“You are a distinct portion of the essence of God; and contain a part of him in yourself. Why, then, are you ignorant of your noble birth? Why do you not consider from whence you came? Why do you not remember, when you are eating, who you are who eat; and whom you feed? Do you not know that it is the Divine you feed; the Divine you exercise? You carry a God around with you, and know nothing of it.” ~ Epictetus, 55 – 135 ~  

“There’s good for me and I ought to have it.
~ Emma Curtis Hopkins, 1849 – 1925 ~

Many are called to experience Practical Spirituality and learn how to manifest the desires of the heart. Few, by comparison, choose to deepen their awareness of the Divine Principle, God, undergirding the seeming miracles. The resistance may be the word “God.” The word may trigger concepts of religiosity and dogma for which the seeker no longer identifies. 

Ernest Holmes offers a viewpoint of “God,” that may be more relatable.  He defines God as “The First Cause, the Great I Am, the Unborn One, the Absolute or Unconditioned, the One and Only Spirit, or the Creative Energy which is the cause of all visible things. Love, Wisdom, Intelligence, Power, Substance, Mind.  The Truth that is real, the Principle that is dependable.” (The Science of Mind, p.595.6)

Whenever we pause and ask ourselves ‘what do I recognize and believe about God;’ the exercise may very well be the beginning of a form of self-awareness that leads us to a greater and more fulfilling expression of ourselves. Such a practice reveals the secrets of how life gets to be the way it is. After all, it truly is done unto us as we believe.

God, First Cause, The Self-Existent One is the Eternal Spirit, Mind, and Body; Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent. It is The One Life, permeating absolutely everything, without exception.   It is the One Infinite Creative Energy Field, imbued with Divine Love, Peace, Harmony, Abundance, Beauty, Light, Wisdom, Power, Joy, and all-natural goodness. Everything in the visible, physical, material world emanates from the One Source, fully imbued with Its creative nature.  God is the Great Creator, alive in all of Its creation.

Spending time in contemplative meditation on the qualities and attributes you, personally affirm is God, may soon catapult you into meditating on the idea of your inseparable relationship with the One; that you, right here, right now, are a divine idea in the infinite mind of God; forever unified and fully imbued with all that God is.

As a result of such practices, a child-like faith begins to emerge and realize (In the words of Hannah More Kohaus):

“God is my help in every need;
God does my every hunger feed;
God walks beside me, guides my way
Through every moment of this day.
I now am wise, I now am true,
Patient and kind, and loving, too;
All things I am, can do, and be,
Through Christ the Truth, that is in me.
God is my health, I can’t be sick;
God is my strength, unfailing, quick;
God is my all, I know no fear,
Since God and Love and Truth are here.”

And, so it is!

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This Week’s Affirmation

“I know the truth of my being, and it’s all Good!”

~ Angela “Chris” Beam ~