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Principles of Religious
Science
By Ernest S. Holmes

The Creative Power

of the Mind
B y C hristian D . Larson

A Clinic for Sick Business

B y C larence M ayer

Daily Meditations

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The Trinity
B y H . F o s t e r H o lm e s

P H IL O S O P H Y :
Research concerning truth of being = W I S D O M
S C I E N C E :
Study of observable facts = = = K N O W L E D G E
R E L I G I O N :
Spiritual perception = = = = = = = = = = L O V E
Result: = = U N D E R S T A N D I N G
W hen these three join hands
we shall have a
Balanced W orld and
PEACE

Gratitude
B y N ed L. C h a p in

M ark T w ain once generously befriended a certain man and

many years later regretfully referred to the incident as follow s:
I never expected him to be grateful.
expected him to be thankful my experience
had long ago taught me that one of the surest
begetting an enemy was to do someone an act
ness which should lay upon him the irritating
an obligation.

I never
of men
ways of
of kind
sense of

In this recital really a confession M ark T w ain reveals a

fruitful field for the study of human nature. O n both sides, the
mental reactions between the giver and the receiver have much to do
w ith successful and happy living.
M any people, like M ark T w ain, have resented the inadequate
expression of gratitude, but few, like T w ain, have been able to change
the shoe to the other foot so cleverly, making out, not himself, but
the other person, as being laid under the sm art of irritation.
M ark T w ain, as most of us do, judged too much by appear
ances. In extending a kindness, we should not feel that a lasting debt
is laid upon another. If the recipient is wise enough to express his
gratitude, so much the b etter; if not, the benefactor should not be
aggrieved. If he is, he falls into the vice of perceiving his own virtue
and into the further error of criticizing and condemning a fellow
being.
Once there was a man who jumped from a w harf into an icy
river and rescued a small boy from drowning. A fter the rescue the
boys father came running in pursuit of the departing hero. A re you
the man who saved my son? he panted. Yes, replied the hero,
modestly. W e ll, demanded the father, w hat did you do with
his h at?
G ratitude, like adversity, has its uses, and these, too, are sweet.
T h ere is no exercise to expand the soul like the sincere expression of
gratitude unless it be the receiving of gratitude graciously.
W e count those wise who do not receive favors because they do
not wish to be under obligations; we count those wise indeed who

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render themselves independent of the necessity of receiving favors,

but wisest of all is he who follows the advice of Seneca and thinks
of returning a kindness even while receiving it.
W e teach children to express gratitude. T hey say, T han k
you! and we smile w ith pleasure. A t bottom this teaching arises
from the inherent desire for progress along those lines recognized as
good and helpful, for to show good breeding by expressing ones
gratitude is constructive and beneficial. G ratitude, w rote Samuel
Johnson, is a fru it of great cultivation; you do not find it among
gross people.
T h ere is a type of gratitude sometimes mistaken for genuine but
in reality false. O f this kind, La Rochefoucauld said, T h e gratitude
of most men is but a secret desire of receiving greater benefits. Such
gratitude is cheap and insincere. It shrinks the soul. In true gratitude
there is a quality th at ennobles and so glorifies. G ratitude, when
genuine and true, fathers a desire to retu rn the kindness. In this high
type of gratitude there is no mere pretense, but a kind of giving of
ones self whereby all scores are equalized. T hen, at peace w ith the
world, one may be as Emersons great men who sit carelessly in
their chairs.
Differences and opposites often throw an object into relief. So
with gratitude and ingratitude. L iterature abounds in stirring pas
sages based upon the heart interest that surrounds the victims of
mans ingratitude. F o r example, K ing Lear cried from his soul,
Ingratitude, thou marble-hearted fiend! In As You Like I t, we
re a d :
Blow, blow, thou w inter w in d !
T h o u a rt not so unkind as m ans ingratitude.
Elsewhere Shakespeare writes, I hate ingratitude more in a man

than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness. Ingratitude it was,

more strong than traitors arms, that burst the heart of mighty
Caesar. In the Epigrams of Ausonius we read, E arth produces
nothing worse than an ungrateful man, and there is an old couplet
which says, H e th a ts ungrateful has no guilt but one; all other
crimes may pass for virtues in him. Equally scathing denunciation
of ingratitude is this from Seneca:
Ingratum si dixens, omnia dixens.
If you say he is ungrateful, you say all that
can be said.
T ru e gratitude, the gratitude that warms the heart and adds
to the w orlds happiness, is defined as, a sense of appreciation of
favors received, accompanied w ith good w ill toward the benefactor.
I t is self-evident that from good will, only good can result.
T h ere is an old and appropriate saying that he enjoys much who
is thankful for little. In the Bible, the greatest book ever w ritten,
we find the Psalms ringing down through the ages w ith songs of
thanksgiving. Jesus, the greatest psychologist of all time, laid the
basis for the highest use of gratitude when he pronounced the law of
faith in these words recorded in the Gospel of St. M a rk : W h at
things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them,
and ye shall have them .
Life, living and achievement are altogether a m atter of conscious
ness. Ideas and thoughts are the moving causes. T hings and condi
tions are results, only, or at most, secondary causes. T h e spirit the
consciousness can mold and transform conditions and things; can
move them about like pawns on a chess board.
In this play of life, the first necessity, therefore, is to build up
the consciousness the sense of power, coupled w ith appreciation and
acknowledgement of its source, the Creator of all. Therefore, a man
gives thanks, expresses gratitude, lets his heart pour out in thankful
ness. Can any other m ental or spiritual effort reinforce a m ans
faith so effectively?
G ratitude, in its highest and finest use, is a builder of character,
bringing men together in a spirit of generosity and m utual apprecia
tion. G ratitude increases immeasurably in every man his faith in
God, and in every man multiplies the joy of living. Shall we not,
then, say w ith Shakespeare:
O Lord, th at lends me life,
Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness.

Principles of Religious
Science
By E r n e s t S. H o lm e s

T H E PERFECT HERE AND T H E COM PLETE NOW

U R subject deals with the eternity of time. Tim e is not a

thing of itself but is a measure of experience whereby
the Spirit may be conscious of Its own activity.

Tim e of itself is nothing in that it is no thing yet it is not

exactly nothing for without some measure of experience the
inner Spirit would be unrecognized and unrecognizable and,
being unexpressed, would be incomplete. Therefore we can
not truly call time an illusion.
W hile there has been much philosophic discussion regard
ing time it leads us only to this conclusionthat whether or
not time is real it is yet actual and necessary as a measurement
of the duration of mans experience.
Tim e may be divided into memory or recollection, which
is called past time attention and recognition which we call
present time, and anticipation or expectation which we call
future time. Let us briefly consider these divisions of time.
T he past has gone, yet the experiences of the past are writ
ten in memory, and memory contains the accumulated knowl
edge of the individual and of the race. W e continuously de
pend on this source for information, for inspiration and gui
dance. Could memory be entirely extinguished, both in the
mind of the individual and of the race, the entire background
of our life would disappear, the stream of consciousness would

be abruptly severed; no greater catastrophe could be imag

ined. The instinctive laws of nature have so ordained that
memory and experience shape and mould our lives toward
greater attainment and eternal progress.
Hence the time past is giving birth to the present time in
which we recognize, understand and experience the activities
of everyday life. Thus recognition, experience and activity
slip away into the past, ever building a more substantial
foundation upon which time now only anticipated shall
rear a more noble edifice.
Could the expectation of the future be removed from the
enthusiasm of our vision, all efforts of to-day would be futile.
Again nature has instinctively ordained that there shall ever
be held before our waiting thought a goal, not too easily
reached, which Swedenborg likened to the Spiritual Sun for
ever at the angle of forty-five degrees in the heavens. Thus,
symbolically, the face of progress is ever toward the east with
the light before it while casting its shadows behind.
Since it is impossible for one to entirely rob himself of
memory it behooves all to carefully guard the experiences of
the present, that when they do become memories they shall be
happy ones and it is a well established fact according to a
known law of the mental life, that if one is retaining un
pleasant incidents in his memory they can be neutralized
through the power of his own word and his imagination. This
is the secret of the confessional and of the analysis of the
Psyche (soul) to remove the stain, the hurt and the con
demnation from the past, leaving in their place the gentle
urge of better purpose and a sense of the Divine Forgiving
ness.
If we are carrying about in our memory that which does
not measure up with harmony we should consciously discharge
it, knowing that though all have made mistakes there is still
no power in the universe which wishes us ill.
Let our present experiences be of such character as to harm
no one and help all. Then shall the past be a beautiful mem
ory, the present a glad hour and the future a joyful expecta
tion. All souls are eternal, all men are Divine and in the
long run good shall come to all.
It is impossible to draw a fair estimate of the life of the
soul from the short range experiences of a few years. W e are

eternal beings on the pathway of experience for the purpose

of gaining true individuality; even our mistakes are a part of
our evolution and should be so considered.
From the viewpoint of the Infinite M ind it must be that
what we call the past, present, and the future are one. T he
Omega must be potential in the Alpha. Thus it is written I
am the Alpha and the O m ega; the beginning and the end
he that was and he that is to come. T he potentiality of our
lives must have been forever in the Divine M ind, so as in
dividuals we should forever expand, continuously growing
into the likeness of that Christ inherent in all men. Could
our eyes completely penetrate the spiritual realms and could
our imaginations rise by pure intuition to the comprehension
of reality we should, no doubt, perceive what the illumined
have seen and sensed that there is very little between us
and heaven; and, that this little is entirely bound up in our
own concepts.
This intangible thing which refuses analysis, this subtle
presence which can be neither caught nor bound, the Life
Principle and the intelligent consciousness within us, partakes
of the nature of Eternity and cannot even conceive of its own
birth, nor can it possibly experience, even in its own imagina
tion, any reality to its passing. Thus can eternity be crowded
into a day or a day stretched forth into eternity.

M E D IT A T IO N
Born of E ternal Day
Child of All Good, you are born of E ternal Day.
T h ere is no evening of the Soul, for it shall live forever.
I t is Deathless and Perfect, Complete and O ne w ith the Everlasting.
N o thought of to-m orrow can disturb the calm of him who knows
that Life is one E ternal Day.
No fear can enter where Love reigns, and Reason keeps faith w ith
Hope.
T h e thoughts of the to-morrows and the yesterdays are swallowed
up in the great realization of the Perfect H ere and the Com
plete Now.
To-day I completely accept my wholeness.

