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How to have a wonderful day.
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* Ideas that imprison you. P. 9
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A PRACTI CAL GUI DE TO FULLER, RI CHER LI VI NG
V OL U M E 40, No. 5
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M A Y 1967
We all have a built-in guidance system, hut do we know how to use it?
T H E G U I D E W I T H I N
Noel Gardner
B
UILT INTO you there is a servomechanism
similar to an electronic computer, or the
automatic guidance system of a modern missile.
It strives to reach whatever goal you assign it,
provided you sincerely desire to reach the goal
and believe it to be attainable to you. It can-
not be deluded; for it is motivated by strong
desire and held on course by un-
wavering faith. With these di-
rectives in force, nothing can
stand in your way. Al l opposi-
tion will crumble, for you then
have the quality of faith that
moves mountains.
Once yDu have "fed" the
proper data (goal, desire, faith)
into it, leave it alone and let it
work. Any conscious effort to
force it will only hinder it. Left
alone, it will lead your conscious
mi nd spontaneousl y to the
sources of whatever knowledge
and skills you wi l l need to ful-
fill your mission. It has worked
for successful men the world
over, and it will work for you.
Here is the authentic story of
a writer whose name I agreed
not to use:
"I never finished high school,"
he told me. "When I was seven-
teen my mind seemed to stop
developing. Until then, I had
been an average student; but
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gradually I became unable to
comprehend what I read, or to
grasp and organize the material
presented in lectures. In short, I
simply couldn't learn adequately
so I dropped out of school.
"During the next twenty-three
years of my life I scarcely ad-
vanced educationally. Oh, I
learned a semiskilled occupation
through the endless repetition of
on-the-job training. I became
able to provide, though poorly,
for my family of six. But I never
matured. At forty I was still a
child."
Silently he reflected for a
moment, "Then something won-
derful happened," he said. "Quite
by accident, Napoleon Hill's
book Think and Grow Rich
came into my possession. I read
it eagerly. I was so impressed and
so inspired that I read it again
and again. He wrote about the
power of the subconscious mind,
about autosuggestion, faith, and
'burning' desire. But above all, I
was impressed with his concept
of infinite Intelligence God
and how through our mind we
are able to draw on this un-
limited supply of knowledge.
"I believed what I read. And
each time I read the book my
belief grew stronger and my un-
derstanding expanded. My life
began to change. At first my
progress was slow because I had
such a narrow base to build on;
but as the base steadily broaden-
ed, so did my gains. Within a
few short fascinating years I be-
came a successful businessman.
Riches came in showers. By
riches I mean the good things of
life not all money, although
that was included.
"Within another two years I
had become a successful writer
a skill that I knew nothing about
until then. Moreover, I studied
everything, finding that my ca-
pacity for learning was greater
than ever before. I'm forty-eight
now, and that capacity is still
growing. As Emerson said,
'When the student is ready the
teacher will appear.' At least,
that's the way it's been with me;
I seem to be unconsciously led to
the right sources at the right
time.
"And what's more, since I
accepted this great truth, be-
lieved it, and used it, my desires
have all been realized without
any conscious effort to guide
myself through the details. I
keep my conscious thoughts on
the goals I wish to reach, with
full faith that I will reach them,
and let myself be led to them.
It's almost incredible."
I know this man personally;
his story is true. This thing
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THE GUIDE WITHIN
works for him, and it wi l l work
for you. In reality, your goal-
striver is working all the time
whether you know it or not
working for or against you ac-
cording to the directions you give
it. Unfortunately, you often initi-
ate action detrimental to your
well-being. But you can use it
constructi vel y by cultivating
healthy desires.
Many would-be leaders of men
have succumbed to its wrong
use; for the great Law of Mind
doesn't evaluate, It only achieves.
If through hate or resentment
you desire to inflict harm on
others, this machinelike aspect
of your being is automatically
switched on in that direction,
bringing your aims to fruition in
your own experience.
Having this tremendous power
is an awesome responsibility.
Therefore, if you would receive
the good you desire, constantly
guard your thoughts; use your
belief in good with conviction.
"Doubt" is belief in the negative,
and can counteract the positive
tendency you have set in mo-
tion. So, bar the door against
doubt by unwavering faith!
Could it be stated more simply
than in the words of the great
Teacher: "According to your
faith be it unto you"? For cen-
turies few knew what Jesus was
talking about. Denying credit for
his miraculous works, he said:
" . . . What things soever ye
desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye
shall have them."
Perhaps you feel that you don't
deserve to be happy or to have
the better things in life; or you
may often punish yourself be-
cause you feel guilty or un-
worthy. Of course, if that's what
you desire, that's what you'll get.
Such feelings direct your servo-
mechanism to produce unhappi-
ness, lack, illness, and so on. But
why not start cultivating the
better things of life? Y ou can, by
directing your thought to them
and keeping it there.
Governments use this principle
in the form of propaganda to in-
duce the public to accept their
policies; advertisers use it to get
you to buy their products; and
you use it constantly on yourself
without knowing it. Y ou are
what you are today because of
what you have led yourself to
believe you are. In this way you
have established your self-image
good or bad. If you want to
change your image of yourself,
you wi l l change yourself. If you
are not doing so now, why not
cultivate an ideal image of your-
self?
Remember, God created you
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in His image. Y ou are Divine
right now! In God you live and
move and have your being. Y ou
have the potential to inherit all
of His kingdom. God gave it to
you then set you free to dis-
cover it yourself. Now you know
the principle of entering into the
good you desire, use it!
Today, as always, you have
free wi l l and determinism. The
two coexist for they are both
true: free wi l l to choose your
goals, and determinism to guide
you to their realization.
I often hear the question,
"How long does it take to
work?" That, of course, depends
on the strength of your desire, the
degree of your faith in reaching
your goal, and the capacity you
have to receive it. Y ou can't pour
a quart of milk into a pint bottle.
Neither can you write a prize-
wi nni ng novel wi thout the
specialized knowledge essential
to that achievement.
But whatever your goal may
be, if you are sincere in your
desire and determinism, your
servomechanism wi l l guide you
through the process of acquiring
the necessary skill and knowl-
edge to accomplish your task.
The time element is always com-
mensurate with your effort and
ability. However, one thing is
certain: the sooner you start, the
sooner you will reach your goal.
There's no time like now, and
no place but right where you
are!
RECEI VI NG
Praise be to my Father
Which is within me!
He gives me all Good!
The more I conceive
The more I receive.
For my Father is generous
To such a degree.
The more Good
I can see.
The more I receive.
Tomi Lee Herod
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Do you control your days, or do lliev control you?
What
A
Day!
\ \ / Keith B. Wood ,
w
Hi '
T
HI S DAY was different right from the beginning.
I knew it; I felt it. Right after waking up I was
certain that it would be a good day. Then after my
daily devotional reading I relaxed, and had that
wondrous feeling of knowing that God was with
me and was showing me the way to peace and
contentment.
It was then that I decided to try His way for one
whole daytoday! As the tremendous potential of
it raced through my mind, I thought of the usual
irksome, fearful, and upsetting situations that took
place every day. But I vowed that this day would
be different; that if something went wrong, or not
to my liking, I would bless it and look for the
good in it. I have a series of prayers I use from time
to time, and I decided that I would go through these
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one by one as I came up against
trying situations.
As I walked downstairs for
breakfast there was a song in my
heart and I thanked the Great
Presence for my fine wife, and
five wonderful children, and my
many blessings. We had a rea-
sonably good income, and a fairly
good homenot yet paid for of
courseand a four-year-old sta-
tion wagon.
My first challenge came when
my wife started complaining
about the leaky faucets, and
asked why I hadn't hooked up
the new sink hose. Normally, I
would have countered with rea-
sons why I hadn't gotten around
to fixing these, followed by a stiff
right to her ego and a jab at her
not-always-so-good housekeep-
ing. Instead, I silently blessed her
and commented on how well she
looked. Then I said the first of
my prayers, The Lord's Prayer, to
myself. Presto, she didn't say
another word and I wasn't ir-
ritated. We had our breakfast in
peace and tranquillity, such as
we have seldom experienced.
As I drove to the office, the
usual exasperations developed on
the five-mile drive from our
home into town. Each time some-
thing occurred, like a car back-
ing into the street without stop-
ping, I would bless the driver
and say my next prayer, which
goes like this: "God is our help
in every need. God does our
every hunger feed. God dwells
within us, guides our way every
moment night and day." I don't
know how the other drivers felt,
but I do know how I felt and
that was relaxed and calm. I
wasn't bristling up and down my
back as usual. By the time I
reached the office I had been
through two more prayers and
the 23rd Psalm. But I felt like a
million and I fairly glided to my
desk. What a way to start a day!
After the usual morning rou-
tine of reading correspondence,
dictating letters and memos and
making appointments, I had a
real challenge to face a rather
important meeting for the com-
pany. Usually, I would be fearful
and uncertain at one of these
meetings; dreading the outcome
if anything should go wrong.
"Today wi l l be different," I
said to myself as I prepared my
notes for the meeting. Then I
said a prayer along these lines:
"Heavenly Father, Your Light
surrounds us, Your Love enfolds
us, Your Power protects us, Your
Presence watches over us. Your
Substance fulfills us; wherever
we are, Y ou are." These were
tremendous ideas; and best of all,
I knew that they were true. I
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WHAT A DAY.'
went into the meeting and con-
ducted it with a confidence and
enthusiasm and understanding
that surprised even me. Al l went
well, and several people con-
gratulated me. This was the first
time anyone had ever done so,
which was rather unusual in it-
self.
The day was going well, when
toward the middle of the after-
noon a rather sensitive personnel
matter developed. I was forced
to make a choice of recommend-
ing that the person be fired or be
transferred to another depart-
ment because of a deep person-
ality conflict with a co-worker.
Normally, this would have ir-
ritated me and tried my patience,
so that without carefully con-
sidering all sides of the case I
probably woul d have recom-
mended that both individuals be
fired.
Today was different. Before
I talked to the parties involved,
I prayed for guidance and blessed
these people as children of God.
To myself I said: "I praise you,
thank you, love you, and bless
you. We all should love God, the
Good, with all our hearts and
minds and strength." After the
interviews and a workable solu-
tion was found for both persons,
I realized that a certain calmness
had pervaded the whole discus-
sion. The problem had been ap-
proached with humility and in-
sight, and actually the solution
came from the two people con-
cerned.
"What a day," I thought as
I left my office to go home, "the
greatest day in my life!" As I
cot into my car I blessed it, and
felt deep satisfaction in it and its
engine. I had a most eventful
ride home no irritations, no
near-misses, no nothing! It was
probably the most serene ride that
I had ever experienced.
When I arrived home I found
that my wife and children were
fine; no irritations, no big prob-
lems. We had a wonderful eve-
ning together after an excellent
dinner. My wife sewed and ironed
and watched some TV programs.
The children did their school-
work and played Ping-Pong. I
felt how fortunate we were, and
how much we owed to the Cre-
ator for these gifts of joy and
gladness. I even paid bills, and
did some measuring to order
paint for the walls without being
irritated when someone inter-
rupted me with a question. I
fixed the faucets and sink hose
calmly and without a problem.
As I relaxed in bed that eve-
ning, I again thought of what a
wonderful, glorious day I had
(Continued on ptige 19)
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FOR WHAT ARE Y OU
REACHI NG?
Y EARS AGO I clipped from a maga-
zine and pasted into my scrapbook
two illustrations of hands reaching
upward.
T HE FIRST ILLUSTRATION shows
hands reaching upward in an effort
to grasp money, fame, and power.
THE SECOND ILLUSTRATION shows
hands reaching upward to grasp love,
intelligence, courage, and faith.
IT SEEMS TO ME that the people
represented by the first group of
hands have put the cart before the horse. They are reaching for a million
dollars, a Cadillac, a beautiful new home before they have earned them.
They are reaching for the reward before they have paid the price in personal
development and service to others.
T HE PEOPLE REPRESENTED by the second group of hands are reaching for
the qualities that make for successful and effective living. These qualities
are not beyond their reach. They can begin immediately to build them into
their lives, and as they proceed to do so they will grow and move closer to
their goals.
As A MAN becomes a better man, magnetic forces within him go to work
to attract the good to him. Happiness and success should not be reached
for directly, for you'll find them beyond your reach. But reach for the
qualities of character and personality that result in personal growth and lo!
success and happiness will come to you.
J ESUS STATED this powerful spiritual principle when he said: "But seek
ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you."
STOP THI NKI NG about material rewards. Stop reaching for things.
Reach instead for those qualities of the mind, heart, and spirit which will
expand your life.
Do THIS, and you may not become a millionaire, but you are certain to
attain a sense of peace, happiness, and fulfillment that is beyond material
riches.
T h e
I C r e a t i v e
A d v e n t u r e
Wilford A. Peterson
Author of
The Art of Living Books
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In many subtle ways we deprive ourselves of the pleasures
of today by enslavement to the past
Aubrey G. Haines
A
C O M M O N human j!
characteristic is to U
tie ourselves up, so to
speak, with resentment, hostility,
and anger. Yet it need not be
this way. No law of God or of
man requires that we become en-
meshed in grudges, hatred, and
bitterness. In fact, if we would
have peace of mind, we must get
rid of them the sooner the
better.
Jesus recognized the need for
this when he gave the following
instruction to his disciples as they
set out to preach: "And whoso-
ever shall not receive you, nor
hear your words, when ye depart
out of that house or city, shake
off the dust of your feet." He
seemed to realize that the disci-
ples' pride would be offended
if some people refused to listen
to them. But he knew that this
must not deter them; nor
must it affect their spiri-
tual growth.
How contemporary is such
advice! We are to forgive and
as soon as possible forget the
fact that people have offended
us. This is not easy, especially
when more than pride is in-
volved. But it can be done.
Harold, a young man I know,
lives alone with his mother who
is i l l . He hired a neighbor wom-
an to do the housework and
to look after his mother during
the day so he could go to work.
On several occasions Harold
found that money from his and
his mother's purses was missing.
Finally, the purses themselves
were gone. He figured that about
$200 had been taken. But when
he asked the woman about the
robberies, she became so upset
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that she walked off the job. And
he felt that he couldn't afford to
bring suit against her.
"The money the woman ap-
parently stole," Harold told me,
"I earned during the hottest
weather, and I didn't get paid
for some things I did. She even
took all the Social Security
money we had set aside to send
in to the government at the end
of the quarter. Now, I 'll have to
get extra work to pay this."
Harold finally learned not to
hold anger in his heart against
the woman. He said to me one
day, "I'm grateful for the experi-
ence. I now take better care of
my money. I also know better
how and whom to hire."
That Jesus practiced what he
taught his disciples is evident in
the many accounts of his minis-
try. Luke tells us that one time
he sent messengers ahead to a
Samaritan village, but the people
did not receive him. When
J ames and J ohn saw this, they
said, "Lord, wilt thou that we
command fire to come down
from heaven and consume them
?"
Jesus rebuked them, saying,
"Y e know not what manner of
spirit ye are of. For the Son of
man is not come to destroy men's
lives, but to save them."
Many of us forget "what
manner of spirit" we are of.
There is the case of Dick and his
wife who went West for his
health, and left Dick's half
brother to look after his business.
When they returned a year later,
they found that his brother had
lived well on the profits from
the business; but he had allowed
the business to run down. Rather
than lose his health again by try-
ing to restore the lost customers,
Dick and his wife moved to
another state where he managed
another person's business.
But after many years now,
Dick's wife still looks back with
resentment upon what her
brother-in-law had done. "Why
should Fred live to be in his
nineties while my husband died
at seventy-five?" she asks. Her
question might better have been,
"Why should I still resent what
Fred did fifty years ago, when I
could have peace and joy in for-
giving and forgetting?" She
needs to shake off the dust of
her feet.
When we shake off the dust,
we forgive others their debts and
their trespasses. No matter how
great their offense against our
person, our property, our life sav-
ings, or our reputation, we must
shake off the dust. We do not
condone what they did; we for-
give them and try to forget.
10 MAY
FREE YOURSELF
To refuse to forgive others
punishes not them but ourselves.
Others may not know if we feel
bitter about them, but our
physical - mental - spiritual condi-
tion shows it. Ulcers develop, we
suffer insomnia, or our digestive
tract becomes upset. How many
times do we attribute indigestion
or an upset stomach to what we
eat; when often it is due to what
we think, how we feel, or what
we say?
J immy Durante learned from
his first wife, J eanne, the need
to forgive people. "J eanne knew
how weak-minded people got,"
J immy recalls. "Watching her
heart work, I learned what for-
giveness is. One day she en-
trusted an acquaintance with a
slight loan. When it was time to
return it, the money wasn't there.
The man told her that he was
sorry, and added why he didn't
have it. J eanne never asked for
it again.
" 'I feel resentment when I
ask and he refuses,' she said.
'I don't want to feel resentment,
so I 'll never ask him any more.'
"I never want to feel resent-
ment either, so if anyone owes
me anything I never ask," J immy
adds.
In the Gospels of Mark and
Luke we find an addition to
J esus' i nstructi on following
"shake off the dust of your feet"
that is not found in Matthew's
account. The added phrase is:
"for a testimony against them."
We may wonder about these
words. Why, if we should, for-
give and forget what people have
done to us, should we shake off
the dust of our feet "as a testi-
mony against them"?
We may not know J esus' mo-
tive for certain, but he may have
meant that we are not to con-
done what they did! We can
overlook, make allowances, for-
give, and forget, but we can still
be realistic. We need not be so
irrational as to deny that we have
been hurt or taken advantage of.
By shaking off the dust of our
feet as a testimony against per-
sons who have harmed us, we
recognize the wrong, but we do
not allow it to defeat us.
We can in a sense imitate the
oyster, which takes a bit of
foreign matter that got inside its
shell and makes a gem of it, a
thing of beauty. When we re-
sol ve not to be defeated by
hatred and hostility but to react
creatively, the result can be a
gem of personal character.
1967
11
Joost A. Af. Meerloo, M.D.
The famed psychiatrist. Joost A. M.
Meerloo. M.D.. advances some very
interesting ideas on illness and its cure.
Why some people get well when it
seems they won't, and why others do
not when they should are some of the
subjects he touches on. He is the
author of numerous books and a fre-
quent contributor to medical journals.
T
HE AGE- OL D question of why
people become sick and what
their sickness means to them has
no single answer, particularly
when the problem is one of
mental illness. We now know
that it is too simple to state
merely that bad germs or punish-
ing gods interfere with our lives.
We have gradually learned to
view disease not only as a con-
glomeration of bad signs and
symptoms but as an expression
of life that tells us something
about the eternal struggle of
forces in the universe and that
warns us of crisis and death. This
more critical attitude is especially
reflected in the modern interpre-
tation of mental disease and the
problem of what emotional and
mental disturbances mean to
man.
We can often simplify our
method of approach by asking
ourselves not what disease is and
what causes it but by posing the
question in a paradoxical way:
How and why does man get
There is something in life which
is stronger and more spontaneous
than all the doctor's prescriptions,
and unwittingly we all gamble on
these Divine forces. "The physician
dresses the wounds while God
heals."
J oost A. M. Meerloo
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THE PHI LOSOPHY
OF HEAL I NG
better? How and why does he
attain a state of living that satis-
fies him again?
Why and how do people re-
cover from neurotic or mental
illnesses?
The greater our lack of verifi-
able facts, the greater the ava-
lanche of biased literature regard-
ing the ways psychotherapy and
mental healing work. Studying it
all, one finds it very difficult in-
deed to discover wherein lies the
quintessence of healing and cure.
This is not so strange. Even in
the somatic branch of medicine,
one cannot be completely sure
about the basic curative prin-
ciples in different forms of
physio- and chemotherapy. Al -
though the pure somaticists are
fairly well agreed as to the clin-
ical usefulness of special drugs,
e.g., antibiotics, there is much
difference of opinion in the field
of theoretical explanation. Many
of these drugs do not have mere-
ly a sterilizing action, i.e., only
killing the bad germs, but some-
how also seem to stimulate the
general defensive and regenera-
tive action of the organism.
Whenever psychol ogi cal
methods enter the picture, with
their increased dependence on
words and their semantic mean-
ing, basic theoretical concepts
vary in accordance with the more
or less conscious philosophy of
the scholar. As a result, the dan-
ger of both verbal and theoretical
confusion increases. The adher-
ents to rigid, orthodox schools of
psychotherapy use various words
and terms in different ways. This
plethora of confusing termi-
nology, however, does not imply
that there are not sufficient work-
able and practical clinical con-
cepts to lead the eager student
safely through the labyrinth of
diverse viewpoints and terms.
The danger is that many acolytes
are nursed into an increasing
dependency on rigid theoretical
concepts. Much of our theory is
more dependent on the enthusi-
astic acclaim of our audience
This article is from the book Illness
anil Cure by Joost A. M. Meerloo.
M.D.. published and ' 1964 by Grunc
& Stratton. Inc.. New York, and used
with permission.
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SCIENCE OF MIND
and patients than on verifiable
facts.
I agree with lago Galdston
one of the former secretaries of
the Academy of Medicine in
New Yorkthat every physician
and medical philosopher through
the ages, has, perforce, based his
work on some theoretical con-
cept or hidden inner myth as to
the cause of disease and has
made unobtrusive use of some
theory on the dynamics of cure,
both related to the prevailing
natural philosophy of his time.
In our time, with its neglect of
philosophy of method and
knowledge in medicine, partly
stimulated by the triumphant
expansion of therapeutic possi-
bilities and attendant medica-
ments, many a therapist cher-
ishes his own private concept of
what is going on in the recuper-
ating patient. There is no use
discussing this with him because,
in our phase of medicine and
psychiatry, we too often can
justify our faulty concepts by
referring to our private experi-
ence that beclouded word in
philosophy.
I want to limit my survey to
the fundamental problems and
principles related to the process
of healing and cure in the psy-
chological treatment of patients.
However, an understanding of
these curative principles is im-
possible without acknowledg-
ment of the concepts of spon-
taneous cure, pseudocure, and
aftercure.
One of the most neglected
chapters in medicine is that of
spontaneous cure and recovery.
