I Accept These Truths

My life flows and is formed completely from the perfect Spirit that is the center of everything. Like an underground or invisible spring that forms the rivers and creeks, this perfect Spirit flows in me, through me, and for me, bringing such great joy and abundance, love, happiness, peace and wholeness touching every part of my being.

I am one with God. Nothing can separate me from the Divine Presence within me. With complete faith in God's Power, I know that all I am and do is an expression of the Divine expressing Itself through me.

I am one with the infinite and Perfect Spirit of God, the Giver of all good and perfect gifts. I open my mind and my heart to the inflow of this Divine Presence. I know that this living Presence is in every part of my being. There is no doubt or fear in my mind that rejects in any way all that God is, right here and right now. My thoughts, my words, my life are blessed and healed this day through the Presence of Good(God) that is within me which makes me whole.

Overcoming Hate

There is but one Presence in the universe and that Presence is God. Since It permeates everything, it must be in and through me as well. This Presence manifests Itself in and through all forms, all people, all conditions. This Presence gives Life and is Life. Its nature is love and It withholds nothing from me.

Negativity may be an experience and a fact we recognize in our minds but it can never be an ultimate truth. Life(God) cannot operate against Itself. Good and evil cannot coexist. Always the negative is overcome by the positive. Good cannot fail to overcome evil. Negative experiences may seem to exist for a brief moment, but Truth exist forever. The consciousness of Good must overcome the appearance of evil. Good(God) obliterates everything unlike Itself, even as the sun dissolves the mist.

I refuse to contemplate evil as a legitimate power. I know that it will flee from me; it dissolves and disappears in the light of love. I know that hate cannot exist where love is recognized. I turn to the true Reality where evil does not and never will exist. It exist only if we permit it as a manifestation of our own mind. The manifestation of God is complete and overcomes any and all perceived evil.

Love makes the way clear before me. I am guided into an ever-widening experience of living life to Its fullest. My every thought and act this day is an expression of the goodness that flows to me from Life(God).

The Christ Mind

The healing Christ abides within me. The Christ Mind that abides within you and me is the incarnation of God in every individual. Not a person lives who does not at some time in his or her life sense this inward Presence, this vision of the Divine that presses against us. It is seeking entrance through our thoughts. We must open the door of our consciousness and permit It to enter. It is our willingness, acceptance, and recognition that give entrance to the Divine Presence. It is our faith and acknowledgement that permit Its creative power to flow through our word and our thoughts.

Today I open my consciousness to a realization of the living, eternal Christ. I know that the Christ dwells in me and I know that there is an invisible Guide, a living Presence with me at all times. With complete simplicity and directness, I recognize my Divine center. Consciously, I unify myself with this pure Spirit in which I live, move, and have my being. I am strong with the strength of the all-vitalizing power of pure Spirit of God. I am sustained by Divine Energy, which flows through me as radiant health and vitality. Every atom of my being responds to this Divine Presence. I completely surrender myself to it.

Ask In Faith

"Ask and ye shall receive." This is one of the most wonderful statements ever uttered. It implies that there is a Power that can and will honor your request. But it is only as you let go of the lesser that you can take hold of the greater, only as you drop confusion that you entertain peace, only as you transcend doubt, fear and disbelief that you can be lifted up to the hilltops of the inner Life. In asking, I must always identify myself with the greatness of God's Spirit in me. I permit my consciousness, through faith, to rise to a greater and broader realization that Divine Presence is always delivering Itself to me.

Through the quiet contemplation of the omni-action of God's Spirit, I learn to look quietly and calmly upon every false condition, seeing through it to the other side of the invisible Reality that molds conditions and recreates all of myaffairs after a more Divine pattern. I know that my word transmutes every energy into constructive action, producing health, harmony, happiness, and success.

I know that through the Divine Presence that is in me and for me, this Reality is the supply for my every need--physical, mental, or spiritual--and I accept this supply in deepest gratitude. I embrace and permit a consciousness of Wholeness to flow into my world of thought and action, knowing that It brings peace, harmony, joy, love and order all around me. There arises within me limitless faith in the unconquerable Presence of God, the Perfect Law, and Divine Action.

Jehovah Jireh

I am bountifully supplied all my needs from Divine substance. Life fills all space and Spirit animates every form. But as an individual, even the Spirit of God cannot make me accept this gift of Life unless I choose to accept it. The gift has already been made but I must accept it.

