“Mama may have, papa may have, but God bless the child that’s got his own.”
~ Song lyrics by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr. ~
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“It is very important to understand the importance of our consciousness in spiritual growth. Divine ideas must be incorporated into our consciousness before they can mean anything to us. An intellectual concept does not suffice.”
~ The Revealing Word, Charles Fillmore ~
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“Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.”
~ Ramakrishna ~
We are blessed to have mentors who support us through the process of awakening to our True Selves. The ministers, priests, rabbis, imams, practitioners, and spiritual teachers of various faiths who inspire us, may be likened to earth angels. They lead us, by example, into an ever-expanding life of goodness. However, no matter how brilliant our mentors are, and how much we admire and revere them, and how we are influenced by their spiritual consciousness; remember, consciousness itself is non-transferable. We come alone to the garden of our beliefs where the creation of our experiences takes place.
When cultivating a consciousness of Love and Light, Peace and Prosperity, and Wisdom and Health, it is important to be in community with people of like-thinking; to read material that supports the desired state of mind; to pray and meditate for enlightenment; journal for self-clarity; practice life visioning for right manifestation; align with spiritual energy through tai chi, qigong, yoga, walking the labyrinth, and so much more that honors the spirit, mind, and body. And it is essential that you actualize the practice that you advocate so you may prove, for yourself, the Principle that you seek to embody. When these tools are applied in practical ways, you begin to experience the ever-expanding goodness that is your birthright.
Just as we come to understand that “faith without works is dead,” it may also be worth considering that ‘works without faith is hope.’ While hope is better than despair, the goal is to be assured all the time, under every circumstance, that all is well. This does not mean putting our head in the sand and ignoring adverse conditions. It means having an unwavering conviction that there is a power for good residing at the center of our being and begin to (1) declare the good we seek, (2) open ourselves to the divine guidance that follows, and (3) have the courage to act upon the divine wisdom that reveals what is ours to do.
Ernest Holmes puts it this way, “Not only must we have complete faith in Spirit, and its ability to know and to do, but we must have complete confidence in our approach to It. We must not be lukewarm in our conviction. We must know what we know. We are to demonstrate that spiritual thought force has power over all apparent material resistance, and this cannot be done unless we have abounding confidence in the Principle which we approach.”
“I establish my mind in expectancy, a feeling that all the good there is must belong to everyone who will take it.
I am receiving the Divine gift right now.”
~ 365 Science of Mind, p. 200.2 ~
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