The fact that a physician's inter-
ference is not always needed,
hurts our narcissistic feelings and
the medical profession finds the
idea of spontaneous recovery dif-
ficult to swallow. I am frequent-
ly criticized after lectures on
emergency psychotherapy in
which I have mentioned that
sometimes psychotherapeutic in-
tervention is unnecessary. Yet,
theoretically speaking, the laws
under which spontaneous re-
covery takes place should belong
to the most important branch of
medicine. Well-studied instances
of spontaneous recovery have
been reported even in cancer.
This, of course, does not mean
that in cases of cancer we can
take chances on such spontane-
ous recovery. Statistically, the
chance of malignant develop-
ment without medical interfer-
ence is much greater, and most
of the favorable factors involved
are as yet unknown to us. But
we do know that self-regulating
(homeostatic) mechanisms in the
organism can be restored spon-
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEALING
taneously. How important it is
to know more about those cases
of spontaneous recovery! Es-
pecially the experience with
placebos what Bleuler would
call the therapy of nonmedical
interference or udenotherapy
have taught that there is much
more spontaneous recovery than
we are usually aware of.
In psychiatry, too, we see
spontaneous cure in both neu-
roses and psychoses. Many thera-
pists were astonished by experi-
ences during World War II
with patients who had been
forced to live in concentration
camps. I knew some patients, for
instance, who, before their con-
centration camp experience, had
had severe compulsive neurotic
symptoms, which had been diffi-
cult to treat. After torturous
years in the camp, these symp-
toms disappeared in some pa-
tients even permanently. Need-
less to say, the amount of neuro-
psychoses caused by this marginal
and brutal experience far ex-
ceeded the good influence.
Nevertheless, it sometimes hap-
pens that increased social tension
and anxiety can lift certain peo-
ple from their preoccupation
with themselves and their per-
sonal internal anxieties, while
others find in social tensions and
anxieties a motivation to sur-
render even more completely to
sel f-pi tyi ng complaints. This
leads us back to the question of
whether every subjective com-
plaint must be treated. In this
age of aspirin ism and addiction
to soothing of symptoms, people
must be made to realize that
such behavior initiates a training
to passivity. Only spontaneous
reaction to challenge makes peo-
ple strong. That is true for physi-
cal as well as mental pain.
Social influences can stimulate
regenerative processes inside the
psyche and the body. These new
stimuli may be touched off by a
new love, a new contact with a
strong personality, a new friend-
ship, a new faith, or a first sign
of being really accepted in the
world. (Yet, success can also be
a killing experience.) The excite-
ment of war, good fortune,
political endeavor, a newfound
hobby, all these may start a new
path upward in life. Being loved
and appreciated is one of the
greatest stimuli to getting better.
Most patients want to get better
for somebody!
Creativity and healthy ambi-
tion can cause the same stimula-
tive action. A struggling artist
started to live all over again
when he got his first great work
to do. Many people cure slightly
neurotic symptoms through the
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SCIENCE OF MIND
catharsis caused by manifold con-
scious or unconscious human
contacts. Alas, in a world where
deeper human contact and con-
versation are disappearing, peo-
ple find less opportunity for this
free, unconscious exchange of
feelings. As a result, they have
to go to the therapist and buy
his time.
A patient of mine who had
never experienced any affection
in her life, neither from her par-
ents nor from her relatives, and
who expressed this deprivation
through withdrawn, sarcastic be-
havior, improved in her treat-
ment only after she met a loving
and understanding young man
who was willing to break
through her character defenses
and recognize her as the starved
and craving young child she
actually was.
Apart from the treatment
which had made this girl more
responsive and understanding
and less defensive toward en-
counters with men, there usually
exist incidental good fortunes to
help people in their personal
crises. Unfortunately, however,
not every young lover is so
patient and understanding. To
declare one's love is usually ask-
ing for love.
New relationships with dif-
ferent people may lead to cathar-
sis and resolution of frustrations,
just as moving to a different
country with new customs may.
But the opposite is also true:
inner conservatism and home-
sickness may be too strong.
My point is that the study of
the positive social healing and
cathartic influences is just as im-
portant for medicine and psy-
chiatry as the study of social
frustrations. The more anxiety
there is among people, the more
charlatans thrive on the fear in
the world. After Worl d War II,
France was flooded with more
lay healers than physicians.
In several types of neurosis
and psychosis we occasionally
witness unexpected spontaneous
remission and even cure, the
origin of which we do not know.
That it occurs in cases of manic-
depressive psychosis, especially at
a later age, is well known. It is
partly due to a late maturation
of character defenses and a
gradual inner conquering of the
resentments about early depriva-
tion in life. More mysterious,
however, are sudden spontane-
ous cures in long-lasting cases
of catatonia a form of schizo-
phrenic psychosis. It is as if the
patients suddenly find that they
have had enough of their psy-
chotic retreat from the world and
go back to reality. In one of
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEALING
my examples of such an un-
expected spontaneous cure, one
with a very bad prognosis who
had lived for years in an old
dilapidated institution, I could
trace this miracle to a response
to a subtle change in attitude of
the patient's environment and
his consequent feeling of being
liked and accepted.
Because it is so difficult to
study nontreated frustrations and
neuroses, it is difficult to say
what happens in all these cases.
But we do know that chances for
spontaneous recovery are just as
good in mental cases as in so-
matic cases. Not long ago, Sas-
low and DeHufT Peters wrote
one of the first publications on
what happened to untreated be-
havior disorders. In more than
one-third of these cases consider-
able improvement took place.
There exist specific emotional
experiences that shock the pa-
tient and inspire the mind-body
to renewed inner activity. I have
already mentioned the example
of mass excitement through war
and the release of tremendous
pent-up hatred in concentration
camps. That famine and collec-
tive oral deprivation can have
the same curative action is less
known, yet it is understandable
that enforced diet should influ-
ence people in a world too much
attached to oral pleasures, too
much attuned to the delights of
the candy store. The calamity of
famine helps many a patient to
overcome a culturally condition-
ed dependency on the food pro-
vider (parent).
Pride, hatred, and love, all of
these can suddenly catch the
mind in the service of overcom-
ing old anxieties. Especially in
the exaltation of mass hatred or
mass ecstasy (e.g., in revivals)
can the life histories of individ-
uals change. They may be caught
by an ideology, a valuable ideal
or pscudoideal, but there is in
both cases a new impact on the
person's neurosis. The same re-
sults can be obtained by the
overemotional convulsive abreac-
tions and release of inner ten-
sions experienced with primitive
rituals or sectarian revivals. The
mass revivals, often leading to a
collective regression under the
influence of the beat of primitive
tom-toms or rhythmic singing,
may be compared with a form
of collective hypnosis. In one or
more persons a convulsive dis-
charge of tension takes place,
while the others, in a kind of
trance, experience the same
strong emotions by proxy. This
may lead to a renewed viriliza-
tion of functions in those who
participate. Mass ecstasy involves
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SCIENCE OF MIND
Jeep and renewed contact with
unconscious drives, without, how-
ever, a conscious awareness of it.
The same occurs in individual
hypnosis. In some people such
mass regression may lead to re-
newed regeneration of functions;
in others, to greater dependency
and submissiveness to those who
induce the collective emotion. In
i l l participants, the mass ritual
releases repressed desires and
drives, usually denied in daily
life but now symbolically acted
out by proxy in convulsive ecsta-
sy. People leave the revival re-
leased from inner tensions.
Within psychotherapeuti c
treatment, a touching drama-
tization or interpretation (in
which an actual occurrence is re-
lated to something from the far
past) may lead to the same sud-
den reaction.
What some therapists do tech-
nically with therapeutic electro-
shock cures can be related to this
same provocation of a rather un-
known crisis mechanism; at least
we know from the consequent
psychoanalysis of patients sub-
jected to electroshock therapy
that this experience started a new
register of inner evolvement for
them. Like the old mystics, they
experienced their "horror" as a
"dying and a new beginning."
Acute bodily disease can often
start favorable spontaneous psy-
chic changes. Sometimes these
symptoms of improvement re-
main; sometimes the patients fall
back into their neurosis or psy-
chosis as soon as the ailment is
over. Every acute diseasein the
lives of mentally healthy persons
as well as sick onescan arouse
in the patient a host of new in-
sights, though he is not always
willing to use this new wisdom.
Every crisis may be a condensed
form of new learning and inner
clarification.
During the last few years,
more scientific attention has
been given to the alternation of
certain bodily diseases, for in-
stance, colitis or stomach ulcer,
with psychotic or neurotic mani-
festations. The body can be a
subtle barometer of emotional
turmoil, and what we call
"disease" is often the manifesta-
tion of a sensitive alarm system.
The physical disease may be a
defense against psychic inner evil
that is hidden and repressed;
the mental disturbance may
serve as an adjustment to physi-
cal calamities. Either of these
processes may take place alter-
nately, and both can be dealt
with therapeutically.
An awareness of spontaneous
cure is all the more important
since the exploration of involved
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEALING
dynamic understanding has be-
gun to overshadow our knowl-
edge of diagnosis and prognosis.
A student may be too easily
gratified by his greater under-
standing of underlying processes.
In the past few years I have over-
heard several discussions about
long-lasting psychodynamic treat-
ment of so-called "borderline
cases," a form of neuropsychosis
and behavior disturbance. Bleu-
ler, one of our greatest psychi-
atric diagnosticians, would have
described this type of disturbance
as a psychotic exacerbation of a
psychopathic "anlage," or, in less
sophisticated terms, a temporary
increase of a very early, condi-
tioned behavior disturbance, for
which the prognosis of sponta-
neous recovery from the acute
outburst nearly always is good.
That means that even without
treatment and emotional and
intellectual rumination, a just-as-
good spontaneous result could
have been obtained. In one of
these cases under my therapeutic
supervision, the trauma of giving
up treatment of the patient was
almost greater to the therapist
than the trauma of having had a
wrong insight about the pa-
tient's psychodynamics.
(To be concluded)
WHA T
( Continued
had. Why can't every day be
like this one? Then I realized
that every day could. I had only
to keep the spiritual channel
open for God to reach me with
His Good, and not block It with
my fears, frustrations, doubts,
and pessimism. I did it for one
whole day, and I could do it
again and again. J ust one day,
one hour, one moment at a
A DA Y !
from page 7)
time; loving and blessing each
individual and situation that
came along, and being alert for
God's guidance.
Different was the day when I
actually believed: "There is One
Presence and Power in the uni-
verse and in our lives; the Pres-
ence and Power and Love of
God." It made all the difference
in my life.
Have You Written That Letter?
Have we heard fromyou lately? We like to hear from our readers often, for
it is only through your letters that we are able to give you more of what you
want to read. Won't you drop us a note today ?THE EDITOR
1967
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JOHN PITTS. Ph.D.
P I I I L O S O P I 1 I C A L L Y S P L A K I J N C .
(UnnetMlf ol London)
Phi l osopher and Psychol ogi st
Has t aught M B' i ! ' Si and
A- r i ef f j n r c i * * Kt-s and 'S
t i e aut hor ot SPYCMI books
THE DOMI NI ON OF DI N
There are some sounds we can hear only when strident noises arc hushed.
They are the voices which come to us in the silence. Unfortunately, we
usually miss them, for the element of quietness is one of the features most
conspicuously absent from our modern life. A writer on contemporary music
says that we are living under "the dominion of din." That seems to be
true of life in general as well as of music.
Here are two illustrations of this fact.
At the beginning of winter thousands of birds cross from north to south
on their way to sunnier climes. They fly high over our cities, but they
cannot be heard above the roar of the traffic; nor can they be seen by those
whose attention is fixed on mundane affairs. Yet, when the noise of city
streets dies down at night, the cries of migrating birds can be heard high
overhead.
Beneath the ancient Hebrew city of Shechem there run perennial streams
of water. During the hours of the day the tourist listens in vain for the
sound of these hidden waters. But when night falls, and the bazaars are
closed, the music of the buried streams can be clearly heard.
There are voices in life like the strange cries of migrating birds and
the distant sound of running waters. But we never hear them save only
when other noises are hushed. And indeed we are so much in love with
"the dominion of din" that we seem not to want to heed those voices of
gentle stillness that speak of the things that matter most.
Modern man suffers from the loss of solitude. He hates to be by him-
self lest he be lonely. He does not realize that true solitude is not identical
with loneliness. Loneliness hurts, but solitude heals. To be "alone with the
Alone" is an enriching experience. It is to escape the din by entering into
mystic communion with the eternal Spirit from whence everything proceeds.
As Walter Savage Landor put it: "A solitude is the audience-chamber
of God." And St. Theresa advised: "Consider what St. Augustine said
that he sought God within himself. Settle yourself in solitude, and you will
come upon Him in yourself."
20 MAY
Daily in our thoughts we write the story
of what our life will be tomorrow
SCRIPT FOR LIVING:
^ 5 V T H E SI DNEY SHEL DONS' STORY
" P H R OU GH T HE timeless mir-
X rored vision of Dr. Ernest
Holmes, Founder of Religious
Science, diverge many lustrous
facets of life. Those who knew
and loved him continue to find
in his teachings a greater wealth
of living. He was keenly aware
that man's spiritual responsi-
bilities include living a worth-
while life.
This story of Dr. Ernest
Holmes' influence is a love story
one of the happy kind so dear
to the great man's heart. It is
also the true success story of two
gifted people of the make-believe
world of entertainment. Its
principles are Northwestern Uni-
versity's Sidney Sheldon, now the
famous Oscar-winning writer-
Helen Munger
producer; and his beautiful wife,
J orja Curtright, the Texas girl
who found her Prince Charming
in Hollywood. Centering their
love is their eleven-year-old
daughter Mary, who personalizes
in their "Script for Living" the
meaningfulness of Mother's Day.
Sidney Sheldon, born in Chi-
cago in 1917, was a teen-ager of
the great depression. His bio-
graphical notes are an impressive
testimonial of what can be done
with love and faith in God.
Getting to the Sheldons for
their story took almost two years.
First, they had to go to New Y ork
where Sidney was kept busy creat-
ing the very successful Patty Duke
Show for television. Then they
were off to London and Rome
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SCIENCE OF MIND
for a time, still involved in this
series. But they were never too
busy to take hours in studying
and restudying Dr. Holmes' text-
book. Often they phoned back to
their Religious Science practi-
tioner and teacher Patsy Turn-
bull, and their friends in the
Prayer Service of their own
Church of Religious Science of
Beverly Hills, for treatment as
problems developed with this
show. The Sheldons believe this
show was a real demonstration
of effective prayer as taught by
Ernest Holmes.
"I'm honored that your editor
has chosen our story for the
magazine," was Sidney Sheldon's
warm greeting when I finally
reached his office on Screen
Gems' impregnable busy lot. He
put aside his current script for his
NBC TV series / Dream of
Jeannie to contribute his part of
his greatest script for living
his own love story, and the role
of Ernest Holmes.
"I must have been a Religious
Scientist in my thinking for a
long time," he related. "But it
was through my wife and our
marriage that I seriously became
interested in Dr. Holmes. My
wife is professionally known as
J orja Curtright. She is a very
beautiful, wonderful person. This
is her picture." He handed me,
with evident pride, the one pho-
tograph prominent on his desk.
"And we are so blessed in God's
gift to us, our own talented
daughter Mary, who is now
eleven. We have the career suc-
cess both J orja and I dreamed of
as children, and a beautiful
home, health, happiness the
real things of life because we
have God as our partner. I 'll let
J orja tell you her own story
when you visit with her and
Mary at our home."
Sitting down at a round con-
ference table he reminisced. "My
wonderful mother always en-
couraged my dreams. She still
lives in Chicago. Like many peo-
ple of my childhood, we had to
struggle to make our place in
life. My family had been of the
Russian Orthodox J ewish faith,
but somehow my mother be-
came acquainted with a little
Unity magazine for children,
Wee Wisdom. She used some of
her precious household pennies
to subscribe to it for me. I was
then about ten and inclined to
dreaming and writing poetry.
"I began to build on my
dreams, and to grow up. But it
was a struggle, for I was always
searching for God. I remember
when I was about fourteen, I
shook my fist at the sky one day
and said, 'God, I have to know if
22 MAY
SCRIPT FOR UVING
you are real. If you are, give me
a sign.' Suddenly the clouds sepa-
rated and a great kind face seem-
ed to form in the sky above me.
The answer frightened me so
that I turned and ran all the way
home from Lake Michigan. But
it was a symbol that prodded me
on in my search. I studied many
phases of metaphysics, and I
must have put some of the ideas
in action.
"I attended many schools;
wherever my father's job took
our family. Mother kept me be-
lieving and praying in those
days. I managed to get a scholar-
ship at Northwestern University.
I worked part-time as a check-
room attendant, but made the
varsity debate team when a
freshman. When the depression
came I had to leave school to
help at home. I worked as fac-
tory hand, radio announcer, and
songwriter. At the age of seven-
teen I had the opportunity to
drive a car to Hollywood. My
mother agreed that I could go,
but I had to promise that if I
couldn't get a job at the end of
two weeks, I would return home.
"Imagine launching a career
here with only the few dollars
my mother and I could scrape up
between us. Right off I went to
Paramount Studios. The gate-
man asked what I wanted. I told
him that I wanted a job as a
writer. He just laughed, and told
me to beat it. Of Mice and Men
was a favorite book with me
then. I conceived the idea of
writing a story treatment on this
and mailed it to the story depart-
ment of every studio. I must
have done a good job for I re-
ceived encouraging answers from
all of them. And before my
mother's deadline, M GM called
me in for a job as reader.
"I was so happy and so grate-
ful to God. I would go to the
studio around six in the morning
and work ti l l late at night,
thrilled to be alive and in the
work I knew was for me. I sold
some original stories and made
what seemed to me fabulous
money.
"Then Worl d War II took
me away for a time and I served
in the Ai r Force as a pilot. Upon
discharge, I collaborated on four
Broadway shows: The Merry
Widow, Jackpot, Dream With
Music, and lastly Alice in Arms
starring Ki rk Douglas. Return-
ing to Hollywood, I wrote an
original story and sold it to Dore
Senary who wrote the screen-
play. It was called The Bachelor
and the Bobby Soxer and starred
Gary Grant, Myrna Loy, and
Shirley Temple. It won me an
Academy Award and a contract
1967
23
SCIENCE OF MIND
at M GM as a producer-writer-
director. I collaborated on the
screenplay of Easter Parade,
which won me the Screen
Writers Gui l d Award for the
Best Musical of the year.
"But I still had not met the
girl I knew must be somewhere
for me. Then one day in the
M GM commissary I saw the
most beautiful auburn-haired girl
lunching with ZsaZsa Gabor. I
went over and asked ZsaZsa to
introduce me to J orja. She was
in Hollywood trying to make her
career in pictures, and I asked
both of them to come to my
office for a talk. I knew right then
that I was in love and I recall
telling J orja in Zsa Zsa's pres-
ence, "You don't know it, but you
are going to be very important
in my life.' She was. Six months
later we started our happy
marriage.
"Although I had been literally
saturated with material gains, I
had found them lacking. So it
was wonderful to find that J orja
loved me as I loved her.
"It was after our marriage that
I had a flare-up over some minor
contract matter and cut loose
from MGM. Where before there
had always been clear sailing,
suddenly I found myself with
expensive living and a very limit-
ed income. Writing assignments
were at a premium, but I had
my play Roman Candle which
we took to Broadway. This
proved a costly venture, for evi-
dently at that time ESP was still
suspect. My show closed in a
couple of weeks. However, since
then it has become popular with
community theater groups. Some-
day I fully intend to produce it
as a motion picture.
"J orja and I were so happy
when Mary was born. But life
doesn't always move according
to the script men concoct. New
problems seemed to suddenly
move in. In an effort to solve
them, we took class instruction
together in Science of Mind and
spent hours and hours in study-
ing the textbook.
"But we didn't get back on
our feet, financially, for a couple
of years. My wonderful wife
helped me in every way. She
would listen to my story ideas
and encourage me. We also had
old friends in show business such
as the Lloyd Nolans and the J ack
Smiths, as well as new friends
we met at our church. When
things were really bad, I recall
finally getting a troublesome
writing assignment concluded
and sold for a big star. When I
came home and told J orja that
the story was sold and I had a
check coming for $75,000, her
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first question was, 'What is the
love interest in the story?' The
money wasn't important.
"Her interest has always been
in my happiness and that of
Mary, and how we can expand
creatively as Dr. Holmes taught.
The big problems and real heart-
breaks were hers as a mother;
these I could only share with
my love and support. But they
were the ones which led to our
active participation in Religious
Science activities."
The phone rang and the
famous writer turned to me, "I
have to get to the set now.
Thank you for coming. Mary
and J orja wi l l tell you the rest."
The story was picked up a few
days later in the Sheldons' new
Colonial home. I found J orja
Curtright, who loves being Mrs.
Sidney Sheldon, to be all that
her husband said a beautiful,
brown-eyed, unusual woman, and
very hospitable. Mary, mature
for her age, and tall like her
parents, is a delightful unassum-
ing child with some of the amaz-
ing talents of her mother and
father. She uses her knowledge
of Religious Science in her school
problems and her own creativity,
which at this stage includes ex-
cellent oil paintings and poetry.
And like any other normal
youngster just free from her
schoolbooks, Mary soon left us
for her own pursuits.
"I knew from the time I was
seven that I wanted to be an
actress," J orja said. "I was born
in Arkansas, but during the de-
pression we moved to Texas. My
family were poor like most peo-
ple at that time. I had my first
job when I was twelve, working
in an ice cream stand. I kept on
in school. Even then in my strict
Protestant faith I knew that God
was a very real Presence helping
me always. The ice cream busi-
ness prospered and expanded
into a chain. Its owner decided to
advertise by radio, and it was
suggested that he let his em-
ployees try out for the commer-
cials. I was sixteen by this time
and tried out for the job. I got it.
It paid $5 a show, which was a
lot of money then. I kept on i n
radio and went on toward my
goal. It wasn't easy. I financed
my own dramatic lessons, did
school plays, and went on to
West Texas State University
where I majored in dramatics. In
the meantime, however, I had
wisely studied typing and short-
hand. This helped me when I
finally had nerve enough to go
to Hollywood.
