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ALT ER DEVO E . ' T R UT H . PREF ACE . . FOU RF OL D NAT U RE MAN OF . MI ND C UL T URE O mn ipot e . R e igns nc e T e mpl e of th e L i vin g God Y e ar e t h e What God h as S ow T h e I n vi ibl e Po w e r n s The I m m or t al T he e Min d Pow r f Thought Go d F i t h F o r mul at A P t h t o Pow r T h i Mom t i Divi e R og i tio o o es a a e en s vil . n s My t i Wo r d c s E n n ec or s Affirmat ion of R c og it io Evo l ut io of Mind Att ai i g t t h Ab lute Re ali Y our Po w r T h L aw of A t t r ac t ion C omp ari on n e s n n n n o so e e ze e s s . A tt r ac t io I dividu ali e d God M a t l f Pro t c t io Lif S at ion a d I t l lig n i Mat t r M att e r Produc Thought a d Cons ious e ss T rut h is Mig ht y a d Will Pr e vail T h W h ol T ru th T h e Mu i of t h F u t ur e H alt h Th ough Mu ic Po si b i l i t i O pu l E t r i t o th e S piri t f Pro p ri t y D y Mor tal Afii m Divi H r di t y O ut g rowi g N g t iv B li f T h Pow e r of t h e I Am ’ s e, n n n e z o n e n ens n e e ce n n es c n e e s c e e r s s es en c e n e n en ne r , n e s o e a e e e s e e e e n o C ON TE N T S 8 . HEAL TH CUL T URE Chri H lr lt h T h S pi r i t o f H G rm d M t l Att it ud M t r y o f G r m Di Ou r st . ea e ea e en a s an e se ase s e as e e B at h i t h e S u hin Go d Glo ry i V i ibl e Word of Prai I n c r at Though t H li g T hought T t m t for D afn s R o ar i g i t h E r S t ut t ri g Rh um t i m L o t i T hought Advi t I b ri at Pr t wit h t h L or d T h S a o f Bli I am B t h d i Bli Bli f l F r e dom fr om C old s C o qu r in g P ai Pai i L o t i Bli T h Pow r t o H l T r ai i g t h I m gi at io C o t rol of Emot ion L ivi g o A ir Arou t h Inn r I t llig c Affirmat io for t h H art T h e S c r t S pri g o f H al t h ’ s s s se s a n e s. n ea e ns n e n e . a e a s e n n es e en rea s . n s ne o an ce e e se n e e ss e a n e ss u ss e n e n n s s n . ss ea e e a e n n n n s n n n e se n e e ns e e en e n e e e S U G GEST ION S TO T EAC HERS AN D HERS OT . o f Gl ad T h R w r d f Effor t i Grow t h T h L ivi g T r u t h S il t I flu V it ali t y i E dl Growt h All Goo d i Y ou r S u t i t h To o f H l t h Pot t Wor d T h e O il a e e n e ss s o n e en e nc e n n s e ss s s s a n . ea ne e en s Word i Nig h The L ay i g of H a d The s W n Th e on on de r n - e s w or kin g Qu ality . 0 o o 0 a o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 0 C ON TE N T S . S OU L C U L T U R E ih T h rough th S oul Th e V ic to r y of F a t God S p k T h Word i G d T h R iv r f L i f S oul M if t t io S oul I pir t io f Aut h o r i t y T h V oi T h S oul i E v rl a t i g L if WGro w Lik O Id l C h a t f th S oul pt io T h I mm a ul t C o ea e s s e e e o o an e es a a ns . n n ce o e s e e e e n o c . a e nc e n P r o lit y Chr i t i Y our H op f Glor y T h M di at or T h Pi t u r D vo tio l Commu io A S pirit u l Exp ri c M dit at io The Divi e ea s ur e e n s ne s e e e e e o s e c e na a e s na n n e en . e n T h e H e av e n ly I n fiu x . A PPENDIX A M edic al Est im at e of . . MI ND C ULTURE . O MNIP OT EN C E I n the manifested Word of R EIGN S . Omnipotence , which is t h e visible universe are written the laws of G o d His laws a r e unchangeable and cannot be broken by any mortal will but they m ay be transgre s sed , and pain and sorrow are the result of tran s gression ’ God s law s work with invariable certainty ; perfectly impartial in all their operations therefore it is written that God i s no respecter of persons When the laws o f God s nature are fulfilled they bring pe ace and h appine s s but when they are disobeyed even unwittingly they bring pain and di s cord T h e f ault is n o t in the law fo r it is good a n d perfect in its operation ; t h e fa ult lies in the o n e who from lack o f wisdom has laced himself in an inharmoniou s relation to the law p N 0 o n e can succeed who does not work in conformity with the laws o f O mnipotence Th e law s of Omnipotence a r e the operation o f an infinite Intelligence ; they are a dapted perfectly t o the uses which they subser ve ; they are the very best method of oper ating th at could be devised ; and as all these laws are working fo r a good and w ise purpose and this omnipotent purp o se c annot be fr a s t r at e d o r hindered we ar e obliged to affirm that All is Good T h e laws o f God which are the Will of God mani festing reign supreme throughout His universe In the statement th at All is Good we recognize and , . , . , . ’ , , . , . . , , , . , , . 11 WD MYS T IC 12 OR S . glorify the omnipotent Intelligence whose pre s ence i s the life of Hi s own vast Body , the universe As m an s mind evolves to the comprehension of the marvelou s laws o f God s nature , he di s cover s more and more the law s of life and thi s knowledge is called Sc ience T h e laws of the material univer s e ar e di s covered through the sense s in combination with the rea s oning mind but the laws of the moral or spiritual unive r s e are realized from the revelations which God give s to the s oul of man , which come before his reasoning mind through soul intuition Jesus perceived the law s o f God s nature through the illumination of his soul by the S pirit o f Wisdom , and he also s aw that all the s in and misery o f the world wa s caused from a lac k o f understanding of these laws and a consequent disobedience of them and pitying but not “ condemning their ignorance he proclaim e d Y e shall ” know the truth , and the truth will make you free . ’ ’ , . , . ’ , , , . Y E ARE T H E T E MPLE OF T H E L I VING G OD . statement from the Bible proclaim s a living truth of so great an import that if its meaning were realized by humanity at large there would no longer be s u ffering sor row , disease, o r the belief in death and everlasting damna tion nor any poverty or inj ustice in the world T h e depth o f meaning contained in this sentence has very seldom been sounded by the human mind When the s pirit of this one truth is reali z ed it brings to pass a wonderful transforma tion in character T h e one who realizes this truth no longer believes himself to be a limited mortal bound by earth s negatives , and compelled to s u ffer for all his mistakes and the error o f hi s forefathers He ri s e s into the percep tion o f his inherent divinity and power as a so n of the living G o d T his , , . . . ’ , . . WD MYS T IC OR S 13 . Je s u s re alized that He was the temple o f the li ving God ; He re alized that the S pirit of God dwelt within Him a n d he made thi s truth so manifest in H is life that the world saw and is seeing still th at G o d wa s m a nifest in the flesh Jesus revealed a few of the divine po s si b ilities stored w it h in t h e soul o f man Few since have even approached ’ His re aliz ation o f and faith in the Father s Presence and Power and so the world has n ot seen the wonderful demon st r at io n s whic h spring from so mighty a faith We ar e the manifestations of God hat doe s this mean ' Ou r nature is the visibility of a power and in t elli gence that is not separ ate from Omnipotence With in o u r n ature is a spring of life bubbling forth from the ocean o f infinite life limited only by o u r capacity to rec eive o f it s invigorating energy Within each o n e of u s there slumbers an immortal soul which may be attuned to feel an d s ense through all its being the impulses of divine love that flow from the very heart o f God Ou r s oul i s an individualized atom of His grand S oul All that we as mort als are con scious o f are but the sensations and intelligence o f the body T h e next step in o u r development is the realization o f H i s blissful love and wisdom within our souls ; the realiz ation that He is the s oul to us the body Where shall — we look for G o d ' In His beloved in mankind As human parents s ee themselves represented in their children and love them because they are parts o f their o w n nature , so — — the divine P arents the F ather Mother God behold their positive and negative attributes manifested in all that has life and being and thus they love their image in all beings Verily G o d is internal man G o d is the life o f man , t h e intelligence o f m an Man is external God o r the in t e lli gence an d life o f God m anifesting Man is God appearing in limited form Man is limited but it is only because of his ignorance of the unlimited power within him H e i s n o t a fallen cre ature He is in a process o f evolution grow ing from the more limited condition o f the animal mind to , . . , W . . . , . , . . , . . . - , . . . , . . , . . , MYS T I C 14 OR W DS . the freer and more powerful intelligenc e that partake s o f the wisdom of God e cannot separate ourselves in thought from God without robbing ourselves of the faith which gives us great est power to outgrow ne gative conditions of body o r m ind We need to l ive in the constant reali z ation o f his unlimited Vitality as the strength and he alth of our life ; we need t o become more and more con s ciou s of H i s guiding wi s dom as the light o f our intelligence and the glory o f o u r souls in order to develop the w onderful talent s and traits through which we manife s t God H ow beautiful all li fe become s when we recognize t h e t r u t h t h at it is all o n e substance ; that all matter , all sub stance all force, all intelligence is the ve ry nature of t h e o n e o m nipote nt Being that we call God T here i s no dis tinction iii his nature of good and bad ; it i s all hi s o w n evolving substanc e ; it i s all God e do not j udge rightly becau s e we are misled by appearance s We look at t h e e slime and mud with repugnance ; but God i s there take a m in u t e p or t io n of the s lime and e x amine it unde r a micro s cope and we see the mo s t beautiful vegetation and myriads of tiny creatures active with life and in t e lli gence ; we can even see th e ir hearts palpitating and locat e the centers o f intelligence in their micro s copic form s T h e mud reveal s diatoms and crystals of so rare a beauty that if enlarged they would be fit j ewels for a queen C an w e s ay that this is n ot the life and substance o f God ' It is all intelligence in n e gative and undeveloped degree It is t h e universal intelligence Who can say that thi s s ub stanc e o f life i s unreal , that it 1s unsubstantial without sayin g that the nature and life of God are unreal ' All is real not o n e atom of co s mic s ubstance can be annihilated It may be transformed , but its nature a s substance o f s ome kind will forever Be All is perpetual We may try to limit by n am e an d form this universal substance but it s tran s itional nature de fi e s all analysis ; nevertheles s W . . , . . 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MYS T IC W OR DS 15 . it s perpetual power is and thi s perpetual power an d presence thi s unsearchable mystery o f life , we call by t h e name of G o d T his broader idea o f univers al intelligence, whic h reveals as brightest truth , that God is omnipresent and omnipotent seems at the fir st glance to do away with t h e idea , held by many o f an e xalted Deity of a nature s o pu re and holy and sublime that in it the imperfections o f the animal nature h ave no place O n e who had held fa st and faithful to hi s idea o f God a s a Being far removed from His creation , with no pur pose now that his work o f creation was fi nished but the condemnation o f the wicked to ev erlasting torments li stened while a teacher expounded the beauty and good ness of the omnipresent I ntelligence and was s o thoroughly convinced that G o d wa s pre s ent in all, tha t he thought th ere c ould be no G o d in a per s o nal s en s e , and almost frantic over his imaginary lo s s he walked the street cryin g ” “ within himself I have lost my God ' I have lost my God ' A right understanding of the truth doe s not take fr om us the true God of love and wisdom , the living Father made manifest in the person of J e s u s It does n o t cloud o u r vision to the immortal C hrist living in the bosom o f the Father s love , and revealing the wisdom of His love , as the s upreme Image and Word of G o d T h e truth reveal s that as souls we are o n e with the isdom and Love which Jesus called Father T h e truth frees us from o u r limiting bonds by showing that we are related to Om n ip ” “ ot e n c e that we are the only begotten that is rightly translate d , of like na ture with the Father T his truth s aves us from sin and the consequence s of sin by liftin g ou r min d s from the pl ane o f our animal nature to t h e consciousne s s of o u r God nature, which ha s dominion over h a ll thing s e his glorious truth makes more vivid t T G o d in Jesus by calling u s to see the G o d in every man e s ee that the s oul o f man is G o d Becau s e we know , , . , , . ‘ , , , . ‘ ’ W . , . , , , . , . W . . MYS T IC 16 W O D R S . that ignorance o f this truth causes sin and crime, we lo s e all f eeling s of condemn ation and in c ompassion for the struggling s ouls o f mo rtals we proclaim the inherent wi s dom and goodness o f man as the s on o f God Ou r love resurrects the God in our neighbor, in our brother and soul with s oul communes in the harmony o f divin e f ellowship and God s kingdom is made manife s t in earth T h us we comprehend that the univer s al s ub s tance , the univers al Mind o r I ntelligence and the S oul o f God , are the o n e infinite and eternal pre s ence power and con s c iou s n e s s o f God as they expre s s through these three de gree s of being from the all conscious within t o the u n c o n sciou s without from the fully expanded consciou s ne s s of the s oul s tate to the undeveloped mind in mat ter . , ’ , . , - , . WH A G OD H A S T SO WN , S HALL T HA T R EAP H E AL S O . Eac h grain of corn contain s the pos s ibility of a great number o f grains T here is a divine impulse within each living thing to “ ” increase and multiply, and manife s t the purpose of God lying latent within , but there are many steps in growth before the inherent intention and use of things i s evolved T h e grain o f corn does not produce corn immediately T h e intelligence locked within goe s t o work in an orderly m a nner first to produce the root s st alk and leaves and then after it h as dr awn from the earth and air and s u n all the elements required , a n d formed them into a proper body , it evolves the fruit which it intended to produce from the beginning T his method of procedure is carried o u t wherever the life of G od comes into manife station God i s unchange a ble and his law s are unchangeable therefore t h e laws o f His great Mind operate in the s ame ord e rly fashion in the . . . . , , , . . , O D W MYS T IC 18 R S . individual and the race as a whole ; and wh e n the planet ha s come to it s fruitage time , as the vineyard of the Lord God , we shall have the Kingdom o f harmony o n earth wit h all God s laws under stood and practiced universally Nothing can stay this glorious result, for it is t h e — purpose o f Omnipotence a purpo s e potential within t h e nature of all life T h e same forc e that work s s o sil e ntly in the seed to produce a perfec t fruitage is a s silently but surely working in the Mind o f this planet for a divin e fruitage o f individuals each o n e o f them a god E very s oul is an individual form of that Original Forc e Each soul is a o f Light and Love which we term God spoken word of Divine Intelligence , s ent into the worl d for the experience that will develop its individuality T h e body and mind are the field in which this seed o f God is s own , and from this field God will reap a spiritual individual T h e hereditary tendencie s , and all the qualities par taking o f the e arth , are not lasting ; the soul will ultimately grow through them and u s e all the forces of the mortal “ Th e nature in the development o f its o w n immortality eternal year s of God are her s and everything of time mus t serve this divine end “ I n the words o f Paul the s oul is sown in corruption ; it is raised in incorruption It is sown in di s honor ; it i s raised in glory It is s own in weaknes s ; it 1s raised in power I t is s own a natural body ; it is raised a spiritual , ’ . . , . . . . ' . , . , . . . b o dyfi When we compare the barbarous condition of the ’ ra c e a thousand years ago with the present degree of civiliza tion we s ee that a mysterious Power has been at work lifting mankind many step s above the savage and thi s — inherent impetu s toward progressive development whic h i s nothing les s than God working through t h e soul o f m an — ha s overcome mighty di ffic ultie s , and gained many vic , , , O D W MY S T I C R S 19 . tories over the gross animal nature with which the race was at first e ndowed T hi s proce s s o f successive refinemen t is a law o f nature visible throughout the universal Mind in the devel and the o pm e nt o f the mineral into vegetable form s transmutation o f mineral and vegetable substances into the higher animal forms , and still finer attenuation o f these elements in the organism of man As there is no assignable limit to the expansion and purification of the elements of existence we can comprehend how the chemical elements o f the human n ature ar e still further refined into subtle tho ught forces evolved into the invisible and s piri tual nature which is everl a sting in the heavens although still capable of infinite progression When the aeronaut desires his balloon to ascend to the rare fi ed atmosphere of space he fills it with a gas having an a ffinity for the more refined levels and the balloon is attracted upwards In like m anner every individu al soul is attracted t o the positive and most intelligent heights of the Divine Mind for G o d has filled each soul with Himself and a s like at tr acts like mortals will forever feel an a ffinity fo r the nobler and more spiritual states of Mind and will be attracted into s ublimest paths of divine unfold ment in their e fforts t o realize a rid manifest God Y ou are immortal ' Y o u are divine ' No matter how many ages of ignorance press you down and condemn you ” “ as a sinner o r as an ignoble worm o f the dust in the sight of G o d yo u are His ow n undeveloped substance T h e m ighty truth shall free you from all sin an d every impurity , fo r Its power is within you ; the abiding presence of ever lasting Love enfolds yo u in Its saving Grace and foreve r beholds you a s the im age and likene ss of It s elf . , , . , - . , , . , , , . , , , , . , , . , . MYS T I C 20 THE WD OR S IN VI S IBLE P O . WE R . Y ou have probably handled a hor s eshoe magnet and watc hed it pick up pin s and bit s of steel Did you ever stop to think that the influenc e which the magnet e x erted was invi s ible ' Y ou could not s ee it, yet you knew t here was a magnetic power which attracted the piece s of steel , not only in t h e magnet but a ll around it , to a certain distance Y ou have heard , no doubt , that spiritu al and mental f orces are more powerful than phy s ical e lem e nt s , “ but you have thought How c an there be anything w hich I c annot s ee o r feel and how can such things hav e ” any power ' Now this silent and invi s ible power around the magnet illu strates the truth that the mental and spiritual part of existence i s the most powerful It al s o illustrates that there i s a po s itive and negative side to everything Th e f orm of the magnet is the negative part , while the force that acts through it is the po s itive a s pect o f the magnet Y ou only s ee and s en s e the negative sid e o f exis t ing things ; the po s itive side , which is the cau s e i s invisible But yo u can rea s on that it exists fro m the e ffect which is s een j ust as you know from the way it influences s teel that there i s an invisible s ide to t h e magnet T h e trees and grasses an d even the ro ck s have an invisible positive influence in and around them which is holding them in orga nized form and c ausing them to grow It will help yo u to understand this to think of the positive part a s the mind of things Existence become s more interesting when you