CONTAINING quotations from our replies to those writing us for help in their Spiritual problems.

Each day at 12 o’clock noon, we take the names of those asking for such help in the Silence of the Spirit, and “Speak the Word” for them. Many hundreds have testified to receiving the blessings of such ministry.

WE NOTE your problem. Such things come to us—especially those of us who are studying truth and are trying to apply it in our daily lives —as opportunities for the proof of our ability and understanding of such truth. Therefore, when conditions come and swamp us it must be because of our not applying and using the truth.

Remember, things are only what we think they are—that nothing that is less than good and perfect exists in God Consciousness. Therefore, all things of an inharmonious or troublous nature that are now manifesting are caused by our beliefs that they are real and because we are holding those beliefs in our minds as unchangeable facts. If we would refuse to accept such things as so and put them out of our minds, we would put them out of manifestation. That is the Law.

But so many truth students read and study this Law, understand it intellectually, but when trials come they somehow do not know how to apply it or forget all about applying it. So long as we will see wrong things, those that are less than good and perfect in anybody, in anything, or in any condition, it is because we forget all about the truth—that God is ALL in all, and therefore good is in everything.

Do we see or seek for that good? No, we see only what our minds see and believe, because of our wanting to believe such. This is putting it pretty plainly.

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REGARDING your feeling that South Florida is due for a cataclysm of some sort, you will find that if this is so, and there is a strong impulse urge for you to go elsewhere, if you will watch and wait in a simple, childlike, perfect love and trust in God that He will show you where to go and when, you will find that you will be guided by this urge just what to do.

If you could only know it, your Higher and Real Self, God’s Holy Spirit in you, will always lead you away from danger, if you will keep your mind clean of all fearful, wrong and negative thoughts and have a real trust in God. This He does by the compelling urge as described above and which you should always obey.

THE experience you describe of your mind becoming involved in your work and forgetting all about the glory of the higher consciousness is nothing to be discouraged about, because if you only know it, it is the purpose of your Higher Self eventually to enable you to be in the world but not of it.

In other words, through this longing to be a conscious director of the work of your hands, in time you will be able to withdraw from the outer consciousness and as it were to stay above it and make the mind think and do only what you want it to do, so that in time it will strive only to please you and consequently will make no mistakes, and instead will find a real joy in thus serving you.

Think this over until you get its full meaning and then try to prove it in accordance with what is stated on the enclosed card. By thus becoming aware that there are not two of you, that there is only your mind and you, and that it is your mind that is so concerned about this problem, and not you, it will help you to take hold of it and handle it the way we have suggested above.

Remember, you are the Lord within, and it is only your mind that is without, but when you can bring your mind to wait upon you constantly, concerned only with what is pleasing you as stated in the card—the great work will be consummated and your life will be one full of joy.

ANSWERING your question about Jesus never having been nailed to the cross but was stoned to death, and was born in August and not in December, we can say that your authority can produce no definite evidence to substantiate his claims. However, these things are wholly unimportant, because Jesus’ life as portrayed in the Scriptures is but symbolic of the life everyone must live who would follow Him to the Kingdom as He has taught. The later Lessons in the Impersonal Course will prove this to you beyond a shadow of a doubt. Likewise, will it explain all about Adam and Eve and the mystery of the garden and the serpent.

ABOUT the losing of energy and strength when healing others, that should not be, and it is because you let too much sympathy or personal concern enter into what you are saying or doing for them. This will help; just before you attempt anything, say, “Dear Father, You take charge and help and bless this dear one.” Then step aside and be wholly unconcerned about it, speaking what you are led to say and doing what you are led to do from within, with no thought of results, knowing that the Father is in charge and is taking care of everything.

With this positive knowing always in your mind, you will find that instead of your energy and strength being sapped, you will be stronger after each experience.

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