"My first part there came
easily, but I had had to pay the
producer instead of his paying
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SCIENCE OF MIND
me. I played a schoolgirl killer
in Nine Girls. I had meaty lines
and a great third act. Four
studios called after the opening
night of the play. But my screen
tests were failures. I had to lose
my Texas accent and learn how
to behave before a camera.
"So I took time out from act-
ing and worked as a secretary to
pay for lessons. I became private
secretary to a United Artists pro-
ducer. Good secretaries were hard
to get and I was good. In order to
keep me on the job, I made my
boss promise that he would give
me a screen test for the very first
part available. That proved to be
in Whistle Stop. I got the second
lead. About that time I also met
and worked with Elsa Schreiber
who directed a road company of
A Streetcar Named Desire. She
has directed and helped some of
the most fabulous people in show
business.
"I was moving toward my goal,
but most important was my new
association with Elsa Schreiber,
for she was deeply interested in
Religious Science. She induced
me to go with her to hear Dr.
Holmes' Sunday lecture in
Beverly Hills. I listened, but like
many people I was enjoying life
and my career, and was very busy
with self. I suppose it takes a real
jolt for most of us to turn com-
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pletely to God.
"In my way I had been pray-
ing that I would meet the one
man of my dreams, and live
happily ever after. It was after
I met Elsa and heard Dr. Holmes
that ZsaZsa Gabor and I were
lunching in the M GM commis-
sary. Sidney has told you how he
asked to meet me. Later he told me
that he knew then that he would
marry me; that I was the girl he
had always known he would meet.
It took a couple of days before I
knew it too; but soon we were
both very much in love. It was
just about six months later that
Sidney timidly suggested we
might get married just like
that; without any of the pretty
words he writes in his movie
proposals. I agreed, and we went
to Las Vegas and got married.
I chose a plain gold band just
like my mother's for my wedding
ring. We had a church ceremony
later. And every year since then
we have repeated our vows in
the special service held for mar-
ried couples at our Beverly Hi l l s
church. Only now Mary comes
with us.
"Of course having Mary was
a joy and we wanted more chil-
dren. When I was three months
pregnant with our second child
I had a slight spell of German
measles. That was when we en-
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tered the 'valley of the shadows.
When that baby girl was born,
the looks on the faces of my
doctor and my nurse and my hus-
band told me something was
very wrong. Like many other un-
fortunate cases, the fleeting i l l -
ness of German measles had af-
fected our child. I could not be
consoled. During the time I was
in the hospital, however, writer
Ivy Wilson came to comfort me
and Patsy Turnbull was called
in as my practitioner. They were
all so loving. The child could not
come home with me, but had to
be cared for in an institution.
"Sidney and I earnestly started
in then to learn more about Reli-
gious Science. We attended
church and would spend hours
together and with our devoted
friends. Mary was small at the
time and we shielded her, but
the pain in my heart and the
feeling of being lost continued.
Somehow, I could not reconcile
myself to God for having let a
baby come into the world like
this little one. I loved it terribly,
and prayed with Sidney for un-
derstanding and strength from
God who then seemed so far
away.
"The healing of my grief came
suddenly. I was driving along
Sunset Boulevard from Patsy
Turnbull's office. I began to re-
joice that this baby had been
given to me and Sidney for what
now seemed the purpose of draw-
ing us into a renewed faith in
life and in God. My heart seem-
ed to lift and the pain was re-
leased. It was not too much of a
surprise when the next day
Sidney and I were told that our
little one had just left this ex-
perience of life. She served her
mission in the brief two and a
half months of her life and went
on, as Dr. Holmes so often ex-
plained, into another unfoldment.
"Someday," she concluded,
"Sidney and I wi l l have Mary's
children to love. They too wi l l
have this wonderful understand-
ing of love and of life's unfold-
ment, which Dr. Holmes taught
us to use in meeting and trans-
cending our problems."

The best definition of wealththe only true definition, I think
is the possession of whatever gives us happiness, contentment, or a
sense of one's significance in the scheme of things.
Ernest W. Watson
27
A Scientist's
Viewpoint
GEORGE E. DAVIS, Ph.D.-flesearc/? scientist in physics and biophysics.
25 years in university teaching and government laboratories.
DAY S OF UNDERSTANDI NG
Considering the many almost unbclieveable scientific revelations in this
remarkable era, in every realm of life and in the universe, the seemingly
general lack of thoughtful perception of its religious significance is re-
markable. It may be, however, that this impression is erroneous; the great
majority of persons being reticent on religious subjects.
But if we are reticent, the Old Testament writers of the Boot of Psalms
were not. Many of them expressed their rapture as they contemplated the
beauty, majesty, and providence which God had revealed in all His works.
Although these were not seen through the marvelously penetrating "eyes"
of science, in centuries yet to come they were to reveal many of His most
deeply hidden works.
Today wc have not only the infinitely various creations of beauty and
majesty such as those known to the Psalmist, but also those which the
combined and closely correlated efforts of thousands of devoted workers in
many fields of science have revealed. In these works of the Creator is our
clearest revelation of Himself; as we realize that in His creation we are an
inseparably interwoven part, sharing, if we will, its loftiest possibilities of
understanding and accomplishment.
Some of our greatest thinkers have discussed the relation between science
and religion. Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: "Henceforth they (science and
religion) will dwell together in unity and goodwill. They will mutually
illustrate the wisdom, power, and grace of God. Science will adorn and
enrich religion; and religion will ennoble J nd sanctify science." Albert
Einstein, world-renowned physicist and mathematician, wrote: "The most
beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all
true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no
longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his
eyes are closed. . . . To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists,
manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty
which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most primitive
formsthis knowledge, this feeling is at the center of true religiousness."
28 MA Y
Money is fundamentally a spiritual idea, so what
you think controls your abundance
Dollars and Sense
Ernest Holmes
M
ONEY IS A spiritual idea. I
know of no secret doctrine
that wi l l tell us how to make a
million dollars in a month. But
I believe that there is an exact,
unfailing law of perfect supply.
We should come to see that
the supreme Intelligence in cre-
ating man must also have made
a way by which he could be
provided for in harmony and in
peace; and without depriving
anyone of that which belongs to
him. This must be a natural way.
We think of money as the
evidence of success. It is the high-
est medium of exchange that the
race has as yet been able to pro-
duce, and necessary to the needs
of human life. Jesus knew this,
and told his students to render
unto Caesar the things that are
Caesar's.
Does the supply of money
depend upon location? It seems
to me that in all places people
make money; in all places there
are some who are rich and some
who are poor. Go to the smallest
town or to the largest city, and
it is just the samesome are rich
and some are poor. Success does
not depend on location.
Does it depend upon the kind
of business? No. There may be
two men in the same kind of
business, equally well situated.
One wi l l make money, and fre-
quently the other will fail. Does
it depend on education? No.
Some uneducated men make
money. Does it depend on a
This article is from the unpublished
works of the late Ernest Holmes.
World famous for his metaphysical
teachings, he wrote The Science of
Mind and many other books. He also
established Science of Mind Magazine,
and founded the United Church of
Religious Science.
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SCIENCE OF MIND
man's family circumstances? No.
Some of the wealthiest men in
the world began with nothing.
Upon what does success de-
pend? It must depend on a cer-
tain definite way of doing things.
The man who succeeds must
have succeeded through a certain
method. The man who failed
must have done differently. God
has provided a way by which we
may demonstrate success. I can-
not go the way for you, nor can
you do that for me. Each must
walk the way himself.
Now, as Browning said, "Al l 's
love, yet all's law." We are al-
ways dealing with a mental and
spiritual Law, which is an at-
tribute of God. We have been
given dominion over this Law,
and when we come to under-
stand It, we can master It.
Jesus understood the Law so
perfectly that his word never
failed to demonstrate his belief.
The difference between Jesus and
you and me is this: His word
was manifested immediately;
our word is also creative, but it
takes longer to manifest because
our understanding is not as com-
plete as his.
Let me illustrate it this way:
I once worked with a man who
could add up several columns of
figures at once and get a correct
answer. I had to take the slower
but nonetheless sure method of
adding each column separately.
We both got the same answer,
and we both did the same thing
in getting it. One got it at once,
the other got it by a slower
method. Both were correct.
Now what is this natural Law
that we can use? Let us see if it
can be stated so simply that all
may understand. We are sur-
rounded by a mental atmos-
phere or natural medium of cre-
ativity which receives the im-
press of our thought and acts
upon it. This Law has the power
to do anything, to produce any-
thing, to create anything in ac-
cord with the ideas given It.
We must have some faith if
we are to live fully, so why not
have a little more faith and live
just that much more. This men-
tal Law is an attribute of the
Divine Spirit, and we wi l l get
the best results only as we use It
in the consciousness of the Spirit
within us.
Jesus said so simply: "Have
faith in God." He knew that that
would produce the required re-
sults. But if a thing is true, there
is a way in which it is true, and
the only tools of mind are
thoughts! Therefore, we must
look to thought to get our an-
swer to the problem of success.
The man who is a success is a
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DOLLARS AND SENSE
man who, whether he knows it
or not, is using this natural Law
of Mi nd constructively. We are
all using this Law all of the
time. Every time we think we
are "starting something," so to
speak. Our word is our thought,
so our word shall accomplish.
Man does not create, he
simply uses creativity; and the
creative Law of Mi nd is going to
take up our word and bring back
to us the thing that we have
thought of. As Isaiah said long
ago: "So shall my word be that
goeth forth out of my mouth:
it shall not return unto me void,
but it shall accomplish that
which I please, and it shall pros-
per in the thing whereto I sent
it." Our thoughts do become
manifest.
Money, then, the same as all
other things, is a spiritual idea.
Where did the idea come from?
I believe the only answer is from
the Spirit. Jesus understood that
a man has dominion over all
things when he turned water into
wine for the benefit of his
friends. Jesus either did or he did
not do this. For us to say that he
did not really do it, would be to
make of him a hypnotist.
This great man of sublime
faith did not have to resort to
such a thing. He knew that a
man who has sought first the
kingdom of heaven is given the
power to do all things, and has
all things at his command. He
knew that humanity is sur-
rounded by this Law of Mi nd
and that we can use It as defi-
nitely as any other law. He said:
"Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on me, the
works that I do shall he do also;
and greater works than these
shall he do; because I go unto
my Father."
Our thoughts are the instru-
ments of Mi nd; therefore, the
only thing we have to work with
is thought that thought wi l l
come back to us as the thing
sought. We create by thinking;
thought is demonstrated when
we have sufficiently impressed
the Law of Mi nd so as to have
It return to us the thing desired.
There is the ultimate method:
J esus' way. We cannot all attain
to that because we are not able
to fully realize our Divine na-
ture; nevertheless, the way is
there. We may impress or regis-
ter upon this all-surrounding
Law of Mind an image, which
is a thought of the thing we
wish, just as we would make a
recording. The thought wi l l then
return to us manifested, accord-
ing to the pattern of our thought.
"As a man thinketh in his heart,
so is he."
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SCIENCE OF MIND
What we should do is to con-
sciously, persistently think that
that good which we wish to have
is ours. It must be just as right
to have money as any other
good. It is dishonoring God not
to have money, I believe. Jesus
illustrates the beneficence of God
in the Parable of the Prodigal
Son, in which the father says:
"Son thou an ever with me, and
all that I have is thine." We go
against our own nature and
against the Infinite which has
created us when we do not
demonstrate success.
Everybody wants success. We
must each make up our own mind
what it is we want, and trust ab-
solutely. Every time we think,
we are establishing a thought
which is creative in a definite
manner. There is being created
a living, moving, actual thing,
and the Law of Mi nd begins to
act upon it immediately. This
universal infinite Power takes up
the impress of our thought, no
matter what the thought may
be.
We are surrounded by this
Law through which a new cre-
ation becomes manifested for us.
If we want money we must think
in such a way as to bring us
money. We must think we have
money. We must think positive-
ly. We cannot think two ways at
oncethat we have and that we
have not. There is no halfway
position in truth. Truth is the
most radical thing on earth. It
is the opposite of a lie. So we
cannot think we are going to
demonstrate success if we allow
ourselves to feel we are going to
fail.
Failure is the thought that
there is not enough for all. I
know of a certain man who,
while yet new in this way of
thinking, lost all that he had.
He went home and told his wife
that she was never to say the
word failure to him. He said,
"There is no such word, and I
never want it mentioned. I am
a success." He knew how the Law
works and in a short time he was
in business again, and is now a
most prosperous man. He told
me that everything he has he got
through his faith in the Law of
Mind. He had faith that the God
who made him also made a
way for him to live. He proved
his faith by the signs which
followed.
(Continued on page i9)
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerful) Proceed
positively. Pursue persistently.William A. Ward
32 MA Y
It takes more than one good deed or good word
a day to make life worthwhile
Don't Just - > l
Stand i ^r
There, \ *
Say
Somethin
Nice
Carol Amen
O
N A recent Saturday morn-
ing, a friend of mine was
hurrying home from an errand
because his wife needed the car
to keep a dental appointment. As
he whizzed along the freeway he
saw an elegantly dressed matron
standing helplessly beside a car
which had a flat. He braked and
asked if he could help.
"Never mind the tire," the
woman said, "the auto club can
fix that. But I'm on my way to
a wedding and I'm afraid I 'll be
late. Maybe you could drive me
there?"
My friend is a gentleman, and
despite his wife's dental date, he
promptly chauffeured the lady to
the nuptials. After telling his
family of the incident, and feel-
ing a moment's pleasure in hav-
ing done a good deed, he for-
got it.
But the woman didn't forget.
That same afternoon, a florist's
truck delivered a huge pot of
yellow chrysanthemums with her
name on a plain card. The wom-
an had followed through with an
act of appreciation.
It brought my friend up short.
He's as well-intentioned as the
next person, but he admitted he
would never have taken the
trouble to express his gratitude
so eloquently had their situations
been reversed.
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SCIENCE OP MIND
And why not? Why, when it
is so easy, do we not tell people
if they have done something we
like? The old jingle had a point:
Send me posies when I'm
living,
Save your money when
I'm dead.
How often it happens that the
thing we mean to say goes un-
said until it is too late. Why,
when thoughtfulness, like some
of the other best things in life, is
free, or as expensive as we can
afford? By the mere exercise of
vocal cords we can tell the man-
ager of a department store about
the clerk who went out of his
way to help with a difficult item.
For the price of a stamp and
stationery, we can write a former
teacher and say "Thanks."
Once, I did just thattold a
distant teacher by letter how use-
ful I'd found the tips on table
setti ng, personal groomi ng,
clothes style, and sewing I'd
learned in her Home Economics
class. Her answer a week or so
later told of her family's move to
a new community where, because
she was not teaching, she felt
isolated, depressed, and "What's
the use?" My letter had given
her a boost in a moment of self-
doubt. "Y ou reminded me that
my teaching meant something
after al l ," she wrote. "Even if I
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never teach again, it is good to
know."
A hospital administrator uses
praise as a good business prac-
tice. When he hears of a person
or a department doing well, per-
haps under difficult conditions,
he investigates. And instead of
waiting for a fault to criticize, he
calls attention to the virtue in a
memo which can be posted for
all to see. Not only does the note
give credit where it's due, but
upswings in efficiency result.
Who won't try harder for a bou-
quet than a brickbat?
Berton Braley made an elo-
quent pitch for such expressions
in his poem, Do It Now:
If with pleasure you are view-
ing any work a man is do-
ing,
If you like him or you love
him, tell him now.
Don't withhold your appro-
bation till the parson makes
oration
And he lies with snowy lilies
on his brow;
No matter how you shout it
he won't really care about it;
He won't know how many
teardrops you have shed;
If you think some praise is due
him now's the time to slip
it to him,
For he cannot read his tomb-
stone when he's dead.
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DONT JUST STAND THERE, SAY SOMETHING NICE
Then, there's the encomium
you can send along to a public
figure or political representative.
Many people write to gripe;
would you take the time to write
and praise a selfless act, or a
brave vote on an unpopular
issue? And how wi l l the creators
of stories, movies, TV programs
know they have reached you un-
less you tell them?
In my job as book reviewer
for a local newspaper, I plug
along week after week, often
wondering if anyone reads my
column besides the editor of the
paper. One day a total stranger
called and wanted to talk about
my review of a certain new book.
I gulped a little. I had not liked
the book, and I'd said so. Perhaps
the caller was a relative of the
author's! Then, beautiful words
came over the wire. "I want to
thank you," the lady said. "Your
review helped me to see what it
was about the book that bother-
ed me too." She went on to say
that while she didn't always
agree with me, she never missed
my column. Because somebody
out there had taken the trouble
to communicate, I returned to
my typewriter with renewed
enthusiasm.
Making contact with another
human being is one of life's po-
tentially rewarding experiences.
1967
How lucky we are, even under
the dark cloud of world prob-
lems, to be able to make our
voluntary contacts pleasurable
a boon to the praiser as well as
the praised.
A friend told me that because
her milkman had complied with
a complicated party order in a
better-than-hoped-for manner,
she wrote him a proper "Thank
you" note. On the next delivery
day she found a package of
cottage cheese along with her
regular milk, and a message. In
spite of her husband's teasing
about a literary romance with the
milkman, she was delighted to
read: "In more than three years
on this route, you are the first
person who ever thanked me for
anything. I think you deserve a
pint of cottage cheese, on me,
for that. Thank you."
A lecturer in a course I recent-
ly audited spoke of ways toward
professional and personal suc-
cess. "To withhold praise when it
is due," this business consultant
said, "is worse than to steal a
man's purse." Perhaps the secret
lies in the four words when it is
due. If the recipient of the praise
knows it is justified, he wi l l
glow. If he squirms under the
knowledge it is undeserved, he
might grow to earn it.
Though some politicians kiss
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SCIENCE OF MIND
babies and say "nice" things to
get votes, few of us have justi-
fication for coloring the truth
or gushing insincerities. Once, at
a party, I was captivated by a
gallant stranger. "Never have I
seen such beautiful eyes. My
favorite color," he purred at me.
"Deep in your eyes I see suffer-
ing and humor and sympathy."
He had me convinced until I
later overheard his opening re-
marks to my neighbor. "Never
have I seen such beautiful eyes.
My favorite color." (Hers are
blue; mine, brown.) "In their
depths I see suffering," and so
forth. If you feel praise, say it;
if you say it, mean it.
My aunt, on a trip to Nova
Scotia, drove all one Sunday and
missed church. When her party
finally reached their lodge, they
were surprised to find an inter-
denominational service scheduled
for 9:30 that evening. The
simple vespers, provided by
volunteer college students after
their waitress and busboy duties
were finished, impressed my
aunt deeply. In reply to her
written letter of appreciation, the
manager of the hotel stated that
while he was sure the worship
services were meaningful to
many people besides the students
themselves, very few had taken
the trouble to express their feel-
ings. My aunt's words of thanks
had discharged a debt that no
money, even a lavish tip, could
pay for. It is a debt we owe to
people who are thoughtful and
who make life happier by their
actions.
Too often it seems "i n" or easy
to shrug and complain about the
world situation. "What can just
one person do?" is an often
heard excuse for passivity. We
can do something. We can start
where we live, and drop a pebble
of praise into the pool of pes-
simism. The murkier the waters,
the more chance to see a miracle.
There is a power in honest
praise so contagious its concen-
tric circles can spread through a
whole family, an entire class-
room, store, factory, or town.
Don't just stand there; say some-
thing nice.
If we cnance to love a loveless individual, to give to one bankrupt in
gratitude, to toil for the unappreciative, it is but a temporary deprivation for
us. The love, the gratitude, and the recompense will all come to us in time
from some source or many sources. It can not fail.Ella Wheeler Wilcox
36 MAY
Ideas must be backed with meaning
and emotion to have power
COM M A ND
PERF ORMA NCE
Louise B. Lateiner
I
N STUDY I NG metaphysics many
think that the most difficult
thing is to change from negative
to positive thought habits. For
me this was comparatively
simple. My difficulty came when
I tried to translate my construc-
tive new way of thinking into
positive, dynamic action patterns.
I found myself unable to prac-
tice what I preached. When I
thought of, or talked about, the
principles of life I was learning,
everything was practical and
logical. But when it came time
for putting my knowledge to
use, I knew that I had "faith
without works."
Over and over again I was
presented with opportunities to
live my faith, but always I side-
stepped my chance and used my
/ Refused the Verdict...
ONE OF A SERIES OF TRUE
EXPERI ENCES
old familiar, unsuccessful tech-
niques. Most of all, I needed to
learn the real meaning of se-
renity.
At last a day came when I
was sitting in the waiting room
of our lawyer's suite of offices.
My husband and the lawyer were
in conference immediately prior
to the closing of the sale of a
home my husband had built.
Twice before the property had
almost been sold. Al l the closing
papers were drawn up, only to
have both transactions collapse
at the last moment. But this time
it was a sure thing and a large
deposit had been given to secure
the deal.
In a little while the buyers
arrived with their attorney and
were shown to the inner sanc-
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SCIENCE OF MIND
turn. For a few minutes all was
quiet, and -I waited confidently
for my husband to emerge, smil-
ing and satisfied as I knew he
would be.
But suddenly there was a great
stir of activity and the partici-
pants in the conference began
coming out and going back in
by two's and three's, whispering
angrily. My first thought was,
"Oh, no, not again!" I began to
feel a rush of angry emotions
gathering within me as I watch-
ed the ominous and by now
familiar activity all about me.
I had learned the signs of a
failing transaction through bitter
experience.
I sat very still as I observed
this unhappy scene. And above
the immediate hubbub I became
aware of urgent, though silent,
words of command: "Prove me
now; prove me now!"
By a prodigious effort of en-
forced relaxation I sat back and
repeated to myself as though in
answer and consent, "Not my
wi l l ; not my wi l l , but Thine."
Many times over, I silently in-
toned the words so that no other
sound could penetrate. I was like
the hub of a wheel, the eye of a
hurricane, a dead center of calm
in a whirling angry situation. In
the healing quietude of God's
Peace, I was impervious to dis-
cord.
My only awareness was of
"letting go, and letting God"
give me the security of His guid-
ance. I knew that one answer to
prayer is "Later"; and I was con-
tent to wait if necessary for what-
ever was our highest good.
When the would-be buyers
and their lawyer finally left, our
lawyer's secretary said to me,
"I don't see how you could sit
there so calm under the circum-
stances!"
