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This is. Lessons in the Science of Infinite
Spirit. by Malinda Elliott Cramer
About this Northwoods Edition
This document is an abridgment of the original
12 lesson course first published in
Eighteen ninety by Malinda Elliott Cramer.
founder of Divine Science. These lessons.
which were used at Home College during the
early years of the movement. were bound in
book form along with Short Lessons and Meditations.
The omissions which were made during transcription
were necessary to eliminate
confusion on the part of newer students or
those whose command of the English
language is limited. The deletions consisted
primarily of repetitious text which
had been written in such a manner that was
difficult to follow. These lessons
clearly served as the forerunner for Mrs.
Cramers later book. Divine Science
and Healing nineteen o one. and yet there
is sufficient variance to consider these early
lessons as a distinct work.
Lessons five six and ten. each have a Preface
prior to the commencement of
instruction. These are the only lessons to
which this applies.
The words which comprise this document are
entirely those of Malinda Cramer
and no attempt has been made to update the
spelling or language to modern
standards. This is also true with regard to
the punctuation used by the author
which is often inconsistent.
The final product which you are about to read
is a set of lessons which are
complete in instructional value and are appropriate
for Truth students of all levels.
Preface
As the lighthouse throws its beams to guide
the mariner through trackless waters. so upon
the worlds waste. this book is sent out to
warn the wayfarer from time and place. and
to guide
him into the secure peace and rest of Infinite
Love. As the light shining from the lighthouse
warns
from danger by making clear the way of safety
and therefore directs into safe harbor. so
the
truth set forth in this book of lessons will
be seen to be that light manifest that lighteth
every
man that cometh into the world. to make clear
the way to the Christ consciousness. thus
guiding
into safe harbor of Oneness with God. the
Father.
We purpose in this book. through the science
of Infinite Spirit Mind Principle to
make clear that understanding which unites
all. and which alone reveals the true relation
of
humanity to God. and the purpose of God in
humanity. which is the straight and narrow
way
that leads unto safety.
Contained in these pages. as in the universe.
or realm of nature. is the spoken word of
the
science of God. and of His creations. of the
science of Infinite Spirit. and the orderly
and
harmonious method of divine procedure. which
clearly points the way by which humanity may
be guided to that perfect light of understanding
and wisdom which alone accompanies the
consciousness of truth. Therefore the record
of truth which this book contains is the sure
beacon
which points the way of divine understanding
of the right conduct of life. as experienced.
proven
and demonstrated by the author and many of
her students.
Divine Science. the truth of Infinite Spirit
and of its creations. is a knowledge of God.
and
of the method of generation and re generation.
As in the science of numbers an understanding
of principle secures a correct solution and
example. so in this Infinite science. or truth.
an understanding of Infinite Spirit secures
truthful
conclusion and right word and action. thus
proving to a certainty that we are doing the
Fathers
will. Perfect knowledge of eternal life is
realization of eternal harmony. and this is
health. or
spiritual wholeness. and is for all who will
partake of truth.
These lessons are intended to be studied and
applied. which means health. happiness and
illumination. with the consciousness of Spirit.
Lesson one
Divine Being. In which we live.
All personalized religions of ancient and
modern times are based upon truth. and are
included within the one truth. or science.
for Truth or Spirit is infinite. No individual
religion has
all of truth to the exclusion of another.
God is no respecter of persons. He pervades
all alike. and
has informed all alike. who have turned to
Him in faith. believing. That is. all who
have in
mentality conformed to the unchanging principle
or permanent good. have been informed by the
Spirit. of the same truth.
Teachers can state the truth. and give the
basic principles to their pupils. but the
pupils
must work to prove the principles for themselves
by right thought and action. Earnest
application brings conviction. and conviction
is realization. Teaching. experience and proof
go
hand in hand. When truth is once clearly defined
to the student. the student should hold that
consciousness of truth. and refuse to entertain
its opposite until understanding comes. which
brings conviction with it. and erases error.
Statement of Being
God is Spirit. Mind. Principle. Infinite Being.
God is Immutable. Indivisible. One.
God is Life. Love. Truth Omnipresent.
There is one God and Father of all. who is
above all. and through all. and in you all.
Ephiphians 4 6. This excludes the possibility
of there being another Life. Substance. or
Power. There
are no powers that are not good. for the powers
that be are ordained of God. A belief in two
powers. one Good and the other Evil. one warring
against the other. and a belief that Matter
is
Life. and has powers and laws that are opposed
to Infinite Spirit. is the division which
causes all
desolation. The belief that we have a lower
and higher nature. one warring with the other.
or that
we have a Lower self and a Higher self. each
striving to rule. is as a house divided against
itself.
this belief has brought desolation. division
and delusion upon humanity. and has engendered
feelings of separateness from God or Goodness.
resulting in jealousy. hatred and enmity.
one
against the other.
Intuition the eye of understanding perceives
but one power. God one substance.
Faith and one law. Love. Therefore we can
have but one nature and one self and the nature
of
that self is good. because there is but one
Source from which that nature can be derived.
As Spirit absolutely fills all and is infinite.
there can be no power of evil. The belief
of evil
is a misconception as to God being infinite.
All in all. it cannot therefore be real or
permanent.
because that condition of mentality is not
permanent. its foundation is not truth.
All truth is real and eternal. The belief
in an infinite good and an infinite evil.
co eternal. has
environed the mental expressions of average
humanity with fear and doubt. and with all
the
sufferings that the sense of feeling when
environed with false beliefs. is heir to.
It is the
underlying error of all errors. all incorrect
judgments relative to first Cause are traceable
to this
division in belief. It has kept the thought
and memory fluctuating between two beliefs.
and this is
doubt. And where there is doubt there is no
knowledge. for knowledge is a certain perception
of
truth. one. whole. This division has also
caused beliefs of fear. and where there is
fear there is
not perfect love. for Perfect Love casteth
out fear. Love is Unity. and where there is
unity.
there is perfect love. where there is truth
there is oneness not division. Where there
is division
there are beliefs in weakness and lack of
understanding. where there is belief in division.
perfect
faith is not fully expressed. and without
faith we cannot come to realize that perfect
satisfaction
for which all are longing and thirsting. It
follows. that to realize that there is but
one power God is the basis of happiness. health.
love. faith. justice. knowledge and understanding.
The first step for the student of truth to
take. is to put away the belief of an evil
power.
and take his or her stand in the foundation
of unity that good is all there is. Then by
forming all
conclusions from that basis. permanent unfoldment
of knowledge and power is assured.
Goodness. or Spirit. can manifest nothing
from itself that is not a likeness of itself.
To you who read this lesson we would say.
study it. and keep the unity of absolute
Being. also the oneness of life animating
all things before you. as a guiding star.
by which to
pattern your thoughts and deeds. or from which
to reason. When you once realize your
relationship to God and to all things. and
can perceive God as much in one place or thing
as
another. you have entered the path. and have
commenced to know what love and faith are.
You
know all women and men as your divine sisters
and brothers. because you know the one parent
Source. which includes all. and is the connecting
link whose presence binds all together as
one
family as one body. with one calling.
Now that you have entered the path. if the
windows of mentality be kept open to
consciousness. the ever present good. you
will hear with the ear of understanding the
inexpressible words of the silence. the voice
of the Supreme. The process of awakening has
commenced. and truth after truth will unveil
within your consciousness. and with every
truth
made apparent an error will flee before it.
We prophesy that in time you will realize
that it is not
you personally or individually who live. but
the Father in you. that is. you will realize
He is your
light and life. and that He lives in you.
When the will and thought is that of the Fathers
this
understanding follows.
If. while first studying this lesson you think
you do not understand it. do not argue with
your previous beliefs or with those of another
about what you do not understand. but in calm
meditation reason from the plane of unity.
Commence your calculation where all things
commence. in the Infinite. and base no conclusion
on appearance or expression. and you will
know the truth that frees. What is truth?
God is truth.
To perceive all things embraced within God
and pervaded by Him. is truth.
To say that all things are embraced within
God and pervaded by Him is to speak the truth.
To know that God is the Life and Light of
all at all times is to know the truth.
To know that there can never be a time when
the Holy Spirit does not fill full his Holy
Temple not made with hands. is to know truth.
Another truth is. that all we know and have
expressed of Spirit. is by perceiving and
thinking.
What naturally suggests itself to you at this
point of the lesson? Is it not that the lesson
of life to be learned is to recognize the
Divinity that is ever present. by conforming
all mental
conditions to it. or by representing it in
all your ways? Is not this the truth that
is life to live?
And is not this the religion which binds us
to God which Jesus practiced than which there
is
no higher?
At the beginning of your perception of truth
you will naturally think that. if the All
good
and All powerful is about us and through us.
my duty is to recognize it and feel happy
and
satisfied. and that not to do so would be
ingratitude. You are now unwilling to entertain
feelings
of inharmony. When these feelings come the
shadows are dropping off. the longings of
the heart
are being gratified. When the Infinite Spirit.
in which soul is inherent. is acknowledged.
realization
of the ever present Bridegroom the limitless
Source of Being is felt. and the two are
understood to be one. and the heart rejoices
in the at one ment. for this is the union
of Peace and
Harmony. eternal in the heavens.
Recognition is the one demand made by principle.
which must be fulfilled if the solution
of the problem be correct. Acknowledgment
is the one demand that God makes of His children.
which must be fulfilled if they know Him and
express harmony. Recognize Me in all your
ways
is the voice of Spirit the Bridegroom to the
child. and you will demonstrate immortal power
and know that I am the Father of all that
live.
We know that you who study this lesson will
not allow yourselves for one moment to
entertain feelings of separateness from the
good. and that you will soon cease to entertain
feelings
of non possession or doubt. for all your affirmations
will be upon the side of wholeness.
possession that which is permanent and health
and harmony will result therefrom. You will
wish to change your conversation concerning
yourself being mortal and limited. and about
being
environed by mortal things. which will remove
self placed limitations. and free your perception.
The Author of your existence places no limit
on your powers for good. and how foolish it
is for
the individual to do so.
The highest spiritual unfoldment is to be
attained by fulfilling the command. Thou shalt
have no other Gods before Me. by refusing
to let the senses speak in opposition to the
truth of
Infinite Spirit. thus turning the thought
to omnipresent good. The above commandment
means to
the Scientist that the individual should not
allow himself to indulge in negative thought.
that is. in
thought which contradicts the ever present
positive good. Not until the individual fully
awakens
to the understanding of his union with God
and to the truth that there has never been
a
separation. does his love and motive change.
then it becomes a most sacred privilege to
think.
speak and act like that which he believes
himself to be and to be surrounded by.
That we have not known our real self proves
nothing against our being real. The folly
of not knowing self as Divine Being has bound
mentality in chains of beliefs in ignorance.
sorrow.
pain and death. The mental thus bound causes
feelings to take form or quality in dis ease.
The
great delusion of the world is ignorance.
which consists in unsuspectingly taking things
for what
they are not. But when in the broad sunlight
of truth we by its light view ourselves as
we are.
soul and Spirit. we realize the oneness and
divinity of the life of all things. How quickly
this
realization fills the heart with universal
love. Awakening a sense of universal justice.
and strength
and harmony are the result.
Physician and Metaphysician
The physicians method of interpretation is
as follows. He believes his patient to be
a
physical. visible being. afflicted with a
physical disease. resulting from a material
cause. and he
treats the body to cure the patient. So. to
remove the disease. which both doctor and
patient
believe to be real. he applies a material
remedy to remove a material cause from a material
body.
The remedy and body each being material external
effects of an interior cause to attempt to
cure an effect with an effect is a kingdom
divided against itself which cannot stand.
The basis
of interpretation being false. its practice
can at best only change a belief for a belief.
postponing suffering. Medicine can never unfold
a consciousness of the immortal. It does not
give us knowledge of ourselves. which is the
only permanent remedy for suffering.
The Scientist or metaphysicians method of
interpretation is. He receives his patient
as a
pupil. and perceives him or her to be Spirit
and invisible a living soul. in a perfect
state of ease
and rest. but holding beliefs in mentality
that are false of himself. which is the disease
that he
feels. There is nothing in the body or in
mentality to be removed. that is real. but
there is
something permanent for the patient to recognize
and manifest. The Scientists remedy is truth.
Truths practice bears away all suffering.
He gives this truth in a silent lesson. first
correcting the
patients false judgment of himself. Then.
by speaking the word of Spirit. he guides
the thought
into consciousness of truth about his being.
and Spirit responds to its own truth. There
is but one
Healer who. operating through all. can heal
all errors permanently. But if I cast out
devils by the
Spirit of God Truth then the kingdom of God
is come unto you. the patient. which is the
permanent remedy for all suffering. and this
is what is meant in the Bible by healing the
sick and
overcoming evil with good.
Practical Advice to Students
Renunciation and regeneration mean work. Without
work you cannot turn away from old
habits of belief and conform to truth.
Since all that truth is. is good. there is
no evil.
You will hasten your growth in understanding
this truth. if you study these lessons
quietly. and without debating about that which
you do not understand. The science of the
silence
can only be realized from passive. tranquil
Mind. which is God.
Do not at first attempt to account for special
appearances of so called sickness. sin and
sorrow. but stand firm and unwavering to the
truth. that all is good. that God. Spirit.
is truly in
every place. at all times.
Refuse to compromise the Statement of Being
with intellectual reasoning. and you will
soon begin to realize the unreality of the
appearances of sickness. inharmony and death.
As you
become conscious of eternal life and truth.
you will know that there is no death. You
will know
that life is ever life and cannot die. and
suffering will flee away.
Put away each day the trifling things that
would annoy. Begin your days labor with a
thought of omnipresent good. and as you meet
the usual cares and vexations of every day
life.
which all have. say to each one as it comes
it is nothing. it is of no importance whether
it be
this way or otherwise. Then say to yourself.
I will perform daily duties without being
annoyed
or troubled with them.
Think of yourselves. your children and all
persons not as they seem. but as they are.
as
that which is. was. and always will be. as
that which thinks and knows. both the knowing
and the
knowable. that which manifests. and which
stands back of manifestation. Think of yourselves
as
hid with Christ in God. be where He is and
what He is. with attributes of the Eternal.
From
this standpoint you can deny sickness intelligently.
and master all the cares of life. From this
standpoint it is right for you to deny from
you all thoughts and feelings that are the
opposite of
Divine Love. Truth. Knowledge. Power. Strength.
