December 2 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

PHYSICAL PERFECTION
Ernest Holmes

Weather Conditions

"Pure Spirit is not and cannot be governed by any weather conditions whatsoever.  All weather is a manifestation of Spirit, a flowering of the Divine in sunshine, in shade, in rain and in clouds.  Say:

"I am in complete unity with all.  I am in complete agreement with all, and I enjoy all.  There is no congestion in the weather and none in me.  There is no confusion about the weather in my thought.  I have no fear of any kind of weather since I know that I am at one with all.  I love the clouds, the rain and the sunshine.  I am one with the heat and with cold.  I am unified with humidity, with dryness of atmosphere, and with sunshine and shadow.

"Every atom of my body responds to this understanding that changes in weather conditions are but variations of the One Life, but different manifestations of the One God appearing to me in many forms.  Each and every one of the forms I love and feel my unity with.  I love the heat of the desert and the dampness of the ocean.  I feel physically complete and harmonious in every climate.  I do not condemn any kind of weather for all at part of myself.  I am one with all.  I love all and I feel comfortable in all.

"Every belief that I may have ever had that says I am afraid of weather conditions, is now vanished from my thought forever.  It is no more and therefore can no longer operate.  I now and feel my freedom.  In this freedom I rejoice.""

November 29 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

MEDITATIONS for Self-Help

By Ernest Holmes

I Am Complete in Thee

Almighty God, Everlasting Good, Spirit, Maker of all things and Keeper of my Life, Thou art All.

Infinite Presence within, in Whom all live; Joy Supreme, flooding all with gladness, I adore Thee.

Eternal Peace, undisturbed and quiet, I feel Thy calm.

O Thou Who dost inhabit Eternity and dost dwell within all Creation, Who Dost live through all things and in all people, hear Thou my prayer.

I would enter Thy gates with joy and live at peace in Thy House.

I would find a resting place in Thee, and in Thy presence live.

Make me to do Thy will and from Thy wisdom teach me the ways of Truth.

Compel me to follow Thee and let me not pursue the paths of my own counsel.

O Eternal and Blessed Presence, illumine my mind and command my will that my Soul may be refreshed and that my life may be renewed.

As deep cries unto deep, so my thought cries unto Thee and Thou dost answer.

I am renewed and refreshed; my whole being responds to Thy love, and I am complete in Thee.

All my ways are guarded and guided, and I shall live with Thee eternally.

O Lover of my Soul and Keeper of my Spirit, none can separate us, for we are One.

So shall Thy Wisdom guide me, Thy Presence dwell within me, Thy Love keep me and
Thy Life envelop me now and forevermore.

I rest in Thee.

September 26 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

MEDITATIONS for Self-Help

By Ernest Holmes

The Night Is Filled with Peace

I wrap myself in the mantle of Love and fall asleep, filled with Peace.

Through the long night Peace remains with me, and at the breaking of the new day 

I shall still be filled with Life and Love.

I shall go forth into the new day confident and happy.

I rest in Thee.

September 17 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

MEDITATIONS for Self-Help

By Ernest Holmes

No Over-Action nor Inaction

There is no over-action nor inaction in Divine Law, for everything moves according to perfect harmony.

Every idea of my body functions in accordance with this Law of Perfect Life.

I now perceive that the action within me is perfect, complete and harmonious.

Peace be unto every part of me, and perfect Life to every member of my body.

I act in accordance with Divine Law.

I am Perfect Life throughout my whole Being.

September 11 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

MEDITATIONS for Self-Help

By Ernest Holmes

No Delays

There are no delays in the Divine Plan for me.

Nothing can hinder the operation of this Law unto my Life and Action.

Obstructions are removed from my path, and I now enter into the

realization and manifestation of complete fulfillment.

I do not have to wait, for the Law waits upon me at every turn in Life's road.

Now it is done unto me.

No Delays

There are no delays in the Divine Plan for humanity.

Nothing can hinder the operation of this Law unto our Life and Action.

Obstructions are removed from our path, and WE now enter into the

realization and manifestation of complete fulfillment.

We do not have to wait, for the Law waits upon us at every turn in Life's road.

Now it is done unto All of Us.

September 3 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

OTHER TEACHINGS from the NEW TESTAMENT
Ernest Holmes

The Unity of Life (Eph. 4:1-7)

"The unity of the Spirit is kept through the bonds of peace.  Other than peace suggests confusion and separation.  The Spirit is a perfect unit and we harmonize with this unity when we maintain a state of peace in our minds.

"There is one body and one Spirit."  The entire creation is this body - the Body of God, who is One Spirit.  Within this one Body are all bodies; that is, within the one creation - which is the product of the One Spirit - are all bodies.

We have learned that all material forms come form one ultimate substance.  Any special body is some manifestation of this original stuff.  The original substance takes many forms; multiplicity, or many, within unity, or the One.

"One Lord, one faith, one baptism."  One Lord, who is the indwelling Christ, generic man or the universal Son.  There is but one faith, for faith is an affirmative mental attitude toward the universe; and one baptism, which is the realization that we are in the One Spirit.

"One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."  It would be impossible to make a clearer statement of Truth:  One Life behind all that lives!  One, One, One...never two.  The unity of all life.  To learn this is to know a secret of the ages.

Here is a mystical saying:  God is in all, through all, and above all, which means that we partake of the One Life...It is all of us...but we are not all of this Life.  No man can exhaust the Divine Nature, but all live by, in, and through It.  It is in us but also around us - It is what we are but infinitely more than we are!  We shall ever ascend into a greater expression of this One, but we can never completely encompass It.  This is a glorious concept, and one which fills us with wonder at the majesty of our own being - forever hid with Christ in God."

