then there was
little seeking or expectation of obtaining bodily healing through prayer; for
the prayer was usually “If it be Thy will, restore me to health; if not, give me
patience, make me submissive.” We did not realize that in God’s will for us
there is only health and harmony and joyful expression and that to be restored
we have but to enter into His presence and operate in accord with His will for
us. Mankind each day is getting farther away from the belief that sickness and
death is the dispensation of the Almighty and is coming to realize that these
are due to man’s ignorant or willful transgression of the law of righteousness.
Man is coming into the deeper knowledge that the body is dependent on the mind
for its perfection, that “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” In this knowledge man seeks to open
both mind and body to the word of God so that he may be filled with that which
is productive of life everlasting here and now. With this deeper understanding
of the teaching of Jesus Christ and with the example of His ministry of healing
before us, we when in need ask for complete bodily healing, we seek expectantly,
and with faith in His presence and power we relax and rest in this trust. We
seek to follow after Him in the spiritualization of our body, bringing it under
the complete control of the mind of God in us, so that we may have mastery of it
and direct it truly so as to serve Him and ourselves. What pleasure is a body
that is weak, suffering, limited in a#y way? Instead of keeping the body going
according to our direction, performing the functions of life and enjoying its
pleasures, we often humor it and coddle it and doctor it, sometimes giving our
whole attention and time to nothing but its demands, and perhaps calling in the
aid of others also. We are bound by such a body at the expense of every other
interest in life. Contrast with this the body that “goes and does,” the body
which to its owner is the temple of the living God, a body radiant, beautiful,
vital, strong. A body like this can be the possession of any person who keeps
his mind attuned to Spirit and his body open and receptive, to what God-Mind
contains.

“Know thyself” should be written large in our purpose and plan, and to know
ourselves we must deal with the whole man. One of the mysteries of the old
religion was how God could be three persons in one. When we come to an
understanding of our own threefold character as spirit, soul, and body, we shall
better understand the threefold character of God as Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit, The trinity of God, which is also mind, idea, manifestation, is
continually in man’s mind, and when man is attuned to God, instead of relying on
the limited ideas of his own intellect, the Holy Spirit brings the Father’s idea
of sonship into expression, to his good and to the glory of his Creator. When we
thus know ourselves as the threefold creation of God and seek to keep mind,
soul, and body open and attuned to God, we shall cease to be lopsided with
sufferings, in our spiritual, our mental, or our physical nature, merely because
this side of us is closed to His thoughts, His love, His life. We shall find the
body obedient to, the soul eager for, this teaching, we shall find our emotions
attaining peaceful expression under our control and the ills that through
ignorance and lack of spiritual guidance have befallen us we shall find
gradually fading from our life. All the functions of our body and all the
activities of our life will again be controlled by the Spirit of God in us and
find expression according to His perfect pattern for us. To relax is to become
open and receptive. The body in its outer manifestation follows the mind. Every
ache or pgin or diseased condition of the body has back of it sortie
inharmonious thought, some thought out of relation to the Creator, which tenses
it and closes it to the inflow of God life. If we could look within the little
cells of the diseased part, we should see each as a stagnant pool, from which
the pure, clear water had been closed off, we would see it all darkened as if
its light had been turned off. We have all seen persons in whom there was still
the breath of life but who looked like a house with all its windows darkened. We
have also seen those who reminded us of a house set on a hill, illumined, so
vital and living were they, so filled with the divine essence of all life, open
and receptive to the power of God in their ’body. Anyone who learns to relax and
contact Spirit, who remains in this consciousness long enough, will find the
flesh losing its darkness, heaviness, impurity, coarseness, and the beauty and
purity of Spirit shining through. A young person is more alive than an older
one, because the former has not incorporated so many ideas of sickness and
sorrow, of limitation, poverty, and death in his consciousness, to tense the
body and disconnect it from its source. The cells of his body are still
connected with the energy or life of God that brought them into being. The
Spirit is still able to function in the child, except at times when surrounding
inharmonies fill the little mind with fear and tense the body, shutting off the
inflow. If in prayer we truly let go of the outer and enter into the God
presence, we become again as a little child and receive of that which the Father
holds for the Son. In this attitude of mind we let the living stream of life
flow into every cell, purifying and lighting it, giving to it its original state
of perfection. The more often we enter in and in mind lay hold of the perfect
pattern or God idea of man the less attention and consideration we shall need to
give to the material body. In this communion we shall touch the mystical Christ
body, and Christ will give us to eat of His substance and drink of His life. We
shall build again a spiritual body immune from disease, which will not suffer
pain or become weak and helpless. To commune with this real ’body is to make the
outer earth garment like it. It was after such communion that the Master was
transfigured until even His clothing glistened. It will be in some such way that
we too shall become transfigured, transformed, renewed. Then shall we glorify
God in our body. With a better understanding of our body we come to that part of
prayer which we call relaxation. In the last lesson on preparation we mentally
let go of inharmonies, cleansing and forgiving. In this lesson we let go
physically so that the mental purity that we contact in our prayer or silence
may enter into the flesh and perfect it. If the body is tensed and cramped it is
continually calling the mind away from its devotions. To be physically at rest
in meditation aids in concentration, in cutting out the interference of the
intellect so that the mind of God can function more clearly. Sitting in a
comfortable chair with hands relaxed, at times with palms open in a receptive
attitude, is a great physical aid to relaxation. If any part of the body seems
tense, speak quietly but firmly to it in these words: ’ ’Relax, relax, relax,
and rest in the Lord."* Speak as often as necessary to secure complete
relaxation, pausing a moment between repetitions, expectantly listening within
for the tenseness to give way and peace to enter. The body will teach us many
truths concerning itself when we let go of the strife and strain of the without
and go within to listen. At first the true message may be drowned out by
emotion, by pain, by throbbings or jerkings; but as we patiently and calmly
speak peace to these, soothing them as we would a little child, always
acknowledging the creative life within as doing the work, all in the temple of
the living God will become quiet and ready for Him to express His beauty, His
life, His being.

Those who are prone to live at high tension in home or business, who rush and
strain to finish the duties of the day, who are of a nervous temperament, will
find that they become more and more receptive to spiritual strength, begin to
walk more quietly through the day and rest more fully and peacefully at night,
if occasionally they go through the whole body and speak words of relaxation to
each part. When they have learned to control the physical instead of allowing it
to control them, they will find that it will cease to be such a problem to enter
“the secret place of the Most High” and there find renewal of mind and body.
When we are truly relaxed, we are as unconscious of the body as we are of
well-fitting clothes. The body is the clothing of the soul and the soul is the
clothing of the Spirit, and a body so cramped that it cannot let go and relax is
closed to the beauty and life that Spirit seeks to express in it through the
soul. When your body begins to manifest inharmony, instead of fearing and
visioning the outcome, stead o describing and enlarging upon the symptoms, you
then should go apart, shutting both the door to the room and the door of the
mind, and in quietness seek to still the body. Forget all the duties o the day,
free yourself of all material things, and surrender yourself to God. The
omnipresent life of God is all about His children, as free and abundant as the
air you breathe. If you will lie flat and straight, and speak over and over
words of relaxation to the body, especially to the part that is manifesting
inharmony, and if you will rest in peace and quietness, in expectancy and faith,
inviting definitely the omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient life to come in and
take possession, then your body will be thrilled, filled, healed. What if it
does take a few hours apart, or even a day and a night, to relax so that the God
life will have a place of entrance! Days of helplessness and suffering will be
avoided, and a harmony and refreshing and renewal will come that will increase
joy and vitality as the days pass. In learning to relax the body it is helpful
many times to speak aloud the words of Truth that you seek to impress on it.
Speak in quiet and peaceful yet firm tones, expecting instant attention and
prompt obedience. Do not hurry. Rather be lary, letting the mind follow the
words to the part to which you are speaking, and stopping there until relaxation
is felt.’ Begin at the top of the head and go through to the feet; then back to
the solar plexus or heart region, which is the central station of the body, and
there rest the mind in some holy thought or appropriate psalm. As one learns for
oneself the correspondence between the different parts of the physical body and
the body of the Spirit, words will form to fit the individual need, the need of
the moment, and the physical body will become open to receive and express its
original and natural perfection. Until this time comes, the following words will
be found helpful to relax the whole or certain parts of the body:

“ Took unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth." Listen to the
message that Spirit speaks to the flesh, and listening, perceive and obey. ’Your
redemption draweth nigh." “

“Scalp and hair, relax, relax, relax. Let the life and beauty and glory of the
Most High crown you. I am overshadowed by the angel of His presence, and there
is continually being poured out upon me a shower of blessings that far exceed in
number the hairs of my head. I am open to receive them in an ever-increasing
measure of livingness."’

“Forehead, relax. You need not be tense and wrinkled from anxiety, worry, for I
put my trust in the Lord. Thy name, O Father, written within my heart, sets a
seal in my forehead that is my protection from all evil."’

“Eyes, relax. All the muscles and nerves in and around the eyes, relax, that
physical weakness may pass and spiritual strength and life flow in. Mine eyes
are ever toward the Lord, that I may behold the beauty of His countenance and
the riches of His kingdom. Keep, O Lord, this lamp of my body single, that I may
see the good only in persons, circumstances, and things, and that my whole body
may be lighted with Thy glory.”

“Nose, relax, relax, relax. Let the Spirit of God in my nostrils make keen the
discrimination that was given me in the Garden, that I may choose; the good and
leave the evil. ’The breath of the Almighty giveth me life." “

“Mouth, relax, relax, relax. Let go of all error words that you may be an
instrument through which the Beloved speaks.

“Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth, Keep the door of my lips.”

Relax, all the muscles and nerves around the mouth, that the corners may turn up
and outpicture the inner joy of the heart and the sweetness in the soul.”

“Ears, relax, that all spiritual deafness may pass from you, that you may hear
the guiding and directing voice of Spirit. I am not rebellious about anything
past or present. I am meek and lowly, willing and obedient, and my inner ear is
attuned to catch the slightest message from the omniscient Guide.”

“Front brain, relax. I am not headstrong, therefore I do not suffer from
splitting headaches. My human intellect is merged in the divine. When I lack
wisdom I seek entrance to Thine omniscient mind, O knower of all things, and
Thou dost give to me liberally of Thy great knowledge and infinite
understanding.”

“Base of the brain and spinal cord, relax, relax. Let the peace that passeth
understanding flow through you and out from you into every center of the body. I
establish Thy tree of life in the midst of the garden of my soul, O Jehovah, and
its leaves wither not, neither does its fruit perish or decay. Its beauty shall
be to me as an olive tree planted by the river of waters, and the freshness that
comes from the river of life, flowing into my soul, keeps me eternally young.”

“ Vertebrae, relax. Relax to the strength center at the small of my back. Let
divine strength pour through you into mind and body, making strong all weak
decisions, redeeming all weak sensations.

Relax, vertebrae, to the elimination center at the tip of the spine. Let me
eliminate all error from mind and body, let all inharmonies pass into outer
nothingness. Thy purity, O Spirit, cleanses every physical weakness and makes
strong every vital part of my being. All old accumulations are eliminated from
mind and body, and I am eternally free.”

“Neck, relax, relax, relax. Be an open channel through which the river of life
may flow to and fro, in perfect circulation throughout the garden of God.

Let me not in any way, at any time, be stiff-necked, superior, proud, but let me
be poised and gracious in a consciousness of oneness with all.”

“Throat, relax, that the power center in you may be baptized from on high. All
power is given me in mind, body, and affairs through my consciousness of the
abiding presence of Christ within my own soul.”

“Shoulders, relax and let go of all responsibilities, that the great Burden
Bearer may draw near and lift the load. Thou, O Christ, will sustain and uphold
me, for Thy yoke is easy, Thy burden light. In thee I trust and find surcease
from labor and rest to my soul."’

“Arms, to the elbows, relax. Elbows, to the wrists, relax. Wrists, to the tips
of the fingers, relax. In all that you do, do it as unto the Lord, and you shall
be swift to do good and quick to execute righteousness.

I am quiet, open, receptive, that I may be used by the Master, and that His law
of giving and receiving may be fulfilled in me."*

“Chest, relax, expand. Lungs, relax, that the inspiration of the Almighty may
fill you. Let me breathe in and breathe out the breath of God until I become a
living soul."’

“Stomach, relax. The providing law of God my Father is active in me and for me,
therefore I take no anxious thought what I shall eat or what I shall drink. I
agree with my food, and it agrees with me.

I drink of the life and eat the substance of the Christ body. I do not worry, I
am not sensitive, I do not fear, but I rest in the bosom of the Father in peace
and joy."’

“Liver, relax and let go of the bondage imposed on you by the criticism and
condemnation of the human intellect. I do not judge according to appearances,
but I do judge and am judged according to the judgment of the righteous One.”

“Abdomen, relax. Relax, all vital organs within your walls. Let the Great
Physician have His perfect way in you. Let the Great Healer rectify all
inharmonies. Let all physical waste be eliminated, let the waters of life
cleanse you. Thou, O Father, who art rich in compassion and mercy, quicken Thy
mercy and compassion through me and toward me."’

“Generative organs, relax. All the thoughts of my mind and the desires of my
life are lifted up, through the consciousness of the indwelling Christ; and the
river of life, flowing freely through me, cleanses and renews every atom of my
being. I thank Thee, O God, for the regenerating, purifying process now taking
place in me, making me a new creature through and through.”

“Hips, relax. You are not weighted down by the burdens of the body, neither am I
weighted down by the cares of life. Through the realization of the presence of
Christ, the great Burden Bearer, I am eternally young and free."’

“Thighs, to the knees, relax. Thou, O Father, hath made firm the weak knees."’

“Knees, to the ankles, relax. I am continually upheld, because I know that
underneath are the everlasting arms."’

“Ankles, to the tips of the toes, relax. I walk quietly before the Lord,
therefore I am strong. The oil of divine love lubricates all the joints of my
body, dissolves all hardness, and harmonizes mind and body so that they can
express themselves according to the perfect pattern."’

“Feet, relax, that you may not slip from the path of perfect expression. My
understanding is now at one with Divine Mind. Because, O Christ, Thou hast
plucked my feet out o a net and set them on a rock, and established my going, I
mount up with wings as the eagle, I run and am never weary, I walk and faint
not."’

* ’Heart, relax, that there may be wiped from you all bitterness, all hardness,
all hatred through the forgiving love of Christ Jesus. Love never f aileth,
neither do you, filled with the love of God, fail in any of your functions. God
is the strength of my heart and each cell in my heart partakes of this strength.
I have set up Thy throne in my heart, O

King of my life, and my flesh rests in hope. My heart continually rejoices,
because I am at peace with all mankind.”

“Solar plexus, sun of my soul, light of my body, shine out the glory of thy
Creator into every part of my being, that I may be restored to the perfect image
and likeness, to the pattern in the mount, my eternal birthright and heritage
from my Father, God."’

Here at this center, this central station, rest until all the words have become
flesh and dwell in the different parts of the body to which they have, been
spoken. Give thanks to God. Let the inner song of praise that the soul knows,
find its way into the droughts and hold the vision to the high watch as the
daily duties are again taken up. When the body has become obedient to the
thought and the thought has become obedient to the Spirit, a “Holy Trinity” will
be established, a constant inner glory, that will be a halo of protection,
satisfying soul and body with its sustaining substance. Then will accident cease
to mar the body, disease to rack it, death to claim it. Through the body’s
obedience to the Christ mind within it will become strong, supple, immortal, the
body radiant, a fit dwelling place for the Spirit of God, and a beautiful
expression of the mystical or Christ body. My Father, my Creator, Xkou whose
likeness I am, whose image I bear, let my mind comprehend Thy beauty and purity,
my body radiate it, my life express it, to Thy glory. May I let go of every
thought, every desire, every material possession, that hinders this perfection
from becoming my own. I am open and receptive to the river of Thy cleansing and
renewing, and it flows through and through me, making me a new creative in
Christ Jesus, every whit whole.

Peace, Power) and Plenty Peace, power, and plenty, Words that are heaven-born.

Say them, ye hearts that are weary, Till hope in your soul is born. For words
are things that will lift on wings The one that believes them true. And whatever
you will when the mind is still, You may call to the soul of you.

Henry Victor Morgan “Let patience have its perfect work that ye may be perfect
and entire, lacking in nothing.”

“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.”

“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."’

“My words... shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I
please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereunto I sent it.”

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.”

“Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”


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Chapter IV

CONCENTRATION IN THE JOURNEY out from God we have all become Adam-minded; that
is, our consciousness has contained both good and evil, and we have entertained
as true the thoughts that have built such a consciousness. Even after we have
come to ourselves in a country afar and have said, “I will arise and go to my
father/’ and after we have truly arisen and started on the journey back, we have
to be infinitely patient with ourselves. The old thoughts have a way sometimes
of surprising us when we think we are fairly done with them, and they seem to
push themselves forward in our mind as if to say, “Worship me.” There seems to
be no time when this is truer than when we seek to enter, the holy of holies. We
then find these irrelevant thoughts trying to bombard us. At this time we find
many thoughts that need redeeming and lifting up, which can come about only
through our concentrating on high and holy thoughts, giving them constant
attention, holding them close in the heart and letting our words take form from
them, our acts pattern after them. Thus we shall be brought to a consciousness
of freedom from Adam’s duality. In the old Adam state of mind we filled our
consciousness with a mass of unlovely thoughts that have created conditions like
themselves in our body and affairs. We have concentrated, whether we call it
this or not, on thoughts of lack, limitation, accident, sickness, death. We have
feared, we have doubted, we have let our mind be shaken with emotion, all the
result of concentration, for concentration is nothing more than fixing the
attention of the mind on one thing. We have only to think for a moment to
realize that our subconscious holds a conglomerate thought mass, all built in by
none but our own self, and that it must be torn down and rebuilt by this same
self. In only one way can the conditions be broken up and dissolved so that they
can produce no more, and that is by lifting up our human mind and merging it
with the Christ mind. This is accomplished through our holding fast to holy
thoughts. We are to let go of the Adam thoughts and take hold of the Christ
thoughts, as Paul says, “Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus/’
Concentration on one kind of thoughts, error thoughts, has built up a
consciousness of error, and these error thoughts have been reproduced in the
life as error conditions. Emptying ourselves of these and concentrating on
higher thoughts will lift our mind into the Christ consciousness, and this in
turn will be reproduced as harmony in body and affaiits.

First the within, then the without; first the sowing, then the reaping. There is
no other way. Our mind is one, but is active on three levels: that of the
superconscious or Christ mind in us, in which all spiritual thoughts originate;
that of the conscious or human mind, which forms its opinions and chooses its
line of action either from the superconscious or from outer appearances and
personalities, and that of tfye subconscious mind or mental storehouse, in which
is filed away all the thoughts of the conscious mind and which seeks at some
time to reproduce in the outer these thoughts which we have given it. Thus we
see the importance of turning the attention of the conscious mind to the
superconscious and keeping it there so that the subconscious may be given good
material and right instruction with which to work out perfect manifestations in
the life.

If there is an appearance of sickness or poverty or inharmonious environment in
our life, it is useless to turn without to seek the cause. It is useless to
blame people or conditions. It is useless to pray to God to remove the
appearance, for to pray truly we must seek to rid ourselves of the cause of
unhappiness. God will help us to do this, and a new within will bring a changed
without. Our consciousness is built up by the thoughts that the conscious mind
has poured into the subconscious since Spirit gave it birth and the power of
choice. This does not mean one life but many, and there are stored away many
sickness thoughts, poverty thoughts, inharmony thoughts in the soul. Our soul
knows of our birthright, our sonship, and when we begin to agree with the soul
and begin to claim our inheritance, the errors are pushed out. For this reason
when seeking to change an outer condition we take spiritual thoughts that relate
to the condition we desire to change, so that these may be built into the soul
in place of the old thoughts. We concentrate on these holy thoughts and build
them strong within. These new thoughts which we use should not come from the
intellect but from the superconscious or Christ mind. If we have not reached the
point at which we can receive these direct, they will be given us through some
person who has become one with Omniscience.