Had she been admiring my
composure, the remark might
have slipped by unnoticed. But
far from admiration, she was
offering criticism and irritation
a reaction I have seen occasion-
ally when detachment or non-
resistance is mistaken for indif-
ference.
How could I explain myself
to her? How could I explain my-
self to me ? In an instant of time
I had jumped the hurdle, crossed
over the boundary from "Preach-
land" to "Practiceland." I had
experienced the reality of obey-
ing inner instructions, of grasp-
ing the moment and applying to
it the ideas of truth I had only
talked about before.
My story would not be com-
plete without an account of the
effect that evolved from this
causation: The house was not
38 MAY
COMMAND PERFORMANCE
sold at this time, but was sold
later at a higher price.
I have often thought of that
day in the lawyer's waiting room,
for it could have become a
dreadfully bitter memory. In-
stead, it turned out to be the
day when "the windows of heaven
poured out a blessing."

DOL L ARS A ND SENSE
(Continued from page 32)
Each of us can prove it too. ances. Truth is, and we are not
We must believe in season and
out of season that the thing we
wish is at hand and being made
manifest to us. Our faith is the
channel through which the Spirit
is to make the gift. Faith is an
absolutely positive and definite
way of thinking. It is thinking
the truth in spite of all appear-
to listen to the people who do
not understand the Law and who
are always predicting some sort
of failure. We are to know that
we live and have our being in
spiritual abundance, which is
forever taking the form of our
acceptance of it.

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_ MENTAL
^ ENGINEERING
REFLECTI ONS
Probably all of us have seen the reflection in a still lake of beautiful
trees and flowers along the shore, and of clouds overhead. Mirror Lake in
Yosemite National Park reflects all this; plus the 7000-foot granite cliffs
that rise sheer and majestic, sometimes reaching the lowering clouds. We
can hardly tell the reflection from the real thing when the lake is calm.
But throw a stone into the lake, and the ripples destroy the scene beyond
recognition. The beauty is gone, leaving only a chaos of fuzzy lines.
As I stood beside this lakeshore one day, I was reminded how like the
lake our lives are, mirroring the landscape which our thoughts have built.
Slowly, and often painfully, we see that which we have thought become
part of our experienceboth good and bad. But no one else can do our
thinking for us; and no one else can build a successful life for us. Each
person has been made responsible for his own life experience.
But all of us at times will find ourselves exposed to the chaos that
conflict, turmoil, and confusion cast upon the waters of life. These are
the times to demonstrate our complete faith in God, and to look to Him
for guidance; to listen quietly to what the Divine Self is trying to reveal
to us. As Emerson said: "Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers
of God."
We are to let our mind mirror the truth that "with God all things are
possible." We are to think on the things that are true, honest, just, pure,
lovely, and good, as the Apostle Paul reminded the Philippians to do.
In this way our hearts and minds are cleared of confusion and doubt so
that the ideas of God can bring calmness and order and beauty to our
lives again.
His Wisdom and Love still the waters and make clear our view. Our
experiences once more reflect the peace and power and joy inherent in our
Divine nature. We enter a new grandeur of living as we thus let God
guide us in all our ways.
40
MAY
A famous physicist takes a long look be-
yond the accepted scientific knowledge of
our universe, and feels compelled to come
to the conclusion that there is a greater
reality to be more fully comprehended.
BEY OND
THE ATOM
PA RT I I OF " BL UE PRI NT OF T HE UNI V ERSE"
W. F. G. Swann
O
N E OF the great achieve-
ments of the last war was the
invention of radar, in which ob-
jects like airplanes reflect electro-
magnetic waves of shortwave
length emitted from a home base,
back to the base. However, the
principle of radar was known to
the bat long before. The bat is
blind but he emits squeaks and
chirps as he flies. These are
sounds of very high pitch, and
high pitch is the essential feature
necessary to enable the sounds to
define with precision, by their re-
flection, the object which reflects
them. And so, by this device, the
bat detects objects in his path.
At the beginning of the last
war, great use was made of dive
bombing, by which principle the
pilot was able to attain excessive-
ly high speeds by using the in-
fluence of gravity and yet cause
the plane to rise again before
striking the earth. However,
long before this, the gannet was
an expert in the art of dive
bombing. Perhaps he does not
actually bomb, but he does get
down very rapidly to capture
what he is after.
The use of smoke screens is
common in modern naval war-
This ankle is based on an address
given by Dr. Swann a few years ago.
at which time he granted permission
for its use.
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SCIENCE OF MIND
fare. However, the octopus in-
vented it. He squirts into the
face of his enemy a dark liquid
something like India ink which
he stores in a bag concealed with-
in his body. Behind this smoke
screen he can escape when
threatened.
Incidentally, the octopus could
claim a patent for another mod-
ern invention, namely, jet pro-
pulsion. He can emit from a
spacious cavity within his body
a stream of water with high ve-
locity. The reaction from this jet
drives him backwards as fast as
an ordinary fish can swim and
enables him to get out of the
way quickly when he so desires.
His forward motion is limited to
a crawling one, in which his
flexible arms and suckers par-
ticipate.
Modern warfare has exploited
fully the potentialities of camou-
flage, but these potentialities
have been used, from time im-
memorial, to a much greater per-
fection and in an enormous
variety of ways by the animal
kingdom. Everyone knows of the
chameleon.
It is only comparatively re-
cently that man has used in-
visible light, in particular, infra-
red, as a means of locating ob-
jects when visible light is un-
suitable or undesirable. However,
the rattlesnake knows of this
device. If you tape over a rattle-
snake's eyes and swing a warm
electric bulb in front of his head,
he wi l l strike at the warm ob-
ject unerringly.
The power of the homing
pigeon to return to his base is
still a mystery. Some evidence
has been given to support the
view that he possesses apparatus
which enables him, like a mari-
ner, to make use of the earth's
magnetic influence.
It is strange that nature does
not seem to have made very
much use of electricity. Here in-
deed man, who is after all part
of nature, can claim some kudos.
However, there is a creature, the
electric eel, who can generate
electrical potential differences
from four to six times as much
as those in our lighting circuits,
and it has been said that he is
able to provide a thousand watts
in electrical power, that is,
enough to light 20 ordinary
bulbs. I am not prepared to say
how long he could act as a
power plant in this matter.
A l l students of acoustics know
of the potentialities of resonators.
However, the kangaroo rat is
rather an expert on the matter.
He adopts two ways of hearing,
one through the air and the
other through the ground. For
42
MA Y
BEYOND THE ATOM
the Utter purpose he hat evolved
large resonance chambers which
take up half of his skull space and
enable him to detect approach-
ing danger through the ground
vibrations which it produces.
It may not be too much stretch
of the imagination to regard the
archerfish as using the principle
of the antiaircraft gun. He likes
flying insects but cannot reach
them from his habitat in the
water, so he shoots them down
with water flak, which he ejects
straight at his quarry, causing the
insect to fall into the water,
wet and battered, an easy prey to
his expectant mouth.
And among all of these com-
plex mechanisms, perhaps the
most marvelous are those com-
prised in that conglomeration of
ingenious devices, electrical, me-
chanical, acoustical, optical, and
chemical, which serve the needs
of the human body.
Some years ago, I had oc-
casion to have constructed a de-
vice which could go into a glass
vessel through a small opening
and could then be opened up
into a desired form. The head of
our shop and I spent much time
in meditating upon the best way
of accomplishing the desired end.
Finally, I said, "Let us see how
nature solved this problem.'* For
it seemed that efficient folding is
the kind of thing required in a
flower. On examining the way
in which the folding was brought
about in a flower, it turned out
that that was the best method to
adopt in our particular problem
ana we maae me oevice accora-
injty.
It is a pretty good guess to as-
sume that if there be any new
phenomenon which makes its ap-
pearance in the course of re-
search, somewhere or other na-
ture has used that principle, and
it very frequently happens that
when unconscious nature, and
thit part of nature which is man,
have used a device, unconscious
nature has used it in better form.
It is only fair to man to say that
sometimes this favorable condi-
tion is brought about by natures
use of facilities unavailable to
the ordinary human experi-
menter. Thus, sometimes effi-
ciency depends upon the small*
ness of the structure, or the large
numbers of similar kinds of
structures. Man is limited in the
smallness to which he can reduce
things and the numbers of them
which he can make, but tndus*
rrious nature is unlimited in
these matters and has no trade
union to curtail its activities.
And with this picture before
us, what of the future? The
science of physical astronomy
1967
43
SCIENCE OF MIND
tells us much of what has hap-
pened in the universe and what
is happening now. In the great
galaxies of space we see pictures
of what we were a billion years
ago, and we see pictures of what
we shall become in the future.
And what do these pictures tell
us? They suggest to us an earlier
picture where matter, as we
know it, did not exist at all, a pic-
ture in which there were no
atoms, let alone stars and planets.
There was nothing but a con-
glomeration of electrons, and
neutrons, surrounded by a blaze
of radiation like light, but at a
temperature of the order of a
million times that of the sun's
temperature; the glare exceed-
ing by all conscious measure the
glare of the sun. In that great in-
ferno of light there was a far
greater glare of dark light,
ultraviolet light and X-rays to
which the eye is insensitive. And
in that great cauldron many be-
lieve the atoms were born, and
according to some theories, in a
very short time the space of
half an hour.
Following this condition, by
processes which would take long
to describe in detail, the galaxies
of space, the stars, and the
planets came into being. Even at
the present time the formation of
matter, of atoms, is going on in
these stars. The great achieve-
ment of the creation of the uni-
verse in all its splendor went
steadily on its way and still pro-
gresses. The simpler atoms are
combining to produce more
complicated atoms. The simplest
atom, that of hydrogen, was the
first to be formed and as, by the
processes of atomic laws, it builds
up into more complicated struc-
tures, energy becomes released in
the process of building; energy
which is then radiated, as in the
case of our sun, from the source
of its origin to space around.
Were it not for this continual
source of energy, the sun would
cool very rapidly as asrronomy
counts time.
Sooner or later, however, we
may expect that all the hydrogen
in the sun wi l l become used up
in the process, so that the main
source of energy release will no
longer be available, and the sun
will cool. In so doing it wi l l con-
tract in size. Such contraction
frequently leads to an instability
of stellar bodies, so that they ex-
plode into smaller fragments of
very dense material which cool
more quickly. Indeed, as we peer
into the greater universe, we find
certain stars which have attained
this degree of old age, and it
seems that in about ten or twelve
billion years time we may expect
44 MAY
BEYOND THE ATOM
to find nothing but the dead
remnants of a glorious past, with
the universe no more than a
huge cemetery with no further
life or potentiality of activity.
The spectacle is a depressing one
and we may well wonder
whether any real intent of a pur-
pose would have been achieved
by it. Here before us we see this
marvelous creation with all its
cleverness of design, all its poten-
tialities for development and
nothing in the end but a stellar
cemetery.
And so in contemplating this
picture of the universe which I
have endeavored to paint for
you, you find great inconsisten-
cies. I ask you whether you find
it easier to accept that incon-
sistency between the splendor
which has been achieved and the
sorry end which has been pro-
vided for, or whether you can-
not be more philosophically
happy in the thought that there
is something which you have not
as yet seen? If you are not wi l l -
ing to accept the second alterna-
tive, you are left with a universe
which indeed has evidence of
planning, but planning to a
worthless end. I think it is not
even necessary to imagine a
mortal or immortal being at the
basis of the planning. The plan-
ning is a thing in itself, and,
personally, without any appeal to
religious motives, I feel more
philosophically content in the
second alternative than in the
first.
There are many ways in which
that which has not yet been per-
ceived can be molded onto that
which has been perceived. May
it not be, for example, that the
material universe which we have
studied has constituted merely
the chrysalis from which a very
much more beautiful structure
has been born or is to be born,
a structure in which the things
to be spoken of are such things
as souls, things which have left
behind the battles of their birth,
and formed a spiritual world
where strife no longer is to be
found, neither strife of human
beings nor the strife of cosmic
forces, and where death is no
longer the inevitable end of the
strife?
If indeed such is the case, we
may join with the bard of Avon
in likening all that we see
around us to but a vision doomed
to melt into thin air, a vision in
which the cloud-capped towers,
the gorgeous palaces, the solemn
temples, the great globe itself,
yea all that it inhabits, shall dis-
solve. But here, instead of join-
ing with the great dramatist in
the thought that not a rack wi l l
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remain behind, we shall see
something remaining, something
which is indeed very real, some-
thing which was hidden from us
in large measure during our
mortal lives, but something
which wi l l remain as the only
final reality after the material
universe, which gave it birth, has
died. Then shall we indeed be-
hold a universe planned to a
successful fulfillment. Then shall
we see around us a creation of
which even a god might be
proud.

/ sat on the edge of a transparent saucer,
That seemed to move through time.
I felt for the edge and it wasn't there, and
All I could find was a lovely grace,
A wisp of ecstatic space.
That tunneled its way through the glittering depth
With a million sparks of light.
To see the immensity of space and time, and
Feel their pressure upon the soul.
Is to know the pain and pleasure of birth anew
As man looks through himself
The Universe to see.
Energy affirms that vacuity and dust are not his goal.
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everyday use of the creative
power of your thought
THE GREATER POSSIBILITY
Self-realization comes to us not by antagonizing or fighting other people's
ways of believing, not by struggle or by strife, but by recognition; that is,
by knowing the truth, by alignment with the nature of Reality which is
wholeness and unity, goodness, truth, and beauty. Self-realization is not a
struggle for personal attainment; it is not the setting up of adversaries to
knock down. As we come to the recognition of what and who we are, we
will see that we do not have to contend with anything on earth. We do not
have to struggle to find a place for ourselves in the universe. In the sight
of the Spirit, which is also in the sight of our own spiritual natures, we
are part of Its expression, no matter where we are. Anything that expresses
is the light that It expresses.
This should add a new dignity to our concept of ourselves; it should
enable us to know that the eternal "I Am" in us will always remain infinite,
unique, and yet, in Its oneness, the root of all life. No longer does a man
need to feel himself to be a worm of the dust, a lost soul. There is just as
much God in one man as there is in another. If it seems as though there
were more God in one man than in another it is simply because some men
have used more of this Divine gift.
It gives us a new sense of human values to realize that all humanity is
Divinity waking up to Itself through self-discovery and self-realization.
Plotinus said that all men have the kingdom of heaven within them. All
men are of God. Emerson said that all men are a part of the universal Mind,
and that all men are the inlet and may become the outlet to the same, and
to all of the same. Which is what Jesus meant when he said "I am the
way." He did not mean the limited Jesus, but the limitless Christ. He was
referring to the Divine nature of every man, that Divinity which we come
to in our natures, that which is called the secret place of the most High.
"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under
the shadow of the Almighty." It means the Divine incarnation, that thing
which quickens by Its glory every act of our human experience. The greatest
evidence we have of Divinity is humanity.
from the writings of Ernest Holmes
1967 47
THE LI FE ABUNDANT
To feel life flowing through
This body that serves me
As an earthly temple.
To know the beauty
And perfume of a rose, or watch
The graceful dancing of spring flowers,
And feel the caress of the breeze
That moves them.
To appreciate
The majesty of the mountains,
And be filled with a surge of power
As I observe their rugged grandeur.
To feel secure in the strength
Of the trees the redwoods that rise
Straight and tall.
To look up and up
Until my head has reached the limit
Of its tilting, and be filled with
reverence,
Remembering that they were there
When Jesus was born.
To behold with joy
The white clouds floating and
separating,
On a background of clear blue, floating
And joining again in a canopy.
To gaze
With wonder at the uncountable stars
Scintillating, brilliant as diamonds
On black velvet. Lorraine Durand Dennis
MAY 1967
To hear to the depths of me
The roar and swish of restless waves-
Curlingblue and emerald green
Edged with white feathers of foam,
That spread like a carpet on golden sand.
To thrill
At the song of a free bird
And feel the peck of his sharp bill
Stabbing my hand, as he greedily
Devours sunflower seeds.
To respond
To the musical laughter of a little child,
And to know "of such is the kingdom
of heaven."
To feel kindly
Toward others, and be of service to
everyone.
To hear my Father speak, and follow
His advice,
And know peace, wisdom, and self-
confidence.
To believe
That when this body finishes its task
here,
I will go on to another rewarding
experience
For I am and I will always be.
Life is eternal.
This is
Having the sense of the Presence of God
Within oneself and in all things.
BETTER
BUSINESS
IDEAS
STANDI NG ON ONE'S
OWN TWO FEET
India's late Prime Minister Nehru
HARRY O. SWI FT
w a s
reported to have referred to our
Business Consultant , . , . . . . . .
foreign aid activities in these words:
"People may think you can do every-
thing with money, but you cannot
really change a man's mind and
heart with money. . . . The men-
tality of the receiver of the dole and the giver is not good for either
party. It makes people rather indolent waiting for things to happen, and
for others to make them happen. The real change that has to be brought
about in the future is a change in the mind of the human being, to make
him stand on his own two feet . . . and do the job."
The same thought applies to the salesman's activities. Fringe benefits
and extra vacations do little to whet the appetites of men to think for
themselves. There are literally millions of men in the United States who
have glowing futures ahead of them; but they need to be shown how to
wake up their natural ability to think.
Our work, born of practical business experience, is teaching self-man-
agement; leading others to uncover their own natural ability and to increase
their capacity for self-discipline.
A sales manager who tries to show his men how to do a better job by
following his techniques (foreign aid), is seldom doing anything but
"beating the air." Teaching by techniques is akin to trying to bring con-
formity to nonconformist human nature. Something else has to be done.
Training without character building becomes futile, and perhaps very dan-
gerous. Many organizations are wandering in this wilderness, wondering
why they don't get better results. Giving a poor carpenter the finest tools
in the world won't make him a better carpenter.
Any training is questionable that falls short of releasing the springs in
the student's mind to think for himself, thus freeing spirit, character,
attitude. Thinking for himself creates a better attitude; and attitude is
seventy-five percent of a sale and of good management.
(Harry G. Swift, San Francisco, is President of "We Unlimited")
50
MAY
p a s t o r H4MML\r
/
TjSf
2J k . Wi l l a Fogle
A SI NGLE STANDARD
Both parents should assume responsibility in the disciplining of their
child. And, to make this a united effort, both should agree as to a single way
in which discipline is to be administered.
Sometimes one parent is too strict, laying down rules which the youngster
is to follow unquestioningly whether he understands the reasons for them
or not. At the same time, the other parent may be too lenient, allowing the
child to get away with conduct which is socially unacceptable and disturb-
ing to others. If the youngster disobeys the strict parent, he is in trouble
with him. And if he takes advantage of the leniency of the other parent, he
is in trouble with the whole world. In fact, this child is in some kind of
difficulty most of the time and has little chance of developing a sense of
security so necessary to his happiness and well-being.
To spare our own youngster this confusion and misery, we should seek
a disciplinary method which both of us, mother and father alike, can agree
upon and follow. Fortunately, such a course is not difficult to find. As
we consider the purpose of discipline and realize that our aim is to lead
our child to an expression of self-discipline, we begin to see that there is a
single method which will be satisfying to both of us.
Those of us who are inclined to be too strict will see that instead of
giving orders which our youngster is to obey blindly, we must give him
thoughtful ins true lion, making sure that he understands the reasons for our
rules. For if he is ever to exercise self-discipline, he must be inspired to
accept the rules as his own!
And those of us who are inclined to be too lenient will see that we are
not doing our parental job when, by letting our child get away with mis-
conduct, we place him in a position to be condemned by everyone else.
We must make the effort to leach himright fromwrong.
As both of us instruct our youngster so that he understands the reasons
for rules and is able to grasp their significance, we help him to reduce the
number of his mistakes and to move ever closer and closer toward an ex-
pression of self-discipline.
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RICHER A^iNG
V
Inspiration and Creative Thoughts
for each day of M A Y
They are definite, concrete and practical... use them to achieve a fuller life!
Why They Work . . .
God is a universal Presence and a universal Responsiveness. God
creates by Self-knowing. God does not doubt His own Self-know-
ingness. That is why it is that if we wish to use the Law of Mind
we must not only unify with It but we must believe It. We must
unify; we must believe: we must receive. We must receive into the
mind because the mind cannot contain what it rejects. A thing, so
far as the mind ii concerned, cannot be true and false at the same
lime. We cannot speak a lie as though it were the truth.
We must believe: we can receive only an equivalent of what we
believe. We are not in sympathy with people who say that every-
thing is all right when it is not. The man who is confused cannot
demonttrate peace while he remains confused. It is only as he drops
his confusion and enters into a Mate of peace that peace abides in
him. We must ttnbod). Can anything emanate from us unless it
is first in in? We must expect to be able to demonstrate or have
our prayers answered today according to the degree of life we
embody today. But we are ascending, enlarging, expanding all the
time. Out of the experience of today we will know a greater good
tomorrow and so there will always be expansion.
MEDI TATI ONS: Wayne Kintner. Administrator of Education, Institute of Religious
Science. Los Angeles, California (Reprinted from an earlier issue)
REFERENCES: BibleKing James Version
TextbookThe Science of Mind, by Ernest Holmes
52
MAY
DAI L Y GUI DE TO RI CHER L I VI NG
MONDAY THE FIRST
EVOL UTI ON
EVOL UTI ON IS T HE AWAK ENI NG OF T HE SOUL TO A RECOGNI TI ON OP
ITS UNI TY WI TH THE WHOL E. MATERI AL EVOLUTI ON IS AN EFFECT,
NOT A CAUSE.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 337
Like a great many other words, "evolution" has several different
meanings. In the philosophy of Science of Mind, evolution is thought
of as the means by which each individual may come to express the
completeness of the indwelling Spirit. Being part of a universal
system, man is some part of that Intelligence which "involves" the
whole of Life. Every realization we have of our individual unity
with all the Life there is and with Its creative action in and through
us is a cosmic impulsion toward greater things. In this expansion of
consciousness we become awakened to the infinite possibilities with-
in our own nature seeking to be projected into our world of per-
sonal experience.
How can we cultivate the recognition of our unity with God?
