I used to quickly
heal myself of the blues, which often possessed me as I waked in the
morning--if I forgot to go to sleep with a cheerful mind. When I waked "blue"
I gave myself a few vigorous denials and affirmations--"I am not blue--I
am full of soul-shine!"' I would say; and then put on a smile and go
quietly about my work. Next time I thought about it I found myself vibrating
with the shine statement. ~ Elizabeth Towne
If
you would possess the realities of the great truth which Jesus revealed, begin
by putting the factors of your life in their proper order. You have been
looking for salvation to come from without. You have sought easy by-paths and
ways of escape. You have expected to attain freedom without conquering self.
You have depended upon other people, and relied on authority. Above all you
have lacked the courage of conviction, you have not dared to make the full
venture demanded of those who live by faith. But now you see that everything
depends upon yourself. There is no reason to discredit the universe, there is
nothing one would ask for that has not been done. All the guidance and power
your soul cries out for are here. But the change must come from within, you
must learn of experience its law and meaning, its divine environment, its
God-inspired tendency. The simplest, humblest experience is as direct a road as
any other, one time or place is as good as another; the essential is to begin
to think, to observe the workings of the Spirit. For it is precisely through
the Spirit's relationship to you that the significance of the great truth is to
be seen. It is your judgment, your interpretation, your insight, your love that
avails; not what some one else has said. What others have said or done means
more or less precisely according to what you are and what you see; no one can
see and know for you. It is you and the Father who must become one. It is the
individual experience that is both the reality and the test. The thought is
secondary, it is the life to which the thought refers that is fundamentally
real. The creed is secondary, it is the conduct which follows that is
significant. Have the faith, make the venture, pay the price, and you will win
the gift. Do not expect to attain it without. But if you have learned this
simple lesson the world is yours. THE GREATEST TRUTH AND
OTHER DISCOURSES AND INTERPRETATIONS BY
HORATIO W. DRESSER
"The story is told of a man who lived
in a home having mirrors as walls. Whatever room he entered, he saw himself
reflected in a mirror. He spent his time looking at himself from this angle and
from that viewpoint. Day and night he saw only himself.
At first it was a highly gratifying experience. His own image was the only
thing in the world. Nothing existed outside himself. He was the sole object of
attention and admiration.
But after a while, a strange anxiety set in. The thrill of seeing only himself
turned into a dull habit, then into desperate pain. What had once been a
thrilling gratification had now become a terror. Loneliness entered. He felt
depressed, but worst of all,
he felt trapped.
One day a furious rebellion swept through him. Taking stones, he hurled them
against the mirrors, revealing an entirely new world on the outside. Having
broken his habitual self-imprisonment, he enjoyed his new world." VH
Leave
the mirror and change your face.
Leave
the world alone and change
your
conceptions of yourself.
NEVILLE
Author, Shel Silverstein, in his writings, speaks of the
opportunity that is at hand for each one of us every day in a little quip
entitled “Magic Carpet.”
You have a magic carpet
that will whiz you through the air
To Spain or Maine or Africa
if you’ll just tell it where.
So will it let you let it take you
where you’ve never been before?
Or will you buy it, drapes to match,
and use it on the floor?
“If the sight of the blue
skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has
power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you
understand, Rejoice, for your soul is alive.” ~ Eleanora Duse
To Dr./Mr. Quimby disease (dis-ease) was always " the invention," or was due to the
wrong "belief," of man. That was Quimby’s legacy
to mankind.
That “disease
involves a lesson for man, that man is " a progressive being"” had
nothing to do with Quimby. It became part of later teachings.
Self Healing, Guided Meditation Delta Waves} ~ Kelly Howell++
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Man in his right domain
controls every situation. The Message of a Master by JOHN McDONALD
Remember: Expect Miracles!
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