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The Law of Subconscious Activity

Posted in Good Morning, tagged , on April 7, 2009| Leave a Comment »

            As soon as the subconscious mind accepts any idea, it immediately begins trying to put it into effect. It uses all its resources (and these are far greater than is commonly supposed) to that end. It uses every bit of knowledge that you have ever collected, most of which you have totally forgotten, to bring about its purpose. It mobilizes the many mental powers that you possess, most of which you never consciously use. It draws on the unlimited energy of the race mind. It lines up all the laws of nature as they operate both inside and outside of you, to get its way.

 
Sometimes it succeeds in its purpose immediately. Sometimes it takes a little time, sometimes it takes a long time; but if the thing is not utterly impossible, the subconscious will bring it about—once it accepts the idea.
 
This law is true for both good and bad ideas. This law, when used negatively, brings sickness, trouble, and failure; and when used positively, brings healing, freedom, and success. We give the orders—the subconscious does the work.
 
…his secret is with the righteous (Proverbs 3:32).
When the subconscious mind accepts something it means we have accepted it as true and have incorporated it into our thoughts, feelings and attitudes. In short, it is when we believe in something or have faith in it. So, when we truly believe, our subconscious begins working to bring it about. This work is not limited to what goes on inside us. It also impacts everything around us.
If we truly believe we are capable of being God’s children, then will be. If, on the other hand, we believe we are weak and incapable being anything, then we will be nothing.

What a glorious day it will be when we completely accept the fact that God loves us and wants us to live in peace, joy and health. That wonderful day, we will unlock the door to the Eden God created for us. That night, we will lie down in green pastures, and the next morning we will awaken in our Garden with our souls restored .

Accepting restoration,

Z gardener

 

 

 

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The Law of Substitution

Posted in Good Morning, tagged , on April 6, 2009| Leave a Comment »

            There are a few great laws that govern all thinking, just as there are a few fundamental laws in chemistry. We know that thought control is the key of destiny, and in order to learn thought control we have to know and understand these laws.

 
One of the great mental laws is the Law of substitution. This means that the only way to get rid of a certain thought is to substitute another one for it. You cannot dismiss a thought directly. You can do so only by substituting another one for it. If I say to you, “ Do not think of the Statue of Liberty,” of course, you immediately think of it. If you say, “I am not going to think of the Statue of Liberty,” that is thinking about it. But if you become interested in something else, you forget all about the Statue of Liberty—and this is a case of substitution.
 
When negative thoughts come to you, do not fight them, but think of something positive. Preferably think of God; but if that is difficult at the moment, turn your attention to something quite different.
 
But I say unto you, That ye resist no evil… (Matthew 5:39).
With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding (Job 12:13).

Controlling our thoughts is one of the most difficult disciplines we can strive to achieve. The good news is that when we accomplish it, we are in a position to control our entire reality. This ability depends upon its proper use if it is to produce a positive outcome. For instance, if we use the law of substitution to replace bad thoughts with good thoughts, it will yield positive results. Of course, the opposite is also true. This does not mean we should ignore a problem, but that we should think positively about it. Our job then is two-fold. First ,we must develop the mental discipline to control our thoughts, then we must use that discipline to engage in positive thoughts. Right thinking always leads to right living in the Eden God gave us. 

Thinking rightly,

Z gardener

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Sharing the Key

Posted in Good Morning, tagged , on April 3, 2009| Leave a Comment »

            In order to “Golden Key” a troublesome person or a difficult situation, think, “Now I am going to ‘Golden Key’ John, or Mary, or that threatened danger”; then lift John or Mary or the danger into the presence of God and think only of God.

 
Thereafter the person is certain to be in some degree a better, wiser, and more spiritual person. A pending lawsuit or other difficulty will probably fade out without coming to a crisis, justice being done to all parties concerned.
 
…O Lord God, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant (2 Samuel 7:28).

Any time we replace trouble or fear with thoughts of God, we are “golden ke ying” it. In so doing we remove it as a problem and turn it into a the blessing. If we stop and think about it, that alone is no small miracle. Use the golden key today to turn a problem into a miracle by putting God in its place. Then use that golden key to enter the Eden God created for us. Welcome to the Garden.