think o f everything having a mind o f its ow n T h e mind o f the tree or of the gras s is and n o t so highly developed as the mind o f the animal the animal mind is not so conscious as the mind o f man , yet everything is subj ect to the gre at law o f mental growth and progr es sion H ow wonderfully the mind of the acorn appropriates the warmth o f t h e s u n and the moisture of . . , , . . . , . , . , , . . . , . ’ MYS T I C W OR DS 21 . the earth u nfolding its dormant power s sending roots downward for strength and sustenance and then sprouting upward into the light and air until it stands a m aj estic contains o ak that produces acorn s , each o n e o f wh ic h the power to create an image and likenes s o f its parent Y et the mind of the animal i s more wonderful than that o f the acorn becau s e it has a con s cious in s tinct which the tree doe s not posse ss But far superior to all is man the lord of creation , with the Go dl ike power o f thinking and reasoning I wish yo u t o realize that mind is the most ac t u al thing in existence , although intangible to the sense s ; that in and around each form there is a sphere of po s itiv e force , which is the life and organizing power of the form In and around you is the s phere of your mind which i s holding your flesh in form pumping the blood through your heart day and night forcing yo u to breathe and carrying on all the involuntary operation s o f your phy s ical organism T his is the po s itive pole of yo u , your mind body , o r what the S criptures refer t o as the spiritual body ” “ T here is a natural body and there is a spiritual body Y ou are living within a sphere o f mental 1 C or forces which yo u are adding to and qualifying by your thoughts and these thought forces which your mind generates influence every part o f your body an d act on other mi nds to influence them also A French sc ientist has succeed e d in producing photographs of the sphere which encircle s the hum a n form and the pictures show radiations proceeding from t h e sphere like the radiations o f the sun s corona which are s een and photographed during an eclipse Y ou will understand from this how it is that you feel repelled by some people an d attr a cted toward other s ; you feel the vibrations from their mental sphere and they make yo u sad o r j oyful according to their quality Y our mind body has its m ain center in the brain but it , , . , . . . , , , . . . . , . ’ . , . - , O D W MYS T IC 22 R S . has other center s in various part s of the physical body T his mind body is your real and immortal b ody , which c a n not be destroyed even though your flesh be burn ed t o a s hes It feels and s e es and act s through it s negative and obedient in strument but it also thinks and feels and s ees in t h e dream state when the body and brain are asleep for it is superior to the fl e sh body and will continue to live and think and u s e its s enses in the s pirit u al realms o r in what might properly be called the realm s of Mind when the flesh has turned to du st Y ou are superior to the body and should begin to cultivate the knowledge o f your R eal S elf and o f t h e potent power o f thought Many disea s ed conditions ar e c a used by being too negative subj ect t o every mental and disturbing influence that comes along Y ou need to c ultivate a positive state of mind and you can do th is ” “ b y a ffirmin g over and over : I am I know I am T his s imple statement con s tantly repeated will give you m e ntal b a ckbone increasing your thought power and t h e ability t o concentrate your mind ; and it will also infuse your body with positive mental energy , which will increase your vitality an d stren gt h helping you to resist and overc o me all disea s ed condition s . , , , - , , . . , . , , . , , . S T A T E MEN T OF BEING . God the ch angeless eternal omniscient omnipotent L ove , is the life principle the inexhaustible s ourc e o f h ealth strength , peace wisdom and knowledge He is impersonal Love pure S pirit divine Mind I in my being A s a soul I am not subj ect to a m the creat e d o f G o d a n y inheritance of the fle s h for O n e is mv Father even , , , , , . , , , . . , , G od . By recogni z ing my God derived being and speaki ng the words of appropriation that declare my divine birth - , ORD W MYS T IC S 23 . ight I become powerful to rise above all conditio n s o f m ortal sense I will remember that I am spiritual, n ot material H e alth cannot depart from me nor strength forsake m e while I keep my eye s ingle to and fixed on t h e in e x h au st ib le life and love o f God Strength i s just as much a ment al energy as faith , hope o r any o f the attributes o f mentality I think into existence the glory o f God I am the embodiment of all my realization s I am the Limitless On e r , . . . . . . . I MMOR T AL MIND TH E . Exact s cience has commenced to delve into t h e m ysteries of the immateri al and unseen world After having made wonderful discoveries through experiment with material elements it n ow turns its attention to t h e r e alm o f finer o r more spiritual forces and after many y ears o f pat ient researc h leading sc ientists and religionists a s well have been convinced that knowl e dge may b e received from intelligent beings who no longer wear the garb of flesh T h e belief in immortality has been pa rt o f the religious t eaching o f the world but now that it is becoming known much a s a demonstrated fact by scientific investigation fear and terror o f death will be removed from o f the hum an minds , and the knowledge o f eternal life to every human being a s an unalterable fact will make life more r eal and worth the while Everything has a positive mind body an d a negative m ateri al body Now close your eyes to the m aterial form s o f things and imagine that you see into the realm o f mind form into the positive spiritual side of existence which surrounds all material things Y ou see that even t h e . , , , , . , , , . - . , . M YS T I C 24 WRD O S . planet i s the visible body of a great mind , and that t h e solar system and all thos e great sun s , which we call s tar s , are every o n e held in t h e embrace of the mighty Mind of God T hi s make s clear the meaning o f thi s pa ss age of “ S cripture : God is not far from ev e ry one of us ; fo r in H im we live, and move and have our being For we ar e ”— al s o H i s o ffs pring Act s 17 :2 7 2 8 T h e mind th at rule s all things i s in everything that it control s a s the very life and mind o f each and every f orm T hi s va s t univer s e t hat fill s boundle ss s pace i s the vi s ible b ody of G o d, and H is in fi nite mind per vade s the whole, giving life and in t e lli gence to everything in cre ation ; and each individual mind i s being formed fr om the univer s al mind of God , which “ T here is one body and o n e S pirit Paul call s the S pirit On e God and Father o f all who i s above all and through ”— all , and in yo u all Eph Y our individual min d live s in the univer s al mind , and cannot die, becau s e it i s a part of the everla s ting mind o f God Y o u have drawn all the life and intelligence you manif e s t from thi s Divine Mind , and you can learn to dr aw con s ciou sly on thi s inexhau stible s ource for all th at you need Although the negative constantly decrea s e s a s the posi tive increases , there will alway s be negative and po s itiv e in the human magnet T hi s i s t h e proce ss o f growth through eternity Muc h T h e visible body o f man i s the negative pole more wonderful than even thi s complex in strument is h is real s elf, the invisible positive pole o f his being V h e n the physical form is laid aside the thought form or mind body which surround s the soul i s t h e negative part Every mind that ever existed still live s in the bosom o f the infinite Mind and your mind body o r s piritual body i s in this spiritual realm this inst ant Even when t h e physical body is laid away this mind body continues t o live in the great ocean o f Mind and is free to float o ff t o . , . - . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . , ’ V - . - , . , MYS T IC 26 ORD W S . R ecogni z e the truth that the mighty f orce s of t h e God mind , which produce health happine s s and pro s perity and cleanse from all sin and sickness , are focu s ed upon r u and strengthen your faith by a ffi ming ov r and over o e : , y I am Life I am I ntelligence I am alive with the healing life of God I am created in the perf ect image and likene ss of God , an d all the b e n e fic e n t influence o f the Divine Mind i s work ing for my happines s and pro s perity R ecognize only the good , f or that is the dominant power in the univer s e , and the more you believe in the power of good the stronger it becomes in your life and ” “ a ffair s Acc ording to your fai t h be it u nto yo u - , , . . . . , . . P OWE R O F THE T HO UG H T . A huma n being is a wonderful battery o f force s T h e e lect r ic dynamo draw s from space only o n e kind of force namely, electricity but the phy s ical body gen erate s elec t r ic ity and also magnetism w h ile the mind appropriates the univer s al thought power to enable it to hold in organ iz at io n all les s er forces of its nature All power in the universe exists for the good o f humanity All the apparent evil that man experiences comes from hi s mistakes o r from the misu s e of the fo r ces within and around him T here is no limit to the power of thought T hought is the power that G o d uses to guide the destiny of Hi s h t e reat univer s e and man can use the same power from g o mnipotent Mind to mold his life and destiny as he will : T h e act of thinking generates forces as actual a s elec t r ic it y, and more powerful because endowed with intel lig e n c e T houghts ar e living things and spoken word s give to thoughts a body of physical vibrations which make s them still stronger . , , , - . . , . . , , , . . MYS T I C W O D R S 27 . A s is well known people have pr ayed intensely fo r s ome merciful f avor like the he aling of some a pparently incur a ble disease o r the lifting of the burden o f poverty a n d the p rayer has been answered What h appened to ' T h e mind in the intensity o f its bring about t he result devotion to the o n e desire of the pray e r c a me in touch with the mighty thought curr ents th at circul ate through t h e Divine Mind and generated a force which brought the d esire into manifestation Many a mother in the ardor of her love for her child has gener ated thought forces by pr ayer th at have sur fection with a mantle o f p r o r ounded the obj ect of her a f t e ct ib n o r renewed the life th at w as fast ebbing away Mort als do not know o r believe that their though t s and w ords bring about m a ny of their conditions bec a use the r esults usu ally do riot become apparent fo r some time after they have been conc eived in the m ind F o r instance a m an will become very angry a n d curse his horse thus creat i n g a strong mental force which acts o n the mind o f the horse and long after he h as forgotten about it th at same infl u ence will suddenly e xert its power and the horse will be seized with a wild im pul s e to break from all restraint ” “ T h e c u rse was a mental seed sown in the a n d run away mind of the horse and in time it grew to be so powerful Per s ons who c urse an t hat it swayed his whole nature a nimal need not be surprised to see it sicken a n d di e for they are ignor antly using a divine force to cause injury “ Paul understanding this law said : Bles s and curse , , , , . , . , , ‘ . , . , , , , , . , . , . , n ot ” . It was because Jesus understood the power of mind “ that he said : Every idle word that men shall s pe ak t hey sh all give a cc ount thereof in the day of j udg ” “ ” — The ment day o f j udgment is the day Matt when the thought bears its fruit of good or ill It may be the s ame day or it may be after m any day s H uman beings through their ignorance of the law s . . . . , , M YS T I C 28 W OR DS . of Mind are constantly placing many heavy burden s upon themselves , sowing thoughts o f poverty and sicknes s and ill luck through thinking and tal king about e vil condition s and expecting the same and through thei r f aith in s ome evil influence o r belief in the power o f evil T h e truth that make s free from s uch false ment al conditions is the k nowledg e that every force and power in — f M o univer s e i s a part the ind o f God the All Good h t e T hat all the power o f t h e all pre s ent Mind i s love , which i s continually striving to heal and ble s s and pro s p er all mankind T hat there is no evil power o r devil in t h e universe working against the good of any o n e because all po w er is an expre s sion o f God the Almighty Good It i s contrary to the truth of His goodnes s to believe that H i s freeing spirit places any bondage or burden s of s ick ne ss o r pain on Hi s beloved humanity Much o f the misery o f mortals i s created by their own minds through the false belief and fear o f a v e ngeful , fault fin din g Deity who they imagine wa iting fo r an opportunity to punish them for some little mistake they hav e m ade in “ s olving life s problems wherea s He is kind unto t h e ”— unthankful and to the evil Luke ”— “ J er Every man s word shall be hi s burden ” “ s core against anyone but the words and T here is no thoughts that have been thought or s poken against h im either by s elf or other s and these can all be overcome b y the knowledge and a ffirmation o f the truth that All is “ Good By thy words thou shalt b e j ustified, and by thy ”— R emem Matt words thou shalt be condemned ber that yo u are e n c o m passe db y the Mind of God with all its potent forces working for your good and place your mind in unity with this mighty Goodness by aflir m in g ove r “ and over : God the Good is my protection and t h e protection of every created thing God is my support and the support of the whole univers e God is my life an d ” protection and the health o f the whole race , , . . - . - . , , . . , , ’ , . ’ . . , . . . , , , . ’ . , . M YS T I C WD OR S 29 . to be merciful with your thoughts , a s your ” “ Father also is merciful ; to condemn n ot , a n d ye sh all not “ b e condemned to forgive , and ye sh all be forgiven thu s fulfilling the law of the Divine Mind which will m ake yo u radiant with its mighty healing lov e and good will toward all mankind I n the center of each atom within the heart o f all b eings and interpenetrating every energy , is Love the God o f all the wisest an d most powerful force in the universe T h e univers al love of G o d for all b e l n g s 1s the vital impuls e at the root of all creation , and those who will polarize love by thinking an d feeling love for insects birds or man will dev e lop s uch a harmonious he aling character as will make for them and all who come into their life a heaven o n e arth Why call upon God fo r mercy when you h ave closed your mind to mercy and compassion for hum anity ' T h e merciful love o f G o d is not withdr awn from your mind , but you will n ot feel it until you exercise th at qu ality towards others fo r thus is the Divine c 1r c u lat io n st arted into action which will bless you as you become a blessing ” “ to others Love is the fulfilling o f the law o f the omni present Mind whereby the individual attains the gre atest growth an d progre ss es into the divinest powers , an d becomes a g o d among men as was illustrated by the m an who walked and t alked in G alilee “ R emember ' , . , , , , . , , . , , . , , . FAI T H F OR MULA T E S G OO D OR EVIL . Like a thief in the night of T ime ha s come the fu lfill — ment o f the prophecy of the age s the second coming of Christ to hum anity We now behold the gc lde n glory o f the d awn preced ing the rising of the S u n o f Wis dom which shall dissolve the clouds o f ignorance and superstition and . , , MYS T IC 30 WD OR S . illuminate the mind of the world with the j oyous knowl edge o f the omnipotent Goodness that perv a des all life T h e man made beliefs o f the dark ages—the de ific at io n o f the devil as a being more active and prevalent th a n God ; the worship o f a vengeful , vindicative Being who would cast innocent babes into end less torment bec ause they were not b aptized ; the faith in evil and sin and fe ar o f — disease and de ath have made a grievous load for human ity to be ar But now the S u n of isdom is pouring it s merciful rays over the world and revealing the new faith which the angels proclaimed would bring peac e o n e arth and good will to men T h e c hurches that have taught the death and damna tion o f the soul are finding empty pews where they had fearful listeners T h e blind faith of the past in a far awa y God o f Goodness and an ever pres ent Evil is evolving into a rational f a ith founded o n the scientific knowledge o f the exact and unerring law s of Mind T h e glad tiding s o f great j oy are revealing the truth th at the soul o f man is immort al an d subj ect only t 0 the law o f everlastin g growth and progression T h e b e n e fic e n t forces o f the universal Mind that forever focus on the individual are turned and dir e cted by the individu al mind for good or ill , according t o its faith fo r f aith is the most potent mental force generated by man and when it is f ounded on the R e ality and for m ulated from t h e knowledge o f t h e All Good it can become t h e most positive healing and redeeming power in the world embodying the mercy of o m nipotent T ruth Earnest religionists have failed to overcome t h e app arent evils of existence because of their faith in t h e power of evil ; t o their minds evil was more real and power ful th an Good T hey saw the devil running loose a mon g T he y : mankind , wh ile G o d was afar OR in the sky believed so earnestly in the innate degeneracy of m ankin d th at they threw the whole mental for c e of their faith . - , , W . , . . , . “ , . , , , , , . . . MYS T IC W O D R S 31 . toward perpetuating the evils they were trying to over come By t h e m anifesting power o f faith they h ave turned the healing intelligence of mind to cre ating sin , sickness and pain and then claimed that Infinite Love had stooped to chasten the human atoms floating in its bound less mercy in order t o show its love T h e aggregate faith o f all their minds w a s a power s o tremendous as t o cover the whole r a ce with a mantle o f dar kness and fear that during the d ark a ges hid the light o f truth and hindered all progress But the soul o f man is waking to the light o f tru e faith and mankind are beginning to see an d underst and that all life and intelligence an d all power ar e m anifesta tions of the universal Good c alled G o d T hey are thinking so much and so devotedly of the power o f good th at their faith is becoming a mighty regenerat iv e force in the world T hey are fixing their minds s o persistently o n the healing , soothing power o f life that disease and pain are overcome by their thought power , an d even death is stayed by the victory of true faith R ecognizing only the purity and goodness o f the s oul of the s o call ed sinner their faith is stimulating and reviving that positive re ality so that the senses no longer sw ay th e nature And st anding in the re aliz ation th at there is no lack nor w ant o f an y good thing in the all bountiful Goodness they are fulfil ling the law which draws to them the prosperity th at o f attr a ction , satisfies all their needs T hus proving th at f aith in the truth that Aug sfi g g d is the key to he aven o n eart h . , , . . , . . , . - , . - , . . “ If ye lay bound upon the wheel of change And n o way were of breaking from the chain , T h e He art of boundless Being is a curse , T h e S oul o f T hings fell Pa in , . Y e are bound ' the S oul o f T hings is sweet , Heart o f Being is celesti al rest ; n ot Th e O D W M YS T I C 32 R S . S tronger than woe is will : that whic h was Good — Doth pass to Better Best . Before beginning and without an end A s space eternal and as surety sure , Is fi xed a Power divine which move s to good , ” Only its laws endure — Light of Asia , , . A PA T H TO P OWE R . . money kings who have accumulated riches by their own e ffort s are all men of strong an d powe rful — minds T h e po s itive pole of the body the bra i n—has polarized great mental force , s o that their minds dominate and control to a large degree the minds with whom they have dealings I t has been so with all who have swayed the destiny o f the race T hey were all powerful mind s It is not always the king o r acknowledged ruler who is guiding the ship of state but very o ften a power behind the throne in a character of great mental force and energy Mind rules T o be a leader o n e must have a mind more po s itive and intelligent than those who ar e led It is said the pl anets rule but it will be noticed that the in dividual who seems to be favored by the stars and who is le d into a high position , is o n e whose brain shows a very decided development o f that mental quality which t h e stars represent L ook at the size and qu ality o f the bra m of a leader in the world of financ e in comp arison with the br ain of a common l aboring man an d you will see that it i s the polariz ation o f ment al force that enables one to control so many less developed minds and the lack o f this in t e lli gence that holds the other in his lowly st ate T h e same ment al a strologic al and soul forces impinge upon b Ot h s a, their ability to pol arize these forces to their use deter mines their place in evolution If the soul of such a Th e . , , . . . , “ . . . , , . , , . 