Through contemplation and meditation. That which we keep our
attention centered upon grows and grows. And what is growth but
the unfolding of a potential? A seed is only a potential plant. If we
would have our lives unfold into all that is good, we must release
the spiritual potential that is within us. The initial act of becoming
is always mental.
Affirmation: I realize that I am an individualized expression of
God, and potential within my life is a Wholeness, a Perfection,
which is eternal. My desire and my determination are to partake
completely of this Divinity. It is the source of my health and the
fulfillment of every possible need. Today I awaken to a greater
life than I have ever known as I mentally integrate my living to
the God-intended person I am in Reality.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God. . . . I J ohn 3:2
1967
53
D A I L Y G U I D E T O
TUESDAY THE SECOND
SAL VATI ON
UNDERSTANDI NG ALONE CONSTI TUTES TRUE SALVATI ON, EI THER HERE
OR HEREAFTER.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 383
What is there that we need to be saved from except our own
ignorance? A l l darkness is dispelled by light, and ignorance is dis-
pelled by the light of understanding. If, in our ignorance we believe
that five and five are eleven, it in no way changes the mathematical
truth. We might try to get eleven dollars for two five-dollar bills
and end up assuming that the fellow who would give us only ten
dollars was cheating us. We might even feel so indignant over his
dishonesty that we would start a reform movement to save such a
dishonest person. But the truth is "No one gives to us but ourselves
and no one robs us but ourselves."
To really know this is to be saved from needless suffering, un-
happiness, and disappointment. We cannot control other people,
but we do have the privilege of controlling and directing our own
thought-life. If we have attitudes which have caused suffering,
obviously we need to change those attitudes in order to be saved
from our pains. If in our ignorance we did something which culmi-
nated in unhappiness, we should seek the Wisdom that would
help us to avoid doing the same thing again.
Affirmation: I believe that God's nature is one of Love and Wis-
dom, and in the unity I have with God I believe that my real nature
must bear this likeness. I set myself free from any undesirable
trend or condition in my living as I now consciously seek to live
this unity. I turn willingly to Spirit within and let myself be guided
into paths that are wholesome and worthwhile.
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and
understanding.Proverbs 2:6
54 MAY
RI CHER L I VI NG
WEDNESDAY THE THIRD
FACI NG THE FUTURE
. . . TO CORRECT AL L THE EVI LS OP T HE WORLD, WOULD BE BUT TO HAVE
THE POSITIVE FAI TH, FAI TH RI GHTLY PLACED, A FAI TH THAT LAYS HOLD
OF T HE I NTEGRI TY OF T HE UNI VERSE. . . .
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 156
"Do not borrow trouble by anticipating miseries which are not
at hand," said Pericles, the Athenian, "but depend upon the courage
which springs from your own manner of life." If, however, our
manner of living is ruled by fear there wi l l be but little, if any,
courage upon which we can depend. But if our living is ruled by a
positive faith that is founded upon the integrity of a universal
Good and Its availability to us, then our courage and confidence
wi l l always be sufficient for facing and resolving any problem
in our personal experience.
The problems that are immediately before us are the ones to
which we should give our undivided attention. To worry about what
we shall do tomorrow until we have jeopardized today's efforts is
a foolish waste of mental energy. Let us prove to ourselves that
using our faith and courage today is the best way to prepare for
tomorrow. This does not mean that we should give no intelligent
thought to plans that must be fulfilled with the coming of future
days, but that we should not let the thought of the future make us
anxious and worried as to its outcome.
Affirmation: My faith is in the beneficence of God and His action
through my life and affairs. I give my undivided attention to living
this day with confidence and courage, for I know that I am guided,
governed, and protected by Divine Intelligence. I accept a sufficiency
for every need and the right solution to every problem confronting
me. In God's provision there is only the abundance of Good.
. . . // God be for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31
1967
55
D A I L Y G U I D E T O
THURSDAY THE FOURTH
LI MI TLESS POSSI BI LI TI ES
WI THI N US IS THE UNBORN POSSIBILITY OF LI MI TLESS EXPERI ENCE.
OURS IS THE PRI VI LEGE OF GI VI NG BI RTH TO I T!
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 161
It is not God who withholds from us the blessings we seekthe
body healed of disease; harmony between ourselves and other
people; an outpouring of money, goods, and services; the sense of
living a life that is truly worthwhile. It is our own wrong thinking,
feeling, and acting which keep us from these things. "Bring ye all
the tithes into the storehouse . . . and prove me now herewith,
saith the Lord of hosts, if I wi l l not open you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room
enough to receive it."
Have we ever devoted a tenth part of our waking hours each
day to a consideration of our relationship with God and then
tried to put it into practical everyday use? Those who have, know
just how bountiful such a blessing is. But we cannot bring one
such "tithe" into the storehouse of consciousness and expect to
relinquish a long-standing habit of resentment, irritation, or criticism;
nor can we expect to establish a positive approach to healthful
living by an occasional contemplation of the good we desire.
Affirmation: That I may more fully know an abundant life, I
turn in consciousness to Godthe Source of all that I am or ever
shall beand now accept every idea that brings peace and harmony
and health into my experience. Through Divine Intelligence I find
it easy to loose every thought of i l l wi l l and condemnation and to
bring my thinking into constructive patterns that are creative only
of good.
Because thou hast made the Lord . . . even the most High, thy
habitation . . . There shall no evil befall thee. . . . Psalm 91:9-10
56 MAY
RI CHER L I VI NG
FRIDAY THE FIFTH
THE NEED OF THE MOMENT
. . . LET THE I NTEL L ECT DECI DE TO WHAT T HE EMOTI ONS ARE TO
RESPOND. THI S IS THE SECRET OF A WEL L -BAL ANCED LI FE.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page*M
When we are in a fretful mood we can always find plenty to
stimulate anxious thinking. But we need not remain irritable as
we remember that up to the present moment we have done what we
could. Whether that was nothing, little, or much, the past cannot
be changed. But today, even in this very moment, another oppor-
tunity is given us to better solve our problems by taking a definite
and constructive approach to them. This wi l l not be achieved by
tensing and straining with regret for past actions, but by relaxing
and knowing that under God's guidance the course of our lives may
be directed properly.
We can let the stream of Divine Wisdom carry us along like a
ship upon a strong ocean current, or a plane traveling with the jet
stream in the upper atmosphere. Let us right now mentally prepare
ourselves for a more efficient way of meeting the need of each
moment. We do this by relying upon the impulsion of the infinite
Intelligence to help us discharge our tasks and responsibilities wisely,
easily, and joyously.
Affirmation: I put aside all thought of having failed or shirked
the tasks of yesterday, and gratefully accept Divine guidance that I
now realize is ever extended to me. Today I strengthen my own
determination to follow the leading of Spirit, for I know that only
through Its Wisdom can I rightly alter the course of my life and
affairs. I am helped to meet every need of every moment.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine
own understanding.Proverbs 3:5
1967
57
D A I L Y G U I D E T O
SATURDAY THF. SIXTH
OVERCOMI NG FAI L URE
WK KNOW THAT I I I KHI . :\N HI. NO I A I M'RK I N GOD'S MI ND, AND
TIIIN MI ND I THI . I'OWKH ON WHI CH \VI . MU. DKPKNDI N*;.
Tht- Vf i cw. ' of Mini, t rxt l xai k. rugi - V) J
Failure is not a thing in itself; it is an effect, a consequence, a
result. Because we may have failed in some particular activity is
no reason to conclude that we arc failures. \Vc need only to erase
the thought of failure from our consciousness, and then we arc fret-
to start afresh with all the Power and Intelligence of the universe-
backing us.
If we believe that it is difficult to erase a belief from conscious-
ness, we are starting from a wrong premise. So we begin by erasing
this particular belief which is not correct. It is no more difficult
to erase a belief from consciousness than it is to erase a statement
from a blackboard. Ir may be retained in memory for a while, but it
is no longer an active thing and will fade out entirely unless wc
keep recalling it and reactivating it. Tcxlay we can erase the belief
in failure. It may have appeared true, but we are not compelled
again and again to go on believing it to be true. And the way to keep
it erased is to put the very opposite ideasuccessfirmly in its
very place.
Affirmation: Through the Power of Spirit within me I am suc-
cessful. Everything I do culminates in a favorable and a satisfactory-
manner for I am inspired and sustained by Divine ideas. The
tendency toward a fuller and more expansive way of living is
always operative within me. I know it is my heavenly Father's good
pleasure to give abundantly, and I accept with a grateful heart.
Through wisdom i\ mi house htiilded. and by understanding it is
established.Proverb* 24: i
5H
MAY
RI CHER L I VI NG
SUNDAY THE SEVENTH
CHA NGI NG CONDI TI ONS
T H E SUBJ ECTI VE STATE OF THOUGHT MAY BE CONSCI OUSLY CHANGED
THROUGH RI GHT MENTAL ACTI ON. T H E CONSCIOUS THOUGHT CONTROLS
THE SUBCONSCI OUS AND. I N ITS TURN. THE SUBCONSCI OUS CONTROLS
CONDI TI ONS.
- -The Science of Mind, textbook, page 322
Each of us has some condition in his experience that he wants
to have changed. Yet, many of us who do experience a change of
conditions for the better are only temporarily relieved. It is then
we begin to realize the necessity of pulling all the weeds of negative
thinking from our mental gardens. In the place of each weed
pulled we must plant a seed that will blossom with beauty, good-
ness, abundance, and harmony. Thus, we are assured that the con-
ditions in our objective ways of living wi l l be in accord with our
mental planting.
When we begin to sense that "conscious thought controls the
subconscious and, in its turn, the subconscious controls conditions,"
we have discovered the means whereby we can change conditions
and keep them changed. Ignorance is dispelled by insight; evil is
overcome by good; discord disappears whenever everything is in
accord; lack, limitation, and scarcity cannot remain in the presence
of abundance; misery, pain, and suffering disappear when whole-
ness is accepted.
Affirmation: I do not waste my time in trying to explain, ratio-
nalize, or alibi undesirable conditions. I keep my conscious
thought centered upon that which is beautiful, good, helpful, and
wholesome. I am steadfast in knowing that my constructive thoughts
now transform and renew my experience for my greater good.
. . . be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 12:2
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D A I L Y G U I D E TO
M ON DA Y T H E E I GHT H
RI GHT PLACE
EVERY ONE AUTOMATI CALLY ATTRACTS TO HI MSEL F J UST WHAT HE IS,
AND WE MAY SET I T DOWN THAT WHEREVER WE ARE, HOWEVER I N-
TOLERABLE THE SI TUATI ON MAY BE. WE ARE J UST WHERE WE BELONG.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 295
It seems incredible at first to think that every person is in his
right place regardless of what he may be experiencing at the moment.
It may not seem just or right for us to be entangled in an experience
that is completely undesirable. Yet, if we are to be logical, we must
conclude that there is something in our consciousness which has
drawn us into that situation; for we know that we are living in a
law-governed universe and no one can escape the results of his
thinking.
The Divine edict is to be perfect, to do good, to love and honor
God, our fellowman, and ourselves. We have been given the power
to choose what we shall think and thereby govern our daily experi-
ences; for thought is cause, and experience is always the effect or
result. We do not escape effects; but we may institute a new cause
and experience a new result. We shall come to know peace and
harmony and love, only when we think and act wholly in peace
and harmony and love.
Affirmation: I turn to the indwelling Presence, conscious that
there is a Wisdom, a Love, impelling me to make right decisions
and to follow right pursuits. I know I cannot forever keep myself
from the Divine birthright of wholeness and happiness. Today I
accept the freedom of right living which God's Love has destined
me to know in joy and in fullness. I move into that experience which
rightly expresses my Sonship with God.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that
love God Romans 8:28
60
MA Y
R I C H E R L I V I N G
T U E SDA Y T H E N I N T H
SECURI TY
. . . THE BELI EF I N GOODNESS MUST BE GREATER THAN ANY APPARENT
MANI FESTATI ON OF ITS OPPOSITE. I T IS THI S SCI ENCE OF FAI TH WE
ARE SEEKI NG TO UNCOVER. . . .
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 160
Security is not an end in itself; it is a by-product of living that
is established upon the Truth. Though a balanced sense of security
is psychologically necessary for a wholesome way of living, it comes
only to the person who searches it out. Jesus gave a glimpse of this
in his suggestion: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you"the
things which people work so hard to get, hoping to feel secure.
To gain security, then, we should have as our prime objective the
understanding of LifeGod's Life in, through, and around us.
Everything which we assume to be essential to our happiness, joy,
and success is some part of this Life. Al l the qualities of living we
search for and hope to find in the acquisition of things already
exist in Life. As we come into a true understanding of It, we auto-
matically come into the possession of these qualities. Where should
we carry on our search for security? Wherever we are, for our
search is within ourselves.
Affirmation: Love, peace, beauty, joy, all the worthwhile qualities
of Life, are mine to experience this very day, for I realize that I am
an inseparable part of It. The only barrier to the good I would
know has been of my own making. I cease limiting Life's action
in me and quietly turn to that indwelling Wisdom for guidance.
My faith in God now becomes the mold of my experience.
/ will say of the Lord. He is my refuge and my fortress: my God;
in him will I trust.Psalm 91 2
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D A I L Y G U I D E T O
WE DNE SDA Y T H E T E N T H
A FOUNDATI ON FOR FAI TH
SHOULD WE LEARN TO CONTEMPI .ATE THOSE THI NGS WHI CH ARE
DESI RABLE AND TO FORGET T HE REST. WE WOULD SOON OVERCOME
FEAR THROUGH FAI TH.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 405
Fear is always stimulated by the unknown and by what we con-
sider to be undesirablethat which we assume wi l l jeopardize us.
So it seems logical and natural to be afraid. This reasoning, however,
is based upon the assumption that we live in a world that is naturally
hostile, that forces and powers outside ourselves are against us.
But if we are willing to reject this assumption and accept the idea
that the world we live in is friendly to us, we shall find our fears
greatly reduced.
Nothing could be more wonderful than to feel that we live in
the midst of a Divine Beneficence, an activity of Goodness. To
accept such a belief is the foundation of a strong faith that wi l l
make our daily living healthy and more joyous. We can prove over
and over again that even a particularly threatening incident has
some good for us if we accept it rather than the appearance of
hostility it may present. Fear no longer haunts us when we contem-
plate our unity with God and the friendliness of His universe.
Affirmation: Since God is all there is, God is in everything I see
in the world about me, as well as within myself. I do not believe
that God in the world about me and God in myself are two powers
opposed to each other. I take time now to think of the basic spiritual
unity between myself and the world in which I live. It is upon
this understanding that I build my faith and confidence. I meet
my world today in an attitude of friendliness and accept that God's
Wisdom moves through me and through my activities, rightly
accomplishing that which benefits me and all others.
. . . in him we live, and move, and have our being. . . . Acts 17:28
62 MA Y
R I C H E R L I V I N G
THURSDAY THE ELEVENTH
A L WA Y S SOMETHI NG MORE WONDERFUL
. . . MAN'S I NTEL L I GENCE IS THI S UNI VERSAL MlND, FUNCTI ONI NG
AT T HE L EVEL OF MAN'S CONCEPT OF I T.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 35
That which lies beyond us is always the horizon of a new frontier.
And beyond every frontier lies a new world awaiting the explorer.
Geographically speaking, there are but relatively few new areas left
on the surface of the earth. The continents and seas have been quite
well investigated and charted. So, continued scientific exploration
tends to go upward irto the earth's atmosphere and on out into
space, as well as down into the interior of our planet and under-
neath the seas.
In our personal lives we experience a similar cycle of investiga-
tion and exploration. First, there is the intense concern with the
physical body. Gradually a desire is born to know more of the less
tangible side of our naturemind and spirit. Here we soon learn
that mind is much more than sensations reaching the body through
the five senses. Reflective thinking on this subject leads to medi-
tation. Meditation opens the intuitive centers of our self. Intuition
provides a flashing glimpse of a greater self, a deeper self, a self
with larger meaning and richer purposealways with something
more wonderful to discover.
Affirmation: I know there is a rich and deep meaning to my life,
and I continue to contemplate it. It is toward the unexplored depths
of mind that I now move. I open my thought to the great Wisdom
and Love of God within my being. As the sensitive photoelectric
cell responds to a light which comes near it, so I respond now to
the nearness of the Presence and Power of God.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of
thy law.Psalm 119:18
1967 63
D A I L Y G U I D E T O
FRIDAY THE TWELFTH
I NSI GHT
T H E SPI RI T OF GOD DWELLS I N T HE I NNER MA N WI TH POWER AND
MI GHT. T H E OUTER MA N REFLECTS THI S SPI RI T I NSOFAR AS T HE I N-
TEL L ECT ALLOWS I T TO COME FORTH I NTO EXPRESSI ON.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 492
A person healed of blindness enters a new world of impressions
different from what he imagined them to be while in his state of
blindness. He who sees the world in which he lives through in-
sight also enters a new world of living, and this new world is
considerably different from what he believed it was while view-
ing it with outer sight only.
He who sees only with physical sight believes that people, con-
ditions, and things are the causes of his difficulties. When he is
physically i l l , he looks only for disease germs or physiological mal-
functioning. When he encounters a business reverse or failure, he
looks for the cause in economic conditions or in his particular loca-
tion. When he is lonely and without friends, others appear clickish
or unfriendly. But when, through understanding, he develops in-
sightthe ability to see beyond the surface appearance of things-
he is immediately in a new and different world. In this world of
understanding he sees that his experiences are not goverened and
controlled by things outside of himself, but by the beliefs that he
has accepted.
Affirmation: Today I look upon my world through insight. I
appreciate everything that is brought into the focus of my vision. A l -
though some of it may appear as broken fragments, by insight I
behold the vessel of Life's Wholeness which is eternal. I know that
within each person dwells God's Perfection, and the word of ac-
ceptance is the channel for Its expression. I accept Its action in
my life now.
. . . if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of
light.Matthew 6:22
64
MAY
R I C H E R L I V I N G
SATURDAY THE THI RTEENTH
ACHI EVI NG SUCCESS
T H E SUBJ ECTI VE STATE OF MAN'S THOUGHT DECIDES WHAT IS GOI NG
TO HAPPEN TO HI M I N HI S OBJ ECTI VE EXPERI ENCE.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 300
It is not only what we intellectually consent to or what we
audibly profess to believe that governs our objective experience; it
is what we really believe deep down within ourselvesthe sum
total of all our thinking and knowing. It is this subjective state
of thought that is the medium between the limitless activity of
God and our experience. Into it have been placed the seed thoughts
of success, health, happiness, and every imaginable goodor their
opposites! And it is here that the inexorable Law of Mi nd acts
upon these ideas to bring them into the form we label experience.
If we are failing to achieve success in our own personal line
of endeavor, it is obvious that we have too many beliefs that are not
conducive to success. We must begin to evaluate our ideas so that
we may realize just what we are being receptive to most of the
time. We cannot increase activity in our work while we think and
talk of nothing but inactivity for hours on end. Every thought regis-
ters its mark in our experience. Our work is of worth to us and of
service to man when we are receptive to the ideas of Spirit within.
Its impulsion is only toward unlimited good for all concerned.
Affirmation: I open my mind and heart now to the flow of Divine
inspiration and am receptive to the ideas that rightly inaugurate
and sustain all my activities. I know that the possibilities of Spirit
are unlimited, and under Its guidance every right channel is opened
for the successful expression of my every endeavor.
For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have
abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even
that which he hath.Matthew 25:29
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DAI L Y GUI DE T O
SUNDAY THE FOURTEENTH
Y OUR ONE SOURCE OF LI FE
THERE IS THAT WI THI N EVERY I NDI VI DUAL WHI CH PARTAKES OF T HE
NATURE OF T HE UNI VERSAL WHOL ENESS. . . .
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 33
If the word "life" is substituted for the pronoun "that" in the
textbook quotation, we then read, "There is life within every
individual which partakes of the nature of universal Wholeness."
From this premise we can then reason that any person's life, when
traced to its source, is universal Life.
Even though life is transmitted through physical birth from one
generation to another, a person's parents are not the source of his
life; they are the medium through which it has been transmitted.
The mother bears the child, but it is the all-encompassing Love of
God that flows through her, enveloping her and her child in Its
Divine bond.
When an infant is born, its newly developed body must be
sustained and nourished by food and air and liquids. Without these
elements there is no physical growth. Yet, the life-entity of the
infantthe mind and the spiritmust be sustained and nourished
also. A person is always more than his body. A whole person is a
spirit-mind-body being, an individualization of universal Life.
Affirmation: There is but One Life, the Divine Life that animates
my being. That which I am and that which I do is Life moving
through me and being expressed according to my understanding.
I am universal Life individualized. I am a being through which
Divine Intelligence, Wisdom, Power, and Love are expressed. There
is no limit to the Life-potential which is the Source of my being.
And thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy might.Deuteronomy 6:5
66
MAY
R I C H E R L I V I N G
MONDAY THE FIFTEENTH
THE MATERI AL VERSUS THE SPI RI TUAL
T H E WORLD DOES NOT KNOW THE SON OF GOD. MATERI AL SENSE
CANNOT RECOGNI ZE T HE SPI RI TUAL. SPI RI TUAL THI NGS MUST BE
SPI RI TUALLY UNDERSTOOD.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 502
We think of the word "spirit" as applying to the inner realm
of ideation, and the word "world"as it is used in most places in
the Bible representing the outer, objective side of creation.
"Heaven" and "earth" are other contrasting terms much used in the
Bible. Heaven, the inner realm of consciousness or causation; and
earth, the manifested side of consciousness. Man bears both images
the heavenly and the earthlyfor he has been given Sonship and
with It the power to conceive ideas and to experience them as his
daily life.
No matter how much we may appreciate the outer side of life,
it undoubtedly is not the complete reflection of the Reality behind
it. Nevertheless, through a consideration of the outward appearance
we may be led into a greater realization of the significance of that
Realitythe Spirit of God in man. Sooner or later, a day of awaken-
ing comes to each of us and we discover that an experience is always
a reflection of our inner concepts and feelings. We go from good
to greater good only as our perception embraces more of the inner
Reality.
Affirmation: I enlarge my consciousness of good in my life,
now, as I quietly turn in thought to that Presence which is the very
source of my being. I know that every material object as well as
every experience has its mental correspondent. When there is an
appearance of limitation or inadequacy in my life it is a challenge to
let God's Wisdom unfold more completely in my mind and heart.
