SOUL COMMUNION

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DEAR Father, is it wrong for me to want and to strive for the good things of life, even though seemingly you have not granted them to me?

Dear Son, that question I know has concerned you and many earnest ones who are seeking freedom from material lack and limitation, and therefore the truth must be declared clearly and conclusively.

First I will repeat for you those memorable words of the Sermon on the Mount. Note them now carefully.

“No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

“Therefore, I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

“Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not of much more value than they?

“And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

“And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

“Yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

“But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

“Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?”

“For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

“But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

“Be not therefore anxious for tomorrow; for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”

In these words are hidden the truth, and all that anyone needs to know in order to apply it. But I know that you do not fully understand as yet, and that you would ask, “Am I then to want nothing and to strive for nothing, leaving all to God? Must I be content with what I have and not seek or ask for better conditions, trusting God to provide for me everything I need?”

I know that seems to be the conclusion drawn from the Lord Jesus’ words, but let us look deeper and search out His true meaning.

No man can serve both God and Mammon. You cannot divide your allegiance. You cannot truly love God, as so many are claiming to do, and continue to serve Mammon. For real love means a perfect trust in God, and a perfect trust knows no fear, anxiety or concern about anything; and when there is any fear, anxiety or concern whatsoever, it is a sure acknowledgment and proof of Mammon’s power and hold over you.

That is why Jesus so strongly emphasized the necessity of not being anxious about anything; which means being truly fearless and unconcerned about your life and everything in it. Because your loving Father, which means, I, your true Self, know better than you all your needs, and am but waiting not only to supply them but to give you all good things.

If you can see it, the secret cause of all your trouble—of all the lack, limitation and inharmony now manifesting in your life, is the unconscious—and shall I say, subconscious-beliefs, the nega- tive and untrue thought-pictures, you are carrying around in the sub-strata of your mind. And when any desire or thought comes to free yourself from such limitations, immediately those old pic- tures come forth and scare you sufficiently to prevent your making the proper effort. Therefore the only thing to do is to rid your consciousness as fast as possible of all these untrue picture-beliefs.

How can you do this? In one way only. By convincing your mind of the truth regarding any one of these wrong beliefs, and then building a clear, strong picture in your mind of this truth; until it becomes an established fact to the mind and sinks down into the subconsciousness, fully replacing that old wrong belief. One or two accomplishments of this nature will convince your mind of the truth, and give you the confidence that in your own hands lies the power to free yourself from all unwanted conditions.

Now, let us study your beliefs of lack and limitation. First I will restate the law: “Whatever you think and believe is so, is what is manifesting.” Which means, what is now manifesting is only an established picture-belief you see in your mind, and because you see it there as an accepted fact in your mind, you cannot see anything else in the outer world. If you are not yet convinced of this, think it over carefully until you see that it must be so.

When it is all clear, then you can see how any lack or limitation now manifesting in your life is only what you see in your mind— and believe is so. In other words it is your mental creation, and exists nowhere else than in your mind. For it certainly has no part in My Consciousness—which is your true consciousness, as all that the Father hath is Mine, and I see and know no lack or limitation.

But you say. Evidently I permit you to believe such things, because I have not yet inspired you with the determination or given you power to free yourself from such sense of limitation.

Yes, that is true, but it is a negative and passive belief, and gets you nowhere. For I want you to be free and to have all good things, and that has been my wish and purpose for you from the beginning—as My Son and Agent, so to speak, in the outer world. When that has become your strong, positive belief, you will want the truth and release from such limitation so strongly, that the securing of it will be the first thing in your life.

Remember Jesus’ last injunction, “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness, and all things else will be added.” When the finding and having of anything becomes really first to you, then only do you draw from Me and the One Conscious- ness the life and power to bring it into manifestation. For when such IS first, superseding all other thoughts in your consciousness, then My Idea back of that thing trying to come forth, completely fills and becomes your consciousness, which is actually My con- sciousness and a part of the One Consciousness—known as the Kingdom, and My Idea ever seeking expression will then flow into and fill out (fulfil) or fill the thought-form of the picture belief of it you have created and vitalized by your intense desire. This is the way all things are created in the outer, whether you are conscious of it or not.

I have shown you in these words how the Law works—that it actually brings into manifestation wrong picture-beliefs as readily as it does the truth. But am I not teaching you to think and know the truth as fast as you are able to receive, accept and apply it?

Then put out of your mind as quickly as possible every limiting thought and belief about yourself—everything that is not good and perfect. For am I not all that you are? Have you any life, con- sciousness or power that is not of and from Me? And am I not all good and perfect?

When your mind can once realize this fully, then you will know that My sole purpose is to express the allness of Myself in and through you, when you admit no thought of separation or differ- ence between us, and recognize no limitation.

Then you can see that all I seek is to have you know the truth of Myself—know that I Alone AM—I AM your One and Only Self; that all I AM, you are; that all the Father hath is Mine, and consequently all that I have is yours; that it is My pleasure to give you all good things, without limitation; and that you alone limit the quality and amount of what I would give, by your thinking limitation, or that I am limiting or would limit you.

But, My Son, it must be a positive, serene, confident knowing— a knowing of no limitation; that there is plenty always, an abundance of all good things.

Yes, I know there is one more question in your mind. You are wondering, “If what is manifesting is only what one thinks and sees in one’s mind, how would I explain the good things that come out of a clear sky without one’s seeking or even dreaming of them?”

The good things are always waiting to come through into ex- pression, when the mind is open to the truth and you are working with the Law. Just remember the words that when you “wait upon the Lord every moment of the day, doing everything you do solely to please Him, He will take care of everything.” Which is but another way of saying that when you seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, all things else will be added.

You see, My Son, man alone creates the bad and unwanted things in his life by his ignorant and wrong thinking. The good things are already created by God and are always waiting to come forth in man’s world, when man’s mind, through a perfect love and trust in God, is open enough to receive them.

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SONG OF UNDERSTANDING

LET the sunshine and the light Enter in and stay; So, away with darkened night, Welcome, golden day.

Out with every gloomy thought, In with courage fine; Life and Love cannot be bought, They are gifts Divine.

All the worthwhile things are free— Trees and flowers and sky, Friends and thoughts and birds and sea— Nothing REAL can die.

We’ve so little need for things Material that pass, We should O so thankful be For water, air and grass.

All the countless blessings sent! And we pass them by; Why not pour out grateful thanks? Joys will multiply.

Life is as we see it, dear, Either dark or fair; Cleanse your vision, see Life clear, And good is everywhere.

—R. C. Pitts.

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