Health and Happiness. or Perfect Harmony.
Lesson 2
Thought. The Creative or Imaging Power
In all thy ways acknowledge Him. and He will
direct thy paths. Proverbs 3 6.
These lessons are written in the natural order
of divine expression and unfoldment. In
giving the Statement of Divine Being as our
first lesson. we commenced where all things
commence. So Thought. being the first born
of Being. comes next in divine order. to be
followed
by the spoken word. the effect of thought.
In the first lesson. the student is instructed
to put away the belief in an evil power and
come upon the basis of unity as a preparatory
step for a permanent awakening to Divine Truth.
Not until this division in belief is dispelled.
and the eternal truth of unity established.
will the
student become illumined with understanding
and absolute consciousness. When we know that
there is but one Source and Power. the thought
ceases to fluctuate between two beliefs. the
one of
good. and the other of evil. then fear. which
is its outgrowth. ceases. Fear is the one
error which
weakens the expression of Faith. causing it
to yield or submit to delusion.
If thine eye be single. thy whole body shall
be full of light. Perfect faith means to be
undivided. and to be undivided is certainty.
and certainty is knowledge. and this is wisdom.
Then
wisdoms way is unity and harmony. So divine
wisdom and perfect faith cannot be attained
so
long as there is a lingering belief in evil
and sickness as a reality. and not until we
know that there
is but One All. which is the perfection and
goodness of the universe. can we fully realize
the
truth that all misery is ignorance of the
One.
In this lesson we will consider that you have
cleared away the mists of illusion by
correcting false beliefs. and are undivided
in faith and perception. and that you are
holding to the
truth that there is but One Life. which fills
you with the light of understanding and perfect
faith.
The times are ripe for a complete change of
thought. a spiritual awakening. The greatest
need of
humanity is knowledge. certainty. a fixed
and unwavering faith in goodness. a certainty
of where
to turn for health and happiness. and how
to realize the peace and rest for which all
are longing
and thirsting. Recognition is the method by
which the ever present kingdom of God is realized.
we can only realize the kingdom. power and
glory in which we live. by recognizing it
in our own
perfected thought.
The subject of greatest value for the worlds
considerations is that of correct thinking.
and
how to think. in order to evoke and bring
forth into manifestation the wealth of power
and
goodness in which all rest. This question
of correct thinking interests equally every
man. woman
and child in the invisible and visible spheres.
How to think that our thoughts may truthfully
represent Deity. is of equal value to all.
The true idealistic teaching is that thought
is the first expression of God. the highest
and
most substantial expression in the universe.
Visible creation is thought made apparent
to sense.
invisible creation is idea made apparent to
mind. both are in Divine Mind. Thought. says
the
Cabala. is the source of all that is visible.
the first begotten of the great Unknown. The
Hermetic
philosophy defines thought as the Son that
is. the first born. Correct thinking brings
harmonious results the right word and deed
in the right time and place. Ideas are possibilities
of
principle. Truthful conceptions of ideas are
living images formed in Infinite Mind in its
likeness.
they belong to Soul and are immortal. for
Truth expressed is God manifest the Christ
revealed.
Truth is that which never changes. it is the
same yesterday. to day. and forever. it
appears alike to all persons. at all times.
in all places. it is good for all at all times.
In the
beginning God alone was. that which was. is.
and ever will be. The first chapter of Genesis
is an
account of the generations of the heavens
and the earth when they were created in Infinite
Mind.
by thinking. in the day that the Lord God
made the earth and the heavens. and every
plant of the
field before it was in the earth. and every
herb of the field before it grew. This truth
is expressed
in various allegories in the ancient books
of wisdom. At the beginning of a day of creation.
Brahm. awakening from his sleep. begins to
think. and his thoughts call worlds into existence.
The sacred writings of the ages teach that
all things are first created ideal. the image
of Gods idea.
for His works represent Him. His method is
one. therefore. before anything can appear
on this
outer plane. it must have pre existed as an
ideal creation or mental picture. You are
to consider
this as an established or fixed law of creation.
Thought is the ancestor of word. deed and
sensation. it precedes speech. whether the
language be perfect or imperfect. it precedes
sensation.
whether it be pleasurable or painful. All
external appearances. seemings and reflections.
that we
sense. are the result of subjects thought
about and decisions rendered and held in mentality.
Thought shapes our whole existence and determines
our course in life. whether it be that
of success or failure. Therefore. it follows.
that to change physical form. or feeling.
or any
external condition. success. or habit. we
are first to change our thought and belief
relative to
ourselves and conditions. and if we would
externalize the perfect we must have the perfect
idea
apparent. which is in absolute consciousness.
if we would externalize health. we must perceive
that health is an idea to be made apparent
by holding it in memory. If we would have
harmonious
conditions. we must perceive them and hold
them in thought. If we would heal humanity
of their
beliefs. and do good. we must perceive truth
and speak it forth by works of faith. by holding
to
the perfect idea of the immortal.
The spoken word of truth is Truth called into
appearance. or outer showing. its
possibility or being is ever resting in its
source. Divine Spirit. Few persons have known
that it
was possible to exert power over their own
thoughts. but all must learn to control their
thoughts
before they can become master of their expressions
or conditions. This can be accomplished only
by denying a place to thoughts that are not
in unity with Divine Being and your real self.
For it is
a law. as fixed as the eternal law of mathematics.
that as a man or woman thinketh in their heart
so is he or she in manifestation. The nature
of the beliefs which we hold in memory and
dwell
upon. bring to us the experiences of our earthly
lives. either of pain or pleasure. sunshine
or
shadow. So it is by our own thoughts and recognitions.
that our conditions are pleasant or
unpleasant. We receive from Infinite Justice.
full payment for services rendered.
Unless our ideals be based in truth we cannot
expect harmonious effects. for health is the
evidence of harmoniously arranged thought.
and appearance. called disease. is the evidence
of
inharmoniously arranged thought. Let the thought.
that the all is good. possess you.
If we form the perfect idea of Divine Humanity.
perceiving Spirit only. where there is
nothing lacking morally. mentally or spiritually.
we shall manifest power over all external
conditions. The question naturally arises.
can we so frame our thoughts?
Truth is the one remedy that heals all error.
Where harmony or health is absent in
expression. truth recognized makes it manifest.
which changes belief into knowledge. truths
practice brings into expression the silent
attributes of the idea of God. it frees all
who are heavy
laden with error of belief. and gives peace
and rest. Truth frees. because it is free
and limitless.
Decisions rendered upon authority of mere
appearance are false. and are negations of
the
living and true Spirit. they are the confusion.
dissatisfaction and general discomfort that
we feel.
all know that many persons have passed through
the change called death. from fear of what
are
called contagious diseases. fright has turned
white the hair in a single hour. fright may
mark and
disfigure the form. or destroy the expression
of life in the unborn child. thoughts cause
and cure
disease. Fear invites the condition feared.
If we fear sickness. sorrow. evil. or anything.
we
virtually say to the condition or thing feared.
You have power over me. thus are the mental
and
physical conditions disturbed. and we decide
that we are subject to the condition feared.
Fear
comes from not knowing that which is real
and permanent. and by not being able to trust
the
temporal. which is all that the sense knows.
That which is seen and is called evil is in
seeming only. because the good is not known
and realized. all dis ease is an unconsciousness
of ease resulting from negation of Spirit
the
Infinite power. Thought. which is the opposite
of Spirit. darkens mentality and veils it
from
understanding. Grief is the mental side of
many diseases. so called. A reflection of
anger is
inflammation. Anxiety and doubt are fear.
they are at the root of every disease. Conditions
that
represent beliefs called hatred. envy. jealousy.
malice. cruelty. revenge. prejudice. aversion.
uncharitableness. are not born of the Spirit.
and are cause for suffering.
Spirit. being the All. its opposite must be
falsehood. for this reason we feel uncomfortable
under adverse believing. but if beliefs represent
that which truly is. harmonious conditions
result
therefrom. To the awakened. fear and doubt
are an injustice to the ever present Spirit.
We do not
change the attributes of Divine Mind by holding
their opposites in consciousness. we cannot
change the unchanging Principle. but. thought
being the means by which we manifest. we do
distort and limit our external manifestations
by our error of thought and perception. All
conditions of inharmony revealed by us are
the externalizations of race beliefs. that
have found
lodgment in our beliefs. Condemnation and
fault finding would not be entertained for
a moment.
if we fully realized and trusted the ever
present good. These race beliefs are the result
of selfness
or personality. by which individuals virtually
attempt to take things in their own hands
and judge
what should and should not be. and pass judgment
upon the power of good according to their
temporal or carnal beliefs. this condition
represents one whose attention is fixed in
effect the
letter. resulting from personal desire. made
paramount over all else. As we perceive within
ourselves the love. goodness. and justice
of the Life in which we live. these errors
drop away. and
we realize that the great weight of afflictions
maintained by us were false beliefs.
False beliefs about ourselves are the delusions
which darken the intuitive vision. and when
we lift the veil of delusion and see ourselves
as we are. thus putting away error of thought
and
perception. then pain and discomfort drop
from us as naturally as leaves in autumn drop
from
trees.
Truthful thinking is the only protection or
safeguard against the erroneous race beliefs
in
sickness and sin. As long as we believe that
good and evil. health and disease. are equally
real. we
shall sometime succumb to one belief. sometime
to another. But when once the eye of
understanding is singled to Spirit. and Truth
alone is embodied in our ideal. all seeming
burdens
and inharmonies fall away. A house that is
built upon sand. or a castle in air. a structure
with a
sandy. or without foundation. must of necessity
fall. So all sensuous illusions or opinions.
when
exposed to the light of the science of Infinite
Spirit. lose place and disappear from memory.
To think and feel yourselves united with all
humanity as one in hope. purpose and
destiny as you are in the Source of Being.
will determine the Universal Good to your
aid in all
your works. for in action you have asked.
and will receive. you will externalize your
own
thoughts. To express a permanent condition
of harmony. you must acknowledge the knowledge
of Spirit. and work with it in all your ways.
When you believe yourselves perfect in Divine
Being. your thoughts and needs will conform
with what you perceive yourselves to be.
To arrive at Truth we must find the opposite
of what the senses reveal. So do not
attribute power or quality to disease. do
not name any appearance of inharmony. do not
think or
say that the body can environ or limit you
in any way. nor claim to be subject to feelings.
sensations. or effect of any kind.
Guide to Truth
Broad is the Way that leadeth to destruction.
Narrow is the Way that leadeth unto Life.
The belief in Affirm that you are
Death or Ignorance. Life. Truth and Understanding.
Hate or Weakness. Love and Strength.
Doubt or Fear. Knowledge and Faith.
Prejudice or Aversion. No respecter of persons.
Revenge or Cruelty. Justice and Mercy.
Disease or Evil. Harmony and Goodness.
What appears on the left hand is a misconception
of what we are in Truth. and what
appears on the right hand is a truthful representation
of what we are in Truth. or Being.
Therefore. keep the above before you as a
guide out of belief into knowledge. out of
darkness into
light.
In giving the following treatment you are
to realize that your patient and yourself
are what you affirm. and not what you deny.
Healing Thought
Matter is not sensation. intelligence. nor
substance. The race belief in sickness. sin
and
death. cannot affect Spirit. which is alone
real. I am Spirit. or Life in action. That
through which
God works to will and to do. cannot be imperfect.
Truthful expressions are in the image of God.
and are one with the Father the Expresser.
It is the will of the Father that none should
suffer.
His ideas. which are souls. are perfect. Therefore
I deny all beliefs of imperfection. weakness
and
limitation from me. and affirm wholeness.
strength and power for myself. I affirm that
the
Kingdom is within. and that there is nothing
wrong. no lack of power. within me. No false
belief
environs or limits me. no shadow darkens my
mental vision. God pervades His holy temple
at
this time. I cannot get out of harmony. for
where the Father is. there is perfect peace
and rest. I
cannot get out of health. for the Father is
in me. around me. above me. and everywhere.
This is
speaking the word and doing the will of the
Father. I am at rest in Him.
Lesson 3
The effect. or fruit. of thought
Those who are working for effect are virtually
striving to make this plane of existence a
plane of cause. for it is both the subject
and object of their consideration. subject.
because they
believe that effects can produce effects.
and it is the object. because they are working
to produce
effects. The fact that they are thus striving
is evidence of ignorance.
Cease from striving to make the visible world
produce true happiness for you from
seeking to make sensation a cause of real
joy. Place not your heart. dear student. upon
earthly
things. or your consciousness upon the things
of the past. but live in the presence of the
One that
is ever present. for this is Life eternal.
Truth
There is but one Life. which is Infinite Spirit.
Infinite Spirit is the one Substance. which
is
Infinite Mind.
There is but one Law. which is Infinite Love.
There is but one Method of Creation or manifestation.
which method is the act of Divine
thinking.
The Life of the One is the Life of all.
The Substance of the One is the Substance
of all. and produces all things.
That Power which forms one thing forms all.
That which loves one loves all. All are in
and of one Source. As the One Spirit. which
is no respecter of person. loved one. even
our great Master. so does it love and respect
all. even the
smallest.
Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit.
but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit.
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good
fruit. Every tree
that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn
down and cast into the fire. Wherefore by
their fruits
ye shall know them. Not every one that saith
unto me. Lord. Lord. shall enter into the
kingdom
of heaven. but he that doeth the will of the
Father which is in heaven. Matthew 7 17 22.
As there is but one method of manifesting
the Infinite Spirit. idea. thought and effect
of
thought. is the Trinity which includes the
problem. solution and example of life. therefore
thought is the means which must necessarily
precede the expression of truth on the sense
plane.
And by the word. deed and sensation we can
know whether the nature of our thoughts and
beliefs are at one with the Spirit or at one
with the letter. whether they are truth or
error. Every
good tree bringeth forth good fruit. but a
corrupt tree evil fruit. Good thoughts are
at one with
Spirit. or the Divine Attributes. Their opposites
are the errors that bring forth fruits opposite
to
the good.
