It's The Law!
Did you know that the God who made the Natural Laws that govern the physical Universe (gravity, motion, hydraulics, kinetics, etc) also made Spiritual Laws that govern the way life works, the way everything that exists is created and the way we interact with God.
When we in New Thought (Science of Mind) speak of The Law, that is what we are saying. The Law is simply the way things work in the Spiritual Universe and like all Laws they work every time, are predictable and can be depended upon.
Did you know that learning to use The Law effectively is the key to the Kingdom. It is what Jesus was speaking of when He said: "I come that you might live a more abundant life". We can all learn how to be good operators of The Law; it is a tool that God has given to us so that we might create the life we desire. It is the same Law that God uses to create and recreate daily the Universe and everything in it. It is the same Law that Jesus used to work His "miracles" and heal the afflicted that came to Him.
He came to teach us how to transcend material fact, to transcend death, to create the life we want. Of course, we did not listen to Jesus; we created a religion called Christianity which has almost nothing to do with the message and teachings of Jesus and everything to do with Paul and John. Over 50% of the New Testament was written by Paul who never laid eyes on Jesus in life and knew Him not. John was a child when Jesus died. His legacy is the scariest and most unChristlike portion of Scripture, the Book of Revelations upon which most of the "end times" foolishness is based. What about the old Testament? The Old Testament is the Old Covenant with the Tribes of Israel and has nothing to do with the message of Jesus The Christ. He brought a New Covenant. That is the message!
I do not believe that Jesus did anything that we cannot do; if we will learn to use God's Law effectively and consciously. Jesus stated clearly that "Greater things than I have done will you do also - and more". He clearly was telling us that He was not a superman or a God but that He had learned to use God's Spiritual Laws to transcend the world of physical fact, something that everyone of us has the potential to do. Transcending the world of fact, the current reality all around us, is the secret to the creation of the life you want and deserve.
Facts are facts, you might be saying. How in the world do we transcend them, they are facts, aren't they? As long as you believe in an objective reality outside of yourself you will always be a manipulator of facts and not a creator of them. You will spend your life "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic of your life", rather than steering the ship and reaching the outcome YOU want and deserve. Using the Law of Mind Action is how you transcend facts.
Facts are literally the result of your thinking and the thinking of those in your personal world; your work, your home, your marriage, your school, your friends. These are the people and things that you have brought into your life and thus you have created your own personal reality. Your reality was not created for you, you were at choice every step of the way; even in the circumstances of your birth, but let's leave that one for another week!
You chose your wife or husband, you chose to have children or not, you chose to live where you live and do the work you do. No one made you choose any of these things. You chose the friends you have, you made any enemies that you have, and you choose each day to be happy about this creation or not. You are the producer, director and chief actor in your movie called "My Life and Times". Don't like living in Los Angeles any more? Move! Get another job somewhere else, pack up the family and go! Want to do something else with your life? Do it, go to school, learn a new skill, or take a chance and do something new that you have no idea how to do.
To live this way you must know what you want. This is the first step to changing your life. Just about all of us know exactly what we don't want but so many of us have no clear picutre of what we want; we just know something is missing from our life.
Before you take any action or do anything about your life, take time to build a mental picture of the life you want and then move into this imaginal dwelling your mind has built. What work will you be doing in the "new life"? Where will you live in the "new life"? What new friends will you make in the "new life"? What will you look like in the "new life"? How does it feel to try on this "new life"? Can you see yourself in your new role, your new existence? Can you imagine being a new person in a new life?
If you can feel it, see it, taste it, and be it - you can have IT! If not, then you will just long for something different and never have it. To use the Law you must be willing to change. If you cannot or will not change the way you think about yourself, about your family, about your work and where you live; then your life will never change.
Many people want to keep on associating with the same old crowd, live in the same old neighborhood, look and feel the same old way, do the same old job, be the same old person and yet they want a new life! The inside has to change, you have to get out of your comfort zone and put "new wine into new wineskins" or nothing significant will change in your life.
If you cannot get past what you see and experience around you, you will never transcend it. Nothing will really ever change. You must become new on the inside or the outside will remain the same and you will say: "Hey, Rev, this stuff doesn't work." It only works if you do! You change your thinking, your attitudes, your outlook and get to work on your physical body and watch your life change all around you. The current circumstances of your life are the reflection of your yesterday's attitudes, state of mind, and choices. Your state of mind, your attitudes, your thinking and speaking today will create your tomorrows. Watch what you put in your mind and what comes out of your mouth. It is literally a matter of life or death.
You are a magnet that attracts to it just what is in you. In other words, like attracts like. If you whine and moan and play the "ain't it awfuls", you will attract negative people and have a negative experience of life. If you believe that life is great, people are wonderful and that you are having a ball, you will attract to you the people to help you create this wonderful new life. That is how God works; that is the action of The Law.
What you put into Cause you receive back in Effect. Your thoughts are creative, they are the causative force of your life. You have the power, you have the tool to change your life beginning tomorrow. Your thinking, your self talk, what you allow into your mind creates your attitudes and influences your life choices and that is how you create your life. Sounds easy but it is a matter of hard mental and spiritual work and great spiritual discipline to turn your life around.
You have probably been unconsciously using the Law in a negative way for most of your life and a lot of bad habits of thought, speech and action must be changed for there to be any lasting life change. Takes a long time to turn around a giant ocean liner; takes a bit of work and time to turn around a life. Keep at it and I guarantee you will see your life transformed into your heart's desire.
When we in New Thought (Science of Mind) speak of The Law, that is what we are saying. The Law is simply the way things work in the Spiritual Universe and like all Laws they work every time, are predictable and can be depended upon.
