Chapter 3

"I am unselfish in action, being and motive."

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ALL THINGS ARE IN DIVINE ORDER

"Divine Harmony and Peace Actuate Every Thought and Action of My Being."

I realize that all things are in Divine order for me and mine. There can be no disturbance in the world without or the world within my being but that is in perfect harmony with the Infinite.

The circumstances outside of my life are all for my good. My environment where I am now and the conditions in which I am living, I make harmonize for me by my attitude of mind. I think only peace, I breathe only love, I speak only harmony. My conditions and my environment, although outwardly inharmonious to my likes and tendencies, are changed by the alchemy of my thinking into a perfect symphony of happiness for me now.

"Divine Harmony and Peace actuate every thought and action of my being." This thought is energy, this thought is life, this thought is power. The energy, life and power of this thought weaves all of my diversified Life's experiences into a Divine pattern of perfection for me. There can be no trouble, disappointments, sorrow, reverses, loss or discord but that shall be changed for my good when I think Spirit and live the affirmation of today, namely, "Divine Harmony and Peace actuate every thought and action of my being." All things are in Divine order.

The Spirit of Divinity prompts my thinking. The Divine within me actuates my actions. The God Powers within, this minute are working all things together for my good. There can be no danger come nigh my dwelling for my body is the temple of the living God. Therefore, the God Spirit within me protects me from all harm, inspires me to high ideals, lifts me to heights of righteousness and fills my soul with love. Love for my circumstances, love for my present conditions, love for my environment, love for every one in the world, love for all of the creation of God.

Therefore I have no enemies, for I love all. I recognize no misfortunes, for the love energy within turns all misfortunes and sorrows into stepping stones for my greater advancement and achievement. The God energy within transforms all inharmonious conditions without into a perfect harmony within. The Kingdom of God now reigns within me and I am at ease, at peace and at-one-ment with all nature and God. The harmony therefore within me in nature and in God gives me perfect peace within and perfect peace without. Divine thought and energy, love and blessing actuate every action of my being.

Where Divine Love reigns there can be no trouble, no discord, no inharmony, no lack, no limitation, no sorrow, no grief, no sickness, no failure. The energy of Divine Love transforms all things into my Good. The Love and Peace of the Father abideth within me and is manifested without so that my life is one harmonious whole touching the lives of all others who come in contact with me so that they, too, feel my vibrations of at-one-ment with the Father and they in turn become harmonious and complete in Spirit with man and God.

Divine Harmony and Peace actuate every thought and action of my being. All things are in Divine order.

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THOUGHT TO HOLD IN SILENCE AND TO MEDITATE UPON DURING THE DAY

FOR JUSTICE

"There's a Spirit of Justice that Secures me in Which is My Own."

If we reach a consciousness of justice, we need have no doubts as to our care in every particular while journeying between the two peaks of eternity--from birth to the Great Divide.

There is nothing that can defeat justice; and the person who has a consciousness of justice will attract to himself every conceivable thing needed for this life, because it will be the logical objective of justice to supply to each individual that justice for which he thinks.

That is the reason why this affirmation is so complete in itself; namely, "There is a spirit of JUSTICE that secures me in which is my own, and this security is provided already for us by the Spirit of Justice."

It would be a psychological paradox to think that Justice could be defeated. That could not be. Perhaps it appears to you that your own has not yet been secured to you, but, remember that life is fleeting--that a year is as a tale that is told--and that a decade is but as "Ships that pass in the night"--when the years have vanished in the distance.

If you have lived a life of justice, and it appears now that your own is not coming to you, that someone else is having more of the good things of life than you, and that someone seems to have used the art of the man of injustice, be not deceived, God is not mocked, for "whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap." If you have sowed equity and justice in the days that are gone, be sure that the same equity and justice will be secured to you.

The Scriptures tell us not to think too much of the man who is nourishing like a green bay tree, for his efforts are soon cut off and he vanisheth away.

One who is astride the scales of justice, and who thinks that he can hold the balance, is gravely mistaken. He may have occupied his present position for many years, first putting his weight on one side and then on the other in an effort to keep his equilibrium. Perhaps today it appears that the scales of justice are being well manipulated by his insincerity, duplicity or trickery--but it is like the green bay tree. It will soon pass away.

Justice is as eternal as God Himself, and there is no more possibility of defeating it in the individual's life, in your own life, in the life of a nation or in the history of mankind, than there is likelihood that the sun can get away from its own rays. The justice of God is eternal, or, in other words, God always is Justice, personified. Where God rules, and where His laws and mandates have been given by His own fiat, "man, neither flesh nor the devil" can defeat the ultimate outcome of justice. Your own is secured to you.