The condition of the body is wholly dependent
upon the quality of thought and the line
of belief held in memory by us. Unless our
thoughts be in the image and likeness of the
Spirit. or
unless they express the attributes of Divine
Mind. their fruit will be delusion. When thought
looks upon effects without knowing or understanding
its own source. it accepts appearances as
a
basis from which to reason. Thoughts which
are the opposite of the attributes of Divine
Mind
are the inharmony known as dis ease. Thought
forms and constructs. it grows the tree that
brings
forth sweet or bitter fruit that is. harmonious
or inharmonious expression. All forms. being
the
product of thought. are ever changing. according
to the thought. As a man thinketh in his heart.
so
is his expression. If we seek to lay up treasures
on earth. it is because we are attracted to
the
temporal. and where the thought is attracted
there will the attention be centered. Thoughts
or
beliefs based upon appearances bring forth
bitter fruit. Seek to know and love the Immortal
Spirit. for it is alone real.
As all visible things are first in idea. which
is in the mind. and are builded by thought.
they are subject to change by the change of
thought. for nothing but effect can be affected
by
thought. Memory is the only friend that grief
can call its own. To let go of the past and
live in
the present. and in the presence of Spirit.
is to live in Life. To let go of all thought
of non
possession and recognize the perfect. now.
is to live in the fullness of Spirit the kingdom
of
heaven. Now is the eternal. present. what
we do not recognize as being present we do
not enjoy.
Then. recognize health. power. knowledge.
good in short. recognize wholeness that now
you are
complete. in the Infinite Good. and you will
enjoy it and have peace and rest. The living
God is
around you. above you. and through you all.
so you are protected and shielded by the perfect
good at all times. In this consciousness we
find ourselves above the plane of expression
and
limitation. Recognize this truth. and it will
make you happy and free.
Christ came into the world to teach the way
to truth and life. and to teach what being
is
and the purpose of creation. and what thought
is and the power of thought. and the fruits
of
thinking. He demonstrated the power of understanding.
Be ye perfect. even as your Father in
heaven is perfect. The belief in imperfection
is misconception. The Infinite creates everything
within itself. and all that it makes is good.
for there is naught but good from which to
create or in
which to produce. Then. put from you all beliefs
of imperfection from time to time. when they
would arise. that you may keep in remembrance
the truth that God is All in all. If you have
believed yourself sinful the opposite in being
from God you have been in error. the proof
that
you were in error is the suffering and misery
that it brought you. You. being the thinker.
can
change your thought and believe yourself divine.
a child of God and that He is your life. Then.
think of your life as a perfect one. for there
is but One Life. this is the truth that frees.
and brings
peace. that passeth understanding. Understanding
is perfect seeing and hearing. Truth grows
the
tree of life in consciousness.
Not every one that saith. Lord. Lord. shall
enter the kingdom of heaven. but he that
doeth the will of the Father. which is in
heaven. We know that if our thoughts be at
one in
quality with the attributes of Spirit. we
are doing the will of the Father. which is
our life. To
work in concert with the Father is to be conscious
of the kingdom of heaven.
As the Thinker is one and is capable of all
thought. so thought is capable of being
expressed in myriad forms of word. deed and
sensation. Ye shall know them by their fruits.
Every unalterable truth spoken within consciousness
helps to grow the tree of Eternal Life within
you. and to bring forth illumination and power.
This is doing the will of the Father. the
fruit of
which is manifested good. peace upon earth.
and good will to men.
Conclusion
Appearances. the effect of thought. which
we have been dealing with in this lesson.
should be studied from the plane of knowledge.
which is Spirit the Creator. not from the
plane
of effect. If this be done. the student will
learn their nature. that they are merely appearances
of
thought. and that through which we recognize
them is nothing other than thought. Thought
recognizes its own appearances. how could
an appearance. which is nothing real. recognize
anything. truly it is without power to do
so. therefore. when we say that we see. hear.
feel. or
in any way sense effect. we mean that we recognize
it in thought. and it is held in consciousness
by thought. and. if we have no thought about
it. we have no recognition of it.
Lesson 4
The Way of Reconciliation
The great lost secret is the knowledge of
God. and His revelation to Nature and Man.
The
loss of this knowledge is due to the deception
of sense. To be guided by the senses is to
be under
their dominion of belief. and whatever we
yield ourselves servants to obey. their servants
we are.
To obey the senses in thought and action.
is disobedience to the Spirit. to be guided
by the senses
is not to be guided by understanding. and
not to be guided by understanding is to be
in confusion
or outer darkness. To fall from consciousness
of truth is to lose knowledge of God. and
of the
souls union with Him. The science of Divine
Spirit reveals the fact to us that the old.
old truth.
is the new. for truth never changes. that
which was. is now and ever will be.
In this lesson we shall present Truth. and
the method whereby you may cease to partake
of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
and partake of the tree of life. or gain consciousness
of first and final truth of Being.
As God always was. is now. and always will
be omnipresent perfect good always was.
is now. and always will be omnipresent. To
acknowledge and live in the presence of God
is to
live in an undivided consciousness of good.
By penetrating to the depths and center of
consciousness we come to know that Spirit
or God is. and that He is the I Am. or life
of the soul.
Then no longer is God concealed from us to
be revealed in the remote future. but is to
us the
living. present Good. and no longer is our
path dark and dreary. shadowed by the delusions
of
sense. If we find not God within ourselves.
we may seek in vain elsewhere. First seek
and find
Him there. and you will find Him everywhere.
Seek the Spirit in truth and you shall find
that you
possess the Kingdom. Meditate. dear students
and children of Spirit. and read between the
lines.
and you will know. that to speak and act the
truth is to worship in spirit and in truth.
The False and the True
Life is present goodness. Therefore. to identify
ourselves with the letter or effect is to
identify ourselves with that which is dead.
and to identify ourselves with the dead is
a cause for
feelings of limitation. which results in pain
and separation from the physical body. So.
if it be
that we speak the truth as Jesus spoke it.
we shall refuse to let the senses speak in
opposition to
the Spirit. and through faith we shall assume
our true position as a Divine Soul. or the
Fathers
idea. we shall hold ourselves in truth by
thinking of ourselves as being what true being
is. and by
ceasing to make excuses for our shortcomings
and errors. because Adam partook of the tree
of
knowledge of good and evil. and fell into
doubt and desire. They who are guided by sense
partake
of the forbidden fruit. and are dead to spiritual
truth. all who are separated in consciousness
from
the ever present first and final Truth. seek
out many inventions by which to be saved from
error.
and come into a multiplicity of beliefs. While
thoughts are fluctuating between two or more
opposite beliefs they constitute a state of
doubt. To doubt is to stand still. and to
stand still is
mental stagnation. which is the fall.
Through speaking the truth with love we may
grow into a consciousness of the Father.
even of the fountain head of all good. To
acknowledge these truths with love is to fulfill
our duty
to God. and do His will. This true relationship
must be recognized by the children of God
before
they can become conscious of working with
Him. To be renewed in the Spirit of your mind
is to
awaken from the dream of sense. Until the
senses are enlightened they alienate us from
the
understanding of these truths. When the senses
are enlightened they serve the mind. and we
see
with understanding. and to see with understanding
is to destroy the cause of inharmonious
expression. To speak the truth as it is in
Jesus enables us to grow up into truth in
all things. even
Christ. When once the intellect and reason
is raised above sense. and we realize true
being. we
shall cease to say impossible to anything.
or claim weakness or limitation for ourselves.
To know
things as they are. and to live the truth.
is to be spiritually minded. which is life
and peace. To be
in truth is to be in heaven. to be out of
truth is to be out of heaven. To live the
truth is to bring
heaven upon earth. or make it manifest. When
we think the thoughts of the Father. and know
our
purpose to be His purpose. and our will His
will. Christ has arisen in us we are born
again.
When freed by the truth there is no more strife.
Put off the false conversation. that you are
something that can die that can be dead at
one time. and alive at another and clothe
yourselves with the truth of true being. and
your whole
body will be full of light. radiant with truth.
Then put off the false conversation about
changeable
weather affecting you. and about it being
good and bad. and about the wind being agreeable
and
disagreeable. and about food being digestible
and indigestible. the belief that we can be
affected by
these things is an admission that we believe
ourselves to be mortal. and that we can thereby
be
made miserable. sick or well. dead or alive.
by the climate. the weather. or material food.
All
conversation of this nature belongs to the
old man. and is according to the deceit of
sense. it is
based upon mortal appearances. and is therefore
false. Such thoughts produce appearances in
the
body which we name disease. or pain. This
and all like conversation is not based upon
principle.
hence it is not true.
Unchanging truth. dear student. is eternal
freedom. All that is bound in seeming will
be
freed by it. All who live and know the truth
are free. To gain the truth is to break the
bonds of
sense. To accept the truth of the presence
of God. is to accept the truth of the presence
of all
goodness. and this it is to gather fruit unto
everlasting life. Acknowledgment of The One
is
acknowledgment of all.
Saint Paul says give no place to the Devil.
We should not. for God fills heaven and earth.
Hence it is an offense against God to believe
in the opposite of His being. His words to
His
children are represent Me in all your thoughts.
and I will guide you into all wisdom. believe
in
nothing but Me. and you will find the kingdom
of heaven.
To put away error by speaking the truth is
to overcome evil with good. that we
henceforth be no more children tossed to and
fro. carried about by every wind of doctrine.
That
is. to be no more acted upon in belief by
the weather. or by the opinion or sleight
of friends. but
by speaking the truth to them in love we hold
the reins of freedom in our grasp. which shield
from all harm.
What to Deny and What to Affirm
God is infinite. indivisible and unalterable
goodness. Goodness includes life. truth. love.
power. understanding. strength. knowledge.
faith. presence. justice. mercy. harmony.
and charity.
As God is infinite and unalterable goodness.
then all goodness must be eternal. and the
opposite must be false appearance.
As life. truth and understanding are eternal.
then death. falsehood and ignorance must be
false appearances.
As love. strength. knowledge and faith are
eternal. then hate. weakness. fear and doubt
must be false appearances.
As God is love. and everywhere at all times.
and no respecter of persons. then prejudice
and aversion are false appearances.
As justice. mercy. harmony and charity are
eternal. then revenge. cruelty. disease and
envy are false appearances.
As that which is eternal is truth. temporary
appearances are false.
As that which is eternal is real. temporary
appearances must be unreal.
As that which is eternal is substance. temporary
appearances must be shadow.
Then the new man is the man of truth. the
old man is the man of falsehood.
The new man is the real man. the old man is
the unreal. The new man is the man of
substance. the old man is the man of shadow.
To put off the old man is to cease thinking
that you are that which is temporary. to put
on the new man is to think that you are that
which is eternal.
To put off the old man is to cease thinking
death. falsehood. ignorance. hate or weakness.
to put on the new man is to think life. truth.
understanding. love and strength.
To put off the old man is to cease thinking
fear. doubt. prejudice and aversion. putting
on
the new man is thinking knowledge. faith.
and universal love without respect to person.
To put off the old man is to cease thinking
revenge or cruelty. disease or evil. putting
on
the new man is thinking justice. mercy. harmony
and charity.
To put off the old man is to refrain from
judging according to the senses. to put on
the
new man is to judge according to the Spirit.
To put away lying is to put away all conversation
about being temporary and mortal.
To speak the truth with each other. is to
converse about being that which is eternal.
To be in error is to believe that we are mortal.
To be in truth is to know that we are immortal.
The Infinite and Unalterable Good says. believe
in nothing but the Infinite and
Unalterable. and you will find the truth that
frees. and the peace that passeth understanding.
The deceitful senses say. believe in all appearances.
and you shall become as gods. this
promise believed in leads to unconsciousness.
ignorance and desolation. because belief is
centered in feeling or sense.
Put off this primitive condition. or the old
man. and let your childhood pass by. assume
the true position of a Son of God. and express
the truth in wholeness. All perfection. that
has
been. and that ever will be. is now. To recognize
it. is to receive it. or to acknowledge it.
is to
awaken to a realization of Being. which will
enable you to speak the truth as it was in
Jesus.
Truth is the daily baptism for the awakened.
So the Scientist renders thanks hourly for
good
received. for knowledge gained. for health
expressed. for truth perceived. for love manifest.
for
God revealed. for the ever present Goodness.
If it be that we have had ears to hear what
the Spirit saith. and have heard. we have
put
off all conversation concerning the old man.
and we have taken on the new man. which after
God
is created in righteousness and true holiness.
we have reckoned temporary things as dead.
and
ourselves as alive with Christ unto God. we
have identified ourselves with the One. which
is
Creator and life of all things. and are renewed
in the spirit of our mind in understanding.
According to the measure of your truth have
you expressed Christ as it was in Jesus. To
express
the truth is to express immortality. and it
is truth which is the permanent remedy for
all disease.
Preface to Lesson 5
Baptism by the Spirit
Infinite Spirits instruction to the individual.
Thou art My very Self manifest. I am thy life.
power and substance. I live in thee. and thou
by Me. and we can never be separated. Thou
hast
not at any time fallen or wandered away from
Me. My being thy life is. and thou hast no
other life
or being. for I am everywhere. and include
all within Myself.
Thou art good. because I am goodness. thou
art living. because I am life. thou art loving.
for I am love. thou art true. for I am truth.
thou art impersonal. for I am infinite and
no respecter
of persons. thou art created in righteousness
and true holiness. for thou art created within
Myself.
and art Myself manifest.
Dear child of My being. speak My word for
thyself. by claiming wholeness for thyself.
Awake from thy dream of sense. and know that
thou art within My kingdom at this time. and
know
that thou art radiant within and without with
My Being. thou art clothed with the Sun of
Truth
now. Make thine eye single to Me. and thou
wilt know that thou art full of light. Believe
in Me. and
manifest Me in all thy ways. and I will direct
thy path. Recognize absolute goodness and
see
naught but goodness. and thou shalt have dominion
over all manifestation. for he that doeth
My
will cometh to Me. and shall do the things
that I do. and realize the peace which passeth
understanding. which I alone possess. Thou
art at this time whole and complete and lack
nothing.
for I am thy sufficiency.
All who realize the truth of these instructions
may use them successfully as a baptism to
bless others. and help those who need to realize
their union with God. Let your blessings rest
upon all alike. be ye doers of the word and
not hearers only. and your way will be made
clear.