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OR W MYS TI C 34 DS . and around your negative pole you can ac cumulat e vitality T h e relative positions o f beings in life are in accordance with the st rfl gt h o r weakne s s of their char ” “ T h e tree the bird , the do g acter C haracter i s destiny and the m an have each polari z ed that degree of intel lig e n c e which give s them their form and their place l n evolution B ut man ha s attained to a po s ition where h e can progre ss consciou sly through the appropriation of t h e thought and will power o f the God Mind H e can outgrow all negative conditio ns by lifting his mind to a more positive degree o f development T h e univer s al Mind con tains infinite possibilitie s T here is every poss i ble quality o f mind imaginable to be appropriated , f rom the unde v e lo p e d state called matter , to the developed quality o f omniscience , and every being from atom to archangel i s an indiv iduali z ed form o f the univer s al Mind , perpetually progressing toward the po s itive pole o f intelligence and — — lif e the great I AM through cultivation of his own I — Am , which is the rock of age s the soul power that n eve r dies While a per s on may polarize and build the charac ter of any mental quality he pleases yet it is ea s ily under stood that the highest qualities o f the universal Mind are the most powerful and mo s t conducive to the progre ss io n of the individual Y ou have been living in the negative states of mind Now lift your mind t o the positive state by thinking daily the fo ll owing thoughts and you will come in touch wit h the angelic powers of the spiritual universe that are t h e mighty cau s es of spiritual and physical harmony, health and perf ection T hink a s the angels think if 1 1 1 would feel the divine harmony which they live o u y move and have their being . , . . . - . . . , , . , . “ . , , . , In all thy way s acknowledge H im ” And He shall direct t h y paths Prov “ , ' . . W O MYS T I C RD S 35 . Am I a G od at hand , s aith the Lord, And not a God afar o ff' C an any hide himself in secret places T h at I shall not see him ' Do not I fill heaven and earth ' saith the Lord 24 Jer “ . . . I know I am o n e unbroken s tream of vital force o f Godlike vitality T his vitality is overmastering and will put ou t of my nature every particle of error and discord I am a vibrating vital forc e I am not a victim of negation I am not held in bondage by any negative thoughts o r by ignorant minds I am unlimited freedom because I am created in the image of Omnipotence I am in recognition o f t h e infinite power of Good Every atom of my nature vibrates to the vital tone o f the Christ All power frees I have the freedom of God now All power and dominion are given unto me through the love of G o d I have found in Jesus Christ my refuge my o my love and my freedom Jesus C hrist is my r o t c e jy p tion and sustaining strength now and forever I am in the stillness of the secret place of the Most H igh I am under the shadow of His wing and I praise H im for His mercies , . . . . . , . . . . . . , , . . . , . Praises ' Praises ' T o G o d the Eternal R uler o f spirits an d Ma ster o f angels Forever and ever Amen . THIS MO MEN T I realiz e the full me asure , . IS of DIVINE . Divinity that the present oment holds fo r me I realize the g ood that G o d offers me this moment I live in the now , poised in the realization o f my e ternal nature m . . . WD MYS T IC 36 OR S . T his moment is overflowing with unlimit e d life T his moment holds inexhaustible strength for me God is this moment blessing me with His fulne ss o f love , wisdom an d power I hold my mind poised this moment in the realization o f the eternal truth that all the goodness and power of God are NO mine T hus I open the way this moment for the entrance of the S pirit of T ruth T hese moments are precious I n them the mind grasps o f realization more and more of the G R EA T R EALI T Y , the fadeless light of eternity My mind is stilled in the contempl ation of the Pre s ence and Power that is always here and bows to receive the ble ss ing of the merciful peaceful S pirit o f T ruth . . . W . . . . , , . R E CO GNI T I O N . I t ha s taken ages for us to round and build up our present strong individuality Individuality is the fir s t grand step in the evolutionary process from atom to man Even after we had gained the faculty o f thinking w hich graduated us from the animal to the human species t here remained many paths of experience fo r us to t raverse ere we became of such intensity of character and mental texture as would cause us to aspire to a knowledge lane of mere o f the ideal realm above and beyond the p a nim al sensation T hat was an immortal and intelligent Force in us w hich pushed o n unce a singly through all these grades of growth and enabled us to retain o u r individuality through all the vici s situdes of many lives and many s eeming d eath s It was the Immortal Mind of God that bec ame indi and organiz ed form after fo rm in order to v idu aliz e d , ou t . , . , . . MYS T IC W ORD S 37 . expre s s its intelligenc e and become con s cious o f itself or self conscious Even though when in human form beings seem more anim al than man and do wrong instead o f right in their pursuit of happiness there should be no condemnation fo r the divine intelligence in them will sooner o r later aw aken to the f a ct that happiness lies in another direction Ultimately there will come the realiz ation that happiness comes from living the divine life which is the growth and expression o f all the finer nobler attributes o f intelligence We live in this great Intelligent Mind In fact it live s in us an d we are It As all physical objects exist in space and are a modification of sp a ce so we have o u r existence in the Mind which fills all immensity with its gre at compre o f God h e n sio n a n d surrounds and fills us w ith a goodness and love and life which we a s yet but faintly recognize or grasp with our intellectual perception We have now come to the step in ou r unfoldment called R ecognition through which we gain the power to recognize who and what we are T h e Jews were not intelligent enough to recognize the unlimited poss ibilities o f the Intelligence within them and so they denied the power o f G o d in Jesus and in themselves It t akes a g o d to understand a g o d We should recognize the mighty goodness o f G o d forever present within us He works for o u r benefit ac cording to o u r faith o r recognition o f the good inste a d o f the evil We can grow more Godlike in wisdom a n d under standing in proportion as we cultiv ate ourselves in the recognition o f God the omnipresent Good in the s ame manner as o u r artistic sense exp ands as we become acquainted with the genius of a a g n e r o r a R aph a el T his knowledge of the Divinity within o u r nature is inspiring an d full of satisfaction - . , , , . , , , . . , , . , , , , . ' , . , . . . . , , W . . 2 MYS T I C 38 OR W DS . When we contemplate the truth that we are linked the Almighty God ; that he desires to expres s more and m ore o f Him s elf through us forever , we f eel the t h rill o f a new L ife , fo r thi s recognition is the beginning o f a new and larger Life wherein we reali z e ou r unity with God the Fat h er and enj oy the con s ciousne ss o f an inherent nobility a s the children of the Living God T hi s faith o r recognition f ertili z e s the mind and prepares it for the growth of more intelligent thought s , thought s that will develop the mind for the reception o f that mo s t wonderful degree o f intelligence called Intuition whereby the mind reali z e s its onenes s with the all knowing Mind , and draw s definite k nowledge from this in e x h au st ible S ource T hrough belief in evil , man turns the f orces o f his mind to work against hi s good H e actually build s mental walls to hinder the divine mental influence from wor k ing in his behalf Hi s ignorance breed s a thousand f ears , which make him negative and w eak , w here faith in t h e omnipresent Good would charge him with s trength and courage Encouragin g fears of sickne ss and dilating upon t h e power of di s ea s e, he make s him s elf negative to every di s t u r b in g influence and microbes fi nd all entrance s op e n int o his s y s tem His mind checks the action of the heali n g potency inherent in all living organism s , and fosters fals e growths and any unnatural c ondition that happens to locate T h e mind that is thoroughly imbued with a living recognition of the power of the Life resident within can become so positive in the a ffirm ation o f this faith that every cell o f the body will tingle in respon s e to t h e quickening impul s e o f the thought power Health is an attribute of Life and i s a positive power which can be claimed and appropriated through positiv e intelligence , while di s ea s e i s a negative conditio n , having to , . , - . . . . , . . . , MYS T I C OR W DS 39 . power in itself to endure f or any length of time , unless fe d and strengthened by mental belief T h e children o f G o d will, in time see the foolishness o f their beliefs a s they rise to the recognition of the good nes s and power of all life T hey will overcome all evil by the knowledge that All is q d ; and a s all their beliefs mthe Good they will become a r e converted to see and afif positive individualizations o f the God S ub s tance , kn ow m g the j oy of Life free from all disturbing element s T hese thoughts of recognition will help to awaken t h e dormant activities of soul mind and body I am an individualization o f the S ubstance o f G o d T h e substance of my mind and body is radiant with t h e V italizing Life and Intelligence of God I recognize that Health Happi ne ss and Prosperity a r e the most po s itive and potent influe nces in my life and no . , : . , . . , . . , a fiair s . I have faith in the inher e nt goodness of all beings a n d things and expect to reap only good in all my ways I s ee the goodne s s of God expressing in all the world , . . THE D OMINI ON OF MIND . human brain c an generate thoughts which will kill o r cure Man stands at the head of evolved beings b ec au s e in him is vested the creative thought power o f the almighty God Mind In hi s ignorance of this wonderful power, man has misused it often causing much su fl e r in g t o himself and others through thinking false thought s B ut he is in the S chool o f Life and by his mist akes he l earns which is the wrong method of thinking and hi s intelligenc e pu s hes him o n t o find the right w ay Acc ording to the strength o f your mental magnet o r in proportion as you have individualized the law of attra e tion will you attract persons and things from universal T he . , - . . , , . , , MY S T I C 0 W OR DS . nature Every t hing in exi s tence i s a center of attraction , a mental magnet , and ac cording to the development o f magnet s and according to their quality do they unceas in gly operate the law o f attraction to draw the nece s siti e s o f e x i s tence to them Y our mind ha s drawn t o you the conditions with which yo u fi nd yourself s urrounded T h e law o f attra e tion i s working uncea s ingly to br l n g to you j ust what you r “ ” “ mind attracts to yo u Like attracts like hat s oever ” a man soweth , that shall he al s o reap I f yo u thin k o f pain and poverty and s orrow , and brood over the dark and evil side of existence, you will s urely multiply mi s ery disea s e and disturbance s in your life If you sow con de m n at io n s and evil thought s for others , you will reap of the s ame sort from other mind s Y ou are living o n the neg ative side o f life and blaming G o d and luc k for your misfortune s when you have thought the thoughts and spoken the words which picture out a s false c o n . . . . W . . , . . dit io n s . shall you be saved from your fal s e and ignorant ' thinking By the knowledge of the truth hat is t h e truth ' It is the trut h that your s oul is the imag e and likene ss of the living eternal God and cannot s in o r be sick or sorrowful or su ffer any evil ; and can never die It is the very substance and life of G o d individualized Y our soul is the likeness of G o d ; j ust like G o d in essence wisdom and power though less in degree o f unfoldment All the possibilities of the God Mind ar e imaged in your s oul and by knowing the tr uth of your soul you c an think the thought and spea k the words which will develop the G o d im a ge latent in you and can rise to such a positive thought power a s will enable you to overcome every negative condition of mind body o r a ffair s Y our s o u l is your real true S elf your eternal I Am T herefore , when yo u say I Am , speak the truth o f you r ‘ H ow . W , , , . , . - , , - , , , . , . OR W M YS T I C 42 DS . o f harmony it is s u fficient to feel one s elf con s ciou s ly pre s ent in that part to restore order and peace T h e mind is ma s ter and must make its presence f elt in all part s of the body T hu s the flesh become s infused with life and intelligence and all pa rt s are polari z ed to the c entral intelligence of the organism T h e apparent decay and di s integration o f the phy s ical — proves t h at the polarizing ego the soul—can n ot hold the atoms of it s organi s m in harmoniou s unity Every atom in exi s tence is being drawn by the law of attractio n toward s ome center and di s integration i s cau s e d by the atoms re s ponding to a new center and leaving the old When the s oul leaves the body ther e i s no longer a polari z ing center and the ato ms are drawn from their unity toward new centers of attraction If the m ind and body were educated to a po s itive state o f kn ow m g and feeling in s tead of living in the negative condition of mind , they would become glorified with the love and wisdom of the soul T h e negative intelligence in t h e ato m s will respond to and obey th e po s itive , s piritual will Glory to God for the power of will , and the working o f wisdom , whereby mankind will reali z e their God given dominion over every thing of the earth mind , and e x ercise their wonderful rights and privileges a s s ons and daughters of the mighty King o f life and love ou t . . . . , . , . , , . . - - . MY S T I C W O R D S . Build your mental body on the eternal foundation of God by true thought and your perfect structure of thought will endure f or all ages ill of O mnip otenc e My soul is alive with the healing I have faith in the healing power of li fe Omnipresence is with me O mniscience i s guiding m e W . . . . . MYS T IC O mnipotence will s My ORD W S 43 . permanent health and s uccess soul is alive with the j oyou s life and wisdom of m y . All thing s around me are working for my p e rmanent peace and prosperity Omnipotence is invigorating every nerve and mu s cle in my body I inbreath e the healing peace of the H oly S pirit T h e joyous freeing peac e o f the S pirit is permeating my being God fills every atom of my fle s h with life s trength a n d power God brighten s my heart and my face and my a ffairs w ith His smile of everlasting j oy l l all my T h e Angel of Prosperity is working to fulfi d e s ires My flesh is alive with the life strength and intel l ige n c e o f the healing S pirit God i s my Vitality God i s my H ealth God is my Happiness God i s my Prosperity G OD I S MY ALL . . . , . , . . . , . . . . . . THE LAW OF P OLAR I T Y . God is an eternal Essence that is forever formulating itself into organiz ed forms God is Love and Wisdom ; essenc e and form T h e masculine and feminine principles i nhere in the very e s sence which is pure Divinity Polarity the law of positive and negative is the unchangeable law o f the eternal Being An atom of matt er is composed of a center o f positive electricity s urrounded by a larger o r smaller number of particles of negative electric force On a larger scale this is the polarity of the solar system T h e sun is the positive center ; the planets are the negative particles . . . , , . , . . . ORD W MYS T IC 4 All li f e is the S . fr om the simple polarity of an atom t o the unbounded soul o f God Polarity is the ba s ic law o f Being By it s omnipotent action crystal s plant s , animal s a n d men be c o m e n r g an iz e d and evolve in in t e lli genc e T hrough the operatio n of polarity solar sy s tems and universes are born and evolve By their p olar 1z 1n g power minds continue to organiz e s piritual forms a fter their phy s ic al forms are ca s t aside By the power of polarity spirit s rise above the negative law o f death into more positive realms o n high By this eternal powe r angels and archangels and gods eternally progressing grow mighty in wi s dom and love By the polari z in g power of his mighty soul Jesus Jehovah is the suprem e attraction o f love in the heavens o f angelic souls T hrough — this law th e de ific forms s ouls in the image and likene s s — of G o d are perpetually generated from the soul nature o f the Mother F ather G o d T hrough thi s wonderfully intel ~ — — i n l g e t law o f attraction order and a perfect law h armony are maintained throughout the whole vast cosmos T hrough this law the eternal evolution of God an d h is negative nature procee ds T hrough the operation o f polarity the essentially perfect nature and essence o f God express and manifest in endless growth and progre ss ion evolution and revolution their power and wisdom and love God is love the supreme attraction In contrast to this idea of God wh ich I have received and hold as truth there is the teaching that God is an eternal I s n e s s u n de fin able under any name whatsoever so unchangeably perfect and blissful in H is eternal serenity that H e could n o t create S o infinitely all is the seren e unchangeable Presence that there is no other presenc e and therefore n o cre ation How o r power to cre ate could there be any univer s e any sun o r world any God ' man anything at all if God is all and unchangeable r o t I r o o here would be no re son God t create if He f r a o T were unch angeable blis s and there were nothing els e s am e . . , ‘ ‘ . . ‘ . . . . - . . . , , . , . , , , , . , , , , , , . , W O D MYS T IC R S 45 . beside that bli s s How could ther e be anything else o r any p lace fo r an yt h in g else to be if such a Being were infinite and eternal ' T hus is the reasoning of metaphysics brought to its logical conclusion If we deny the re ality o f the negative pole o f the universe and continue logic al we shall be forced to deny the reality of the p ositive pole which is God of