The Spirit of God comes to self-fulfillment in everything. Through the manifestation of the power that is within me, I can project any objective experience I may legitimately desire in my life. I must be accepting of this truth, that I am living in joyous expectation of good and perfect life and that I accept the true nature of abundance.

Today I recognize the abundance of life. I animate everything in my experience today with this idea. I remember only the good and perfect. I accept only the good and perfect things and expect only good and perfect. Good and perfect elements like love, joy, peace, happiness, good health, wealth and prosperity, passion for loving and passion for living are made manifest and demonstrated in my life this day and every day. I give thanks that this good and perfect life is flowing in ever increasing volume. I do not withhold this good and perfect from myself or others, but proclaim that spiritual substance is forever flowing to each and all as daily supply. Jehovah Jireh, the Lord Shall Provide.

Spirit Permeates Everything

It is only as you live affirmatively that you can be happy. Knowing that there is but one Spirit in which I live, move, and have my being, I feel this Spirit not only in my consciousness but also in my daily affairs. I am united with all. I am one with the Eternal Light Itself. This Presence of God's Spirit within me blesses everyone I meet, tends to heal everything I touch, brings gladness into the life of everyone I come in contact with, therefore I receive the blessing.

Today I uncover the perfection within me. In its fullness I reveal the indwelling Presence. I look out upon the world of my affairs, knowing that the Spirit within me makes my way both immediate and easy. I know there is nothing in me that could possibly obstruct or withhold the Divine flow of Life and Love into my life. I know that God withholds nothing from me.

My word dissolves every negative thought or impulse that could throw a shadow over my perfection. Good flows through me to all. Good shines through my thoughts and actions. Good harmonizes my body so that it is revitalized, manifesting perfection in every cell, organ, and function. Good harmonizes my mind so that Love sings joyously in my heart. I am in complete unity with Good (God).

All Is Well

The good in which I believe triumphs over every evil I have experienced. I have a silent partnership with the Infinite and this partnership can never be dissolved. I have implicit confidence in my ability, knowing that it is the nature of thought to externalize itself in my affairs. Today I turn resolutely from every sense of lack, want, and limitation, and declare that the perfect Law of God is operating in, for, and through me.

I have complete confidence in my knowledge and understanding of the Law of Good (God). I not only know what the Law is, I know how to use it. I know that I shall obtain definite results through the use of it. Knowing this, having confidence in my ability to use the Law, and using it daily for specific purposes, gradually I build up an unshakable faith, both in the Law and the possibility of demonstrating It.

Therefore, today I declare that the Law of the Lord is perfect in everything I do. Today I believe in Divine Guidance. Today I believe that "underneath are the everlasting arms." Today I rest in this divine assurance and this divine security. I know not only that all is well with my soul, my spirit, and my mind--all is well with my affairs.

Love is Harmony

The law of the Lord is perfect and the law of the Lord is love. I am made perfect in the law when I enter into conscious communion with Love. It is only through love that the law can fulfil itself in my experience, because love harmonizes everything, unifies everything. You can never make the most perfect use of the law in your life unless that use is motivated by love. This love is more than a sentiment or a feeling. It is a deep sense of the underlying unity, beauty, and majesty of all life, the goodness running through me and everything.

Today I sense the essence of this Love in everyone and everything. Everyone shall show love to me as I show love to them. My soul meets the soul of the universe in everyone. Everything has meaning and beauty. This Love is a healing power transforming everything into wholeness, healing the wounds of experience with its divine touch.

I know that this Love is the very essence, the very substance of Life in all creation. This Creative Spirit is the reason for everything, flowing through my whole being, spiritual, mental, and physical. It flows in transcendent ways into my world of thought and form, ever renewing, vitalizing, bringing joy, harmony, and blessings to everything and everyone it touches. I am blessed.

Divine Presence Within Me

The Spirit of God is an undivided and indivisible Wholeness. It fills all time with Its presence and all space with the activity of Its thought. I believe that this Presence is always with me. Nothing can be nearer to me than that which is the very essence of my being. Life flows up from within me.

I know that my search is over. I am consciously aware of the Presence of God's Spirit. I have discovered the great Reality. I am awake to the realization of this Presence. There is but one Life. Today I see It reflected in every form, backing of every countenance, moving through every act. Knowing that the Divine Presence is in everyone I meet, the same Spirit in all people. I acknowledge the good in everything.