Perhaps a book comes into our hands that has the cleansing word, or a person
unconscious of the Father’s using him for this purpose may speak the word that
we need. We are to use these thoughts to unify our conscious mind with the
superconscious; and at the same time these thoughts will wipe out error thoughts
from the subconscious. Until we recognize and start this word of redemption, the
Christ cannot come into our life with His good and abide, any more than the man
Jesus could do mighty works in His own country while the people’s hearts were
closed against Him. We must make ready to receive. Christ is always ready to
give. Does He not tell us, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man
hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him,
and he with me/’ What a wonderful promise! What an opportunity to receive the
highest that can come into one’s life! Yet very few people still their mind
enough to hear His knock, very few hold open the door long enough for Him to
enter; they only let their thoughts bang back and forth like a loose shutter in
the wind. They scatter their forces to the four ends of their universe, as the
wind scatters the dead leaves of the trees in a storm. They concentrate on a
thought or pray to God for a few minutes, and then they spend hours each day in
thinking and living the exact opposite of that for which they have prayed. Here
comes a doubt thought and it is considered; here comes a fear thought and “it is
considered. We speak words contrary to our prayer; and our action in
disbelieving that the answer is already ours speaks louder than our words. Thus
the thing for which we prayed is turned back to the Giver- to wait until we are
open to receive it. The part of prayer called concentration is a process of
stilling the unruly or irrelevant thoughts so that our mind may give all its
attention to the one thing desired. Until this is attained our prayers are like
scattered forces that have little visible result.

There is a commandment that reads: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
Yet when we start to seek the silence to commune with God, which is prayer, we
are like the Israelites bowing down to strange gods; we let all kinds of
thoughts run riot in our mind to the exclusion of our holy thoughts. We start
Godward in our mind, and immediately there come thoughts of Johnny or Susie, or
of a neighbor, a customer, or a social event. We drift with these thoughts for a
time; then call again to mind our holy thoughts, and in a moment, in our mind,
we are starting down to the office, or on a shopping excursion, or planning the
day’s meals, or making over a dress, or perhaps outwitting a customer or a
shop-keeper in some deal that is being considered. Again we shake ourselves and
start Godward, but some duty of the day claims our attention. Finally we get up
and go about our work without ever approaching the great white throne. We have
wasted untold mental energy and unrecallable time, which if used in concentrated
prayer would have given us peace and power and strength sufficient for the
mastery of any task of the day. When we are really interested in anything we
give it our whole attention. You and I have many times become so interested in
something we were doing that we did not hear the telephone, or the doorbell, or
the call to dinner. This is the kind of interest we need when we start Godward
in prayer.

We should not call a book interesting over which we nodded and dozed, yet
sometimes when we start to enter the silence and begin our prayer to God, we do
doze, even fall asleep. In order to reach the Father, to speak to Him, to hear
His voice we must be as vitally interested in our activity as was Jacob when he
held onto the angel presence until the break of day. He forgot all else; “I will
not let thee go, except thou bless me,” he said, and it was through this holding
on until blessed that the great transformation from “Supplanter” to “prince with
God” came about. During some such communion, forgetting self, desire, everything
except receiving a blessing from the Lord, we also shall get error conditions
changed and attain perfect expression of that to which we cling, God, the good,
omnipotent. Pentecost came to the disciples when they were all together in one
place, engaged steadfastly in prayer. The Holy Spirit will descend on us with
great blessings when we draw together all our forces and worship God with our
whole being, with all our heart, and with all our soul and all our mind.

We do not concentrate on or hold fast to our holy thoughts in order to change
God, for He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, always waiting to give
us that which He has prepared for us from the beginning. It is ourselves that we
seek to change by the holding of holy thoughts. We seek to cleanse ourselves of
doubts and fears, to build up faith so that we may be made receptive. We seek to
make a clear path to him over which our good may come back to us. Every holy
thought held fast is the forerunner of some good yet to be ours, which is ours
now if we are open enough to receive it. The One who dwelt in consciousness
continually with the Father and whose prayers were answered even as uttered
said: “When thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut thy
door, pray to thy Father/’ The only way to close the door on unruly thoughts is
to hold a thought so holy, to become so interested in it, that the irrelevant
thoughts will find nothing in common with it, nothing to hold them. Then they
will either go out and close the door behind them or they will become so
interested that they will be still and listen. If we resist them and scold them
they will push open the door as fast as we close it. If we fight them they will
fight back, and the time will pass without our reaching the holy of holies,
without our coming into a consciousness of the glory of God and having it clothe
us with its richness, the seat of which is in the heart region, shall have been
cleansed. Then praying will find its true place in the upper chamber or
spiritual center of the body, which is in the top of the head. We do not need to
try to take our thoughts there, for when we are ready for the day of Pentecost
and its baptism of power, the Spirit will descend on us and we shall be lifted^
with it to this high place. Until that time comes for us we are to seek to look
steadfastly into God’s heaven, so that our thoughts may be of the purest form,
our words constructive and life-giving, and the acts of our life productive of
good only. Thus shall we be confirming by signs this foursquaring of our life,
this ministry to the race consciousness, and we shall know and feel the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon us. When we take a thought for the purpose of
concentrating upon it, we repeat it over and over until it is fixed in our mind.
We give it our undivided attention, becoming vitally interested in it. We seek
to have it become a very part of our being; and indelibly written in our
consciousness, it becomes one with us and we one with it. Then will it become
powerful and draw to it others of its kind. It will sink deep in the
subconsciousness and with its redeeming power reach all of the dark corners of
the soul, illumining them with that true light which belongs to every man that
comes into the world. If it seems hard to hold to the thought until it becomes a
magnet within, it is well sometimes to practice the holding of a thought purely
a mental process for a minute, then two minutes, then five or ten minutes,
holding it to the exclusion of every other thought. When you can thus clarify
your mind and hold your attention upon one thought, you are attaining the
ability to concentrate that will lead to productive meditation.

Only practice, patience, and earnest desire, will give one the true power of
concentration, which is interest and attention to the one thing that one desires
to do or be. The accomplishment of this is the sure reward of all who repeatedly
ask, earnestly seek, and patiently knock.

Let the light of Thy countenance, O Thou omnipresent One, continually be upon
me, that 1 may be stead-fast in my ptwpose of finding Thee. Let every thought of
my mind become subservient to Thy thoughts, that my whole consciousness may be
lifted out of darkness into that glory which I had with Thee before the world
was.

Progress Let there be many windows to your soul, That all the glory of the
universe May beautify it. Not the narrow pane Of one poor creed can catch the
(radiant rays That shine from countless sources. Tear away The blinds of
superstition; let the light Pour through fair windows broad as Truth itself And
high as God...

Tune your ear To all the worldless music of the stars, And to the voice of
Nature, and your heart Shall turn to truth and goodness, as the plant Turns to
the sun. A thousand unseen hands Reach down to help you to their peace-crowned
heights, And all the forces of the firmament Shall fortify your strength. Be not
afraid To thrust aside half-truths and grasp the whole, Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy
sight, O Jehovah, my rode, and my redeemer,”

“I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I
will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.”

“Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the
earth.”

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the
knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of
Christ”

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he
trusteth in thee.”


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Chapter V

MEDITATION THE LAW OF God is written in man’s heart more surely than it was
written by the finger of God on the tables of stone for Moses: “I will put my
law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it” In the Psalms we
find this definition of the law: “Thy law is truth.” The I AM or Christ within
each of us is the Truth, and if we but turn within to this law of our being and
make complete union with it, there is nothing more needed, for we shall find in
it the fulfillment of all our needs, the consummation of all our desires, the
righting of all our wrongs. This is what the Master sought to reveal when He
gave the two great commandments as love of God and love of man, signifying the
Christ characteristics that potentially belong to and exist in every man. It is
this I AM or Christ within us that can say, “I have overcome the world/’ Each of
us, as we become conscious of the indwelling Christ as the real I and are
governed in all our thoughts and words and acts by the standards of the Christ,
can declare and prove: “All authority hath been given unto me in heaven [mind],
and earth [body]/’ It is through meditation on this rulership at the throne
place within that the promise is fulfilled: “I will... show thee great and
difficult things, which thou knowest not/’ Greater and greater will be the
revelations of the omniscient Christ as we open ourselves completely to Him and
let Him have His perfect way with us. Greater and greater will be our
understanding and use of the law hidden deep within our own soul as we sink the
mortal thoughts in meditations on the Most High. The place of glory prepared for
us from the beginning is only entered through prayer. Heaven is within, a place
that we enter through thought.

Jehovah made many covenants with His chosen people. All who choose to serve
Jehovah are His chosen people and are served of Him. This is the relation of
reciprocity that the Master sought to reveal to His disciples when He took a
towel and washed their feet. A covenant is an agreement, or a promise of a
blessing to be fulfilled by one party when the other fulfills his part. The
covenant made by Jehovah with Joshua was that if he would meditate on the law
day and night with the purpose of living according to it, Jehovah God would be
with him wheresoever he went. Further, “then shalt thou make thy way prosperous
and then shalt thou have good success/’ The promise in the 1st Psalm to those
who delight in the law of Jehovah and meditate on it day and night is that
whatsoever they do shall prosper; they are likened to a well-watered,
well-nourished tree that fruits every season. The Psalmist says that he has more
understanding than all his teachers “for thy testimonies are my meditation”
which was probably the difference between the intellectual understanding of the
teachers and the spiritual understanding of the singer. David, beloved of God,
whose inner meditations have sung themselves down the ages so that all who will
may receive from them, says, “The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the
soul”; and he adds, “More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine
gold/’ He ends this wonderful song of the 19th Psalm with a prayer that each of
us should voice often:

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy
sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.” To meditate on a subject is to give
it attentive, earnest thought with the idea of having all its meaning revealed;
that is, all the meaning that one is capable of receiving at the time. Aeons of
time are needed to have revealed to us the deep mysteries of the kingdom, the
fullness of which we shall find only when we awake in His likeness, but each
moment we give to meditation on the higher truths reveals to us fresh glories.
At any moment, in the night watches or in the midst of the duties of the day, in
any place, on a busy street corner, at home or in the office, alone in the open
field or deep in the woods, one can drop all outer things, relaxing from crowded
thoughts and activities, and sink down, if for only a moment, into a holy
meditation that will bring him forth filled with peace and strength, refreshed
in mind and body.

Isaac went out into the field at eventide to meditate, and although we do not
know what his meditations were we are told that in lifting his eyes he beheld
his beloved. Suppose you seek to meditate in the open, and resting relaxed in
the shade of a tree, you begin to meditate on the I AM or real self of you. As
you meditate the potentialities and powers of the I AM begin to open to you, and
in this revelation all else is forgotten, the floating clouds, the rusting
leaves, the song of birds, the hum of bees, even the creeping things. In your
contemplation of your real self and its possibilities when realized, you lose
contact with all things on the outer plane, things in which you are usually much
interested. In meditation you are lifted up to behold your Christ self, the
souPs beloved. “I AM, I AM, I AM.” the conscious mind repeats over and over,
until the words become alive in the consciousness and take on their real power.
They sink deep into the subconsciousness, erasing all personality as
separateness. Both lifted up, the consciousness and subconsciousness become open
and receptive to the superconscious mind, and from this high place is poured the
glory of the I AM, The strength and power of the I AM! The love and tolerance
and patience of the I AM! The justice of the I AM, the real me! The wholeness
and purity, the youth and beauty of the I AM, the Christ self! The wealth and
wisdom, the courage and freedom of the I AM, the limitless I! The I AM, true
self of me, God created, made in God’s image, after His likeness, given power
and dominion over disease and death, over the environment, over the elements! I
AM, Son of God, created to be fruitful and replenish the good, created to subdue
all error! I AM, omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient Christ of God, Let me
behold Thee as myself! At this moment, being lifted into the superconscious
realm, we behold the beloved. To us comes the revelation that came to Peter
(faith) when he faced the question “Who say ye that I am?” and from within came
the answer: “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.’’ Then do we know
beyond a doubt that this revelation of the I AM has not come from the intellect,
that flesh and blood has not revealed this to us but the Father within. We
become thrilled yet strong and steady with the power of the I AM that possesses
us. We become conscious that our I AM has made union with the great “I AM THAT I
AM” and that our whole being is lifted to a higher plane. We have discovered a
new heaven and a new earth, and ever after shall our thought and word and act be
expressed from a higher consciousness of our real being. This is true
meditation, and when constantly practiced will transform us in Christ’s image
from glory to glory until we awake in His likeness. This is the part of prayer
in which we become ready for the way which leads us into the presence of God, to
wait for His message to be revealed to us. When we take a thought and meditate
on it to the exclusion of all else, this thought becomes a power within us, a
power for good or a power for evil, a power to upbuild or a power to destroy,
according to the kind of thought it is. Many times a day we meditate on the
things that are interesting to us. It does not seem hard. It seems the natural
thing to do. It is said that the mystics of India become so enrapt in their
meditations that the birds build nests in their hair. Poisonous reptiles crawl
over them and do them no harm. Why? Because the mystics have dropped the
personal ego, which has in itself fear, hatred, cruelty, prejudice. They have
entered into the ego that is one with all life, one with divine love, and they
are conscious of nothing else. When every cell in the body is taught to join the
mind in its worship of the Highest, the time will soon come when nothing outside
of us can distract or disturb our communion with our God, and the whole man,
mind, soul, body, will then receive that which is needed to make him perfect,
complete, powerful.

Concentration and meditation, when rightly practiced, do for our mental self
what mastication and digestion do for the physical self: they give nourishment
and growth. Concentration may be likened to chewing the food, preparing it;
meditation to digesting it, using it. Concentration, like mastication, comes
under our conscious control and, if rightly done, leads to powerful meditation,
even as thorough mastication of food prepares the way for good digestion. A wise
choice of thought is as necessary as a wise choice of food; then comes the wise
use of it. Watch the butterfly and the bee we recognize the diff erence between
productive and unproductive meditation. As in the case of the bee, when we give
ourselves fully to our meditation we receive that which is for our own growth as
well as a blessing to others. In the first case, like the butterfly, we flit
from one thought to another, giving nothing to our meditation, receiving nothing
for ourselves or for others. In true meditation one becomes joined with the
Giver, contact is made with the source of all good, and such faith and harmony
and peace is established in mind that through it the body and affairs are opened
to receive. One holy thought meditated upon becomes a mighty magnet and draws to
it other holy thoughts, which in their unity become so powerful that all
opposition, danger, sickness, poverty, and inharmony are swept before them. The
promise is that one shall chase a thousand and two shall put ten thousand to
flight. Only in spiritual thought is this possible. Suppose that, so believing,
you have a premonition of evil, or think you are in danger, or you fear persons
or things; you will then immediately turn to Omnipotence and meditate on the
power of the One mighty to save, on His love and His promise to rush to the
rescue of all who call on Him, believing. As you meditate you become lost to
fear and enter into unity with His love and power and strength. You will feel
His presence infolding you, and while you are in this realization, any hand that
may be lifted against, you will drop helpless and any danger pointing toward you
will be turned aside. To hold fast to the angel presence is to be led out of
dangers, to be held out of the way of all evil, no matter what the seeming
circumstance, condition, or appearance may be.

Premonitions and warnings come that we may learn to hide ourselves in
Omnipresence, where nothing of error nature can penetrate. Thought is the
channel through which all fear enters, concentration or holding the fear thought
leads to meditation on it, and all kinds of fear thoughts flock in to possess
us. This gives the thought power and strength to project itself in our world. It
is the inner picture or film that takes on big proportions in our world if we
let it become definite enough in the mind to become active in the life.
Sometimes a ting thought of fear is given so much attention in concentration and
meditation that it becomes an obsession, a difficult experience to deal with for
the one who has encountered it, which may entail much mental and bodily
suffering unless he knows how to take the Christ, in vision and thought and
word, as the leaders, and hold to Him only. By changing the thought of fear
instantly before entering upon concentration and meditation and by giving high
attention to the inner lordship, the I AM, we become identified with the power
that is quick to dissolve error, and as we rest in this consciousness fear with
its power is taken from us. Nothing can enter our world except it find access
through a thought of something similar that is already present in our mental
world. Nothing can stay in our world unless it remains somewhere in our
thoughts, and thoughts are meditations even prayers. Many times we really pray
for a thing we do not desire by holding it in our mind in fear, holding it fast
in worry, all the time begging and beseeching God to take it away, while we
ourselves will not let it go. We need to watch the fear and worry meditations
and, when going to our Father for a need, put them far away, taking for
meditation a thought that will leave the appearance far behind and make us to
feel and see and know only God. In deep meditation on a holy thought the
intellect retires, reasoning ceases, the emotions are stilled, the body
forgotten. Even the thought with which the meditation started becomes absorbed
in the other holy thoughts that it has attracted, as they flow in to possess us.
It is but a step from this high attention to the one Presence and Power in the
universe to the silence, the home of the soul; only a step into a
four-dimensional or spiritual world where there is neither time nor space,
personality nor place, where one waits for nought but for God to make Himself
known.

Let the flaming sword of Thy presence, O God, ever guard the door of my mind,
that only holy thoughts may take up their abode in me. Let Thy pure creations
continually fill me, mind, soul, and body, until I am lifted into an abiding
consciousness of my Christ self.

Christ Let us, then, labor for an inward stillness, An inward stillness and an
inner healing; That perfect silence where the lips and heart Are still, and we
no longer entertain Our own imperfect thoughts and vain opinions, But God alone
speaks in us, and we wait In singleness of heart, that we may know His will, and
in the silence of our spirits, That we may do His will, and do that only!

Long-fellow

“Let thy soul tread softly in thee As a saint in heaven unshod, For to be alone
in silence, Is to be alone with God.”

“Be still, and know that I am God.”

“Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace.”

“My soul, wait thou in silence for God only; For my expectation is from him.”

“Jehovah hath heard my supplication; Jehovah will receive my prayer.”

“In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures
forevermore.”

“Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, and let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for
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Chapter VI THE SILENCE IN OUR TEXTBOOK the Bible it is recorded of the time of
Samuel: “The word of Jehovah was precious in those days; there was no frequent
vision.” Yet in one place the ’lamp of God was not yet gone out/’ In the temple
(secret place) the child Samuel (’ ’Heard of God”) ministered (waited) before
Jehovah. There in the silence of the holy place the boy learned, even as each of
us must learn, the attitude of mind that says: “ Speak, Jehovah, for thy servant
heareth.” He learned, even as each of us must learn, to still the self and wait
and listen expectantly for God to speak. As Samuel received a message direct
from Jehovah when he had learned to listen toward God, so shall we receive when
we have made ourselves ready. Before this meeting with God in the night watches
Samuel knew only how to turn to Eli (Eli: “foster son” or intellect) for
guidance and instruction. Two calls came from his God before he understood, but
once he had recognized and heard the voice of God? nothing else satisfied him.
The intellect in its proper place took instruction and was guided by intuition,
the inner voice, for after asking and listening to the message that was given to
Samuel in the night watches Eli (intellect) said: “It is Jehovah: let him do
what seemeth him good/’ Because he continued to seek from the only true source
and was guided in all things by the One who spoke to him from the holy place,
“Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him/’ Through Samuel Jehovah again appeared
in Shiloh and made His teaching known so powerfully that none o His words were
allowed to “fall to the ground.” Samuel became the foremost figure of his age, a
great prophet, serving God and being used by Him, always in close enough touch
to hear and to be, as his name implies, “heard of God/’

Many times it seems to us that we are living in an age similar to that of the
boy Samuel and that the spoken or revealed word of Jehovah is precious (rare)
because there is no frequent vision (looking Godward). The experience of Samuel
is the experience of every soul, when on its way back to the Father’s house it
hears His voice, perhaps first unrecognized; then waiting expectantly,
listening, he says as did Samuel: “Speak; for thy servant heareth.” There is no
mystery about God speaking to man, there should be no infrequency of it; for man
was created to walk and talk with God in sweet communion, in the garden of his
soul. To anyone high or low, rich or poor, great or small who turns expectantly
to the Father, asking earnestly and looking to Him only, there will come an
answer if he is still enough. At any moment when there is a need, at high noon
or midnight, in the crowd of a busy thoroughfare, or when alone far from
civilization, in a consciousness of “Thou, LORD only” any man can turn to the
kingdom within him for his answer. Shut away from conflict, from doubt and fear
>t he can there “rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him.” From this inmost
God and high God, which is one, will come the answer to any question, the supply
for any need. We need only practice stillness, with our mind turned Godward, to
experience such a calm, such a peace, such a joy that we recognize it is God’s
presence and wait eagerly for Him to speak. When the ear is opened Godward it
shall hear, for the promise is “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you/’ The silence is not inertia,
not a drifting into something we know not about. It is true our body is relaxed,
but it is alive and ready to act; our intellect is stilled, but it is alert and
ready to be used. Through concentration and meditation on holy thoughts the mind
is cleansed, and in a degree at least there is established within us the same
mind that was in Christ Jesus, the mind that does know and can say, “I and the
Father are one/’ Then we are ready to speak meaningly, and understandingly, and
expectantly, “Speak, Jehovah; for thy servant heareth.” These words are not to
be directed to a presence without, apart, somewhere unknown, but to a living,
vital, understandable presence within, as much a part of us as the germ of life
is a part of the seed. We need to remember the Master’s last prayer to His
father God for His followers: “that they may be one, even as we are one; I in
them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one/’ We need to get a
deeper realization of the indwelling Christ, for it is here within that we make
union with the Giver; it is here within that we meet the Great Physician; it is
here within that healing comes to us. It is here within that we sense a knower;
it is here within that a voice gives us guidance, omniscient wisdom to use. When
we recognize that whatever we need is within ourselves, with the Christ, and
when we turn here for our need to be fulfilled, the outer will take form
according to the perfect pattern that the Christ holds. This perfection has been
potentially ours always, but it is made plain to us at some time when we are
waiting silent before the Creator, and when we become open and receptive it
becomes in reality ours to have and to hold always. When we come to the point in
consciousness when we can say within ourselves, * ’Speak Jehovah/ 1 we shall
expectantly await the answer as a little child waits for the food which he has
asked and which he knows the parent will give him. The Master tells us that our
Father is much more willing to give than is an earthly parent, but even God
cannot give to those who come to Him with a consciousness closed by doubt and
fear closed through begging and pleading for the things that He is ever offering
with outstretched hand any more than a mother can give her child the bread and
jam for which he has asked, if the child begs with his hands closed tight and
held behind him. We should think this queer in a child, yet many grown people go
to God asking in the same way. This is the method of a chattering mind which
thinks idle thoughts and speaks meaningless words during prayer. A person in the
silence must consciously cut out all noises, even the rattle of his thoughts and
the murmur of his words, no matter how pleasing these sounding brasses and
clanging cymbals may be to his intellect, if he would receive the great message
the omniscient mind of God has for him. “Put off thy shoes from off thy feet,
for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground” is as surely meant for us
when we are seeking to enter the silence as was the great message that Moses
received when God appeared to him.

All thoughts of the material we must leave behind, no matter how great our
needs, our desires, when we seek to enter the silence, for the material thought
cannot find entrance to the spiritual realm. When we seek to enter the God
presence filled with material desires, these desires close the channel through
which the Giver “presses out” His gifts, which thus find no thoroughfare. “Thou,
LORD, only” is the password that insures entrance to the storehouse of God, and
we must use it in order to pass through the door into His presence. Ever the
voice speaks to man, through turmoil, in his activities, his trials and
temptations, his joys and happy times. “Be still, and know that I am God.” Being
still and knowing is sufficient for anyone in any time of need, for to know God
is to know of His omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and that for the sake
of expressing Him we are even as He is. As we enter the silence we are in the
thought world. When we let our mind dwell on our desires, we attract thoughts
that are relevant in character. These thoughts come from many minds, in many
stages of growth, and sometimes we have unpleasant psychic (mental) experiences
on the way to the silence. The radio fills the air with spoken words of all
kinds. We can tune in as we choose, on the gay and foolish program, or on the
lecture, the sermon, the concert. One thing that few of us realize is that
within each of us is an invisible faculty, which may at any moment, unless
controlled, tune in on thoughts. Our desires may attract to us the thoughts of
others who have had like desires, and who may have used evil means in trying to
bring them to pass, and these thoughts, if we are drifting with our desires, may
enter our mind and fill us with terror. We may suffer such an emotion of fear in
this mental contact that it will be felt in our body and affairs. For this
reason we should always take such a high and holy thought that it may have the
power to carry us quickly through the mental realm to the great white throne.
When we hold such a thought, nothing can touch our mental realm but thoughts of
a similar kind, and with this thought as a light, guide, protector, the
universal consciousness that surrounds us is cleansed for our passage.

Sometimes on this journey within us the inner ear is opened so that we hear
voices. In our purity of thought we may touch a key that strikes the keynote of
some sweet song of David or wise saying of Solomon. We may even pick up the
words of the Lord Christ spoken when He dwelt among men. These come to the soul,
to us, because of some need of strength or courage for the journey within or for
our life in the outer. Perhaps we may hear the sweettone of His loving voice
saying, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest/’ Or it may be a reminder to you of the promise “If ye abide in me, and
my words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.”
Blessed are we when we become well enough attuned to Spirit to hear the
teachings of the Christ, for then shall we begin to become like Him. On this
journey within the inner vision may be so lifted that we may see with closed
eyes such beauty of lights and colors as the open eyes have never glimpsed even
in all the pictures that the invisible hand has painted to remind man of the
glory of his spiritual home. The perfect rainbow, the glorious sunset, the
forest afire with autumn colors are all pale as compared with the purity of the
colors of the spiritual realm. Or again the vision may be of geometrical figures
and shapes, all. symbols of the harmony and order of the unseen world. The
physical may be spiritually roused during some period of relaxation and
stillness until every part of it glows with the warmth of spiritual contact and
there extends out from the redeemed body a beauty of holiness, an aura of the
brilliance of sunset colors, making one appear truly as a son of God; or
vibrations may shake every sleepy and darkened cell of inactivity or disease
into an expression of life, and never again can the body function on a low
plane.

Any of these or other pleasing experiences may or may not be yours at some time
when you are standing on the threshold of the silence. They are only symbols and
signs that the senses are being lifted up into the spiritual realm, assuring you
of progress toward the attainment of spiritual consciousness. They are not to be
sought however, for our desire must be for the Highest even to enter the
presence of God. If any of these signs do come, we should not seek to linger on
the threshold where we stand; but giving thanks for this manifestation of
spiritual growth, we must seek to pass on into the greater beauty and harmony
that lies beyond, that we may no longer see as “in a mirror, darkly; but... face
to face:’* “for we shall see him even as he is.” When Elijah, fleeing in fear
and jealousy, hid himself in a cave (downward visioning), he was commanded by
the higher self to go forth and stand on the mount (even rise above fear and
jealousy for the work of the Lord). As he obeyed, seeking to follow the Lord
into His presence, a strong wind rent the mountain; after the wind came an
earthquake, and after the earthquake came a fire. But he found not Jehovah in
any of these. After the phenomena had passed, there came the “still small
voice,” which Elijah recognized as Jehovah speaking. This recognition caused
Elijah to wrap his face in his mantle (withdraw from the world of sense
phenomena) and stand in the entrance of the cave (open his consciousness more
positively toward God). Then and then only was he free enough of desires and
emotions to receive the message from his God. It is only when we too are lost to
emotion and desire, to thinking thoughts and seeing things, that we become
onepointed” enough to hear the inner voice and receive its message.

You have at some time greatly listened. Perhaps you were alone in the deep woods
and the crack of a bough startled you, causing you to stop; and forgetting all
else what you were seeking or where you were going you listened intent on
finding out if there was an unknown presence near you. Perhaps you were one of a
great audience, sitting spellbound under the words of some fluent speaker,
utterly unaware of those who were sitting beside you, in your desire to catch
every word. Or you were so entranced with the flutelike notes of some wonderful
singer that you found yourself on the very edge of your seat in the intensity of
your listening. Perhaps it was in the night watches when you listened with your
whole being for the call of a little child or a dearly beloved who might need
you. Even more absorbed will be your attention, your listening, your stillness,
even your alertness, when you have truly entered the silence and are waiting to
hear the message from the Creator of your being. It is in such stillness, such
waiting before the Creator, that the ting sapling gathers the strength to become
the mighty oak, for strength is for all creation. It is here that the flowers
find their glorious colors and beautiful forms, for the beauty that the Creator
possesses is for all that is His. It is here that trees blossom and blossoms
fruit and form and ripen, it is here that the green of nature finds its
clothing; for all things find their being in God’s silence. Here also is the key
to our beauty o soul, our image and likeness, our power and dominion, our
perfection. In the attitude o waiting we are receptive, and God makes Himself
known in the form in which we are most able to receive Him. The assurance will
come to us, as never before, that we are truly sons, joint heirs with Jesus
Christ to all that the Father has. When we have entered this secret place often
enough and abode long enough truly to behold the beauty of the Lord, it will
spring forth as a living message of harmony in our life, a manifestation of
wholeness, joy, abundance, and it will so fill our universe with the glory of
God that all who cross our path or walk by our side will glimpse the God whose
expression we are. Through the stillness of our being God will express Himself
in the manifest plane: in our body, His temple, in our life, His activity, we
shall express our likeness to Him.

O God, my creator, my Father, let me become so still in body and mind, so free
of desire and emotion, that my soul may enter Thy presence unburdened. Silently
I wait before Thee, Thou omnipresent One. To receive again from Thee the glory
that was mine with Thee in the beginning before the world was.

I Am Free I have found the light, The wondrous light That never shone on land or
sea.

Christ walks with me; The waves are still, And I am free. With outstretched
hands I touch the Christ.

He calms the troubled sea;

I hear His voice, “Why fearestthou?” And I am free!

Alice Truesdale Cable

“The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of
God; and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ.”

“Behold, I make all things new.”

“I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not
will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places
straight.

These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.”

“Behold... my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth, I have put my Spirit upon
him.”

“Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon
thee/’

“Concerning the work of my hands, command ye me.”


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Chapter VII THE MESSAGE No ONE CAN tell another person what is to come to him
from the silence, what message he will receive from the One who dwells in the
holy of holies within his own soul. No one can tell another what he will bring
back with him into his life from the Creator of his being. Each one of us goes
to God with different needs, in different states of consciousness, taking
different steps in search of Him. Some go in roundabout ways, some go direct,
each one preparing the path over which the message is to come back to him. Some
dare to touch only the hem of God’s garment, others go boldly to the throne of
grace and kneel at His feet. During His earthly ministry the Master told His
followers, “According to your faith be it done unto you.” We receive according
to our capacity, and the degree of our faith determines our capacity. The Father
always fills to overflowing any vessel that one of His children holds out to
Him. He is not limited, neither does He limit us, but we limit Him in fixing our
capacity to receive. We need to make our vessels for containing His love
greater, we need to hold them steadier for Him to fill, we need to see them full
to overflowing, as He would have them be. The receiving capacity of our vessels
is always in proportion to the faith we have in the Giver’s ability and
willingness to give, in proportion to the expectancy we have of receiving that
which we ask, in harmony with the vision we have of the finished, perfected
gift. He reveals Himself in His fullness to those who entirely empty themselves
of personality and let Him in His own way reveal to them that which they should
know and do to become like Him. When the widow whose two sons were about to be
taken for debt went to Elisha for help, he asked her what she had in the house.
She said a little oil (her faith), and he told her to go and borrow vessels from
her neighbors (increase her expectancy from her knowledge of God’s goodness).
“Borrow not a few/’ said the one who knew God. Then she was instructed to take
her sons (desires) and go into her room (the secret place) and close the door
(wipe out doubts and fears) and pour (give thanks) into her vessels the increase
of Jehovah. When the vessels about her were full, which she had borrowed
according to the faith and expectancy she had of their being filled, she asked
for more vessels. But there was none, “and the oil stayed/’ As long as there was
-a vessel to receive it the oil continued to flow, even as our good continues to
flow to us according to the amount of faith and expectancy we have. The widow’s
answer was the Father’s “good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running
over”; for she had asked for enough to pay the debt, and there was more,
according to the prophet’s words, “Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live
thou and thy sons of the rest.” Many times we receive only partial answers to
our prayers, and we cry, “Why are my prayers not answered as I asked? I had
faith”; but we have not added to the faith the expectancy and vision required to
complete the work. We always receive full measure, according to the measure that
we ourselves provide for the reception of our good. If we desire to have our
prayer answered in His full and running-over measure, we must ask seeing the
work already accomplished, as the Master said: “And all things, whatsoever ye
shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” The higher the soul reaches
in its aspiration to find God the greater will be the message, the richer the
gifts. When we learn to pray the selfless, desireless prayer, sinking our will
in the will of the Highest, assurance of the answer will be given us not only on
the inner plane, but on the outer also. There is a covenant that we can enter
into the Great Giver: “All things that are mine are thine, and thine are mine”;
and this promise of reciprocity will open up to us all that He is and all that
He has, and there will be that added to us that which is worth much in the
bringing forth of His kingdom.

It takes a great hunger and thirst after God, an intense desire to be like Him,
a sinking of self and desire in the will of the Highest, to enable us to find
entrance into the most holy place and become a high priest to go in and come out
before Jehovah. Jesus Christ, our great high priest, in whose footsteps we seek
to follow in order to reach the inner sanctuary, says: “Blessed are they that
hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” This filling
may take place in many ways. It always comes after some waiting in faith and
expectancy in the silence, some waiting for the Beloved of the soul to make
Himself known. It may come as an inner glory that quickens the flesh and shines
forth in a radiance such as covered Moses when he came down from the mount of
holiness, a transfiguration that instantly cleanses and heals all the ills of
the body. The filling may come from entering into GodMind, becoming one with
omniscience, where all questions are answered and all ways made plain. Perhaps
your “cup runneth over” as you sit and sup with Him in the silence of your soul,
and you are filled with such a realization of the richness of your Father’s
kingdom that the way is made open for substance to flow into your life, and
every desire and need of your life is filled full, to spare and to share. Or you
may kneel before the just judge in your desire to forgive and be forgiven, and
you are so filled with divine love that ever after there will be manifested
toward you and from you a dissolving, redeeming love so great that no man’s mind
or hand can be lifted against you, or your mind or hand lifted against any man.
When you enter into the peace that “passeth all understanding,” the One who
brought forth beauty out of the waste and void and light out of darkness will
make for you all crooked places straight, all dark places light, and your earth
will blossom as a rose. That of which we have need has a correspondent in God’s
world of good holiness, substance, harmony, peace, love, wisdom being really
what we need and when we seek it, it will be given us in a usable outer form.
When we earnestly, prayerfully, joyously make our search for the kingdom of God,
putting aside all else to accomplish our purpose we shall find the kingdom, and
we shall find that it includes all the needs of mind, body, and affairs, The
promise is “Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things/’
and the promise goes still further: “thy Father who seeth in secret shall
recompense thee.”

Spiritual deafness will cease when we really cross the threshold into the
silence, for the inner ear will become alert in seeking to catch the message of
the still small voice. The outer ear also may be opened during some time of
listening within for this message so that “the deaf hear.” Many a message will
come to us when we have become still enough to enter the silence. It may be some
great message repeated that the Master spoke when among men, bearing some new
meaning and usefulness for you personally. It may be some individual message to
comfort, to lift, to strengthen, spoken to you when the veil is lifted and you
pass beyond, into the holy of holies. Nevermore will you doubt the possibility
of meeting God and walking and talking with Him in the secret place when once
you have gone beyond the silence and seen Him face to face, holding sweet
communion with Him in the garden of your soul. A great tree falls in a place far
from human habitation. It makes no sound, for there is no physical ear near
enough to receive its vibrations from the air. The ear is the receiver of
vibrations from the air and reports them to the intellect. It is thus we
perceive what is called sound. In the silence we are not dealing with the
physical senses but with spiritual senses. We are not listening for the
intellect but for the voice o God. The “still small voice” speaking to us is
soundless, yet conveys its message with a clearness beyond any spoken word of
the human voice. When once this message is received, it is written indelibly in
the soul, and is even more readable to the one receiving it than is the largest
print of a book to the physical eye. The more often this message is rehearsed,
recalled, the more sure is the good to be got from it. When we have learned to
draw near to the Father, who sees in secret and rewards openly, with a heart
full of faith and expectancy, we shall find that when the way seems dark and the
shadows seem to close on us, we have only to reach out and take up the candle of
the Lord, and the way will be illumined. If we calmly turn the question of
knowing over to the omniscient mind of God when we come to a crossroad in life
and are puz2led and worried about the way to take, the angel of His presence
will direct our path, and we shall travel the right road, with this presence
ever leading us on into greater good. When we can submit all seeming injustice
to the just judge, when we no longer ourselves pass judgment according to
appearances, His strong right arm will become our defense, and any hand lifted
against us will drop in helplessness. Every lonely, homesick feeling, every
craving of the soul seeking its home, a home not made with hands, will be filled
to satisfaction with His loving presence. Though family and friends forsake us,
the Christ never will, for His promise ’To, I am with you always” is for all who
will turn to Him, and these shall always find Him near and jgn that nearness be
satisfied. When pain racks the body and we draw near to the Great Physician
until we feel His loving touch, we shall arise and go forth renewed in mind,
soul, and body, strengthened and healed. There is an omnipresent surgeon to whom
we can submit, in the silent place, any imperfection of the body, and who will
rectify it according to the perfect Christ body. When bills mount up and the
purse seems empty, we have only to turn to the One whose bank is unlimited,
whose substance is for our use, and there wait in faith, and His abundance will
be “pressed out’ 1 to us. Whatever the human heart craves, whatever the body
needs, will be given in the silence, for whenever a cry goes from the heart
Godward, He immediately answers, “Here am I.” All this and still more
unconceived good will unfold for us when we come in and go out no more but abide
in the consciousness of the God presence. The inside of the cup will be cleansed
and the outside will show forth this cleansing in the radiant beauty of the
living God, whose likeness we have become. Wherever we go we shall rouse in
others a desire for the beauty of holiness that we express. When our inner ear
is attuned to catch His message even in the midst of our everyday living and
working and our inner eye is trained to glimpse His perfection even in the midst
of appearances of error and inharmony, then our whole world will be filled with
His glory. When we sit at His feet long enough to learn of him, we shall carry
away with us His holiness, and even our presence, like the garment of the Master
and the shadow of Peter, will be harmony and healing. Signs and wonders shall we
do by stretching forth our hands in the name of the indwelling Christ. It is in
the secret place, after we have felt the presence of the Most High, that we
shall first join in that song of thanksgiving, started when the morning stars
sang together in praise of the Creator and His creation, and evermore, when
disappointment, discouragement, and downward visioning tend to overwhelm us, we
shall remember this song which continually sings deep within and, joining in the
anthem, be healed.