Turning the key,

Stan

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If the Key Sticks

Posted in Good Morning, tagged , on April 2, 2009| Leave a Comment »

            We have said that the Golden Key is simple, and so it is, but, of course, it is not always easy to turn. If you are very frightened or worried it may be difficult, at first, to get your thoughts away from material things. But by constantly repeating some statement of absolute Truth that appeals to you, such as There is no power but God, or I am the child of God, filled and surrounded by the perfect peace of God, or God is Love, or God is guiding me now, or, perhaps best and simplest of all, just God is with me—you will soon find that your mind is clearing. Do not struggle, be quiet but insistent. Each time that you find your attention wandering, just switch it straight back to God.

 
Do not try to think out in advance what the solution of your difficulty will probably turn out to be. This is technically called outlining, and will only delay the demonstration. Leave the question of ways and means to God. You want to get out of your difficulty —that is sufficient. You do your half, and God will never fail to do His.
 
…whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered…(Joel 2:32).

It has been said that nothing good is easy. Sometimes it is very difficult. So it is with using the golden key. When life’s challenges appear as a tidal wave coming at us, it is hard to think about surfing. Yet, that is exactly what we must do to unlock the door to our respective Gardens.

If our thoughts are consumed with fear, doubt and anxiety, they can not be fixed on God’s promise of joy, hope and confidence. If we focus on the hundred foot wave coming at us, we will not be able to realize that God has placed a surfboard in our grasp. The wave, in our mind is a mortal threat, yet when we use the golden key and replace our fear with thoughts of God, we see that the wave can become the greatest ride of our lives.

So, when call on the name of God, in the midst of our troubles we are confidently shouting “surf’s up” instead of ducking and drowning in fear and doubt.

Riding the wave,

Z gardener

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Unlocking the Door

Posted in Good Morning, tagged on April 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »

            Work by rehearsing everything that you know about God. God is Wisdom, Truth, inconceivable Love. God is present everywhere; has infinite power; knows everything. It matters not how well you may think you understand these things; go over them repeatedly.

 
The rule is to think about God, and if you are thinking about your difficulty you are not thinking about God. To be continually glancing over your shoulder in order to see how matters are progressing is fatal, because that is thinking of the trouble, and you must think of God, and of nothing else. Your object is to drive the thought of the difficulty right out of your consciousness, for a few moments at least, substituting for it the thought of God. If you can become so absorbed in this consideration of the spiritual world that you really forget for a while all about the trouble concerning which you began to pray, you will presently find that your trouble falls into new perspective, new relationships, so that it is no longer a difficulty.
 
…thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all
(Nehemiah 9:6).
 
Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? (Job 31:4).

The first word of today’s message sums it up…work! Once we have the golden key of understanding, then we must work to unlock the door to God’s infinite power, wisdom, love and truth. We have to do the work of thinking rightly if we are to pass through that door. Then we must also do the work of acting rightly if we are to live each day in the Garden. All this work is not a burden. In fact, it removes from us the burdens of guilt, doubt, fear and shame that blocks our communion with God and our entrance to Eden. Free of these burdens, we are able to live each day in joy and gladness.

At work,

Z gardener 

 

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The Golden Key

Posted in Good Morning, tagged on March 31, 2009| Leave a Comment »

            Study and research are well in their own time and place, but no amount of either will get you out of a concrete difficulty. Nothing but practical work in your own consciousness will do that.

 
Scientific prayer is the Golden Key to harmony and happiness. You need take no one’s word for it, and you should not. Simply try it for yourself, and see.
 
Whoever you are, wherever you may be, the Golden Key to harmony is in your hand now. This is because it is God who works, and not you, and so your particular limitations or weaknesses are of no account in the process. You are only the channel through which the divine action takes place, and your part is first to get yourself out of the way.
 
The actual method of working is simplicity itself. All that you have to do is this: Stop thinking about the difficulty, whatever it is, and think about God instead. This is the complete rule, and if only you will do this, the trouble, whatever it is, will presently disappear. It may be big or little, it may concern health, finance, a lawsuit, a quarrel, an accident, or anything else conceivable; but whatever it is, just stop thinking about it, and think of God instead—that is all you have to do.
 