I recognize the Life of God responding to me from every person I meet, in every event that transpires, in every circumstance in my experience. I feel the warmth and color of this Divine Presence continuing to press against me, forever welling up within me--the well spring of Eternal Being present yesterday, today, tomorrow, and always.

Divine Bounty

Today I identify myself with the more abundant life, to think of those things that make for peace, and to dwell on the unity that underlies everything. I fully acknowledge that I live in pure Spirit, new power is born within me upon this realization. I find myself renewed by the Divine Life of God, led by Divine Intelligence, and guarded by Divine Love. I focus my inward vision on this indwelling harmony, knowing that as I contemplate its perfection I will see it manifest in everything I do.

Realizing that the Spirit within me is God, the Spirit Almighty, being fully conscious of this Divine Presence as the sustaing Principle of my life, I open my thought to Its influx; I open my consciousness to Its outpouring. I know and understand that God alone is real. I know that silently I am drawing into my experience today, and every day, an ever-increasing measure of truth and beauty, of goodness and harmony.

Everything I do, say, and think is quickened into right action, into productive action, into increased action. My invisible good already exists; my faith, drawing upon this invisible good, causes that which was unseen to become visible. God withholds nothing from me.

Faith Makes Me Whole

Faith is most definitely a mental attitude. Often out of your enthusiasm to believe in something faith becomes stronger but challenges arise when your old thought patterns rise to the surface of your mind with questions and self doubt which blocks your faith from being made manifest in your life.

Faith is more than an objective statement. Perfect faith, if there is such a thing, cannot exist while there are subjective contradictions that deny the affirmation of your thoughts and words. It is only when your intellect is no longer obstructed by negative emotional human reactions arising out of your experiences of doubt and fear that the words of your mouth can immediately bear fruit.

I believe with a deep, inward calm that my word of faith is real and powerful. I have absolute reliance upon the Law of Good(God). I believe this spiritual Law of Good will bring everything desirable into my experience this day and every day. Today I claim my Divine inheritance. I am blessed with the richness of God; I am strong with the power of God; I am guided by the wisdom of God. I am held in the goodness of God, today. God withholds nothing from me.

Guidance and Wisdom

Realizing that all action starts in, and is a result of, my conscious thought, I prepare my mind to receive the best that life has to offer. I am becoming increasing aware of the one Presence, the one Life, and the one Spirit, which is God. I repel all sense of lack or limitation from my thoughts. The Spirit of God is revealed to me and works for me through my belief and faith. All things are possible to this Spirit; therefore, everything is possible to me in such degree as I can believe, trust and accept the operation of God's Spirit in my life. I acknowledge the oneness with this power and Its unity with my life. Today I loose all thoughts of discord and fear and permit the true pattern and manifestation of the Life of God to come to the surface of my own experience.

Today I desire the Wholeness of God to flow through me in ever-widening circles of activity. Every good I have experienced or will experience is now increased. Every joy that has come into my life is now multiplied. There is a new influx of inspiration into my thought. I see more clearly than ever before that my divine birthright is freedom, joy, and eternal goodness. The Divine Presence interprets Itself to me through love and friendship, through peace and harmony. Knowing that Life gives according to my faith, I lift my mind, I elevate my faith, and I listen more intently to the song coming from the center of my being(soul).

Claiming My Inheritance

Did Jesus not say that the Kingdom of God is at hand? The riches, power, glory, and great joy of this kingdom I claim this day. I do not rob others by entering into the fullness of this kingdom of joy, this kingdom of abundance. I recognize that all people belong to the same kingdom. I am merely claiming for myself what the Law of Good and Perfect would do for all who understand this truth.

There is no law of human heredity imposed upon me. Evil has no history. Limitation has no past or future. All that might be opposed to good has no future. My eternal life is now and forever filled with the Presence of Perfect Life(God). I have been, and forever will remain, a complete and perfect expression of the Eternal Mind, which is God.

Today I enter into the limitless variations of self-expression that the Divine Spirit of God projects into my experience. Knowing that all experience is a play of Life upon Itself, the coming of love into self-expression, the coming forth of good and perfect joy of its own being. I begin this day living with joyful anticipation, with ethusiasm. Today I enter into my Divine inheritance, shaking my thought clear from the belief that external conditions are imposed upon me. I declare this day the freedom of my Divine nature.