O Thou glorious presence ever with me, let me sit at Thy feet until all
darkness, all dimness of vision, has passed and I see Thee as Thou art. Let me
listen until all spiritual deafness passes, that I may hold sweet communion with
the Christ, my soul. I await wow the fulfillment of Thyself in me, that I may
express the glory of the risen Christ in my life.

Gradatum

Heaven is not reached at a single bound; But we build the ladder by which we
rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round
by round.

H. G. Holland By thine own soul’s law learn to live; And if men thwart thee take
no heed, And if men slight thee take no care.

Sing thou thy song and do thy deed, Hope thou thy hope and pray thy prayer, And
claim no crown this does not give.

Selected “If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.”

“I am the way, and the truth, and the life.

“Lo, I am with you always/’

“Let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint
not.”

“Freely ye received, freely give.”

“I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was
a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye
visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me... Inasmuch as ye did it unto
one of these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me.”


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Chapter VIII

LIVING THE LIFE

WHENEVER ANYONE enters the deep silence he loses himself in the cosmic universe
and becomes one with the cosmic Christ. At the time of this merging of his self
with the whole, he is in a consciousness from which he can see his place as a
part of the whole and in which he can receive his individual message. The entire
man, mind, soul, and body, is then lifted in an ecstasy that breaks forth in
songs of praise and thanksgiving, even magnificats such as come forth from a
Mary soul rejoicing in being chosen a handmaiden of the Lord.

Coming back from a deep silence, filled with its harmony, ear still in tune with
the inner message, eye still seeing the high vision, and the whole being
thrilled from union with the Highest, we might think it would be easy to live
the Christ life. But unless we strady ourselves after coming back to the
material plane declaring that we are poised and balanced in Spirit and that as
sons of God we cannot be moved from His Truth of being, and realize this, we are
apt to be thrown off our feet at the first sight and sound of an error
appearance. Praise and thanksgiving should continue, for it has the power to
bring forth that which is praised, and that for which we are giving thanks
attains greater power to express itself, but we should not let it run to
emotion. Emotion scatters; we waste ourselves in it.

Poised even during deep feeling, we experience the very strength and steadiness
of the feeling holding us. “In quietness and in confidence shall be your
strength.”

Sometimes when a wonderful message has been given us in the silence, we are
content for days just to repeat it over and over, and live in the wonder of the
inner revelation. Perhaps all at once there comes a great and burning desire to
live the message, to make it true on the outer as well as the inner plane. Then
this great urge within will carry us forward in the doing. A holy thought coming
into a purified mind made ready to receive it must come to fruition. This is the
“immaculate conception.” and it comes only to those who have prepared themselves
to receive the Holy Spirit and bring forth the Christ child. When once conceived
in mind, the Christ child grows within the soul in wisdom and stature and meets
with the favor of God and man. The growth within us and the expression without
is always in accordance with the high watch we keep and the life we live, which
is meat and drink for the Christ child’s growth.

If a person would grow, he must live whatever message is given to him in the
silence. Unless the message from the Father becomes a living, vital reality in
the daily life, seeking the silence becomes a mere pastime, a pretense, and
hinders growth instead of hastening it. It is as much our mission to live any
message given us as it was the mission of Jesus Christ to live the life and die
the death that He did. There is no message too trivial to be carried out, for if
nothing in the outer seems to result from it, there has been built into the
consciousness a willingness and readiness to do as directed that will lead to
higher things. Naaman, seeking to be healed of leprosy, was wroth because the
prophet (spiritual guidance) gave him so simple a thing to do as to bathe in the
Jordan. He turned away, refusing to carry out the command, but his servant
(higher self) asked him whether, if he had been given a great thing to do, he
would not do it. Naaman listened, and when he obeyed the prophet’s command, his
flesh became as the flesh of a little child, spotless, pure. On the other hand,
the prophet’s servant as a result of disobedience to the law of righteousness
spoken by the prophet to him became a leper. God does not force anyone to do His
will. He gives to each of us free will, the right of choice, but His law is that
according as we use the gift of choice so will the manifestation be.

Jonah found himself in serious trouble by acting in opposition to the inner
guidance. He found he could not place distance between himself and that within
him which always seeks to lead men aright.

He had finally not only to carry out the message but he had to extricate himself
from that walled-in place, where his disobedience had placed him. The Psalmist
afterward expressed that which Jonah found exceedingly true: “Whither shall I...
flee from thy presence?

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there, If I make my bed in Sheol, behold,
thou art there. If take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost
parts o the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall
hold me/’ This is the wonderful truth about the inner voice or intuition. It is
always with us, no matter how far we may stray from our inner convictions, no
matter how far from the path we may have wandered, no matter how high is the
wall we have built between us and the way of righteousness. It is always
waiting, ready and willing to guide us back into the way, to hold us steady as
we find the path, to carry us forward in greater endeavor.

We each learn in some way, at some time, obedience to the higher self, that in
us which is Godlike. It is obedience to this self, no matter how trivial the
command, that prepares us to receive higher messages, that strengthens us for
greater endeavor. It is the seeking to be a workman approved of God, the
handling aright of the words of Truth, the living on the highest level of the
daily life that is worthy of being trusted. Some of us cry out for work in the
Master’s vineyard, and we wonder why it is not given us when we are so willing
to be used. We do not give to a little child the responsibilities that belong to
an adult. We feel that it would hamper the development of the child, even if he
were capable of performing the work as it should be done. Neither does the Lord
of the harvest give tasks to His workers that they are not prepared to do, for
the work’s sake as well as the worker’s. There is no one who knows the ability
of any worker as does the One who is omnipresent, not even the worker himself.
The field is white for the harvest, and the workers are few. The workers willing
and fitted to do the needed work of returning to its original perfection this
God-created, man-inharmonized universe are indeed few compared with the seeming
needs. This realization alone should make each of us eager to prepare ourselves
to take part in the work of redeeming the race and its world. The work of
redemption, of carrying these high thoughts and visions into the outer in words
and deeds that correspond, lies first within our own self. When we ourselves are
fit, then we are permitted to go to our neighbor: “Speak ye truth each one with
his neighbor.” This does not mean that in our enthusiasm for service we should
seek to force the Truth on anyone. To be perfect every rose must be allowed to
open in its own time, in its own way, and of its own accord. We can assist in
attaining perfection by cultivating, watering, and fertilizing it but never by
forcing its petals apart. Each person must be given freedom to live his life as
he would live it, not as another person would have him live it, Only in this way
can he get the soul experience needed to bring him into full-rounded manhood in
Christ, knowing the good because he has passed that way. There are no “flowery
beds of ease” to carry us into the kingdom. Such beds are ours after we arrive,
but on the way there is great peace in having the Presence with us, great joy in
the overcoming, and satisfaction from work well done, besides the happy
companionship of those traveling the path with us.

If we would help another to arrive at our place on the path, perhaps assist him
in passing us, our mission is to carry whatever message the Spirit within us
gives, to live the life according to the high standard of life in Christ, to
stand still and be willing to wait, leaving the result to the Father of us all.
This takes courage, it takes patience, discrimination, love, unselfishness,
tolerance, obedience, steadfastness, and above all it takes faith in God as
Father, healer, giver, lover, guide and protector, judge and justice of our
brother or beloved as well as of ourselves. This takes faith in each person in
the world as being an anointed son of God, whether he knows it or not, whether
he is expressing his sonship or not.

We need always to remember that no matter what the higher self tells us to do,
what the message is that we receive in the silence, it is still not too hard,
even if the sense man does consider it so. The power and strength and wisdom
needed to carry the task through to perfect completion are always given with the
message. It only takes some initiative on our part to put them to work. Here is
the story not only of the apostles of Jesus but also of the followers of the
omnipresent Christ the command, the obedience, the results: “Go ye into all the
world, and preach the gospel... And they went forth, and preached everywhere,
the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed.”

If a person would have his prayers answered he must be willing to be a channel
through which the prayers of others are answered. If he would be healed he must
be willing to be a healer of discords. If he would have prosperity he must be
willing to give as freely as he desires to receive. He must not only be willing
to do these things, but he must prove his willingness by doing them. If we look
ourselves squarely in the face, we shall find that many times the things we are
asking for in prayer we are not trying to live in our life. We all know more of
Truth than we live or try to live. To be open to receive we need to express that
which we are seeking to have expressed for us, we need to give as we would have
the Father give to us, we need to forgive as we would be forgiven; in fact we
need to practice the Golden Rule not only toward people but toward God also.
Many a person has been healed at a time when he forgot his own aches and pains
in praying for another’s healing. Many a person has opened a channel for riches
to flow to him by giving the widow’s mite, which is not to be evaluated in terms
of its size but in terms of what is in the giver’s mind; as the Master said:
“She of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living/’ Most of us
give of our superfluity, of that which we do not need or want, or we give
because of a mental necessity to give to God in order to be quite free in
conscience. The tithe is the Lord’s rightful share, but it is from that which we
give beyond this law that we receive the greatest joy, if given in the Christ
spirit.

Sometimes a great urge, a message from the universal Mind, comes to us to give
of our store to a certain work of the Father’s or to one of His children. It may
be one thing or another, perhaps a sum of money, the exact amount being named:
for the Father knows the needs of His children, and He is also capable of
choosing the channel through which this blessing is to flow. We recognize the
message and perhaps agree to it in our mind. Then we begin to cut it down until
finally the Lord Himself would not recognize the assignment with which He had
intrusted us. Perhaps we do not carry out any part of it after the intellect,
with its reasoning and its citing of the contents of the pocketbook, is through
with it. If we could only realize what we have done by our action! A great
opportunity to be a channel through which the Father answers the prayer of
another has been lost, a great opportunity to be a messenger from the Lord of
hosts has been passed up. In not carrying out the assignment we have closed
ourselves to some great good that was ready, waiting for us to prove of our
worthiness; for the Father never asks us to give for Him unless we are to
receive back to us forty, sixty, a hundredfold, even an increase that is beyond
our comprehending or receiving until we do give for the Master’s sake. In many
ways we find that God never withholds from us the good that we crave but that we
ourselves close the door through which our good is seeking entrance. Whether we
have consciously received a message in our silence, it has nevertheless been
given to us.

We never turn Godward open to receive but that the need in our mind draws forth
from the Father a fulfillment of it in the highest form in which we are capable
of receiving it. Our part is to step forth boldly in faith as if we were
conscious of receiving. When the time comes for the question to be answered, for
the conditions to be faced, for the need to be supplied, we shall find that it
is met in overflowing measure by our Father’s love. Words will be put in our
mouth; wisdom will be given for decisions and strength to meet the occasion, the
needed amount of money will be forthcoming. It will all seem as natural as if
the need had never existed; for even before we asked it was met, the fulfillment
being subject only to our performing our part in the transaction. In the silence
we contact the answer whether we are aware of it or not, and faith and
expectancy and steady vision bring it forth into being. Truly “faith apart from
works is dead.” The condition of the body and the state of the affairs are
living testimony, for all who will read, as to the kind of prayers we are
offering; they are an outpicturing of our acceptance of the gifts of the great
Giver. Health of the body, success and prosperity in the affairs, peace and
harmony in the environment, freedom from accident, joy in living are all outward
manifestations in the life of those who practice the Presence, who pray without
ceasing, who dwell in the secret place of the Most High. “The effectual fervent
prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”

Beloved, lift up your eyes until you behold the King in His glory, and truly you
shall not have cause to say you are sick any more, limited any more, unhappy any
more; for His beauty will become your beauty and the beauty of your whole world.

O Thou Christ of God within me, shine forth Thy light continually vn my path,
that I may not turn aside. Be Thou my guide every moment of every day, that I
may -follow in the footsteps of Thy Son. Give me courage! Give me strength! Give
me fdith! Give me love and patience and tolerance! I would follow all the way. I
would cling to Thy glorifietd presence until I too become glorified and a sh’mng
light in Thy world. So let it be -for me, Thy son, and -for whosoever else may
seek his inheritance of the All-Good.


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PART II Meditations for the High ’Watch


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Spiritual Remedies for Special Needs The Living Stream There’s never a drought
in my soul, dear Lord, Though there be a drought o’er the land.

Though the earth be parched And the fields be dried;

Though the sky be cloudless And the air be close, Within me ever is a living
stream, A fountain of life that quenches all thirst.

Ho! every one that thirsteth, come and drink!

’Tis a call to all creation. The promise to those who drink from this stream Is
that they shall never thirst again.

I drink in remembrance of Thee, dear Lord, From the living fountain within.

I am cleansed of all doubt; My faith is renewed. With a lifted vision, I see
nought but Thee. As a garden watered becomes my soul, Fitted to give forth of
Thy living stream.

I hold out the cup to a thirsty world, To each drooping person and plant, And
all Thy creation quenches its thirst, And all becomes living again.

Selected Ihe Living Stream There’s never a drought in my soul, dear Lord, Though
there be a drought o’er the land.

Though the earth be parched And the fields be dried;

Though the sky be cloudless And the air be dose, Within me ever is a living
stream, A fountain of life that quenches all thirst Ho! every one that
thirsteth, come and drink! f Tis a call to all creation. The promise to those
who drink from this stream Is that they shall never thirst again.

I drink in remembrance of Thee, dear Lord, From the living fountain within.

I am cleansed of all doubt; My faith is renewed. With a lifted vision, I see
nought but Thee, As a garden watered becomes my soul, Fitted to give forth of
Thy living stream.

I hold out the cup to a thirsty world, To each drooping person and plant, And
all Thy creation quenches its thirst, And all becomes living again.

Selected The Meeting And so I find it well to come For deeper rest to this still
room; For here the habit of the soul Feels less the outer world’s control; The
strength of mutual purpose pleads More earnestly our common needs; And from the
silence multiplied By these still forms on either side, The world that time and
sense have known Falls off and leaves us God alone.

Whittier MEDITATIONS FOR THE HIGH WATCH THE SECRET OF health is in pure and
harmonious thought. The secret of happiness is in the finding of the kingdom of
heaven within. The secret of success and prosperity is in absolute trust in the
Giver of gifts. The secret of the manifestation of all the good we need and
desire, is in the high watch, the lifted vision. Our vision can only be lifted
from the sordid, the low, from sickness and poverty and the many forms of error
that seek to hold it down, by being filled with high and holy thoughts and by
our holding fast to these until the eye becomes swift and single to the good
only.

Error thoughts are continually seeking entrance into the mind. They are
suggested by people and conditions about us. They spring out of the subconscious
doubts and fears, hatreds and jealousies, poverty and failure, all of which we
have stored away, some through the ages. They come from the race consciousness,
the combined thoughts of all people. This is indeed a formidable array of error
causes, and it can be handled by no man alone, for it is subject only to the
Christ. Error and its results are continuous in the life of everyone until he
comes to that point in his development where he is willing to redeem and build
anew. When this process starts, man seeks through his conscious mind to cease
forming opinions and conclusions based on appearances, turning to the
superconsciousness or God-Mind for guidance in all things. In this way not only
is the good of the present accomplished, but the subconsciousness is cleansed
and refilled with high and holy thoughts, old error thoughts being wiped out and
a new and higher future established. Thus the whole man is lifted up into higher
and holier living, and an impenetrable wall or aura is built around him that
protects him from outer errors.

Until a person becomes poised and balanced in Spirit he cannot always, under
great stress and strain, lift the vision alone. He may be on the way but not yet
so conscious of the indwelling Christ that he can turn to Him for every need.
His ear may not yet be attuned to catch clearly the message from the
superconscious mind, for the intellect still reasons and friends suggest, all of
which distracts his attention from listening within. His eye may not yet be pure
enough to see the good only, for appearances seem distracting and real, and they
create pictures in the mind from which thoughts form. Until the time comes when
a person of himself can turn quickly to God, there are always answers provided
by the omnipresent One to meet his asking, seeking, knocking. It is in the
receiving, in answer to the asking, in the finding through seeking, in the
opening to the knocking that the Father blesses man, whatever the method,
whoever the channel. The meditations in this little book have been given to the
writer in various times of need, to be used for herself or for someone seeking
help through her. They came not from herself but as the voice of the Christ
speaking through her, to bless and to fill those who did “hunger and thirst
after righteousness.” These meditations are now given to you in order that they
may be a blessing and a means of filling many hungry and thirsty souls who are
seeking the righteous way in like times of need, as a means of lifting their
vision from the material to the heavenly. Use them for yourself in time of need.

Use them for the race, sending them out into the universal consciousness so that
whosoever will may receive, so that the whole race may be lifted into a higher
consciousness and a better expression of life. To read a holy meditation over
and over and over again, perhaps to memorize it, is to be filled with its holy
thoughts both in the conscious and the subconscious mind. The vision is lifted;
we enter the high watch. Fears and doubts vanish, faith is increased, strength
is gathered, power prevails. That which before seemed such a formidable giant,
now sinks into nothingness. It has been dissolved, routed, by the change in
consciousness that took place while the words were being repeated. From this new
state of consciousness comes healing, comes success and prosperity, comes joyful
and harmonious living. The more often one enters the secret place to meditate on
holy thoughts the more does one become like the Christ. When a person has
entered often enough into the holy of holies and remained long enough his mind
will become so filled with its purity and holiness that no longer will outer
-errors change it. Then there will be no more going out and coming in. He will
have arrived! He will abide! Praise God! Meditation of the High Watch I keep my
eyes ever single toward Thee, Thou King of Kings, Thou Lord of Lords, toward
Thine omnipotence, Thine omnipresence, Thine omniscience, toward Thy love and
strength, Thy beauty and purity. I let Thy joy fill me, Thy perfection heal me,
Thy wisdom guide me, Thy substance feed me. Because my eyes are toward Thee I
see only my lordship, my kingship, my likeness to Thee, and this vision of my
perfection takes form in my outer world. I express my likeness to Thee in my
flesh, for I see in my body the perfection of a little child recently come forth
from Thy bosom, pure, perfect in form and function, a Christ child. I see my
strength as the strength of a great oak that has grown tall and broad and sturdy
through always sinking its roots deeper in Thy substance, pushing its boughs out
in Thine omnipresent life, whether the winds blow it, the rains beat upon it,
the sun scorches it. I see in my life the glory of the flowers that draw their
perfection of form and color from omniscience, keeping to their pattern within,
whether they are surrounded by beauty or ugliness, whether their neighbors are
distorted or perfect. I see my supply “pressed out” from Thy living substance,
and as lavishly provided for me as the air I breathe, as the blades of grass
that my feet touch, as the leaves that drift down on me from the autumn trees.

Through my divine inheritance from Thee I have power and dominion over sickness,
over poverty, over all inharmony. As a fulfillment of my sonship, I And all that
is within me, bless His holy name.

New-Year Eve Meditation The book of the passing year is spread out before me as
I sit alone tonight. Whatever of wrong of another toward me that has been
written on its pages I forgive and wipe out. Any wrong of mine, {116}
intentional or unintentional, I myself forgive, and I open myself to receive
forgiveness from anyone whom I may have offended. I let all hurts, all
self-pity, all selfishness, all fear, all hate, all sickness and poverty
thoughts become as water that has passed away. The book of my life is cleansed
from cover to cover through the forgiving love of Jesus Christ. It is therefore
without spot or blemish.

