It's Simple But It's Not Easy!!

I believe that many of us have the idea that the Laws of the Universe (Divine Law) are almost impossible to understand by the average person and that they are best left to theologians and professors of philosophy.

We may have gotten this deep seated belief from being told that "God Works In Mysterious Ways" by a priest, minister or rabbi. They use this bromide as a way of answering the 3 toughest questions that any clergyman faces in his or her daily work.

These are: Why does God allow such suffering in the world, if He loves us unconditionally? Why did God kill thousands of little children in the Tsunami ? (earthquake, hurricane, war - you fill in the blank) or Why did God take my little child? And the big one: Does God hear my prayers and how do I know if He will grant my request?

Did you notice as you read these questions that they are all asking the same thing? "Why doesn't God protect us from all the bad things that can happen in this life? Isn't He here to be our Parent and wouldn't any good parent take care of his children?" Your clergyman may know the true answer to these questions but may not share it for fear of destroying your faith in the Parent God of your childhood teaching. Your minister, priest or rabbi knows all too well that it is faith that does the work. Faith is the greatest power in the Universe, it empowers us to do that which might well be impossible "in the natural", logical world.

The day that you put the Parent God away in the same way you put away the toys of childhood, that is the day that you will finally understand how God operates the Universe and how Divine Law works. On that day, you will move from a little God of spite, anger, caprice, reward and punishment to the Most High God who is the Mind behind all Creation. The real God is so much more, so vast as to beggar human understanding.

Our minds understand boundaries, limits and things that begin and end. Understanding that the true nature of God is an Intelligence without a beginning, without an end and that is everywhere present all at the same time takes a lot of spiritual maturity. There is nothing wrong with God, the fault lies in your "little concept of God". God is so much bigger than you can imagine!

God is mysterious to us only because God and his Law are so magnificent that we have a very hard time comprehending a Mind totally unlimited by time or space. God's Mind moves with a thought; it creates with a Word and it loves in such a pure, unconditional manner that there is no human equivalent. God was never born and will never die - God just is! God is the eternal life force that existed before the beginning of time and before all that is - and will exist beyond forever. You and I and everything in this Universe are to God as the cells of your body are to you. We are part and parcel of God, one and the same - different only in scale but not in substance or nature.

God, before the beginning of time, instituted with a thought a series of Laws, both physical and spiritual that are immutable (unchangeable), predictable, constant, and can be depended upon. The operation of these laws can be observed and predicted with absolute certainty. This is the essence of science, thus our philosophy is called Science of Mind or Religious Science.

There is no chance or randomness, no parent God to please, no reward or punishment. God is not in the reward, punishment or protection business. You might ask, why have a God at all? God is in the Law and Creation business. He provides the plans and the materials but it is our job to build the house! If the house falls down due to shoddy construction (lack of trust or faith), that is not the architect's fault or the building material supplier's fault - it is the contractor's responsibility and that contractor is us.

God has given us the intelligence, the mind which is His Mind in microcosm, in order that we may build the life that we desire and that we expect. It is not God's business to question our choice; that is the whole purpose of Free Will, that we may choose no matter how wise or how foolish the choice. We are not punished for our choices but we must live with the consequences for good or ill. The Law of Cause and Effect is the mother of all Universal Laws. It is totally predictable, never fails and can be absolutely depended upon. This Law demands our obedience and will return just what we put out.

So if we understand that God is anything but mysterious we can begin to see how we might transform our lives by using the great power we have been given as our birthright. We can imagine things that never existed. We can conceive of things that have never before been made. We can travel by thought long before we finally buy the ticket and send our body on the trip. We can love before we meet the beloved. We can dream of a world that never was and create it with our thoughts, our beliefs and our expectations of Good or Evil (remember we are always at choice).

We are the inheritors of a Great Promise and that promise is that God will never change the rules, never play games with us and will always give us what we truly believe in our heart of hearts. We will never get what we wish for until that wish hardens into a belief and an expectation.

What will you imagine? Will you imagine danger, disaster and poverty? You will receive it right on schedule. You can make book on it! Will you imagine adventure, abundance, joy, love beyond measure, health, strength and lifelong happiness? That too will be delivered right on schedule. The stronger your belief, the firmer your faith, the faster your expectation will appear in your life.

If you blow hot and cold, if your faith is a sometimes thing, if you have constant doubt and often succumb to fear - you will create what I call a "roller coaster" life. So many of us experience this - up one day, all is well and in the dumps the next. A two minded person is incapable of creating anything permanent except chaos. Fear is the mind killer. Trust will set you free!

More next week, until then be well happy and keep your thoughts on what you truly want!

AND SO IT IS!

The Way It Works!

I am writing to you from London tonight. I have just returned from a small English town by the name of King's Langley in the County of Hertfordshire, about an hour north of London. In the auditorium of a secondary school in this quiet village (the world headquarters of Ovaltine) took place the first Science of Mind conference held in the UK since 1909! How remarkable that Science of Mind and New Thought had almost disappeared in the nation of Thomas Troward, one of the greatest of the Fathers of New Thought and a direct inspiration for Ernest Holmes, the Founder of Science of Mind.