My Word Accomplishes

I am either attracting or repelling according to my mental attitude. I am either identifying myself with lack or with abundance, with love and friendship or with indifference. The Law of Attraction and Repulsion works automatically but our mind directs it. It is like the Law of Reflection, the reflection corresponds to the image held before a mirror. My life is like the mirror, reflecting what my mind places in front of it.

How careful, then, should we be to guard our thoughts, not only seeing to it that we keep away from thoughts of doubt and fear, lack or limitation but accepting only the good and perfect Life that is ours for the asking. I must consciously repel every thought that denies that good.

I know that my word penetrates any unbelief in my mind, casts out all fear, removes doubt, clears away obstacles, permitting only that which is enduring, perfect, and true to be made manifest, demonstrated and realized. I have complete faith(like a child) that all the statements I make will be carried out as I have believed. I do everything with a sense of reliance upon the Law of Good and Perfect(God); therefore, I know that my word shall not return unto me void. I fully expect complete and perfect results from it. My words(thoughts) accomplish what I intend.

I Am Spirit

I believe my body is a temple of the living Spirit of God. It is spiritual substance, therefore my life is spiritual. God is ever present and exist at the very center of my thought. This Presence within me has the power to make all things new.

The Perfect Life of God is in me and pours through every fiber of my being. As the sun dissolves the mist, so my acceptance of Life dissolves all pain and discord. I am free because the Spirit of Life in me is perfect. It remolds and re-creates my body after the likeness of the Divine pattern of body that exists in the Mind of God. Even now as I type these words this living Spirit is flowing through me.

I open wide the doorway of my consciousness to permit my physical body to receive the living Spirit in every action, function, cell, and organ. I know that my whole being manifests the life, love, peace, harmony, strength, and joy of God's Spirit that dwells within me and is incarnated in me. I open my conscious mind to the realization that all the Power and Presence there is clothes me in Its eternal embrace; this Spirit forever imparts Its Life to me. I know that the Spirit within me is my strength and power and I am set free from any worries.

Deep Abiding Peace

I was fortunate in being reared in a home where no religious fears were taught, and where every attempt was made to keep away from superstition and ignorance. It was, however, a religious home, where family prayers were said, the Bible was read daily and grace was said at mealtime. But it was never suggested we fear God or the future. We were in church everytime the doors were open and I grew to love the music of the church, especially the old gospel hymns.

Both my parents demonstrated a child-like faith in a loving God and a devotion to their church. However, my father was different from other men in our little country church. He always expressed a calm and quiet spirit that set him apart from most other men that I knew growing up. You would sense this inner peace that he had. His way of dealing with life seemed very passive and non-resistent. I remember as a young teenager viewing this characteristic manner of my father very negatively, seeing it more as a sign of weakness.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." My father is who Jesus was describing. What seemed like a passive and non-resistent attitude to me as a young man was actually a great strength, a wonderful gift Dad possessed. Being meek or humble in spirit is not a weakness. The meek are those who have awakened to their essential true spiritual nature. The meek are the egoless, people who have learned that ego and self are pure illusion. Blessed are those who awaken to this true nature of consciousness and inherit a deep abiding peace that comes only after you fully embrace and identify completely with the Presence of God. Blessed are those who understand this Truth; It is not about us, it is always about the Life of God in us.

Blessed Are The Meek

Jesus lived in a world of spiritual realizations far beyond that of which the average person has any understanding. Jesus discerned things of spiritual truth and as spiritual things must be spiritually understood, man has failed.

Jesus said, "Heaven is right here in the midst of you." Yet man thinks that heaven is a reward received in the afterlife for the righteous soul, a place of mansions and streets of gold, and for the Islamic man there will be many virgins and for the Mormon man, he will become a God over his own planet.

Jesus spoke of a Spiritual Reality that is invisible to the human mind. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus makes a prediction that to this day few people have understood. He says, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." In modern versions of the Bible, "meek" is translated as humble. Who are the meek or the humble, and what does it mean that they shall inherit the earth?

The meek are those who have awakened to their essential true nature. The meek are the egoless, people who have learned that ego and self is pure illusion, a manifestation of the human brain and thought. Blessed are those who awaken to this true nature of consciousness and recognize the same essence in all "others," all life-forms. They will live in a surrendered state and so feel their oneness with the whole and the Source(God). When life on earth becomes inseparable from the human consciousness that perceives and interacts with the constant Presence of God, then we will undertand what Jesus meant by, "Heaven is right here in the midst of you."