we shall formulate a o f the universe theory of G o d and existence inconsistent with the facts o f the materi al and spiritual worlds If we deny matter we deny spirit H ow do e s this teaching a ccount fo r exist enc e as it appears ' yo u will ask Well as there was nothing else t o make existence from but God and as He ” “ would n ot and coul d not be used fo r world timber it was thought best t o formulate things from pure noth ing n ess Of c ourse there was n o one with the ability to s o think o r to create but t h e doctrine mu st show cause for existence I should say it must show th at there was no c a use for existence because these metaphysicians do not believe th at existence exists or th at there are any c auses at all ; neither do theybelieve that they exist as individu als only as they have become self hypnotized to so believe Even the idea o r suggestion which brought about the uni versal hypnotism of existence evolved from Nothingness the mother o f all things T his philosophy can be found in the Encyclopedia Britannica under the heading Ved ant a T his all may seem absurd to the reader but it would not seem so if a teacher sat in simple receptive attitude before h a a d o u y o f this philosophy whom you knew t o be true a n d sinc ere and listened t o the sparkling gems o f origin al thought a s they dropped from his lips Y ou would feel the so u l s in c e r ity o f the teacher a n d if you h ad no previous conceptions o f truth would be uplifted by his e arnestness and be per s u ade d to see things as he saw them I have given but a naked outline o f the fundament al idea ; he would adorn it with the grace of his im agination ' . , ' . , , , , . , ‘ . , . , , . , . , , - . , , . . , , . , , , . , MYS T IC 46 OR D W S . and make it b e au t iffl l I n it s entirety it i s a won de r fu l philo s ophy It was evolved by ancient oriental metaphy s ician s a s a w ayto freedom from everla sting tran s migration and the terrible beliefs in omnipresent evil T hey believed exi s tence t o be e vil and tran s migration an inevitable necessity from the operation of the law o f cau s e and e ffect and so they declared exi stence unr e al and s ought to lo s e individuality in the bo s om of the Ab s olute e believe all i s good , and certain to develop our individuality to the mo s t po s itive degree, because only a s we polari z e the intelligence and vitality which are all about u s can we outgrow negative condition s and exercise the free will which com e s from a knowledge of the true law s o f Bei n g T hat s chool of thoug ht holds that man is God because ac cording to the philo s ophy there is nothing else for h im to be T hey identify man with the eternal and deny t h e reality of the per s o nality , and also the individuality s ay “ ing : H ow can there be anything but the formles s G o d ” if He is unchangeable ' C hristian S cience teach e s th at G o d is one and “ indivisible Man i s not God H e is but a reflector of God How can the s oul contain the indivi s ible G o d' It ” can on ly reflect Him as the dewdrop reflects the s un Another school ofthought accept s the facts of e xist e n c e a s they appear teaching that man a s a soul is the perfect ’ image of God s likene s s ; that God is Spirit while man is spiritual ; t h at G o d is Life man is living from that great Life T hi s is s omewhat akin to the philo s ophy o f S weden borg which teaches that man is generated by God thro u gh ’ physical parents as a receptacle of God s life and love and that man did n ot exist as a self conscious soul prior to the birth o f hi s phy s ical form but that he will so exist throughout eternity T hese ideas of God and man are all good and meet the need of the various types of minds otherwise they Each t e acher in an endeavor to under w ould not exist . ' . . , W , . . , , . , , . . . . ‘ , ‘ , , . , , - , . , . , W OR MYS T I C stand the great DS 47 . formulate s hi s ow n conceptions of the truth according to pa st education If he i s faithful , no matter how crude his conception , he will come face to face with all h e can realiz e of th e S pirit , and then hi s mortal conception s will be the vehicles for the carrying But the pupils of the S pirit that he reali z es to his pupils may mistake the vehicle for the R eality, the letter f or the S pirit , and become lo st in the maz es of intellectual philosophy E a ch one of these philosophies of truth points to a living Spirit that is powerful to heal and enlighten , and tho s e w h o keep their eye s ingle to this Each teacher has his or her S pirit will realize its power favorite way of explaining the mysteries of Godlines s leading the pupil t o the understanding which wi ll giv e a perfect faith in Omnipotence I hold a s truth that ther e are i nfinit e degrees of de ific life and intglli g eg cg; that God s nature extends from the mo st negative atom s of electricity call ed matter to the positive atoms of Divine con s ciousne s s called God and that the law of polarity in each degree o f the infinite life is individualizing atoms into the form s called by the vari o u s names of cell s , crystals plants animals men planets suns spirits , souls , angels archangels gods , solar system s universe G o d T here is but o n e life , o n e being o n e power All is G o d God is all in all T h e real man dwelling in this tabernacle o f flesh is the God idea perfect , pure divi ne T his soul organ iza tion is polari z ed from the Divine Essence ; the physical organi z ation which the soul inhabits is polarized from the elements of space H o w doe s polarity create ' An atom of Jehovah God by the law of attraction draws about it other de ific atoms and gradually in the bright glory o f Divinity atoms o f wisdom , love and power become organized into a soul form radiant with the S pirit of G o d T h e individual s oul that comes to the body at the R eality , . 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O D W MYS T I C 48 R S . time o f quickening i s powerful with the forces that it ha s individuali z ed in the most po s itive s tate o f the G od Mind , but at fir s t it is limited to the mere expre ss ion o f li fe Later from it s body of physical life it develops sen s a tion and thought , and if the thought s o f the mind are developed to the po s itive conception o f the truths of the s oul wo r ld, then the s oul can gradually gain c onscious expression and the mind will polari z e it s power and be able to s ustain such a harmonious tone a s will hold all — parts of the physical body in vibrant accord in perf e ct health I n the present undeveloped condition o f hum an ity very f ew souls are awake to the power s that pertain to the kingdom o f t h e s oul and co ns equently they are influenced and entirely controlled by the negative , astrological and mental f orces that impinge upon them T h e soul can transform the from the outer univer s e influences of S aturn into univer s al love and ambition into a spir ation , while a cquisitiv e ness will become s oul attractiveness that will draw abundantly from the Father s bounty In most people t h e s oul s lumber s during physical incarnation Let the mind he raised to the understanding o f the eternal life , power wisdom and love re s iden t within t h e soul and the thoughts will begin to polari z e ( o r dr a to themselves) the light of heaven When the thought s are lifted above the m ere animal ambition s and d es ire s, into the ideal realm o f thought then the soul begin s to realize in the s piritual atmosphere of thought some o f its divine attribute s and as the more spiritual thoughts are cultivated the soul awakens gradually to somewhat o f its former grandeur and glory as a son o f the living . - , . , . , ’ . . W , / , . , , , G od . S ouls are not all created alike T here is an infinite variety o f s oul s , of di fferent attribute s and powers and the po ss ibilities of new c ombinations of soul attribute s can never be exhausted Each soul repre s e nts in form what . , . OR W M YS T IC 50 DS . Jehovah God and I draw into my mind and s oul t h e glory that he reali z es I know 0 Father ' that only by intense devotion to T hee only by purity an d sincerity of thought can I reali z e in any degree what he realized of thy blis sful presence O nly as I liv e above the attraction and distraction o f mortal thing s , and fill my mind with immortal truth , may I expect to realize the peace and perf ection o f thy immortal nature T hou art my life my s trength , my immortal health and perfection I n T hee I fi nd endle ss growth and eternal peace T hou o h G o d art my all of , . , , . . , . . , . AFFI R MA T I O N S . OF R E CO GN I T IO N . Almighty Life is all about us ’ God s presence i s always with u s T h e S pirit of the Lord C hrist is always with His pre s ence brood s over o u r souls H is pre s ence awakens the divine within us H is presence is now focused on our souls H is mighty Mind comprehend s o u r need s H e is the wisdom power o f e ternity H e i s the guide of our s ouls H e i s the light of humanity H e is guiding us onward and upward H e is the Master of all s ouls H is S pirit is within all soul s H e directs us to the Father H e i s dr awing u s continually My soul feels hi s presence I feel the presenc e of life I feel the pre s ence of power I recogni z e goodne ss w it h in m e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WD MYS T IC OR S 51 . I recognize that I am an immortal S pirit I recogni z e that all things good are fo r me I recognize that eternity i s before me Y e a I live in eternity n o w T here is n o end to my consciousness My consciousness is growing greater day by day I sh all aw ake in the consciousness of divinity I shall see G o d fa ce to face I shall see His presence in humanity Nature will reve al Him to me My ow n soul will shine with His glory His goodness and power ar e in me now And I strive t o bring them into expression I t r y to express the real spiritual self I try to live from my soul F o r the Almighty is my strength . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . , . EV OLU T I ON OF MIND . upward struggle o f the immortal mind is alway s from darkness to light from ignorance to intelligence from neg ative to positive T h e animal r aces made their unconscious appeals fo r light an d the light came Gradu ally step by step they climbed the ladder of progression and reached t h e light and are now holding it in the erect posture o f m an hood Every advancing step upward h as increased t h e be auty and utility of their bodily organization T hrough their unconscious prayer and appropriation they hav e g ained the light o f conscious intelligence T hus ar e w e here who have prayed and aspired ourselves through c o n st ant steps of advancement into men an d now we ar e consciously pr aying an d aspiring ourselv es into gods e n o w have discovered the tree of the knowledge o f good Th e , , . , . , . . . , W . . OR W MYS T I C 52 W DS . e have it now in the midst o f our garden in and error h umanhood , midway between animalhood and godhood No w it is demanded of u s to know what we are doing e have had the knowledge g l v e n us o f the fact that w e are manifested or made visible by limitation T hu s a s the expressed thought of God we are c o n st an tlv c om in g in contact with something which we mu st overcome It seems a s t h o u g h ob s tacles were being placed in o u r path b y so m e ' invi s ible agency Not s o T hese are but ou r own limitation s which we have n o t outgrown We must meet and overcome th e m if we would still continue to grow and develop in knowledge C erta in o f these seeming obst a cles whic h we have n ot over come circumscribe o u r form and render u s visible externally As time ripens condition s it i s ea s ier to over come environment A s we become more inten s e a s individuals limitations become less dense and gradually yield , and the more perfect creature expre s se s We have attained t o the human form but we are still limited Limited by what ' T h e Ov e rlife T h e h igher life not yet understood by us T h e divine po ss ibilitie s of God which ignorance conceals In the world o f mind it is that whic h we fail to under stand that forms o u r limitation s which give s u s the f orm s that render us visible to each other All things are rendered visible by limitation G od He is therefore a s a whole invisible alone is unlimited ” “ If we could see G o d we No man hath seen God should be unlimited T here would be no more growth for e us ; we should be grown ; we should be the whole should fill immensity e are the e x pressions o f G o d How do we grow ' God means something in every expression ever made We grow by expressing God s entirety more and more If we could ce a se to express God s meaning we should lose organization which would be to lose individuality We . . W . . . ' ‘ . . . . . , . , . . . . , . . . . . “ . . W . . . ’ . ’ , W . W O D MYS T IC R S 53 . s hould dri ft back into the original life e ss ence that is G o d in possibility S tudy think and progres s through the infinite real m of possibility . , . A TT A I NING TO THE AB S O LU T E . is only one Mind T here is but o n e Good and all o f God s children are manifestations of that Good T h e universal Mind that occupies all space is the all embracing Goodness We have been latent in the eternal Mind forever We have become individualized expre s sions of this Mind drawn to coherence through the law o f attraction Ou r intelligence has gradually grown to its pre s ent state of individualization where it begins to recognize its true being in God, and at time s it has indis tinct visions of a future condition of ma stery which it will gain through soul unfoldment We have been through a long j ourney, through s urroundings and environments when we did not know our strengt h hence we were n ot able to control ou r conditions We possessed the strength but it was a l atent power within us We were even through ou r crude surround ings developing from negative t o positive from ignorance t o knowledge We did not then possess the knowledge that this one omnipresent Power was with u s that we were growing nearer and nearer to a wonderful unfoldment to the degree o f R ecognition We have risen higher and higher in the scale of intelligenc e unt il we have become aw akened to a percep tion o f the I Am the T ruth T his gre at truth will help us t o recognize and overcome all our past unbelief Now we are overcoming all c o n flict io n s as we draw ne ar to the degree of Appropriation when we learn to make this mighty truth our own T here . ’ . . . , . , . . , , . , . , , . , . . . WD MYS T IC 54 OR S . light of this truth i s so illuminating to the mind that it enables us to see that G O D I S ALL henc e ALL I S G O O D therefore in this absolute sen s e T HE R E I S NO E V IL e have now gained the knowledge that o u r ego h as T his gives us the f aith that every s urvived all changes future condition mu st s uccumb to our will and intelligence T herefore we exert our will to gain realization We will with the will o f a S oul for the power that s hall enable us to mold o u r live s and condition s a s we will e will to have e stabli s hed within u s the consciou s k nowing that we s hall gain the position o f Mastery T hrough this understanding of the mighty T ruth we s hall gain t h e mastery over all appearances of sin s ickne s s and death Glory to J c hova b J e h ovah We are housed in The , , W . . . . W . ' ‘ . , - . . G od . R EALI Z E Y OU R P O WE R . Mental po s itiveness is the first step in overcoming T h e intelligence that you now exercise i s divine and i s already in its subj ective st ate the cau s e of your human organization T ake away the intelligent Y OU and the body will no longer remain a concrete unit, becau s e your i ntelligence is the organizing power that enliven s and holds your body in form Y our int e lligence already h as dominion over every atom of your being and is exertin g that dominion unceasingly Y ou can now gain t h e r ealization that this is t r ue , and begin to u s e your power o f intelligence consciously in ruling every part o f your n egative nature in overcoming all the negative condition s o f disease and pain which exist in your nature becau s e o f a lac k o f po s itive harmoni z ing intelligence in the part s a ffected All cause s are more positive than their e ffect s All the forces of life and intelligence of which the mighty . , . . . , , . . MYS T IC , WD OR S 55 . Mind of G o d consists are positive more positive than electricity , even more positive than the mind of humanity Y our mind mu s t be tuned to s upreme positivene s s if you would realize the power of life Y our faith in the power o f life to overcome every neg a ve condition mu s t be more ti positive than your belief in the lack ofjife and health if you would polarize the intelligent healing power of the divine life Electricity flow s freely through the copper wire , but when it meets the po s itive resistance of the wire in the Th e glass bulb it instantly gener ates heat and light electricity glor ifie s that which is as positive as itself Life will glorify you with its power of he alth and pe r fe c tion as your faith becomes as positive as life Y o u will become Godlike with divine powers as yo u develop in the strengt h of I AM ne ss which polarizes and radiates the life intelligence and love of the universal Father to all Always remember that one of the conditions of divine receptivity i s h um ility toward the s upreme Power T h e m ost Godlike realize that their strength is t h e strength of the Father As the friction between the electricity and the resistant wire generates light and heat so the vibra t ion o f the wonderful force s of the universal mind against t h e positive center o f your mind will generate the heat o f divine love and the light o f true wisdom which will make yo u a mighty power fo r good a radiant center of all t h e divine attributes that you have developed Y our body is an image of your mental character Y our character i s the aggregation of all your past t hought s and feeling s It is your mind body and is formed from your habitu al processes of thought If there i s discord or inharmony in your mind if passion dominate s your feelings then pain and disease must show forth in the body for every atom o f flesh is o bedient to s ome , . . . . . . - . , . . , . . . . , , , M ‘D v fl “ ' ' G w M 17 q-fi m mind body is the more positive and the flesh re s pond s M YS T I C 56 OR W DS . it s influence , a s the iron filing s re s pond to t h e magnet Place s ome iron filing s on a paper and put a stron g magn e t underneath t h e paper and you will see t h e filing s climb o n top of e ach other and also form sym metrical curve s in their e fl o rts to follow the lines o f magnetic force and produce an image of the inv isible s phere of influenc e around the magnet In like manne r the atoms of fle s h obey your s phere o f mental in fluenc e in an eff ort to image the influenc e of your positi ve pol e Do you not begin to s ee what a ma r velou s o f thought / polarizing power you have ' It is no one else than your I self that is holding these millions o f atom s in organization Y ou are a cr e ator , that is you are an individualizer o f atoms T hat i s all there i s to creation ; it is a process o f individualization C reation i s God in the act o f indi As H e ha s forever been in dividu aliz v idu aliz in g H imself ing and b e coming manifest, so creation is a perpetual process without b e gl n n l n g of days or ending of years h o are you but that unknown power of the E t e r n al whom no man hath seen or comprehended fully ' Y o u are that On e c oming to con s ciou s ness , awakening to t h e realization of yourself, and j u s t beginning to know and feel that the power of the Almighty is yours to mani fe st for the good of all Y ou are growing to Godhood through exerting the power that i s inherently yours T h e Bein g o f God i s your Being , t h e foundation for all that you are , h o else sh all and God is glorified in glorifying you he g lorify but H im