Lesson 5
Silence. The Prayer of Understanding
The Scientists prayer of understanding is
that of rendering thanks by acknowledging
that
which has been received. Turning from the
letter to Spirit. and recognizing the presence
of all
goodness. reconciles thought to goodness.
and through faithfulness in thought to goodness.
understanding becomes manifest. Faithfulness
is the substance of all good hoped for.
True prayer is seeking. and true seeking is
finding. for true seeking is the recognition
of
God. And to recognize Him is to know that
we have what we recognize. and this is finding
or receiving Him. Prayer does not change divine
law. The infinite law is one. and may be defined
in
one word love. Love is the law of being. or
of all that is. it is unchanging and cannot
be broken.
The law of the Infinite cannot be changed
to any opinion of the individual. but individual
opinion
must be set aside for Infinite Law. This is
the prayer of the Scientist. So prayer is
not intended to
change the divine order or plan. but is an
earnest seeking to adjust and reconcile all
mental
conditions to the spirit of understanding.
It is the earnest desire to be conscious of
oneness with
good. or to know God and be relieved from
bondage to sense. Prayer and Faith go hand
in hand.
so if we pray for health or happiness. or
to have any condition removed. that we may
realize that
we are at one with all goodness. we must have
faith that the condition hoped for is possible.
thus
faith is the substance of that which we pray
for.
Many persons pray for health. believing more
in the appearance of disease than they do
in health. they pray to the Father to be relieved
from suffering. but they decide to take some
medicine in order that they may feel sure
of getting well. And if they be not relieved
either by
medicine or prayer. they conclude that they
are unworthy to be answered. the true reason
why
their prayer appears to be unanswered is because
of their division of faith. in reality it
is not
unanswered. for they receive according to
their measure or divided faith. If their faith
in medicine
is strong enough to re establish an equilibrium.
it is the substance of what they hoped for.
But
such cures so called only change one belief
for another. and are not permanent. because
they do
not bring the patient into knowledge of Truth.
But if they are relieved from pain by their
faith in
medicine. they think no more of the efficacy
of prayer. What we have faith in we pray to.
or
yield our thoughts to obey.
If any man lack wisdom let him ask of God.
that giveth to all men liberally. and it shall
be given. James 1 5. But we must believe that
wisdom is for us. Let not that man who doubts
or is double minded think that he shall receive
any thing from the Lord. Why? Because as long
as we are wavering in our thoughts we are
not truly asking of God. that is. we are not
manifesting
God in our thoughts.
It is clear. therefore. that the efficacy
of prayer is destroyed because of unbelief.
and that
we hold conditions of suffering because of
our belief in them. Persons who are in doubt.
would be
surprised if they did receive what they prayed
for. They who pray with understanding will
pray
in faith. believing that what they pray for
is. and is for them. and that God is a rewarder
of them
that diligently seek Him. God. the giver of
all good. being our life. we will receive
goodness by
manifesting it in our thoughts.
Prayer is usually a recognized need. and is
an expressed desire to have that need supplied.
true prayer is the act of doing. which is
rendering thanks for what has been received.
True prayer
is made apparent or expressed in all nature.
With unwavering energy every soul in nature
prays.
or strives to manifest itself. The Divine
Mind. which pervades all. acts in all. and
the substance
of that action is faith pressing the possibilities
of soul onward and outward into manifestation
of
itself. The answer to prayer may be said to
be divine faith unfolding. or speaking forth
words or
forms in nature representative of ideas. pressing
onward and upward. which is growth and
expansion. Therefore. true prayer is seeking
or the act of revealing the inner and invisible
life of
God in the seed. the plant. the animal. and
man. causing the seed to struggle in the darkness.
as it were. to burst the ground apart and
face the sunlight. The plant or tree is the
answer to or result
of that prayer or seeking. it is the experience
of that soul or outgrowth of its effort to
manifest
invisible life. All things in nature are obeying
the Divine injunction placed upon them by
the
Father. Let thy faith be as that of a mustard
seed. Through faith we understand that worlds
were framed. so that the things which are
seen were not made of things which do appear.
All
that is formed and is visible is a symbol
in and of the silent. formless and invisible.
All power is
formless the kingdom of God is not in word
but in power. One Corithians 4 20.
We are commanded to overcome evil with goodness.
Be not overcome of evil. but
overcome evil with good. He that loveth another.
fulfilleth the law. Then to fulfill the law
by
loving. is true seeking. As there is no power
but God. to overcome evil with goodness. is
to
recognize the truth. that there is nothing
but goodness. Then think and act accordingly.
This
recognition is the absolute method of seeking.
and is the method that will bring the highest
unfoldment. for you will manifest what you
recognize.
Pray without ceasing. but let your prayer
be one of acknowledgment. a prayer of Spirit
and of understanding. such an one will be
an acknowledgment of goodness in all your
ways.
Happy is the man who getteth wisdom. she is
the tree of life to them who lay hold upon
her.
Through wisdom the Lord hath formed the earth.
To pray understandingly. enter the silence.
and there establish the mansion of truth in
your consciousness. and live in it. And when
you
enter the silence. close the door of sense.
and commune with Infinite Spirit. Then the
mansion of
truth which you have founded in consciousness
in the silence will become your habitation
on this
plane. that is thy Father which heareth in
secret will reward thee openly. The omnipresent
Spirit is the closet. the place which God
hath guarded with silence most profound. So.
when ye
enter this closet to pray. forgive if ye have
aught against another. that your Father may
forgive
your trespasses. This shows us that to be
forgiven is to correct our own errors. and
that true
prayer is adjusting our thoughts to God. which
is fulfilling the law. and in so doing we
prove our
faith with works.
Therefore I say unto you. what things so ever
ye desire. when ye pray. believe that ye
have received them. and ye shall have them.
So. according to our faith. shall we receive.
Then we
should be careful in what we put our trust.
Let us not put our faith in beliefs. for false
beliefs are
obsessing opinions which will not be turned
out. but by the prayer of understanding. or
by a
knowledge of the truth that God is All in
all. With thoughts adjusted to this all inclusive
truth.
whatsoever ye ask in faith. by speaking the
truth. ye shall receive or manifest on this
plane. Then
always pray by speaking the truth. and it
will make you free. Pray for them which despitefully
use you. by holding them. in your thoughts.
in love and truth. and you will fulfill the
law of
being. which is reconciliation to God.
Love is the angel of Peace that guides out
of darkness. and Truth is the light
accompanying Love. which illumines mentality
and frees from bondage to sense. Love and
Truth
will free from all limitation and unconsciousness.
Preface to Lesson 6
PRAYER OF UNDERSTANDING AND THANKSGIVING.
Our Father. which art all. and which art Infinite
Spirit. we glorify Thee as One. and seek
to serve Thee in single. fervid faith.
We thank Thee for the knowledge that Thou
art all Being. Creator. and manifestor of
all.
We thank Thee for the knowledge that we are
thine own. that Thou art our Father. and
that we have no other. And that Thou hast
made us whole. and like unto Thyself. good.
holy and entire.
We thank Thee for the knowledge that Thy decisions
are not for time. but for eternity. that
all things are good. for Thy word cannot be
altered by mortal belief. We know it is Thy
will that
we should think as Thou thinkest. and abide
Thy decision. knowing naught but Thyself.
We thank Thee for all experiences which come
from the light of Thy truth.
We thank Thee that Thou hast rolled the stone
from the sepulchre of materiality and
limitation. and that we are raised from the
unconsciousness of matter to the consciousness
of Thy
eternal Life. Love and Truth.
We thank Thee for the knowledge that Thou
art omnipresent Life. Love and Truth. all
goodness. and that we can never be separated
from Thee or Thy attributes. We love to speak
Thy
word by loving all. We love to speak Thy word
by being faithful in love to Thy children.
and to all
things. even as Thou art faithful to all.
We love to speak Thy word by bearing witness
of Thee in
our secret thoughts. We love to recognize
and love Thy holy presence in all places.
at all times. in
all things. We love to be what we conceive
Thee to be. We are in love with Thy life.
love and truth.
and we love to look upon all with Thy thought
of perfections. We love to say. that to the
pure all
things are pure. and to goodness all things
are good. We love to see as Thou seest. that
there is
no shadow. that Thou shinest in what seems
dark. We love to face absolute goodness. and
realize
that Thou art all. and say that our peace
passeth understanding. We thank Thee that
we are in
love with life. with love and truth.
These words. when used understandingly. may
be used to heal yourself and others. Let your
recognition be of perfection only. and let
your words apply to all alike. While speaking
these words make no reference to appearances
that you may be desirous of removing.
Lesson 6
Faith. The Substance of Things Hoped For.
To base our faith in material things things
that are seen is to base it in effect or shadow.
which is neither life. law. substance nor
power. As temporal things pass away. the foundation
upon which we have builded is as sand. disappointment.
sorrow and pain follow such building. as
the wheels of the carriage follow him who
draws the carriage. Jesus called forth an
expression of
faith. or recognized it manifest by those
he healed. before he spoke the words. Be healed.
sin no
more. Thy faith hath made thee whole. According
to thy faith be it unto thee. The word of
faith
called forth and acknowledged by him united
their thought and consciousness with his.
in order
that the evidence of the unseen power of the
Spirit might be made manifest in them instantly.
God rewards openly by manifesting in us the
condition hoped for.
Through faith we understand that worlds were
framed by the word of God. This text
teaches us that faith is power. and that it
is the substance of the thought which precedes
the
word or outward manifestation. Faith is the
power and substance which frames planets.
Then
should not our every thought be based as the
thought of Spirit is based? For if it be the
power
and substance of planets. it is the power
and substance of all things that are seen.
of all that is
made manifest. therefore. planets and all
that is manifest are the proofs of the faith
of the unseen.
the Unmanifest Spirit.
Here the question so often asked will arise.
Whence comes the seeming inharmony.
sickness. sin. and all imperfect manifestation?
All that is called inharmony. sickness. sin
and
imperfect manifestation comes from mentally
facing the wrong way. and from trying to make
matter a cause. and believing that it can
bring us pleasure or pain. that is. all so
called imperfect
manifestation is due to or is the result of
the false belief or position from which we
calculate. We
are trying to solve the problem of life according
to the letter or example. i.e. matter. and
thus
ignoring Principle or Spirit. The result is.
that the forms of our words. deeds. and sensations
show forth many mistakes. because our mental
solutions and pictures are simply copies of
previously solved examples.
Dear students. it is clear. that as there
is but one Spirit or manifestor. that inharmonious
appearances are simply mistakes of wrong calculation
made apparent in the body or on the
blackboard of nature. Such out picturing as
neuralgia. headache. rheumatism. dyspepsia.
etcetera.
should be regarded as mistakes made in working
out the problem of life. and that the remedy
is
that of turning from the out picturing and
erasing it by denying it a place in thought.
then
thinking or working according to the Principle.
To the pure all things are pure. perfection
knows no imperfection. Cease trying to serve
two masters. and you will cease trying to
make effect cause. and your expressions of
truth will be
perfect ones. or your demonstrations will
be correct. When the eye is single to truth
the Infinite
One the body will be seen to be full of light.
Be ye. therefore perfect. as your Father in
heaven is perfect. means to bear perfect witness
of the Spirit that is. to speak the truth
of that which
is. to do so is to find the Kingdom.
Obedience is the straight and narrow path
that leadeth to Spirit and Faith. As by faith
worlds were framed by the word of God. faith
is the substance or power of the thought spoken.
it invests the thought with power to manifest
in the body. If thought be without faith.
it is
without substance. According to our faith
so is it with us. Verily I say unto you. whosoever
shall not receive the kingdom of God as a
little child shall in no wise enter therein.
But not until
we lay aside personality and as children acknowledge
the present Source or Spirit. through being
obedient to truth. can we know understandingly
and come to see with the eye of Spirit. To
speak
truth is to speak that which is true of all
for all. it is truth alone that brings us
near to God. yes.
even unto Him.
Renouncing self for Me. full of Me. fixed
To serve only the highest. night and day.
Musing on Me him will I swiftly lift
Forth from lifes ocean of distress and death.
Whose soul clings fast to Me. Cling thou to
Me.
Clasp Me with heart and mind. so shalt thou
dwell
Surely with Me on high. But. if thy thought
Droop from such height. if thou best weak
to set
Body and soul upon Me constantly.
Despair not. Give Me lower service. Seek
To reach Me.
He who is faithful by speaking the truth.
doeth the will. and beareth the fruit of
knowledge. power and harmony. But. if you
cannot speak the whole truth. if you cannot
clasp
the Spirit heart and soul in every hour. despair
not. every truth spoken is an acknowledgment
of
the Spirit. it will bear its fruit. But. dear
student. remember the peace of God is nigh
thee. and
by renouncing form. the manifest. for Spirit.
the unmanifest. you will find the Kingdom
of Spirit.
through faithfulness to truth all come into
God consciousness. All who live the life in
full
devotion. fixed to serve the Spirit night
and day will know.
Tis life to live
In single fervid faith and love unseeing.
Drinking the blessed Amrit of My Being.
How well we know tis life to live in undivided
faith. To live in the Spirit of unity is to
know that the One is all. to fully realize
this is to feel as safe and secure as Being
is safe and
secure. To know that the One Spirit links
all together with its unchanging love and
life. is to
realize the true meaning of the fatherhood
of God and the brotherhood of Man.
If it be that we have ears to hear. and hear
the still small voice. we will hear it say.
I am the way. the truth and the life. My faith
is thy faith. My word is thy word. bear witness
of Me.
and thou shalt know health. harmony and power.
If we be ready to serve the Highest. night
and
day. in our thoughts. swiftly are we lifted
above the ocean of distress. the stones of
limitation are
rolled away. and we witness a great flight
of afflictions. He who lives in single or
undivided faith
or love.
Who hateth nought
Of all which lives. living himself benign.
Compassionate. from arrogance exempt.
Exempt from love of self. unchangeable
By good or ill. is doing the will and expressing
the Father. And the expressions of the Father
or Spirit prove that
the Father or Spirit is. and that it is the
Being which is expressing. Through faith do
we see or
perceive the Spirit. and as we cannot see
God except with the eye of understanding.
and as we
cannot hear Him except with the eye of understanding.
to see or to hear is knowledge. To get
knowledge is to be faithful and live the life
of being.
