Man has dominion over all things when he knows the Law of Being and obeys it. Do not put off your study of the law any longer. Take stock of your life this very day. Write down the things you really wish for. Be specific, not vague. Then write down underneath the conditions that you wish to remove from your life. If you do this candidly, you now have an extremely valuable analysis of your own mentality. In course of time this will tell you a great many things about your self that you do not at present suspect, and as your knowledge of spiritual Truth increases, you will be able to handle the new knowledge about your self in a surprising way.
Having forgotten your main points in front of you, work on each one separately with all the spiritual knowledge you possess. Remember, it is not really very important how much of this knowledge you have so long as you make use of all that you do have. Repeat this treatment every day for a month, and by the end of that time it will be very unusual if a change for the better has not manifested itself in your conditions.
For those unfamiliar with spiritual treatment, an effective method of working is this: Claim gently but definitely that the great creative Life Force of the universe is bringing each of the needed changes into your life in its own way, in it own time, and in its own form. Do not try to dictate the exact form in which the new conditions shall come about. Do not be tense or vehement. Do not let anyone else know that you are doing this. Do not look impatiently every day for results.
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do (Deuteronomy 29:9).
The process described above is in essence the same process that Lent presents to us. In this period, we are to identify those traits that separate us from God, so we can bury them. We are also to identify those traits that will bring us closer to God and incorporate those traits into the new being that arises with Christ as we remember and relive his resurrection.
By identifying and focusing on burying our ungodly traits and raising up our godly traits, we are then in a position to participate in the other activities prescribed in Lent. Those traits are self-sacrifice and charitable acts to others. As we fulfill this treatment, we will find ourselves changed into children of God who put God and others first. Then, as our new person arises with the risen Christ, we too are transformed into our real nature as true children of God.
Then we can live, think and act as garden dwellers in communion with God and the Eden he gave us.
Burying the old and raising the new self,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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