s elf made manifest ' Awake ' arise ' proclaim your own Being the King of your nature and As s ert your I Am in the quality o f divin e o f your world love and you will add a po s itive pol e to your mental battery that will make you a mighty magnet holdin g subj ect to your will all the le ss developed and negativ e forces of your nature Y ou can reali z e by c on stant pra e tice that your will is the focal point f or t h e mighty energies of G o d Not in a day will you realiz e the full to . . . . , . . . W . . . . W . , . . MYS T IC 58 W O D R S . statement that like attracts like s eem s to c onflict with the statement that opposites attract each other It will be better under stood when we say that the oppo s ite poles of like attract each other ” “ Birds of a feather flock together but the po s itiv e and negative characteristics mate P ersonalities are attracted to each other , becau s e one po ss e ss e s what the other lacks ” “ Familiarity breeds contempt becau s e ther e is a tendency o n the part of one character to s upply the deficiency in the other and when both become po s itive in the same characteristic s they no longer need each other and are again attracted by tho s e who are positive to their negative qualities I t i s according to the s ame law that the negative nature of G o d is attracted to Hi s positive nature and a reciprocal unity forever establi s hed Th e . . . . ~ , , , . , . C OMPA R I S O N S . univer s e viewed as a Whole is one mighty magnet embr a cing all things within the positive and negative poles o f being T hese two word s explain the Whole , and yet they are u s ed to de s cribe relativ e , not absolute condi tions an d they are alway s relative in their application also T h e Whole — all that we c an gain a conception o f—may be compared to o n e grand sliding s cale of intelligence t h e negative conditions growing into t h e positive and t h e positive becoming more and m ore positive on and o n e ver and ever T h e o n e primal Energy is the substance o f all form s o f life 111 this world and range s in development from the clod of dirt to the vibrant brain cells o f man And in t h e worlds invisible it ranges from the dark thoughts of ign o rant minds to the luminous thoughts of Divinity , which are Th e ‘ . , , . , , . , . W O D MYS TI C R S 59 . archangels o f m aj esty and power None of these forms is absolutely neg ative none is lacking altogether in intelligence o r vital powe r All forms cont ain the pos and do progress through the o f progression s ibilit ie s unfoldment o r exp ansion o f the latent intelligence within them T his development o f the simple into the complex o r o f the negative into the positive is called evolution T h e o n e power dwelling in all sub s tance compel s inorg anic matter to organize life , as e arth to change into green gr ass T his o n e power also enables the lower forms o f anim al life to develop into the higher and the ignorant a n d we a k forms o f humanity to become w ise and strong T his is alway s accomplished through the u n foldment o f intelligence which is latent in all forms n o m atter h o w inert an d de a d they m ay seem T h e earth is negative to the grass the grass is negative when co m pared with the tree T h e animal is very negative and undeveloped o r animal in intelligence from the standpoint of c onsciou s manhood and men are but babes in intelligence beside the elder brothers of the r a ce those angels and arch angels who st and in the Presence of the positive S u n of Divinity and work to lift themselve s and all below them to a still higher plane of wisdom and power Man s state o f positive intelligence is still negative when compared to t h e supremely positive intelligence that holds him and all other atoms o f intelligence T hat subj ects to its org anizing wisdom an d power supremely positive Intelligence the ultim ate of all intelligence is Almighty G o d the Absolute T ruth It demands imperatively that all intelligence and ever y truth n ot absolute shall adapt itself to it fo r the Abs o lute does not conform It stands in mighty majesty j ust as it has stood forever compelling every soul that beholds it to bring every thought of his life into conformity with it . , . . , , . . , . . , . , , . ’ . , . , , , , . , . Glory to God in the H ighest ' MYS T I C 60 W cannot OU R O D W R P O IN T S . V I EW OF . truly comprehend the wonder s and lories of the infinite life unless we view the universe from g a high mountain o f thought where our understanding is n o t clouded by our ideas o f time o r spac e e s hould b e able to see that the univer s e as the manife s tation of an etern al and infinite power , is not limited by time or s pace I t b egan in eternity and through endless time it s evolution will proceed I t ha s the whole o f infinity in which t o grow , and there are no limitations anywher e either to t h e growth of the universe as a whole or to that of any o n e o f it s pa rt s Th e possibilitie s of life are unlimited and each thin g is being inspired from within to expres more and mor e Even the lower o f it s inherent power and intelligence forms of life are intelligent but the intelligence is u n c o n scious It is only when life has unfolded for itself a form s u fficiently perfect to express co n s cious intelligenc e that the soul power from God becomes manifest T hen man , the creature of authority and power enter s into his ruler s hip T hen he realizes that his con s ciou s intelligenc e gives him dominion over all l e ss developed form s o f intelligence Judging from o u r mortal idea of tim e h o w s low is the unfoldment of intelligenc e But j udgin g correctly we must see as God sees from the timeles s state o f the eternal where life and growth are impelled to b e by the quenchl ess Bliss o f Being And down in the plane of time every form o f life — feel s stirring within it that desire to be to grow that perpetual presenc e of the Eternal T h e power and wisdom that man exerci s e s today wa s not given him by any arbitrary act of t h e Creator Th e Creator ha s been with him and in him leading h im through a long s erie s of development during which h is e W . ‘ , . . . . . . , . . . , , ’ . , . . , MYS TI C O D W R S 61 . ignorance has been outgrown , and he has gained the conquest over many crude condition s T h at mind c alled man is a being of eternity It has gained much experience through previou s embodiment s and it is this innate knowledge and experience stored in the interior of the mind that ha s enabled man to over come limiting conditions and to tread obstacles under foot He has climbed the steep mountain of evolution , and h as gained added strength with each step upward, exercising his will and all the faculties o f his mind until they have become rounded o u t and capable of grasping s omewhat o f the light o f Wisdom And n o w in the conscious union with the Father Mother God he ripens his soul powers by leading others to see the Way of life in which all must walk to the ’ journey s end ' . . . . . . A T T R A CT I O N INDIVIDUALI Z ED . As man applies t h e truth th at he is organized in t e lli at f ence centr l point in the l a attraction th n a w o a d a g he is attraction individualized , he will realize more and more that he i s a mighty magnet and all things are subject to his will T h e intelligent control o f the processes o f life to produce health has not been gener al with mankind because they did not recognize that mind could control the digestive and other forces of the body Man is the manifest ation o f a universal Force and is gl ad to control it a s fast as he gains th e recognition of h ow to proceed He is a unit a whole a complete generator o f power within himself As he seeks the Kingdom of Heaven he awakens , . , . . , . , OR W MYS T IC 62 DS . more and more to hi s innate power and reali z e s the fu lfill ment of the promise that all things shall be added T h e H eaven Mind within will be brought f orth as h e recogni z e s it s power a s he ri s e s above the limiting belie f in matter into the knowledge that All is S pirit L et everyone roll away the stone from the door of the s epulc hre and pray the C hrist to come forth , openin g the mind to accept the truth , with all de s ir e to do good . - , . . 'r Every atom and fi ber o f my body being is an o m n ip to me with re s i stle ss and o t e n t magnet w hi ch draw s ’ inces s ant energy all my heart s wi s he s All the lif e , f orce and energy o f almighty God are wor k ing to bring me pro s perity . . G OD S ’ MAN T L E O F P R O T E C T IO N I S S P R EA D OVE R A LL H I S CHIL D R EN Whenever an electrical storm passes over u s and . th e fi ercely fla s hing lightning seem s to be bringing fire and death to earth let u s unite in generating a protecting influence by positively a ss erting the above statement , . is a tremendous power in thought to in t e lli gently direct the blind f orces of nature, and when a number unite in creating a thought to that end , it stir s into activity the mighty f orces in the mind of the world and result s in a grand demon stration of the power of mind over material elements When human beings learn of the power of thought and all agree in holding such thoughts a s the foregoing , it will generate a wonderful protecting power in t h e mental atmosphere or state about us and their united f aith will enable the S pirit o f God to e ffectually protect Hi s children God need s intelligent c o worker s T here . , - . WD MYS TI C OR S 63 . in this mortal sphere of activity through whom He may work to do good t o humanity T h e S pirit o f Love and Goodness is all about u s It enfolds us in the magnetic s phere o f its graciou s power but it needs to become individualiz ed in order to bring into manifestation the mighty goodness that it holds for humanity G o d needs men and women with heart s OL e and minds o f true faith through whom H i s power may act to save and lg e al and protect G o d has evolved us for the very purpose that we might act fo r H im and that through us He might do that which He could n ot do without us ; that we s hould become the links that would j oin Hi s finer sphere o f wisdom and power with the gro ss er state o f mortal life and make G o d and man o n e united power for good Hi s S pirit brooding over the darkness of material element s evolved the sun and the planets , inspired the dull elements o f the eart h to manifest life through gradually de velo pm g forms of crystal vegetable and “ animal ; and when through a long evolution the dust of ” the earth fin al ly arrived to the form of man His S pirit endowed man with a self conscious soul after Hi s o w n likeness and power and n ow He is trying to inspire us to use the t alents with which we are endowed to the further m anifestation o f his divine love and wisdom as sons of the Eternal God m anifests through t h e enlightened faith o f humanity hen all believe in the goodness o f G o d as the supreme motive of existence and expres s His good ness in t hought and act , all the destructive forces in nature will become infused with the S pirit o f goodne ss that radi ates from the mind o f humanity an d the earth will manifest the goodness and glory of God T his is a period of great tribulation to humanity becau s e we ar e passing out of a cycle of old into a . . , . , q . , , . , , , - , . W . , . M YS T IC 64 W OR D W S . cycle of n ew/ t h og gh t e are passing from the darkne s s o f man made cre e d s and false imagin ations into the brightne ss of t h e light of revelation a s it s hines from the eternal realm of s oul s ; but the darkne s s do e s not compre h end the light o f heaven , and th e clashing of the light and the darknes s is causing great disturbance in the ele ment s ot M r e as well as in the mind s of men , because the element s are negative and reflect the di s cord in man s life Now , at the beginning of a new cycle of progre ss ion , thought wi ll have a great influence in mol di ng the future Now we may sow the s eeds that will fruit in o f thi s cycle great good to humanity Let u s all unite in affirming the above thought a n d tho s e whic h foll ow , remembering the words of the Master . - ’ . . . If two of you shall agree on earth As touching anything that they shall a s k , It shall be done for th e m Of my Father who is in heaven F o r where two or three Are gath e red together in my name ” T here am I in the midst of them . , . Lord G od O mnipotent reigns in heaven and s h all reign o n e arth T h e supreme Will of Love shall be done , sh all be made manifest in all th e contending minds and forces on earth T h e truth in the world shall be quickened with the power o f the S pirit o f T ruth an d it shall gain the victo r y over all error and falsity T h e workers for right and justic e shall be strength ened by the power o f G o d and they shall defeat every apparent enemy T h e light of truth mu st reign throughout the land and dissolve all ignorance and all the bondage begotte n from ignorance Th e . . . . . M YS T IC 6 OR W DS . T o illu strate : t h e optic nerve is matte r in motion vibrated by the wa ve s of light, and t h e vibration s ar e imparted to the brain s ub stance and the activity of thi s s ub stan ce produce s thought and knowledge It is t h e interaction of po s itive and negative s ub s tance s that pro duce s fi rst , life ; s econd , s en s ation ; and thi r d the vibration of thought called intelligence Viewing matter as a living s ub s tance w e can truly s ay that all is matter hat i s thought but a more radiant and e volved condition All matt e r i s vibration Magneti s m an d o f matter ' electricity are produced by the chemical action of material element s , and are tho s e element s tran sformed into mor e inten s e vibration hat we call phy s ical life i s the inter action of the s e magnetic and electric f orce s T hrough the vibration of the matter of our nerve s s en s ation is pro du ce d, and becau s e the human body ha s evolved a larger body o f nerve s ub s tance called brain , it i s capable of pro du c in g the more comple x vibrations o f thought T o be s ur e ther e i s a s oul power in man that by it s individual action in the phy s ical s ub stanc e enable s it to produc e the s e intelligent re s ult s But it m u st be remembered that the s oul o f God i s in fused into all nature for it i s H i s nature , and there fore we mu st reali z e the truth that matter i s n ot s omething apart from the divine li fe and intel lig e n ce and incapable of divine e x pre ss ion but that t h e tran sf orming power of God i s f orever active 111 all mat ter, cau s ing eac h atom to individualize and grow i n t h e un foldm e nt of it s inherent li fe and intelligence but an T hought i s not an intangible something energy a s s ub stantial and more intelligent than elec are s ubstantial things T hey ar e T hought s t r ic it y — higher form s o f matter matte r grown intelligent T h e Mind of God i s an in fi nite s ea o f divine thought sub stance ; an ocean o f radiant , intelligent energy which fills infinity with th e glory and maje s ty of the Eternal On e T h e s plendor of the sunlight i s cau s ed by the vibra . . . 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W O D MYS T I C R S 67 . tions of elec tric and magnetic force as they mingle and blend in the atmosphere o f the earth In higher state s — and condition s of mat ter in the sphere s of spiritualize d — matter the same proce s s i s transpiring T h e minglin g and intelligence of t h e On e with the mor e of the love negative sub stanc e o f the univer s al Mind produce s t h e transcendent b eauty grace and harmony manifest in t h e heavenly spheres of God s eternal nature T h e s oul generate s from the body o f fle s h phy sic al life sensation and mental energy T hese force s combine to form the mind body or spiritual counterpart of the person which is a higher form of matter and more lasting than th e physical form in its present state o f development T hi s spirit form is substantial although its r ate of vibration cannot be perceived by t h e physical senses What w e term S pirit is the highe s t evolved condition o f u n iv e r sah matter imaginable and it mu st not be forgotten that thi s spiritualized essence of God s nature has its abode in the essence of each atom , and it unceasingly strives to expand as it feel s the warmth o f divine love T his expansion of the spirit of things is the cau s e fo r all growth an d progression By individualizing love and b lessing the flesh with the intelligent feeling o f love we can accelerate this process in o u r physic al development quickening the atom s w ith o u r realization of the divine Presence It is true that All is Mind and it is also tru e that All i s Matter for mind and matter are the one substanti al principle in di fferent states o f unfoldment T her e is but one substance o n e life an d o n e intelligence and His n ame is On e T here is nothing besides the Infinite an d Etern al On e God is omnipre sent omnipotent and omniscient It is neces s ary fo r us to realize that matter is the divine nature if we would learn the art o f glorifyi ng it If the rocky structure of this planet could yield s uch a m ar v e lou s arr ay o f beautiful intelligent forms under the . . , ’ . , , , . - , , . . : , ’ ' : ‘ . . , , . , . , , . . . , . , OR W MYS T IC 8 DS . brooding Pre s ence o f the S pirit o f God , how much mor e s hould we expect the highly evolved substance of o u r bodie s to re s pond to t h e loving intelligence of our thought pow er to unfold it s latent possibilitie s of life, health and per fec tion to the highest degree I t i s through recognition o f the P r esence of God in our negative nature that the natur e yield s t h e intelligence and power of the divine Presence We cannot expect good re s ults i f we deny matter or fle s h for by o u r thought power w e cut away and deny that t h e negative pole of our being contain s any po s sibilitie s of growth toward perfection T h e negative pole is j ust a s necessary in the con s titution of the magnet man as t h e po s itive pole Matter i s as nece ss ary in the constitution of the nature o f G o d a s S pirit ithout matter there could be no cre ation T here could be no electric ity gen c rated without the negative a s well a s the positive pole T h e po s itive and negative pole s are o f the battery nece s sary in the constitution of the Mind of G o d, and without such relative condition s li fe sen s ation and intel lig e n c e would be impossible H umanity wa s generated from the marriage of Swedenborg wrote that all t h e heaven and earth heavens and heavenly being s were produced from the physical side of the univer s e by the S pirit , and that heaven without earth would be like a house suspended in mid air T h e marriage o f the soul and body w ithout a foundation of t h e roduces human self con s ciousne ss and the growth p s oul comes from it s development o f the latent po s sibilitie s i n earth and earthly experience s Matter i s o ften denied that the s en s ation o f pain may Mor e would be ac compli s hed by educating b e overcome the flesh to expres s its latent healing li fe , than by denying its existence Th e atoms of flesh are a negative f orm o f mind and expres s only as much intelligence as they have u nfolded T hey are capable of developing a higher grade o f intelligence which will yield more harmonious re s ult s . . . 