Faith is the prayer by which we receive. for
it is the substance of all manifestation.
it is
the prayer which brings health. peace and
harmony. for it is the recognition of all
goodness. and
must precede thought and word. In healing
you should realize that as all truth. and
only truth. as
all power. and only power dwells in Spirit.
and as Spirit is everywhere omnipresent at
all times.
there can be no other presence at any time
than truth and power. All belief of an opposite
nature
is false there is no weakness. You should
affirm the truth of Spirit for your patient.
speak your
word with perfect faith. for truth spoken
is Spirit manifest. God is manifest in His
words. His
word or manifestation is One. the word of
God revealed. it is Harmony and Peace upon
earth.
When healing. consult the prayer of understanding
in the preface to his lesson.
Lesson 7
Intuition. The Eye of Understanding
The word God is an Anglo Saxon word meaning
all good. as the Good One. We do not
see God. the Infinite One. whom Christ declares
to be the Father of all. but we do intuitively
perceive and understand Him. It is no more
true that no man has seen God at any time.
than that
no man has seen man at any time. Both are
alike invisible.
Tuition is the particular watch of a tutor
or guardian over his pupil. and the act of
teaching the various branches of learning.
Tuition refers to an individual teacher. instructing
the
pupil from the plane of sense in sensible
things. The difference between tuition and
intuition is.
that in the latter the teacher is not an individual.
but is the Infinite Spirit instructing the
pupil by
the still small voice in the understanding
of truth. it is the thought of the Father
expressed in the
son. Intuition heeded is obedience. and knowledge
gained. or it is seeing with understanding.
When thought is elevated above sense. it is
above delusion. and we are free from the
psychological influence of the senses. The
teaching of intuition enlightens the senses.
and under
its instruction we see the divine reason for
sensible things. To yield our thoughts servants
to
obey the senses. is sense psychology. and
henceforth we build upon an inverted foundation.
which is to fall from God to mammon.
To discover first and final truth is to awaken
from the dream of sense. Come unto me all
ye that labor. and are heavy laden. and I
will give you rest. Come unto Spirit in understanding.
means obedience to Spirit. which is rest and
peace which passeth understanding. To be
transformed and renewed in the spirit of our
minds. means that we are to practice truth.
truthful thoughts are things which we need
in every hour to keep the mental atmosphere
free
from the mists of error. Think and speak the
truth of yourself. and you will find wholeness.
health and happiness for yourself. The way
of obedience and intuition is that of recognizing
God
as our instructor. or it is to understand
that His being is our being. and to recognize
His mind and
attributes as our mind and attributes. and
that we have no other. The way of knowledge
and
power is to make Gods method and purpose our
method and purpose. His thought and word
our thought and word. by speaking the truth.
and nothing but the truth of Him. Thus the
individual becomes the willing instrument
of Spirit. this is intuition.
The truth of which these lessons bear witness.
reveals to you the basic principle of the
great sum of truth. and you may demonstrate
harmony within yourselves. by speaking the
word
with perfect faith in passive expectation.
If you consult Spirit and upon it base all
your
conclusions as you would base the solution
of problems upon principle. Spirit will guide
you
into all truth. It will instruct you to believe
in itself and in nothing else. It will tell
you not to
believe that you are sick. weak. and in pain.
or that you fear or doubt. or that you are
perverse. It
will not instruct you to hate persons. times
or places. or to have an aversion for the
weather or
the daily duties of life. Ask yourselves daily
and hourly. is this conclusion true of Spirit.
or is it true of appearance? Seek in this
way and you shall find. From the silent depths
of your soul. ask
to realize the life and light that lighteth
every soul that cometh into the world. This
light is the
Spirit or God. which pervades you. and is
the guide to all truth. take your position
as one with
your Maker.
None can realize their union with God as long
as there is prejudice against. or a dislike
for
God manifest. that is. for anything in creation.
Love thy neighbor as thyself. Those who would
perceive themselves as they truly are in being.
must drop from their consciousness the thought
or
belief of dislike and prejudice. of evil.
sickness and sorrow. as real. there are no
such attributes in
Spirit. which is all reality. the only Maker
or manifestor. It is an offense against God
to believe in
that which is the opposite of His being. These
destructive beliefs which we erroneously call
sickness. sin. and death. destroy the body.
Then think and believe in goodness. health.
and life
only. and you will perceive the body in harmony.
First seek the kingdom of God. and all else
will
come. When mentality is free from the illusions
of the senses. it knows that physical things
are
not its master. but that it is the God in
us. which lives and is master of all. All
conclusions based
upon the truth that God is Infinite. are divine.
the results may be likened unto flowers budding
forth in spring time. They are buds of health.
harmony and love. springing forth from the
depths
of soul.
Christ said. I say unto you. love your enemies.
bless them that curse you. do good to
them that hate you. pray for them that despitefully
use you and persecute you. that you may be
the children of your father. which is in heaven.
for he maketh the sun to shine on the evil
and on
the good. and sendeth the rain upon the just
and the unjust. To manifest as sons of God.
we
must fulfill these commandments. Our thought.
word. and act are to be pure. and extend equally
to the just and seeming unjust. to the good
and seeming evil. This can be accomplished
only by
ceasing all negation. and by living a life
of absolute truth. Those who labor under the
delusion that
they are an enemy to any person. or that any
person is an enemy to them. can be blessed
only by
removing the delusion. The power of truth
alone can do this. The true practitioner of
the science
of Infinite Spirit will hold all alike. in
truth. and loving thought. as brothers and
sisters. regardless
of their thought and deed. So. if any have
the false belief. that they are our enemies.
or that we are
theirs. we should not allow their false belief
to change our thoughts and feelings toward
them.
thus we continue to perceive our union with.
and to retain our love for them. To give hate
or
revenge in return is to permit their erroneous
thought and deed to form a basis for our thought
and deed. hence. we are guilty of what we
condemn. that is. we are doers of what we
hate.
It is not sufficient for us to think about
the goodness of God. we are here to bear witness
of the Spirit of Truth. as did Jesus the Christ.
by thinking its thoughts. and doing its work
in
Earth. It is not sufficient that we know that
truth frees. but it is necessary that we think
the truth
in order to realize the freedom of truth.
It is not sufficient for us to think about
getting well. but
in order to know the truth. that we are well.
it is necessary to affirm health for ourselves.
To
affirm the truth of Infinite Being. to which
we are eternally sealed in thought. word and
deed. is
to manifest peace and harmony upon Earth.
Do not argue upon the Science of Spirit with
one another. The still small voice cannot
be
heard. neither is it known to speak in argumentative
tones. for such is not the resemblance of
the stillness of Spirit. To hear the unutterable
voice of the Supreme. it is necessary to attain
a
peaceful. tranquil habit of thought. The highest
consciousness can be manifest by appropriating
and trusting the truth of Being in all our
experiences. be they agreeable or disagreeable.
Do not
believe that the trifling things which have
annoyed you. can annoy or have power over
you. For.
how can circumstance or a thing of time and
place that is past. hence dead. annoy or trouble
you?
If you believe it can. then it is your belief
that troubles you. and not the circumstance
or thing.
Do not listen to recitals by your friends
of sin. sickness and sorrow. without denying.
in
thought. their reality. this will prevent
you from sympathizing with beliefs held and
expressed
by them. Give thoughts of love and truth in
return. Speak not of any persons belief in
sickness.
as having power over them. Cease the idolatrous
thought. that form has power over the formless
Spirit. for all who believe it has. or that
form is life. substance or power. do suffer.
It has been
written that Truth is a jealous goddess. and
suffers no rival. They who love her. will
serve her.
she does not compromise with false thinking.
Not until we serve the truth. and fulfill
the
unchanging law love of Being. or put away
lying. and speak the truth are we free from
subjection to the law and its chastisement.
but when we fulfill the law. we are one with
it.
They who select Wisdom for their bride. must
woo her with all their heart with
undivided affection. and dismiss false belief
or perverse thought from the bridal chamber
of their
soul their consciousness. This chamber must
be furnished with truth. and ornamented in
the
order of simple faith. Wisdom. the bride of
Love. is modest. and only appears in the presence
of
her bridegroom Love. when the bridal chamber
or consciousness is thus adorned or furnished.
They who turn from the letter to the Spirit.
with love and attention fixed therein to serve
the
Spirit or Truth day and night. will unite
themselves with wisdom. They who love to serve
the
truth with unwavering faith. will find Me
Wisdom. for I am easily found by a constant
devotion
to Me and love for truth. I am united and
wedded to Love by the Supreme One. and they
whom
God hath sealed together cannot be separated.
In whomsoever the love of God is manifest.
the
same is the Bride.
Lesson 8
Attributes of Infinite Spirit
Where is the one wisdom Spirit or Mind the
All Knowing. to be found? Shall we in
thought soar to some unknown realm. or are
we in thought to reach to some far away sphere.
or
central sun. that the light of truth may shine
upon us? Is this One Spirit or Mind which
is all
wisdom. and all power. limited to time or
located in place? Is it unchangeable or changeable?
Infinite or finite?
The substance of the Bibles of the Ages is
contained within the truth that God is Spirit.
and is all knowing. all powerful and all pervading.
all knowledge. all power. all presence. This
central truth contains the detail of our Science.
and is the one truth or principle from which
the
problem of life is solved. and by which the
truth is demonstrated in each individual
consciousness. and it is the one truth from
which if we deviate. or in thought wander
away. we
form erroneous conclusions. or false beliefs.
Science or truth says. as God is omnipresent.
there can be no other presence. then it is
axiomatic that the kingdom is at hand. and
that heaven is within in Infinite Spirit.
That the One all
knowing Mind is here. and is not to be sought
in some unknown realm. or far away sphere.
or
central sun. That it is not limited by time
or confined to place. for it is limitless.
boundless.
changeless and indivisible.
Be satisfied to commence the work of regeneration
in your present surroundings. with
your present understanding. They who in thought
are faithful to truth. will find the kingdom
of
God and His righteousness within. then all
else shall be added.
Truth is eternal. and you cannot recognize
a truth or attribute of the Divine which is
not
in yourself.
If Divinity were not within. and you were
not divine. you could not manifest Divinity.
If
it were not an unalterable truth that Spirit
is omnipresent. it would be impossible to
manifest
good. But. you will ask. if error or evil
were not present. how could we manifest error
or evil?
The Spirit or Mind which is all wisdom. goodness
and power. is positive presence. the all
pervading and sustaining One.
Then evil or error. so called. is a temporary
appearance. the effect or out picturing of
false interpretation or thinking. it is not
a real presence. and can remain in appearance
no longer
than we darken mentality by believing in it.
and thus ignoring the absolute and real Presence.
The time cometh and now is. when the true
teacher will teach the truth of Spirit from
the
Spirit. The awakened know that the troubles
and trials of existence believed in by the
unawakened can be permanently corrected by
the word which liveth and abideth forever.
or by
the decision of Spirit. which is truth. for
it alone frees. In solving and demonstrating
the problem
of life. all errors must be corrected by.
and interpretation made. according to Spirit.
By basing the
thought and conclusion on the Spirit or Mind
underlying creation. we obey the Spirit or
God within. In this way the teacher solves
the problem. or corrects the error for those
who are striving
to overcome effects known as evil and dis
ease.
As the teacher of mathematics does not fear
the error in the example. or sympathize with
it. but erases it and proceeds to instruct
the pupil in the principle underlying the
example to be
demonstrated. so the teacher of Divine Science
does not fear the appearance of sickness or
other
errors of existence. or sympathize with them.
but erases them by denial. and proceeds to
instruct
the patient in truth. calculating from the
Spirit or Mind. in which creation is based.
Zoroaster said. The Father perfected all things.
and delivered them over to the second
mind. which the whole race of men calls the
first.
This second mind is mentality. Spirit or Mind
makes everything that is made. and
pronounces it good. All things are perfect
in Infinite Mind. To the pure all things are
pure. But
existence or form is handed over. as it were.
and is subject to our thought. We are free
to interpret
ourselves truthfully or otherwise. We may
render our decision according to the Fathers
decision.
that all is good. or we may interpret existence
to be the opposite. evil. and ourselves to
be sinful.
or sick. But if we hold to the word of God
and practice the truth. we work in concert
with His
idea of things. and do His will thereby.
Whosoever doeth the will of the Father the
same is the sister. brother. and mother of
Christ. the Truth. and are walking the straight
and narrow way. and will come to see things
as He
sees them. Truth is the food of which if we
partake we shall not hunger. Hold to the truth
that
Good is the real presence. and that there
is no other. and it will be in you a well
of water
springing up into everlasting life. Let your
decision be one with the Fathers. that all
is good.
Truth says. God is Spirit. and they that worship
Him must worship Him in Spirit and in
truth. John 4 24. There is no respect to persons
with God. for He is omnipresent. Knowing
that of the Lord Spirit ye shall receive the
reward of the inheritance. for ye serve the
Christ. by
speaking the word of truth. Colossians 3 24.
But he that doeth wrong shall receive wrong
which he
hath done. there is no respect to persons.
Colossians 3 25.
Truth applies alike to all at all times. and
whosoever negates and denies the presence
of
God. by perverse or opposite thought by claiming
the opposite of truth for themselves. will
receive that which they claim will express
their thoughts in the body. Negation is a
negative
condition. and is made apparent in sickness.
sin. etcetera. For not the hearers of the
law are justified
before God. but the doers of the law shall
be justified. Romans 2 13.
Now that you know that the universe is full
of Goodness. that it is ever present. you
have the firm foundation upon which to base
your statement and demonstrate the power of
good.
We cannot be separated from infinite good.
So it is a truth that when we cease to be
negative to
its presence. and cease believing in evil
or in sickness and cease spending precious
time in
talking about them and allow the truth to
occupy our thought. that all is good. we manifest
good. and nothing but the good.
Presence is an attribute. Can any hide himself
in secret places. that I shall not see him?
saith the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth?
Jerimiah 3 24. Whither shall I go from Thy
Spirit. or whither shall I flee from Thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven. then Thou art
there.
If I make my bed in hell. behold. Thou art
there. If I take the wings of the morning.
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea.
even there shall Thy right hand lead me. and
Thy right hand shall
hold me. If I say. surely the darkness shall
cover me. even the night shall be light about
me. Yea.
the darkness hideth not from Thee. but the
night shineth as the day. the darkness and
the night
are both alike to Thee. Psalms 7 12.