The thing could not be simpler, could it? And yet it never fails to work when given a fair trial.
 
…With God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26).

If asked to choose the one thing that should be shared with the world, the Golden Key would be it. For it unlocks the door to the path that leads into the Eden God gave us. It also unlocks the infinite power and love of God for use in this world. In order to use this key, we must do some of the most difficult things imaginable. We must get ourselves out of the way.

This means believing in God, accepting that God’s will has dominion in out lives instead of our own and it means following God’s plan for our lives. These are not easy things for humans to do. However, it is not the most difficult. That title belongs to the requirement that we understand and accept that reality starts within and is reflected without. Once we have mastered these things, we have turned the key and entered the Garden. Then we must continue the practices above in order to live daily in our Eden.

Turning the key,

Z gardener

 

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God Is Principle

Posted in Good Morning, tagged , on March 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »

God Is Principle

            The seventh main aspect of God is Principle, and this is probably the one that is least understood. What does the word principle mean?

 
Consider a few generally accepted principles. “Water seeks its own level.” This is a principle. It is not only the course taken by a particular drop of water in a particular locality. It is true of all water everywhere. “The angles of any triangle always add up to 180 degrees.” It makes no matter what kind of triangle one may consider; as long as it is a triangle, this principle holds. These principles were true a billion years ago and they will be true a billion years hence.
 
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever (Hebrews 13:8).
 
Prayer is answered because God is principle, eternally manifest in the same way. When we pray rightly we bring ourselves into harmony with His Law of Being. Prayer does not ask God to change the laws for our temporary convenience, but it tunes us in, so to speak, with divine Principle; if God were to make exceptions because we were in great difficulties (which, because of His nature, He could never do) we should never know where we stood. If the law of gravity were occasionally suspended without notice, say, because a very important man had fallen off a roof, you know what would happen to the world.
 
Each of the seven main aspects is a distinct quality like the elements in chemistry. A chemical element, as you know, is just itself and nothing else. Oxygen is an element because there is nothing in it but oxygen. Water on the other hand is a compound, a combination of hydrogen and oxygen. There are many attributes of God, such as wisdom, beauty, joy, and so forth, but they are compounds made up of two or more of the seven main aspects. Wisdom, for example, is the perfect balance of Intelligence and Love.
 
Beauty is the perfect balance of Life, Truth, and Love. In any true work of art, you will find that these three aspects are balanced. There are many such relationships and interdependencies —“Thou canst not pluck a flower without the trembling of a star.”

This simply means that we can count on God to be the same every day. It also means the love of God never changes and that God’s promises are always kept. This is how we can know with total faith that our lives will be fulfilled when we follow God’s will. If God were not principle, chaos would rule. This is always true, anywhere and at any time. So in sunlight or shadow, mirth or misery, hope or fear, God is ever present and stands waiting in the Garden for us. It is God’s hope that we live together in that garden today.

Plucking flowers,

Z gardener

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God Is Spirit

Posted in Good Morning, tagged on March 27, 2009| Leave a Comment »

            The sixth main aspect of God is Spirit. We know that God is Spirit but what does that mean? Spirit is that which cannot be destroyed or damaged. It is the opposite of matter. Matter wears out, but Spirit does not because Spirit is substance. Herbert Spencer defines substance as that which is not subject to discord or decay. Webster says, “that which underlies all outward manifestation…real, unchanging essence or nature…that in which qualities inhere…that which constitutes anything that is.” All this can only apply to spiritual things.

 
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth
(John 4:24).
 
You are Spirit. Spirit cannot die and was never born. Your true self was never born and will never die. You are eternal, divine, unchanging Spirit, in your true nature. The whole universe is a spiritual creation but we see it in a limited way. You have sometimes seen a window made of fluted glass, and you know that if you look at the street through this window everything will be distorted.  Nevertheless, you know that the distortion arises from your seeing wrongly. Our false vision causes us to know ourselves only from a seeming birth to a seeming death; but this is illusion too. This distorted vision of Spirit is really what we know as “matter.” Eucken says, “Reality is an independent spiritual world, unconditioned by the apparent world of sense” – and this is substance.