II
T H E LAW A N D T H E W ORD
N the study of Religious Science we learn that the sequence
of the creative order is first, intelligence; next, the move
ment of intelligence, which is the concept, the word or the
idea; then the law moving in accord with the movement of
intelligence; then, creation.
W hatever the nature of the physical universe is and no
one knows what it is it is certainly not an illusion. Creation,
or visible form, is necessary to the life of the Spirit for with
out it the Spirit would be unexpressed. As time is a creature
of eternity, so form also is the creation of time, and both time
and form are forever necessary to self-expression, whether
considered from the view-point of the individual or the uni
versal life.
Let us never think of creation as an illusion, or of things as
being evil in themselves. T he illusion is never in the thing
but always in the way we look at it. The infinite variations of
life, the eternal manifestations of creation, though in chang
ing forms, all point to the fact that the Infinite clothes Itself
in form in order that It may enjoy Its own Being. It must
do this through the power of Its own imagination backed by
the law of Its own word. There is no other possible conclusion
to which we can arrive.
M an as the complement of the Spirit is of the image of the
Father; partaking of the Divine nature he must also have an
inherent power within, which is creative. This creative power
immanent in man, is not placed there by the disposition of his
own will nor through the imagination of his own thought, but
should be considered rather as the nature of his being.
In other words we should not attempt to explain why ulti
mate truths are true; they are true because they are true.
Having discovered them there is nothing left other than to
accept and utilize them.
If there is any truth relative to the individual life which
is of greater importance than this, it is that the thought of man
deals with a creative agency or power. From this he can never
escape. Our wordour thoughtour imagination are all
creative. W e did not hang the stars in space nor set the lofty

peaks overlooking the sea, but we have imagined unhappiness

and we do experience in life the outward manifestation of our
inward convictions. The greatest discovery ever made is the
discovery of the power of thought. Thought is an actual force
dealing with the same kind of potential creative power in the
universe of which only this can be said: It Is.
Our thought operates independently of conditions and has
the possibility of transcending circumstances as they now are,
and causing new ones to be created. However, we should bear
in mind that this creative power is only set in motion by our
thought. The power itself belongs to the universe and no man
made it. All that we can do is to accept, believe and use it.
But while we continuously remould thought according to
the pattern of ancient ideas we remain bound by previous
opinion, bias and prejudice. W e must do something to break
down the walls of experience and expand the vision of the
soul. H ere our imagination comes into play enabling us to
conceive a greater good.
Neither the will nor the intellect is creative, they simply
decide what the thought, the emotion and the imagination
shall respond to. One who would rise above previous con
ditions, transcend intolerable limitations and create a better
situation for himself must deliberately turn, in his imagina
tion and thought, from the old order and with a calm but
flexible determination, endeavor to contemplate only the good,
the beautiful and the true. H e should refuse to admit into his
consciousness any controversy or argument, compel himself to
know and to accept that in the apparent isolation of his own
soul, from the genius of his own thought, he is moulding an
individualized destiny out of the stuff from which all form
emanates.
M E D IT A T IO N
N othing Can H inder
N othing can hinder my W ord from w orking;
It will work, and nothing can stop it.
M y word is the L aw unto that thing whereunto it is spoken, and
w ill become fulfilled in the right way and at the right time.
M y W o rd is complete and perfect, and is the presence and the
Power of the O ne M ind that is in and through all.
I speak that W o rd and know that it w ill accomplish.
I w ait in perfect confidence for the W o rd to fulfill itself in my life.
M y W o rd is law.

I II
IN C R E A S IN G PR O S P E R IT Y

R O S P E R I T Y is a state of mind. T he universe abounds

with good. To him that hath shall be given. W e are
all familiar with these statements and they are either true or
false. All truth resolves itself into this self-evident fact, that
the universe must be a sustaining and self-perpetuating spir
itual order amply able to provide for its own needs, and to
adequately express its own inherent desires.
Man is some part of the universe. W hy then is he limited
unless it be that he has contradicted the fundamental prin
ciples of self-existence and, in ignorance of his true nature,
repudiated the greater claim which he might have made upon
the universe?
Prosperity is a state of mind. Activity is also a state of
mind; and the law of compensation is an invisible but infal
lible government of Divine order. It is done unto us as we
believe, but belief is largely subjective and we are all more or
less marked by the grooves of experience, a large part of
which has been adverse.
Those who wish to demonstrate the supremacy of spiritual
thought force over apparent material resistance must claim
and know, in their own thought, that there is a Divine Intelli
gence directing them.
There are those who will deny the possibility of a Divine
guidance but they have not thought the matter through to its
final conclusion. Let those who believe not only affirm the
presence, and accept the guidance of such an Intelligence but
let them no longer mentally contradict it. The revelation of
the ages affirms this position and the findings of modern sci
ence have failed to substantiate its denial.
The universe would be incomplete if man were not ex
pressed. T h a t principle which so lavishly distributes the
heavenly bodies, peopling the Infinite reaches of space with
personifications of itself must have both the intelligence and
the ability to provide for mans needs. How then can we
deny ourselves the privilege of its personal attention? Some
will say that such an Infinite thing cannot be personal. H ere

again this attitude of mind has not contemplated the full

measure of Reality.
The Spirit personifies in and through everythingthe rose
the blade of grass, the mineral, animal and human kingdoms.
Each and all are specific demonstrations of the ability and the
desire of the Universal M ind to find concrete expression.
Have we not a vision and a visioning faculty enabling us to
perceive and conceive? Is not this inner imagery the mani
festation in us of that universal contemplative intelligence
which creates through the mandate of its own word?
Are we not conscious centers of intention, volition and per
sonified action? W hen Jesus prayed, Our Father which art
in heaven he was not seeking to communicate with some
God apart from himself but rather to stir up the Divinity
that was in him and to arouse his own intellect to the realiza
tion that God indwelt his own soul. Infinite as the Spirit is,
eternal and limitless as life must be, it is yet directly per
sonal, through its own personification, to all who approach it. j
The visioning faculty of our minds is a Divine heritage and
when our imaginations and intellects and emotions shall have
learned to respond only to the good, the good alone shall re
spond to us. It responds by corresponding.
All thoughts of doubt and fear must be resolutely banished
from the mind. W e must learn to build upon faith, live in a
state of conscious receptivity and enthusiastic expectation. Let
us no longer limit the future possibility of eternal progress in
our own lives and affairs. W e are living in a spiritual universe
and we should gain this realization that the universe re
sponds to us as we respond to it. Be firm and ye shall be
made firm.
M E D IT A T IO N
M y Business
M y business is directed by Divine Intelligence.
T h e All-Knowing M ind knows w hat to do and how to do it.
I do not hinder, but let It operate in my affairs.
I t prospers and directs me and controls my life.
M y affairs are managed by Love, and directed by W isdom, and they
cannot fail to prosper and expand.
M y affairs are in H is hands.

IV
PEACE, PO ISE A N D PO W E R

M E R S O N tells us that the finite alone has wrought and

suffered, the Infinite lies stretched in smiling repose.
W hat a marvelous concept is this; the eternal principle of life
is forever in repose. W hy? Because it has no adversary. I
will contend with him that contendeth with thee, is a state
ment of the law of cause and effect and means this, that har
mony overcomes discord.
Again it is written that the words of God are Yea and
Amen, which signifies that for God to know is to be.
Suppose one could reach the place where he no longer con
templated adverse conditions, opposing forces or divided pow
ers of good and evil. W ould he not be at peace, his mind
tranquil? Could he ever again be afraid?
W e lack peace because we have torn the universe into pieces
and set one agency against another. The din and roar of the
human conflict has so filled our ears with discord that we no
longer hear the heavenly voices. Our eyes have become so
blinded by self-grief and self-inflicted wounds that we do not
even behold the harmony of nature. Power cannot come out
of confusion. Power is the child of peace and poise, the union
of which must forever give it birth.
Let us contemplate strength and forget weakness; let us
meditate upon peace and poise forgetting the confusion. The
first step toward this goal is a realization of the integrity and
the eternity of our own being, and of that Universal W hole
ness from which we spring and in and by which we live.
From such contemplation comes the establishment, not of a
self-centered life, but of a life centered in the Eternal Self
not egotism but egoism.
W hat if our immediate universe does tremble to its very
foundations. W hat if the slings and arrows of an out
rageous fortune are apparently directed toward us, shall not
that armor of faith shatter them in dust at our feet?
Who can measure life by one experience, or estimate the
possibilities of the soul by the slight observations of any short

period of time. T he soul knows no limits but finds itself

eternally merged with the One whose only answer to man is,
Yea.
M E D IT A T IO N S
M y Atmosphere
M y atmosphere is attracting the G ood; it is constantly on the
alert to see and know the Good, and to bring it into my experience.
T h ere is th at w ithin me that calls forth abundance and happi
ness from Life. I am surrounded w ith an atmosphere of Peace,
Poise and Power.
All who come in contact w ith th at great Calm of my Life are
made strong and confident, are healed and blessed.
Bless the Lord, O my Soul, and all that is w ithin me, bless
H is Holy N am e.
I am hid w ith Christ in G od.

Peace, Poise and Power

Peace, Poise and Pow er are w ithin me, for they are the w it
nesses of the Inn er Spirit of all T ru th , Love and W isdom.
I am at peace w ithin me, and all about responds to that G reat
Calm of the Inner Soul which knows its rightful place in the All
Good.
Pow er is born from w ithin me and passes into my experience
w ithout effort or labor.
I rest in Security and Peace, for the Inner Light shines forth
and illumines the way.
I rest in thee.

Immortality
B y G l a d y s C. L u n d y

The petals have blown from the flower,

The calyx seems naked and cold,
B u t the seed of Perfection lies dormant
Ready again to unfold.
M a n becomes faded and weary,
H is body is shaken and torn,
Bu t Christ is enthroned within him,
Ready again to be born.
Tho life may seem purposeless effort,
A n d death seem the ultimate goal,
I know that God is incarnate,
A n d ready to progress my soul.
I open my mind to the Spirit,
I open my soul to its Ray,
A n d I know that Gods in His Heaven,
A n d ready to show me the Way.

The Creative Power

of the Mind
By C h r is t ia n D . L ar so n

H E R E is a power in the mind

in the deeper life of the mind
that is creative; and it works through
all the energies, activities, processes,
faculties, thoughts, ideas and concepts
of the mind. I t works so deeply and
so thoroughly, in every aspect of
mind and consciousness, that it causes
the whole of the mind to become cre
ative. W e may say, then, that the
mind is creative forming, producing
and creating continuously and in
myriads of ways.
T h e mind works, in all of its crea
tive activities, according to a certain
law ; and to understand this law, and
know how to give it definite direc
tion, is to take the creative power of
the mind into our own hands com
pletely. T h u s we may determine, in
every mode and manner, w hat this
power is to form, produce or create,
in us; and for us. A gigantic achieve
m ent; for the individual who can do
this, becomes a creator in his own do
main. H e may decide absolutely w hat
this power is to produce in his own
mind, in his own life, in his own
world.
T h e creative power of the mind is
constantly in action producing and
creating whether we give it specific
direction or not. I t is there at work
w orking according to a certain
law ; and all that we now are, or
have, is the result of w hat this power
has been doing for us deep in the
mind all these years. I t is not a

power that we have to place in ac

tio n ; it always is in action produc
ing, producing continuously. W h at
we seek to know is how it works, and
the law through which it works, so
that we may direct this power to pro
duce for us w hat we w ant and only
w hat we w ant.
W e specify only in small measure,
as a rule, w hat we w ant this power
to produce for us; and we do this
indirectly most of the time having
little or no knowledge of the law.
W e permit this power, in nearly all
of its activities, to be directed by sug
gestions and impressions from w ith
out, by inherited tendencies and im
pulses from the unconscious; and by
any dominant emotion, thought or
desire. T h a t is why this power pro
duces so much that is useless or detri
mental; why it produces so much that
we do not w an t; and why only a
fraction of its activities, in the aver
age mind, is devoted to the creation
of the w orth while.
T h is power is very g re a t; so great,
in fact, that it can produce anything,
in our own domain, that we may de
sire; but we have not, as a race, given
definite and intelligent direction to
this pow er; we have permitted habits
and suggestions, and many other im
perfect agencies, to determine w hat
this w onderful power should do and
produce for us. N o t a complimentary
situation. W e all may be forgiven.

however; we did not know; but now

we do know.
T his power is great enough to re
make our own lives according to the
most perfect design conceivable; to
remake our own worlds in like m an
n er; and to create for us the future
we desire if we say so. B ut we have
not said so; we have not spoken the
w o rd ; we have not given this power
intelligent direction; that is why it
has produced the commonplace, for
nearly everyone, all down the cen
turies. Every individual, however,
can take conscious control of this
pow er; he can take this entire situa
tion into his own hands, and cause
this power to produce for him exactly
w hat is wanted. And as there is no
limit to w hat this power can do, the
possibilities b e c o m e numerous and
amazing.
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H o w T his Power W orks

