Trust

I was talking with a friend last week. One thing we discussed was developing faith. But, like William Samuel said you have to define reality in terms that are meaningful to you.

Cady and ACIM emphasize letting go of your old beliefs. There is no guilt or sin involved we simply had erroneous beliefs. Quimby defined illness as an error due to ignorance of the Truth. How can we blame our ancestors for not passing on the truth if they most likely didn’t know it either.

The “Mental Cure”, or New Thought as it evolved into, has numerous similarities to the Mind, Body, Soul holistic healing today. There are few biblical references in the holistic stuff. That doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Anything that makes people healthy is great. But, ultimately, it’s what is inside that counts.

My friend wondered whether everything she did to overcome MS was valid and whether she actually had it in the first place. David Bush said years ago anything is valid. What may work for one person may or may not work for another. Troward said if it’s true it’s true for everyone. Quimby said if you think you have it you’ll probably develop it.

So, people use external treatments and then they start recognizing the connection within to spirit. But, that said, you ’ll still go to the doctor for broken bones, pneumonia or the like. You’d be crazy not to.

But maybe, just maybe, once you determine your reality you’ll develop the trust and the faith to become embellished in the Christ Mind as opposed to the wrong mind or the race mind (Hopkins term) and stop the  worrying and the fear and see the good and live in Peace.