I ask, my Father, that before I enter into the new year the Spirit of the Christ
may so fill my heart and soul that all the pages of the book throughout the year
to come may be filled only with that which I delight to keep in the chamber of
my memory and see fulfilled in my life. Let all the spiritual joys of the year
that is passing be increased, let all the rich thoughts multiply, all the good
sent, from me and toward me grow. Let faith, beauty of soul, compassion, and
love become in me as they were in the Nazarene. Let me grow in wisdom and
stature and in favor with God and man. At this closing of the old year I
consecrate the incoming year to Thee, and myself to Thy service. Use me, Father,
in Thy vineyard; use me, mind, soul, and body. Use all the material goods I
possess for the setting up of Thy kingdom on earth through the upliftment of Thy
children. Let me be a peacemaker, a healer of discords, of poverty and fear
thoughts, let me open the eyes of the blind to Thy beauty, the ears of the deaf
to Thy message. Let me point the lame and the halt to the path wherein they can
run and not be weary, walk and faint not. Let me express only the Christ every
moment of every day the whole year through, and let the Christ in me call forth
the Christ of everyone who enters my life or crosses my path in the time to
come. My Banker

Father, Thou art my banker. Before I came into being Thou didst deposit to my
heavenly account with Thee an unlimited supply. Throughout the ages there has
never been any lessening of Thy gift.

Because I have not been conscious of this bountiful provision for me I have used
sparingly, even niggardly, of that which Thou wouldst have me use in abundance.
I have not realized that the inflow that Thy law establishes is equal to my
faith in the providing law and my free use of its gifts.

O Thou great Giver, I know now that wherever and whenever there has been
emptiness, lack, in my life, it has been because I have held poverty thoughts,
have seen lack, which has closed the way to the entrance of Thy stream of
substance always flowing toward me. Now I know that Thou dost not limit me but
that every thought and word and act that does not correspond to Thy bountiful
provision for me shuts out Thy supply from my manifest world.

Father, let me become each day more conscious of Thy loving care for me, Thy
beloved child. Let me realize more and more the greatness and permanency of Thy
provision for me. Give me greater faith and wisdom and love, that I may use
freely and wisely from Thy storehouse to satisfy every need and desire in my
life and in the lives of others of Thy children. Let me become conscious that
the more I use in Thy name, the greater becomes my capacity to receive.

I give thanks, O Giver of gifts, for an overflowing measure of substance ever
ready to meet my demands, for the harmony and beauty and richness that accompany
the conscious use of gifts direct from Thy hand.

Divine Love

Divine love in me is a consuming fire, utterly destroying from my mind all
thoughts of hard conditions, all hard thoughts toward others, and destroying
also all hard thoughts of others toward me. Love sweeps clean from my
consciousness all hardness of every kind, past, present, and future, and
eliminates from my body consciousness all hard manifestations. Warts, corns,
calluses, lumps, gallstones, knots, hardened arteries are all cast out by the
forgiving love of Jesus Christ accepted by me.

Divine love in me is a lubricating oil, dissolving all criticism, hate,
selfishness, condemnation, worry, anxiety, envy, self-pity from my mind and
their resultant conditions from my body. In the love of God I live, move, and
have my being. Rheumatism, neuritis, stiff joints, indigestion, valve weakness,
all these disappear in the sweetness that love is, that I am.

Divine love in me is a radiant light that shines out before me, making plain my
way, guiding me in the ways of wisdom, illuminating the path for others; a light
that constantly lifts higher my consciousness, drawing up my body organs from
all fallen conditions; a light that no darkness of any kind, no disease, or
accident can dim; a light that gives out to others and draws from others to me
justice and righteous judgment.

Divine love in me is a mighty magnet that draws from the seen and the unseen my
good. Joys seek me, friends flock to me, health and wealth make me their home,
as the Christ Spirit within attracts to me that which is in its own likeness.

Divine love is the God spark within me through which I express compassion,
tolerance, patience toward all.

I am divine love, supreme, eternal!

Meditation an Substance

I am relaxed and still. Worry, anxiety, fear, and doubt drift off into the
nothingness from which they come. Trust enters, peace prevails. I touch the hem
of Thy garment, O Christ, and all poverty thoughts are healed. My eyes are
opened and I see substance everywhere. It spreads out before me greater than the
expanse of the ocean and of the dry land, greater than all the oceans and dry
lands of the multitudinous planets, for it is not confined, not limited, by
three dimensions. It is of the Spirit world, unlimited, eternal. It surrounds me
as the air I breathe and fills me as the life I feel. It is thought for my mind,
food for my body, supply for my needs. With infinite love the great Giver has
created substance for His child, who is I. He has given me the power to mold
from it all my desires, to fill all my needs, the power to be a channel through
which it flows into His universe to make all waste places fertile. Day after
day, year after year, age upon age, I and millions of others of His children
have used His substance in limited quantities, not realizing that it was ours to
use in abundance. I see it now overflowing all creation. The more I use it the
more it flows to me, and still it is as if it never had been touched, for its
vastness is now comprehended only by the mind of its Creator.

I praise and give thanks for the garment of substance with which the Father
clothes all His creations. I praise and give thanks that He clothes and provides
for me, His highest creation, His dearest possession, measuring His good out to
me with a measure that overflows all previous ideas of opulence, all former
manifestations of abundance. As I go back into the material world to the duties
of the hour I take with me this realization of substance as my eternal
birthright, my everlasting heritage, my omnipresent possession. I hold fast to
this high vision until all my outer world manifests this inner opulent
perfection. My Work

I thank Thee, Father, for the work that Thou hast given me to do in Thy busy
universe. I do not seek to shirk my task; whatsoever my hand finds to do I do to
Thy glory, that it may be done and may accomplish the purpose for which Thou
didst give it tome. When my work is to take a towel, as did the Master, and
serve others, then Thou dost give me power to serve sweetly, serve well. When I
need wisdom and understanding to carry on, the knower within gives me sufficient
to meet the need of each hour. When I labor with my hands Thy strength is made
perfect in my human weakness.

I know that as my work is finished on one plane I shall hear Thee say, “Well
done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I
will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord/’ I know
that when the Adam consciousness of earning by the sweat of the brow has passed
from me, I shall enter into the Christ consciousness of speaking into
manifestation all my needs and desires. I hasten this time by doing all that my
hand finds to do as unto the Lord. I seek to make of myself a workman that need
not be ashamed, approved unto God.

’ Let me while doing my work, whatever it may be, spare the time to be kind. Let
me be a blessing to whoever works by my side. Let those who cross my path go on
with a lifted vision.

Let me glorify work.

Forgiveness

All things, past, present, and future, that are out of harmony with the divine
law are forgiven me by the One who gave His life to set me free.

There is no transgression, no sin of omission, no sin of commission that Thou, O
Son of man, O Son of God, hast not wiped out for me, in Thy “Father, forgive
them/’ spoken from the cross.

Ignorance in transgression, willfulness of desire, and all their effects have
become as nothing as I enter upon the “crossing out” with Thee, my Savior.

Scars and wounds and hurts are made whole; both those which I have received and
those which I have inflicted have been healed by Thy blood shed vicariously for
the healing of the nations.

All unforgiveness in me and toward me, all intolerance and injustice, even that
present in the lives that I remember no more, are completely blotted out through
Thy forgiving love, O Christ of God.

I accept Thine atonement, O Lamb of God, Messiah of the world. Through Thy
redeeming love I am washed clean, rising above all human appearances, all
material bondage.

Now am I resurrected from the dead in mind, body, and affairs, and enter into
the newness that has become mine through Thee. I am a son of the living God, the
Word of God made flesh, savior of my world.

Meditation for the Night Watches

I am alone with Thee in the darkness of the night, but I neither need nor desire
any other presence. As I feel Thy nearness, all darkness, all dimness of vision
departs, and the glory of Thy countenance shines round about me. My soul is
filled with Thy radiance, my mind is lifted above all fear and worry, my body is
free from the bondage of pain. No more am I sad, no more am I lonely, no more am
I anxious, for I have found perfect trust in the goodness of Thy will for me.

I give myself and my loved ones, my all, into Thy keeping, my beloved. I know
that the morrow will bring the solution to every problem, the answer to every
question, the supply to every need.

Until then I do not need them. I need only Thee. In Thine arms I find peace;
under Thy wings I am secure. I lose myself in Thy self, and in the sweetness of
this oneness with Thee I rest and rest and rest until the coming of a new day.
The River of Life

There is forever flowing us-ward the river of life. It issues forth from the
sanctuary of God, pure, crystal-clear, redeeming and vitalizing in its nature.
It is a fountain whose waters never fail, it is a well of living water springing
up unto eternal life. Its waters are for the healing of the nations through the
cleansing and purifying of the individual. It is without money and without price
for those who thirst for God, the living God. Those who drink of these waters
shall never thirst again.

I enter boldly into the waters of this river of life; in confidence I lie down
in the stream. I surrender my wounds, my mental and physical pains, to its
purifying and renewing action. Knowing that Thou art with me, I pass calmly
through the waters. The rivers shall not overflow me, but when the cleansing is
finished Thy hand shall draw me forth out of many waters.

I invite the peace of this river to enter in that my soul may become as a
watered garden. I invite its purity to enter my mind that it may be as a city of
God made glad. I invite its tributaries to break out in all the desert places of
my life that they may blossom as the rose, in all the waste places that they may
become a Garden of Eden, in all the wilderness that it may be filled with
beauty, in all the lonely places that they may resound with melody. Everything
shall live wherever the river floweth; everything on its banks shall be healed.
My blind eyes shall be opened, my deaf ears shall listen and hear, my lame
mentality shall leap into livingness, and the whole shall break forth into a
song of “Glory to God in the highest.”

I am a channel of the living fountain that comes forth from the throne of God. I
give of my waters and am never depleted, never impoverished, because I am aware
of my source. I know that he that watereth shall be watered also, and I give
myself as a channel through which the living waters flow to all humanity.

Meditation for One Seeking a Position

There is no lack of a place for me to serve in this great busy universe that
Jehovah God created. When it was created, I also was created, and the Lord of
Creation, created with me all my good, all that I should need from the time I
started out on my journey from Him into experience until I returned to Him,
knowing as He knows and seeing as He sees. Thou, O Father-Mother God, hast
always provided for me bountifully all that I would receive. Even now Thou dost
stretch out over-flowing hands to me.

There is a place prepared for me. Before I go forth to find this place I enter
into Thy consciousness of all good. I fill myself with Thy glory of expression
and let it shine forth from me. I recognize that I myself am success, and that
my good is seeking rue. As I go forth to enter my place, I know that I am about
my Father’s business, and that the angel of His presence has already gone before
and made plain and successful the way. In seeking my own I let no words of
others discourage me. I let no acts of others hurt me. I keep my vision
steadfast on the Giver of gifts that I may see clearly the way that He points
out to me. I keep my ears attuned to the “still small voice” that I may hear
when He says: “This is the way, walk ye in it.”

All past thoughts of not enough pay, too hard work, lack of knowledge, are wiped
out. All careless work, unproductive work, uninspired work is forgiven me. I
know that I have that which I earn, and I use my spiritual knowledge of true
service to increase my receiving capacity. I seek henceforth to give to my work
more than I earn, and the overflow returns to me with its increase, even as the
needle returns to the magnet.

Right now is the time predestined from the beginning for me to enter into higher
work, because now I have lifted myself above losses, above lacks, have ceased to
depend on positions, possessions, persons for my substance.

I praise and give thanks, Thou Giver of gifts, for the beauty with which Thou
art filling my life, through this new service which Thou has given me to do. I
thank Thee, Father, for service, all-absorbing, uplifting service, where I can
preach the gospel of good will, health, peace and plenty, by the life I live and
the work I do.

Easter Meditation

Christ is risen in my soul today, and every cell and fiber of my being enters
into this resurrection. I feel the thrill of new life as it pulses through and
through me. I am released from bondage. I am alive in Christ Jesus.

O Thou Son of God, I thank Thee for becoming a son of man, for taking on bodily
appearance that Thou mightest prove to the race that flesh has no power over
Spirit. I thank Thee for Thy great love for man, for me, which carried Thee
through Gethsemane, up Calvary, and into the tomb so that it might count as an
atonement for all who follow Thee. Lead Thou me on, O Way-Shower. Let me ever
submit my will to the will of the Highest; give me strength and courage to bear
the burden up my every Calvary; let me continually cross out the little self
until it is forever crucified; let me feel Thine all sufficient presence with me
as I enter the tomb of any experience. Let me know, Thou omnipresent Christ,
that once for all Thou hast passed through death so that man may rise out of
sin, sickness, poverty, ignorance, and death into the fullness of a new life of
glory.

I am not afraid of Gethsemane; it is only letting go of the perverse human will
so that the good of God’s will for us may become manifest. I am not afraid of
calvary, for it is only an opportunity to prove the willingness of the great
Burden Bearer to carry our burdens. I am not afraid of the cross, for I know it
is only the place in consciousness where I give up the lesser self so that the
Christ self may rule my life. I am not afraid of the tomb, for I let it become
to me as the secret place of the Most High, where I may hide whenever error
approaches. There alone with Thee, O risen One, I become so filled with Thy
peace and power, so alive to the Christ within, so conscious of my oneness with
the Father that I can come forth into the world and say to all error, ’Touch me
not; I am risen/’ The Savior of the world is not dead; He is risen.

He walks with me, He talks with me, He directs my way, He provides for my every
need. He leads me through the valleys to the vety mountaintops. He shines
through me so that men may see His risen glory and follow also after Him through
the valleys and on His ascension to the heights.

Let the life in plant and tree break the bondage of silence, let the birds join
in the melody of the resurrection, and all the creatures be glad. Let men
recognize the power of their likeness to Thee, and lift up mind, soul, and body
in an ecstacy of joy as they join all creation in the glory song: “Christ is
risen! Earth is now redeemed!’*

Purse Blessing

I open my purse and there is poured into it the substance of God. I turn it
upside down and pour out some of its contents wherewith to bless that work of
His which the Father points out to me. I use all that I need freely but wisely.
Yet my purse is never empty. It is constantly being filled from that eternal
substance of Spirit which is without beginning, without end. This substance
overflows my purse, and the more I use from it the larger the stream flowing
into it becomes. I thank Thee, Father, for substance ever taking form for the
use of Thy children everywhere.

Morning Meditation

I,awake to this day, a new day, a new opportunity, born again in the night
sabbath of my soul. I arise with praises to Thee, O Creator of my being. As I
remember my likeness to Thee, my. mind and my body sing: “Wake up, my glory,
awake!” As the glorious sun rises above the horizon and floods my material world
with its light, so the “sun of righteousness” rises in my consciousness to fill
my soul with its glory, with a radiance that shines throughout my universe.

I thank Thee, Father, for the day spread out before me, with its opportunities
for service to Thee. Thy wisdom shall lead me, Thy beauty fill me, Thy substance
provide for me throughout this day and all days to come.

While the day is yet new I give myself to Thee, Father, with the single desire
of being a channel through which more of Thy beauty, Thy wisdom, Thy joy, Thy
love, Thy substance may flow into the hearts and lives of Thy other children,
who cross my path or walk by my side today. Let me express so much of Thee in my
conversation and acts that all who see and hear may recognize that Christ is my
pattern and seek too to follow after Him.

Today let me see beauty everywhere. Let me see the Christ in my fellow men. Let
me call forth the Christ expression wherever I walk; let me call it forth in
loving kindness from man to man and from man to God. Let me call forth peace and
harmony and joy. Let my whole world be filled with gladness, because I have
today lived and walked with God.

Through Thy presence with me all that I do this day succeeds, for whatever I
undertake within Thy will is filled with Thy wisdom and substance and life. For
the Homekeeper My home is a heaven for my loved ones, for I guard it from every
enemy of happiness that seeks to enter. Above its portals I inscribe, “None
enter here but in love.

None leave here except in peace/’

MEDITATIONS FOR THE HIGH WATCH On its walls I write, “Christ is omnipresent in
this household.

All members of this family put their trust in Him.”

I wipe out selfishness, inharmony, discontent, worry, anxiety, fear from my
heart and see each member of the home free also from these errors, through a
realization of the Christ Spirit within. I think and speak only in terms of
plenty, for I know that in substance there is always overflowing abundance, and
I fill the pantry, I fill the closets, I replenish the home with furnishings
from God’s substance, created for my use from the beginning.

I dust out disease germs, contagion in thought, as I dust my treasures. I stir
in love and substance, as I prepare my food. I darn and mend and sew, realizing
that robes of righteousness that never age are gifts to those who abide in the
house of the Lord.

I am not cumbered about much serving but take time to sit at the feet of the
Master and learn from Him how to meet every situation with wisdom and love, how
to heal the sick within and without my portals, how to receive strength for the
day’s duties, how to keep sweet under all circumstances.

I send my family forth into the world surrounded by love that protects, strength
that sustains, courage that succeeds. I welcome them home with a love that fills
them with peace and contentment.

“I can do all things through Christ which strengthened! me,” serving with
gladness, being served in turn with joy. Co-operation, kindness, and harmony
reign supreme in this household, and my loved ones and I work together to
establish the kingdom of God on earth.

Room Blessing

I hallow this room by establishing within it the living presence of the Christ.
In His presence there is nothing to fear. Good only abides here, and my room is
filled with its atmosphere of peace, joy, life, health, opulence. They sing
themselves into my body and out into all my affairs. When I leave this room the
angel presence keeps watch over my treasures, yet it goes before me to guide and
protect. When I return the presence enters before me with peace and love, yet it
was always there. It is Omnipresence, the same yesterday, today, and forever, in
which I live and move and have my being. My whole world is filled with its glory
now and evermore. The Supreme Remedy

Thou dost walk by my side, Son of God, Redeemer of the world, Thou art die
supreme remedy for my every lack, the cure of my every longing. Thou art the
ease for every heartache, the satisfaction of every desire. Thou art my healer,
my banker, my guide, my all in all. There is no need in my life which Thou dost
not completely fill with Thyself.

Through every moment of every day down the ages since I came out from Thee into
expression, Thou hast kept me. Thou keepest me still in the hollow of Thy hand.
Thy love overshadows me in all my wanderings and guides me back into the
rightecus way. It goes before me to make my way light; it remains behind me to
protect me; below it lifts me up out of hard places. It plucks my feet out of
the nets of materiality and sets them on the rock of salvation. Its bountiful
table is always spread before me, until my cup runneth over.

Thine all-encompassing love hath kept me back from many stumblings, has held me
back out of many waters, has emancipated me from fear and doubt arid worry, from
sins of omission and commission. Thy love is from everlasting to everlasting,
the same yesterday, today, and forever, and in it I live and move and have my
being. In it I find completion, I find peace and satisfaction.

Because Thou art through eternity the supreme remedy for every lack in the mind,
body, and affairs of man, I hold to Thee only, and am transformed from glory to
glory into the spiritual unity with Thee that was mine before the world was.
Thou, O Christ of God, art the way, the Truth, and the life, and Thou hast Thy
home in my soul. I give myself to Thee as an eternal gift, and in this union I
lose all resemblance to the old Adam man, for I am a new creature in Christ
Jesus, whole, complete.

Table Blesszwg

Thou unseen Guest, increase this manifestation of Thy living substance, as Thou
didst increase the loaves by Galilee, until every hungry need of our mind,-
body, and affairs is filled to overflowing.

Amen!

Child’s Prayer

Father-Mother God, I thank Thee for Thy angel presence keeping watch over me by
night and by day, helping me always to do right, protecting me from all harm. I
thank Thee for the Christ within that keeps my mind pure and makes my body
strong. I thank Thee for Thy gifts of peace, health, and abundance poured out to
my loved ones now and evermore. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

Song of Praise and Thanksgiving My heart is singing a song of praise and
thanksgiving to Thee, my beloved. My soul drops all sorrow and sadness that the
song’s lilt may reach every cell of my body, and my whole being be lifted up in
a chorus of gladness to Thee, my Creator, my keeper. For the many blessings as
yet unmanifest that Thou, O Giver of gifts, hast prepared for me when I am ready
to receive them I give thanks. For the blessings of today, to which I have full
and free access and which make my life happier and holier and more productive of
good, I give thanks.

