Great Aspirations

Know today that within you is a Power and a Presence.  Whatever you might need is always right there, at the right time, in the right place.  Think great thoughts, abundant thoughts.  Add to your thoughts strong feelings and convictions that the universe is always in perfect agreement with your richest aspirations.

No matter what it is that you are thinking, the universe is always in agreement with you.  If you think you are right, you are.  If you think you are wrong, you are.  Interesting how that works.  And how hard that lesson is to learn in life.

When we learn that the subconscious mind is the builder with us, we can learn to give it an idea upon which to work and release it to produce the manifestation in its own way.  It can build and rebuild our bodies.  It can heal our wounds of whatever nature.  It can take our ham sandwich, digest it, and move the nutrients to any place in our bodies that need it.  It can do the seemingly impossible when it is teamed up with clear and conscious direction.  It does not initiate.  We direct the conscious mind and the subconscious mind will take what the conscious mind provides and work it out in detail.  The subconscious mind does not question.  It simply acts upon what it is given.  

We can give it the greatest aspirations we can think of, and the subconscious mind will go to work for us and create it to the best of its ability.  It is our internal Infinite Treasure House.  All we have to do is take the time to figure out what it is that we want to create in our lives and allow our minds to fulfill our heart's greatest desire.  Can you imagine?

Anything!

We need to fill our subconscious minds with the most prosperous, healthful, and constructive ideas that we can possibly think of for our minds to work on while we sleep, while we meditate, or while we are working on other things.  Then we need to just release it all and watch what shows up on the path of our lives.  What fun!  Join me?

Infinite Supply

Supply and demand:  If you knew there was infinite supply, you would have no need to demand.  Alan Cohen

Ernest Holmes tells us that, "Somewhere there is already provided a lavish abundance for every want - a supply equal to any claim that can be made upon it - BUT THE DEMAND MUST BE MADE! "As you believe."  Each as the power to demand his share of the gift God has provided of health, wealth, and power.  Each is supplied AS he believes."  

Demand and believe may not be the right words.  I think that the word "know" applies in both paragraphs.  Think about this.  Elsewhere, Ernest Holmes tell us that we the incarnation of God.  Each of us has the Presence of God within us.  Other books tell us that we have the "spark" of God within us.  Other mystics tell us that we have the same powers that God has.

Since that is the case, I think we need to move beyond "believe" and move into "knowing" that our power is equal to whatever our prevailing consciousness is at the time that we need it to accomplish whatever we want to experience.  I use the word "prevailing" because there are times when it is easy for me to manifest what I want and others when nothing seems to work.  I know it is based on my "prevailing" consciousness.

The prevailing consciousness also needs appreciation, gratitude, and thanksgiving, which again, according to Ernest Holmes, is the motive power which attracts and magnifies the hidden potentialities of life.  

When thinking about the lavishness of nature and the abundance that nature provides, I remember my Mother growing cucumbers every summer that she would can.  And every once in a while, she would miss one and it would grow into enormous proportions.  Potatoes, tomatoes, corn and other vegetables were the same way.  

Try counting the blades of grass growing in your lawn.  Or the leaves in just one small tree. Or rain drops or snow flakes or clouds in the sky or stars at night.  We can't.  There are too many.  

But somehow, we can't equate that "too many" into the abundance that is available to us.  Why not?  You know what?  I am going to think about that this week and figure out how I can translate that abundance into my life.  I am so ready!  Are you?

Make It Permanently Worthwhile

Because thought is made of the stuff that forms the universe into definite creation the Law is charged with the power that we give it.  It molds our ideas and beliefs into visible form and casts them back multiplied.  The only concentration necessary in the best use of Mind is specific mental attention and complete mental acceptance.  You make up Its mind for It.

Ernest Holmes

My suggestion is to astound yourself in the process.  As Dr. Holmes tells us, we make up God's mind for our use, we may as well make up the most incredible thing we can think of and stick with it until it becomes a reality in our lives.

Dr. Holmes goes on to teach us that, "To learn how to think is to learn how to live, for our thoughts go into a Medium that is Infinite in Its ability to be and to do."  Whatever is going on with us, if we don't like certain aspects or situations, all we have to do is think again.  We forget that we are living in an Intelligent Universe, which responds to our mental states.  By learning how to control our mental states, we learn how to control our environment.

How cool is that?

Each of us has the right to choose what its that place into Mind.  We forget that we have the power to do this.  It is so much easier to complain about what it is that is on than it is to think about what it is that we want in life.  

Why is it so difficult to remember that a "Certain, specific, intelligent idea in Mind, will produce a certain, specific, concrete manifestation equal to itself?"  I have read that quote by Dr. Holmes numerous times and each time I tell myself I am going to memorize it and yet...somehow, when things get difficult, I forget what I am suppose to do.  This time, I am going to make it a permanent memory.

More than anything, I want my life to be worthwhile, to mean something to me, to have more than one purpose, to truly astound myself several times in the process, and to allow myself to be surprised by the Universe.  How about you?

Take Time To

In order to create balance in our lives, we need to Take Time to 

Work - it is price of success

Play -  it is the secret of perpetual youth

Think   it is the source of power

Read - it is the fountain of wisdom

Pray - it is the conversation of God

Laugh - it is the music of the soul

Listen - it is the pathway to understanding

Dream - it is the hitching your wagon to a star

Worship - it is the highway of reverence

Love and be loved - it is the gift of God.

Taken from a postcard - source unknown

When I feel my life tilting off balance, I realize that somewhere along the line, I am missing something important and it usually something from the above list.  Added to the list I have included journaling, contemplating, keeping in touch with friends, prayer partners, hugging pets, exercising, bird watching, catching sun rises or sun sets, teddy bears and cabbage patch dolls.  Add whatever is important to you.  You may want to think about your creative endeavors such as coloring, music, knitting, crocheting, embroidery, woodwork, and playing musical instruments.  Anything that feeds your soul creates balance.  Whatever makes you  happy is important no matter show insignificant it may seem.  Richest blessing on your balanced journey this week.