October 17 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

MEDITATIONS for Self-Help

By Ernest Holmes

Power to Live

I have the power to live the life of good.

My power is from On High, it cannot be taken from me;

It will not leave me desolate.

Power flows through me and is in me, and

I can now feel and sense it.

The Power to live is in me and it cannot desert me.

It is my power and is continually present.

I am the power to live.

The Circle of Love

A circle of love is drawn around me and mine, and all.

No harm can enter that Sacred Circle, for it is the Love of God.

It is a complete protection from all evil.

"I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me."

There is no evil and no harm.

I am free from all sense of fear.

Love surrounds and protects me.

October 8 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

WHAT The MYSTICS HAVE TAUGHT
Ernest Holmes

Evolution (Continued)

"To repeat:  The aim of evolution is to produce a man who, at the objective point of his own self-determination, may completely manifest the inner life of the Spirit.  Even the Spirit does not seek to control us.  It lets us alone to discover ourselves.  The most precious thing a man possesses is his own individuality; indeed, this is the only thing he really has, or is.  For one instant to allow any outside influence to enter or control this individuality is a crime against his real self.

In the bible we read:  "Beloved now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when He shall appear we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as he is."  Even though this process of evolution is still taking place - has not stopped and perhaps never will stop because we shall forever unfold - even in this state of incompletion, "NOW are we the sons of God."  As we more completely evolve, we shall see the Christ appear and "when He shall appear we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is," being transformed from glory to glory, by reason of that Divine Urge within each one of us.  Even now the Divine Reality is accomplished in Infinite Mind.  Within each one of us is an indestructible, an eternal, God-intended man, a perfect Being...our perfect being.

Always the idea of perfected man must have been in the Divine Mind; involved within the cause is its effect.  And in the Mind of the Eternal, man must be perfect.  God is perfect Mind and cannot conceive imperfect ideas, hence the idea of man as held in the Mind of God, must be a perfect idea.  The perfect man is the only man God knows!

Man, being an individual, may do as he wills with himself- as Browning said, he may desecrate but he can never lose his life.  The Spirit ever has a witness within us and the God-intended man already knows that he is One with the Whole; that Nature is comprised of One ultimate Power, using many instruments and having many avenues of expression.  The time has come in our evolution when we should awaken to the recognition that behind each one stands the Eternal Mind - that each has complete access to It; that each may come to It for inspiration and revelation - and that surrounding all is a Divine Law obeying the dictates of this Eternal Mind."

September 29 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

WHAT the MYSTICS HAVE TAUGHT
Ernest Holmes

Individuality (Continued)

"All of the great mystics have taught practically the same thing.  They have all agreed that the soul is on the pathway of experience, that is, of self-discovery; that it is on its way back to its Father's House; and that every soul will ultimately reach its heavenly home.

They have taught the Divinity of Man.  "I have said, Ye are Gods; and all of you are the children of the Most High."  They have old us that man's destiny is Divine and sure; and that creation is complete and perfect now.  The great mystics have all agreed that man's life is his to do with as he chooses, but that when he turns to the One, he will always receive inspiration from on High.

They have told us of the marvelous relationship which exists between God and man, and of a close Union that cannot be broken; the greatest of the mystics have consciously walked with God and talked with Him, just as we talk with each other.  It is difficult to realize how this can be.  It is hard to understand how a Being, so Universal as God must be, can talk with man.  Here alone, the mystic sense reveals the greater truth and knows that, infinite as is the Divine Being, IT IS STILL PERSONAL TO ALL WHO BELIEVE IN ITS PRESENCE!  It is entirely possible for a man to talk with the Spirit, for the Spirit is within him, and He who made the ears, can hear.

Since we see that personality is what one does with his individuality, we should turn within (as have all those great souls who have blessed the world with their presence), we should turn within and FIND GOD.  It should seem natural to turn to the Great Power back of everything; it should seem normal to believe in this Power; and we should have a sense of a Real Presence when we do turn toward the One and Only Power in the entire Universe.

This method is by far the most effective.  It gives a sense of power that nothing else can and in this way proves that it is a Reality.  It would be a wonderful experiment if the world would try to solve all of its problems through the power of Spirit.  Indeed the time will come when everyone will..."From the highest...to the lowest."