Nature of Consciousness

One of the fiercest debates in science today: the nature of consciousness. In 1991, Pam Reynolds was found to have an aneurism on her brain stem. Faced with a ticking time bomb, she opted for an experimental operation called a "cardiac standstill." The surgeons put her under anesthesia, taped her eyes shut and put molded speakers in her ears that emitted loud clicks about as loud as a jet plane taking off. When her brain no longer responded to those clicks, the surgeons lowered her body temperature to 60 degrees and drained the blood out of her head, like draining oil from the engine of a car. The aneurism sac collapsed for lack of blood. The surgeons then drilled into her skull, snipped the aneurism and sewed it up, and then reintroduced the blood into her body. Finally, they raised her body temperature and brought her back to consciousness.

When Reynolds awakened, she had a story to tell. She said she floated upward and watched part of the operation. She could describe what the operating theater looked like and how many surgeons there were. She could describe the unusual-looking bone saw that cut open her head, as well as the drill bits and blade container. She heard converations, including one in which a female surgeon observed that Reynolds' left femoral vein was too small for a tube, to which the chief neurosurgeon responded, "Try the right side."

Records from the surgery confirmed all these details. Reynolds neurosurgeon says he is flummoxed by the episode: "From a scientific perspective," he says, "I have absolutely no explanation about how it could have happened." Her story raises the question: Was Reynolds' consciousness operating separately from her brain and her physical body?

The Pam Reynolds case experience -- and that of many others -- is prompting researchers at many institutions of higher learning to investigate that astonishing proposition that a person might have a consciousness(a soul)that can operate without the use of the human brain or body.

To actually witness this type of evidence that supports the belief that we maintain an identity independent of the physical body is proof enough for me that our soul is immortal and the personality of the soul continues after death.

Immortality

I believe that we are not going to attain immortality when we die, but that we are now and have always been immortal! My contention is not that dead men live again, but that a living man never dies. Jesus revealed himself to his followers after his resurrection, to show them that death is but a passing to a higher sphere of life and action. To know that we maintain an identity independent of the physical body is proof enough of immortality.

Every man and woman is an incarnation of God. The soul can no more be lost than God could be lost. We should not believe that just because we have subscribed to some creed, we have thereby purchased a seat in heaven, nor can we believe in any vindictive or malicious power in the universe, which damns us because we have erred through human ignorance. Salvation comes to us through love, an awakening and a rebirth, not through fear and dogma. We exist only in the Life and Mind of God, therefore, it is all about God, not us. Everything else is a manifestation of man and is not true.

I believe in the continuation of the personal life beyond the grave, in the continuity of the individual stream of consciousness with a full recollection of itself. When physical death comes I believe we will remain conscious of who we are and will know others from this life who have passed before. If personality does not persist beyond the grave, then death would be an event to be longed for because this life would have no real meaning, value or worth.

What about reincarnation? I do not believe in the return of the soul to another life on this earthly plane. The spiral of life is upward. Evolution carries us forward, not backward. Eternal and progressive expansion is universal spiritual law and there are no breaks in its continuity. I cannot believe that nature is limited to one sphere of action or plane and I believe that eternal progress never ends. Every person is an unfolding soul, an eternal destiny

Enthusiasm

Ralph Waldo Emerson said that, "Nothing great has ever been achieved without enthusiasm." The word enthusiasm comes from the ancient Greek--en and theos, meaning God. And the related word enthousiazein means "to be possessed by a god." When you focus with enthusiasm on your dreams you will find that you don't have to do it all by yourself. Sustained enthusiasm brings into existence a wave of creative energy, and all you have to do then is "ride the wave." Enthusiasm brings an enormous empowerment into anything you wish to accomplish. When your belief or objective becomes so energized with passion that you begin to believe you cannot fail, you will succeed. In fact, there is nothing of significance that you can do without enthusiasm. You may recall the truth that Jesus pointed out when he said, "I can of my own self do nothing."