T h e creative power of the mind
works through a certain law ; a law
that we may well designate as the
great law in human life. It is the law
that determines w hat we are to ac
complish, w hat we are to become, and
w hat the future is to be. And the
reason for this can be simply ex
plained. T h e sum-total of w hat we
are, and w hat we have all the issues
of life, in fact these things are the
result of w hat the creative power of
the mind is doing; and the great law
determines w hat the creative power is
to do, in us and for u s ; in w hat direc
tion it is to act; w hat it is to form,
produce and create, and to w hat ex
tent.
T h e great law is this: w hat we
place deeply in the mind, this creative
power will w ork for. W h a t we place

deeply in the mind in the form of a

thought, image, picture or impression
this power will produce, develop,
create, bring forth or enlarge u p o n ;
and these things are sometimes en
larged upon enormously. And, also,
w hat is already in the mind in the
form of habit, instinct or fixed belief
this power will continue to work
for, perpetuate and bring forth.
W h a t you place deeply in the mind,
is received by this power as your
w ord of instruction as to w hat you
w ant done. If you place something
there that is good a good thought or
a good idea this power will w ork
for that idea, and give it increasing
life, action and expression. B ut if you
place something there that is imper
fect, w rong or detrimental, this pow
er will work for that, and produce
the w rong and the detrim ental in
your life.
T h e creative power of the mind
will work for that which you place
deeply in the mind, no m atter w hat
it is the w orst or the best. T his
power asks no questions. I t is there
to do w hat you say; and everything
that is placed deeply in the mind is
accepted as your say. T h is power
does not judge in any m atter. I t has
no opinion, or advice, to offer as to
w hat should, or should not, be done.
I t is there to act upon your advice,
your purpose, your desire. It is there
to form, build, produce, develop and
create; and w hatever you give it to
work for that is w hat it will pro
duce for you. T h a t is the law.
T his power can produce illness or
health, discord or harmony, weakness
or strength, depression or happiness,
failure or success the w orst of any
thing or the best of anything de
pending upon w hat is placed deeply
in the mind. I t is for each individual,

therefore, to decide w hat he is to

place deeply in the mind. H e cannot
leave this vital situation to chance,
suggestion, habit, race belief, nor any
other irresponsible agency. H e must
make this decision himself the very
best he knows and stand by his de
cision though the heavens fall, His
whole life d e p e n d s upon i t ; his
achievements, his attainments, his future everything.
*

T he Use of the L aw
T h ere are a n u m b e r of ways
through which our selected thoughts,
images, pictures and impressions may
be placed in the mind and placed
deeply. T h e first is definite purpose.
Anything that we purpose to do,
learn or accomplish w ill impress itself
upon the mind provided we purpose
w ith the whole heart, and for some
time. And, according to the law, that
is w hat the creative power of the
mind will w ork for. I t is the height
of wisdom therefore, to purpose, w ith
the whole heart, to achieve and real
ize the very best that life has to offer.
T h e c r e a t i v e power w ithin will,
thereby, produce, in us and for us,
more and more of the best as time
goes on. W e will accomplish more
and become m ore; and a better fu
ture w ill unfold.
T h e second way or method is
found in positive expectation. W h a t
we continue to expect, deeply and
positively, will impress itself in the
mind, and receive the full attention
of creative power. T h a t is why we
usually get w hat we expect; and why
we should never expect anything but
the best both for ourselves and for
others. T h e rule is this: w hat we

continue to expect, the creative power

of the mind w ill w ork fo r; and w hat
th at power works for, w ill be real
ized in time possibly, in a short
time. T h a t power is great enough to
work out anything, or cause anything
to come true.
Appreciating this aspect of the law,
we all should place before the mind,
and in the mind, a number of great
expectations; and it would be an ex
cellent plan to w rite out a program
of great expectations the best and
the most w onderful that we could
possibly vision, and for all phases of
life present and future. W e should
concentrate on this program daily
w ith tremendous interest and enthusi
asm deeply intent on realizing them
all. These expectations w o u l d be
worked for, behind the scenes in the
mind, and one after the other would
come true.
A most im portant fact, in connec
tion w ith the great law, should be
noted here. T h e creative power of
the mind works more effectively, more
intensely, and on a larger scale for
th at which is great, or w onderful, or
deeply significant. I t is a waste of
time, therefore, to expect the small
or the commonplace. W e should en
tertain only great expectations. W e
thereby call forth a larger measure of
creative pow er; and to apply an in
creased measure of this power, is to
secure greater results, and in less time.
T h e same rule should be observed
elsewhere in this great work. W h a t
ever we place in the mind, for crea
tive power to work for, we should
place the greatest and the most w on
derful that we can feel, conceive or
vision.
T o learn how to use this law, in
the most effective manner, and for

the greatest good th a t is our pur

pose; but it is also well to state where
this law should not be used. W e
should not permit this law to work
w ith fear, worry, or other negatives.
T o entertain fear, is to place thoughts,
pictures and impressions of fear deep
ly in the m in d ; and the creative
power will w ork for those things.
T h is power will w ork for anything
th at is placed deeply in the m in d ; and
w hat this power continues to work
for, w ill come to pass. T h a t explains
why our fears come upon us.

If we could meet threatening situa

tions, at any time, w ithout placing
thoughts of fear in the mind, the
creative power w ithin us would not
work for those fears; and they would
not come upon us. T h e same is true
of all worries, anxieties, and other
negatives. W hen we keep them out
of the heart deeper feeling they
w ill never amount to anything. T o
be able to do this, would mean incal
culable gain, for fear is our worst
enem y; and this thing we all can
learn to do.

( T o be continued in the M arch issue)

T A K E COURAGE, OH SOUL!
Oh soul of mine take courage and be
As firm and poised as the sun above.
Shine upon all with good cheer and love
A nd thus let thy M aker be proud of thee.
A lbert H. L u d z .

A Clinic For Sick Business

By C l a r e n c e M ay er

e g a r d l e s s of present success
we are all desirous of greater ac
tivity. In the midst of tremendous
activity we may be experiencing w ant
and anxiety, for even in adversity
there is activity. M entally we are
either progressing or retrograding. As
we glance over the m onths balance
sheet we realize w ith sorrow or joy
that our business is never at a stand
still. W hether this month it repre
sents gain or loss our business mani
fests activity. H ow to make it mani
fest activity that will keep us out of
the red is a question of vital interest
to all, an attractive subject for dis
cussion.
N ow by the term business I do
not mean necessarily a store, an office
or a living room. Business in its
largest sense IS activity regardless of
w hether a man or woman is the head
of a great corporation, storekeeper,
doctor, lawyer, musician, artist, pea
nut vender, steamboat peddler or the
retired business man w ith an indi
vidual fortune.
As we observe nature we see a con
tinued manifestation of activity. All
creation is expressing movement; the
air even in a so-called dead calm has
some slight m otion; stately clouds
moving slowly or as in the commo
tion of a sto rm ; animals, birds and

fish expressing agility, energy, vivac

ity and alertness. Looking out into
the fu rther reaches of the universe we
see evidences of tremendous forces
that are never still. T h e planets re
volve in their orbits w ith incredible
speed; other universes are in the proc
ess of evolution or dissolution and all
beyond that manifestation of human
confusion resulting in various acci
dents and cataclysms. Perhaps we
may some day learn that many of the
sorrows we now glibly ascribe to an
act of G od are really the result of
accumulated wrong thinking which
m ust burst forth somewhere just as
the boiling teakettle does when too
full.
T h ere can be no question as to the
reality of activity. W h at activity in
reality IS, w hether or not it is gov
erned by law, how I can align myself
w ith this law and how I can use it in
my business, is a question that con
cerns myself and all men.
* * *
T o any student of metaphysics it is
merely a bromide to say that every
problem whether physical, financial or
one of human relationships must be
resolved into thought. N ow business
is but the material expression of the

activity of Universal M ind. T h is ac

tivity is perfect nothing ever hap
pened to it or can happen to it to
make it anything less than perfect.
Nothing you and I can ever do or
think can magnify or diminish it.
Fully to realize this is difficult for
most people. Furtherm ore this ac
tivity of Universal M ind is none of
our business. Somehow I discover
the fact that w hatever my business is
it is not M Y business. T o the aver
age business man this statement w ill
sound like a piece of nonsense and if
he has read this article thus far he
may turn the pages to new material
or throw the magazine into the waste
basket, concluding that just s u c h
philosophy as this takes away ones in
dividuality and all incentive. H ow
ever insane it may seem, it is the
T ru th .
M an is but the tool of the Infinite,
an instrum ent through which the
E ternal Life Force is expressing or
operating. All there is of life as we
know it, is expressing through us as
individuals and consequently must be
true. H aving contemplated w riting
this article for some time I have to
day seated myself at my typew riter
and through the medium of this
blessed invention I am expressing m y
self. In the same way an artist w ith
a bit of color paints a cow; the musi
cian w ith pen or pencil and perhaps
a piano composes a masterpiece; the
engineer plans a Boulder D am ; the
business man plans a great advertising
campaign through the medium of a
newspaper or an advertising agency;
the philanthropist plans a refuge for
suffering humanity, ad infinitum.
*

Everyone may say business is poor.

You say your business is run dow n;

there are too many competitors in

this particular field of activity; you
have just about worn yourself out
trying every way your fagged brain
can devise to make a go of it. Re
cently a certain man said he had not
made a penny in the last five years
despite the fact that he had never
worked harder. Reaching the end of
the rope we are forced to take an
other inventory this time not of our
business but rather of ourself.
For a long time, you say, your af
fairs have not been as successful as
they should be. You have tried every
method you could lay hold of to fu r
ther your business. You spend the
time away from your business in
scheming, thinking and planning. You
are out of bed early. You go to bed
late and lie awake by the hour think
ing, thinking until you have grown u t
terly weary of it all, and w hat is the
use anyway? You are either a suc
cess or a failure you cannot be both
at the same time. Possibly you are
not a complete failure but certainly
things are going badly. Life offers
little interest, for you say, now do
not talk metaphysics to me for I have
read it and tried to practice it these
many moons and it simply does not
work for me. I help people, loan
them money but it does not return to
me the way the good books say it
will. These same good books say
there is an Intelligence back of all
things but how does it affect M Y
affairs?
Have you ever been guilty of such
contemplation? I t is common to many
people. Experience has taught me
that it is false reasoning. T o talk
about God, to rhapsodize about meta
physics, etc., is all very well, but we
must connect up w ith it all. W e sit

about talking of the marvels of elec

tricity how it will cook our food,
heat our houses, freeze the ice, light
our rooms and keep us cool. All true,
yet how fantastic these things would
have sounded to George W ashington
and his generation! I am sweltering
in my office today whew, but its
hot! In my closet is a perfectly good
electric fan and in the room are sev
eral floor plugs. U n til this very mo
ment the fan has been forgotten. H ow
silly! A nother case of out of sight
out of m ind. In a jiffy I have com
fort instead of discomfort, the fan has
been placed near my desk, I plug in
on the electric current and w hat a
transform ation! T h e fan was in the
closet all of the time, the electricity
wired in my office before it became
mine and all of the time I have been
acting like an ass!
*

A ctivity always has been and al

ways w ill be and is now! It is a
great big perfect activity going on all
about me. If I do not make a success
of my business, someone else will.
John Rockefeller has his millions,
John Smith is in the poor house. Both
breathed the same air, ate practically
the same food, had the same amount
of brains ounce for ounce. It is no
credit to my ability to think, to real
ize that one did something that the
other did not. I t is unthinkable that
God sat somewhere in heaven giving
the one certain inside information,
withholding it from the other. T h e
fault lies not w ith God or the law of
activity but w ith the individual. I
must learn how to plug in on the cur
rent. In my w orst moments I may
feel that w ithin me there isnt much

intelligence but w hatever I am it is

nothing short of the law of activity
w orking through me. T h is great Life
Force IS expressing through me but
it can only manifest as I let it. In
stead of storming the universe for
the living they say I am entitled
to, I must acquaint myself w ith the
laws that govern life and use them.
Jesus knew these laws and used them
better than any known human. W e
express these laws in modern psycho
logical terms. Jesus being an oriental
and dealing w ith orientals used the
language of his day even now the
easterner uses a majestic and poetic
language which the occidental finds
too tedious to fathom. Jesus said,
Seek ye first the kingdom of God
and H is righteousness and all things
shall be added. W ere he w ith us
today he might voice the same thought
in some such language as this: If
you w ill seek to know something of
the mental laws which govern life in
all of its phases and intelligently ap
ply them, you need not be concerned
w ith the results.
*