Undoubtedly the power of Jesus lay in His recognition of the Infinite Person as a Responsive, Conscious, Living Reality; while, on the other hand, He recognized the Law as an arbitrary force which was compelled to obey His will.  He combined the personal and the impersonal attributes of Life into a perfect Whole.  THE INFINITE IS PERSONAL TO EVERY SOUL WHO BELIEVES IN THE INFINITE.  It is a mistake to so abstract the Principle that we forget the Living Presence.  It is the combination of the two which makes work effective.  A sense of real completion can come only to that soul that realizes its Unity with the Great Whole.  Man will never be satisfied until his whole being responds to this thought, and then, indeed, will "God go forth again into Creation."  "To as many as believed, gave He the power.""

July 12 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

MEDITATIONS

By Ernest Holmes

I Accept the Fullness of My Own Divine Well-Being

Within myself is that which is perfect, that which is complete, that which is divine; that which was never born and cannot die; that which lives, which is God – the Eternal Reality.  Within myself is peace, poise, power, wholeness and happiness.  All the power that there is and all the presence that there is, and all the life that there is, is God – the Living Spirit Almighty – and this Divine and Living Spirit is within me.  It is Wholeness.  It is never weary.  It is never tired.  It is Life.  It is complete Peace.  It is never afraid; It is never confused.  It is always poised and peaceful.  It is always in a state of perfect equilibrium.

This is the truth about myself; there is no other self.  Every image of fear is erased from my mind, every sense of confusion leaves my thought.  My mind now entertains and reflects the Divine into everything which I do, say and think – into my body, into my affairs.  That divine within me is Wholeness, and my mind reflects this Wholeness into every organ, every function, every action, every reaction of my physical being, renewing it after the Perfect Pattern – the Christ within me.  Universal Substance reflects Itself, into my mind, into daily supply, so that everything I need each day is supplied.  Before the need, is the thing, and with the apparent need is met.  There is Something within me which goes before me and prepares the way wherever I go – making straight the way, making perfect the way, making immediate and instant, and permanent and harmonious, every situation.  Consequently, my mind reflects the fullness of that Divine Substance, which heals every sense of lack in my life.  Peace, poise, power, perfection, Living Spirit within me, is me, myself.

I Accept the Fullness of My Own Divine Well-Being

June 26 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

MEDITATIONS for Self-Help

Ernest Holmes

The Joy of the Soul

My Soul within me rejoices at the realization of Life.

I am made glad as I behold my inner Light;

I cannot be sad nor depressed, for the All Good has claimed me as Its own.

O Soul within me, rejoice and become glad, for Thy Light has come

and Thy Day of Salvation is at hand.

Be still within me and behold Him Who sitteth On High.

I rejoice in my Life within me.

Freedom from Sin

I am free from belief in sin; there is neither sin nor sinner.

There is no judgment against anyone.

God does not condemn and man cannot.

All fear of sin is removed from me; all belief in punishment is gone from me.

I live by the One Power, and no thought can enter to disturb me.

There is neither sin nor sinner.

April 16 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

Conviction ~ Ernest Holmes

"Mental Science does not deny the divinity of Jesus; but it does affirm the divinity of all people.  It does not deny that Jesus was the son of God; but it affirms that all men are the sons of God. It does not deny that the kingdom of God was revealed through Jesus; but it says that the kingdom of God is also revealed through you and me.

Jesus said:  "If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."  Faith is centered in, and co-operates with, Divine Mind.

Because we fail to realize that Principle is not bound by precedent, we limit our faith to that which has already been accomplished, and few "miracles" result.  When, through intuition, faith finds its proper place under Divine Law, there are no limitations, and what are called miraculous results follow.

While Jesus remained with the disciples, their faith for the most part was of the same essence as his, but as the years passed and his followers became more and more immersed in objective organization, they ceased to preach the necessity of a living faith.  In fact, a few hundred years later, the Christians where teaching that the early "miracles" merely provide the divinity of Jesus!

If we are to have an active faith - the faith of God instead of merely a faith in God - our thought must be centered in Universal Mind.  We are convinced that under Divine Law all things are possible, if we only believe, and work in conformity with the principles of that Law. Such a faith does not spring full-orbed into being, but grows by knowledge and experience.  No matter what the outside appearance, we must cling steadfastly to the knowledge that God is good, and God is all, underneath, above and round about.  Thus we shall be able to say, with conviction:  "I know in whom I have believed...""