My View

I believe the Power of Life within us all is a spiritual power, able to bring perfect peace, increasing happiness and joy, and greater material abundance to all who embrace this Reality. The things that have made man miserable can be eliminated through the conscious use of this Power. God does not bring fear or hate or impoverishment upon us, because God transcends these things. God does not bring us the Devil or evil in any form, because God transcends these things, as well. If the world is to change, then the world needs a new concept of God; a new idea must be born in the minds of people everywhere about the nature of God and our right relationship to this Divine Creative Spirit, which Abraham called Yahweh.

The only thing that can bring love, joy, peace, and prosperity to this world is a direct experience of the Invisible. You must begin to sense the immediate presence of this Life. With simplicity and directness, you must embrace this Spirit which is at the center of everything that lives. We must learn to recognize that God is at the center of all people and working in human affairs. While it is true that the Power of God is always within us, it is not true that we have always recognized Its Presence or realized Its Power.

For you to create the kind of life you deeply desire you must rely completely on this Inner Power that is God. Knowing this, I find the guidance I seek and the strength I need. With Love in my heart, knowing I am unbound and unlimited, I accept myself as a happy, healthy, strong, and successful person. Fear, doubt, thoughts of limitation and lack are simply an illusion of our mind, as is the idea of self(ego) and all human identity. In Reality, you do not exist except as an individual expression of God in this life.

We have been taught for centuries by most of the religions and philosophies of the world that we are separate from God, and we need them or something to be a bridge to God. The Creator is not separate from Creation. We are One with the Creator. If this was not true, then we would not exist because it is all about God, not us. Jesus said, I am in the Father and the Father is in me.

You and I share the Mind of God where negative and destructive ideas have never existed and never will. Man must reject the idea of a life of duality and separation from the One Source, One Mind, One Reality, One Spirit, One God. This Truth shall set you free!!!!!!!

"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside all people. He said, 'My son, the battle is between two 'wolves' inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.'

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: 'Which wolf wins?'The old Cherokee simply replied, 'The one you feed.'

Law Of Attraction - Happiness

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.

The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene. One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by.Although the other man could not hear the band - he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days, weeks and months passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.

Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed. It faced a blank wall.The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, 'Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.'

Epilogue: There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations. Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled. If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy.'Today is a gift, that is why it is called The Present.'

God Is My Portion

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.--Psalm 73:26

I am conscious that the Life and the Intelligence within me is some part of the Universal Spirit of God. Therefore, I know that my mind is one with the Infinite Mind of God. Being one with this Infinite Mind, I am continuously guided and directed, and all my actions are controlled by this Spirit within me.

I know exactly what to do in every situation. Every idea necessary to successful living is brought to my attention. the doorway to ever increasing opportunity for self-expression is ever open before me. I am continuously meeting new and larger experiences. Every day brings some greater good. Every day brings more blessings and greater self-expression. I prosper in everything I do. An abundance of good is mine today.

There is that within me that understands this Truth, that completely accepts It, that remembers freedom, expresses freedom, and anticipates freedom. There is that within me that is completely conscious of its unity with Good(God), of its oneness with all the Power there is, all the Presence of Truth and Love there is, and all the Life there is.

Upon this Power, Presence, and Life I depend with complete certainty. I have absolute inner assurance that Divine Intelligence benefits me in everything I do.

This eternal moment guides me into the fullness of God's Presence and I completely and selflessly embrace It. I feel your Warmth, Goodness, Love, Happiness, Peace, Joy and Abundance in this moment. I ask that these Good and Perfect things be made manifest in my expressed life as it is in your Life. As I have asked, I have received these Good and Perfect things. It is done.

Right Action

A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you.--Ezekiel 36:26

Remaining constantly open to the Love of God within ourselves can produce great results. Though the essence of Love may be elusive, It pervades everything, renewing our soul and uplifting our emotions. We can all live happily, harmoniously, and successfully with one another when each of us practices a conscious acceptance and recognition of the presence of God's Love within ourselves and within everyone. We can overcome the troubles and difficulties that we have allowed to enter our lives when we remember that Love is the creating and sustaining Presence of God within us all.

As I eliminate anger and resentment in my life, the Divine Nature of God fills my soul overflowing freely through every part of me and makes my path only right action. I dismiss all tendency to be angry, fearful, or resentful. In exchange I am filled with faith, love, and trust.