H ere then is the key to success:

to find out w hat these laws are, how
to use them and begin at once to
apply them. Since there is an Intelli
gence back of all things which ex
presses itself in the perfect harmony
of eternal activity (w e see it all about
us in nature) this Intelligence must
be expressing harmoniously through
us except when we, by individual
w rong thinking, mess things up. I t is
the privilege of human beings to
block the flow of wisdom and intelli
gence. I t is m ans prerogative to choose
and outline. T h is answers the query
th at so often comes as to why we suf-

fer and are in so many difficulties, if

this perfect activity exists and ex
presses in us. T h e G reat Psychologist
recognized this doubt in man when
H e said, Knock and it shall be open
ed, seek and ye shall find. H ere a
great law is uncovered. O nly by
earnest and thoughtful yearning and
seeking for knowledge coupled with
expectancy and sincere endeavor, never
giving up, can we attain. W e cannot
hope to accomplish anything by that
false philosophy of inactivity. A cer
tain Chinese sage said that all things
came to the man who practiced per
fect inaction. T h is does not mean that
we should spend our days meditating
upon the glories of God, the laws of
electricity, gravitation and w hat not.
I t D O E S mean th at we should plug
in on the current and let the flow of
intelligence come through w ithout in
terference expressed in the individ
ual as fear and worry. T his is w hat
Jesus meant when he told his follow
ers to take no t h o u g h t for the
morrow.
If I have created in you a greater
desire to understand and apply the
laws of activity let me close w ith a
prescription (m editation) f o r s i c k
business, not signed by an M .D . but
by an M .P ., M eta-Physician, not a
member of Parliam ent:
From all of the fears, doubts,
worries and confusion of life
about me I tu rn to that Self
w ithin which recognizes Itself by
my name th at place of infinite
peace and calm, the same today,
tom orrow and forever the only
place of quiet in the universe for
me. T h is is my point of contact
w ith God for it is the Godc o n s c i o u s n e s s w ithin me.

Through this secret place of the

M ost H igh cometh my help, the
only intelligence and guidance I
can ever know or experience.
Like fish swimming in the sea I
am pure spirit immersed in the
sea of Infinity. Therefore I am
a part of the perfect activity of
Universal M ind and that which
I call M Y business is but a ma
terial manifestation of this ac
tivity. In this sense it is not my
business I am a superintendent
an overseer of a certain prov
ince of activity. I express per
fect freedom of action. I cannot
err in judgm ent for this perfect
business is directed by Divine
Contemplation which is express
ing Itself as a complete and per
fect manifestation of Its own sat
isfaction. M y recognition of the
fact that Infinite Intelligence is
manifesting through me gives me
true courage which is the Light
of T ru th , neutralizing and dis
pelling all doubt, fear and ad
verse thought operating in me to
hinder or oppose my progress.
T his T ru th in me destroys all
the negative subconscious accumu
lation of my conscious fear of
the future and of all race, con
sciousness which would recognize
poor business, loss, lack, illness of
body or decrepitude as entities. I
arise in the majesty of my recog
nition of my divine self which
knows only success, abundance
and the peace of mind which
comes from this recognition. Ye
shall know the T ru th and the
T ru th shall make you free
this IS the T ru th , I A M free
and my freedom is manifesting
now in and through every chan
nel of my activity and I am grate

ful for any glimpse of this T ru th

apparent to me. M y gratitude is
constructive in that I am able to

take a larger view of life w ith a

greater faith because it is the
faith of understanding.

A N E W B E G IN N IN G
By D orothy

A W N and the singing o f

birds. F irst a very fain t tw itter
is heard, then another from a nearby
tree. T h e sun peeps over the distant
hills, driving away the shades o f
night and flooding the w orld with a
golden radiance and innum erable lit
tle bird voices now join in this m orn
ing song o f greeting.
W h a t a lesson we may learn from
these little songsters! T h e ir first ac
tion on aw akening is to praise God.
W e, too, should greet each day w ith
a song. W e, too, should thank God
fo r the sunshine and let it invade our
innerm ost being, driving away all
the worries and cares o f the previous
day and encouraging us to start anew.
I f yesterday was not a success, we
can make today w o n d erfu l, i f we
carry a smile on our lips and joy in
our hearts.
Each new day is a new beginning.
I t brings new w ork to do, new joys
to be discovered an opportunity to
make new plans and dream new
dreams. W e all build castles in the
air. W h a t would we ever ac
complish w ithout our dreams? Every
m agnificent piece o f architecture,
every w onderful invention, every
beautiful picture, was first a dream.
T h e builder, the inventor, the artist,

M.

A sh to n

had a vision o f the thing he wished

to create. He thought about it con
stantly, pictured it ju st as he wished
it to be, and eventually his dream be
came a reality. So may all our most
cherished dreams come true.
Have a vision and make it a big
one. Em erson said: T h e hand can
not execute anything higher than the
m ind can inspire, showing us that
everything must first originate in the
m ind. F ill your m ind w ith beautiful
thoughts and a w onderful vision and
you w ill do w onderful things!
T h a n k G od fo r the birds, the sun
shine, the flowers and the trees, all
o f which He created fo r your enjoy
m ent and w ell-being. Be th ankful
fo r everything. T h e greatest prayer
is the prayer o f gratitude and it
opens the door that leads to happiness
and success. By being th ankful fo r
all that we have, we attract to our
selves other w onderful things and
experiences.
Open your heart and let the sun
shine in. A ll the clouds o f doubt and
fear w ill vanish and the way w ill be
made plain. T h e birds do not w orry
about tom orrow , they K N O W that
their H eavenly F ath er feedeth them
and watcheth over them . W ill he
not also watch over you?

Daily Meditations
SA TU RD A Y , FEB RU A RY 1

Every condition has a cause.

Every condition, w hether it be de
sirable or undesirable, is the result of
w hatever causes th at particular effect.
T h e ways of God are not past finding
out. T h e declaration, the ways of
God are past finding out, is usually
made by some one who is passing
through an unpleasant experience, and
who is unw illing or not wise enough
to see in that experience the outpicturing of a m ental cause. T o rebel
against a condition, or to submit to
it, is to perpetuate it. T h e remedy
lies in recognizing the fact that every
condition has a cause and then start
ing a new train of Cause and Effect
by contemplating the sort of condi
tion one wishes to create.

both pleasant and unpleasant experi

ences. T h e fear of the Lord, (this
creative process) is the beginning of
wisdom.
M O N D A Y , FEB R U A R Y 3

Things are the symbols of

thought-patterns.
T hings are not eternal. T hey are
not spiritual entities. T hey are but
the material forms of accepted ideas.
A child playing on the floor w ith
building-blocks depicts w ith t h o s e
blocks the idea he has in mind, a
bridge, a tower, a house, or a wall.
T h e finished thing is the symbol of
his thought-pattern. In much the
same way we build w ith invisible
blocks our accepted thought-patterns
finding material expression. Form is
the garment T h ought wears.

SU N D A Y , FE B R U A R Y 2
TU ESD A Y , FEBRU A RY 4

I create my experiences.
O u r conditions may not express our
hopes and aspirations, but they do ex
press our mental concepts. T h a t
which the mind accepts the hands
w ill touch. T h e children of Israel
were told that they would possess all
the land that their eyes rested upon,
w hatever the spiritual eye perceives
the feet will tread. Fear causes a
m ental acceptance of the thing feared,
and it is thereby created. T h e same
creative process is used for creating

I am the Master of my
Thoughts.
T o admit that we cannot, to some
degree, control our thinking is an
acknowledgment that we are insane.
W hen a person is insane he is con
trolled by a thought or thoughts. It
is not easy to break a habit of
thought, but it can be done. T h is is
best accomplished by substituting op
posites for example the thought of
prosperity for poverty. W hen the
thought of poverty again presents it

self, do as Jesus did and say, G et

thee hence, Satan. If this is done
each time a negative thought comes,
you will soon establish yourself as
M aster of your Thoughts.

W ED N ESD A Y , FEBRU A RY 5

There is s o m e t h i n g that
does unto me according to my
belief.
T h is something has been called
by many names the Law, the Lord,
the M ind, the Soul, the H oly Ghost,
the servant, the unconscious mind,
etc. As students of Religious Science
we usually speak of this something
as subjective-mind. I t is a good name
because it is subjective to the impress
that is made upon it. Subjective-mind
has two outstanding characteristics
first, it is receptive, and secondly, it
is creative. It can create only accord
ing to the belief th at is impressed
upon it. Jesus was speaking of this
receptive, creative element when H e
said T h e things whatsoever you de
sire, when you pray, believe that ye
have received them, and ye shall re
ceive them .

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7

I am the expression of a
Divine Idea.
T h ere is Only-the-One. T his One
has many names Life, Love, the
Spirit, etc., but the name which is
all-inclusive is God. God expresses
Himself, (or Itself) for the joy of
Self-expression, because that is H is
nature. G ods expression of Himself
individualized in self-conscious form
is M an. I am the expression of a
Divine Idea.
SA TU R D A Y , FE B R U A R Y 8

M y thoughts are construc

tive.
By constructive thinking is meant
thinking that will find its logical out
come in a condition that is the outpicturing of some attribute of God
in other words thinking that will re
sult in good. T h e opposite of this
kind of thinking is called negative or
destructive thinking. Ju st as construc
tive thinking results in good, so nega
tive thinking results in w hat we call
bad. M y thoughts are constructive.
SUNDAY, FE B R U A R Y 9

T H U R SD A Y , FEBRU A RY 6

A l l that the Father hath is

mine.
M y spirit is the individualization
of the Spirit of God. T h e creative
Law of God is mine to use. T h e Sub
stance of God surrounds me and is
responsive to me. T herefore I can
truly say, All that the Father hath
is mine.

There is only One Power,

and it is mine to use.
W e all dislike to see a waste of
good material, yet that is just w hat
we are doing unless we are using the
O ne Pow er to further our own best
interests. Some may say, that sounds
like a very selfish teaching but let
us remember that each self has the
same privilege. T h e W ise Virgins
could not give of the oil that was in
their lamps. L et us let our lights

shine by using the O ne Power to

create for ourselves the Good Things,
the God T hings, which it is natural
and normal that we should desire.

M O N D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 10

I am wisely employed.
T ho u g h t is creative, and we are
thinking something all the time, there
fore we are creating something all the
time. Adam w h e r e a r t tho u ?
W here is your thought working?
H ow are your mental processes em
ployed? A re you employed in the
contemplation of your at-one-ment
w ith all Good, w ith all God? O r are
you, like Adam, engrossed in the ex
ternals? Believing externals to be all
is not wise employment it turned
Adam out of paradise. T h e outside
has its place, and it is necessary, but
when we believe it to be all, Eden is
no longer our home.

T U E S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 11

Health is manifestation of
right thinking.
O ne cannot long entertain thoughts
which are not in accord w ith T ru th
and remain well. Fear and H ate are
the two great enemies of H ealth, and
Fear and H ate are the opposite of
that which is the T ru th . Fear of
death, poverty, loneliness, disaster, and
hatred of those who have something
we crave these are roads that lead
to sickness and disease. Therefore we
may be reasonably sure that if we re
fuse to indulge in thoughts of fear
and hate we shall manifest H ealth.

W E D N E S D A Y , F E BR UA R Y 12

Knowledge of the Truth

makes me free.
To-day we do honor to Abraham
Lincoln. H e is called the G reat
Emancipator. Jesus gave to all man
kind the secret of freedom, Ye shall
know the T ru th , and the T ru th shall
make you free. W h at is T ru th ?
T h a t we are O ne w ith God, in Spirit,
Creative Power, and Substance is
T ru th .