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MYS T IC WD OR S 69 . in the phys ical i nstrument Organs m ay be dominated by thoughts and desires which are antagonistic to e a ch other , and con s equently the organs fail to work in h ar mony and the whole organism is disturbed Let it be remembered that matter is always responsive to thought to its degree and qu ality of intelligence a c cording If the soul came into the world t o carry o u t a purpose a n d the conscious mind is bent o n accomplish of G od ing an unlike purp ose , although the soul m ay not be strong enough to make its purpose known and the mind may n ot be wise enough to do right nevertheless the c o n fl ic t in g motive s and purposes of the soul and mind will disturb the even equilibrium o f the n ature Many su ffer because the soul has not free expression Very often p ain i s the cry of the parts for more life and power to do their — work e fli c ie n t ly T h e wise mind w ill n ot deny this need but will immediately send the currents of love a n d life t o strengthen and harmon i ze the conflicting vibrations o f the matter in the physical o r negative mind of t h e human battery T h e time was when the highe s t evolved species of anim al o n earth could not re ason but gr a dually as the matter of their flesh became of a finer texture and e xpe r i ence called fo r the most inten s e exerc ise of the mentality s o far developed the higher faculties were born an d the enlarging cranium ha s marked the upward trend of e v olu tion Now the present evolved beings are just beginning to learn that they c an consciously develop every nerve center and organ in the body t o a condition o f pe rfected activities which will be as much above the diseased hum anity of the present as the brain development of man is superior to the animal Matter is potentially vital and inte lligent with the power of G o d and flesh is the highest evolved condition o f matter visible When flesh is educated to the positive degree of intelligence and love where it is n o longer . . , . , , , . . . , , , . . , . , M YS T I C 70 OR W DS . ubj ect to the negative vibration s of sin s ickne ss and d eath , it i s then an exhibition o f the div ine s ub stance t h e Father made manif est It has been s aid by s cienti fi c authority that one cubic i nch of matter has loc ked within it e nough f orce to anni h ilat e an army T hink o f t h e immen s e po ss ibilitie s o f the living power stored in your flesh , which you can develop into a state o f intell igent c o Operation with your ill to the e x pre ss ion of your growing wi s dom and love hat a tran s fo r ming power i s your s Y ou ta ke into yo ur body the element s from external nature and your organi s m a ss imilate s certain of the s e chemical elements and tran sf orm s them into a higher order o f sub stanc e which is fashioned into a f orm that repre s ents your particular character By knowing that matter is an expre s sion o f the Mind o f God and that it i s capable o f yielding more abundant life more h armoniou s sen s ations and a mightier int el lig e n t will that s hall manifest the will o f God , we lo s e the limiting beliefs of matt e r as something ap ar t from Mind and are able by the intelligent u s e of our thought power to convert the sensations o f pain into the more po s itive sen s ations o f peace , and to tune all t h e vibration s and feeling s of the flesh into a body o f force who s e ton e i s the tone of the divine soul , and who s e every e fl ort i s the expres s ion of the love wisdom , grace and beauty of the — indwelling individual s oul the S elf from the bo s om of the Father s , . . W W - . . . , , ’ , . Desire f or the necessities of life leads through e xpe ri ence and experience results in mental growth Even the animals through their desire for food gain the experience s that developed them into more po s itive individual ities , . . MYS T I C MA TT E R P R O DU CE S O W RD S 71 . T HO UG H T S C I OU S NE SS AND CO N . Knowledge begin s with perception S ub stanc e pro duces thought , and thought, which i s a form o f reaction , deals with substance e are made consciou s of thing s n ot s elf and then become con s ciou s of s elf It i s not the brain alone that thin ks ; it i s the whole man T h e s en s ory nerve s reaching to all parts o f the body are all a part of the thinking organi s m If the eye re s ts o n s omething dangerous the optic nerve i s a ffected and we become conscious of the T hus the eye was as much conc erned in produc danger ing the thought a s any par t of the brain Had it n ot been for t h e eye neither the nerves n or the brain would have been moved to action Con s ciousness come s simul t an e ou sly with perfected thought produce s thought Ou r ideas depend S ensation greatly on the character of s e nsation Human kno wledge is born of nature is her o ffspring T o think is to have Knowledge o u r organi s m acted o n by matt e r in motion come s from and i s produced by matter in motion ere — hence no t here no matter there could be no motion thought o r knowledge All ou r idea s and the word s we u s e to repre s ent idea s were derived f rom experience with external things Even o u r conceptions of God and o f the ideal realm are but reflection s of things within ou r personal experience All ideas of beauty are derived from form s of m atter And if an angel me ss enger from God were to try to lift o u r minds to a higher state of thought he would of neces s ity use o u r material concepts , a s Je s u s did in hi s parables and when he g ave to the Unnamable On e the name “ ” Father which brought Him within even t h e under stand ing Of a ilittle child . W . . . . , , . . , . . . . , . W . . , , . . . . , , f . OR W MYS T I C 72 T RU T H I S DS . WILL P MI G H T Y AND RE VA I L . I gnorance i s binding in it s e fl e ct upon the thought o f humanity A te s t of divine truth is it s uplifting in s piring and freein g quality A truth that does n ot fre e the mind from the thought o f bondage doe s n ot perfectly image the freeing S pirit o f T ruth . , . . is the revelation of the love and wisdom o f God , and of th e b en e fic e n t goodne s s o f all the active law s in H i s va s t nature And all t h e law s of existence whe n rightly seen and interpreted proclaim the inherent good ne ss and wi s dom of the Power that pervades existence Th e ancient H indus were dominated by the belie f that exi s tence i s evil a p r oduct o f Mara o r illu s ion a va s t hypnoti s m that must be e s caped by a proce s s of c ounter s uggestion and absolute renunciation of mortal thought and desire It was a common idea with them that man i s in bondage to hi s good thoughts a s we ll as to hi s evil thought s and desir es Hi s good thought s bound him to dwell in heaven until the st o red u p merit thus acquired was exhausted, when he was compelled t o return to phy s ical birth and acquire more merit And by the demerit of his evil thoughts he was bound to suff er in hell and to be born in the womb of an animal or eve n wor s e Even the gods were h e ld in bondage to thi s — terrible law of Ka r ma s o it i s written in their s acred — b o bks and the only way to attain liberation from that ever active law was through a proce s s of renunciati on of both good and evil carried on dur ing s everal incarnation s It wi ll be noted that bondage and punishment were T o them t h e domina n t element s in their idea o f j ustice j u stice wa s not tempered by mercy Knowin g that thoughts have a tonic or toxic e ffect upon th e s tr ucture of the mind and body according t o ar b o r ideas like t h e their quality , we s hould r efu se tg h W T ruth . . , , - . . - . . - . . . , n fi “ OR W MYS T IC 74 DS . ental and phy s ical e fl e ct s o f s in m ay be di ss olv ed T hu s the truth o f God s mercy overcome s ignorance and the re s ult s of ignorance in tho s e who lov e and o bey t h e S pirit o f T ruth My ow n e x pe rienc e in vi s iting the variou s s pirit plane s , in hearing of the per s onal e x perience s of the lower kind s of s pirit s a s well a s higher, both while in the bod y and out , coupled with li k e e x perience s of my friend s and with the wider knowledge and experience of the Ma ster s convinces me that there i s no law in t h e s pirit world , n o r in the con s titution of the nature of s pirit s , to compel them to reincarnate because of their evil thought s o r deed s ; that s pirits are not impelled to reinc arnate from any inherent law o f retribution or j u stice, but solely from a desire t o gain further e x perience a s one woul d leav e home and friends for the s ake of the exper ience to be gained by traveling through a foreign land T h e belief in the law o f Karma i s inj urious in that it weighs down the incarn ate spirit with the thought that it i s in bondage to an inscrutable Nemesis that m ay compel it to enter many dreary rounds o f experience to balance up an unknown account o f po s sibly vast propor tions It i s 5 , terribly depre ss ing belief It does not in s pire with hope or courage o r fa ith l n the power of the soul to conquer It would have us believe that t h e negative side o f the law of cause and e ffect is mightier th an the positive op e ration o f wisdom and mercy I t would dethrone t h e freeing S pirit of T ruth and enthrone a frightful Nemesis It continues to limit the s pirit that believes in it even in the spirit world A l arge number of spirits continue to hold this belief in the necessity of reinc arna tion as a m e an s o f atonement for past sins T hey urge fi o pirits to reincarnate who would be much better did S they stay in the spirit world following up the true t e ach ing until they were freed from the mo rtal limit atio n s m . ’ . , . . . v a c . ' . . . . , W O D MYS T IC R S 5 . ccumulated during their eart h life because when a S pirit reincarnates before g aining wisdom and spiritual freedom , and some degree of soul awakening in the higher he will n ot only be weighed down by the ign o s pheres r ance o f his personality but the load of past sin s and false beliefs will still cloud hi s spirit and hinder his progression in knowledge It is true that we reap as we sow Ou r character determines our destiny drawing to u s from the universal Mind qualitie s like tho s e we have incorporated into o u r nature Ou r c haracter is the result of the blending o f the mental attributes of o u r parents plus the thought s and feelings we have accumulated from experience some times reshaped and t ransformed by the awakened power It is upon thi s law of cause o f the divine indwelling soul fect in the mental realm that t h e doctrine o f K arm a an d ef is founded but the structure built o n this foundation was designed by an imagination intoxicated with the belief in an eternal principle o f darkness o r evil It is a metaphysical nightmare from which the oriental mind needs to be aw akened by the merciful and inspiring touch o f the Mother love in God the saving S pirit of T ruth A s oul afl am e with the Mother love of G o d for “ humanity proclaimed these words : Ye shall know the ” truth and t h e truth will make you free When I saw those words in gre at letters of gold across the peristyle at the V o r ld s Fair twelve years ago I wondered within myself what they meant T h e spirit of tho s e words wa s revealed t o my mind soo n after and during these twelve years I have had constant c ause to rejoice in the knowl edge o f the living power o f the S pirit o f T ruth T h e woes o f mankind have all b e en born from ignoranc e fr om a lack o f true knowledge T hrough a p artial knowl edge hum anity su fl e r s ; with full knowledge comes peace and power An oriental priesthood saddled humanity with the belief of Karma and transmigration that it might a , , . . , . , . - ' , . , , . . ’ V , . , . , . . M YS T I C 6 OR W DS . ride to the s el fis h heights of dominion , and the occidental prie sthood accomplished the s ame results by holding their f ollowers s ubj ect to the belief of a puni s hing God wit h everla s ting dam nation for tho s e who s trayed from t h e fold B ut praise s to the Eternal and to the merciful angel s o f light we have outgrown the ignorance o f t h e pa st, and the mercy of truth is now proclaimed by thou s and s of tongue s and will rapidly conquer and put away f orever all falsity and error in the mind o f the race Let us turn from the con s ideration of the negativ e law o f cau s e and e ffect to the reco gnition of the positiv e law of mercy and truth e have been bound under t h e s pell of evil by o u r faith in the presence and power of evil ; n o w we may be freed from all evil s by o u r faith in the pre s ence and power o f the S pirit of T ruth T h e s am e amount of time given to preaching and proclaiming t h e goodness and power and wisdom o f the soul in man that has been given to teaching the inherent devilishne s s o f m an would result in giving such a strong mental force to the indwelling soul th at it would rise up in maj esty and power and conquer the petty limitations of s in s ick ness and poverty which result from the world s ig n o rance ; it would evolve human ity into a rac e of inca r nate angels T hat wonderful S pirit o f love , purity joy and wisdom which exists in the higher sphere s o f the cele s tial existenc e tran sforms every spirit seeking to know and live its life, into a beautiful radiant spirit of lov e and perfection T hat S pirit which has redeemed ho sts o f spirits into angel s o f goodnes s and mercy healing them giving them p e ace for p ain and o f all their di s ea s e s , — — plenty for poverty that omnipotent S pirit of T ruth i s now s hedding its bright and tender rays o f love into o u r earth land and as fast as we r e ceive it will it glorify o u r spirit s even while we are pent up in form of flesh It will trans f orm thi s orld as it has transformed the spirit world s by the predominance of its quality of goodne ss . , . W . ‘ . , ’ , , . . , , , W . O D W MYS T IC R S 77 . love into a land o f peace an d plenty It will heal the sick , and so quicken the s ouls o f mortal s that d is ea s e a n d p ain will no longer be a nece ss ity to the dweller s in And so gloriou s will the con s ciousne ss o f the e arth immortal soul o f man become that he will s en s e and know at all times that he is an immortal son of God and the soul in the mortal will walk and talk continually with “ the s ouls in the cele stial s pheres and G o d shall wipe away all te ars from their eyes and there shall be no ” more death All Glory to the Power o f T ruth ' and . . , , , . TH E WH O LE T RU T H . — Man must know the whole truth in order to live a wholesome life and m a nifest perfection Students are hugging their h alf truths in desperation wondering why they do not yield full result s , and at the same time they turn a de af ear toward thos e truth s which they need to know in order t o overcome their limitations If we stand o n the foundation statement that all is truth we must hold o u r mind in a state of unprejudiced receptivity toward all e xpr e ssi g ns p f truth in order that we m ay not refuse to receive some preciou s word o f utmost value T h e presenc e of truth i s visible in all material object s in all forms of external nature if our eyes are but unveiled to see Ou r ear s may hear the voice of truth in every creed and doctrine o r s cience and philo s ophy if they ar e not closed by big oted opinion Wh at is truth ' It is the revelation of the Whole the meaning o r S pirit that pervades and expresses through every least part of the Whole It is God revealing Himself as sens ation in matter (for every atom o f m atter is an atom o f sens ation ) a s the venom of the serpent as the de v as t at ing power of the volcano , a s the formative mind in nature f . , . . . , , . . , . , , , MYS T IC 78 ORD W S . the beauty and intelligence o f all nature s c h ildre n from am oeba to man a s the understanding and will o f m an , a s the mercy and power of the angelic host s and as the love of Divinity that embrace s all the s e degree s of truth from the very lowe s t to t h e very hi ghest In t h e ab s olute s en s e there i s no ignorance Every form 1s a form o f intelligence and repre s ent s a degree o f knowledge Ant s and bee s know h o w to carry o n a c o operative com m o n w e alt h the bear know s where to fi nd the honey s tore hou s e of the bee, and man has the knowledge to overcom e most of the lower form s of intellige nce ; each i s wi s e in his degre e of unfold m ent No o n e being in all the univer s e — r o is all wi s e omni s cient that i s , no o n e being know s all that every being o n this planet know s in it s ow n s phere of activity ; only the Mind that sen s e s in the rock , f eel s and thin ks in every o n e of the s e it s ow n manifestations know s what they all know in the aggregate Eac h plan e o f mani f e s tation is o n e department in the Mind o f th e whole and each specie s is a speciali z ed faculty o f the On e Mind for the gaining and expre ss i n g of the truth mani f e s t in it s s ph e re of activity All i s intelligent T here i s O ne omnipre s ent Mind embracing all I ndividuali z ed mind s evolve from lower to higher degree s in this Mind a s they expand in in t elli — gence T here are three general degrees o f Mind t h e material degree represented by phy s ical life ; the s piritual degree repre s ented by the rational li fe in this world and in the world of spirits ; and the c ele stial degree , repre s ented by the soul nature in man and by the cele stial world s where souls enj oy the fulle s t reali z ation and e x pression of soul love and wisdom It i s le s s di fficult fo r the animal to keep in health than man , becau s e his mind is simple and there are but two degrees of hi s nature to be kept in harmony Man has a more comple x mind with many mor e disturbing thought s than the animal , which alone would acc ount for many of hi s ’ as , , . . . - , . - , . , . . . . , , . . W OR MYS T I C DS 79 . phy s ical illnes s es , and he al s o ha s a s oul nature that often refu s e s to live o n bread and mate rial thought By living like an animal he c r u c ifie s hi s s oul , the Chri s t within ; the s oul becomes di s couraged with it s per s onality and refu s es to give its life to s atisfy his mortal cravi n g s , and t h e i n harmony between s oul and mind re s ults in the death of the body T herefore man must know and live a larger truth than the animal in order to be perfect H e mu s t understand the law s of mental action and the consequenc e He mu s t o f hi s variou s mood s and beliefs o n hi s body al s o under stand the relation that exi st s between himself and Divinity and that Divinity i s embodied in h is soul if he would realize the fullest expre s sion of life from God ; and then the body mu st be properly c ared for, and this is an art that varies with each temperament and with every mode o f living e should like to believe that mind alone is able t o heal all ailments keep all the muscles strong whether they are used o r not , and supply all deficiencies in the way of material elements , but experience teaches that while mind is a mighty healer and organizer of the physical form it is dependent to a large degree upon what kinds o f food are taken into the body and the u se to which the body i s put A little alcohol will arou s e the latent mental energy in the body and cau s e the heart to beat faster and the blood t o fl o w swifter ; a large r amount will stir the mind to fiery enthusiasm or drug it into brutish in s en s ibility, and it will do this de s pite ’ man s manner of thinking, and whether he believe s it has power o r not T hi s potency has been inherent in alcohol a s its inheritance of power from the Mind of ” “ the whole , and not as a belief of power given to alcohol ” “ by mort al thought a s o u r metaphy s ic al friend s would have us believe T h e mind of the poppy ha s learned how t o extract a certain force from the univer s al Mind and thi s manife st attribute of Mind when prepared as . . . . 