When I first began
to mesmerize and as I became interested in the experiments, I found that the
subject could see through matter. I could not help believing this and it showed me that matter could be seen through by a
clairvoyant; so it became not an opinion but a truth to me. I also found that
all that man's senses embraced could be seen and felt by a
person whose bodily senses were dead, if we judged by the body. All this became
a wisdom, not a belief, but a part of my identity. So
what is a belief to the world concerning these things was to me a truth.
My next aim was to become a clairvoyant myself, and as I became convinced
that matter was only a medium for our wisdom to act through, I could see how it
could be transformed and the senses or clairvoyant state be attached to any idea the natural man might think of. The two kinds of reasoning
make up the natural man. Both modes of reasoning can be carried into the
clairvoyant state for this does not embrace reason. Spiritualism:
Death of the Natural Man March 1861
The
good news about beliefs is that they are not permanent. Once you see a belief
as a belief and not the truth it is already beginning to lose its grip on you.
You may have the belief I'm not good enough or I can't have what
I want, but those are just beliefs; decisions you made based on what you were
told or interpretations you made while looking out into the world.
We often identify
ourselves by our beliefs. The truth is, we are so much more than the labels we
attach to ourselves. We lock ourselves into certain behaviors through habit.
When you're able to
discern between your limiting beliefs and your guidance from within, you have a
choice. You no longer have to be imprisoned by your beliefs. There is a way
through.
Listen to the thoughts
that are floating in your mind. What do you hear? Do you hear, I can't ... I'll
never ... I'll always ... I'm not ...? If what you are hearing diminishes you
in any way, you know you are listening to a limiting belief and not to Spirit.
You can react toward
anything that happens to you in a way that retains your happiness — if you
really want your happiness more than anything else. VLH
God's
peace and joy are mine.
Today I will accept God's peace and joy, in glad exchange for
all the substitutes that I have made for happiness and peace.
Let me be still and listen to
the truth.
Let my own feeble voice be
still, and let me hear the mighty Voice for Truth Itself assure me that I am
God's perfect Son.
Your life forces generate rapidly.
You are a zealous friend, let your morning judgments control your day. Say' at
night: "Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me."ECH
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