Did you know that learning to use The Law effectively is the key to the Kingdom. It is what Jesus was speaking of when He said: "I come that you might live a more abundant life". We can all learn how to be good operators of The Law; it is a tool that God has given to us so that we might create the life we desire. It is the same Law that God uses to create and recreate daily the Universe and everything in it. It is the same Law that Jesus used to work His "miracles" and heal the afflicted that came to Him.
He came to teach us how to transcend material fact, to transcend death, to create the life we want. Of course, we did not listen to Jesus; we created a religion called Christianity which has almost nothing to do with the message and teachings of Jesus and everything to do with Paul and John. Over 50% of the New Testament was written by Paul who never laid eyes on Jesus in life and knew Him not. John was a child when Jesus died. His legacy is the scariest and most unChristlike portion of Scripture, the Book of Revelations upon which most of the "end times" foolishness is based. What about the old Testament? The Old Testament is the Old Covenant with the Tribes of Israel and has nothing to do with the message of Jesus The Christ. He brought a New Covenant. That is the message!
I do not believe that Jesus did anything that we cannot do; if we will learn to use God's Law effectively and consciously. Jesus stated clearly that "Greater things than I have done will you do also - and more". He clearly was telling us that He was not a superman or a God but that He had learned to use God's Spiritual Laws to transcend the world of physical fact, something that everyone of us has the potential to do. Transcending the world of fact, the current reality all around us, is the secret to the creation of the life you want and deserve.
Facts are facts, you might be saying. How in the world do we transcend them, they are facts, aren't they? As long as you believe in an objective reality outside of yourself you will always be a manipulator of facts and not a creator of them. You will spend your life "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic of your life", rather than steering the ship and reaching the outcome YOU want and deserve. Using the Law of Mind Action is how you transcend facts.
Facts are literally the result of your thinking and the thinking of those in your personal world; your work, your home, your marriage, your school, your friends. These are the people and things that you have brought into your life and thus you have created your own personal reality. Your reality was not created for you, you were at choice every step of the way; even in the circumstances of your birth, but let's leave that one for another week!
You chose your wife or husband, you chose to have children or not, you chose to live where you live and do the work you do. No one made you choose any of these things. You chose the friends you have, you made any enemies that you have, and you choose each day to be happy about this creation or not. You are the producer, director and chief actor in your movie called "My Life and Times". Don't like living in Los Angeles any more? Move! Get another job somewhere else, pack up the family and go! Want to do something else with your life? Do it, go to school, learn a new skill, or take a chance and do something new that you have no idea how to do.
To live this way you must know what you want. This is the first step to changing your life. Just about all of us know exactly what we don't want but so many of us have no clear picutre of what we want; we just know something is missing from our life.
Before you take any action or do anything about your life, take time to build a mental picture of the life you want and then move into this imaginal dwelling your mind has built. What work will you be doing in the "new life"? Where will you live in the "new life"? What new friends will you make in the "new life"? What will you look like in the "new life"? How does it feel to try on this "new life"? Can you see yourself in your new role, your new existence? Can you imagine being a new person in a new life?
If you can feel it, see it, taste it, and be it - you can have IT! If not, then you will just long for something different and never have it. To use the Law you must be willing to change. If you cannot or will not change the way you think about yourself, about your family, about your work and where you live; then your life will never change.
Many people want to keep on associating with the same old crowd, live in the same old neighborhood, look and feel the same old way, do the same old job, be the same old person and yet they want a new life! The inside has to change, you have to get out of your comfort zone and put "new wine into new wineskins" or nothing significant will change in your life.
If you cannot get past what you see and experience around you, you will never transcend it. Nothing will really ever change. You must become new on the inside or the outside will remain the same and you will say: "Hey, Rev, this stuff doesn't work." It only works if you do! You change your thinking, your attitudes, your outlook and get to work on your physical body and watch your life change all around you. The current circumstances of your life are the reflection of your yesterday's attitudes, state of mind, and choices. Your state of mind, your attitudes, your thinking and speaking today will create your tomorrows. Watch what you put in your mind and what comes out of your mouth. It is literally a matter of life or death.
You are a magnet that attracts to it just what is in you. In other words, like attracts like. If you whine and moan and play the "ain't it awfuls", you will attract negative people and have a negative experience of life. If you believe that life is great, people are wonderful and that you are having a ball, you will attract to you the people to help you create this wonderful new life. That is how God works; that is the action of The Law.
What you put into Cause you receive back in Effect. Your thoughts are creative, they are the causative force of your life. You have the power, you have the tool to change your life beginning tomorrow. Your thinking, your self talk, what you allow into your mind creates your attitudes and influences your life choices and that is how you create your life. Sounds easy but it is a matter of hard mental and spiritual work and great spiritual discipline to turn your life around.
You have probably been unconsciously using the Law in a negative way for most of your life and a lot of bad habits of thought, speech and action must be changed for there to be any lasting life change. Takes a long time to turn around a giant ocean liner; takes a bit of work and time to turn around a life. Keep at it and I guarantee you will see your life transformed into your heart's desire.
Here is how to start. First have a desire, a picture of the life you want. Give no more thought to the life you have, the life you don't want. Focus on what you want and let what you have now just fade away from lack of attention. You must have a desire for something new, a real impulsion to change and give your attention, your prayer, your work to it, otherwise it is all just conversation.
Second, stop poisoning your mind with negativity and "news" about things you cannot change and cannot affect. Never again watch the 11:00 o:clock news! Why would you want the last thing on your mind before sleep to be who was murdered, what the War on Terror is doing or any other negative programming?What you allow into your mind first thing in the morning and the last thing before bed is a very important part of changing your life. Kicking the "news" habit is a great way to start. Think of the money you will save on that morning paper!
More next week on "race thought" and how we can begin in just 2 weeks to transform our lives.
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