I praise and give thanks for Thine omniscience, for the wisdom and right
judgment that fills my mind and works out in my life, as I seek to be guided by
the will of the Highest.

I praise and give thanks for Thy rich substance and the bounty with which Thou
dost fill my hands as I hold them out in faith and expectancy to Thee.

I praise and give thanks, Thou Great Physician, for the healing stream of life
that is ever cleansing and healing my body as I submit it to Thee for renewal.

I praise and give thanks for the angel of Thy presence. Omnipresent One, a
pillar of fire when the way seems dark, a cloud of hiding when I need
protection, ever omnipotent on my path back to Thee.

I praise and give thanks, O Lover of my soul, for Thy likeness of love, even the
living Christ within me, shining from me toward others. I thank Thee for the
words and deeds that are made possible through the tolerance and patience and
justice of Thy love in me and in Thine other children.

I thank Thee for a home whose foundation is laid by the Master Builder, for
loved ones in whom I know dwells the Christ of God, for work that is a joyful
service to Thee. I thank Thee for blessings manifold, for the beauties of
nature, for the fellowship of friends, for the opportunity to serve Thee.

I thank Thee that I am because Thou art and that I am what I am because Thou art
what Thou art. I thank Thee for this consciousness of unity with Thee. My soul
is glad, my heart rejoices, and all that is within me blesses Thy holy name. A
Christmas Eve Meditation The world celebrates Thy birth, O little Babe of
Bethlehem, but I celebrate the birth of the Christ of God in my soul. I
commemorate the day when in my consciousness I conceived the meaning of Thy
coming, when I felt my heart throb in answer to Thy call of love, From one
Christmas Eve to the next Christmas Eve I seek to incorporate into my life more
of Thy gentleness, more of Thy compassion, more of Thy selflessness, tolerance,
and patience toward all. I seek to grow as Thou didst grow, in wisdom and
stature and in favor with God and man, that Thy greatness may become my
greatness, Thy power for good my power for good, and that I too may become a
Christ of God, the savior of my world. The star that shone that first Christmas
Eve in an age long gone shines as brightly tonight for all whose inner eyes are
opened to see the invisible star that heralds the setting up of the Christ
kingdom within. The Christ child is born again in the manger of the heart of
everyone who has prepared for His coming, has made room for His entrance through
purification, through praise, through faith and expectancy. The joy of the
angels’ songs rings as true and clear this Christmas Eve in the souls of all who
abide in the Christ consciousness, who shepherd their thoughts, who live in
peace and good will toward men, as it did when the angels announced to the
shepherds the birth of the Savior of the world. The Wise Men within us are
continually searching the heavens of our consciousness for the star that
proclaims the Christ birth and that signifies to us the readiness of the soul to
receive their rich gifts. In my consciousness of unity with Thee, O omnipresent
One, the light of the star shines in my soul tonight, illumining all the dark
places. The joy of the angels’ songs fills my heart with peace and good will to
all; the Wise Men within bring their rich gifts with rejoicing, as I give all
that I am and all that I have to the Christ of God, born anew in my
consciousness tonight.

Glory to God in the highest! May all men come quickly into a consciousness of
the Christ love and good will, that there may be between Him and man, between
country and country, the peace of God that passeth understanding. Amen! Amen!
The Burden Bearer

O Thou Burden Bearer, how wonderful is Thy promise to all that are weary and
heavy laden. When I listen I hear Thee say, “Lo, I am with you always,” and! I
believe. I hear Thee say, “Come unto me” and “Cast all thy burden upon Jehovah/’
and I accept. Let me feel the fullness of Thy promises. Let me cast all my
burdens on Thee, knowing that as I let them go, they are taken up by the One who
knows how to make of them the nothingness that they are. Now as I release to
Thee all the burdens of my life, I feel my emancipation, my freedom, my
lightness. I am emancipated from hard conditions. I am free from doubt and
worry; I am lightened of all physical and mental loads. I am a bond servant no
longer, but a glorious new creature, spreading my wings to attain new heights of
the Christ consciousness.

It is very wonderful, O Christ, to know that Thou who didst bear the cross up
Calvary for me art always beside me, Thou who art never weary, never
discouraged, never depressed, because Thou knowest the way of life everlasting.
It is very wonderful to know that as I look to Thee and rest in Thee Thou wilt
lift from me every burden of the day. Through my every Gethsemane, up my every
Calvary, through the tomb into the resurrection Thou art with me, and with Thee
I ascend into a consciousness of Spiritual unity. No longer is the path dark or
the burden heavy, no longer do I grope or sit exhausted by the way; for Thy
presence lights and lifts. Ever in the consciousness of Thy love and power
omnipresent, I am strengthening and renewing my physical being, and all the
affairs of my life are made successful and easy. In Thee I find rest to my soul.

Meditation for Wisdom and Guidance

Dear Father, I come to Thee like a little child not knowing the way. I seek the
solution of problems that I of myself am not able to work out. I have come to
the crossroads and know not the path to take. I would have guidance beyond the
human that I may make no mistake, that I may not have to retrace my steps, that
I may take the path that leads to joy for myself and others and to greater
service to Thee. My intellect would have me go one way, my emotions and desires
pull me in another; but I know from past experience that none of these can be
relied upon to lead me aright. My faith is not in them; for they do not get
their knowledge from Thy omniscience but depend on people and conditions and
circumstances to give them their leading. My faith is in Thee, O omnipotent God,
for in Thee only is the knowledge of the way to right decision. O Thou
omniscient Mind, Thou knower of all things past, present, and future, make known
to me Thy will. It is not my limited will that I would have done, but Thine; for
I know that in Thy will for me is all the good that I could desire. Let the
angel of Thy presence guide me in a plain path, in a right way, a way that
corresponds to Thy will for me. Give me strength and courage to go forward, give
me faith to follow, even though there be a cross, even though there be a dark
valley before I reach the heights.

O send out Thy light and Thy truth, Let them lead me, Let them bring me unto Thy
holy hill, And to Thy tabernacles.

Bedtime Meditation

Father, I thank Thee for the activities of the day and Thy sustaining strength
to complete them. I thank Thee for the time of rest that draws near, when I can
close the door and draw the curtain of my mind, shutting out all the
distractions and fascinations of the material world, and receive undisturbed Thy
ministrations, Thine instructions.

Let, O Redeemer, all wrong thoughts of the day, my thoughts toward others,
others’ thoughts toward me, be dissolved in the forgiving love of Jesus Christ.
Let all unkind words and acts be submerged in Thy redeeming grace. Let all the
cares o the day steal away, all anxious thoughts take flight, as I draw near to
Thee, O Burden Bearer. Let my mind be cleansed of all error, that I may be pure
enough to enter Thy presence in the hours to come. Let my body relax so that it
may be open enough to receive Thy spiritual forces, which seek to renew and
strengthen. Let my intellect cease its thoughts so that my mind may be alert
enough to catch Thy slightest message and to interpret truly all the dreams and
visions of the night. Let this sabbath of my soul be a time apart with Thee, my
beloved, a time of peace and rest and renewal. Let my soul worship in Thy house,
O Lord, and as I behold Thy beauty, let its transforming power find expression
in my life, filling all the unlovely places with Thy glory and holiness. I know
that Thou who keepest Israel neither slumberest nor sleepest. Because of Thine
omnipresence the night shineth as the day and Thy song is with me. I will now in
faith and peace lay me down to sleep, for Thou, O Father, keepest me in safety.
The angel of Thine appointing hovers over me so that no harm may come nigh my
dwelling. Underneath and around me are the everlasting arms. In Thine
omnipresence I rest and rest, and my sleep is sweet.

Meditation for Harmonizing the Elements

Father, I thank Thee for rain in its season, for gentle winds, and merciful,
clouds, for heat and cold, all adapted by Thy love to meeting man’s comfort and
nature’s needs. For all of these Thou hast appointed a time so that the beauty
and productiveness of Thy creation may increase. Let nothing hinder the harmony
of the whole, but let man and nature work together to restore the perfection of
Thy kingdom on earth. In the beginning the Garden was created for man. He was
given it to dress and keep. Power and dominion over all creation was his. He
walked and talked with God in the garden of his soul and knew only the good. His
world showed forth this peace and harmony of the within. As long as he lived in
this relation to his Creator there were no droughts, no floods, no freezing
weather, no scorching heat to disturb the beauty of his world. When he began to
see good and evil, error began to be manifested in his world, and he was in the
garden no longer.

Father, all mankind is seeking to return to Thy garden of peace and beauty and
plenty. They are because they are seeking their good, which is found only in Thy
garden. Let each of Thy children the world over realize that peace must be
established in the heart, beauty in the soul, and plenty in the vision if these
are to enter and become manifest in the life.

Let us know that we must think thoughts of love and speak words of love, that
individual and national clashes must cease, that hatred and cruelty and
injustice must be wiped out, that greed and selfishness and jealousy must be
overcome, and that the Christ of God must be enthroned in the heart before we
can again enter the Garden of Eden.

Father, I thank Thee for Thy love which fills my heart, for Thy wisdom which
fills my mind, for Thy clear vision which sees only the good. I claim my
birthright of power and dominion, realizing that its foundation is in Thine
omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence. From this consciousness I now speak
peace and harmony to the elements, that all nature may receive direct from Thy
hands and fulfill its purpose of beauty and productiveness, in the name and
through the power of the One who said to the waves and winds, “Peace, be still/*
and had instant recognition and obedience. I speak to all Thy creation: “Let the
Christ harmony and peace reign supreme in you, that it may be so in the
elements.”

Meditation for Prosperity

O Thou Giver of gifts, Thou all-inclusive Gift, to Thee I bring my needs, my
desires, my limitations, my failures. To my mortal mind they seem great, but to
Thine omnipotent Mind they are nothing. I sink my seeing in Thy seeing, and I
rest from seeing things or the lack of things. I see only Thee, and Thy beauty
and glory and opulence become mine also in mind, body, and affairs. This good
which Thou hast prepared for me from the beginning, and which continually seeks
entrance into my world, makes itself manifest through the door that my faith in
Thy love for me has opened. In the realization of my sonship I claim the promise
that all Thine is mine, and I make Thee, my Father, the promise that all mine is
Thine. By this tion, waits for me to cleanse the temple and let spiritual
perfection fill my life.

Momentarily, through thought and word and act, I seek to build a body temple so
pure, so holy, so harmonious that Spirit may be able to find expression in me
and through me. I seek to finish with earthiness, that this corruptible may put
on the incorruptible, this mortal the immortal; that this flesh may be
translated into pure spirit substance, which knows no pain or weakness, no
accident or death. I seek to surrender my emotions, my desires, to the will of
the Highest, that every cell in my body may be resurrected from the deadness
that the senses have imposed upon them and become free to express the purity and
beauty of Spirit. I seek to find within me the Christ body and to claim it as my
own, that the physical may co-ordinate with the spiritual and become
self-renewing, vital, young, beautiful, a redeemed body, formed after the image,
patterned after the likeness of the Creator, even the living God.

Thus do I seek to make my body a fit dwelling place for Thee, my beloved, a
place in which Thou delightest Let every thought be as sweet incense on Thine
altar, let every word resound as sweet music in a heavenly choir, let kind acts
and just deeds form an inner beauty of expression and that which I am become the
holy atmosphere of Thy kingdom. To Thee, O living God, do I dedicate my body as
Thy holy temple. My soul is again at one with Thee in Thy tabernacle, and it is
glad. I bid my intellect sit at Thy feet to learn of Thee, that Thy covenant
between Thee and me there is opened the channel through which Thy wealth flows
to me and out from me, in abundant measure, to bless Thy work and Thy workers.
My storehouse and Thy storehouse are full to overflowing, for they are one.

I enter in consciousness the kingdom of God within me, where riches abound. Here
I abide, trusting and resting; here I lay up rich treasures of thought that make
of me a mighty magnet drawing good into my manifest world. Prosperity flows to
me from every direction until “my cup runneth over/* As I open my hand, my
pocketbook, my bank account, my business, my home to the inflow of Thy
substance, each is filled with a prosperity that is eternal, because it comes
from Thee who art from everlasting to everlasting. I enter into that peace which
brings freedom from anxious thought, because I know in whom I believe, and I
know that He who is my supply and my support will never fail me, no matter how
great my need may be.

I praise and give thanks to Thee, Thou Giver of gifts, for Thy bountiful
substance “pressed out” to me, taking form in whatsoever I need even before the
need is manifest, in the ever-overflowing measure of the loaves and fishes, to
spare and to share. The Temple of the Living God My body, this house which my
soul possesses, is the dwelling place of the Most High God. In the holy of
holies within my own soul Spirit waits for me to become conscious of its own
indwelling perfection, waits for me to cleanse the temple and let spiritual
perfection fill my life.

Momentarily, through thought and word and act, I seek to build a body temple so
pure, so holy, so harmonious that Spirit may be able to find expression in me
and through me. I seek to finish with earthiness, that this corruptible may put
on the incorruptible, this mortal the immortal; that this flesh may be
translated into pure spirit substance, which knows no pain or weakness, no
accident or death. I seek to surrender my emotions, my desires, to the will of
the Highest, that every cell in my body may be resurrected from the deadness
that the senses have imposed upon them and become free to express the purity and
beauty of Spirit, I seek to find within me the Christ body and to claim it as my
own, that the physical may co-ordinate with the spiritual and become self
-renewing, vital, young, beautiful, a redeemed body, formed after the image,
patterned after the likeness of the Creator, even the living God.

Thus do I seek to make my body a fit dwelling place for Thee, my beloved, a
place in which Thou delightest. Let every thought be as sweet incense on Thine
altar, let every word resound as sweet music in a heavenly choir, let kind acts
and just deeds form an inner beauty of expression and that which I am become the
holy atmosphere of Thy kingdom. To Thee, O living God, do I dedicate my body as
Thy holy temple. My soul is again at one with Thee in Thy tabernacle, and it is
glad. I bid my intellect sit at Thy feet to learn of Thee, that Thy wisdom may
be my wisdom and guide my footsteps surely into Thy way o holiness. My eyes I
dedicate to the seeing of good only, seeing the Christ in my brother, the Lord
in all creation. My ears I dedicate to listening within for Thy message, my
mouth to speaking Thy words of Truth. My brain is Thine to use for constructive
thinking and the lifting of the race consciousness. My hands and feet are to
serve Thee and make the path of life more glorious. In all that I do I seek to
express Thee.

O living God, take this body temple and let Thy glory express itself in it and
through it, that it may be a shining tabernacle through which Thy love and
beauty and perfection are shown forth to mankind as man’s very own.

Meditation for Protection My heart holds nought but love divine, nought but
peace and good will. My mind reaches out to bless wherever a blessing may be
needed, regardless of creed or race or station. In this consciousness there is
no room for antagonism, for contagion, for accidents or terrors, for storms of
the elements or emotions. All my world is filled with the harmonizing,
uplifting, all-absorbing love of God.

He that keepeth me in the hollow of His hand neither slumbers nor sleeps. The
angel of His presence wields a flaming sword at the entrance to my world,
keeping back all error. The strong right arm of Jehovah God is my defense from
all evil. He that keepeth me as the apple of His eye maketh me to dwell in
safety. He keepeth my goings-out and comings-in. By day the cloud of His
presence hides me from harm, by night the flame of His glory dissolves all the
terrors of darkness. In the secret place of the Most High I dwell securely;
under the shadow of the Almighty I abide peacefully. My Father, I give thanks to
Thee for the radiance of the Christ presence continually abiding in me. Let
whoever crosses my path in hatred, in hardness, in injustice be healed by the
image of Thyself radiating through me. Let me be so filled with the Christ love
that anyone seeking to enter my world, visibly or invisibly, to harm may become
conscious of a love so full, so free, so great that it satisfies him and takes
from his heart all error desire. Let him also be lifted up into a realization of
his Christ likeness and evermore walk with Thee.

Let me, my Father, feel Thine omnipotence until all the enemies of my household,
fear and anxiety, worry and doubt, vanish from my consciousness into utter
nothingness, to return no more. Let me sit at Thy feet and learn of Thy
loving-kindness until love has made friends of all enemies. To Thee, my
Father-God, praise and thanksgiving constantly rise like sweet incense from
Thine altar in my heart. For Thine omnipresence continually leading me in paths
of righteousness and ways of peace, for Thine omniscience ever before me as a
shining light, for Thine omnipotence powerfully dissolving the error, I momently
give thanks, my Savior, my Redeemer.


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SPIRITUAL REMEDIES FOR PARTICULAR LACKS

EVERY MANIFESTATION of inharmony in the body and life has its correspondence in
the mind. Either in the conscious mind there are thoughts not in accord with the
law of righteous- ness fear, anxiety, intolerance, criticism, hate, jealousy,
lack or in the subconscious mind there have in the past been stored away error
thoughts that are as yet unredeemed. In order to remove the bodily inharmony or
the inharmony in the life we need to counteract the thought or group of thoughts
that is at the root of the error appearance, and to plant in this emptied place
the good seed of righteous thoughts that will continually increase and produce
in the body and the life the good only. If thoughts are chosen that are pure
truths, free from intellectual conclusions and deductions, from emotions and
roaterial desiresf nothing more is needed except to hold them fast in the
conscious mind until the subconscious mind grasps them, and the soul realizes
its freedom to express its Christ likeness. Then does the holy thought come into
its owti; and the power of the word being released, it expresses itself first in
a consciousness of peace and harmony, then in a lifting of the feeling nature
into a state of ecstacy or exultation, and then in a manifestation of peaceful
and harmonious living.

All spiritual remedies dissolve errors of consciousness even as a light turned
on in a dark room dissolves the darkness. They bring into consciousness the
light of Truth, even as a lamp brings light into a darkened room, and the Truth
of life, which is health, joy, abundance, stands forth even as the true
character of the room stands forth when it is revealed by the light. According
as we have faith in that which the spiritual remedy expresses the Truth about
ourselves as sons and heirs of the Most High God so truth will be manifested for
us and in us. If our faith is weak and wavering and we keep our vision on the
appearance, power is withheld from the words we speak, and the change cannot
manifest itself quickly, may never manifest itself; but if our faith is in the
Great Physician and we see as already accomplished that which we speak, then the
words will be given freedom to express their power and will carry us into the
very presence of the divine healer, and our release will be speedy. The quicker
one turns from an appearance of in-harmony and dissolves it through the use of a
Truth statement the less hold will it have on the flesh, the less growth will it
have in the life. A weed in its early growth is easily pulled up, for it has not
yet become firmly established; but the longer it remains the further out and
deeper down does it send its roots, making it harder to uproot and causing a
greater disturbance to the soil and surrounding plants. To take at once, when
errors are felt or seen, a statement of Truth that denies the cause of the
appearance and affirms its opposite, the spiritual reality, is to enter quickly
the realm of the pattern in the mount, from which comes perfect expression. Thus
there is wiped out root and branch, through contact with the Father within who
doeth the works, that which causes the discord in the life, and it is mastered
or controlled before it has spread to other parts of the outer expression.