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' , . , , MYS T I C 80 OR W DS . pium and br ought in c ontact with t h e mind o f man by way o f the blood , will ove rpower his mind T hus every plant and every form of natur e e x pre ss e s ce rtain pot e n m e s and attribute s o f the Mind o f nature , which i s the one Mind we call G o d e condemn the s e thing s a s evil s and thu s condemn in our s hort s ighted way Go d, t h e s ource of all the se element s and power s T hey are n ot evil in themselves ; only the mi s u s e o f them by man giv es rise to those hard experience s and devel op s a negativ e “ form o f knowledg e which i s called evil Ev en virtu e ” bec o me s vice if mi s applie d , s aid S hak e s peare ould it n ot be wiser f or u s to prai s e God for the benefit th at has been derived from the u s e o f the var ious remedie s that man ha s discovered and applied to t h e he aling of physical ailments ' T h at certain drug s hav e virtu e in alleviating pain and re s toring at least a t e mporary condi ti on o f harmony to the body c ann ot be denied but t h e kn o wledge of t h e e fie ct of the se chemical potencie s o n variou s temper ament s i s s o limited that we cannot truly s ay that medicine i s an e x act s cience Every prop ri e tary medicine placed on t h e market cure s a c e rtain percentage of tho s e who use it T here may be found many genuine te stimonials prai s ing God for the ble ss ing of health aft e r long su fl e r in g and a fter many other remedie s h ad f ailed Now it cannot be s aid that faith alone cured all tho s e c as e s , because they had equal fa ith in eac h o n e of a half dozen or more di fferent remedies but not till they found the right remedy c on taining the mental pote ncy that would act with ju st the right e ffect upon their mental organi z ation were they healed All force i s at the la s t analysis mental force and f ect s , whether a cts upon the mind of man to produce e f it a ct s on the mind in the body directly a s a remedy or upon the body indirectly a s a thought forc e given to t h e mind If I were su ffering with rheumati s m , for instance it would make little difl e r e n c e to me whether I wer e O . . 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W . , . , . . , . , . . , “ 82 M YS TI 0 OR W DS . ough to accept the whole truth , phy s ic al el e ment s for the body , mental element s for the mind , and divine ele m e n t s f or the s oul A lac k o f k nowledg e of s om e littl e d etail of truth pert aining to an e ss ential factor in t h e he ali n g pre vent s perfect demon s tration A man may know truth relative to the need s of the body, he may eat the f ood s which hi s natur e and di s po s i tion call for, he may under stand how to regulate hi s hour s o f s leep , e x erci s e , and meal s to get the be s t u s e o f h is body, he may h ave a kn ow le dge of the power o f thought and understand the relation that exi st s between hi s s oul an d God , and yet through lac k o f desire or per s everance h e may f all short o f ful filling t h e truth he know s o n any o r all plane s o f hi s being, and hi s knowledge may not avail t o “ s a ve him from sickness and pain If ye k now the s e thing s, happy are ye if ye do them S ome there be who gain an intellectual c o m pr e h e n s ion of the power of thought and have a deep appreciatio n o f metaphy s ical s ubtleties and they wonder why God doe s not h eal them , why discord and inharmony s till afie ct their affafis, why the new thought doe s not inaugurate a new order o f afiair s around them and s ati s fy them with healing peace I f they will s earch d e ep into their heart s they will o ften fi nd that they are not living e x ponent s o f the truth s they believe T hey act deceitf ully , do unj ustly , live lu s tfully, crave mortal approbation , con s pire to s el fis hly wrong their neighbor ; the light and love of tru e s pirituality do not manifest through them T h e truth is but painted on their minds ; it is not incorporated a s a living , moving force in their characters I m et one w h o had s tudied metaphysic s for s everal year s H e wa s s chooled in the knowledge of the power r t e a m s t e d thought and alway s u s ing it to try to w as of gn wealth but barel earned enou gh to feed him H e wrote i pamphlet that told j u s t how the mi n d s hould be operated zt en . . , , . . , ‘ . . . . . — . , h “ fi u w M M MYS T IC W ORD S 83 . to open the door s of unlimited supply but dre ss e d like a tramp Mo st o f the money he received was gai ned through deceptive method s H e could lecture learn edly o n G o d and o n e to hear him would belie ve that he k new all the law s of t h e univer s e and po ss ibly even how G o d came to be He believed that with hi s knowledge o f truth when he left thi s mortal plane he would enter into the most intimate companionship with Divinity and he was convinced o f m y lack of s piritual perc eption when I told him hi s spir itu alm r it wa s n o t enough to rai s e him above the second d eg ree of life in the s pirit world which i s the second plane o f u nregenerate humanity And still “ he continue s to think tru th and do falsely and self ” illu m l n at io n blinds his eye s to the real path , and he wonders that disea s e and ppxert y hold their sway ov er hi s life A s we live the pure life , the honest life the true life o f the s oul , the inner soul nature becomes more closely united with our personal mind and o u r character deter m ine s o u r de s tiny , whether it shall be toward harmony and pleasantne ss 1t h an abundance o f health and succes s e o r toward di s cord and the way o f pain and def e at are spiritual being s now and according to o u r character we vibrate in unison with being s on the spiritual plane that chord s with o u r nature Being s in the s piritual planes w e r according to the o f life have more wisdom an w d egr ee o f thei r ascendenc y into the life and love of God A s a man attun e s his life and character to the highest truth and lives a spiritual life o n this plane he draws o n the deeper and higher plane s o f power and gain s t h e u f operation through pra er tho s e divine s o l s who o co y have w a s hed their garments in the water of truth until they are glori fi ed with the life of truth and manife s t it s power in their celestial live s , . . . , , . , . , , W W , . . ' . , - OR W MYS T I C TH E MU S IC DS OF T H E . FU T U R E . Mu s ic i s a universal language, embracin g in it s vocabulary all po ss ibilitie s of human thought , feeling or utt erance , from t h e crude st rhythm o f t h e natural man — the untaught s avage to the k e ene s t analysi s of the philo s opher or the deepest emotion s o f a s oul o n fi re with God , w r apped in the devotional blis s engender e d by direct contact with the divine H eart o f Love I n the blending of mu s ical tone s there i s the po ss i b ility o f unimagined and unfelt emotion s and revelation s T h e anci e nt s eers of I ndia did not t ry to convey by written s croll t h e r ev e lation o f thing s cele stial attained through exaltation o f the s oul s en s es to direct perception of eternal veritie s T h e s ublimity of truth and the glory and power while o f the emotion s awakened in the s oul of the s eer attuned to spiritual realitie s could only be e x pre ss ed in the language o f the emotions , through t h e modulated intonations of the human voice T h e illuminated teacher intoned his revelation s to his pupils , teaching them truth in mantra s , every tone o f which had deep s piritual s ign ifi cance When the words o f the mantra s were written and the tone value s forgott e n , their s pirit wa s lo st Th e s pirit o f truth contained in them no longer appealed to t h e pupil becau s e the emotional e fie ct o f the tone s upon the s oul wa s not felt I n other words , truth wa s s omething the s oul might be led to f eel were the ton es sounded that embodied true emotion s , or the emotion s of truth , and the teacher who reali z ed truth was able to awaken the same reali z ation s in hi s pupils by c lot h in g h is interior f eeling s in proper musical language Modern music portray s in a large degre e the dark — side of mortal e x perienc e t he melancholy of a Chopin the depth s of dark nes s and s orrow felt by Bee or And e ven when the live s of the god s are pictured , t h ov e n . . . , , . . . . . . MYS T I C W O RDS 5 . they are n ot the god s who have e volved to the tran s cendent height s of i mmortal love and s ympath y, but common mortal s cast in heroic mold , full of the petty v 1n dic t ive ne ss , j ealousy pa s sion and a ffectio n o f being s in this mortal world If Chopin , Beethoven and agner could have lived an ideal life apart from the petty side o f mortal life , with it s care s and troubles , and have reali z ed the sublime truths revealed to the soul s of the ancient s eer s of India ; if they could have heard the s ongs of the cherubim and seraphim and seen the glories that the pro phet Isaiah and other s saw through open s oul vision , o r have felt the heavenly truths that John the R evelator tried to picture in s ymbolic lan ~ guage, would they not be the mightiest teachers of heavenly verities to the soul and the most convincing that the worl d h as known ' T heir musical revelations would be s ou l moving and s oul convincing S ouls that would give them selve s to the sway of the heavenly emotions induced by their musical pictures o f the j oyou s life o f t h e C elestial s would be aw akened to the Divine Motive of existence would be attuned to harmony with the divin e nature and purpose S uch mu s ic would compel the s oul to feel and see G o d, and once a soul felt Godlike emotions it would fore ver after desire t o live up to that Godlike ideal Mu sic i s but in it s infancy Musician s have been learning the language of the emotions—how to express in mu s ical term s what they felt , and as is natural they could not ex pre s s mo r e than they felt But as m u s1c 1an s gain a deeper per ception of eternal truth which is always revealed to the s earching s ouls o f mortal s they will reveal more of Divinity and less o f mo r tality in their music and awaken divine emotions in th eir hearers In the future the dominion of the orthodox religious beliefs of the dark ages will be cast aside t h e vast proc e ss es the warfare and o f human evolution will be und e rstood strife among nati on s a s well as in business life will be , W . , . , . , . . , , . , , , . , , MYS T IC 86 O D W R S . done away with , and the nece s sity for competition and its — concomitants s elfish n e s s and hatred will no longer exist Man will rise above the s avag e in thought and ’ action and music will n ot only keep pace with man s s pir it u al evolution but it will be the mo s t in s pl r l n g guide to that evolution for through the ability of in s pired mu s i c ian s to feel the nobler and higher s entiment s o f s piritual — manhood through feeling the inspiration of high ideals mu s icians will make tho s e s entiments and ideal s real to their les s fortunate brethr e n and lead them to f eel and live the ideal life T hus mu s ic will become the mightiest redeeming and transforming power in the d e velopment of character and , through character o f t h e welfar e o f the whole race, that human evolution ha s produced - . , , , . , , . i It is now positively proven that thoughts and feeling s create poisons and tonics in the fle s h Analy s is of the perspiration and breath a half hour after a fit o f anger , for instance shows that anger ha s cre ated a poi s onous element o r vice versa , a fter a period of j oyous emotion , the blood is enriched by a tonic element S om e eighty di fferent element s have been traced directly to the creativ e power ash o f thought s and feeling s by Pro f Elmer Gate s o f in gt o n D C T h e composer who understands thi s wonderf ul fact h olds the key to a new healing art the mo st magical and my stical that the world has ever heard of and also the I n the emotion creating power of mus m we m ost potent h ave in embryo a whole s cience o f healing which will yet be developed for the overcoming of discord and inharmony and the restoration of divine harmony and health in the nature of man T h e inspired mu s ician of the future will f eel the celesti al emotion s of love joy and peac e and he will weave the s e emotion s into music like that which breathes through . , , . W . , . . , , , - . , . , , W O D MYS T IC R S 87 . all the atmo s phere of the heavenly sphere s of eternal life H e will evolve such music as will create health compel ling emotions in humanity H e will make the j oyous brightness and health o f heaven real t o spirits clad in the vestments of mort ality and awaken them to the reality o f their divine nature through the u s e o f like mu s ical emotions With mystical minor tones he will enter into the dark rec ess e s of their hearts where they brood alone ” “ in chambers of imagery nursing their s orrow in selfish misery and then when he has reached the secret chamber o f their hearts and gained dominion over their feelings he will lead them and compel them t o follow him through the mighty magic of his music o u t into the brightness of a God lit land in green pastures and beside still water s away from and beyond themselves into a heavenly atmos r h h w ere j oy perpetual reigns where it is life to live e e p where living is a song of praise to the Etern al and every thing pulsates with goodness and health He will le ad them from the bondage and darkness of their ignorant , mort al concept of life into the fr e edom and j oy of the e ternally true and real . . . , , , , , . , , - , , , , . . time is not far distant when through the discovery o f more refined forces and more sensitive instruments man will be convinced from the demonstrations of material science that the human spirit continues to exist as an in telligent entity after the death of its physical counter art Professor C rookes F R Professor Alfred uss ll R S e p Wall ace C amille Fl ammarion and many other savants who represent the f oremost achievements in exact science have arrived at this conclusion now through private investi a a i n and much experimentation but as yet method of t o g communication between the t w o degrees of life materi al and spiritu al that would be as convincing s ay as any chemic al o r electrical experiment has not been found But more and more are those whom the world look s to a s The , , , . . . . , , , , , , , , . M YS T I C 88 OR W DS . authority in t h e r e alm o f e x act k nowledge , givi n g tim e t o inve stigat e the occult phenomena known to e x i st through the difie r e n t pha s e s of human medium s hip hen t h e s cienti fi c world s eek s with unprejudic e d mind for truth from the s piritual world, it will draw t h e attention of tho s e s cientist s and philo s opher s among the inhabitant s o f the land s of S pirit who will c o operate with the seek er s in this world and u s e their more advanced knowledge of chemi stry and mor e developed power s of will to bring t o the world s uch convincing evidence of the t ruth of pro r i v e s e s immortalit a s will leav no room f or doubt e y g T hen , when humanity are convinced that there is no death , thi s truth will fre e them from the terribl e burden of s orrow that th e y have borne for age s hen they learn from the inhabitant s of heaven ( a s s om e hav e already learned) that there i s no wrath ful God s ittin g o n a throne of j udgment , waiting to damn them to eve r last ing puni s hment becau s e they wer e no better tha n they could be, and no devil to delight in their torture s the truth — will free them from fear that fear which ha s enervated the manhood of the race and made humanity slave s to t h e ) authority of the priesthood T hen through the power of truth woman will b e emancipated from theslaver y o f ignorance born s ub jection l to man S h e will u se a ll the power s of her will and fection and under s tanding , to creat e i magination , of her a f new race through a wise under standing and com a l s f a l i with the laws o heredity hen the truth reve n a c e p ' that there i s n o death , n o need fo r f ear o r s orrow , o r pain o r poverty , that all i s good even in it s present degree of unfoldment and growing better forevermore the n th e mus 1 c of the pre s ent , with it s revelation of mortal sor row and pam , will be but a hi s torical relic I n it s place will be a music through who s e every minor strai n even there will run that triumphant s ong o f the s oul vic . 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W , . - . “ . i W , . 4 MYS T IC 90 ORD W S . the mu s ic Y ou will notice that as s oon as the mu s ic begin s the atmosphere becomes alive with s ound wave s in like manner as the earth and air bec om e radiant with t h e vitality o f the sun as it charges the otherwise negativ e atmosphere with it s electric force when it emerges from behind a cloud T hen as you sink yourself into the flood o f sound proceeding from the orchestra your emotion s become harmoni z ed and exalted and your feelings will s eem to expand to unimagined heights and depth s of s ound glory T his new emotional life is even felt thrilling through your flesh imparting a new force and energy to the body A concert heard with the intellect alone is tiresom e to the maj ority of per s ons but heard in this way and felt by the emotions it reinvigorates the tired nature and opens up a new realm of plea s ure In the same way , church music can bec ome a source E nter church with the idea o f becoming o f healing attuned t o the devotional spirit of the music fo r this devo t io n al spirit speaks t o the soul of the things o f eternity and f eeds the soul with the bread of heaven giving it a realization o f its eternal li fe in God Close the eye s and the mind to the changi ng fashion s o f the time t o the vanities o f the world , and with the feel ing that you are in a s acred place give yourself to devo t io n al wo r s hip under the guidance o f the deep inspiring tone s o f the organ R est a s though in the Presence of the healing Glory of God and you will feel uplifted into a state of mind where all is peace T h e all pervading S pirit of Life will become a conscious possession of your spirit, imparting to you somewhat of the j oyou s health o f the life eternal Th e time is not far distant when the wonderful healing power of music will be so universally known that c o n cert s and devotional services will be held for the healing . , . , , - . , . , , , . . , - , . , , . . . MYS T I C ORD W S 91 . — the s ick , thu s calling into activity by united faith and e xpectancy o n the part of the audience all the healing forces s tored in the nature of man hen the healing power of music is recognized and c o operated with it will imm e diately begin to demon strate it s great value as a therapeutic agency of W . , . POSS I B I L I T I E S . first chapters of Genesis hold hidden within their deeply symbolical language the story o f the creation of the true man and the evolvement o f hi s outward s emblance In th ese fir st chapter s it is revealed that there is a s piritual man and a material appearance o f a man e also find that all things upon the earth were created in the invisible realms before they were manifested physically ” “ T h e spiritual man pronounced good by the Almighty T ruth when viewed from the physical s ense standpoint appear s fallen and degraded But he has within him the lofty goodnes s of his first ” “ fall or descent into the materi al world e state and in his he has n ot lost the power of his true being What our s enses tell us o f man as a limited being is not the truth as seen from the height of spiritu al underst anding We may cultivate o u r s enses to a higher degree of perception T h e senses are the obedient servants o f the language When T hey are not really limited by m atter o f man we educate the vision for inst ance to penetr ate farther to make an e ffort to pass present limit ations it will prove itself able t o expand an d extend to the infinite stretc hes Th e ' . . W . . . . . . . , , , , T h o w h o a i t re t d l u id t d h o l i m w ill fi d it S w d b org ' re se n s e en . e n e s e c a e in th e in th e i nte Ar rp r o e tati n c an a “ iritu l ym b y Em u l of s p C a le st ia a s an e MYS T IC 92 O D W R S . vi s ionary power Th e s ight i s reall y s piritual and abl e to observe the wonder s of creation far beyond what it doe s now Th e sense s are mani fe s ted in obedience to the creative f orce of mind R espon ding a s they have already , they will continue to prove them s elve s ob e dient and respond more fully t o the need s of man and the e may talk to the s en s e s , the mu s cle s variou s organ s of the body until we educate them to that degree that they will re s pond to u s and man i fest according to o u r word T hey will manife st more life and greater ac t iv itv and intelli gence a s the right language is u s ed thu s r m ov the dominion o f language p g As we gain experience in the power of word s we shall cease to condemn ourselves o r other s We shall not limit ours elve s or ou r friends with our thought s e s hall not condemn ourselves for n ot being o r knowing more for w e shall know that we have not held t h e right thoughts or used the language of T ruth We gain dominion when we t ake time for contem l i n f o o T f r a t o ruth it endows us with words of power p We should recog niz e the power of o u r desire s e should praise them for they contain the possib ili ty o f fulfillment T ake the desire fo r money, for instanc e It is loo k ed upon and condemned as unspiritual Paul s condemnatio n o f the lov e o f money ha s made beggars of the spirituall y minded T h e desire f or money is good for it is a prophecy of plenty Like all thing s it may be cultivated unwisely Money a s a mere medium o f exchange is a symbol It repre s ent s the obedienc e of things o f value and power to thought s When we are thinking o r talking about o u r mone y e think : we are apt to express it in a limited way “ T h e sum we have doe s n ot amount to much in purcha s in g of . . . 