T H U R S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 13

Nothing can impede my

progress.
Progress is the law of life, there
fore it is the nature of man to wish
to progress. W hen we permit the
thought that something impedes our
progress to gain a foothold in the
mind we are likely to find our physi
cal foothold weakening. T his is be
cause the feet and limbs are the in
struments for progress on the mate
rial plane. Do not treat the feet
and lim bs; convince the mind that
nothing can impede your progress.
F R ID A Y , F E B R U A R Y 14

Salvation is of the Lord.

T h e only salvation we need is sal
vation from the belief that we need
salvation. T here is no lost soul, but
there are many who believe that they
are lost, and as long as this is their
belief they suffer the agonies of the
damned. Substitute the word Law
for Lord (because it means the Law
of Cause and Effect), and set this
Law in motion w ith the belief, I am

One w ith Life, Love, and Supply,

and already your salvation is assured.
SA T U R D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 15

a Center of God Love. T his Love in

me is a magnet for Love. I t attracts
to me lovely friends, lovely situations
and experiences. I t creates in me a
loving, lovely, lovable personality.

There is no age to Spirit.

W e grow old in body because we
measure off our lives by days, months,
and years. W hen, through this mental-malpractice, we have aged the
body, the Spirit, knowing itself to be
ageless, frees itself from the w orn-out
garment. I am birthless and death
less because the real I Am is God.
S U N D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 16

Substance is real, and re

sponds to me.
W e have learned that that which
is held in consciousness has a material
result. According to this same Law,
G ods consciousness of his own Being
had a material result, and this was
the primal, unseen Substance from
which all m aterial things are made.
Now, we agree that God is Divine
Intelligence, therefore the physical
correlative of Intelligence must be in
telligent. T h e chief characteristic of
intelligence is responsiveness. T h e
most intelligent child in school is most
responsive to the teacher. T h e Sub
stance from which all material things
are made responds to M an because
M an is the individualization of that
Cosmic Intelligence which gave rise
to it.
M O N D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 17

I am a Center of God Love .

Every normal person craves love
let us then make this impress of our
selves upon Subjective M in d : I am

T U E S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 18

There is just the right place

for me.
N o two people are alike therefore
no one can take anothers place. Each
one fills his own place. W e may not
like the place we are filling but it is
the right place, and the only one for
us at the present time. However that
does not mean that we cannot better
our positions. T h e way is a mental
way, namely, accepting mentally the
place you wish to fill, think it, live it,
feel it, love it, and give thanks for it,
knowing that there is something that
creates your mental acceptance into a
condition.

W E D N E S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 19

I rejoice in Prosperity.
N o normal person is content to
skimp along not knowing where his
next meal is coming from. T h a t is
because there is something instinctive
in each one of us which knows that
there is abundance. Now, we can
only bring this unseen abundance into
use as abundance fills our minds. T h e
outside is always like the inside, and
if the mental concept is small and
cramped the material manifestation
w ill be that way also. U nto him
th at hath shall be given, and from
him that hath not shall be taken even
the little that he hath.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23

I declare my own Perfec

tion.

The power of choice is my

birthright.

Jesus said, Be ye therefore perfect

even as your F ath er which is in
Heaven is perfect. Emerson said,
Declare your own perfection. T h e
perfection of God is made manifest
in M an in proportion as M an recog
nizes h i m s e l f to be God-as-M an.
T h ere is no danger of becoming ego
tistical for we look ever to the Source
of our Being. H e is Life, Love, and
W isdom, finding self-conscious ex
pression in M an.

God does not force; Love does not

compel. W e are made in the image
and likeness of Freedom, therefore we
have the power of choice. If we
choose to think in such way that
misery results we are unhappy. T his
is because we are made in the image
of Love as well as in the image of
Freedom. T hrough suffering as a
natural result of our own negative
thinking we eventually learn to choose
m ental concepts which will find their
logical outcome in conditions and ex
periences which are the expressions of
God-qualities.

F R ID A Y , F E B R U A R Y 21

I am one with all L i f e .

Since there is but the O ne Spirit of
Life, the life of the flower is one
w ith the life of the butterfly and one
w ith the life of the little child who
revels in their beauty. T h e more we
sense the bond that knits together all
creation the more Harm ony, Peace,
Heaven will be expressed in our lives.

S A T U R D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 22

I deal fairly with myself

and others.
I see in others my other selves.
Love thy neighbor as thyself not
better nor worse. Give to another as
to thyself, and give to thyself as to
another. Let each know himself as a
center of God Life, realizing that this
is true of others also then shall there
be fair dealing in very truth. W e
honor W ashington as one who per
sonified high ideals of fair dealing.

M O N D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 24

I keep my tongue from evil,

and my lips from speaking
guile.
W ords do not return unto us void,
but accomplish that for which they
were spoken. T h e spoken word is
powerful, and returns ladened to the
speaker. All things work in circles,
and thoughts are no exception. T h e
guile we speak must first be conceived
as a thought, and that which we
think determines our own experiences.
Emerson says, H e who would injure
another but beats his own naked
breast. I keep my tongue from evil,
and my lips from speaking guile.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27

I am guided in ways of
Wisdom.

I attract that which is like

myself.

O ne can develop the habit of con

fused thought, or the habit of peace
ful, orderly thought. O rd er is H eav
ens first law . W hen the mind is
orderly the affairs w ill be also. I act
wisely and well. I rely upon Infinite
W isdom to guide me. Divine Intelli
gence is operating through all I think,
say, and do.

A ll of our affairs express us. If we

are not satisfied to be described by
our conditions we must change our
m anner of thinking about ourselves.
N othing happens by chance, and the
good that comes to us is irresistibly
draw n and so w ith that which is
not good. W e are content only when
experiencing good that is because
the real self is God, Good. T o the
extent we recognize this, only Good
will be manifest in our conditions.

W E D N E S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 26

The Peace of God is my

Peace here and now.
F R ID A Y , F E B R U A R Y 28
Beloved, now are we the sons of
G od. Now, right here where I am,
it is possible to experience that peace
of God which passeth all understand
ing. T h e more consciously aware we
become of our at-one-ment w ith the
Father, the more fully the peace of
God will be expressed in all our af
fairs. Peace is the Pearl of G reat
Price.

I am complete.
Every living soul is a complete
spiritual entity. W e are not halves,
or quarters of other people. I am
made in the image and likeness of
th at which is W hole, Complete, and
Perfect all Good is where I am.

Questions and Answers

A n sw e r s by E r n e s t H o lm es

G etting N e w Start
Q u e s t i o n A few years ago we lost a
great deal o f money. Since then it has
been hard to get a good start. N ow we
have become interested in a business
w hich looks good but we need some help
to overcome fear. Please tell us how to
proceed to feel assured o f prosperity and
right action in this business. G lendale,
C alif.

A n s w e r I should w ork to know

that the Spirit o f T ru th w ithin me,
which is God, and which is perfect
intelligence as w ell as right action, is
directing every move and compelling
right action in every instance in my
life. W ork to remove not only the
sense o f doubt but also the sense o f
loss. T h e m ind should come to sense
that there has been no real loss, since
the Spirit o f wholeness can never lose
anything. T h e whole endeavor in
m ental treatm ent is to bring to the
m ind a realization that this Spirit o f
wholeness is our own active spirit right
now producing right results in every
thing we do. Shift the burden o f any
sense o f load or any personal responsi
bility over into the sense that the law
is both w illing and able to direct your
actions and bring affairs into perfect
harmony w ith itself.

O vercom ing Irritation

Q u e s t i o n People not only irritate
me but I much p re fe r to be alone. A con
dition over w hich I w orry lately is, that
I do not trust my fellow beings. It used
to be simply a desire to be le ft alone.
N ow it is an actual fear o f w hat this one

m ight say or that one m ight do. H ow can

I overcome th is? Los Angeles.
A n s w e r Perhaps you need to
treat yourself in a m anner similar
to that outlined in the question just
preceding. K now that there is noth
ing in people which can irritate you
and nothing in you, which can irritate
people. T ry to gain a broadgauged,
tolerant attitude tow ard life. A fte r
all, no one has yet completely attained
perfection and we are all children in
T ru th , all travelers on the road. W e
all make mistakes and most o f these
mistakes should be overlooked. Some
day we shall learn not to be confused;
we shall see through the outw ard d if
ferences to the inner unity o f all life.
In this way we join forces with the
best that is in people and thereby
bring the good to the surface. T ry
this for awhile and see w hat effect it
will have.

W ants a H om e
Q u e s tio n

Please tell me how to

overcome fear, jealousy and hatred. I
w ant a home o f my own. W e are living
w ith my husbands people. Please tell me
how to get my home and all I have asked
fo r. A rlington, C alif.
A n s w e r You should seek to find
your right place in the Divine M ind.
P ut away all sense o f jealousy or
hatred, which perhaps, has arisen
from m isunderstanding, confusion
and suspicion. K now that you are
now living in a perfect universe peo
pled with perfect and friendly beings.
T ry to bring the whole condition into

a state o f harm ony and unity and no not m ean, however, that we create
doubt you w ill find yourself located G od, which o f course we do not do,
but it does mean that through the u n
in a happy environm ent.
foldm ent o f our own consciousness
Tenseness in T hroat
we gain higher and higher concepts
Q u e s t i o n H ow may I overcome a
o f reality and this is the m eaning o f
feelin g o f tenseness in th e throat? It is
evolution. God must be Infinite con
m ore o f an aching sensation than o f de
sciousness, and the physical universe
cided pain. G lendale, C alif.
must be w hat we m ight term the ob
A n s w e r T h is condition may re
jective body o f this Infinite conscious
sult from several causes; one o f which
ness, including all individual bodies
m ight be sensitiveness, another m ight either o f plants, anim als or men, that
be, m ental strain or fear. T re a t to which is animate and that which seems
know that you are relaxed in the Spirit inanim ate.
o f T ru th , that there is no fear, nor
W hen Business is Poor.
hurt, nor sensitiveness, nor doubt. I
believe if your m ind can sense a com
Q u e s t i o n : H ow w ou ld you handle the
plete peace the trouble from which id ea of poor business? Los A n geles.
Q u e s tio n :
W h en the volum e of bu si
you are suffering w ill entirely dis
ness in a certain line is lim ited and there
appear.
D efinition o f H eaven
Q u e s t i o n O n page 6 o f the booklet,
W hat W e Believe and W h y W e Believe
It, I find this statem ent: I f H eaven is
the abode o f G od, and if the K ingdom o f
H eaven is w ithin, then it follow s that
G od is w ith in . From this, I surmise that
each body is in H eaven, (or a part o f it)
and that all physical bodies together con
stitute H eaven. Do I get the correct
idea? Liberal, M o.

A n s w e r It is a very ancient
teaching that the body is a microcosm,
or a little w orld w ithin the m acro
cosm, or the big w orld. From this
sense each being is a heaven within
him self but, o f course, we are dealing
w ith an Infinite universe and no one
person comprehends Infinity, nor ever
w ill. In this lies the hope o f eternal
unfoldm en t and limitless expansion.
M eanw hile, the only God we can
know is the God which our minds rec
ognize. Hence, God to each individ
ual is always an indw elling as w ell as
an overdw elling presence. T h is does

are several com panies after it, how do you

dispose of the reality o f com petition?
Los A n geles.

A n s w e r : W e would handle the

idea of poor business through the
counter realization th at the Divine
M ind is ever operating in our affairs
and that there can be no inaction in
this M ind. If our thought rises to
the place where we perceive that
there is no competition and no mono
poly, it will either prove to us, in our
immediate business, that we have no
competitors whom we need to fear
or, the result w ill be that we shall
be brought into some field of action
where there will be no need to think
of competition.

Is Personal E ffort N eeded?