The lesson which these wonderful texts contain.
is the truth that we cannot get away
from God. when in the most unhappy state of
thought. that of total denial of Him in all
decisions
rendered which is mental darkness when not
even a belief in good remains. nor a ray of
light is
apparent in thought. even then the light of
His presence is within. around and above all.
The fruit
of negation is a darkened mental condition.
whosoever ignores Spirit for flesh. ignores
self for
raiment. This is the sandy foundation upon
which. if we build. we come to desolation
and
sorrow. We cannot understand the absolute
Presence through negation.
In Him was life. and the life was the light
of men. John 1 4 We speak the word by
saying. God is our life. and we have no other.
He is the Source and fountain of all wisdom.
God is power. Let every soul be subject to
the higher power. for there is no power but
of God. The powers that be. are ordained of
God. Romans 13 1 For of Him. and through Him.
and to Him. are all things. to whom be glory
forever.
When we claim that there is a lack of any
thing that the Spirit contains. we ignore
the
presence of that which we desire. and deny
it expression through the channel of thought.
therefore we do not manifest that which we
have in Being.
God is love. and he who loveth fulfilleth
the law. Let us love one another. for love
is
of God. and every one that loveth is born
of God. and knoweth God. One John. 4 7. If
we think
loving thoughts. and love our neighbors as
ourselves. God dwelleth in our thoughts and
is
manifest in us. God is love. and he that dwelleth
in love. dwelleth in God. and God in him.
We prove the love of Spirit by our thought.
in bearing witness and speaking truthfully
of
Spirit. thereby is our wisdom made perfect.
God is wisdom. then do not deny by thought.
word. or deed. that wisdom is within.
around. or about you at all times. In all
your ways acknowledge the attributes of the
Infinite
Spirit. and it will direct you in all wisdom.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God.
and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
The wisdom of this world of the senses is
foolishness with God.
All wisdom is contained in the silence. but
she will forever refuse to reveal her secrets
to
those who negate her presence. He who takes
wisdom for his bride. must acknowledge her
before
and as above all existence. This is the way
of understanding.
Once conscious of these central truths. if
we practice them and become doers of the word
and not hearers only. we rend the veil of
sense delusion. Be not partakers of circumstances
surrounding you. by believing they have power
over you. When in thought you hold yourself
in
truth. conscious of the Infinite. with no
prejudice or aversion for sickness or surrounding
circumstances. you will surmount them and
be able to go forth and heal others. Whosoever
believeth. through understanding. shall do
the things that are promised. Study well the
first three
lessons. they furnish the basic truths for
a full understanding and demonstration of
the science.
Thoughts which represent God and the fruit
thereof. are goodness. wholeness. truth. love.
justice and harmony. That which manifests
is the whole of Infinite Spirit. So. if we
do not
sympathize with. and have an aversion for
error. we shall be able to lift those who
are seeking
aid. out of unconsciousness to a perception
of truth.
The light of truth alone can banish the darkness
of ignorance and its effect. Have no
fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness
ignorance.
The standard of Divine Science will become
the standard of humanity. All will awaken
to
the truth that there is no incurable disease
or evil. that there is a healing balm for
all. Truths
practice will erase all error and inharmony.
The study and application of this lesson.
added to the previous ones. will guide you
further on the straight and narrow way that
leadeth to wisdom and power. that you may
produce
correct examples and harmonious expressions.
Whoseoever walketh in wisdoms way. gaineth
the
consciousness of a son of God.
Lesson 9
Truths Practice
To be healed. means a spiritual or normal
condition. which brings into expression
consciousness of unity and wholeness. A spiritual
and normal condition is one like unto Infinite
Spirit. with which we are one. That we may
manifest and realize the harmony of Spirit.
we are to
acquire a knowledge of what we are. and know
that we are forever concerned with the permanent
and real. and not with the transient and passing.
To know the truth. that we are one with the
Whole or Holy Spirit. is to know that we are
one with all goodness. not to deny. negate.
nor to refuse in any way to accept this all
inclusive
truth. but to affirm it in thought. word and
act. is the great work which lies before us.
Affirmation
brings realization. for it is the word of
truth and life. it is the pinnacle of absolute
consciousness.
above temptation and sense delusion. and reveals
to us that we are superior to time. place
and
circumstance.
They who realize this truth. are caused to
turn from darkness to light. from the seeming
to
the real. from dis ease to ease. from fear
and its torments. to love and its bliss. from
unkindness
to justice. from doubt to faith. from false
belief to knowledge. from the tempter to God.
in which
and by which all live. The gread of life.
The first work to be done preparatory to correct
interpretation. is to erase false belief.
by
means of this primary work consciousness is
realized that you are superior to all effects.
or to
the visible universe. Through right habit
of thought. sensation. word and deed the effect
of
thought becomes harmonious. and we realize
peace. in earth the body as it is in heaven
Spirit.
If you find that through force of habit so
called you are thinking and reasoning in favor
of the belief in sin. sickness. death. envy.
prejudice. hate. etcetera. do not feel discouraged.
but deny
and erase that line of thought. by thinking.
speaking. and manifesting their opposite.
Think and
manifest salvation and not sin. health not
sickness. life not death. justice not envy.
love
not prejudice. truth not hate. by so doing
you serve God. Goodness. and make desirable
conditions. The science of God is also the
science of Goodness. the law of which is love.
Whatsoever a man soweth. that shall he reap.
His habit of thought is expressed in the
body. he reaps in manifestation what he by
thought sows in mentality. the present thought
will
bear its fruit in due season. They who would
be free from error. must be willing that error
should
pass from their mental vision. must be willing
not to believe in error. then maintain that
position.
and think no error.
The lesson of letting go. is an important
one to understand. To get understanding is
to let
go of error.
Some persons say they fear to let go of the
belief of the reality of sin. sickness and
death.
for fear that they may come upon them. and
for this reason they are afraid not to fear.
It is written. God hath not given you the
spirit of fear. with its torments. He has
given you the
spirit of perfect love with its bliss. which
when recognized. obeyed. and manifest. casteth
out
fear. When we abide in that truth which God
hath given us. we give up false beliefs in
fear. for
His love and truth. He who manifested patience.
divinely. while suffering. said. The things
that I
feared. have come upon me.
Commence your work in the place and condition
that you are in. by thinking and saying. I
do not fear. there is nothing to fear. The
spirit of Goodness is omnipresent. it is love.
power.
faith or substance. it is all that I need
and want. I love the truth and am in truth
and of the truth.
which is fearless and free.
Let your thought be that the Infinite Goodness.
in which you live. sustains in every hour.
guides and gives in every need. Seek to make
your thoughts loving and kind toward all persons
and every thing. and it will be like unto
the One which gives and sustains all that
live.
If you fear age. or believe that you can grow
old. which is an inference that you were once
young. that fear is based in the belief that
you are the mortal body. So you are taking
yourself to
be the passing and transient. this being misinterpretation
and not interpretation. it is the basis for
fear and its torments. therefore. rouse up
and claim the truth of Being for yourself.
Age cannot
touch you. death cannot come to you.
Disease and pain. so to speak. are always
effect. so they are subject to us. and this
is
demonstrated by truthful thought. and the
non reality of disease is proven. Where fear
and
negation are not. pain is not. When there
is an appearance of pain. if you doubt not
that truth will
heal you. speak quickly the words of life
and truth. and you will prove its mastery
and freedom.
Whatever the occupation may be. truth applies
alike to all. and is the remedy for all error.
Let not work worry or fret you. you may prevent
it from so doing. by thinking that the more
I
worry and fret. the less competent am I to
execute and make desirable conditions. that
the
strength and concentration which is necessary
for the accomplishment of the work. is expended
in worry and fretting. therefore. say there
is nothing to worry and fret about. that you
desire to
do what you are doing. and that you are happy.
If you thus affirm. believing. your work becomes
a pleasure. and worry ceases.
Spirit manifests with order and law. Its thought
is a living image of itself. Its word is a
form or symbol of Its thought. It has no anxiety
nor worry. fear. fault finding. are effects
of
selfishness. or self desire. in the present
moment. hour. or day. there is sufficient
work to be
done. without thought of the morrow or fearing
the future.
If we build a bridge. vessel. or structure
of any kind. the plan of the structure is
first
completed. then the builder. step by step.
is guided by the plan to its completion. Each
day
brings its duty. or new part of the work.
which brings it further on the way toward
a perfect
whole. and to days work is a preparation for
to morrows work. No amount of anxiety can
aid
the work or hasten its completion. or change
the plan. If by accident any part of the structure
be
destroyed. no amount of anxiety can aid in
replacing it. the work must be done again.
and all that
can be done can be accomplished better without
anxiety and fear. than with it. so. also.
can the
problem of life be demonstrated by each individual.
Some persons conscientiously say. I feel that
I am powerless to help myself. I have not
attained to truth. but I believe I could attain
to it and live the life if I was situated
as some are.
etcetera. Dear friends. do not feel discouraged
though you have tried a thousand times to
live the life.
and have seemed to fail. all effort is success
in motive. Do not be anxious about your situation
be willing to commence your work in your present
surroundings. for you now know that you are
not subject to elements. climates. surrounding
environments. heredity. nor any mortal thing.
for
the immortal cannot be subject to the mortal.
I hear the thought of thousands. asking. Can
we maintain ourselves in this high attitude
of
Infinite Goodness. while in its opposite.
this mundane sphere? When you regard the Spirit
of
Infinite Goodness as the only Spirit and Presence.
it being all of power. all of goodness. all
of
love. all of truth. all of life. all that
is. you are in the high attitude of Spirit.
you have gone up into
the mountain. where all false belief and its
effect is seen as false belief and appearance
only. over
which you have entire control. Ignorance is
the cause of all suffering. and knowledge
and truth is
its remedy. When we take our position in truth.
which is one of knowledge. we are able to
erase
false belief. by striking at the root of error
in our own mental conditions.
A teacher of Divine Science not long since.
said to her class. that if at any time
circumstances made it necessary for them to
listen to recitals of prejudice. envy. malice.
etcetera. to
say. My soul did not hear it. What we refuse
to admit in the soul or even in mentality.
we
have not heard. thus all error is rejected.
If therefore. thine eye be single to truth
thy whole
body shall be full of light.
Mentalities that blend with the consciousness
of Spirit. know that they are the light of
the world. and will let their light so shine.
that the Spirit will be manifest or apparent.
No ill can
befall one who sees no ill. They who fulfill
the royal law. resist not evil. for they see
no power in
what is called evil. goodness being infinite.
they know naught but goodness.
The principle of mathematics is not revealed
by the error in the problem. we do not perceive
the principle until we turn from the error.
God is not revealed by the errors of His children.
We do not perceive and manifest God. until
we turn from error to God. The law of love
is not manifest in us. while we are recognizing
the hate manifest in others. All bitter fruit
is the
product of false seeing and believing. or
misinterpretation.
Spirit perceives its own truth. and to the
pure all is pure. Hence it is impossible to
obtain
knowledge from error. or by error. or even
from error. in effect. or by effect.
The practitioner of the science of Infinite
Spirit or truth has the mistakes of the whole
world to erase or correct when healing. Eighteen
hundred years ago. the Jews claimed themselves
to be the children of God. because they were
descendants of Abraham. basing their conclusion
on
the physical. proved they did not understand
the full meaning of their claim. The worlds
people
are still claiming to be the children of God
and the descendants of form. earth. or flesh.
This belief
in materiality. which is the root of all idolatry
and suffering. should be denied in thought.
and by
word and deed. And this is our method of correcting
the false race beliefs.
The science of God is absolute mathematics.
They who wish may demonstrate and prove it.
A true practitioner will administer truth
for all beliefs of imperfection. To heal is
to manifest
truth in the body. He that raised up Christ
from the dead shall also quicken your bodies
because of His spirit that dwelleth in you.
Truth is the remedy. and the only remedy.
for error. and will
not compromise with it. All may heal. who
will administer truth free from personal will
and
desire. by thinking. speaking and acting it.
Healing by the Spirit of Truth. is casting
out error by
the power of God. and is not a kingdom divided
against itself. When the Spirit of Truth is
manifest in the patient. God is manifest.
Truth is equally good for all. the more we
give of this remedy. the more we are conscious
of. In healing do not in thought hold your
patient as the body. nor use personal will.
have no
desire for special effects. otherwise it will
not be a Science treatment. When we speak
from Spirit
and claim all goodness for another. our measure
is according to Spirit. and is just and right.
Truthful statements. made like unto God. destroy
erroneous belief. which is unlike God.
One more question do we hear which we will
answer in this lesson. How do you treat
persons at the time they are passing through
the change called death? Knowing that our
personality or personal presence is not the
power that heals. we speak the truth. placing
our faith
in the Spirit of Truth. thus we administer
the Living Water of eternal life. There is
no death.
what seems so is transition. So we clothe
them with love and truth. by holding them
as one with
all goodness. We speak to them in the silence
and tell them they have eternal life with
God. and
to look within. to the Spirit in which they
live. and there will they find heaven. That
they are at
one with the whole Spirit make this truth
your own. and all else will be added. If our
sympathies are touched for the friends. we
include them in our words of life. and hold
all alike in
truth.
Dear student. you thoroughly understand from
this lesson what it is to hold all in truth.
Preface to Lesson 10
Expansion Into Conscious
In our first lesson we guided your thought
to the parent Source or Infinite Being. and
in all
lessons have held you in unity with it.
We comprehend the parent Source to be the
Infinite Spirit of love and goodness. and
that
it is for all and sustains all alike. and
they who seek will find it. and they who ask
for knowledge
of that Source. to them it shall be given.
That thought may be expanded into a full realization
of
this truth. it is necessary that we have faith
that it is. and then think. speak and act
in unison
with that faith. without wavering or contradiction.
So hold ye firmly to this all inclusive truth.
and practice without ceasing the truth perceived
from day to day. and from lesson to lesson.
and
realization of unity with God will crown your
effort.
Truth brings its realization and conviction
from its own realm. that of reality. conviction
is certainty. nothing wavering it is faith.
rest. peace. As like comprehends like. it
is necessary
that the ear of understanding be opened to
the silence the fountain of wisdom that we
may
hear the unalterable truth which enlightens
and subdues the senses. and removes self made
limitations. that we may realize that we are
in the midst of the Infinite ocean of life
and power.
and learn to think as it thinks.