Man himself is fashioned by the finger of Divinity. The crown of justice is placed upon his brow and no ruthless hand of greed, duplicity or evil dexterity can ever tear it away. It is there to stay, and the man who has been thus crowned because he has lived in this consciousness of justice--in the consciousness of God Himself--is bound to have come back to him that which he has thought, that which he has sowed--Justice. You are secured by this spirit of justice.

Perhaps already your life has had the law of compensation bring to you more than to others of whom you may think, and who, because of their bank account, get more out of life than you. A man may have a million dollars, and yet not be as happy as the laborer living in a thatched cottage. _Perhaps Justice has tipped the scales in your favor already--and you have failed to recognize it. Perhaps you have children, loved ones, family and fireside which bring more comfort to you than the land owner gets who lives in his palace on the hill_.

Half of Life, or the joys of Life, depend upon our ability to recognize and appreciate the blessings we already have. Therefore, in counting your blessings, or discounting your blessings, be sure that you use a moral standard, instead of a material standard, in gauging whether justice has been meted out to you or not.

The Justice of the Eternal secures me, the Spirit of Justice secures me in which is mine own. Believe it, think it, live it, claim it and Justice shall be yours.

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Question--In practicing the Silence, the mind seems to flutter all about and there is great nervous tension. What is wrong?

Answer--Lack of concentration. This person ought to follow some simple exercise of concentration, such as given below, until the mind has control over the body. By practicing a few of the simple exercises given below, fifteen minutes a day, and then taking the Silence a few hours after these exercises have been practiced, the mind will begin to be under control.

The nervous tension is caused because of this lack of control, and in the effort to bring the scattering mind into one focus the reaction comes upon the nervous system which, in turn, reacts upon the body.

Practice and exercises for lack of concentration follow.

EXERCISES

By Thos. Parker Boyd

(1) Select some part of the body, a foot or hand, with the idea of HEAT. While holding the mind in this attitude, breathe deeply and steadily, and, in from one to four minutes, you will feel the warm glow coming to the foot. In this way, you can soon master the entire body. Begin with the sense of feeling. If there is an itching of the body, make it stop by the force of your will. In from three days to three weeks, you can stop the itching sensation at will. Then try the habit of sneezing; stubbornly resist the inclination to sneeze, and you will soon have the mastery. Now try your will on coughing. When the tickling sensation comes, stop it by the exercise of your will. You can soon master it. Next try it on pain. When you feel a pain in the body, instead of rubbing on liniment, rub in a little will power; soon it will ease your pain as if by magic. With the fingers of one hand rub the skin on the back of the other hand, stroking toward the elbow, and will that all feeling shall disappear. In from one to three minutes, take a needle, and you can stick it through the skin on the back of the hand without pain. You may have to try it a dozen times, but persistence will bring success. Having mastered the sense of feeling, take up that of hearing.

(2) It may seem impossible at first thought, but you have seen people so absorbed in what they were reading or thinking that they heard nothing, although you addressed them directly. They are simply abstracted from all else, and are thinking of one thing--to the exclusion of everything else. They entered this state of abstractedness unconsciously. To do so intentionally, you go by the law of indirectness. For instance, take sight; concentrate your vision and your whole attention upon some object, real or imaginary, until soon the sense of HEARING becomes dormant. A little practice will enable you to study, think or sleep, regardless of noise.

(3) Having mastered hearing, begin on SIGHT. You have known people who walked on the street, looked at you and passed by without recognition, although they knew you well. A person deeply thinking on some subject, neither sees nor hears, but uses the mental sense entirely. The method is to let the eyes be open, but concentrate the thoughts on hearing or feeling.

(4) After getting control of your sight, take up the TASTE. Take some tasteless thing on the tongue, abstract the mind to something else until the taste becomes dormant. Then take something with more taste to it, abstracting the taste, until by this gradual process you can make the sourest pickle sweet.

(5) Finally take some light odor, and hold it before the nostrils, abstracting the attention from the sense of smell, by hearing or seeing, etc., until by practice you can pass through the foulest odor without inconvenience or notice.

Sit or stand absolutely motionless, except your breathing, for one to five minutes at a time. Do this often.

Practice closing each finger in rotation; then, when all are closed, open one at a time very slowly, keeping the attention fixed on what you are doing. Keep all the other fingers still, save the one you are exercising with.

Inhale gradually for ten seconds, then exhale in the same way and time.

Look steadily at some point or object for a minute without winking the eye, keeping your attention fixed on the object.

Look at a picture critically, then close your eyes and mentally reconstruct it.

Close your eyes and construct the face of a friend, feature by feature.

Fix your attention on a hand or foot, hold on it the idea of heat and continue until the hand or foot feels warm. Then try cold; then try pain.

Will that the person in front of you shall turn around or put his hand on his head or neck.

Hold your hand on some one in pain and say, "I will the pain to depart." Repeat till the pain goes.

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Note.--For a scientific understanding of positive and negative concentration, see "Practical Psychology and Sex Life," by the author.

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