If the m ind is everyth in g
and controls our circum stances should it
be necessary for us to take any steps our
selves to bring about the desired result?
Los A ngeles.
Q u e s tio n :

A n s w e r : W hen we say that in

telligence governs all life we are not

denying the objective world, for the

lower form of intelligence is included
w ithin the higher and where there is
intelligent guidance there will also be
intelligent direction in objective af
fairs. W hen one is seeking to demon
strate the supremacy of spiritual
thought force over apparent material
resistance he should not hestitate to
take such action as seems compatible
w ith good judgm ent, declaring that
the intelligence flowing through him,
which is Divine, w ill not let him
make a mistake.
M u st M en W o rk O u t God's Ideas?
Q u e s tio n :
A re
there
ideas
of
a
suprem e pow er that m ust be worked out
by hum an b ein gs? Los A n geles.

A n s w e r : T h a t we are surround
ed by an Infinite Intelligence seems
to be an inevitable conclusion and
one arrived at by most of the deep
thinkers either in the field of religion,
science or philosophy. T h a t the tend
ency of this intelligence in the ma
terial world is to furth er unfold it
self through the evolution of objec
tive life, is accepted by nearly all peo
ple, hence, it seems necessary to con
clude that certain ideas are being
being worked out, chief of which is
the experience and continuous prog
ression of the individual life. W e
might look at the proposition from a
different angle and say th at since ev
ery normal being loves there must
be in the universe an impulse to love,
which impulse we would call a D i
vine idea of a universal urge appar
ent in all things. Hence man would
come into the fulfillm ent of this idea
only through the existence of it in his
own consciousness. T herefore the
man whose love would be the most
complete would in this way be most

perfectly manifesting a Divine idea

of the Supreme Intelligence.
Taking T im e to M editate.
I fin d it v ery help fu l to
spend a little tim e every day in silent
m editation, but the trouble is m y life is
very busy and I can t seem to get into
a regular habit o f it. D o you recommend
regular m editation each d ay? Los A n g e
les.
Q u e s t io n :

A n s w e r : T h ere is no question
but daily meditation produces a di
rect result. I t is advisable to spend
a certain time every day in the silent
contemplation of our own being and
its relationship to the universe which
is one of unity. I t is necessary to find
time each day silently to recognize
and definitely state that Divine In
telligence governs our affairs and that
an immutable law of good controls
our destiny, bringing into our ex
perience that which is happily pros
perous and of the nature of w ell
being. Such meditation cannot fail to
produce salutary effects. In addition
to these moments of intellectual
seclusion where the thought turns en
tirely from the objective to the spirit
ual world there should gradually
come to us the habitual mental atti
tude of the affirmative life, thus pro
ducing in time an affirmative sub
jective reaction. W hen the subjective
state of our thought and action shall
be, and in such degree as it is, in ac
cord w ith Eternal Reality we shall
find the corresponding action in our
objective world to more nearly meas
ure with our hearts.

M eeting Obligations.
M y husband is fine, honorlovin g, but w ithou t a back
b elief in orthodox religion. H e
tryin g to ap p ly N ew T h ou gh t
but suffers from fear, anxiety

Q u e s tio n :

able and
ground of
has been
principles,

and w orry. H e has too little confidence

in h im self to drive a car, w h ich is a
h andicap in his business. W e h ave con
siderable excellent v a ca n t property w h ich
w e cannot turn to m eet our honest ob
ligation s, som ething w e h a v e a lw a y s met.
H o w m ay w e dem onstrate freedom from
these lim itation s? Los A n geles.

I should w ork to know

that everything in my life and affairs
is controlled by Divine Intelligence
and by this I mean to take a definite
time every day to declare that the
Spirit of Intelligence is guiding and
controlling everything in my life
meeting all my needs and supplying
every desire which is legitimate.
W hen this kind of w ork is consistent
ly done and when the mind actually
accepts it demonstrations w ill follow.
I should not w orry about my hus
bands religion but leave him intel
lectually and spiritually free. W e are
all individuals and each must light
his own particular path to the City
of Perfection.
A

n sw er

Selling a House.
Q u e s tio n :

H o w can I solve this prob

lem ? O ver five years ago w e bought our

house and im proved it to sell, but no
body ever looks at it and the upkeep is
m ore than w e can afford. Los A n geles.
A n s w e r : I should treat to know
that there is someone who will be
happy in this house and who really
desires it; and that the intelligence
in them, being the same intelligence
which is in me, will bring us togeth
er. T his is not hypnotic suggestion
since no particular person should ever
be held in mind, but the aspiration
should be sent into the universal con
sciousness w ith a definite acceptance
that the persons who w ill be happy
in this home will be brought to it
and the way made possible for them
to purchase it.

B etter and H appier Life.

Q u e s tio n :
D o you b elieve w e return
to this earth again years after p assin g
from this life or is our sojourn here just
a preparation for a better and a happier
life?H untington Park, C alif.

A n s w e r : I do not believe in any

return to the earth if by that you
mean being born in the flesh and go
ing through the same experiences
which we are now going through. It
seems to me more reasonable to be
lieve in a straight progression. H ow
ever, many excellent and able people
have believed in physical re-incarna
tion. T o me the idea of re-embodi
m ent is more attractive and more log
ical and I accept this position in its
entirety, a straight progression of
the
soul, undoubtedly
passing
through many planes but never for a
moment losing consciousness of itself.

Change in Conditions.
A fter exp erien cin g much
help from m ental w ork
m y husbands
business seemed to go backw ard again .
W e w ere so happy and hopeful, please
tell us the cause of this change in con
ditions. H ollyw ood , C alif.
Q u e s tio n :

A n s w e r : T re a t to
know th at
there can be no backward steps, no
reversal of constructive conditions
and nothing in you to believe in any.
Re-affirm the tru th and re-establish
all the peace you have ever experi
enced as being a continuous activity in
your life. Know that the word which
you speak is the T r u th and that there
is nothing in you which can hinder
it from operating.

Age L im it in Business.
Q u e s tio n :
I h ave no business and no
em ploym ent. I h ave sought d iligen tly for
w eeks but everyw here h ave been m et w ith
the age lim itation (m y age
b ein g
53

y e a rs ) and als o w ith the bond requirem ent and other conditions w h ich I could
not meet. H ow can I solve this problem ?
Los A ngeles.

method but rather seek to convince

the mind of the reality of spiritual
existence here and now.

A n s w e r : Form ulate your treat

m ent so as to make it independent
of the belief in age or of any other
condition. T h e treatm ent should be
the thing since it is the cause of that
which is to be created. Place ab
solute reliance upon your treatm ent
and let it be free from any sense of
limitation. Allow the treatm ent to
be an absolute entity in the mental
w orld. Speak it into consciousness
w ith the full expectancy that it w ill
accomplish and w ith a complete re
ceptivity to the result which your
mind now agrees w ill be forthcom
ing.

T he M en ta l Equivalent.

Avoiding Depression.
Q u e s tio n :
T h e doctor told
I w as
a prize w in n er on account of m y rapid
recovery. A feelin g o f great peace and
content com es to me, but at tim es it is
replaced by depression. H o w can I help
fa llin g back into this feelin g of depres
sion. La Verne, C alif.

A n s w e r : T h e sense of depres
sion which comes to us is a subjective
throw-back which means that the sub
jective mind is not entirely freed
from a sense of unease and uncer
tainty. Ju st continue in your good
w ork and you will eventually be free.

Denials or A ffi rmations?

Q u e s tio n :
In m ental w ork should one
use den ials or is it better to affirm only?
N ew York, N . Y .

: D enials and affirma

tions are really the same thing. In
the last analysis the mind can only
affirm since its denial is an affirmation
in the form of a denial. I should not
w orry much over the particular
A

n sw er

Q u e s t io n :
Can you g iv e me a clearer
u nderstanding o f the term,
M ental
E q u iv a len t? Seattle, W n .

A n s w e r : By m ental
equivalent
is meant the subjective embodiment
of an objective desire. T o further ex
plain; when the subjective state of
our thought no longer denies our ob
jective concepts, and in so far as these
objective concepts are in accord w ith
reality, then will our demonstrations
be made.

Alertness in Business.
Q u e s t io n :
M y husband is tryin g to
overcom e the sm oking habit and seems
u n u su ally irritable. H e seems in a lack a
d aisical fram e of m ind as to his business
and is not alert in his business affairs.
H ow can I m eet this problem ? L ong
Beach, C alif.

A n s w e r : Personally
I
should
not consider smoking a problem but
the general theory of practitioners re
lative to any undesirable habit is to
treat to know th at the mind is free
from this particular desire. Perhaps
in this specific instance it would be
well to treat for the realization of an
alert consciousness and a keen com
prehension of life and affairs. Seek
to sense mental alertness in the one
whom you are helping. T his includes
right physical activity.

A Professional Problem
Q u e s tio n :
I am unable to attract busi
ness in m y profession. I h ave tried con
sistently and earnestly to Be still and
k now that all is w ell. I sincerely w ish to
s e r v e ; I do not think first of the m oney.
I h ave prayed that I m ay h ave an a ver

age o f 20 patients a day. Is this unscien

tific? I f so, how shall I w ork ? Seattle,
W n.

A n s w e r : I would not treat to

have any particular num ber of people
come to me for this is a sense of lim
itation, but I should w ork to know
that the continuous activity of the
Spirit is manifest in my life and
affairs and that those people whom I
am able to help w ill be consciously
and definitely directed to me and that
there is nothing in me which can
hinder my word from accomplishing.

Changing Professions.
Q u e s tio n :
I am in the business w orld,
but h a v e been trained for and love the
artistic in the realm of m usic and dram a.
H o w m ay I get back into w ork that I
lo v e? Los A n geles.

A n s w e r : T re a t to know that
you are now in the place which will
best express you, which w ill bring to
you the greatest degree of happiness
which w ill the most perfectly express
through you Divine W isdom, Intel
ligence and Love. Place yourself in

mind and in spirit in unity w ith your

desire and stay there until it objecti
fies.
Subconscious Communication
Q u e s tio n :
I s it possible for the sub
conscious m ind of one person to com m uni
cate w ith the subconscious m ind o f anoth
er? Los A n geles.

A n s w e r : I t is possible for the

subconscious mind of one person to
communicate w ith that of another. In
all probability there is a continuous
subjective conversation going on be
tween those who are sympathetically
inclined toward each other, and un
questionably the subjective reactions
of the race consciousness constitute
w hat psychology calls the collective
unconscious, w hat we call the race
mind, and w hat the Bible calls the
carnal mind, which exerts a very
great influence over all people. T h e
fact of subjective communication is
easily proven by the simple experi
m ent of sitting w ith someone who is
grief stricken and receiving the sub
jective atmosphere of his thought.

Do You Believe In Prayer?

B y R. B. Page

You do not believe in the effi

cacy of prayer?
No. I have prayed and prayed
and prayed fo r things and I have
never received them . God is cruel
and u n m e rc ifu l!
T h u s spoke the woman whose
brow was w rinkled and hardened by
adverse contact w ith life whose
head was bowed in bitterness, not
contrition whose shoulders were
stooped w ith anxieties and perplex
ities, not honest toil whose eyes
were dimmed, not by com forting
tears o f repentance, but by burning
tears o f hatred towards L ife and
F ate, as she had said.
W h a t do you mean by prayer or
rather w hat does prayer mean to
you? I asked.
She quickly answered, I t means
asking God fo r som ething that you
w an t.
Perhaps you are right, dear,
maybe we mean the same thing
only say it in different words. I ll
tell you w hat prayer means to m e:
Prayer is simply desire directed into
Universal Consciousness and when
in sincere desire or quiet m editation
we invoke the assistance or co-operation o f this O m niscient, O m nipotent
Universal Intelligence, we are but
attuning our individual consciousness
w ith the U niversal. W hen we do
this sincerely, unselfishly and trust
ingly we become as one w ith the

Universal and need but watch the

L aw unfold m anifest. I do not
pray for definite m aterial conditions
or things I pray that I m ight have
the understanding so to synchronize
my functioning in the m aterial, m en
tal and spiritual that I may be in
attune with the E ternal L aw that
my thoughts w ill so reflect this syn
chronization that they w ill m anifest
its perfection that my deeds may
be but a utilization or application o f
this perfect m anifestation in order
that all m ight blend in one accord.
I f I can grasp this understanding
there is need o f naught else, fo r it
brings peace and joy and happiness in
its wake this in itself incomparable
wealth! Pray fo r this understand
ing, dear, and you w ill lif t your head
towards the stars and your back w ill
unbend as your head is so uplifted
and your eyes w ill be bright w ith a
L ig ht fa r brighter than that o f the
stars because through them w ill shine
the E m anating L ight Divine that
lifts the veil o f dark, discordant mis
understanding.
Maybe you w ill like this little
prayer that came to me many years
ago: Supreme Intelligence, grant me
the understanding o f T h y Im m u t
able L aw that I m ight overcome all
imperfections and influences o f the
flesh; making o f my body, m ind and
spirit a harmonious whole, thereby
dem onstrating the T ru th o f E ternal
W isd o m !