Be In Joy Now

Today's blog is from Rhonda Byrne, Creator of The Secret. Her message may be a little too metaphysical for some of you, leaving you uncomfortable by her lack of reference to the traditional names of God, but if you read it without prejudice and an open mind you will find a lot of truth in what she is saying. It is the bad times when we usually seek God for help and comfort and our efforts are usually reactionary to our needs at the time. Byrne is saying that if we live and believe in God's presence of joy in the now, every day, we will become more non-resistant and less reactionary to the challenges that bring negativity, fear and doubt into our lives.

Be in Joy now and everything will change
by Rhonda Byrne

In the moment that I discovered The Secret I realized that I had been living my entire life backwards. If things were good in my life, I was happy. If things were difficult in my life and everything was going wrong, I was stressed and miserable. In my ignorance, I had been misusing the law of attraction all of my life. But all of that changed when I had the knowledge of The Secret.

To live in accordance with The Secret and the most powerful law in the Universe, we must be in Joy first - and then everything will change. To live our lives by emotionally reacting to what is happening outside of us is misusing the law! As we react with negative emotion to any difficulties, we attract more negativity into our lives. We cannot defy the law of attraction, which operates on the most microscopic levels of vibration, and with absolute exactitude.

You must be in Joy first. And then your life will change into Joy.
Difficult times are the greatest opportunities in disguise. When we face difficult times we have to put in determined work to get ourselves into Joy. But let me tell you, when you can get yourself into Joy despite what is happening around you, your life must change - it's the law!

In addition, as you become Joy in difficult times you are becoming the master of your emotions, the master of your life, and the master of the law of attraction. Difficult times are your greatest opportunity to practice yourself into Joy.

Of course if your life is going along swimmingly then it is very easy to be in Joy. During those times your Joy is most likely a reaction to the good times. But the magnificence and the power that you really have within you will be seen when you can be in Joy during difficult times. It is then that you will see the true power that you have within you, because as you hold to Joy, you will shift all the energies of the Universe, and your life and your world will change.

The cause of everything is within you, and the effect is what you experience in your life. You have the power within you to change everything by putting yourself in Joy. You can change everything so easily by becoming Joy first! And nothing can change until you get yourself in Joy, because that is the law of attraction. Like attracts like! The energy of Joy attracts energy of Joy!

Do whatever it takes to find your Joy, and then keep yourself in it no matter what. Keep ramping up your level of Joy every day. There is no limit to the levels of Joy you can reach. You will see change to the degree of Joy that you can attain and maintain. The higher the Joy you can create within you, the more spectacular the change, and the higher the Joy, the faster the change. Once you get yourself in Joy it is easy to maintain it, because your emanation of Joy attracts more Joy. The law of attraction will continually send you more feelings of Joy.

You cannot criticize or blame or complain when you are in Joy. You cannot be afraid when you are in Joy. You cannot speak negatively when you are in Joy. You cannot harm another when you are in Joy. Negativity cannot reach you when you are in Joy.

When you are in Joy you are compassionate. When you are in Joy you are considerate and caring. When you are in Joy you love others. When you are in Joy you appreciate everything. When you are in Joy you are in love with the world, and the Universe is in love with you.

Be in Joy. Seek it with all of your heart, and you will find it.

May the Joy be with you.

Perfect Work

And they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.--Isaiah 65:21

Pefect work and perfect supply are mine! As I accept this truth, it is done. I refuse to look upon effects that have been brought about by my own limited thinking. I turn my mind to the Infinite, all Loving and All-Powerful. I let go of fear and open my hands to receive that which is mine.

Infinite Creativeness flows through every person. There is no reality of lack or limitation within me. I have talents and capabilities that now become clearly known to me. I am guided by the Spirit to recognize my inner wealth. Divine Wisdom knows exactly what I can do and shows me how, when, and where to do it. The right ideas occur to me, and the right people and circumstances come into my life.

Each opportunity is better than the last, for God in me forever moves me forward and onward. I move forward joyously now, accepting that which is my perfect environment, employment, and supply. I am prosperous in all things as I allow the Divine Nature of God to flow through me and to take form in my world.

Inheritance

The Kingdom of God is at hand. I inherit everything that belongs to this kingdom. The riches and the power and the glory of this kingdom are mine now. I do not rob anyone by entering into the fullness of the kingdom of power, of joy, and of abundance. I recognize that everyone inherits the same kingdom. There is no law of human heredity imposed upon me. Evil has no history. Limitation has no past. That which is opposed to good has no future. The eternal now is filled with perfection. I always have been and always will remain a complete, perfect, and whole expression of the Eternal Mind of God.