Just in proportion as you succeed will you
truthfully apprehend the all pervading Spirit.
and be rewarded with knowledge and power.
Extend your thought beyond limits. out pass
all
form into the formless and silent. traverse
all time. become eternity in thought. live
in the ever
present. Lift the thought above all heights.
descend below all depths. that you may conceive
of
and know the Omnipresent Spirit. and the true
relationship existing between the manifest
and the
unmanifest. and that all that is perceived
is contained within the perceiver. To thus
perceive and
think is freedom. God perception. and true
knowledge.
Christ is to us the way. the truth and the
life. in that he reveals the true relation
of the
I am. or real self. to God. Not until we take
our true position and maintain it as did he.
have we
placed ourselves in thought and consciousness
where God hath placed us. nor can we
demonstrate the Truth as it was demonstrated
by Jesus. Therefore. they who believe in their
union with God. shall be sanctified in the
truth. and glorified in the realization of
it. and shall do
the things that Jesus did. i.e. make free
by the power of Truth. If the motive be based
aright you
will seek to know the Spirit. that you may
work as it works. This system of guiding thought.
and
expanding it into consciousness. casts out
the beam from the eye and makes it single
to truth. and
the mental constitution is illumined with
its light. and the individual ascends up into
an high
mountain as did Jesus. and from thence thought.
radiant because it is truthful. flows out
fragrant
with that love which applies alike to all
which has no respect to person to the multitude
below
which are in darkness or mis interpretation.
and they who have an ear to hear will hear.
I E they
who in understanding are open to the Spirit.
know the thought of Spirit. and in them that
believe the material universe to be a plane
of cause. and who therefore sit in darkness
and in the region
and shadow of death. light will spring up.
which will be as a star guiding mentality
to its parent
Source Spirit. Let your light so shine that
the Spirit of Truth which is in heaven may
be
glorified.
Lesson 10
The Spoken Word. Or the Purpose of Life In
Creation
In the beginning was the Word. and the Word
was with God. and the Word was God.
The Esoteric. or true meaning of the God head.
is understood to consist in the truth that
three truths. so to speak. are essential in
the one absolute Being. that it may be manifest.
God the
Omnipresent Spirit. is known to the awakened
to be a Trinity in Unity. or three in One.
which is
prior to the formation in thought of mental
images like unto itself.
Spirit perceives the idea of creation within
itself. hence. there is the perceiver. the
perception. and the idea perceived. and the
three are One. The Spirit perceives all possibilities
in
its idea. which is also itself. They constitute
the first triad. or union of three. known
to the
Egyptians as the sacred Trinity or triangle
of Love. Wisdom and Truth. they are pure Spirit
God the Father of all.
It may be reasoned in this way. God is love.
and wisdom is essential to the realization
of
the truth that He is Love. or it may be said.
love. knowing the truth of what it is. and
knowing its
own power. is wisdom. Therefore. the power
to think and create is contained within the
Trinity.
and resulting from this eternal. unchangeable
perception and consciousness. is thought and
creation.
I am. that I am. therefore I think. is a truthful
conclusion. Add to the Trinity or triangle
its power to think. and we have justice. which
forms the sacred square the Perfect Whole.
So
that which squares the triangle. is the power
to think. and is justice. so with what measure
we
mete. the same do we have. and when Love.
Wisdom and Truth. or Father. Son and Holy
Ghost.
are manifest in thought. the thought is just
to God and man. for it is an image of them.
and is
divinity manifest. As all things are produced
by the power of thought. the production is
an exact
image or effect of the thought producing it.
therefore. the effect is perfect justice to
the thought.
then if the thought be in the image and likeness
of God. the effect or image is an exact
representation of God or God manifest in the
flesh.
This is the divine order of manifestation.
and as is the thought. so is the manifestation.
and never is it otherwise. So all that we
have in manifestation. is the result of what
we have
thought. thought is the tree which produces
sweet or bitter fruit. and the fixed habits
of thought
or belief determine the kind it shall be.
according to the tree so is the fruit. The
out picturing of thought is exact justice.
it never fails to bring its reward. or produce
its kind.
Christ knew himself to be the Omnipresent
Trinity. or Spirit. Therefore. if we believe
understandingly in the Lord Jesus Christ.
we shall know the freedom. power and glory
that
he did. Thought. being the first born of Spirit.
is individual. not omnipresent. therefore
it acts in
time and place. but it being the imaging quality
or power of the Omnipresent. it can be extended
to all time and place.
The power to think is contained in the God
head. and thought is its first born. and
through thought do we discern the visible
universe. or that which is the result of thought.
When
we see objects. or sense visible things. the
objects seen or things sensed are not neither
can they
become a cause for the expression of life.
truth and power.
While we are privileged to look upon the beautiful
symbols in nature. which are radiant
with the life of the Omnipresent Deity. yet
not until we see them as effects. can the
thought and
reason be raised into the Omnipresent Deity
with which they are radiant. nor can we ascertain
and make apparent the full purpose of life
in creation. that of bearing perfect fruit
of the Spirit.
To solve the problem of life. we must by means
of thought mentally receive. and image in
consciousness the absolute and unchanging
Spirit. then reflect that image in the body.
and
demonstrate it in word and deed. and that
which is reflected in the body. or demonstrated
in word
or deed. is a symbol of the unchanging life
and truth. and is radiant with that which
it symbols.
But if in our effort to solve the problem
of life. we fail to perceive and realize the
absolute and
unchanging Spirit. we do not image it in consciousness
by thought. and we fail to reflect it in the
body. or demonstrate it in word and deed.
The baptism of the Holy Ghost is a knowledge
of the whole truth of what Being is. in
other words. to know what Being is. is to
live and bathe in the Spirit of Truth the
Omnipresent
Life. When the Spirit of Truth. which is the
comforter. is perceived and demonstrated.
it guides
to all in truth and absolute freedom. When
Divine Being is imaged in consciousness. we
know
what harmonious results are. from having produced
them. We are to consider. therefore. that
all
forms in nature. all that is seen or sensed.
are symbols of eternal ideas. hence may be
called
spoken words. representative of principle.
As forms are spoken words of Spirit. the forms
in nature constitute the language or
spoken words of the Infinite. that is. forms
in Nature are the out picturing of the interior
language
or idea of Spirit. Our bodies are symbols
of an idea spoken and made visible.
Once rend the veil of delusion. and we know
that we possess freedom in the Spirit of
Truth. and know that matter has no power over
us. to limit or environ. for a thinker is
greater
than his thought. word. or his deed. That
which is representative of self or being.
cannot control
or guide self. so it is clear that we must
assume the responsibility of controlling our
thoughts.
words and deeds. and thus free mentality from
its self made limitations. which means its
self
made delusions. When this is done we shall
be able to perceive and read the silent and
invisible
language or idea that lies back of all nature
the language which is. before the beginning.
I E
before thought prior to expressions.
The power to perceive. read. and realize the
universal language which lies back of created
things. is the deepest intuition. it is Spirit
taking cognizance of its own truth recorded
in the book of life. This language has no
sound. neither is it visible to the senses.
it is a soundless. invisible
presence. hidden in the secret chamber of
the silence. the formless. the all pervading
One in
absolute love.
The Christian Mystic. Jacob Boehme. an illuminated
seer. expressed the same truth in the
form of a dialogue between the Master and
His disciple. as follows. The disciple said
to the
Master. How can I succeed in arriving at that
supersensual life in which I may see and hear
the
Supreme? The Master answered. If you can only
for a moment enter in thought into the
formless. where no creature resides. you will
hear the voice of the Supreme. The disciple
said.
Is this far or near? The Master answered.
It is in yourself. and if you can command
only for
one hour the silence of your desires. you
will hear the inexpressible words of the Supreme.
If
your own will and self are silent in you.
the perception of the eternal will be manifest
through
you. God will hear. and see. and talk through
you. your own hearing. desiring and seeing.
prevents you from hearing and seeing the Supreme.
Acknowledgment of the ever present Deity
as being all there is. and meditating with
calm and peaceful thought on the same. is
the way to
prove to ourselves the truth of the Masters
words to His disciple. and rise above self
made
delusion. Practice as advised in the preface
to this lesson. and you will hear the inexpressible
words of the Supreme. saying. there is no
limitation. and beliefs in limitation will
disappear. for
error is never apparent where truth is spoken
and manifest.
Every word spoken. and every thing in nature.
has its origin in the silent and invisible.
Every thing in nature is but a symbol and
shadow of that silent and invisible reality.
The names
by which forms in nature are known. are not
their real and divine names. They are not
named
according to their reality. but according
to their appearance.
We have not forgotten the lesson impressed
upon our memory in early childhood. of how
to listen to the silence and be guided by
its word. Having a birthright to the Quaker
Church. we
were taught to depend upon the still small
voice to guide us in the straight and narrow
way. and
to an upright life. and. that if we did not
listen to. and obey its voice. it would cease
speaking to
us. How true it is. that if we do not listen
to the voice of Truth. which is ever silent.
and adjust
our thought. word and deed to it. we lose
the way of hearing. perceiving and understanding.
and
they that lose this way are lost in the wilderness
of effects and appearances.
If we do not seek first Cause. which is God.
and rely upon it. we do seek and rely upon
that which is not cause. but effect. To seek
and lean upon effects is to serve mammon.
is to obey
the senses. which is idolatry.
To seek and to depend upon manifesting first
Cause. or God. for all expressions of life
and strength. is to worship in Spirit and
in truth. is to base the motive and faith
aright. and is to
fulfill the purpose of life in creation. for
the purpose of life in creation is that God
may be
manifest. and that we may. as individuals.
come to know Him and the I AM as one. which
is a
consciousness of life eternal with God.
Lesson 11
The Spoken Word. Or the Purpose of Life In
Creation. Continued
In God. before the beginning of creation.
are the souls of all things that are made.
In other
words. all ideas are eternally in Him. the
Infinite Spirit or Mind. hence are prior to
manifestation.
and that which is with God in the beginning.
or which is in Infinite Spirit or Mind prior
to
manifestation. God. Nature. therefore. is
wholly dependent upon the presence of God.
its Cause.
and is but a semblance or likeness of that
upon which it depends. So let your thought
no longer
sustain the false position that you who are
inherent in Cause. and are. therefore. prior
to your
thought and its manifestation are in any way.
at any time. dependent upon that which you
manifest. but hold the consciousness that
your manifestations are wholly dependent on
you.
Truthful thought or correct thinking is God
manifest. is His possibility made apparent
to the
individual. Spirit ever recognizes its own.
As words are symbols of ideas. so are forms
symbols of ideas made apparent through
thought. At this point in our lesson. the
seeming is. that there are two Causes. but
the truth is.
truthful thought and word are two effects
flowing from one Cause Being. One eternal
idea gives
birth to both. When divine ideas are manifest
in thought. that thought may be projected
into form
of words. form of feeling. form of deed. So
our words may be said to be the expression
of divine
ideas imaged in consciousness by thinking.
ideas are first and are the larger term. which
includes
the possibility of the word. As one idea is
capable of being expressed or made apparent
in myriad
forms in thought. so even one perfect thought
may be expressed in myriad forms of word.
word
of sound. word of deed. word of sensation.
word of physical form. When all this has been
accomplished. we have neither added to nor
taken from the idea. for perfect from eternity
to
eternity is the idea or soul of things. that
which manifests. As the principle of mathematics
contains all the possibilities of the problems
of mathematics. so Infinite Spirit contains
all the
possibilities of the ideas of Spirit that
have been. are now. or will ever be manifest
in creation.
All forms in nature. the planets and systems
of planets. and all thereon contained. are
symbols of ideas. and may be termed spoken
words in their relation to eternal ideas.
which
termed spoken words in their relation to eternal
ideas. which ever rest in their Source. Infinite
Mind. The Fathers ideas constitute the language
recorded in eternal life. the language of
His
Being. He who lives the life may read what
is therein written.
The Divine Order. Or the Science of Expression
The science of expression is from within.
out. or from Spirit to nature. Nature. or
form. is
external appearance or mask. in which the
law of revealment reaches its ultimate in
demonstration. and expression or form is not
endowed with creative power. for the reason
that form is the most external manifestation
or out picturing of the creative power of
the idea. That
which is produced by the action of power.
is not the power. but is forever subject to
the action
of the power which produced it. Thus. we see
that form is passive and ever changing. therefore
not real. and is neither life. understanding.
or power. for they are silent and formless.
The act of
thinking is the action of power. and is powerful.
and gives form in thought to the formless.
and
makes visible the invisible or eternal idea.
The act of speaking is an appearance of the
action of
power. and makes the form of thought apparent
to the senses. Therefore the form or spoken
word which seems so real and substantial to
sense. is but appearance of thought. and thought
is a
representation of an eternal idea. Therefore.
seek to get understanding. to know thyself.
and
live in life be the Fathers idea.
As grand and sublime as nature is. with all
her planets and systems of planets. and all
things thereon contained. yet she and all
her forms are but symbols or spoken words
representative of the ideas that are forever
resting in that which is symboled the Speaker.
Creation therefore represents the divine ideas
which are forever resting in the Creator.
If nature.
the appearance. be so sublime. how more transcendently
so must be the reality or Creator. hence
the eternal truth conveyed in the words. thine
is the kingdom. the power and the glory forever.
so let it be. What is it to find the kingdom
of heaven and dwell therein? but to get understanding.
and to become fully conscious that we live
and move and have our being in God. To thus
know
that the kingdom of heaven is at hand is to
live in the realization of the power and glory
of Being.
The reason why the wisdom and power of Being
is not more fully manifest. is because the
attention is occupied with beliefs which are
the opposite of Being. and which deny its
presence.
The ignorance of the world is due to idolatry.
and idolatry consists in placing on form the
estimate and worth that belongs alone to Being.
Awaken. Oh. slumbering humanity. to thine
own
inheritance. Being. lay hold upon it. it is
thine to use and to enjoy. Be passive in thought.
and free
from anxiety and fear. and look steadfastly
into the Unity of Being. and thou wilt see
that all that
is. is divine. and more than human. Be still
and know that I am God.
The power to think is the power of being.