T hat State Called

Health
B y L. B. C rozier

H A T is H ealth? H ealth is
the natural state of being. I t
is the manifestation of Infinite
fection, realized in the individual
consciousness. Its manifestations par
take of and reflect the Cosmic quali
ties of its causation. T o the degree
that M an realizes and embodies these
elements and principles, does he mani
fest and enjoy this God-given herit
age. T h e Law of H ealth In Ope
ration serves one to the degree that
he obeys it.
T h e Kingdom of Heaven is
W ith in Y ou. M an, as an individual,
does w ith himself as he wills. God
has made man upright, but he has
sought out many inventions . Behind
the M an Form we see, is the Divine
Image, or God Idea, regardless of the
nature of m ans manifestation of his
concept of this Image or Idea. I t is
the embodiment and realization of
this God Idea, w ith its consequent
manifestations and experiences, that
is the purpose or reason for mans
existence. T h e qualities and nature
of this Perfect Principle, exist in re
lative proportions, w ithin the con
sciousness of each individual. It is
the Kingdom of H eaven W ith in
referred to by Christ in his teachings.

Accordingly then, it is necessary

that the individual intelligently real
P erhis contact w ith this Creative
ize
Principle in order to experience and
manifest, through the law of Cause
and Effect , the qualities therein em
bodied. I t is a natural reaction. An
understanding of this principle, is
essentially vital either to successful
living, or to realization of health and
happiness.
T h e Law does not heal. It is but
the way that the Divine Idea be
hind it works. Spiritual Laws exe
cute themselves. T h e perfection of
Infinite Causation then, is individual
ly realized at M ans highest point of
intelligent contact w ith this Causa
tion, or God Idea, which he
represents.
I t is a potential, inherent quality,
or entity, of the fabric of M an s be
ing, for M an is a Divine Idea, mani
fested in form.
W e face the fact, however, that
the original, perfect M odel has not
been closely studied by M an, if we
judge the nature of his concept, or
understanding, by the nature and
quality of his manifestations, or re
production of this M odel. Incom
plete, unpleasant effects , are the

logical result o f like

concepts,

or

causes.
In the so-called vegetable w orld ,
or natural w orld, as some term it,
which is but one of the many mani
festations or effects , of the created,
existing whole, there is one fact that
stands out pre-em inently; it is, th at
upon a given plant no two parts ap
pear to be at the same point, or de
gree of development at the same
time. F or example, no two leaves are
exactly the same shape, size or color,
nor is the fru it in the same condi
tion, simultaneously, in regard to de
gree of ripeness.
Since life-forms, manifesting upon
this plane, possess no apparent voli
tional powers, or self conscious facul
ty of selection or rejection, they can
do naught but conform to and obey
the conditions of the Law governing
the expression of the Divine Idea
they represent.
I t is significant, this example of
evolutional change, w ith its constant
birth, development, and final discardment from the parent stock, of the
leaves, blossoms, fruits and seeds,
when they have m atured, or served
their purpose.
N ature holds no brief for that
part which, having fulfilled its pur
pose, drops to the ground; for after
all it falls in her own lap.
T h e paler, sun-hungry leaf, form
erly overshadowed by its fallen mate,
now has room for grow th and ex
pansion heretofore denied by circum
stances.
Bound by the Law, the instinctive
non-volitional life expresses its idea
of God, in unfoldm ent and reproduc
tion, according to the laws of C rea
tive life. Its relative degree of per
fection is conditioned by environment,

beneficial, or otherwise. It has ex

pressed a Creative Idea in form , at
the point of its contact w ith Causa
tion, or upon its relative plane of
vibration.
T h e most im portant condition to
a complete understanding of this ex
perience, is the individual realization
of the p art to the whole . Only
at this point of contact will the in
dividual receive the benefits, and see
Causation in its true proportions.
Cause and Effect demonstrate per
fect balance.
Life evolves from spirit.
Ju st as all life is the result, in
form, of Spirits contemplation of I t
self, this form partaking of the qual
ities and nature of Its causation, so
will m ans life manifest to the de
gree that he not only realizes, but
actually embodies, the elements of
this Divine Cosmic Consciousness,
and then standing out of the way,
allows It to express Itself, unhin
dered, through him.
W e are dealing primarily w ith
M a n s relation to Cosmic Conscious
ness. M an, the evolved, instinctive,
intuitive, volitional expression of God
in Form. M an, manifesting upon the
highest plane of vibration which
human perception can realize, pos
sesses the potential power to realize
his at-one-ness w ith the Infinite.
W hy then should M an experience
disease and unhappiness when the
Causation is Perfect? T h e Idea he
represents, if carried to the relative
U ltim ate, contains all the elements
he needs to experience this Divine
Good, proportionately in his own
consciousness. I t seems paradoxical,
but it is true, that man is freed by
the same law that binds him, and
bound by the same Law that frees

him, (fo r there is only one L aw ):

either experience depends
upon
whether he uses or abuses the Law.
T h ere are not two laws, one gov
erning health, the other disease, as
before stated, there is only one Law
in operation the Cosmic Law of
Creation. H ealth, then, is condition
ed only by the individual capacity to
realize and embody his proportionate
heritage of the Cosmic elements of
this Law w ithin his own personality.
As a man thinketh in his heart, so
is he."
O u r present and past experiences
are but the natural re-actions to our
understanding of God. M an there
fore, is the exact reproduction of his
mental equivalent of T h a t which is
A ll.
T r u th is the same yesterday, to
day, and forever . T h e true faith
that is born of individual realization
of M a n s unity w ith his Infinite
Causation, is the natural sequence of
his realization of the fact of this
unity. T h e body is not conscious of
life, but thought is conscious of the
body , and operating through it pro
duces effects , according to the na
ture of the thought held, or cause .
By your faith are ye healed . And
the best part of it is th at faith can
be intelligently realized, not blindly,
but proven w ith logic absolute .
L et us learn to sense the presence
of the thing desired. I t is w ithin our
selves, awaiting self discovery. T h e
Law once set in motion, will repro
duce the equivalent we give to it, the
pattern we expose to its sensitized

faculties it will re-create in form or

experience. L et us be wise in our
choice of pattern.
Logically, we know that the ulti
mate possibilities of hum anity evolv
ing to a point of conscious contact
w ith Infinite Causation and the cor
responding reactions, point the way
to realization of the absolute com
pleteness of the Unconditioned Life.
A t th at point of realization, those so
far evolved will experience and manifest naught save the nature and qual
ities of that which has been contact
ed, resulting in manifestations and
experiences of health and happiness
as well as m aterial welfare.
B ut in the meantime there are
those on the way . Judgm ent, im
plying rules of conduct for them, is
not in our jurisdiction. Eventually
T r u th w ill find Itself. W e should
not attem pt to condition the Law of
T r u th in operation. It is futile, and
reacts unfavorably upon our own de
velopment. N or does the time ele
m ent figure. T im e is but the meas
ure of an experience. Spirit is an
unconditioned, all permeating, all
embracing element, running like
quicksilver,
through
Creations
veins . I t is T h e Idea behind all
th at exists. T here is no limitation, or
belief in limitation in Spirit.
W hatsoever is good, whatsoever is
right, whatsoever is of good report,
let us think of these things; they are
Spiritual elements, and will repro
duce their prototype in our conscious
ness, to the degree that we embody
the life-light of their substance.

Sum m aries
B y K a t h a r in e M e r r ill

i n d , m a t t e r . Spirit-M ind
is origin, source, primary be
ing, everywhere existent. T h e activity
of Spirit-M ind is thinking, thoughtand-feeling. God is a name for SpiritM ind, an unpersonalized intelligent
h armonious power or force.
Spirit-M ind according to self-inherent laws and by Its very nature puts
Its a c ti v i t y thought-and-feeling
into embodiment. T h is embodiment
of Spirit-M ind activity of thoughtand-feeling is called m atter.
A ll forms, including human beings,
are the result, the embodiment, of
Spirit-M ind activity, of thought-andfeeling. T hey are individualizations of
the original Spirit-M ind, shaped or
formed according to Its ideas or pat
terns.
Spirit-M ind is one and indivisible.
Y et to understand better and classify
Its operations, men find convenient a
hypothetical separation into two great
phases, conscious and subjective.
Because of the foregoing facts,
thought-and-feeling in human experi
ence cannot but be creative, efficient.
And therefore the working of cause
and effect is inescapable.

H E A L IN G . H um an capability in
thought-and-feeling is not unlimited.
Hence there is ignorance of laws of
Spirit-M ind energy. Right human
thought-and-feeling is in h a r m o n y
w ith th e s e la w s. W r o n g h u m a n
thought-and-feeling is out of harmony
w ith them or ignorant of them. Both
right and wrong thought-and-feeling
embody themselves in human experi
ence in conditions of mind, body and

circumstances. But right thought-andfeeling has back of it the power of the

inherent laws of Spirit-M ind energy.
Hence right thought-and-feeling, even
though not fully aware that it is
right, yet insofar as it is right, cor
rects wrong thought-and-feeling and
results that is, it heals mind, body
and circumstances.
T H O U G H T - C O M M U N IC A
T I O N . T here is only one universal
Spirit-M ind. It is an atmosphere in
which all thought operates, and in
which men, since they are composites
of thought, live. T herefore com
muning through t h o u g h t b e t w e e n
original Spirit-M ind and Its individ
ualizations of Itself is part of the
basic mental activity in the universe.
In the human being this community
takes specific forms, one of which is
often called the Better Self. Con
science is another name. It is wholly
ethical, and is an urge within a man
of Spirit-M ind tow ard a fuller ex
pression of Itself, toward the high
and the good.
T h ere are also less spiritual forms,
of thought-communication which ex
ist between men and men. These
forms are possible because the uni
versal subjective is a medium common
to all men (like the air), and in it
men inevitably place all thoughts and
feelings, ethical or not.
O ne such form of thought-com
munication, which may have good re
sults and motives, is hypnotism; yet
even so, as a method, hypnotism is
never abstractly right, because it robs
the one hypnotized of his divine priv

ilege of thinking and acting for him

self. I t arrogates to the human sender
of the influence the power, control
and responsibility th at are in tru th
bestowed by Spirit-M ind separately
on each of Its individualizations.
M ental telepathy is another form
of thought-communication. I t is ones
reading of somebodys subjective m in d ;
or it is the sending of messages from
one mind to another w ithout external
contact. T h e ethics or unethics of
this lie in the conscious use made of
the information subjectively obtained.
Spirit-M ind is not a fixed mechan
ized th in g ; I t is alive, I t is primordial
being, life. It is expansion, growth,
creativeness. N or are Its embodi
ments fixed and mechanized. T hey ex
press their origin, they possess the
power of growth, transform ation, de
velopment.
D E A T H . No atom or portion of
Spirit-M ind energy is ever lost or
wasted. I t cannot pass into nothing
ness, for there is no nothingness; all
space and time being ideas or modes
of activity of ever-present Spirit-M ind.
And no embodiment or bit of m atter
either is ever lost or wasted. F or em
bodiment or m atter too is idea, is
spiritual-mental. Embodiment under
goes expansion, transform ation, but
not destruction. W h a t seems like de
struction is a humanly limited con
cept of grow th or change. T h e hu
man belief in destruction is very
strong. W hen applied to rusting iron
or greening copper, it is known to be
chemical change. W hen applied to
plants, animals and human beings it
is called death, and is often felt to be
mere extinction. But since in SpiritM ind energy there is no destruction,
the human concept of death is an ig
norance of Spirit-M ind laws and op