I accept It with gratitude.
. . . be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.J ohn 16:33
1967
67
DAI L Y GUI DE TO
T U E SDA Y THE SIXTEENTH
OVERCOMI NG CONFUSI ON
WE CAN J UDGE T HE SUBJ ECTI VE CONCEPT ONL Y BY ITS OBJ ECTI VE
EFFECT. I F EVERY THI NG A MAN DOES LEADS TO CONFUSI ON, WE SHOULD
TREAT TO KNOW THAT HE IS POISED. T H E SPI RI T IS NOT CONFUSED
OVER ANY THI NG.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 321
Our objective experiences are the clues to our subjective accep-
tances. This is a dependable rule. It operates inexorably within every
person's life without exception. If we desire a change in an un-
happy social relationship, a family problem, or a business condition
it can be brought about only by changing the ideas and concepts
which gave rise to that unhappiness. If we seem to be in the midst
of confusion it is obvious that we have accepted beliefs about our-
selves and other people which are not the Reality of us, and there-
fore are causing the confusion.
To become poised means more than we might at first think. The
word brings to mind a picture of a person alert, moving with
balanced action, undisturbed by all the bustle, hurry, and clatter
around him. Even in the midst of a crosscurrent of personalities,
the spiritually poised person rises above conflicting effects by know-
ing that there is a Tightness and a harmony to life wherein con-
fusion is erased. He knows the world could not long exist if con-
fusion were the reality behind it.
Affirmation: I believe that my life is an integral part of the
One Life which is God's Life. Therefore I am established in all
that makes for harmony and peace and understanding in my rela-
tionships. I now find it easy to release every sense of anxiety and
worry and conflict and accept God's guidance in handling my affairs.
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the
sight of all men. . . . as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all
men.Romans 12:17-18
68
MAY
RI CHER L I VI NG
WEDNESDAY THE SEVENTEENTH
THE RI GHT DI RECTI ON
WHA T WE DEMONSTRATE TODAY, TOMORROW, AND T HE NEXT DAY, IS
NOT AS I MPORTANT AS THE TENDENCY WHI CH OUR THOUGHT IS
TAKI NG. . . . I F EACH DAY WE ARE EXPRESSI NG MORE LI FE. WE ARE
GOI NG I N THE RI GHT DI RECTI ON.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 306
We need to know there is a Presence, there is an Intelligence,
there is a Power that is with us and working through us every
day of our lives. Al l of our needs may be provided for by this
Divine Presence within us guiding us in the management of our
affairs. We can always depend upon this silent Partner to prompt
us into doing the things we should do for a full, happy life.
When we become aware of this Presence, all anxious, worried
thoughts and feelings disappear. The shadows of doubt and fear
that are cast by worry are gone also. The decisions we need to make
are made at the right time and in the right way. We feel happy,
encouraged, uplifted. If someone took a heavy weight off our
shoulders, the feeling of release from this burden would be no
more real than the feeling of release we experience from the
passing of turbulent, strained ways of thinking. In our awareness
of the Presence of God there is neither tension nor strain. There
is nothing in our living that lies outside the protective, guiding
influence of the Divine Presence which overshadows and fills our
hearts and minds.
Affirmation: I know that I am never alone. God is always right
where I am. I am aware of this inner Divine Presence, and live in
the confidence that I am rightly guided into a life that is continually
moving forward and expanding into rewarding experiences and
greater ways of livingness in all that I do and am.
. . . Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Romans 12:9
1967 69
DAI L Y GUI DE TO
T HU R SDA Y T H E E I GHT E E NT H
OVERCOMI NG TI REDNESS
PEOPLE WHO ARK CONSTANTLY COMPI .AI NI NG OF BF.I NO TIRF.D ARE
HY PNOTI ZED I NTO THI S BEL I EF THROUGH THE I .AW OF RACE SUG-
GESTI ON.
-The Science of Mind, textbook, page 226
Though recreation, physical relaxation, and rest are important
to health, tiredness is not always overcome through them. Some of
us get tired of relaxing, others tire of accepted ways of recreation,
and some people simply get tired of resting. Al l of which indicates
that tiredness is far more mental than physical.
There are many commonly accepted beliefs about the limits of
man's strength and endurance, especially in relation to age, which
become rich mental soil in which the seed of tiredness grows
bountifully. Yet, no one is compelled to accept beliefs that eight
hours of work exhaust a person; or that one past forty must be
very careful not to undertake many new endeavors or engage in
activities as enthusiastically as he did in his twenties, or that man
is like a storage battery with only a limited reserve of energy. We
need to root out such beliefs from consciousness and plant the
belief that through unity with Divine Energy we are equal to all
that rightly goes into joyous and healthy living.
Affirmation: My body is animated and empowered by the in-
exhaustible flow of Divine Energy. It can never be depleted either
by work or by play. I maintain this concept of myself and know
that I am equal to all natural demands made upon me. It neutralizes
past beliefs in tiredness, overwork, and exhaustion. In joy I antici-
pate each new activity.
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen
thine heart: wait, I say. on the Lord.Psalm 27:14
70
MAY
RI CHER L I VI NG
FRIDAY THE NINETEENTH
FOR THI S DA Y
TODAY IS THE DAY OP COMPL ETE SALVATI ON, NOT TOMORROW OR T HE
DAY AFTER, BUT NOW.
-The Science of Mind, textbook, page 503
If we are en route to some distant city, we do not start the day's
journey in just any old direction. We follow the route that takes us
there. Our journey through each day would be more profitable if
we took time to know that we are mentally traveling in the right
direction.
If each day is to be a right venture in living, there needs to be
a determined use of thought to sustain the good we are experiencing
or to improve our health and affairs. Each of us probably needs to
banish some thoughts of anxiety and fear, of irritation and resent-
ment. To discover and know only what is good, true, helpful, and
harmonizing, we need to do some conscious thinking along positive
and constructive lines. Let us look for something to appreciate and
praise wherever we go and in all with whom we associate. Let us
learn to praise God for the multiplicity of ways in which His
Life is expressed in goodness, and not seek out the traits unlike
God which may annoy us.
Affirmation: I know that my positive attitudes and actions open
the way for an inflowing of peace into my soul, health into my
body, and harmony into my affairs. I rejoice and am happy in the
knowledge that the good of life is flowing my way and I meet it
through each experience. I expect to gain insight, understanding,
and wisdom concerning any problem in my experience. I am
alerted to act wisely, live joyously, and feel a deep sense of satisfac-
tion with myself and the whole of life about me as I journey
through this wonderful day.
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have trans-
gressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit. . . .
Ezekiel 18:31
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D A I L Y G U I D E T O
SATURDAY THE TWENTIETH
HA NDL I NG HABI TS
A T T HE ROOT OF A M. HABI T IS ONE BASIC THI NG: T HE DESIRE TO
EXPRESS LI FE.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 222
Every one of us has the urge to express himself, because each one
is a part of the great impulsion of Life which unceasingly looses
energy in action. Within each one of us there is an urge to
action that must always find an outlet, and that we may use rightly
or wrongly. Repeated actions form habits which, once established,
become automatic with little or no conscious thought.
Nature has provided us with vital and instinctive habits like
breathing, eating, digesting, and the wonderful heartbeat. But we
can, and we do, develop and establish negative habits which interfere
with the natural and healthy flow of Life and so we find our-
selves in difficulty. However we do not have to retain these un-
desirable habits. We can get rid of them in the same manner that
we acquired them: by establishing new and different patterns of
thought and action. To help us we have the whole power and
energy of Spirit. We only need to know that what we are under-
taking is good, constructive, and for our greater expression of all
that is worthwhile.
Affirmation: It is my responsibility to express Life to the best
of my ability, and to let go of anything which has inhibited Its
flow in my experience. By accepting and following Divine guidance
I free myself of any harmful and negative habit. From this moment
I desire to express myself only in a manner that corresponds to my
highest concept of Goodness, so I develop only good habits.
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am
God, and there is none else.Isaiah 45:22
72 MAY
RI CHER L I VI NG
SU NDA Y T H E T WENT Y - F I RST
OUR UNI TY WI TH GOD
No MAN CAN EXHAUST THE Dl VI NE NATURE. BUT Al . l . LIVE BY, IN,
AND THROUGH IT . .' . THI S IS A GLORIOUS CONCEPT. AND ONE WHI CH
FILLS US WITH WONDER. . . .
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 493
The things that seem to separate us from our good are states of
mind such as fears and insecurities, resentments, inferiorities, undue
self-concern, guilts, and other defeating negative attitudes and feel-
ings toward life. These not only constitute or give rise to our major
problems, but prevent us from experiencing mastery over our lives
and our circumstances. They also deprive us of the peace of mind
and joy that would otherwise be ours. These are the attitudes and
feelings we can, and must, discard from our thinking.
To change established thought patterns it is necessary that we
persist in our endeavor to displace detrimental thoughts with their
constructive counterparts; that we pay more attention to our bless-
ings than to our difficulties; and that we cultivate the spirit of ap-
preciation and thanksgiving. It is also necessary that we have
confidence in our own abilities. And we need to know that ideas,
opportunities, and assistance from a Power greater than we, are
ours in accordance with our needs.
Affirmation: I now look for the pleasant, the beautiful, the con-
structive way to meet all of life's experiences. I know that each
seeming problem is but an opportunity to bring into play inherent
abilities, faculties, and resources which enrich my life. I seek only
the best in everything. I deeply appreciate every person with whom
I come in contact; I am aware that he, too, partakes of God's nature,
and is a channel through whom good can flow to me. I return
the good in joy.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of
joy. . . . Psalm 16:11
1967 73
DAI L Y GUI DE TO
M ON DA Y T H E T WE NT Y - SE COND
UNDERSTA NDI NG
CHA NCE THE CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE I AI .SE CONDI TI ON WI L L DISAP-
PEAR. CONDI TI ONS ARE NOT ENTI TI ES, WE ARE ENTI TI ES.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 54
In the Bible story of Solomon's rise to power we are told that
Solomon had a dream in which the Lord appeared to him and said:
"Ask what I shall give thee." Solomon had evaluated himself cor-
rectly and felt inadequate, without the help of the Lord, in taking
over the throne of his father David. He did not egotistically assume
that he knew how to be a king, though he had been reared in the
royal atmosphere. Neither did he whimper, whine, nor complain
that the responsibility of being a king was too great for him. In-
stead, he asked the Lord to give him an understanding heart so
that he could discern between good and bad.
We, too, have been called to a tremendous responsibility. We
have been given self-consciousness and the power of governing
the kingdom of our mind. Many times we are puzzled about what
is right and what is wrong, what is good for us and what is bad
for us, what is real and eternal, and what is illusory and deceiving.
We, too, each need a wise and understanding heart in learning to
choose our patterns of right action in our experience.
Affirmation: Aware of God's action within me, I evaluate my
living today. I, too, am given a wise and understanding heart to
guide me. I measure no one by my standards, but through under-
standing assist those who seek my help to live up to their highest
concept of what is right. Nothing remains with me without my
consent. Therefore I keep my thought only upon right action
taking place in my life and the lives of those I can help.
. . . lo, 1 have given thee a wise and an understanding heart. . . .
I Kings 3:12
74
MA Y
R I C H E R L I V I N G
T U E SDA Y T H E T WE NT Y - T HI RD
DA I L Y PRACTI CE
[ EA CH] SHOULD TAK E TI ME EVERY DAY TO SEE HIS LI FE AS HE WI SHES
IT TO BE. TO MAK E A MENTAL PI CTURE OF HI S I DEAL. H E SHOULD P.ASS
THI S PI CTURE OVER TO THE L \ W AND GO ABOUT HIS BUSI NESS, WI TH
A CAL M ASSURANCE THAT ON T HE I NNER SIDE OF L I FE SOMETHI NG
IS TAK I NG PI .ACE.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 271
There are three important parts to the above suggested way of
spiritual treatment: daily practice of prayer, release of mental
pictures formed, and an attitude of calm assurance. Whenever these
three ingredients are put together for a good purpose a person is
certain of a definite result.
What is the ideal you have for yourself? Are you just vaguely
hoping that something may happen to make you feel better; to help
you get enough money to pay your bills; to help you find some-
one who will love you, marry you, and share your life? These are
but single steps toward a larger goal which should be large enough
to include ail the immediate benefits you desire. Once you have
taken time to mentally construct such an ideal, quietly remind your-
self of it each day, then release it from your conscious thinking,
confidently knowing that the creative Law of Mind is acting upon
it to fulfill it completely and satisfactorily.
Affirmation: I take time right now to see myself as I wish to be.
If I am i l l I see myself healthy. If I am in need of money I see
myself enjoying abundance. If I am lonely I see myself not only
with friends but also being friendly and feeling and giving love.
In faith I give thanks for this fulfillment of my ideal self as a son
of God.
Thou shaft also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee....
J ob 22:28
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D A I L Y G U I D E T O
WEDNESDAY THE TWENTY-FOURTH
THE POWER T HA T HEAL S
UNL ESS WE DISCREDIT AL L HUMA N TESTI MONY , WE ARE FORCED TO
THE CONCLUSI ON THAT BODILY HEAL I NG OF AL L MANNER OF SI CK-
NESS BY MENTAL AND SPI RI TUAL MEANS IS A FACT.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 137
The fact of bodily healing through spiritual means is no longer
denied nor disputed except by a minority. More and more people
are turning to prayer instead of a bottle of tranquilizers. Tranquil-
izers may have a place in modern therapy as a palliative, but they
most certainly are not curative.
We can use the great power of thought in such a way that it
not only calms the emotions and quiets the nerves, but also heals
the state of consciousness which gives rise to a disturbance. This
is certainly more desirable than merely numbing portions of the
nervous system. We have to realize that the gift of wholeness has
already been made, but we need to be willing to accept it. Through
our power to think we are either accepting the whole Perfection
of God's Life in us or distorting our expression of It. Our willing-
ness must be more than intellectual assent; it has to be an emotional
and subjective acceptance as well. We have to stop concentrating
on the ideas that produce our sickness and devote our rhinking to
the ideas that manifest wholeness!
Affirmation: Today I entertain only those ideas which correspond
to the inherent wholeness of my life. As I turn from all tangible
evidence of sickness and release all thoughts which tend to support
it, I pave the way for the influx of the Divine action. In God there
is only harmony, wholeness, and completeness, and God's Life that
flows in and through me vitalizes every cell, balances every activity,
and properly maintains every function of my body. In this knowl-
edge I am healed.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:23
76 MAY
R I C H E R L I V I N G
THURSDAY THE TWENTY-FIFTH
SPI RI TUAL A DV ENTURE
I T IS A WONDERFUL EXPERI MENT AND A GREAT ADVENTURE TO MA K E
CONSCIOUS USE OF THE l >AW; TO FEEL THAT WE CAN PL ANT AN IDEA
I N MI ND AND SEE I T GRADUALLY TAK E FORM.
-The Science of Mind, textbook, page 271
The thought of adventure intrigues most people. Perhaps it is
because usually it promises something new, something different,
something wholly unexpected. Yet, it is very easy to undertake an
adventure and be disappointed if we insist upon going through our
usual mental ruts and viewing everything with our old concepts.
The nursery rhyme of the pussy cat who went to town to see the
queen and instead spent its time frightening a mouse under the
queen's chair explains the point. Our experiences of greater good
can only come through firmly implanted ideas of greater good.
We provide for a greater spiritual awareness as we engage in
ideas that produce that kind of experience. Every person, object, or
circumstance is the expression of a quality; and learning to discern
the quality of that which we wish to experience is the great experi-
ment and the great adventure. Daily we should consciously use our
power to think and to believe if we want to provide ourselves with
those things of the Spirit that are altogether wise, beautiful, and
wholesome.
Affirmation: I am inspired by the Spirit within and I speak my
word today confident that it is rightly creative in my life. I know
that as I discern spiritual Wholeness I demonstrate wholeness. As I
accept supply for the fulfilling of any need I am seeing spiritual
Substance take the particular form of that acceptance. This is the
adventure that brings me daily into the larger consciousness of
God's Love.
For by thy words thou shall be justified, and by thy words thou
shall be condemned.Matthew 12:37
1967
77
D A I L Y G U I D E T O
FRI DAY THE TWENTY-SDCTH
THI NK I NG AFFI RMATI VEL Y
MEREL Y TO ABSTAI N PROM WRONG THI NK I NG IS NOT ENOUGH; THERE
MUST BE ACTI VE RI GHT THI NK I NG. WE MUST BECOME ACTI VELY CON-
STRUCTI VE AND HAPPY I N OUR THI NK I NG. . . .
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 143
We are slowly learning that our experiences are what we make
them from day to day. Our attitudes toward life are reflected in
conditions and circumstances. The people, the incidents, which make
up annoying and disturbing conditions and circumstances are not
the causes of our personal difficulties. They are the channels through
which our mental states return to us. The more we control our
thinking and direct our mental activity along constructive and stable
lines, the more these qualities wi l l become apparent in our lives.
Here are some of the logical effects which follow positive, con-
structive, and forgiving thoughts: we are confronted less and less
with troublesome personalities; conditions change for the better
quickly; opposition turns to support, and obstacles seem to melt
away. Each day offers us the opportunity to take charge of our own
thoughts. And as we direct our thinking along patterns of harmony,
peace, wholeness, and abundance, we shall find our experiences
changing accordingly.
Affirmation: Without fear or fretfulness, I now move into the
joy of good living. I meld my personal ways with the ways of the
Infinite. My thoughts are affirmative, dwelling on peace, harmony,
love, and goodness. Through the Divine within me what I need to
know is brought to my attention, and I am stimulated to do that
which needs to be done. Life is good; living is wonderful.
/ thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. I
made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Psalm 119:59-60
78 MAY
R I C H E R L I V I N G
SATURDAY THE TWENTY-SEVENTH
OVERCOMI NG MENT A L DEPRESSI ON
FEAR IS A BEL I EF I N LI MI TATI ON, A DENI AL THAT T HE DI VI NE IS T HE
CENTER AND T HE SOURCE OF AL L GOOD. . . . I N T HE MI DST OF PL ENTY
HUMANI TY I.IVES I N WANT, BECAUSE OF FEAR. TO OVERCOME FEAR IS
T HE GREATEST ADVENTURE OF THE MI ND OF MA N.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 404
When we feel depressed, it is usually because some fear has be-
come dominant in our mental life. We may not be able to discern
immediately what the fear is, but until we dethrone this usurper
of peace and joy, we shall continue to feel depressed. " . . . perfect
love casteth out fear" says the Bible, and he who tries it wi l l find
it to be so.
Fear anticipates many possibilities of harm; love anticipates only
joy and happiness. We know from these common experiences that
fear divides and separates, while love unifies and binds together.
When we are mentally depressed we are only experiencing the
aloneness which logically follows our fear. But no one can affirm
and deny at the same time, and only as we choose to really over-
come the sense of limitation wi l l we overcome the sense of alone-
ness and depression. When we realize that our life is embraced
within the One Lifethe Life of Godwe can avail ourselves of
His guidance which overcomes mental depression.
Affirmation: I rise above all thoughts of fear by knowing that
my personal life is important to God for it is an integral part of
His Life. I let this concept dominate my thought until fear is re-
moved. Faith in God's Love as governing my experience is the
principle by which I now live.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of
love, and of a sound mind.II Timothy 1:7
1967
79
D A I L Y G U I D E T O
SUNDAY THE TWENTY EI GHTH
THEY WI L L LI VE FOREVER
L ET us TREASURE UP AS SWEET ROSEMARY THE MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN SO NEAR AND DEAR TO US. KNOWI NG THAT TODAY
THEY WAL K I N THE GARDEN OF GOD AND WAFT BACK TO US A KISS
OF I OVE.
You Will l.iir Forever, by Ernest Holmes, page 25
In honoring the many whose lives were shortened by their
supreme sacrifice, we reach for confirmation of their continued
existence. Though they courageously fulfilled their assignments unto
death, we, like Ernest Holmes, "are nor content with the thought
that immortality is merely the result of one's life and work, which
he has left behind. . . . Man, then, if he is to have an immortality
worthy of the name, must continue as he now is beyond the grave."
We are convinced that the battle of righteousness in which these
honored dead gave their all is not lost. In God's own time truth wi l l
triumph over error. To comfort our hearts and bless them in their
ongoing we affirm:
"They are not dead.
Beyond earth's slowly setting sun
Another life has just begun;
Another course of action run.
"They are not dead.
Beyond earth's storms and mists and rain
Beyond all sorrow, fear, and pain
New life, new joy, shall spring again.
"They are not dead.
They have but found new songs to sing,
New life and laughter there to bring
To love's eternal spring."
. . . I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.Psalm 23:6
80
MAY
RI CHER L I VI NG
MONDAY THE TWENTY-NI NTH
THE ANSWERED PRAY ER
CAUSE AND EFFECT ARE BUT TWO SIDES OF THOUGHT. . . . I F OUR
PRAYER IS ONE OF PARTI AL BELI EF. THEN THERE IS ONLY A TENDENCY
TOWARD ITS ANSWER. . . .
-The Science of Mind, textbook, page 153
When it seems that a prayer is not answered, it is assumed that
it is the wi l l of God that the answer be withheld. Gradually, how-
ever, we are learning that this is not so. We are coming to realize
that when we apparently fail to get an answer to our prayer it is
because our prayer did not contain the mental equivalent of the
answer. We spend far too much time formulating a good petition
or request when we should be accepting our desire as answered.
We cannot believe we are receiving something if our thought is
filled only with the belief that we do not have it.
We may not know exactly what the answer should be, but we
should have in mind something that corresponds to the general
fulfillment of the need. How would we feel if our prayer were
fulfilled right this minute? What would we report to those we love
and with whom we would want to share our good? The answers to
these questions are all aspects of a mental concept of recognition
and acceptance which is the equivalent of the answer to our prayer.
Affirmation: I now speak my word for the specific good I desire
to experience, confident of an intelligent unfolding of it, for I know
that a cause always contains within it its effect. I thank God for the
answer to my every prayer, knowing that it is already given. Through
faith and conviction I see myself experiencing the good which I
now accept in appreciation and in gratitude.
