The ancient Bible taught that it is good to tame the mind,
which is difficult to hold in and very flighty,
rushing whither it listeth, but once tamed it will bring you great happiness.
We must truly not see the faults of our neighbors as reality.
We must not see ignorance or foolishness hiding the intelligence and freedom of our neighbors.
This is called taming the mind.
We cannot crush out criticism. It will not be crushed.
We can deny it, and this erases it from our mind.
Being free from criticism, the mind runs only to recognition of Good.
It is then perfectly tamed.
The unity of mind is a great fact to recognize.
There is but one Good Mind.
All the good and the wise render this same verdict as to what is just and right, when their accusation is laid aside.
No voice from the Spirit ever accuses a mind of foolishness or ignorance.
Buddha taught that all deeds wrought our by mind, and carried into the life as far as we can exercise our thoughts, bring happiness. "All forms are unreal." He said, "He who knows this becomes passive in pain; this is the way to purity."
Accusations are prejudices against people, which keep the highly efficient judgment from speaking. They do not emanate from the One Mind.
Prejudice against a religion will act against your business judgment just as possibly as your health. Prejudice against people will very likely hit your business affairs.
It does not always strike at your bodily health the first thing.
The feeling we have against alcohol, tobacco, opium, is a prejudice against an imaginary substance. That prejudice held on to is foolishness.
That prejudice taken hold of, as a principle, because appearances teach us to fight the poor little ideas, is simply ignorance.
So on the same plane every prejudice is found to be a tacit accusation of others or ourselves as to foolishness and ignorance.
We could not possibly hold out intolerance to anything if we were not accusers of that which brings about feebleness and failure.
Cynicism is a species of ingratitude that brings the most extraordinary people around us.
Give thanks to the universe,
to your ancestors,
to your neighbors,
to yourself,
to animals,
to everything that you have dealings with.
Its spirit is your good, loving provider.
“Scientific Christian Mental Practice”
Emma Curtis Hopkins
1888
We can deny it, and this erases it from our mind.
Being free from criticism, the mind runs only to recognition of Good.
It is then perfectly tamed.
The unity of mind is a great fact to recognize.
There is but one Good Mind.
All the good and the wise render this same verdict as to what is just and right, when their accusation is laid aside.
No voice from the Spirit ever accuses a mind of foolishness or ignorance.
Buddha taught that all deeds wrought our by mind, and carried into the life as far as we can exercise our thoughts, bring happiness. "All forms are unreal." He said, "He who knows this becomes passive in pain; this is the way to purity."
Accusations are prejudices against people, which keep the highly efficient judgment from speaking. They do not emanate from the One Mind.
Prejudice against a religion will act against your business judgment just as possibly as your health. Prejudice against people will very likely hit your business affairs.
It does not always strike at your bodily health the first thing.
The feeling we have against alcohol, tobacco, opium, is a prejudice against an imaginary substance. That prejudice held on to is foolishness.
That prejudice taken hold of, as a principle, because appearances teach us to fight the poor little ideas, is simply ignorance.
So on the same plane every prejudice is found to be a tacit accusation of others or ourselves as to foolishness and ignorance.
We could not possibly hold out intolerance to anything if we were not accusers of that which brings about feebleness and failure.
Cynicism is a species of ingratitude that brings the most extraordinary people around us.
Give thanks to the universe,
to your ancestors,
to your neighbors,
to yourself,
to animals,
to everything that you have dealings with.
Its spirit is your good, loving provider.
“Scientific Christian Mental Practice”
Emma Curtis Hopkins
1888
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