erations. Hence the whole gigantic

structure reared around death is on a
false foundation, and must eventually
pass out of human belief.
Each man is a distinct idea and in
dividualization in Spirit-M ind, differ
ent from every other. B ut his per
sonality is the result of his compre
hension of that individualization
c o m p r e h e n s i o n modified by ra c e
thought and dependent on his own
thought. T h e personality is a clouded
image of the individualization. T h e
clouded image is w hat does evil and
suffers evil. T h e consciousness in
cludes both the inherent idea and the
personality or clouded image. T h e
im m ortal soul is the inherent idea
of Spirit-M ind Its individualization
in the man. T his is permanent, being
a part of the original Source. T h e
clouded image that is, the external
form or body and the particular con
sciousness associated w ith the inher
ent idea in its human phase is not
permanent, because full self-realiza
tion is prevented as yet by clouds of
i n c o mp r e h e n s i o n . Ju st how much
change, either in the consciousness or
in the embodiment, occurs w ith the
leaving of the earth-body, we do not
know. Perhaps that varies w ith the
degree of inner spiritual attainment.
T h is seems reasonable, since the con
sciousness contains the most direct ex
pression of Spirit-M ind. I t can hard
ly be correct to say that at death the
inherent idea is absorbed in God and
loses individuality. By its very nature
an idea cannot lose its individuality,
for ideas are not made of losable
stuff. Besides, an idea or immortal
soul cannot ever be more immersed
in God than it is now, since the only
life it can have is its being held in
the unforgetting Spirit-M ind.

The Mind Cleansing Process

By C h i t t e n d e n T u r n e r

A T L E A S T a periodical necessity
fo r m ind cleansing is com m on
ly recognized, but few persons, are
diligent cleansers. T h e process is
more o ften perceived as recreation
from care than as the correction o f
w rong thinking. As the form er it
commands a fairly diligent observ
ance; there is plenty o f recreation.
B ut when it comes to m ental sanita
tion, an actual purification, this as a
rule receives a casual or spasmodic
attention, especially am ong those dilettants whose avowed regard fo r
tru er living exceeds their willingness
to take pains.
Considering the fact that the
value o f m ental rehabilitation is so
readily dem onstrated, it is astonish
ing that so m any individuals are con
tent w ith superficial results. W e may
blame routine habits, laziness and the
lack o f seclusiveness, but psychologi
cally the fault lies in the misinter
pretation of teachings. W e have seen
that instantaneous healing is possible,
and the Bible has taught us that we
have but to acknowledge God to be
come imm ediately in harm ony with
him and forgiven o f all sin. E rgo,
m any a dilettant in m ental science
is prone to assume that the briefest
affirmation alters him in the tw ink
ling o f an eye.

T h e truth is that the status and

the burdens o f no two persons are the
same, and the achievement o f con
centration or pure thinking, as the
case may be, is vastly more difficult
fo r one than another. In any case a
clean mind is the prime requisite to
faith. O ne may reply that cleanli
ness is relative and that which
w ould be an im m aculate condition
fo r one m ind w ould be fo r another
utterly squalid. F urtherm ore, it is
contended that the very contempla
tion o f evil, the presence o f the u n
consecrated, of unw orthy motives, of
m aterialism itself that such as these
registered in apperception operate
against purity and spiritual strength.
T h e answer is that the conscious
m ind has room fo r but one dom inat
ing thought or purpose at a time.
M an cannot serve two masters."
T h e refo re, the clarification process is
the same w ith all persons irrespective
o f their individual difficulties, and its
success depends not only upon recog
nition o f tru th but willingness to
apply it and be a part o f it.
T h e diligent cleaner is not con
tent w ith opening the windows and
hastily dusting a few objects. I f the
d irt is not removed from the corners,
from beneath the davenport, from
behind the pictures every little draft

will distribute it over the newly

swept surfaces. A nd it is because o f
the need fo r thoroughness and con
stancy in order to grow in the know l
edge o f the spirit that daily contact
with the O ne Source is so earnestly
advised. A perfunctory three m in
utes reading is o f little avail, but a
completely consecrated tw enty m in
utes daily tends to establish and
m aintain that contact w ithout which
divine providence is seldom truly
m anifested.
Some o f us do not wish to live
in the spirit in such a way that
we may become im practical, hum or
less or unsociable. W e have inherited
old ideas about spirit. I t is not a holy
aloofness, a perpetual detachm ent;
to live in the spirit is to live in proper
motivation, where our higher pur
poses and abilities coordinate in the
work and play o f life and yield the
better fruits, not always w ithout
stress but always w ith the conscious
ness o f right and a sublime faith.
T h e clean m ind is not merely con
secrated, but keeps w orking and
progressing in the clean things o f
life.

P L A Y M O R E , W O R K LESS
Does the other fello w s job look
good to you? I ll say it does! A nd
does your job look good to him? I ll
say yes! A nd why? Because you
are only looking at the trim m ings on
the outside o f his job. I f your own

job doesnt look good to you stand

back and look at the trimmings.
T ak e a general view o f the whole
situation from the outside. T h e job
is all right and you are all right, but
you are getting too close to your
w ork. D ont be so serious. Business
is just a plaything fo r grown-ups.
Stand back and look! lets play!
G l e n n N e l l is .

AN A F F IR M A T IO N
A dynamic affirmation in contrast
w ith the potential ( T o know, T o be
and T o d o ) :
I know I A m , hence I do the T r u th .
I am creating now in my con
sciousness my real tendency, or per
fect L aw o f being; thereby grow ing
out o f my past state o f negative
thinking, w ith its diverse lim itations,
through false belief in the resistance
to my progress o f m aterial things
w ith their associated effects.
I am made o f the stuff that cre
ated all m aterial; therefore by T h e
Self contem plation, I rise above the
bondage o f things, and as a natural
sequence, now find that all material
effects m ould themselves in orderly
fashion and harmonious form about
m e; and I see them in their true
light as secondary causes, and m yself
as a center o f creative Pow er that
knows Its e lf.
W . C arl W

right .

Department of Healing
M a in ta in e d by

T H E I N S T I T U T E O F R E L IG IO U S S C IE N C E
A

ug u sta

E.

undel

D epartm ent H ead

E x t e n d i n g I t s L o v i n g S e r v ic e t o A l l W h o S e e k
H e th a t b e lieveth o n m e, th e w orks th a t I do
shall he do also: a nd g rea ter w orks th a n th ese
shall he d o ."
J ohn 14:12.

C heerfully g iv in g o f their time and effort, over one hundred trained prac
titioners, d iv id ed into H ea lin g Groups, m eet d a ily to do this part o f the work
o f the H ea lin g D epartm ent.
T h is service is lo v in g ly offered by the Institute for the benefit of those
who, at the m oment, are unable to procure the services o f a special practitioner.
U n iv ersa l L aw is a la w o f harm ony, hence one of reciprocity, or equal
balance. If w e g iv e, you must r e c e iv e ; according to your receptivity w ill it be
g iv en unto you. In accep tin g this service fro m us, w e expect that you shall
g iv e to us your com plete confidence and co-operation.
A free-w ill offerin g is all that is asked or received for this service.

Feara Monster
E A R is a state of mind, a state of consciousness, which is so subtle in its
influence that it wraps itself about us, befogs our reason, clouds our
vision, and dulls our hearing, rendering us unable to get the proper
perspective of life.
W e are told that w hat we fear comes upon us, but we are not shown
that w hat is known as fear produces a mental pattern or mold, which creative
mind fills, producing on the physical plane th at which we have so perfectly
pictured on the mental, and that, since thoughts manifest, we thus defeat our
purpose. W e would not set out a copper kettle for the milkman to fill with
milk, knowing that the copper would pollute the milk and render it unsafe
for use. And yet this is exactly the thing th at we do mentally we put out
a mental mold of failure and expect success to manifest.
As long as Fear remains intangible, it is illusive and goes on w ith its
destructive force w ithout our realization of its power. Let us make a mental
effort to drag this subtle thing out of its subjective hiding-place and focus the
light of our objective reasoning upon it. L et us mentally create an embodi
ment, picture it as a monster, big and weird, w ith numerous claws, devour
ing all the sweetness and vital force w ithin us and depleting our vitality.
H aving been brought to a realization of its deadly power, we could then, in
our imagination, take a mental club, drive out this grotesque apparition, close
the gate of understanding against it, and thus rid ourselves of it for all time.

Each month there will appear in this space a suggestion

for the treatment of a specific condition.
M E D IT A T IO N FO R T H E SALE O F P R O P E R T Y
Sense th at there is someone to whom your property will be a blessing,
someone who wants it and needs it; that this person is known in Infinite M ind
and w ill be made known to you.
Place a constructive thought on it by declaring that this piece of prop
erty is a blessing to you, a great inspiration, something which is bringing joy to
you and will work out to your advantage. A negative attitude serves to de
stroy the value of the property because you have really destroyed the value
of it in your own mind by your anxiety to be rid of it and your sense of
burden concerning it. Since thoughts become things, you can, by glorifying the
property, create a value for it in your mind, a love for it, which will be re
flected in the mind and consciousness of the customer who comes for it.

D I R E C T R E S U L T S o f the W O R K
Done by the
H E A L IN G D E P A R T M E N T
A short time a fte r making ap
plication to your departm ent for help,
I was called by the Nurses Registry
to go on duty, my first work in sev
en months. I am employed in a
lovely home where I was needed,
and strength has been given me to
carry on my duties.
P .O .
Berkeley, C alif.
Pasadena, C alif.,
A pril 28, 1929
Five years ago, while working on
a building, I fell three stories. . . .
About a m onth later I began to have
pains in my back, then my neck got
stiff. . . . T h ey put my neck in a cast
and I was all right fo r about four
m onths, but then my legs began to
stiffen and soon my hips and knees
stiffened completely.
June 6, 1929
F our days ago I sat up on the edge
o f my bed. T h is is the first time I
have sat up fo r over a year. I sit up
every day fo r about ten minutes and
hope to be much better soon.
P. L. C.
(Since w riting the above, this
patient has gone fo r an automobile
ride and seen his first tall buildings.)
I bring you good tidings. As you
w ill recall I asked fo r help from
your H ealing D epartm ent and desire
to say that I am experiencing the
benefit o f that help. T h ere is still
a sw elling in the ankles, though it
disappears during the night and does

not appear again until late in the

day. I experienced no sense o f dis
com fort from it, however.
M y business taking pupils in a
business course is showing much
greater activity, and I have a greater
sense o f freedom f r o m financial
worry. I also feel a sense o f peace.
H. V. M .
Los Angeles, June 9, 1929
I have been a student at a local
university for three semesters but,
due perhaps to too intensive study
ing and the fact that I was obliged
to earn my way through school, I
finally suffered a mental breakdown.
F or approximately one year I have
been in this condition. I am not w hat
one would call insane, but, unless I
obtain relief soon, I fear that I may
become so.
October 2, 1929
I just w ant you to know how
happy I am and how much I have
improved during the last month. I
feel that I will soon be able to take
up my work at the university, al
though, on account of my eyes, will
not be able to do much reading.
November 24, 1929
I am now perfectly well in every
way. M y eyesight is stronger and
better than it ever was and I have
discarded the glasses entirely. Before
long I will be out in the great out
side world again. I have more to
give thanks for this Thanksgiving
Day than ever in my life before.
V. L. S.

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