It seems so hard to accept that true reality is spirit and the material reality we perceive is only a small part of  existence. Yet, the Bible affirms this truth time and again. Acceptance of this truth, however difficult, is the key to understanding our relationship with God and our universe. Once understood and believed, this truth reveals the true way of life that is in harmony with God and all creation. When put into practice, this truth gives us dominion over God’s creation and allows us to shape our reality. Once grasped, this radical truth will “set us free”.

Seeing clearly,

Z gardener

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God Is Soul

Posted in Good Morning, tagged , on March 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »

            The fifth main aspect of God is Soul. Soul is that aspect of God by virtue of which He is able to individualize Himself. The word individual means “undivided.” Most people seem to think it suggests separateness but actually individual means undivided, and God has the power of individualizing Himself without, so to speak, breaking Himself into parts.

 
You are really an individualization of God. Only God can individualize Himself in an infinite number of units of consciousness, and yet not be in any way separate because God is spirit. Matter cannot be individualized. It can only be divided. So your real self, the Christ within, the spiritual man, the I Am, or the divine spark, as it is variously called, is an individualization of God. You are the presence of God at the point where you are.
 
Man may very well be compared to an electric light bulb. The electric current is present in all parts of the circuit, but it shines forth, or one might say, figuratively, becomes self-conscious, in the bulb. So divine Mind becomes self-conscious in you.
 
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods? (John 10:34).
 
When you are called upon to perform some task or undertake some responsibility that seems too great for you, realize that you are one with God and the task will become “our business” instead of “my business.”


Yes, we are vessels of God’s consciousness in the physical realm. Our true nature is as an expression of God’s existence here. When we flip our spiritual switch to the “on” position, God’s will, character and consciousness flows through us. Then we become a light to the world and are filled with peace, joy and gladness. We also tap into the infinite power, love, intelligence and courage of God. It is then that all things become possible. It is then that we truly manifest God’s presence in the material world. It is when we understand that we are God’s consciousness, that we belong to God and that we are here to accomplish God’s will in the physical world, that we truly become Gods. At that moment of realization, we regain admittance into the Eden God created for his children.

Peace,

Z gardener

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God Is Intelligence

Posted in Good Morning, tagged , on March 25, 2009| Leave a Comment »

 

            The fourth main aspect of God is Intelligence. When you clearly realize that this is an intelligent universe it will make a major difference in you life. In an intelligent universe there cannot be disharmony because all ideas must work together for the common good. Neither can there be any lack. An engine that has been intelligently designed does not have any unnecessary parts and neither are any essential parts lacking.

 
It is especially important to realize that God is Intelligence because it sometimes happens that when people outgrow the childish idea that God is just a magnified man, they go to the opposite extreme and think of God as a blind force, like gravity or electricity. This means that they have lost all sense of the Love and Fatherhood of God, and such an idea is very little better than a subtle form of atheism.
 
God is not a person in the usual sense of the word, but God has every quality of personality except its limitation. The human mind cannot imagine personality that is not limited, but this difficulty arises from the limitation of the human mind itself, and of course this does not affect the nature of God. The Bible says, in effect, whatever you think I am, that will I be to you; this means that if we attribute to God every quality of an infinite, intelligent, loving personality, God will be just that to us. So we may say that we believe in a personal God.
 
Children and young people respond very readily indeed to a prayer for expression of Intelligence through them. If you are interested in a young person at college, pray several times a week that Intelligence will manifest through him and you will be surprised to find how his progress in his studies will increase. Remember also the wonderful fact that when you work for a person the result will be with him for the rest of his life.
 

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! …(Romans 11:33).

God is intelligence, and he gave us our intellect so that we would be empowered to create and to discern and understand the universe he created for us. When we use that intelligence to raise questions and ponder God’s mysteries, we are not turning from God but are in fact using a gift to seek fuller understanding, greater faith and closer communion. If we use that gift to deny or refuse God, then we are misusing the gift and will experience less understanding, an erosion of faith and alienation from God. Each gift given to us by God must be used wisely and for good purposes. Then we will find the answers and the peace and fulfillment we seek and that God wants us to have.

In discernment,

Z gardener

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