August 23 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

MEDITATIONS

By Ernest Holmes

I allow Myself to Dip Deeply into My Divine Nature

This meditation is built from the idea that each one of us has within himself a deeper nature, and, of course, this deeper nature being an eternal unity with God, or with the Living Spirit, is more than man; it is where the being of man, or the nature of man, merges into the Being of God.  So, as we dip deeply into our own Divine Natures, let us realize that entering the Secret Presence of this Tabernacle of God, we will, like the Pilgrims of old, have to shed that which does not belong to the Kingdom of Good.  We have to deliberately drop that which would hurt.  We cannot enter this Gate of Good with a sword in our hands.

So we let go of everything and turn to that Divine Depth within our own nature, wherein the Spirit of God - the Spirit of Love and the Spirit of Peace - dwells with calm serenity.   We withdraw into that place within us which has never been hurt, nor has ever been sick, has always and forever lived in divine and eternal peace...the Kingdom of God, which is Good.  And this Inner Kingdom within is all-peace, all-power and all-perfection.  We drop all hate, all fear, all animosity, all resentment.  We cast out of our consciousness every doubt and every sense of uncertainty.  We know that we are entering into that atmosphere of Wholeness, of happiness and completion where there is no fear, no doubt, no uncertainty, no lack, no want.  Here is wholeness, perfection, peace, power beauty, love, supply and life.  We know that the abundance of this life is showered upon us; that we are guided and guarded into right action, into right decision; daily, hourly, minutely, the Principle of Intelligence directs us, the Presence of Love warms us, the Peace of God covers us.  And we are led into the pathway of this peace, into the knowledge of this perfection.

We are conscious of the Indwelling God, and we are conscious that the Indwelling God is filling (instantly renewing) our bodies, absolutely eliminating from us whatever there is that does not belong; co-ordinating every function, every organ, every action and reaction (the circulation, the assimilation, the elimination), making it perfect.  The Life Principle of every part of our being is perfect and harmonious and now functions perfectly in us.  The whole order of discord is changed into the natural order of harmony and wholeness, and we let that Divine Power be exactly what It is in us.  We are no longer afraid, for love casts out fear.  Our faith destroys all fear.  We awake from the dream of fear to the vision of Reality, where there is no shadow of which to be afraid.  We awake from the dream of lack and want and unhappiness to the knowledge of harmony, of abundance and of peace.

I Allow Myself to Dip Deeply into My Divine Nature

August 18 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

MEDITATIONS for Self-Help

By Ernest Holmes 

One with Perfect Action

I am One with Perfect Action.  Everything that I do, say or think is quickened into action through this right understanding and this correct knowing.

The harmonious action of the Great Whole operates through me now and at all times.

I am carried along b this Right Action and am compelled to do the right thing at the right time.

There is nothing in me that can hinder this action from flowing through me.

The action of God is the only action.

July 17 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

MEDITATIONS for Self-Help

By Ernest Holmes

My Business

My business is directed by Divine Intelligence.

The All-Knowing Mind knows what to do and how to do it.

I do not hinder, but let It operate in my affairs.

It prospers and directs me and controls my life.

My affairs are managed by Love, and directed by Wisdom, 

and they cannot fail to prosper and expand.

My affairs are in His hands.

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

May 24 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

MEDITATIONS for Self-Help

Ernest Holmes

I Shall Never Die

I shall never die, for the Spirit within me is God and cannot change.

My life is hid within the Universe of Love and Light, and that Light shall live forever.

Go, fear of death and change; begone from my thought, fear of death and uncertainty.

That which cannot become that which is not; and that which I am can never change.

The Spirit of Eternity is enthroned within me, and the Life of Endless Ages flows through my being.

From Eternity to Eternity my Life flows along its way of peace and harmony.

Time brings but more glory to crown me with its pleasures.

My life is forever.

May 22 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

MEDITATIONS for Self-Help

Ernest Holmes

Oh, for a Tongue to Express

Oh, for a tongue to express the Wonders which the Thought reveals!

Oh, for some Word to comprehend the boundless idea!

Would that some Voice were sweet enough to sound the harmony of Life.

But Within, in that vast realm of thought where the Soul meets God, the Spirit knows.

I will listen for that Voice and It will tell me of Life, of Love and Unity.

Speak to me, Spirit.

O Soul of Mind, Look Out and See

O Soul of mine, look out and see; look up and know Thy freedom.

Be not cast down nor dismayed; be uplifted within me and exult, for Thy Salvation has come.

Behold the wonders of the Great Whole and the marvels of the Universe.

Look out and see Thy good.  It is not afar off, but is at hand.

Prepare Thyself to accept and believe; to know and live.

Let Life enter and live through Thee, Soul of mine, and rejoice that Thou hast vision so fair and so complete.

Rejoice that the Perfect Whole is so completely reflected through Thee.

My light has come.

February 7 ~ The Science of Mind in a Year

MEDITATIONS for Self-Help and Healing ~ Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind

"In these short meditations I have tried to set forth some ideas which my experiences in mental healing have given me.  I have found that a few brief statements, mentally affirmed, followed by a silent meditation, have been most effective in the healing work.

Most of these meditations have been written in the first person in order that those using them may be able to do so just as they are written.

It is not claimed that there is any occult power in the words, but that words similar to these are effective in inducing a greater realization of life.

First, decide which meditation you wish to use; then become quiet and composed.  Then carefully read the meditation several times, phrase by phrase, endeavoring to realize the meaning of the words and trying to enter into the atmosphere of the thought.  After having done this, meditate upon the words, following that meditation until  you feel a sense of realization."

My Profession

My profession is the Activity of the Great Mind working through me.

As such It is a Divine Activity and is constantly in touch with Reality.

I am inspired in my work from On High with lofty ideals, And my thought is illumined by the All-Knowing One.