Nothing Can Be Hidden (Luke 12:2) ~ Ernest Holmes
"In saying, "there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known," Jesus was referring to the Mind that knows; to the all-seeing eye, from which nothing is concealed. The cosmic Ear hears everything, the Eternal Mind knows all things, and the Law of cause and effect brings everything to pass in due time.
A Man's Foes (Matt. 10:36)
"And a man's foes shall be they of his own household." There are no enemies external to our own mind. This is one of the most difficult problems to understand, and - simple as it sounds - it penetrates the depths of creative causation. Nothing can happen to us unless it happens through us. That which we refuse to accept, to us cannot be, and that which to us is, cannot help becoming a reality in our lives. But someone will say, "I did not conceive of this evil which came upon me; it was not in my mind." The question then arises, "Can any particular evil be real to one, if he refuses to entertain it in his thought?" The answer must forever be, it cannot. This is one of those "hard sayings" which it is difficult to understand, but the principle involved is plain.
If we can divorce our lives from the thought of evil - from receptivity to it - if we can bring our mentality to a place where it no longer conceives evil, then evil cannot exist for us. The proof of this doctrine remains for individual conviction, through experience, but it is well worth trying.
The Reward of True Visioning (Matt. 10:41)
"He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward." There comes to each the logical and exact result of his own receptivity. To each, life brings the reward of his own visioning; to the pure, all is pure. To the righteous, all is righteous, and to the good, all is good. The reward of merit is an objective outcome of merit itself and not a thing superimposed by any Divine Mandate. Each man is rewarded not for virtue but through virtue.
Wisdom Is Justified of her Children (Matt. 11:18, 19)
"Wisdom is justified of her children." Jesus had been questioning his hearers about John the Baptist. "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say He hath a devil. The Son of a man came eating and drinking, and they say, "Behold a man gluttonous, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But, wisdom is justified of her children."
This shows that the world ever finds some flaw in human character. If a man fasts, he is possessed of peculiar ideas; and if he feasts, he is a materialist and a glutton. But Jesus would have us understand that virtue consists neither in eating nor drinking, nor yet in abstaining from eating and drinking. "Wisdom is justified of her children." A man may desire to fast and be wise, or he may desire to feast and still be wise. VIRTUE IS INDEPENDENT OF ANY MATERIAL FORM WHICH IT MAY TAKE. The children of wisdom look to the inner, and not to the outer, for justification. Wisdom knows neither publican nor sinner, but is conscious only of herself, though she may dress in many garments.
If one believes that virtue consists in fasting, then virtue appears to him through fasting; but to him who finds no virtue in fasting, feasting may appear to be a greater virtue. We are over-concerned with non-essentials, straining at gnats, while swallowing mountains of superstition."
"In saying, "there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known," Jesus was referring to the Mind that knows; to the all-seeing eye, from which nothing is concealed. The cosmic Ear hears everything, the Eternal Mind knows all things, and the Law of cause and effect brings everything to pass in due time.
A Man's Foes (Matt. 10:36)
"And a man's foes shall be they of his own household." There are no enemies external to our own mind. This is one of the most difficult problems to understand, and - simple as it sounds - it penetrates the depths of creative causation. Nothing can happen to us unless it happens through us. That which we refuse to accept, to us cannot be, and that which to us is, cannot help becoming a reality in our lives. But someone will say, "I did not conceive of this evil which came upon me; it was not in my mind." The question then arises, "Can any particular evil be real to one, if he refuses to entertain it in his thought?" The answer must forever be, it cannot. This is one of those "hard sayings" which it is difficult to understand, but the principle involved is plain.
If we can divorce our lives from the thought of evil - from receptivity to it - if we can bring our mentality to a place where it no longer conceives evil, then evil cannot exist for us. The proof of this doctrine remains for individual conviction, through experience, but it is well worth trying.
The Reward of True Visioning (Matt. 10:41)
"He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward." There comes to each the logical and exact result of his own receptivity. To each, life brings the reward of his own visioning; to the pure, all is pure. To the righteous, all is righteous, and to the good, all is good. The reward of merit is an objective outcome of merit itself and not a thing superimposed by any Divine Mandate. Each man is rewarded not for virtue but through virtue.
Wisdom Is Justified of her Children (Matt. 11:18, 19)
"Wisdom is justified of her children." Jesus had been questioning his hearers about John the Baptist. "For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say He hath a devil. The Son of a man came eating and drinking, and they say, "Behold a man gluttonous, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But, wisdom is justified of her children."
This shows that the world ever finds some flaw in human character. If a man fasts, he is possessed of peculiar ideas; and if he feasts, he is a materialist and a glutton. But Jesus would have us understand that virtue consists neither in eating nor drinking, nor yet in abstaining from eating and drinking. "Wisdom is justified of her children." A man may desire to fast and be wise, or he may desire to feast and still be wise. VIRTUE IS INDEPENDENT OF ANY MATERIAL FORM WHICH IT MAY TAKE. The children of wisdom look to the inner, and not to the outer, for justification. Wisdom knows neither publican nor sinner, but is conscious only of herself, though she may dress in many garments.
If one believes that virtue consists in fasting, then virtue appears to him through fasting; but to him who finds no virtue in fasting, feasting may appear to be a greater virtue. We are over-concerned with non-essentials, straining at gnats, while swallowing mountains of superstition."
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