Man has the will to use, the power to choose, one of two ways of thought
activity, either the Adamic consciousness of mixed good and evil or the pure
Christ consciousness of the spiritual reality. Only that which is ’Very good" is
of God’s creation and worthy of our consideration, our acceptance of anything
less than this puts us under bondage to sense consciousness. To co-operate with
the Creator in His ’Very good" is to recognize the divinity of the self, the
diseaseless, deathless, sinless self, the triumphant Son of God with power and
dominion over all error; and to recognize this is to open the way for its
manifestation in reality. The spiritual "remedies" outlined here have been given
the writer in answer to a call on the omniscient Mind for the highest help
available for others in their time of need, in cleansing, renewing and making
them harmonious according to the perfect pattern. They are to be used to deny
the root cause of the inharmony of the body or life, thus cleansing the mental
realm, and then to lift the mind to the purity and faith of the Christ. They are
to be used to deny the line of thought that has caused the error appearance and
to affirm the spiritual reality needed to counteract it and to build in that
which the discordant thought has hidden for the time being. Thus does one enter
the realm from which Jesus Christ functioned when He spoke forgiveness of sins;
when He made the deaf to hear, the dumb to speak, the lame to walk, the blind to
see; when He restored the fevered body, and raised up the dead into new and
vital living. In this state of consciousness all things are possible, nothing is
hard, because one has lost consciousness of the weak and limited personal self
and become one with the miracle-working Christ of God, He who said, "Come unto
me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden," has been given the burden of
circumstances or conditions, and you find rest unto soul and body when He enters
and does His perfect work. The spiritual remedies given here state the Truth, no
matter what the appearance may be, no matter what the senses claim, no matter
what others say. Accept them in faith as from the Great Physician. Take the
prayer that fits your need. Repeat it over and over until it is fixed in your
conscious mind. Repeat it yet over and over until your whole being recognizes
that it is the truth concerning the self, until the very flesh vibrates to the
words. Then drop the denial portion of the prayer and hold the affirmation until
it continues to say itself subconsciously when you are about the day’s duties or
asleep in your bed at night. Then you will find the power of the word becoming
flesh to dwell with you, expressing itself in joy and beauty, in wholeness and
plenty. As a person continually turns to the spiritual remedy to meet each
situation in his life, he will find growing in him a fuller consciousness of the
one Presence and one Power omnipresent in his life. As he keeps the high watch,
turning always in faith toward the Giver of gifts, claiming the Truth about
himself a$ son and heir of God, he will find his inheritance of that which the
Father is and that which the Father has becoming manifest here and now. As he
looks away from every error appearance, from pain and ache and disease, to the
perfect Christ body within, bone of His bone, flesh of His flesh, the very life
and substance of His being, he will find purity and perfection manifesting
itself in his body temple, and he will become a new creature in Christ Jesus,
every whit whole. Then will he come into that whkh mortal eye hath not seen, nor
physical ear heard, neither the intellect conceived; he will come into a
consciousness of the glory that the soul had with the Father in the beginning,
when he was the delight of the Creator, a master workman with Him in creating
the good. Beloved, may this be your experience through the use of the words
below, words given by the omniscient Mind to one whose whole desire in life is
to be of service in lifting humanity out of suffering and sorrow, poverty and
death into its divine inheritance of peace and beauty, joy and plenty, glorious
living here and now. A Daily Self-Treatment

There is within me the perfect pattern of a perfect body, even the Christ body.
I constantly turn my vision to this body, and that which it expresses in and
through me makes perfect this temple of the living God. In accordance with the
pattern, my body is strong, vital, alive all over, diseaseless and
incorruptible, eternally young and beautiful. Every cell is illumined by the
Christ life within. Every organ is constantly renewing and functioning in
spiritual perfection. Every gland is performing that for which it was created.
The life stream flows peacefully through me, cleansing and renewing. The breath
of God in me makes me alive all over. My whole body co- ordinates with the
Christ body to bring its inner beauty and perfection into expression.

Now, today, I express my God-give right of power and dominion over all that
opposes spiritual perfection. Divine love and wisdom guides my every thought and
word and act. My dependence is altogether on the omniscient, omnipotent,
omnipresent Christ of God in me, and everything that I undertake is blessed into
expressing exceeding great good.

I thank Thee, Father-Mother God, that Thou hast placed in me the perfect Christ
pattern, to- gether with the power to bring it into perfect expression for .my
joyful use and Thy service. Let me express it always according to Thy highest
thought of me. Let me come again into a conscious union with Thee. Thine is the
power and the glory forever.

Spiritual Remedies

Adenoids Child of God, no personality can limit you, restrict you; no thought in
the race consciousness can obstruct the purpose for which you came into being.
Yon are free to express your perfect self now. Freely and fully you breathe in
and breathe out the life and breath of God, and every part of your being is
cleansed, vitalized, renewed, and made completely whole. * ’Suffer the little
children, and forbid them not, to come unto me."

Anemia I erase from my consciousness all thoughts of lack, all fears of not
having enough, all claims of disease, all pernicious thoughts of limitation.
Gone are they into the nothingness from which they came. God is my life, my
supply, my all in all, and His love for me expresses itself as health and
strength, as wisdom and guidance, as success and prosperity, litterly I trust my
Father-God to supply from His rich substance every need of my body, every need
of my life. "In him we live, and move, and have our being."

Appendicitis Through the love of God in me my mind is purged of all irritable
thoughts, all inflamed thoughts. I release all congested thoughts. I erase all
unjust thoughts. There is nothing in me that withholds compassion from any of
God’s creation. Every part of my being is open and receptive to the cleansing,
free-flowing life of Spirit; and filled with this life, I am renewed according
to the perfect God pattern, I am whole, praise God. "God is love; and he that
abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him."

Asthma

I release from my consciousness all thoughts of fear, of suppression, of
limitation. I declare my freedom from conditions, from materiality, from the
race consciousness of error.

God is my life, and there is nothing else in my life before Him. "The breath of
the Almighty." which is without beginning or end, fills my nostrils as a
cleansing vitalizing force, that recreates my whole organism, until I again
express myself in His perfect image and likeness. "The Spirit of God hath made
me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life."

Arteries

I do not believe in old age, in the lessening of man’s mental and physical
powers as the years pass. I do not believe in hard conditions, in luck, in
chance. I am not hard in my dealings with others, but seek to show the
compassion that I would myself receive. The river of life flows from the throne
of God in my heart into every vein and capillary and artery in my body, keeping
them clean and vital, and daily they perform their prescribed purpose in keeping
young and perfect this temple of the living God. "In thy presence is fulness of
joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."

Bladder There is no weakness, no inflammation, in any part of my body, for my
body is not just flesh and blood; it is Spirit. Every organ and every function
in me is doing its work in divine order, according to the purpose for which it
was created, and I am eternally strong, harmonious, alive in Christ. I express
my perfect self now. "I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of
the water of life freely. Blood, Cleansing of I am forgiven and cleansed, both
consciously and subconsciously, of all impurity of thought. The holiness of the
Christ mind in me, purifies and vitalizes my blood, and it flows freely, a
cleansing, healing stream of life, nourishing, upbuilding, and renewing me in
every part of my being, and I am whole. "Behold, I make all things new."

Blood Poisoning No poison or infection can drink up the Spirit of life in me,
neither can my life be lessened. The pure water of the river of life flows fully
and freely into every cell in my body, cleansing, healing, vitalizing, and
restoring me to the perfect likeness of my Creator. "The law of the Spirit of
life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death."

Blood Pressure, High I relax and let go of all life’s tensions and anxieties. I
take firm hold of my Father-God and enter into such complete rest in Him that
all the thoughts of my mind, the functions of my body, and the affairs of my
life become divinely ordered. "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."

Boils The love of Christ in me wipes from my mind all impure states, all angry,
boiling-over thoughts. Pure Spirit substance fills me through and through, and
my flesh becomes as the flesh of a little child, free from spot and blemish and
shining with beauty and purity. "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in
all wisdom."

Bones, Broken, Diseased No part of the temple of the living God, which my body
is, can be broken, or diseased, or inharmonious. I submit my body to the
Creator, who is able to heal, to adjust, to restore me to the image and likeness
of Himself. Now am I perfectly whole in every part, praise God: "I in them, and
thou in me, that they may be perfected into one."

Bronchitis

Every trace and taint of error is wiped from my mind and body. My breath is
continually one with and inseparable from the breath of God. I am made free and
whole in the name and through the power .of the Christ of God, ever present in
my soul. God "giveth to all life, and breath, and all things.

Burns; Bruises Flesh in itself has no consciousness of pain, neither does the
Spirit of life in me suffer; there- fore I am freed forever. I am immersed in
the soothing, healing, harmonizing balm of the Christ presence, and my flesh
exultantly turns to its Creator and is made perfect and whole. "He hath clothed
me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of
righteousness."

Cancer

There is no grief or resentment hidden within me to eat away my peace of mind. I
forgive and am forgiven, and no longer does my heart hold less than God’s good.
A healing flame of divine love wipes clean every cell in my body, and the rich
substance of Spirit renews, vitalizes, and makes me whole in every part. The
Christ body takes full possession of my flesh body, and I am restored to the
image and likeness of my Creator, praise God! "All things are possible to him
that believeth."

Catarrh No thoughts of impurity concerning myself or another can dwell in the
pure realm of Spirit that is within me. I am clean and whole through and
through, for each cell in the mucous membrane of my body is filled with the
purifying, vitalizing life and substance of Spirit.

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy
sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer/’

Change of Life

There is no change of life in my consciousness, for I know that life is from
everlasting to everlasting, and of God, who is eternal and changeless. I am
filled with omnipresent life in its divine completeness, and it is continually
cleansing, renewing, strengthening, and forming every part of my body into the
Christ image. I am eternally young in my likeness to God my Father, and nothing
can take from me my divine inheritance of perfection. "Let thy lovingkindness
and thy truth continually preserve me."

Circulation

I am cleansed of every unholy thought that would cause a break in my unity with
God. The stream of life flows in an unending, unbroken circle in me, nourishing,
upbuilding, and renewing my body, and I am whole, complete now. "I and the
Father are one."

Colds

I erase from my mind all negativeness, that I may become one with the
positiveness of Being. I erase from my body all tenseness, that it may receive
the healing current. I enter the stream of God’s quickening, renewing life. It
flows fully and 1 freely into every cell of my being, and I am strengthened,
harmonized, vitalized, and made every whit whole. "My grace is sufficient for
thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness"

Constipation

I let go in my mind, releasing to Christ my Saviour the affairs of my life, and
I trust Him fully to regulate them all. In Him all tensing thoughts and their
resultant conditions pass from me, and the elimination of all error from mind
and body is complete. The free-flowing love of God establishes law and order in
me, and every function of my body performs its perfect work. I praise God that
now is my whole being released from bondage and lifted up to everlasting freedom
of expression. "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

Corns, Calluses

There is nothing in me to harden the flesh of my body. The love of God in me
erases from my consciousness every hard thought I have ever entertained toward
people or conditions. The Christ who dwelleth in me is adjusting and correcting
and bringing into its original purity and perfection every cell of my flesh. The
joy of the Lord fills me, my mind, body, and affairs.

"I ... cause those that love me to inherit substance, And ... I may fill their
treasuries."

Danger I fear no evil, no accident; for Thou, O Christ, art within me, around
me, above me, below me to guard, to guide, and to lead me in paths of
pleasantness and ways of peace. "Greater is he that is in you than he that is in
the world. 11

Deafness

I cease to close myself to the will of the Highest for me. I cease to be
rebellious as regards circumstances and conditions. I open my inner ear to the
voice of my indwelling Christ that I may be guided in the ways of righteousness.
I am alert, ready, willing to be used. I am obedient to the Christ message, and
the miracle-working power of the omnipresent Christ touches every dark and
inactive cell in my ears, and they are resurrected into livingness, made every
whit whole. I hear, I hear, praise God. "Great and marvellous are thy works, O
Lord God.

Debt

I wipe from my consciousness every thought of another person’s debt to me, for I
hold anyone who owes me a debt in the thought of God’s rich abundance and
justice. My consciousness of obligation is to love God and my fellow man, and in
living according to this consciousness I wipe out from my life every other
obligation. I am free, successful, prospered. I give joyously the tithe of all
that I earn to the Giver of gifts, and He opens the doors of His rich storehouse
and pours out His good to me in His good measure, pressed together, shaken down,
and running over.. " Jehovah will . , . bless all the work of thy hand, and thou
shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow."

Despondency I will not let downward thoughts control my mind. I am strong in the
Lord, and the power of His might brings to me a full-rounded life of joyful
experience. The indwelling Christ, to whom I intrust all my affairs, leads me to
express His glory in my body, and makes me successful in all that I undertake,
even to demonstrating the Father’s overflowing measure of rich living. I am
poised and balanced in Spirit, and nothing can move me from my faith in my own
lordship to guide me and guard me and give me love and wisdom to express the law
of righteousness in all my activities. "Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he
will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved."

Diarrhea

I do not waste myself in riotous living, nor in thought, nor irf emotion, nor in
material self-seeking. I do not allow unkind thoughts to dwell in my mental
realm or take form in my actions. I put my whole being, mind, body, and affairs
under the control of the all-powerful Christ mind in me, and every part of my
body functions in divine order and harmony. I am cleansed, healed, renewed, made
every whit whole in mind and body, praise be to God. "The prayer of faith shall
save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up."

EFFECTUAL PRAYER

Dizziness I refuse to let the sense man deviate me from the path of Truth. I am
one with absolute Princi- ple, in which there is no variation, neither shadow of
turning. God is the one presence and one power in my life. I keep my vision
fixed steadfastly on Him, and I am continually poised and balanced in all the
activities of mind, body, and affairs.

"God . . . girdeth me with strength, And maketh my way perfect."

Drug Habit; Drunkenness

I am no longer bound by sense pleasure and false appetite. My satisfaction is in
Christ my Saviour, and in Him I am made strong, peaceful, powerful. Ever beside
me stands my Lord Christ, giving me courage and self-mastery. Through Him I am
lifted up into joyous freedom and righteous living, and I am forever satisfied.
"Sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under law, but under
grace/ 1

Earache I am not resistant, rebellious, obstinate. I am the willing, obedient
child of my Father-God, and I co-operate with Him in bringing the good only into
expression. The soothing power of the Holy Spirit infolds me and fills me. My
mind is filled with peace and good will, and my body now expresses complete ease
and harmony. "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you."

Ear Noises

There is no confusion in my mind, no perplexity, no resistance to conditions.
All fear and unrest and resentment have departed far from me. I am ready and
willing for the will of God to be done in me and through me. I put my trust in
God my Father, and I listen deep within for His guidance, and Him only do I
follow. Now is peace and harmony established in my ears, for the still small
voice within speaks: "Peace, be still." "The God of peace make you perfect in
every good thing to do His will."

Eczema

All spots and all blemishes are removed from my body, for every cell of my skin
is filled with the life and substance of Spirit. I am made strong in my Christ
likeness, and my body radiates His indwelling presence. "In my flesh shall I see
God."

Epilepsy No longer can the sense man hold me in his desires. I am purified and
vitalized, I am upheld and made free, by the consciousness of the Christ of God
in my soul. The body is obedient to the heavenly vision, and forever am I pure,
strong, steady, whole. "Is anything too hard for Jehovah?"

Eyes

I do not indulge in downward visioning. I do not see as real the appearances, I
join my vision with the God vision that is too pure to behold iniquity. I see
near, and I see far; I see all things in purity and clearness, for I see with
the eyes of Spirit. "If . . . thine eye be single [seeing good’ only], thy whole
body shall be full of light."

Failure

God cannot fail, therefore as His son I cannot fail. I am strong, steady, wise,
poised in God-Mind, which is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent; and in this
mind I know all things and can do all things. Through Christ who stregthens me I
am led into my own good and am prospered and successful in its doing. I thank
God for success, glorious success, in carrying out that which He has given me to
do. "For it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of His good
pleasure/.

Fainting, Prevention of

Nothing within or without can disturb my equilibrium. I am one with God
almightiness, and in Him I am poised and balanced. I shall not be fainthearted
before conditions and circumstances; for my heart is courageous and fearless. I
am one with the Christ, and His strength and power upholds me.

"The eternal God is thy dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting
arms".

Falling I do not submit to failure. I do not let emotions overwhelm me. I am
upright in all my dealings.

I am poised and balanced in Spirit. Spirit is like an iron rod in the midst of
me and I cannot be moved from the Truth of my being. The angel of His presence
has been given charge over me to bear me up in His hands lest I dash my foot
against a stone. "Underneath are the everlasting arms.

Fear

I am not apprehensive of evil; I do not let fearful emotions drive me. I am
consciously in the midst of Omnipresence, where nothing of an error nature can
enter. The Christ of God dwelling in me guides me and guards me and protects me.
"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he
trusteth in thee."

Feet I do not believe that the path of life is a hard and weary way to travel. I
know that my Redeemer liveth and ever maketh intercession for me; therefore my
path is pleasant and my way is peace. My feet are firmly established on the rock
of Thy covenant, O God, and each day Thou dost make more perfect my
understanding of Thy law.

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And a light unto my path."

Fevers

I am not held in the mortal belief of contagion, weakness. I do not give power
to germs, to disease. I am bold and courageous, because my Father-God holds me
in the hollow of His hand. My flesh rests in peace, for every atom of my being
is cleansed, healed, renewed by the miracle-working power of Jehovah God, which
has touched me, soul, mind, and body, into ever-lasting newness. "Let patience
have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing."

Forgiveness

Consciously and subconsciously I am cleansed from anger, malice, hatred, and
grudges through the forgiving love of Jesus Christ, who gave Himself that His
consciousness might be mine also. I am such a radiant center of love that every
error in me is wiped out, and every error thought directed’ toward me is
baptized with the Chist love and its owner set free. I too am free, and with the
Christ in me I say to everything and everybody: "God bless you! I love you and
forgive you/’ "Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the
fulfillment of the law."

Gallstones

I let no thoughts of hardness fill my heart, nor do I let grief make hardened
conditions in my body consciousness. The oil of joy hath been given me for
mourning, and I open myself fully to this cleansing, renewing stream of life.
The Word that was made flesh dwells within me, and my flesh becomes glorified in
His presence. I am healed in mind and body now, and my soul rejoices in its
freedom of expression. "I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy
Saviour."

Germs In God’s atmosphere, in which I live and move and have my being, there is
nothing but life, activity. I am established in Omnipresence and am kept as the
apple of His eye. No harm shall come nigh my dwelling.

"A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; But it
shall not come nigh thee."

Glands There is no part of my being, soul, mind, body, closed to the work for
which it was created. Un- hindered, freely, and fully the stream of God life
flows through me, and every function of my body now performs in divine order and
harmony. "The word of Christ dwell in you richly."

Goiter

I let go of all grasping thoughts; I cease reaching out for the fulfillment of
my desires. I look to the indwelling Christ for every need of my life, and I
find complete satisfaction. Thy power, O Christ, Thy wisdom and love, are
expressed through me and for me and from me, and I am restored to the glory I
had with Thee in the beginning. "The Father abiding in me doeth his works.

Grippe Negativeness cannot grip me, fear cannot hold me, for I am established in
the all-powerful life of

Jesus Christ. In Him I am made strong and harmonious, in Him I am made alive
through and through, and I am now lifted up in a perfect expression of His
wholeness and purity. "Behold thou art made whole."

Hair, Treatment for

There is no lack of life or strength in any part of my body. The renewing,
restoring, vitalizing life of Spirit fills every cell in me, and the hair of my
head is now made perfect in quality and in quantity. "Ye are complete in him/’

Hands, Treatment for My hands are not restless, neither are they idle. They are
folded often in prayer, and the God of my salvation fills them with His life and
abundance. I give my hands utterly to execute Thy love and mercy, O Christ, and
Thou dost bless them and make them profitable unto Thee and Thy creation.