. . . What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them.Mark 11:24
1967
81
D A I L Y G U I D E T O
TUESDAY T H E T HI RT I E T H
I MMORTAL I TY
I F THE SOUI. CAN CREATE AND SUSTAI N A BODY HERE. THERE IS NO
REASON TO DENY ITS ABI LI TY TO CREATE AND SUSTAI N ONE HEREAFTER!
The Scirncr of Mind, textbook, page 575
That which created the body through which each of us is ex-
pressing as a living person was and is the creative action of infinite
SpiritGod. What we may call our "spirit" is not an isolated bit
of nonphysical substance temporarily housed in a physical body
from which it is freed ar the time of death. Rather, our "spirit" is
an individualized expression of God, in and as His creation. This
means that you and I are part of infinite Spirit. It is what we are;
we are what It is. Inasmuch as God is eternal and immortal that
which we are is also immortal. Immortal, not at some future time,
but right now.
When a person's physical body is of no further use, it is logical
to believe that Creative Intelligence produces a new one for him.
There are "many mansions" and each man, as a spiritual entity
on an eternal and immortal destiny, wi l l always be provided with
an appropriate body through which to express. The pathway ahead
can only be a greater discovery and a fuller unfoldment of our
spiritual natureGod in us as us. Physical death is but a person
leaving a form for additional experience on a different plane of
consciousness.
Affirmation: I no longer fear that physical death is the end and
extinction of life. Intuitively I know that my real Self shall not die,
but shall go on living in some area of my "Father's house," joyously
discovering more and more of the truth of being. I do not seek
such a change as an escape from where I am now, but let each day
reveal to me new wonders of the nature of the Life I am now, and
eternally, living.
Let not your heart be troubled . . . . In my Father's house are many
mansions J ohn 14:1-2
82 MAY
R I C H E R L I V I N G
WEDNESDAY THE THI RTY FIRST
RI GHT ACTI ON
THERE IS NEI THER EFFORT NOR STRAI N I N KNOWI NG THE T RUT H.
RI GHT ACTI ON WII.I. BE COMPELLED THROUGH RI GHT KNOWI NG.
THEREFORE, WHEN WE KNOW THE T RUT H. I T WI L L COMPEL US TO
ACT I N A CORRECT MANNER.
The Science of Mind, textbook, page 322
Many hours are literally wasted debating within our own thought
the right and wrong of some particular course of action. Our motive
may be the highest, and it usually is when we carry on such a
debate within ourselves, but the method or procedure may be most
inadequate. Either we remain in a state of indecision and take no
action, or we impetuously rush into action and afterward may have
regrets or feelings of frustration or guilt.
What is this "truth" we should know? Here is one simple way
of stating it: There is a Presence, an Intelligence, the Spirit of God
in man, which already knows all we personally need or can know
at any particular time. When we turn to this real Self, in faith
believing and accepting, we are impelled to act in a correct man-
ner and our actions wi l l be right. The Divine impulsion for right
action is not dramatic, spectacular, or carried on through force and
coercion. It is the inward persuasion of the "still, small voice."
Affirmation: Today I quietly take time to listen for guidance be-
fore I speak or act. I turn in confidence to the Divinity within me,
knowing there is a limitless Wisdom and Intelligence and Love
from which I may receive whatever is needful at any time. It is
from this Source that I am guided with unfailing assurance into the
right action that perfects my activities and my life.
For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in
truth.Psalm 33:4
1967
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t / S
CREATIVE PRAYER HAS PROVED TO BE A DYNAMIC CURATIVE AGENT, WHETHER
THE CONDITION TO BE CORRECTED CONCERNS HEALTH. HUMAN AFFAIRS. PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS. OR SUCCESSFUL LIVING RESULTS ARE OFTEN ACCOMPLISHED WHICH
COULD NEVER BE ACHIEVED IN ANY OTHER WAY.
RELIGIOUS SCIENCE PRAYER THERAPY HAS HELPED THOUSANDS AROI'ND THE WORLD
TO ACHIEVE A FULLER AND RICHER EXPERIENCE IN LIVING.
THE FOLLOWING EXCERPTS ARE FROM LETTERS OF SOME OF THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN BENEFITED BY THIS PRAYER THERAPY. AND WHO HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT
NOTHING IS BIG OR LITTLE. DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO THE INFINITE CREATIVITY OF
THE Ml ND OF GOD.
There has been nothing but harmony call. I could already sec an improve-
between my husband and me for more mem The pain went away gradually
than three months. I really believe that and by Sunday, there were only little
he has finally realized that the only spots where the boils had been,
trouble we have ever had was caused B. C. F... Tucson. Arizona
by his drinking and irritability. The
change in him must have been wrought I am delighted to inform you that
as a result of your prayers and treat- our II-year-old grandaughter came
ments. as he had been hard to live with through her brain surgery remarkably
for the past forty-one years. It seems well. Was walking within two days
like a miracle and I cannot fully ex- after the surgery and had no impair-
press my gratitude. ments. Also, you may remember that
H. J . H.. yallcio. California I had asked for permanent recovery as
she had had surgery for the same thing
I telephoned you on Thursday asking when she was three years old. Well, the
you to pray for the healing of boils my great surgeon who performed the 5-
husband had on his face. He had re- hour surgery told our daughter that it
fused to have them lanced. Your could never happen again. So we are
prayers began to bring results im- thanking God and all those who prayed
mediately, for when he awoke from a with us.
nap he was taking at the time of my S. I.. T. Harrisville. Michigan
NOTE: As we consider all knowledge God-given, we work with physicians and
surgeons to achieve a fuller expression of Life. Requests for Prayer Ther-
apy assistance may he made by letter, telegram, or telephone.
Los ANGELES TELEPHONE, ANY TI ME DAY OR NI GHT (AREA CODE 213) 388-2181.
RELIGIOUS SCI ENCE MINISTRY OF PRAYER 5-67
3251 West Sixth Street Los Angeles, California 90005
M Y NA ME
(PLEASE PRI NT)
ADDRESS
CI TY STATE ZI P #
I WISH HELP FOR (NAME)
PROBLEM :

I N APPRECIATION I ENCLOSE A LOVE OFFERING OF $_
84 MA Y
jUmtstrp of draper
Spanish Fork, Utah
Ministry of Prayer
United Church of Religious Science
Los Angeles, California
Dr</ r Vrlends:
Please forgive me for heing so tardy in writing you and
expressing my thanks and appreciation for your faith and your
prayers on my behalf
I asked you for help to complete a speech class, and to be
able to concentrate. I completed the class last Wednesday eve-
ning and received excellent and superior marks for my assign-
ments Everyone in the class complimented me and said they had
never seen such a miraculous change in anyone.
When I first had to get up and express myself before the class
I could hardly say a word without looking down at my notes;
before I completed the course I was able to stand up without
any notes, and to put all my heart and soul into my talks. I
know it was an answer to prayer. I had the faith and worked;
you had the faith and prayed, and God supplied the inspiration
and the direction.
I thank you heartily and enclose a small offering; I wish I
could send you the amount I know your help was worth.
Sincerely
-5 /.
(Reprinted with permission)
1967
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QUARTERLY SUBJ ECT: The World of Experience
M A Y 1 - 7
FORGET YESTERDAY
Bible: Psalm 90:1-5
Textbook: Pages 187, NEVER LI MI T
Y OUR VI EW OF L I FE; 290-293,
PERFECT ACTI ON . . . N O MI S.
TAKFS
Meditation: Page 519, No MI S-
TAKES
MA Y 8 - 14
YOUR ONE SOURCE
OF LIFE
Bible: Deuteronomy 6:4-5
Textbook: Pages 87-88, ONL Y ON E
MI ND; 477, T HE L KJ HT OF THE
WORL D
Meditation: Pages 563-564, I
REPRESENT THE PRI NCI PLE OF
PERFECTI ON
MA Y 15 - 21
LIVISG THE LIFE YOU WANT
Bible: I Corinthians 2:9-12
Textbook: Pages 28-29, THERE ARE
NOT T WO MI NDS. ONL Y T WO
NA MES; 125 126, T H E RESUL T OF
OUR OWN THI NK I NG
Meditation: Page 545, T HE POWER
OF THE WORD
MA Y 22 - 28
MEMORABLE MEMORIES
Bible: II Peter 1:4-15
Textbook: Pages 73-74, T HE GREAT
DI SCOVERY OF A L L TI ME . . .
MI ND; and MEMORY ; 487, T H E
GREAT A WA K ENI NG
Meditation: Page 533, I HAVE
K NOWN, AL WAY S
MA Y 29 - J UNE 4
CHALLENGE TO ACTION
Bible: John 3:6-8
Textbook: Pages 33-34, DI VI NE
NA TURE IS I N EVERY M A N ; 446-
447, T HE CAUSE OF HU M A N
TROUBL ES
Meditation: Page 532, T HE DA WN
HAS COME
These references form lessons on the subject headings, and it is suggested that they
be read in the sequence given.
Books: BibleKing James Version
TextbookThe Science of Mind, by Ernest Holmes
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UNITED CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIEN(
f
mk OI RCCtORy
The fellewinf art Mtmbtr ChurclMi and Fallowihips of the Umtad Church ft
Religious Science, l ei Angeles. California: Ernest Holme* . Founder. Elmer M.
Giflord. Administrator. Department el Member Churches. International Heed-
quartan. UNITED CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE. 32S1 West 6th Street. Lee
Anielei. California 9000S Daily meetings Tel 388 2181.
Arinaa
PHOENIX Mark T. Carpenter. Minister San.
Service and Jr. Church 11 A.M. Phoenii lit t le
Theater. E. McDowell and Central. CIVIC Center.
Tel
iling add. 1426 North First St. Suite 108 110
. 277 7133.
California
APPLE VALLEYGeorge Brannon. Minister: Marian
Brannon. Assistant MinisterSun. Service and Jr.
Church 10 A M. All activities at 2 Newton Bldg..
open daily 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Desert Knolls.
Hwy. 18 Mailing add. P. O Boi 728 Tel
CHapel 5 4058 CHapel 7 8610.
BAKERSFIEID Luis Del Aguila. Minister Sun
Service. Jr Church, and Sun School. 11 AM
All activities at Church. 222 Eureka St (one
block east ol Business Hay 991 Tel 323 3109
BEVERLY HILLSGene Emmet Clark. Minister: Doris
Dickelman. Minuter Director Dept of Counseling
Sun. Service 10 30 AM Foi Wilshire Theatre.
8440 Wilshire Bhrd . Beverly Hills. Church Offices
and Center. 410 S. San Vicente Bhrd . LA 48
Tels 655 4456 or 652 7131
BUR BANK-Frederick Larson. Minister-Sun. Service
11AM Sun School 11AM Classes and all ac
tivities at 3321 W Olive Ave (1 blk west of
NBC) Office and bookshop open 10 A M to 3 P M
TH 8 4158
Magnolia ParkMarjorio E. Smith. MinisterSun.
Service and Jr. Church 11 A.M. All activities at
Church Hdqrs.. 4222 Burbank Blvd. Open Tues.
thru Fri. 11-3 P.M. Tel. 848-9126 or PO 3 4616.
Religious Science Fellowship.
6URIINGAME SAN MATEOCharles Proctor. Minis
terSun Service and Sun School 11 AM San
Mateo Theatre. 64 E 3rd Ave Hdqrs at 520
S El Cim.no Real. Suite 420. San Mateo
Tel 342 0497
COVINAWilliam Hemphill. MinisterSun Service
11 A.M.. Jr. Church 9:15 A.M.. Youth Fellowship
10 30 AM Healing Service. Wednesday 10 30
A M All activities at Church. 5446 N Citrus
Ave EDgewood 2 6838
DOWNEYCarl Beharka. MinisterSun Service 11
A M . Gretna Green Wedding Chapel. 10648
lakewood Bhrd Tel TO 2 6811 Religious Sci
ence Fellowship.
El MONTEDavid Allan Thompson. MinisterSun
Service and Ir Church 9 30 and 11 AM at
3233 N Tyler Ave . Gl 4 4514 day or night
FRESNOSarah Upton Akens. MinisterSun Serv-
ice. Jr. Church and Youth Fellowship 11 AM
Youth Time 7 P.M. Sun. Eves. All meetings at
Church Chapel. 723 W. Clinton Ave 264 2646
FULLERTONWilliam R. Miller. MinisterSun. Sen.
ices 9:30 end 11 A.M. Junior Church and Yearn
11 A.M.; Midweek. Wed. 8 P.M. All meetings at
Church. 114 E Wilshire Ave Tel. 525 1126 or
879 7209
HAYWARD - Gene Hill. Minister - 72471 Maple Ct
Sun. Service and Jr. Church 11 A.M. Friday Heal
mg Meeting noon. Chapel open daily from noon
until 3 P.M LU 1-8603. BR 6-8444.
HEMET-Joseph Cullen. Minister-Sun. Service 11
A.M.. Jr. Church 1045 A.M. Midweek Service
Wed. 7 30 P.M. 145 N. Tahquitz. Ot 85157.
HIGHLAND PARKWallace R. Stark. Mini
Sun. Service end Jr. Church II A.M. Then.
Healing Meeting 10:30 A.M. Wed. Study
Group 8 P.M. 5506 Monte Vista. Tel. 255 4025
or 256 1210 Religious Science Fellowship
HUNTINGTON BEACH Ernest Pete. MinisterSan.
Service 11 AM. Women' s Club. 420 Tenth St
Mailing odd 26433 Pine Knoll. Harbor City DA
6 2539 and DA 6 2546
HUNTINGTON PARK - Orrin Moen. Minister - San.
Service 11 A.M. Jr. Church. Y.T. 10 45 A M. Mid
week Wed 11 AM All meetings at Church. 6301
Miles Ave LU 1-8314 or NE 6-4148.
LA CRESCENTA The Religious Science of M M
Church Guy I Lorraine. Minister3604 W.
Santa Carlotta (at Dunsmore Ave.. V4 mile above
Foothill) Sun Service end Junior Church II
AM Recreation Bldf . Dunjmore Park. Youth
Fellowship 7 P.M Tel 248 4939
LACUNA BEACH Henry Gerhard. Minister Sua.
Service end Jr. Church 11 A.M.. Wed. 7:30 P.M.
and Thurs 10 AM Public Lecture, leisure
World Club House J2 . Church office end center
20062 leguna Canyon Rd Tel 494 0490
LA JOLLARobert E. Whitworth. MinisterSen.
Service 10:45 AM Midweek Service Thursday 11
AM Woman' s Club. 715 Silverado Mailing Add.
P 0 Boi 1101. GL 4 4129.
LAKEWOOD Cy and Eileen Stevens. Ministers-Sun
Service 11 AM. 6236 Woodruff Ave. Mailing add
P 0 Boi 157. HA 9 6677
LANCASTER Antelope Valley Church of Religious
Science Gretchen Knutsen, Minister Saa.
Service 10 45 A M All activities et Church. 1030
West Avenue 18 WH 2 6813
10NG BEACH Don Bertheiu. Minister-Sen. Service
10 45 A.M., Crest Theater. 427S Atltntlc Ave Jr.
Church Sun. 10 30 A.M. and Thurs. 11 A.M. matt-
ing at Hdqrs 505 E 36th St GA 7-5833 or 6A
7 5894
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LOS ANGELES:
Founder' s Church. 32S1 Wri t l t d St.
William H. 0. Horneday. Minister
Reginald C. Armor. Associate Minister
Sao. Services 9:30and II A. M.
DU 8-2181
Guidance Church Dimtl Morgan. Minister
Sun Service 11 A.M. Leimert Theatre. 3341 W.
43rd Piece. Tel. 292 0359
J I M* Cook Church San. Services 11 A.M.
119$ E. 55th St.. AO 3 0097.
Trianiular Church-Pearl C Wood. Minister -
San. Service (duplicate) 9 and 11 A.M. 1938 $.
Western Ave., RE 1-4205 or AX 5-0122
MANHATTAN BEACH South Bay Church Arthur
Morrill. MinisterSun. Service 11 A.M. Hormou
Masonic Lad| t No. S74. 1S3S Artesia BM .
Mailins add. P. 0. Bn S95. c/ a IsoM Haajfc-
ins. Honaaia Baach.
MODESTONoma Hammond. MinisterCarilla Ho
t el . comar of 11th I J Sts. San. Seme. 11 A.M.
Moiling add. P. 0. Bos S43.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD VAN NUYS Rotor Millar.
Minister. Joan Batior. Assoc. Minister Sun.
Sorvico and Jr. Church 9:30 and 11 15 A.M.
Wad. Sorvico 8 P.M. All Activities at Church
6181 Whitsatt Ave. PO 9 1161.
OAKIANDLillian Hopper. Minist er-Sun. Service.
Jr. Church aad Sunday School 11 A. M . All actrvi-
Uos. 5000 Cl.rtwood Dr. T.I 658 1979
ORANGEHalan S. Schick. MinisterSun. Service
and Jr. Church II A. M . All activities at Church
Hdqri. 234 No Glassail. Zip r 92666. Tel
538 1205
PALM SPRINGS-John Haffarlln. Minister - Sun.
Sonic* 11 A. M . Palm Sprints Woman' s Club. Bris
tow at Cahilla. Offaa prelude 10:4$ A. M . Mailing
add. 39$ Pa tone* Raad. Tal. 324-4730.
PARADISE-lone Swan. Minister-Sun. Sorvico 11
A. M. . at Church. 789 Blllio Rd. Mailins add. P.O.
Boi 994. TR 74128.
PASADENAFirst ChurchJack Addinftaa. Minister;
Cornelia Addingten. Ron he Fowler. Asst. Minis-
t ers Sun. Service 11 A. M . aad all activities
at 277 N. El Marine. Sy $-4216 or MU 1 7538
POMONA VALLEY FIRST CHURCH-Kondall Bryson.
Minister Saa. Sorvico 11 A. M . All activities
at Church Hdors $09 S. College Ave.. Clara-
meat. Calif. IM 4 3549
REMANDS Elisabeth Brvce Reed. Miaister Sun.
Service 11 A. M . Jr. Church aad all activities,
402 Church St. Tel. PY 3-3004.
RIVERSIDE Andrew Canker. MinisterSun. Service.
9:30 and 11 A. M . Saa. School 9:30 A.M.. VT 11
A. M . . Wad. Eva. 8 P.M. Office aad all activities
3B91 Ridge Rd. (near Fairmont Pan). Tel. 683
6960.
SACRAMENTO-Arnold Michael. Minist er-Sun. Sorv-
ico and jr. Church 11 A. M. Dally and weekly
services, office and reading room. 1421 15th St.
GL 2-2750. Mailing add. 1927 - 22nd St. Zip
9 $ 8 1 6 .
SAN BERNARDINOFirst
Jr.. MiaisterSaa. Service
All activities at 2404 Golden
J. Tamer,
end Jr. Church 11 A.M.
Ave. TU 3-7171.
SAN DIEGOErnest Holmes Church of Religious
Science Craig Carter. MinisterSaa. Service
11 A.M. Woman' s Club. 3rd Ave. at Maple
Office and classes at Church Center. 3520' / ,
Third Ave.. Tel. 296-2107.
SAN FERNANDOJohn J. Wight. MinisterSun.
Service 11 A.M. Women' s Group. Wed 11 A.M.
872 N Brand Blvd. EM 1-2808. Res. Tel.
786 4633.
SAN FRANCISCO:
First Church-Catherine Harris. Minister - Sun.
Service 11 A.M. California Hotel. Taylor and
O' Farrell Sts. Weekday meetings 26O' Farrell St..
Suite 609-610. CA 1-1803.
Second Church(.ester Beskara. MinisterSun.
Service and Jr. Church II A.M. Church Hdan.
and Reading Rm . 278-80 Claremont BM SE
1-3887.
SAN JOSE Robert Scott. Miaister Sun. Service
and Jr. Church 9:1$ end 11 A.M. Church Hdors.
94$ Willow St. CY 4 4506
SAN PEDROJulian E. Harris. MinisterSun Service
end Jr. Church 10:30 A.M. Hour of Prayer. Wed.
8 P.M. All activities et Church. 138 S. Bendini St
TE 1 4257
SANTA ANACharles Simon. Minister: Rev. Dorothy
Simon. Ass' t Minister Sun. Service end Jr.
Church 10:30 A.M. Santa Ana Ebell Clubhouse.
62$ N. French St. Daily activities 1802 N. Fair-
viaar St. JE 1 7567
SANTA BARBARAHoward
Saa. Services 11 A.M. i
Micheltorena. WO 2 3459
end Toes
Minister
8 P.M. 32 E.
SANTA CRUZLea Blakesley.
I Jr. Church 11 A.M. Midweek Service 7:30 P.M.
. MiaisterSaa. Service
1307 Seabnght. Tel
1307 Seabnght Ave.
423 9520 Mailing add.
SANTA MARIA - Eleanor Saftell. Minister - Sun.
Service 10:4$ AM. All activities. 310 S. Eliiahetk
St. Mailing add. 818 E. Faster St. WA 2 2565 or
WA $-1469.
SANTA MONICAW. A. Roget Rente. Mi ni st er-
San. Service and Jr. Church 11 A.M. Wed. Eves.
7:30 P.M. All activities et Santa Monica Bay
Woman' s Club. 1210 4th St. Mailing add. 1264
9th St. #3. Tel. 451 5318
SANTA ROSALorn,. Grmton. MinisterSua. San-
ice end Jr. Church 11 A.M. Wed. 7:30 P.M. All
activities at Church. SIS Orchard St. II 6 4543
SEAL BEACHTheodora Dyrentertk. MinisterSan.
Service 9:30 A.M. Clubhouse 2 (El Dorado)
Office end Reading Rm. 1 3 7 2 0 Canoe Brook Dr..
Apt. 18-8. Seel Beech phone 430 5888 Minis
tor' s Res. Tel. (714) 496 9289
VAUEJOJock Quigley. MinisterSua. Service 11
A.M.. and other activities at 614 Alabama St.
Tel. 643 3617. If no ans. Tel. 644.6297.