The Miracle Of Life

Day 1: fertilization: God's Creative Spirit is made manifest and expressed in human form, Universal Intelligence is already at work, all human chromosomes are present; a unique human life begins.

Day 6: embryo begins implantation in the uterus.

Day 22: heart begins to beat with the child's own blood, often a different type than the mothers'.

Week 3: By the end of third week the child's backbone spinal column and nervous system are forming. The liver, kidneys and intestines begin to take shape.

Week 4: By the end of week four the child is ten thousand times larger than the fertilized egg.

Week 5: Eyes, legs, and hands begin to develop.

Week 6: Brain waves are detectable; mouth and lips are present; fingernails are forming.

Week 7: Eyelids, and toes form, nose distinct. The baby is kicking and swimming.

Week 8: Every organ is in place, bones begin to replace cartilage, and fingerprints begin to form. By the 8th week the baby can begin to hear.


Weeks 9 and 10: Teeth begin to form, fingernails develop. The baby can turn his head, and frown. The baby can hiccup.

Weeks 10 and 11: The baby can "breathe" amniotic fluid and urinate. Week 11 the baby can grasp objects placed in its hand; all organ systems are functioning. The baby has a skeletal structure, nerves, and circulation.


Week 12: The baby has all of the parts necessary to experience pain, including nerves, spinal cord, and thalamus. Vocal cords are complete. The baby can suck its thumb.

Week 14: At this age, the heart pumps several quarts of blood through the body every day.

Week 15: The baby has an adult's taste buds.

Month 4: Bone Marrow is now beginning to form. The heart is pumping 25 quarts of blood a day. By the end of month 4 the baby will be 8-10 inches in length and will weigh up to half a pound.

Week 17: The baby can have dream (REM) sleep.
Week 19: Babies can routinely be saved at 21 to 22 weeks after fertilization, and sometimes they can be saved even younger.

Week 20: The earliest stage at which Partial birth abortions are performed. At 20 weeks the baby recognizes its' mothers voice. Except for the danger from human predators the baby has no fear, thoughts of lack, limitation or need and feels protected in the mother's womb.


Months 5 and 6: The baby practices breathing by inhaling amniotic fluid into its developing lungs. The baby will grasp at the umbilical cord when it feels it. Most mothers feel an increase in movement, kicking, and hiccups from the baby. Oil and sweat glands are now functioning. The baby is now twelve inches long or more, and weighs up to one and a half pounds.

Months 7 through 9: Eyeteeth are present. The baby opens and closes his eyes. The baby is using four of the five senses (vision, hearing, taste, and touch.) He knows the difference between waking and sleeping, and can relate to the moods of the mother. The baby's skin begins to thicken, and a layer of fat is produced and stored beneath the skin. Antibodies are built up, and the baby's heart begins to pump 300 gallons of blood per day. Approximately one week before the birth the baby stops growing, and "drops" usually head down into the pelvic cavity.

What Is My Future?

We are not at home in this universe. We are afraid of it--afraid to live. If the time ever comes to you and to me when we see God in everything and in everybody, we will never be alone or feel lonely ever again. Every experience will more vividly reveal God's warmth, color, beauty and responsiveness in the Reality in which we live. The entire nature of God is given to us. It is a gift already received but we have to accept this Truth.

We are on the verge of a vast possibility. Do you feel it? The individual or nation without a vision must perish until the vision is reborn. What is my vision in the midst of confusion, doubt, and uncertainty? People have lossed confidence in the economy, in government, in the stock market. We will either fall before the confusion and be destroyed, or something transcendent within us is going to rise and look to a certain future, to an eternal Reality, to a God-Principle--to an Infinite Presence, responding to us according to our belief, our faith, our acceptance of what can be.

There is no individual good. Good belongs to everyone. Good fulfills itself only as it multiplys itself; therefore, there is no good that belongs to just you and to me alone, no final peace to us only as individuals. The watchword is not exclusion but inclusion, and the more good we release, the more good we experience. This is the Law(of God)(Law of Attraction).

I am part of one trememdous Whole whose nature is God. It is this Divine Nature, this union, that I consciously walk and talk with the Infinite, until it becomes dynamic and real to me. I am thankful for every opportunity to let God's Life be expressed through me. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!