Wednesday, August 6, 2008

I live fully today

The wisest man who ever lived said there is a truth that can set you free from fear, want, unhappiness, and death itself. He said that this truth is already within you. Suppose you accept this spiritual wisdom, since the one who gave it was able to prove his claims. Don't you think that this great and glorious person was telling you that the Kingdom of God is here today?
Now, this means that evil--no matter what face it wears, or what form it takes, or how many people believe it--is never a thing in itself. Jesus did not say that evil has no reality as an experience. He did say that you should not judge according to appearances. He said that you are to live as though the Kingdom of God was at hand and was already yours. Think about this, there is no other power greater than the power of God, creator of all things, there is nothing else that exist outside the life and mind of God. Would you find fear, thoughts of lack or limitation in the mind and life of God? I don't think so, therefore, we should never fear anything, evil or death, or have thoughts of lack, limitation or doubt of our existence or abundance in the life of God. No matter what the negations of yesterday may have been, your affirmation of today may rise triumphant over them. Cease weeping over the mistakes of yesterday and, steadfastly beholding the face of the great and divine Reality, walk in that Light wherein there is no darkness. Gandhi said, "I can see that in the midst of darkness light persists. Hence I gather that God is Life, Truth, Light. God is Love. God is the Supreme Good."
Affirmation: I know that every negative condition of the past is swept aside. I refuse to see it or to think about it. Yesterday is no longer here; tomorrow has not yet arrived. Today is God's day. God's day is my day. Today, bright with hope and filled with promise, is mine. I am alive, awake, and aware--today.
I ask this day that only good and perfect things be made manifest in my life: love, joy, peace, happiness, good health, wealth and prosperity. I receive these good and perfect things this moment, this day with a grateful heart.

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