Good Morning Garden

Change From Within

Man is a mental being, and to know this is the first step on the road to freedom and prosperity, for as long as you believe yourself to be primarily physical, a superior kind of animal, you will remain in bondage—in bondage, that is to say, to your own habits of thought, for there is no other bondage.

Since you are a mental being, you will see how foolish it is for you to endeavor to improve your conditions by altering your environment while leaving your mind unchanged. To attempt this is to foredoom yourself to disappointment. Mind is cause, and experience is effect. If you do not like the experience or effect that you are getting, the obvious remedy is to alter the cause and then the effect will naturally alter too.

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. (Matthew 23:26).

If we were to be magically transported to a place that is free from all our earthly concerns, but did not change the thoughts and habits that created those concerns, in a very short period of time,we would find ourselves surrounded once again by the same problems. If we do change the thoughts and habits that create our problems, then we will transform our existing place so that our concerns and problems would be resolved. This is not magic. It is simply adopting and applying the principles stated above. While this sounds simple, it is very difficult. It is so difficult that we can not do it without God’s help. If we obey God’s will and follow his laws, we will tap into God’s infinite power and will be able to transform our thoughts, words and deeds to be in harmony with God. Then we will be “new creations”, empowered by God to become the people God intended us to be. Then we will abide in the Garden God created for us.

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