WHAT The MYSTICS HAVE TAUGHT
Ernest Holmes
Unity (Continued)
"In treatment there should always be a recognition of the absolute Unity of God and man: the Oneness, Inseparability, Indivisibility, Changelessness. God as the big circle and man as the little circle. Man is in God and God is man, just as a drop of water is in the ocean, while the ocean is the drop of water. This is the recognition which Jesus had when he said, "I and the Father are One." There is a perfect Union, and to the degree that we are conscious of this Union, we incorporate this consciousness in our word; and our word has just as much power as we put into it, nor more and no less.
Within this Infinite Mind each individual exists, not as a separated but as a separate entity. We are a point in Universal Consciousness, which is God, and God is our Life, Spirit, Mind and Intelligence. We are not separated from Life, neither is It separated from us, but we are separate entities in It - individualized centers of God Consciousness.
We came from Life and are in Life, so we are One with Life; and we know that Instinctive Life within - which has brought us to the point of self-recognition - still knows in us the reason for all things, the purpose underlying all things; and we know that there is nothing in us of fear, doubt or confusion which can hinder the flow of Reality to the point of our recognition. We are guided daily by Divine Intelligence into paths of peace, wherein the soul recognizes its Source and meets It in joyful union, in complete At-One-ment.
The power of Jesus is understood when we study His method of procedure. Consider His raising of Lazarus from the dead. Standing at the tomb, He gave thanks; this was recognition. He next said: "I know that thou hearest me always;" this was unification. Then He said: "Lazarus, come forth," this was his command. The method is perfect and we shall do well to follow it. This method can be used in all treatment. First, realize that Divine Power is; then unify with It; and then speak the word as "one having authority," for the Law is "the servant of the Eternal Spirit throughout all the ages."
Jesus prayed that all might come to see the Unity of Life. "That they may be One even as we are One," was His prayer as He neared the completion of His great work - the prayer that enabled those closest to Him to understand the Unity of Spirit, in which man clearly recognizes his Oneness with his Creator and with all Creation. All mystics have sensed that we live in One Life: "In Him we live and move and have our being."
The Unity of Good is a revelation of the greatest importance, for it teaches us that we are One with the Whole and One with each other. The Fatherhood of God and the actual Brotherhood of Man will be made apparent on earth to the degree that man realizes true Unity."
Ernest Holmes
Unity (Continued)
"In treatment there should always be a recognition of the absolute Unity of God and man: the Oneness, Inseparability, Indivisibility, Changelessness. God as the big circle and man as the little circle. Man is in God and God is man, just as a drop of water is in the ocean, while the ocean is the drop of water. This is the recognition which Jesus had when he said, "I and the Father are One." There is a perfect Union, and to the degree that we are conscious of this Union, we incorporate this consciousness in our word; and our word has just as much power as we put into it, nor more and no less.
Within this Infinite Mind each individual exists, not as a separated but as a separate entity. We are a point in Universal Consciousness, which is God, and God is our Life, Spirit, Mind and Intelligence. We are not separated from Life, neither is It separated from us, but we are separate entities in It - individualized centers of God Consciousness.
We came from Life and are in Life, so we are One with Life; and we know that Instinctive Life within - which has brought us to the point of self-recognition - still knows in us the reason for all things, the purpose underlying all things; and we know that there is nothing in us of fear, doubt or confusion which can hinder the flow of Reality to the point of our recognition. We are guided daily by Divine Intelligence into paths of peace, wherein the soul recognizes its Source and meets It in joyful union, in complete At-One-ment.
The power of Jesus is understood when we study His method of procedure. Consider His raising of Lazarus from the dead. Standing at the tomb, He gave thanks; this was recognition. He next said: "I know that thou hearest me always;" this was unification. Then He said: "Lazarus, come forth," this was his command. The method is perfect and we shall do well to follow it. This method can be used in all treatment. First, realize that Divine Power is; then unify with It; and then speak the word as "one having authority," for the Law is "the servant of the Eternal Spirit throughout all the ages."
Jesus prayed that all might come to see the Unity of Life. "That they may be One even as we are One," was His prayer as He neared the completion of His great work - the prayer that enabled those closest to Him to understand the Unity of Spirit, in which man clearly recognizes his Oneness with his Creator and with all Creation. All mystics have sensed that we live in One Life: "In Him we live and move and have our being."
The Unity of Good is a revelation of the greatest importance, for it teaches us that we are One with the Whole and One with each other. The Fatherhood of God and the actual Brotherhood of Man will be made apparent on earth to the degree that man realizes true Unity."
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