I am. therefore it is necessary that I think.
that
my possibilities may be manifest. As the white
ray of light contains all possibilities of
color and
shades of color within itself. so also does
Spirit or Infinite Being contain within itself
all
possibilities of universal nature with all
forms therein contained. and as the possibilities
of the
white ray are not recognized by the individual
consciousness until they are brought forth
in the
manifestation of various colors. so the possibilities
of Infinite Spirit are unrecognized or
unknown to the individual consciousness until
they are made apparent in manifestation or
brought forth in expression. The white ray.
therefore. is fullness of color within itself.
as Divine
Being is fullness of power and goodness within
itself. As long as we permit the things of
sense to
form a basis for our conclusions. we see external
things as real. through our beliefs in them.
Argument and error of understanding are brought
about and maintained by this false method
of
thinking.
Negation is said to bring forth bitter fruit.
but even that is nothing. for nothing cannot
produce something. The bitter fruit is non
expression of Spirit. hence the belief in
weakness. So
those who allow appearances to form a basis
for their thought and conclusions. will be
heard to judge themselves and others from
the standpoint of appearance. yet it is written.
judge not
according to appearances. but judge righteous
judgment. Such persons are heard to say. I
am sick
to day and to morrow I am better. and the
next day well thus showing that they have
no other
basis for their thought and conclusion than
feeling and sensation. As long as appearances
are
permitted to be a basis from which to reason.
we cannot prevent ourselves from feeling agreeable
or disagreeable. happy or unhappy. for feeling
will accord with the plane. premise. and reason
of
our thought. Thus controlling and guiding
thought. we express life eternal. but when
thought is
based in and on the images resulting from
life. it shows forth its kind no life. substance
or
power. verily both have their reward. They
who permit the external to sway their thought.
have
strong likes and dislikes for people. places
and conditions. their judgment being according
to
appearances. their thought and conclusions
serve appearances or mammon. Such persons
are
heard to say. I like or dislike the weather.
I like or dislike certain environments or
conditions. I
believe a certain kind of food is digestible
or indigestible. I believe if I were in a
certain climate I
would be healthy and happy. and be a power
to bless others. and according to their own
statements of themselves they are wholly and
entirely mortal. and are subject to every
mortal
thing on the face of the planet. such have
wandered out of the way of wisdom. in thought.
and are
in the congregation of the dead. materiality.
or dead effects. that is. they believe that
matter is life.
The power to bless others comes not from this
realm or line of thought and reasoning. Therefore
those who would bless others must first bless
themselves by claiming and being that which
is real
and permanent. and not subject to effects.
A copy of a painting is never as good as the
original. for the reason that the original
is the
image and likeness of an eternal idea. resting
within the painter. and it represents that
idea. The
idea is imaged in mentality by thought. so.
a copy of the painting only represents the
symbol of
an idea. and is a copy or picture of a symbol.
a copy or picture of a symbol is forever dead.
As
external forms are symbolic of ideas. all
beliefs based on the testimony of the senses
are based on
symbols of an idea. and are mental copies
or symbols. and are. therefore. dead pictures.
The
original idea is the only living picture.
Therefore form your mental images from the
living idea.
not from the dead symbol. A full understanding
of the above. which is illustrative of the
science
of expression. enables us to set our house
in order. to have a place for everything.
and everything
in its place that is. to place the true worth
on Being. and to see expression or creation
as forever
subject to it. It is not well. even then.
to momentarily turn to the shadowy side. or
taste the
forbidden fruit. for if tempted by the serpent
of sense to make appearances the object of
love. we
are deceived by giving them a place in thought
instead of Being. and we partake of forbidden
fruit.
all who partake of it are cast out of the
garden. which is in Eden.
Lesson 12
Conclusion
They who live consciously in truth and life.
know that they are free.
They who understandingly live in the eternal.
Now. know that they are free.
They who live in this perfect idea. understand
the perfect. and are free.
There is no realization but the freedom of
unchanging truth.
Know the truth. and the truth shall make you
free.
In the previous lessons of this course. we
have given the principles of the science of
Universal or Omnipresent Spirit. including
methods by which to practice it.
The teaching of Christ as all truth contained
in the New Testament. when freed from its
mystic or allegoric language. and spiritually
understood and applied is found to be the
truth or
the science of Omnipresent Spirit. and the
methods of application are the same of the
one as of
the other. Therefore. between Christs teaching
when truthfully understood. and the science
of
Spirit. there is no difference. The basis
of one is the basis of the other. that of
unity with God.
The method of one. is the method of the other.
that of manifesting God in the flesh or
that of bearing fruit of the Spirit in earth.
The practice of the one. is the practice of
the other. that of fulfilling the royal law.
Love.
by loving at all times. regardless of circumstance
or material appearance.
So. inasmuch as we have instructed you in
previous lessons. that there is but one science.
which is exact knowledge of truth. and that
truth is unchanging. and that unchangeable
truth is the
exact way of truth and life. in the above
statements we would not convey to your thought
that
the principles of the science of Spirit are
confined to the teaching of the New Testament.
or that
they were not expressed in other teachings
or bibles previous to the advent of Jesus
on earth.
While his teaching is so universal that it
may be said to embody the whole. yet the whole
truth is
omnipresent. and may be recognized and expressed
at the same time by every soul in the vast
universe.
In reply to the thought of multitudes of people.
who are earnestly enquiring as to where
and what is truth. we would say that there
is no place where truth is not. and no reality
that is
not truth. So. we have written. there is one
God. or Spirit. or Mind. infinite. limitless.
indivisible.
immutable. all of presence. all of knowledge.
and all of power. and that there is one Truth.
one
love. or law. Therefore it is axiomatic. that
there is not a truth in the vast Universe
or realm of
Infinite Spirit. that the science of Spirit
does not include. and this is recognized by
Spirit at all
times. and by each and every individual who
willingly sets aside self and all belief in
separateness
for Universal Spirit.
Spirit is truth and knowledge. And furthermore.
all truth. unmanifest or manifest.
unknown or known. belongs to the science of
Infinite Spirit.
Nor can we say that the inhabitants of other
planets. however advanced they may be in
Divine Science. or wisdoms way. have a single
truth that is not ours. by virtue of our inherency
in the omnipresent God. Neither can it be
said that the truth perceived by different
nations. nor
that the part of it recognized by any or all
churches. nor any truth contained in all isms.
or that
perceived by each individual. does not belong
to the science of Omnipresent Spirit. the
Infinite
Whole. Therefore it is axiomatic. that through
our union with God or Goodness. which fills
the
vast universe. we are united to all science
or truth unexpressed in the invisible Spirit.
or expressed
in the visible universe. for God or Goodness
pervades each and all alike. and unites the
one to the
other.
There is no limit to the science of Infinite
Spirit. and the teacher of science recognizes
none. with this perception we have instructed
you in these words. That the science of Spirit
is
that science which includes all sciences all
truth. which treats of the exact relation
of souls to
God. or of the exact relation of eternal ideas
to Infinite Mind. Also that the science of
Spirit and
its application in healing. consists in a
certain perception of absolute truth. which
is a knowledge
of Infinite Spirit unmanifest. and of its
attributes. and of its law of expression.
and of the way to
manifest according to the law. and image forth
its attributes.
So. we have instructed you as to the power
of thoughts and its office. it being the means
through which creation takes place. it is
the formative principle. then in order to
image forth the
attributes of Spirit. we must base our mental
conclusions in the Spirit. and thus adjust
our
thoughts to it. and square our conduct thereby.
That is. the Spirit is the true basis from
which to
form correct mental conclusions. as in mathematics
we take the principle as the basis for the
mental solution of the problem. so. thought
being the means by which the invisible Spirit
or
principle becomes visible. and is that through
which the silent spirit is spoken and made
apparent
to the senses. it must be pure. and be in
the image and likeness of Spirit if it bears
fruit thereof.
We. being immortal. cannot make a truthful
statement of ourselves without basing the
statement on absolute and unchanging principle.
i.e. on the immortal. and we thus bring the
true
or immortal self to light. or symbol it forth.
by making truthful statements of ourselves
and of
others.
Dear friends and students. we unhesitatingly
say. that a study of the science of Spirit
opens the portals to the Spirit. and unites
the consciousness with the Source of truth
and life. and
they who live in truth and life. live in freedom.
So they who understand the basic principle
of this
science. are in possession of the key that
unlocks the door to the perfect tabernacle
not made
with hands. through which they may enter into
the holy of holies the realm of Divine wisdom.
And they who succeed in reasoning from the
basic principles. and in drawing all conclusions
therefrom. bear golden fruit of the Spirit
of Truth. They who live in the perfect idea.
understand
the perfect. and are free. Let not the lesson
on faith ever pass from consciousness. for
by faith
and through faith are all accomplishments
gained that are gained. truly it is the substance
and
power which makes all that is made. by faith
we think. and speak. and act. perfect work
is due to
the perfect expression of faith. Through divorcing
the faith from that which is made. and uniting
it to that which is unmade. do we come to
realize that there is no freedom but divine
truth. This
realization. as we have instructed you. is
to be accomplished through the denial of the
senses. and through the affirmation of principle.
by ceasing to worship the things of this world
and by
worshipping the ever present. and placing
the true value on the all pervading One.
To assist you in this work of atonement. or
regeneration. in lesson second we have given
the divine attributes as a guide to truth.
and in lesson eight. have defined them so
that you may
discipline the thought and adjust it to Spirit.
and thus bring forth harmonious expressions
as a
musician disciplines his voice by adjusting
it to the principle of music. And as the voice
will not
bring forth harmonious sound until it is adjusted
to the principle. so thought will not bring
forth
harmonious results until adjusted to Spirit.
and thus faith is given its perfect expression.
and the
universal love of God or Goodness. through
thought. flows out to all alike. That is.
the love of
God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy
Ghost. which is given unto us. which means
a
consciousness of truth. and thus do we realize
the truth that frees. which realization is
freedom
itself. for truth embodied disembodies error.
They who are intuitively instructed. are instructed
by the Absolute. and perceive first and
final truth. They recognize but one instructor.
one Source from which to manifest all goodness.
one Source in which to perceive all goodness.
one Source in which to acknowledge all that
is. I E
all wisdom. power and presence. So. intuition.
the eye of understanding. as we have told
you. can
alone recognize or perceive first and final
Truth. Therefore you are instructed to acknowledge
the
Kingdom of God. with all its wealth. as being
ever present. and thus do you come into the
possession of the promises that are made to
those who believe. for they who are mindful
of the
country the Kingdom of Spirit from which they
came out. in thought and memory. thus return
and become conscious that they are in heaven.
and are no longer strangers and pilgrims.
A right beginning is essential to a correct
ending. and a right beginning must necessarily
be
one that begins where all things begin. in
Spirit or God in divine intelligence and wisdom
e.g.
as a mathematical example has its origin in
principle. All truth is principle. and is
life eternal.
truth differs not one time from another. Therefore
science. which is exact knowledge of the
unchangeable. and of the relation of things
to their Source. cannot be understood but
by basing all
conclusions upon that in which they have their
origin. i.e. it cannot be understood but by
perceiving all things in Infinite Spirit.
So we have instructed you. that the true method
of conveying knowledge is that of
reasoning from the abstract to the concrete.
from the infinite to the finite. as from principle
to
problem and example. and that they who know
the trinity or simple law of expression. are
in
possession of the truth that lifts the veil
of all delusion. and that enables them to
express from
the eternal and the unmanifest. the perfect
realm of infinite Being. Earnest application
of the basic
principles of science brings conviction. which
is realization. In the science of Spirit.
teaching.
practice and proof go hand in hand. for we
can realize the divine attributes only through
experiencing their presence in our own thoughts.
Just as much of truth and infinite love and
power as we think. do we acknowledge or make
known. Therefore the awakened or knowing
ones acknowledge all that is. In so doing
they live in truth and life. the infinite
Father. So to
them an evil power is unthinkable. since truth
knows not error. nor goodness evil. hence
they
resist not. and are God like in all their
ways. So we have said unto you. that a belief
in two
powers. one good and the other evil. one warring
against the other. and the belief that Spirit
and matter are two powers. the law of the
one opposed to the law of the other. and the
belief that
there is a higher self and a lower self. each
trying to overrule the other. are kingdoms
divided
against themselves. The belief in division
or separateness. is the source of all selfishness.
or
feeling of distinction. superiority. pride.
ambition. grief. sorrow and desolation. It
is forever true
that there is but one self. one Being. Unity
is truth. They who realize this are born again.
or from
above. they have ascended unto the holy mount.
We have shown that Being is the eternal Spirit
or Mind. which is the infinite God or
Goodness. and that through thought it creates.
The power to think. therefore. is the power
to
image forth the silent attributes of Being.
and thus give form to the formless. Also that
the visible
universe is the effect of thought. the spoken
word. or thought. made apparent to sense.
We have
shown that faith is the substance of works.
or it is the divine power of Being. manifest.
Also that
prayer is effort or aspiration to express
or image forth the divine attributes from
within. that
everything in nature prays. and faith is the
substance which enables it to express its
innate
power.
Intuition is Truth perceiving Truth. Spirit
perceiving the things of the Spirit. or Mind
perceiving its eternal ideas. this is cognition
of first and final truth. That your thought
may not
wander out of the way of wisdom or unity.
we have defined the divine attributes as a
guide by
which to discipline your thought. and unite
the consciousness to truth and life. which
is freedom.
The attributes are love. truth. wisdom. knowledge.
power. presence. faith and harmony. To
think in harmony with these attributes. or
to image them in thought. is truths practice.
so the
practitioner of divine truth is a healer.
in that he adjusts all to God. Therefore in
order to heal the
sick. and cast out false beliefs by the power
of God. it is necessary that we be the perfect
mind
and idea which we comprehend. and then express
the perfect thought. which is in the image
and
likeness of this Mind and idea. It is necessary
to know that we are the perfect faith which
we
wish to manifest in all our ways. and be that
faith. and to know that the substance of faith
is the
power of Being. and that our attributes are
infinite. In this realization we are in a
condition to
consciously fulfill the purpose of life in
creation.
When the mental constitution is adjusted to
God. and we have taken our position in the
infinite Source. our position is a truthful
one. and we see and express as we see the
Father
expressing. and deem it no robbery to claim
that we are the good and the perfect. which
we
recognize.
Be ye therefore perfect. even as your Father
which is in heaven is perfect.
This is the end of. Lessons in the Science
of Infinite Spirit. by Malinda Elliott Cramer
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