"My soul, wait thou in silence for God only; For my expectation is from him."

Hay Fever

Every error of every day of the past is washed from my consciousness and’ has
been stripped of all power of recurrence. I live today in the glorious presence
of the Son of God, and my whole being is filled with His purifying, vitalizing,
strengthening life. I know the truth of my being, and I am free, praise God.
"The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin
and of death."

Headache

I am not bound in flesh ways, neither do I entertain thoughts of fear and worry
that disturb my mental realm. In God is my supply, my health, my satisfaction.
From head to foot, I am filled with the Christ life that makes me whole, free,
alive all over. ’Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over."

Heart No longer do I allow fear, weakness, or impurity of thought, or hatred, or
unf orgiveness to find lodgement in my heart. I look to the Christ who dwelleth
in me, to lead me and guide me. Every cell and muscle, every valve and nerve, of
my heart is under the control of the river of life that flows from the throne of
God in my heart. My heart beats in unison with the great heart of the universe,
and I am at peace within and without.

"Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts ; And see if
there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting."

Hemorrhage

I do not believe in losses of any kind. I do not waste myself in mind or body.
All the issues of my life are from God, and the stream of His life flows in an
unbroken circle within me. "My life is hid with Christ in God."

Hemorrhoids My body is not material. It is spiritual, and my flesh manifests the
purity and wholeness of Spirit. The free-flowing life of the Holy Spirit
expresses itself in and through me, freeing me from all bondage to aches and
pains, and I am whole now within and without. "Set your mind on the things that
are above, not on the things that are upon the earth."

Hysteria I am not affected by every wind that blows, by people’s acts and
opinions. I am not anxious and fearful. I claim my birthright of power and
dominion, and the Christ within me sustains and strengthens me in all the
activities of my life. I am poised’ and balanced now in the omniscient,
omnipotent God of my being. ’The beloved of Jehovah shall dwell in safety by
him; He covereth him all the day long.

Indigestion I no longer seek to live by bread alone, but I trust the Word of God
in me to sustain and strengthen me. I do not worry and fret over circumstances
and conditions, but I lift my vision to the Burden Bearer and am free. I release
my stomach from all thoughts of inactivity and weakness, and the intelligence in
every cell works to establish harmony and perfection. Divine wisdom in me
selects my food and uses it to nourish and upbuild my body temple. I thank Thee,
Father, for the life and substance of the Christ body, which fills me and makes
this body a fit dwelling place for Thy holy Spirit, a body pure, young,
beautiful, daily renewed according to the pattern in the Mount. "O taste and see
that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him."

Inflammation

I do not allow emotions to control me. I will not allow anger and indignation to
get the best of me. My mind is filled 1 with peace and love, which are reflected
in my body as purity and wholeness. Forever am I free from that which inflames
the flesh ; for I give myself to the blessedness of the Christ consciousness
that is in me, too pure to behold iniquity. "The fruit of the Spirit are love,
joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self
-control ; against such there is no law."

Influenza

I will not entertain fear of any kind in my thought world. I put negativeness
far from me. Resting in the knowledge of the infolding love of God, I know that
every cell and organ of my body is filled with the vitalizing, free-flowing life
of Spirit. Now am I raised up in new life, strong, vital, fearless, whole.
"There shall no evil befall thee,"

Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent."

Inheritance

I can inherit nothing of error, because I am a son of God. My birthright is
power and dominion over all lesser creations. My inheritance is God’s "very
good/’ I am made in His image, after His likeness, and I express now and forever
the Christ purity and wholeness, the Christ success and abundance given me by my
Father-Mother God. "The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we
are children of God."

Insanity

There is no darkness, no dimness of perception in you, for Christ is your
eternal light. You are no longer held in bondage by error thoughts, vain
imaginings, but are loosed and free with the freedom of Spirit. The Christ of
God in you controls your every thought and word and act, and soul, mind, and
body co-ordinate to express your spiritual perfection. Now are you free, the
child of God, triumphant over error. "If any man is in Christ, he is a new
creature: the old things are passed away; behold they are become new.

Injustice My mind is freed from all unjust thoughts toward others, and all the
acts of my life express divine love and justice. I am returned full and just
compensation, in running-over measure in all my affairs. "Let us not be weary in
well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."

Insomnia No fearful or anxious thought can disturb my peace of mind, for I put
myself in the care of God, my Father. I am clothed safely round with the loving
care of the Father for His child. In His presence and in communion with Him in
my soul I relax and let go of all nervousness, and I rest and rest and rest and
rest.

"In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah alone makest me
dwell in safety."

Joints, Stiff

I erase from my mind all thoughts of criticism, all bitterness, unforgiveness,
false pride. I establish the joy of the Lord in my mind and let it flow freely
through my being, lubricating my joints, freeing my movements, and putting
gladness into my life. I praise God for His oil of joy, which finds expression
in me and through me and for me in His overflowing measure.

"I rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks."

Kidney Trouble

I do not fear disease, old age, failure, poverty. They have no place in my mind
or life, because I am eternally one with the Christ who maketh all things new
and according to the perfect pattern. Every cell in my kidneys is in divine
order and harmony, performing the functions for which* they were created. I am
alive and radiant in the life of the Spirit. "I will take sickness away from the
midst of thee."

Lack

There is no lack in my life, for I have found the riches of my Father’s heavenly
kingdom within myself. Within myself I contact God’s invisible substance, and it
fulfills the purpose for which it was created in supplying me with its
overflowing abundance. I am one with God and with His everlasting,
inexhaustible, and eternal substance, and the treasury of my inheritance is
manifest now. "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down,
shaken together, running over."

Liver

Criticism and condemnation have no place in my consciousness. I judge not
according to appearances but judge righteous judgment. I am filled and thrilled
with infinite love and lifted up into the joy of my Lord Christ. Spirit
penetrates and interpenetrates every cell in my liver, freeing it to the
healthful activity of the divine purpose. Now am I whole, pure, alive. "With
what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again."

Losses

Spirit cannot suffer losses, and I take my true place in Spirit. My body is one
with the Christ body and cannot lose the beauty and youth and wholeness of
Spirit. My supply comes from the Lord, my banker, and can never be diminished.
No body and no thing can take from me that which is my divine inheritage, for
there was prepared in the beginning enough for all of God’s creation. We each
claim our own and are satisfied. "Jehovah is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will
give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk
uprightly/’

Lungs No part of my body is closed to the free-flowing life of Spirit. I breathe
in and I breathe out the breath of God, and His livingness fills every cell of
my lungs, expanding them in purity, strength, and wholeness, "[Jesus} breathed
on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit."

Malaria No climate or condition can affect the purity of my mental realm and
body consciousness. I am free with the freedom of Spirit, and the life of God in
me resurrects every cell that is in darkness in its true livingness. Now am I
strong and whole, alive through and through. "Then shall thy light break forth
as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily."

Menses

I am not held in bondgae by pain or depression. Every atom of weakness and
impurity is washed from mind and body. I am one with the pure life of Spirit.
Divine order and harmony is established in every part of my body temple, and
every organ and function is performing its purpose in perfection and peace.
"Jehovah is the strength of my life."

Nervous Prostration

I put from my mind all thoughts of hard work, overwork, injustice, all fears of
limitation. Spirit can never be exhausted in strength or supply, and I now claim
my oneness with Spirit. I open myself to the free-flowing life of Spirit, and
every nerve in my body receives the soothing, healing, harmonizing,
inexhaustible life of Spirit. I am strengthened, vitalized and made whole now by
the miracle-working power dwelling within my own soul. "The LORD ... in the
midst of thee is mighty; he will save, He will rejoice over thee . . . with
singing. "

Nervousness

I let nothing within or without disturb my peace of mind. I am at peace with God
and my neighbor. The love of God fills me, upholds me, guards and guides me, and
I trust Him utterly with all the affairs of my life. I relax in this knowledge
and let His soothing, harmonizing love make my nerves strong and whole. "Thou
wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he
trusteth in thee."

Neuralgia; Neuritis

I do not allow thoughts of lack and limitation to tear down the vitality of my
body. I do not worry or carry in my mind anxious thoughts concerning tomorrow.
Steadfastly I face God, my Father, and trust Him to supply every need of my
life. The soothing, harmonizing, free-flowing life of the Holy Spirit touches
every cell in my body, and I am made peaceful and’ perfect in my flesh now.
’Thou openest thy hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing."

Obesity

I let go of grasping thoughts, I cease clinging to materiality, losses, thoughts
of accumulation, that the righteous law of giving and receiving may be equalized
in my body and affairs. I look unto Thee, God, and seeing the harmony and
balance of Thy Spirit, I am lightened of superflous materiality and also become
harmonious and balanced in Thee. I trust the Father who knoweth my needs to
provide for me richly even before the need is manifest. I look unto Thee, O God,
and am lightened. "I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be
satisfied, when 1 awake, with thy likeness."

Obsession

I do not allow morbid thoughts or dominating personalities to control me. There
is but one Presence and one Power in my life, and in this presence and power I
am free, strong, courageous. Now do I claim my Christ likeness, and my whole
world expresses this rulership in my mind, which radiates in glorious living.
"Lo, I am with you always."

Old Age

I do not believe in old age, limitation, failure, death. Momently do I renew all
the faculties of mind and body in the allness of Spirit, and my mind is alert
and wise, my body is strong, supple, fresh, beautiful, young. Every function of
my body, in touch with its counterpart in the Christ body, constantly renews
itself unto perfection; every cell in me is given the power to create harmony
and order in the body, and the life and substance of Spirit fills me through and
through. I have perpetual youth in Christ. I am one with His body, expressing
His perfection. "In him we live, and move, and have our being."

Pain My body cannot suffer from conflict or distress, for I now claim for it
harmonious, perfect expression from this unity with its Creator. I open my body
consciousness to the peaceful, harmonious expression of Spirit, and my flesh is
soothed and made quiet in every part now. God’s will for me is peace, and
resting in His will for me, I am satisfied. "My presence shall go with thee }
and I will give thee rest."

Palsy No longer can my own fears or the fears of the race consciousness master
me. My subconscious mind is cleansed from p,ast human failures and weakness. The
Christ of God dwells continually in me, holding me firm and steady in my
consciousness of sonship, and my body is now poised and strong, filled’ with
energy and vitality, fitted to serve the Spirit in rich livingness. "God hath
not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound
mind".

Paralysis

There is no lack of life anywhere in my body, for the activity of Spirit is
complete in me, restoring me to my original perfection in God-Mind. Now am I
resurrected in every cell of my body into vital livingness, a new creature in
Christ Jesus, alive and harmonious in mind and body: free, thank God. "It is the
spirit that giveth life."

Piles I am not sensitive, neither do I let others’ acts and opinions disturb my
mental world. I stand with my indwelling Christ, and the purity and power of His
presence in me cleanses and restores to perfection every cell in my body.

"In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?"

Pleurisy; Pneumonia

Mortal thoughts cannot bind free Spirit in me. I am one with and immersed in the
Almighty stream of God life, and its cleansing, renewing power restores me to
wholeness. I breathe in and breathe out the breath of God, and I become a living
soul again expressing my birthright to perfection. "Be filled with the Spirit."

Poisons Nothing of a material nature can in any way harm Spirit, which is my
real nature. The life and substance of the Christ body fills me to the exclusion
of all like it. Now am I one with the Father within, do doeth the works, and my
body temple is now made perfect and pure, a holy (whole) expression of His love.
"Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and
over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you."

Poverty

I do not believe in lack, limitation, poverty, failure, and will not for one
moment allow such thoughts to enter my consciousness. I fill my mind to
overflowing with ’ rich thoughts, success thoughts, and they take form in my
life. I am the son of a King, rich beyond comparison, and all that the Father
hath is mine. Now do I claim all that I need and desire in that running-over
measure which implies enough and to spare and share. I claim and have my own,
that which the Creator prepared for me in the beginning, and I praise and give
thanks for its manifestation as plenty, plenty, plenty. "They that seek Jehovah
shall not want any good thing".

Prolapsus; "Fallen" Conditions No part of my body is "fallen" or can fall from
its rightful position in the Christ body; for I claim now my likeness to my
Creator, expressing it in harmony and order. I look up unto thee, O Thou great
Burden Bearer, and thou dost make easy and light the burdens of the day. Thou
omniscient, omnipotent One, in Thee I am lifted up into a glorious expression of
Thyself. I praise and give thanks continuously for the gladness of living in
Thee. "I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself."

Proud Flesh Nothing can become manifest in my body but that which is of my
spiritual nature, for I claim my perfection as a child of God. The
quick-flowing, cleansing life of Spirit, expresses itself in my flesh, and it is
restored to spiritual purity and wholeness. My flesh rests in peace. "We look
not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen."

Pyorrhea

I cleanse my mind of all negativeness, of doubts and fears, of all thoughts that
do not measure up to the purity of the Christ standard, I establish myself in
the all-powerful mind of God, and my flesh is obedient to the heavenly vision,
God life is purifying and vitalizing every cell in my mouth, and my gums and
teeth are renewed and made perfect in the pure life and substance of Spirit
Jesus Christ healeth thee."

Rental or Sale of Property

I look not out for help in my need; I look within to God for the fulfillment of
my desires. Now do I place this property which Thou hast given to me in Thy
omniscient Mind, and Thou who knowest all things dost draw to me the one whose
need will be fulfilled in the filling of my need. I thank Thee, Father, that in
Thy love Thou hast blessed me and prospered me, and that Thou wilt bless and
prosper the next occupant of this property, which I have through Thee released
fully to him. Let justice rule in each of our hearts and be carried out in our
deeds. "No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly."

Rheumatism I let no thoughts of anxiety, criticism, or condemnation fill my
thought world. No sharp and bit- ing words will I speak to hurt others. I will
continuously lift my vision past human frailty to Christ my Saviour, and His
forgiving love and compassion transforms me into His likeness. Now am I made
glad in the strong, vital expression of my body, through the stream of love
soothingly encompassing and filling and renewing me. "Give diligence to present
thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling
aright the word of truth."

Rupture No longer do I allow thoughts of separation of myself and my good
alienate me from my complete lift in Christ I give myself fully to Spirit, and
Spirit is quick and active in me to make me one and complete in itself. The
Creator’s idea of me is now made perfect in my mind and body, and I am strong,
steady, pure, whole. "In him [Christ} dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead
’bodily. And ye are complete in him."

Skin I look to the Christ of God to wipe from my consciousness all eruptive,
impure, inharmonious thoughts, and to sustain me in purity and harmony. I make
union with the life and substance of Spirit, and my flesh becomes as a little
child, pure, spotless, beautiful, radiant with life. ’"They that are wise shall
shine as the brightness of the firmament."

Spinal Trouble

There is no weakness in Spirit, and I am Spirit. I claim my birthright to
spiritual and physical per- fection, for I am a son of God. In this realization
of my inheritance of perfection, I am strong, upright, vital, alive through and
through. The tree of life in the midst of me bears its fruits of love and peace
and purity, and my physical body is renewed according to this pattern,
expressing the glorious life of the Christ body. "I am Jehovah that healeth
thee." "I will take sickness away from the midst of thee."

Solar Plexus

There is no darkness in my body temple, for in the midst of me is the light that
lighteth every man that cometh into the world. Every dark and inactive cell in
my body is filled with the glory of the Christ of God in me, and I radiate this
healing, harmonizing, life-giving glory to all humanity. "They that are wise
shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to
righteousness as the stars for ever and ever."

Stomach Disorders

I am not impatient, antagonistic, critical, irritable; neither am I anxious nor
worried. I trust my Father-God for every need and desire of my life, and I look
to Him to make harmonious my way. All that I eat and all that I drink is truly
from Spirit, and Spirit’s peace and power and harmony pass with my food into my
body, nourishing, upbuilding, and renewing me in every part. I am temperate,
wise, joyful, loving, and I continually praise and give thanks to the Giver of
gifts for the richness with which He supplies the needs of my mind and body. "I
am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread,
he shall live for ever."

Swollen Conditions

I am not puffed up, neither do I entertain false pride. I am meek and humble in
my Christ likeness. The all-powerful Christ mind in me dissolves and dissipates
every error accumulation in my mind and body, and every faculty in me, mental
and physical, co-operates with the indwelling Christ to bring me to perfection.
Now am I free, vital, whole; and my whole being sings in praise to God for His
goodness to me now and forever. "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit
the earth."

Teeth

I do not believe in decay, loss, or limitation of life. The life and substance
of Spirit are ever present in me, and I claim their use to make vital and whole
and to renew every cell in my teeth. I am sound through and through, lifted up
into the consciousness of my oneness with the pure and holy life of my Creator,
in whose image and likeness I am continually being renewed. "If ye are led by
the Spirit, ye are not under the law."

Tenseness

I am not hurried or worried, for I know that my Redeemer ever liveth to make
easy my way. I shift all my loads to the Burden Bearer, who is willing and able
to lighten them and who walks always beside me. Now am I open and receptive to
the soothing, quieting influence of Spirit, and my whole body becomes supple and
relaxed and rested. I am still before Spirit; I find peace with God, and I am
renewed and made strong in all my being. ’ ’Return unto thy rest, O my soul; For
Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee."

Throat: Dipthena, Tonsillitis I am not mere flesh and blood subject to
inharmony, pain, disease. I am a spiritual being, and I claim the purity of
Spirit in my flesh. The breath of God in me cleanses, vitalizes, and heals every
cell in my throat, and I am restored to the image and likeness of my Creator,
perfect, strong, whole. "All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on
earth/’ in mind and body, praise God.

Tuberculosis I am not bound by the beliefs of the race consciousness, neither do
I believe in heredity nor con- tagion nor infection. I believe in God and His
good everywhere present. I give myself fully to the cleansing, vitalizing force
of the Spirit of life in me that is mighty to heal. I am eternally one with God,
and His breath in me renews every part of my being according to the pattern in
the Mount. Now am I strong, courageous, fearless Spirit, and the mind of
omniscience in me makes me prosperous and successful in all that I undertake.
"As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the
heavenly."

Tumors Nothing can find root and nourishment for growth in my mind or body that
is not of the Father’s planting. I am cleansed through and through by the Lamb
of God that taketh away the sins of the world. Every cell in my body is filled
with the purifying life and the satisfying substance of Spirit. Everything in me
that is foreign to the nature of the Son of God is removed far from me, and I
express my perfection in Christ now, praise God ! "O Jehovah my God, I cried
unto thee, and thou hast healed me."

Veneral Diseases

I am freed from passion and emotion through the purity of my indwelling Christ.
I am lifted up with Christ in God, regenerated in mind and body. The purifying,
vitalizing blood of Jesus Christ, shed for me, now flows into every cell of my
body, redeeming me from the sins of the flesh. I am regenerated, renewed,
harmonized through and through by the life and substance of Spirit, and made a
new creature in Christ Jesus, every whit whole.

Weakness

I do not hold weak, vacillating, fearful thoughts in my mind concerning my body
or any of the activities of my life. I am one with the Almighty, and His
unlimited, inexhaustible strength fills every part of my body. My decisions are
strong in wisdom, my body is strong in energy and vigor and life, and I am
efficient in all that I do. Spirit holds me and controls me. Spirit guides me
and guards me, and I express my divinity now.

"God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble/’

Wounds No wounds or hurts can disturb the life that is within me, for I am one
with God life. Now does the omnipresent life and substance of my Creator fill me
and thrill me and heal me, restoring me to His per- fection. "I will restore
health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith Jehovah."

(Publishers’ Announcement

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