88
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VENTURA Hut l Keener. Minister Sun Service
(ltd Ir. Church 11 AM Ml services ind activities
It Church. Santa Clara 1 laurel Sts Mailing
KM P. 0. Bo. 2SC. Ml 3 1933
VISTA-J. Raul Featherstone. Minist t r-Sun. Serv-
iCM 9 IS and 11 A.M. Jr. Church 11 AM. 560 S.
Melrose PA 4 1554 Mailing add. P.O. Boi 11.
WESTCHESTERMason Mam. Mini starSua. Ser
vice 11 A.M. Jr. Church. 11 A.M. Youth Fallow
kip altaraatiaf Sundays 7:30 P.M. M M S. Ahrar
stona Asa. EX 14MB or 64 5 7458. Mailinf add.
8921 Sepurvede. Suita HI.
WHITTIERWilliam M. Hart. MinisterSua. Serv
ica 11 A.M. at Church Hdqrs . 12907 E. Bailor
(Bailor * t Comstock) OX 10341. Raadinf ratal
tad library optn daily 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.
YUCCA VALLEYWilliam F SeoMinf. Minister
San. Service 10 A.M. Fiesta Raj. Hi D Ct t t .
56091 Iwentynine Palms Hirvar Mailinf add:
7515 Bannock Trail. Tel. 365 2827 or 365 7149
Religious Science Fellowship
COLORADO SPRINGSBernard W. Wiltshire. Minis
torSun. Service 10 A.M. 3423 N. Prospect St.
Minister' s res Tel. 473 734* .
DENVER Mile Hi H Fred Voft. Minister Sun
Service 10 A.M. Lakeridfo Theater. W. 171k
Ave. tad Wadsworth. Saa. School 10 A.M. tad
t i l other activities t l Hdqrs.. 2501 Chase SI.
Tel. 237-7622.
IACKSONVILLE Sank Welch. Minister Saa.
Service 11 A.M. Wad. II A.M. 2131 Mange PI.
Tel 398 8458 Relifious Science Fellowship
ORLANDOEarl C. Emm. MinisterSun. Serv
i ct and Jr. Church 10 30 A.M. All activities at
Hdqrs.. 709 Edfewater Dr.. Cor. W. Colonial
Office and Bookshop open dally. CA 34* 1* .
Idaho
BOISEH Donald Clark. MinisterSun Service.
Youth t Jr. Church II A.M. All activities et
Church Hdqrs Walnut I State Sts Mailinf add.
P 0 Boi 2266 Tel. 3440143.
LAS VEGASBarclay Johnson. Minister: David Heart
Assistant MinisterSun. Service 11 A.M. All ac-
tivities at Church. 1420 Harmon Ave. Tel. 736
30M.
RENOBette Carter. MinisterSun Service 11
A.M. All ectivites t t Church Personage 3610
Wart Seventh St Tel. 747 4858
ALBUQUERQUEHugh H. Douflas. MinisterSun
Service 11 A.M. 3320 San Pedro. N.E. Tel. 255
7411.
CINCINNATIWilliam tad
Sua Se '
activities t t Masealc
Tel. 241 * 477.
Iliam tad Poltv Quin
tad Sunday School
Quinn. Ministers
eel U A.M. Alt
317 E. Fifth St.
OKLAHOMA CITYBen E. Winter. Minister-Sun
Service. Jr. Church, t YT 11 A.M. Wad. Service
7:30 P.M. All activities 1610 N. Dreiel. Tel.
J-S737.
TULSA Arnold Hanson. Minister Sun. Service
11 A.M. 1324 S. Ckayaaat. All ecttvitiee t l Cfcarek.
library open 10 2 LUther 2-4231. Minister' s rat .
Rl 7 0438.
PORTLANDJohn S. and Anna B. Andrews,
fanSua. Service 11 A.M. Wed. 7:45 P.M. All
services a act MIIt t at Church, cor. N.W. 18th
Hoyt Sts. Mailinf add. 1815 N.W. Hoyt. CA 8-421* .
Tliat
0ALLASJeaa Amos. MinisterSun. Service 4 Jr.
Church 11 A.M. Wad. Service I P.M. M i l
Willow lane Tel AD 9 0941
LUBBOCK George J. Pfeifer. Minister Mailing
add. 1610 A 58th St. SH 4 5226.
SAN ANTONIO Gertrude P. Keller. MinisterSun.
Service 11 A.M. Wed. 12 noon. All activities t t
The Augusta House. COS Augusta earner Las
mgton Tel. CA 2 90* 1. Religious Science Fellow-
SALT LAKE CITY Herbert Brandt. Minister Sun.
Service 11 A.M. The Lempligkter. 1615 Foothill
Dr. Wed. Eat. Class 256 E. 9th St . 7:30 P.M.
Mailing add. 256 E. 9th St . Tel. 364 9944. Re-
ligious Science Fellowship.
SEATTIE-Helent David. Minister-Sun. Service and
i r. Church 11 A.M. Thurs. I P.M. Suite 501-503.
Fischer Studio Bldf.. I Sl t Third Ave. Far Mh>
ist t r PA 5 5972 or MU 2-2624
r oi E i m
LONDON - Science of Mind Centre. Ct it on Hi l l .
Westminster. Meetings every Tues. 7:30 P.M.
Madame layton Caubert. Director. Office. 3 Clif-
ford St. W.l . RE6 3921. Religious Science Fellow-
Science of Miad books t ad magazines la English
and French (la French: the tatbook. " Words
That Heal Today." tad t condensed version at
the megatine.) Available from Amour t t Lata
1
are.
A. J. Berg. Leader. Villa " la Phere" Jar. do
Monte Carlo Roquebrune Cap Martin between
Mtattttne tad MtaMn (A.M.). Tel. 82.92.34.
Books and magannes available from Albert T. Jones.
2 Ael Y Gerth. Ceernervon. North Wales. Taj. Ceer
MSS.
Books and nvaguines IN English end Ji pt t t t l treat
Patrick Y. Miyeo. 77. 3 chome. Hikari-cae. Kofca-
binjishi. Tokyo. Japan.
Karat
Books i nd magannes in English t ad Korean avail-
able from Byung San Lot. 121-6 DIMM DlRf.
Seoul.
Science of Miad books, mogciines. tad literature la
English available frees Nigel Shumate. P. M. Bag
MSS. Ibeden. Nigeria.
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International Headauarters
LOS ANGELES, 12S1 WEST SIXTH ST.
Flint. Clarence O.-Of. DU 42006. Res. OU 9 9640
Gilford. LeoneDU 8 2181.
Papke. Vetura M Of. Tel 383 7525
Patten. Vivain C Of 384 4316 Res. Tel 663
2035.
ALASKA
HOMER
P 0 Boa 646. Zip =99603 Guyll. Mrs. Connii
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ARIZONA
CACTUS
Croatf. Jr.. Thomas JP. 0. Boa 22035. Eves. AL
4- 3079. AL 4-2231. By appointment. Unci. Sunny-
slope. Adobe. Paradise valley. Scottsdale. Cave
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PHOENIX
Andersen. Else A 4711 N. 32nd PI. Tel. 955-
6264.
Carpenter. Mark T 8 Gladys E 1638 Palmcroft
Way. S W. Tel. 252 4309. By appointment only
Croaff. Jr.. Thomas J 14 N Central. Room 210.
Zip S8S004 AL 4 3079. AL 4 2231.
Ellis. Myron A.8511 N. 6th St. Tel. 943-7804.
SCOTTSDALE
fhurheimer. Donald Wm.-7S01 East Latham. WH
5- 3877.
CALIFORNIA
Cross. Jean M 1304 Elm AT I 3652. By ap
pointment.
ANAHEIM
Nelson. Gertrude J.-406V* N. Lemon St. KE 5-2375.
BERKELEY
Henry. Sr.. WendellOf. 1280 University Ave. Tel.
549-0252. Res. Tel. 841-1576.
BEVERLY HILLS
Lent. Gretehen W. t Joseph R9917 Retains Dr..
Apt. 4 . Tel. 271 8714. By appointment.
Maiwell. Georgia C. 1257% Devon Ave.. LA.
Zip S 90024. CR 4 3644
Moffot. Irene1234 N Harper Ave.. LA Zip #
90046. Tel 654 8989
Youngworth. Margaret (Mrs 1-512 S. Genesee St
WE 9-1224.
BREW I WOOD
33 S. Barring
GR 2 7766. If no arts. GR 2-7169.
Dimmitt. Mrs.633 S. Harrington. L.A. 90049.
" -.716-
larson. Frederick and Anne-3321 W. Olive Ave.
TH 8-4158 or TH 2-5700.
CfllWrM PARK
lea. Ethel Lerri Tel. 883-4196.
CASTRO VALLEY
Turck. Doris llddell-18404 Center St. Tel. 582-
6907.
Morgan. Wm. R 4247 B E. Compton Bhrd. Tel.
631 5333. By appointment
COST* MESA
Juda. Coby2542 Santa Ana Ave. Tel 646-1055.
By appointment.
ENCINITAS
Risner. Jessica1504 Crest Dr. Zip 9 2 0 2 4 . Tel.
753 6838. By appointment
Ottawa;. Conrad S38075 Young Dr.. Zip #
9453V Tel. (415) 797 9801.
Ottaway. Margaret 38075 Young Dr.. Zip #
94536. Tel. (415) 797 9801.
Schick. Helen S 12841 S. Main. Tel. 530-5301
or 538-1205. By appointment
HARBOR CITY
Pate. Ernest-26433 Pino Knoll Ave. DA 6-2539. By
appointment.
Roberts. Ketkryn H26304 Athena Ave. Tel. 833
3676. By appointment.
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English. Jack By appointmant. OS 6 9893 Mail.
5206 W 115th St . LA 90045
HAYWARD
Knapp. Dudlry22471 Maple Ct. LU 1 8603 Rat.
[ L 1 5115.
Madrid. Helen22471 Meple Ct. LU 1 8603 Ret
JE 7-3118.
Monroe. Poarl-22471 Maple Ct. LU 1 8603. Rat.
BR 6-3544.
Scon. Eltio-22471 Maplo Ct. LU 1-6603. Ret. Tel.
278-4905.
HOLLYWOOD
Brederton. Opal Clement HO 5-7738 oner 2 P.M.
Schneider. Eltie6804 Oakwood Are WE 1-7488.
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Cartit. Barnice146 0 AM . Meiorca. Leiture World.
Tel. 837-6410.
Miller. Marian H726 B Aaonida Maiorca Zip
=92653. Tel. 837-8207
LA JOLLA
Whitworth. Robert E. 7760 Fay AM. . Suite P.
Tel. 454-4129 By appointment
Smith, lance D. and Gladys F. - 442 Del Valla. ED
6-2304.
Chanee. Sally 8 Clifford914 l e Fiesta Ct. Tel
744-0317.
LANCASTER
Del Aguila. Luis F. 1030 West AM . =18 WH
2 6813.
Peacock Helen Vey1221 Lumber St. WH 84217.
LONG BEACH
Sneed. Manrell C1423 lime AM Tel 599 1966
LOS ALTOS
Sckulti. Catherine L.1710* Marshell Ct.. Zip
=94022 Tel. (415) 961-0784.
LOS ANGELES
Baeks. Madeleine H.-U95 E. 53rd St. AD 3-3824.
Borrden. Mario8918 S. Hooper AM . LU 5 6909.
Eves and wMkends. By appointment
Bowles. La Verne2212 Brier AM . Tel. 662-7721.
Bowman. Jessie A. 3402 W. Washington Blvd
Tel. 734-3172 or 734 4566. By appointment.
Brant. Dorothy I.2512 Berkeley AM . DU 4 0321.
Eves, and weekends. By appointment.
Curronco. Anita Reed1829 S. Hokert Blvd Tel.
735-7670.
Davis. Leo la B3600 Hillcrost Dr. Tel. 294 2582
EMS. by appointment.
Do Avilo. Danny 439 W. AM . 44. Zip =90065
CA 3-2707. Treatments in English or Spanish
Everett. Alta Turk-170 N. Highland. WE 6-2592.
Flint. Gertrude M 3441 W 2nd St DU 8 8277. By
appointment
Freemen. Bertha1842 W. 41st PI. Tel. 292-2334.
Glive Catherine G.433 S. New Hampshire AM .
DU 2-2777. By appointment.
Harris. Tkelme I. 4081 Monteith Dr. EMS. end
wMkends. Tel. 296-1126 By appointment.
Heald. Josiah E Hotel Fisueroa. 939 S. Fisueroa.
MA 7-8971.
Hoflin. Nellie Walsh900 W. 54th St. PL 8-5170.
Hopson. Clyda E -2741 Harcourt Ave. RE 2-0664
By appointment
Johnson. Homer R. 5410 Wilshire Blvd =304
Tel. 934-2905 or 935 1888 By appointment.
Kelso. Mahal E.-Madsen Apt. Hotel. 510 S. Ken-
more AM . DU 7-1161. By appointment.
lofgren. May746 S. Plymouth BM. WE 3 5038.
lord. Valdeo146 N Coronedo St. Tel 382 3944.
By appointment
McGuire. Morjorie lee620 S. Ardmore. Apt. 11.
DU 8 5711. By appointment
Molctor. Maryon I. - 681 S. Bronson AM . WE
5 7229 By appointment.
Molt. Mildred2367 Hidalgo AM. . Zip = 90039.
NO 58877
Morgan. Daniel 1 4644 Don Miguel Dr.. Zip =
90008 EMS and weekends. AX 4 6670 By
appointment
Murray. Frankie353 S. Manhattan PI. Tel. 383
4936. By appointment.
Patton. Yivam C. 556 N. Altsandria. Tel. 663-
2035. Of. 384 4316 EMS and weekends. By
appointment.
Phillips. Vivion-2524 8th AM . RE 2-0990.
Reynolds. Betty 309 S. Hobart Blvd. 0U 4-3486
Risley. Eve805% S. Ceteline St. DU 8 6012.
Rodgers. C Joseph301 S. Harvard Blvd. Suite
205. Zip
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90005 Tel 388 4253 By op
Turner, lonora1738 W. 25th St.. =1. RE 1-3525
By ap
Van Horson Oe Vera -133 N. Irving Blvd. HO 3-8651
Wright. Clara M. -P. 0. Boa 42252. Zip =90042
Tel. 222-5486.
MANHATTAN BEACH
Maisar. Martha A -117 4th St. FR 2-9812
Fowler. Rosalia B -221 N. Sunset PI. El 7-1589
By appointment.
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Short. Franco* Morri* 26849 AM . of tho Oak* .
Tel (SOS) 252 4125 Thurs (213) TO 91161.
NORTH HOiLYWOOO
HoKkill. Ellen6170 Cleon Ae Tel. 761 1970
ktoffie. Dorothy Morn* Tel. 763 1104 or 769 1161.
CemobelL^Thenet 0 538 Cillet St.. Zip =93550
Addington. Cornell.385 S. Oeklend. Apt 305
SY 3-6922.
Addinfton leek I.277 N. Mol.no SY 5 4216
MU 1 7538. SY 3-6922.
Pontius. Annabel-250 Judton St. PY 2 1673.
Hawkins. Isabel1300 Esplanade Tat. Day: 676-
2947. Eve 375 2257.
Lewi* . Irene3238 N. Muscatel Ave. AT 0 5359
or AT 0 0888.
Klein. Barbara Ruth 4377 Fair Oak* Blvd.
IV 1 3121
Michael. Arnold 1927 22nd St. CL 2 2750 Of. 1421
IStk St
Wilkinson. Mabel3434 - 33rd Ave. Zip =95824
GA 8 8816
SAN DIEGO
Bartlett Madge4952 Field St . Zip =92110
Tel. 276 3790: end Church Of 296 2107.
Carter. CreigChurch Of 3520' / , 3rd Ave. Zip
9 2 1 0 3 Tel (714) 296 2107
Cutter. Lucie (Mrs. Den)4149 6th Ave.. #31.
Zip =92103 Tel 298 4728: end Church Of
2962107.
Levens. Ruth E P 0 Bo. 2549. Zip 9 2 1 1 2
Tel. 444 6381: end Church 01 296 2107 By
appointment
McCuistion. Nolle Arnell2914 30th St . Zip
9 2 1 0 4 Tel. 284 4744: end Church Office
296 2107
Roglond. Ola13255 Corcoran St. EM 1-3193
Hams. Catherine26 OFarrell St.. Suite 609 10
CA 1 1803 Res. 2SS4 McAllister EV 6 1053
McElvaney. Cdnah - Of. Clirtmont Chapel. 280
Clartmont Blvd. SE 1 3887. Res 3075 24th Ave.
OV 1-7833.
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Smith. Marian Dale10420 Maratti Dr. (Cuper-
tino) Tel. 252 0378 By appointment
l ean. Lois F.2220 Banker Hill Dr. Tel. 34 5 6583
Inne* . Welter H. 2220 Banker Hill Or. Tel
345 6563
Ridltway. Nedme E.-557 W. 29th Ave Fl 5 2042
By appointment
SANTA MU
Simon. Charles and Dorothy1802 N. Fairview St.
Tel. 531-7567
Steven* . Margaret Ella - 1816 S. Van Ness Kl
5 9151
SANTA MONICA
Hunter. Olive M.-320 California Ave . Tudor Manor
Hotel. EX 56309
Kunie. Roget end luVerneOf. and re* . 1214 - 9th
St.. Apt. 3. Tel. 451 5318
lane^Charlott. M 2225 Colorado Ave.. =89 a
Rotte^Cessie 402 - 11th St. 61 1 4466 . 01
Turnbull. Patricia and W. Al t i -t SO 6th St. EX
4 7023.
Borden. Helen C 541 Humboldt St. LI 6 7848
Grinton. Lorn.e A. end Frieda E. Of. dairy at
Church. SIS Orchard St. LI 6 4543 Res 828
Beaver St. LI 5 1520
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VAN NUTS
Berkley. Flore K 13738 Wyandotte St. Tel. 786
8876
Guntner. AlmaTel. 780 3068 or 769-1161.
Richter. Bessie H 14052 Sylvan St ST 6 4389.
Evt J ind wtt)htnd$. By t ppoi nUi unt .
Brantcom. Haiel H 3844 Stocker St. Tel. 291
2769. By appointment
Cobbe. Cloyd Thomas 6309 79th St. OR 0 7947
WEST LOS ANGELES
Green. Rasa2223 Camden Ave. 6R 9 6290
Lyle. John H 1816 Manning Ave. Of. 1820 Manning
Ave . Apt. #1. CR 4 8387 or GR 4 8270
Reno. Jean 408 Rotten Ave. Tel. 477-1924.
WHITTIER
Klumpe. Elizabeth J14461 Anola. Tel. 944 7178.
Martin. Mattel E.-61S N. Bright Ave. OX 6 7725
WOODLAND HILLS
Walsh. Rachel22101 Dum.tr Rd Tel. 346 9235
YUCAIPA
Oodson. Mabel Luette Metaphysical Library and
Science of Mind Counseling Center. 34634 Ave.
"f." Zip 9 2 3 9 9 . Tel. (714) 797-4894.
YUCCA VALLEY
Spalding. Wm F. and Mary H. 751S Bannock
Trail. Tel. (714) 365 7149
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COLORADO OHIO
t art ar. Edith Lois IMS Bono Or. Tat. 442 2090. ArcM^ Lillian f.1310 E. McMillan. Zip =45206
Wilson. POM* Iris (Mrs.)2530 Dirthmouth AM.
Zip # 80302. Tsl. 442 0350.
OREGON
222 8308 Andrnws. John S. And Aimi B.-R* t . 1815 N.W.
Hsyl St. CA 8 4219 01. Stioncs of Mind Counsel
May* . Car* B -3940 E. EMAS Ave. SK 7-3702. 1*8 Center. 1811 N.W. Hoyt St.
Waits. Robert P. 1410 Grape St. Zip =80220
Tel. 377 2846 PENNSYLVANIA
WHEAT RIDGE ALTOONA
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S4S8. Barkham. Ruth SmithRt. 7. Baa 681. Zip #78703.
CO 6 1269
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Frederick. Herbert L FL 7-3146. By appointment
Clerk. Eleise 1023 E. State St. Tel. 344-0143.
ILLINOIS Been. Meed* M.422 E. Harrison CA 3 8545
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Tel 377 7285
Pfoifor. George J.
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David. Heiena-7224 S. Tan St. PA 5 5972. Mil
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Thinking. There is a saying that you are as young as you think you
are. Now Dr. F. J ames Conway of the University of Michigan says that
thinking young may keep you that way. His study centered about a man's
ability to exercise, and he discovered that a man may lose his ability to
exercise merely because he wants to. Most any ability is lost if we do not
continue to practice it. This seems to apply to physical as well as mental
capacities. Where there is a will there is a way. The important thi '
to continually develop the desire to achieve.
God. The popular pastime of denying the existence of God. or of an-
nouncing His demise is still with us. Most anyone can do this in a very
simple and casual way. But, on the other hand, it takes intelligence, under-
standing, wisdom, and courage to ascertain and discover the nature of
a supreme Being, or Intelligence, active and inherent in the universe and
life as we know it. Dr. M. H. Yorgan, a Pennsylvania research chemist
has said, "I do not see how any thinking person, familiar with the history
of evolution as it has been reconstructed by science, can fail to see that
it points toward, rather than away from, the concept of God."
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Learning. A report recently published in Geriatrics included references
to the learning process. The reason some people find it somewhat difficult
to learn faster or as well as they should is because their memory systems
are stuffed and overloaded: there is interference from old associations,
and reduced motivation. We all seem to keep our memory systems filled
with extraneous material and pay too much attention to unimportant
things. We need to think a little more clearly and keep our thinking well
directed; for the ability to think is man's crowning glory if properly used.
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Mind-Body. For ages there has been discussion regarding the mind-body
relationship. David T. Graham. Department of Medicine. University of
Wisconsin Medical School, delves into the problem at length in an article
in Psychosomatic Medicine. He mentions that of late such phrases as
"the physical and mental are two aspects of the same thing," and "mind
and body are two sides of the same coin" have been used. He prefers to
state that mind and body are not two aspects, but rather two ways of
describing the same aspect. In some respects he appears to he right, be-
cause we are not two things, but a unified entity. We can be described in
many ways hut we are still a whole being. In any event his idea can
provide a philosophical discussion or a semantic one.