What is even more remarkable is that the auditorium was packed with hardly a seat open. Hundreds showed up, even though the fee for the weekend of speakers, seminars and workshops was 95 pounds-a bit more than $190. There is apparently a great hunger and market for what Science of Mind teaches and this conference, organized and in part funded by volunteers, was a success beyond the most optimistic estimates. Congratulations to all who helped to make this precedent setting conference a reality.


What we don't perhaps realize is that the UK is an intensely secular nation with a real distaste for organized religion of any kind. In England the churches are almost empty and those few who do attend are in their 60's or older. Religion is out but spirituality is very much in.

This is where Science of Mind comes in. We are not a religion, never have been and have no intention of becoming one. We are a spiritual philosophy that appeals to intelligent people looking for something more than a life lived on the surface but we are never divisive or set ourselves apart with special ceremony or do's and don'ts. Rather we empower, enlighten, and teach the thread of Truth at the basis of all life and all religion. Religion, by its nature, divides humanity into camps; each sure that its way is the only way. The world can no longer tolerate religions that divide. The attempted car bombings in London and Glascow over the last two days have graphically demonstrated that the us against them mentality must end.

Never again must anyone kill in the name of God. To do so is to totally misunderstand the very nature of God. God is the Loving Universal Mind which permeates all things. God does not care whether you cover your hair or let it fall to your shoulders. God does not care if you are Muslim or Christian - Buddhist, Jewish or Hindu.

God did not make religion. Religion is a creation of humanity. Let's be clear- no religion is the Truth about God - not one! Religions are, at best, a poor attempt to explain what we do not have the words to explain - the vastness of the Mind of God, the unconditional and everlasting Love of God and the Oneness with God that is our very nature. In rejecting religion, we must not reject God for God is all there is and to reject God is to reject all Creation. God and religion have little or nothing to do with each other.

All that exists in Time and Space begins in the Mind of God. All that exists on this plane of existance begins in the mind of a human, inspired by God. On this world and many others, God works through us, as us. We are the creative agents of God on this earth, empowered by the Mind of God. Creation is the process of transforming the Word into form. This Creative Process has four major components. Let's look at them now, as we contemplate the world as it will be when we all realize at last our Oneness in God.

1. Every act of creation must begin with a desire. Without a vision or desire nothing can be created. Those who want nothing, who have no passion for anything - create nothing. Desire is what creates the mental picture that is the raw material for any creative act. What do you really desire? Love, money, home, children, inner peace and fulfillment - what?

2. A clear and unwavering mental picture of what you desire. When I say clear I mean clear. All the details, the color, taste, smell, how you will feel when it comes into reality and its yours.
This picture is like the slide that you put into the projector at a slide show. Without a picture on the slide, there is no show. What is your picture and how clear is it? It can be as material as a new car or as spiritual as world peace or inner well being. Doesn't matter, one is as valid as the other. Keep the picture clear, don't cloud the lens of your mind with doubt, worries about how it will come or when.

3. Will. Your will is the Will of God individualized. Without will, there is no light with which to project your slide or desire upon the blank canvas of the Law, which is the system of creation.
Your will is central - it is the light bulb in the projector. If it is weak or flickering, so will the picture be cloudy or flickering and your desire will never come into form. Strong will produces strong demonstrations. Remember, the Law is like a white wall upon which you project your desire. The brighter the light, the clearer the picture. The stronger the will and the clearer the picture the more the white wall of the Law can reflect your desire back to you as your reality.

4. Faith. Faith is what keeps your light or will, bright, clear and steady. People who do not trust in the constant operation of God's Laws of Creation have no faith. Without faith the light goes out or flickers on and off. Weak light projects nothing. Faith is the real key.

You see, you must know that when you create your mental picture, put your will to it and keep the faith that your picture will harden into form in accordance with God's Law; that it will happen each and every time. When it does happen you have not caused anything to change, you have just brought what already exists in potential into form. You have managed a power that has always been yours - indeed it is your birthright.

You have not transcended natural Law, you have used natural Law as it is meant to be used. Your desire is already created the moment you desire it; it just needs you to turn on the light, trust in God's Law and let your desire harden into form just as hot wax will always harden into a mould as it cools. It is not magic or New Age, it is spiritual science. It is the Law of Cause and Effect in operation. Your desire is Cause and the Effect is the realization of what you want. Unless you muck it up with a weak will or little faith, it will always happen.

Facts, family and friends will often tempt you to doubt that your desire can happen. They want to make your light flicker, don't let it! Facts are the residue of someone else's beliefs. Facts are desires or beliefs that have hardened into form and they have NO power over you. Ignore the current facts and focus on your desire as already done. Expect it! Creation is independent of precedent. You and God are a majority and nothing can stand against you!

Turn on your light, keep it strong, trust in the process and watch your world transform!