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W MYS T IC W O D R S 93 . n o ower It i s t enough to s ati s fy our needs or de s ire s p ” T h e money i s obedient to mental e are likely to lose it force s If we but believed in its po s sibilitie s a small sum w ould often open the way to great opportunities T h e wise man believes in the value and po ss ibility 2o f little things Large fortunes have been m ade by those w h o saw great possibilitie s in little things that others had pa ss ed by as insignificant We should praise money and help redeem it from the condemnation that has made it a source o f evil to many I t is a form of mental substance groping around as it w ere under the condemnation of the thoughts o f humanity K nowing that we h ave dominion over all things we rise up in the majesty o f o u r ment al power and talk more wisely t o the money we already have that it may show u s its po ss ibilitie s o f increase Faith and hope can dissolve every hindra nce and us t o fly on prosperous wings We have been e nable s itting at the Gate o f Plenty looking at povert y and l ac k and disease t o o long We have been seeing and believing ‘ in obstacles when really there are n o ne but what may be overcome Let us remember th at o u r word s are capable opening sluiceways from which w e shall derive the ever f o , l l a st in f f prosperity o the children o God g Arise let us go hence in dominion ' As we awaken o u r thought s will rest in the innocence of the divine life We shall contempl ate vast, unna med spaces of activities and possibilities whose unrolling will extend the youth and s t rength of mankind Who shall limit the strength o r the possibilitie s of the Man described in the first ch apter Who shall limit the strength of God in Man ' o f Gene s is ' We are the son s o f the Elohim H e is Immanuel W . . . . , . . . , , . , ’ , . . . . . , . . . . MYS T I C 94 ORD W O PULEN C E S . . man who know s how to give and receive , how to attract and expre ss , i s living in opulence By his action s he i s preaching the value of circulation T h e virtue s and u s efulne ss o f many thing s depend o n circula tion T hat which lo s e s activity i s as usele ss as if it were dead T ho s e who are rich , and do n ot know how to spend their riche s , are often poorer than those who have no wealth If we accumulate and do not give forth we meet stagnation A ves s el that is full can hold no more Keep emptying it and it i s always ready to rec eive If we give forth of ou r money and o u r talents letting them flow in a perpetual stream in doing good to others , we are living in the understanding of ou r union with the inexhaustible productiveness which i s opulence A s we grow to under s t and o u r true relation to t h e Universal Mind w e must demon s t rate t h e unlimited pos T h e universal Intelligence yields its s ib ilitie s o f Being treasures to man in proportion a s he make s demand s upon it By virtue o f the divine S oul within us w e are j oined to G o d the Fountain Head and this gives us the authority to draw from thi s unfailing S ource, life love, wisdom and prosperity to fill o u r needs T here is no limit to the s upply, there need be no li m it to the demand Th e . . . . . , . . ‘ . , , . , . . , , , . . EN T E R IN T O T H E S PI R I T OF P R O S PE R I T Y . Develop the thought that God will s your pro s perity and health by repeating the following a ffirmation s C on t in u e it for we e k s and months until your faith grow s to that degree of power that you draw God s bles s ings to your aid T here is plenty fo r you in the world O pen your mind . ’ . . , MYS T IC W O D R S 95 . to thi s thou ght and walk in the way of Prosperity Y ou will r e aliz e , w h e n yo u fulfill the condition s o f faith , that the mighty S pirit o f Prosperity i s generou s toward all Be generous in thought and actively generou s and k ind at all times Cultivate hope and j oy in your work and you will grow more and more attractive to the good thing s of life Y ou will make friends who will help yo u . ' . . . . AFF IRMATION S . I believe there is an abundance of wealth in the world for everyone of God s children All wealth i s controlled by intelligent minds that can be influenced by intelligent thought t o use their wealth for the good o f all My faith which is intelligent thought force can influence the Mind of G o d in which all individual minds live and bring from thi s bountiful storehouse all that I ne ed I will no longer interfere with the influx o f prosperity by hating or condemning any of God s children I will feel generous good will toward everyone I bless the whole world with loving thoughts and I desire that everyone may realize an abundanc e of health , and prosperity o jy Omnipotent Goodness is blessing the whole world now ’ . . , , , , . ’ . - . . . DEN Y MOR T AL AFFI R M DIVINE HE R EDI T Y , ‘ . When I sought to fu lfill the life of the soul I w as shown that the law of heredity and the belief o f mortal relation s hips were hindrances that held me in bondage a s by spiritual cables I find these a mong the denials and a ffirmations which I u s ed to gain my freedom . OR W M YS T IC 96 DENIAL S DS . . i s n o s eparation in the I n fi nite Mind T here are no error s in the eternal plan T here are no earthly thing s or tie s to limit the s oul T here 1s no prej udice or oppo s itio n wor k ing ag ai n s t T her e . . . I have made no s acri fi ce I deny the belief in the need of s acri fi ce and the pow e r any s acri fi cial Deity I deny all mortal god s of attraction or s ati sfaction I am not tempe st to ss ed by wind or wave I do not belong to any sphere or sphere s . . . . . T her e are no failures in the eternal and unchangeable I wa s not born under any law s of man and I am not s ubj ect to the law s of fle s h fo r I am a divine soul I never had any near or distant relationships f or I am the pure innocent child o f the one Father Moth er God I call no man Father upon earth for one i s my Father , . , - , . f , , i e ven K God I an immortal soul, have no f ather , o r mother, sisters or brother s o r kinsmen upon the eart h or in my mental world S pirit is the only true relationship and all spiritual b eing s are my kindred I never really belonged to any family ’ All my idea s o f family tie s are now buried in oblivion s wave I deny the fl e sh ly man the true individual i s not fle s h but S pirit AFFI RMAT I O N S . , . . , . . . R ighteou s nes s and faithfulnes s s hall be the strength o f the C hrist within my heart I will give expre s sion to H i s love and manife s t H im throughout my life for H e is my all , both Lord and Ch ri st . , . MYS T IC 98 OR D W S . to the s ame clear vi s ion o f that truth , that had t h e power to free My problem was this : I felt the call o f the S pirit t o walk in the way o f the C hrist and preach heavenly truth Prej udice and opposition o n the part of tho s e whom t h e world s aid I s hould obey interfered S hould I follow the leading o f the Voice o f God in my s oul or s hould I obey mortal s ' I could not di s obey the divine leading T h e suc cess of my work during the last f ew year s h as con fi rmed the wisdom o f my way even in the eye s of tho s e who were as a wall o f oppo s ition in my path , and I hav e n ot lost o n e true friend in spite o f the apparent sacrifice s at the time Few soul s are called to take a radical stan d in regard to relationship in any way that will cause family ruptures T h e path of duty usually lie s very clo s e to family and friend s But each soul i s called sometime in it s progre ss ion , either here or farther along, to cast aside the belief of m eg a; relationship s in favor of the truth o f the Fatherhood and Motherhood o f G o d and t h e univer s al brotherhood of man It may be readily under stood that this is a truth of deep import and a true per c e pt io n o f it would change the whole perspective o f life When thi s ba s ic truth o f being i s fully gra s ped by humanity a s a whole and brought down fro m t h e ideal realm of thought and lived , will there be hope for the kingdom of heaven and the brotherhood of man on earth T hi s is a truth that open s the vision to the unity o f all s oul s in the divine plan It show s the unreasonablene ss o f selfish family conservatism and the f oolishness of family h o that really knew of his s oul s relationship to pride Divinity could be proud o f the feeble fame of mortals ' hat parent that saw the v alue and power of thi s truth and had given his life t o live it would clothe his ’ s o n in roy al purple and see his soul brother s son th e ’ child of God hi s Father dre s sed in pauper s rags ' c iple s . . . . . . . . . ’ . . W W ’ . , , , MYS T IC W O D R S 99 . But there is a deeper and more occult side to this subj ec t When it is a question of person al he alth all ought to be willing t o accept and practice the truth that frees and he als A s o n w as born o f a mother who had consumption and cancer T h e doctors s aid t h at the son o f such a mother would surely die o f either o r both o f these diseases And the growing youth seemed to fulfil l the prophecy o f mortal heredity S uddenly a hidden soul force awakened within him and his constitution changed He bec ame a vigorous strong man T h e so ul c aught a gle a m o f immortal truth an d re aliz ed th at its source was the in e x h au st ible life and strength o f G o d I know a little girl w h o was of a nervous eccentri c disposition entirely unm anage able T h e gu ardi ans hel d the thought over her th at she was just like her gr and father an d so it seemed T hey were intensifying h is characteristics th at the child had inherited un til thei r thoughts were becoming the law and rule o f h e r n ature We denied over and over the power of the negative law o f ment al heredity an d afli r m e d the spiritu al law of soul heredity fr om God We dissolved the mortal law an d its suggestions by deni al an d pl a ced her subj ect t o the beauti ful truth of her free soul being and we had the s atisfa ction words c arried o u t in her ch a nged o f seeing o u r silent character In the same way the unwise imp ul ses and tendencies to di sease th at lie l atent in the subj ective ment al n ature o f mortals can be er a di cated by the dissolving thought o f deni al and in their pl a ce there may be sown positive thoughts o f moral and physic al he alth H o w often we hear p arents express the fe ar th at this terrible disease o r that evil propensity will show forth because the child s n ature is like th at of his father o r gre at gr andmother In t oo many inst ances children ar e kept under constant suggestions of evil and disease and . . ‘ . . . . . , . , . , ~ . , . . , . . ’ . , O D W MYS T IC 1 00 R S . Q that many s urvive and grow up healthy and u n c o n t am i n at e d is due to their souls power o f resist ance Y et many negative characters do succumb to false suggestions S hall we deny the power and presence of the soul o r shall we have faith in the supremacy o f the divine attributes of the soul and deny mortal heredity ' ” “ According to your faith be it unto you : T h e s ubj ective mind is stored with seeds of false a ffirmations and be liefs that ar e based o n the idea o f the strength of mortal heredity and these seeds but wait the proper condition s of weakness to s how forth in the flesh All these false beliefs may be rendered powerless by denial and they must be denied over and over before true s oul freedom can be re alized Ascend the throne of your true soul being and drive from your temple the thieves that steal the substance of your life ’ . . . , . . O U T G R OWING NE GA T I VE BELIEF S . When we see a divine truth w e should grasp it with all the tenacity o f the mind and by positive a ffirm ation incorporate it into the structure of o u r thought so that i t becomes part o f o u r mental organization A ffirmations o f truth create f aith in the power o f T hey fill negative brain cells full o f the energy t ruth T here is ch aracter and strength in o f positive thought a ffirmations T hrough their persistent use the latent life and perfection o f the soul may be woven into a thought which will grad s tructure o f gre at beauty o f character u ally become manifest in the flesh We meet with students who hesitate to make afli r m a t ions fearing th at they will interfere with God s will Deeper insigh t o r disturb the outworking of karmic law i nto the truth reveals that the law o f cause and effect . . . . , . ’ , . MYS T IC 1 02 O D W R S . Karmic Angel s guiding u s so that w e reap su fie rin g f or every evil done in the past o r leading u s through hard e x periences for the s trengthening o f our s oul s Every angel worthy of the n ame i s awake to the mercy of that Power that desires with tender e s t afl e ct io n to make the pathway of soul s incar nate a way of life and joy Free your mind forever from the delu s ion that su ffering i s part S u ffering i s the re s ult o f the divine plan of redemption o f the undeveloped animal nature born from tho s e quali tie s that man ha s ret ained from the lower animal s pecie s S e lfish n e s s vindictive ne ss anger j ealou s y , dec e ption , etc are from below , not from above, and these elements in human nature re s ult in all the disea s e s p ains and evil environment s that man i s heir to through natural heredity T he s e are not the attribute s o f divine justice con s piring to repay for an evil done in the pa st ; they are the attributes o f ignorance T h e knowledge o f the love of God harmoni z e s and overcome s these negative causes creating peace , thu s making the goodnes s of G o d manifes t Let us den y over and over that the race has fallen from grace and i s under condemnation for the sin s of a mythical pair in E den All the facts of ev olution point to the truth that man ha s progre ss ed to a greater degree of intellectual individuality since the time of the simple minded Adamic rac e T h e belief that the race wa s cursed by God has grown s tronger through the ages and this belief has through the power o f thought it s elf been the c urse that has held unnumbered s oul s in dreadful bondage, a source of great su fie r in g to all who came under its influence It had its rise at that time in the world s history when the Hebrews were led ( or misled) by undeveloped s pirits who claimed to be g o ds and in stigated wars and curses and the many occult laws o f sacrifice and condemnation written in the Old T e s tament all of which Jesu s repudiated when he taught the truth T h e found e r s o f love a s the fulfillment of the law of God no ” “ . . . , . , , , . , , . . , . . . , , , ' . ’ , , , . MYS T IC W O D R S 103 . the Christian religion were so hypnoti z ed by the old H ebrew belief in sacrific e and propitiation fo r sin that t hey s aw in the apparent death o f Je s us the s uprem e s acri fi ce to God for the sins o f the world We ar e mental creature s and through th e law o f heredity we come under and are bound up in all the fal s e ideas current in the world , and w e are al s o limited more o r less by the environment that the s e f alse c oncept s have created in the outer world for greed and selfishnes s have built a false standard of living with which each a s pirant for freedom must compromise in his e fio rt to live to hi s ’ highest He must conform t o s ome degree to the world s ways or become an outcast But no matter h ow much w e appear to be bound either by externals or by hereditary beliefs we can find peace and very often entire freedom by recognizing that ou r inner immortal nature i s of God a n d by affirming tho s e attribute s of Divinity which w e find in the s oul we turn our thoughts to operating the law of heredity under its divine aspect and we begin to realize the bliss of being true to ou r divine parentage even though we have to deny ou t of mind the ti es of kinship t hrough which the negative law operates T here i s glory and power in thi s wonderful trut h of o u r sonship as souls with G o d, and in proportion as we a ffirm th e divine perfection and natural freedo m of the soul we are lift ed into the glorious light of the eternal t ruth consciously and we gain the strength that nothing but this eternal truth has power to impart But we must be faithful in making o u r denials ere we can gain t h e mastery over all the mistaken ideas that are woven into We must make the mind ou r subc onscious mental nature cleansing it so per c le ar and free by erasing all errors fe ct ly and guarding it so vigil antly that no negative idea s c an take root in it s fertile soil We are not required to reap from all the ignorant beliefs of the pa st any more than a gardener w h o ha s of . , , . . , , , . . . , MYS T IC 1 04 O D W R S . mi stakenly planted we e ds in his garden in s tead of flowers is obliged to let the weeds grow We can uproot the fals e beliefs a s the gardener uproot s the weed s , thu s making mo r e and more room for the growth of the s eeds o f divin e truth and for the development of the tree of knowledge which gives to u s p e rfect f aith in the A L L G O O D It i s our duty to use the leave s of t h is t r e e to heal everyone that come s to us f or healing, it m atter s not how negative or helple ss , weak o r undeveloped they may appear for i f we have risen to the realiz ation of the maj e sty o f truth and cast away e very unbelief by the positive avowal that w e know that All i s Good , we hav e then educated ourselve s s o perf ectly in this great truth of the universality o f t h e divine nature that we realize that Good is all and contain s all there is And thus knowing the higher law of t h e goodne ss of God an d through thi s light having gained a perfect comprehension we s hall now see things or states as they are to the Etern al and through this knowledge whic h has wiped o u t o u r ow n false beliefs we can also wipe o u t the belief s of tho s e w h o are led to u s fo r healing fo r w e have come to see that beliefs based on the eternal R eality are s elf existent f orces which cannot b e overshadow ed by the belief s of the world , but can and do conquer all mortal beliefs and make manifest the goodne s s and mercy of t h e living God of love . - . ' , . , , , , , - . TH E P OWE R OF T H E I AM . I is the man the S elf T his very s hort wo r d h as never yet been pronounced with even o n e hundredth p art of the forc e which belongs to it I must take hold of my individuality and lift it out o f the earth m 1re into which it ha s been dragged by t h e ’ earth s negatives I must li ft it up and establish its identity in the world Th e , . - . - . . MYS T IC 106 W OR DS . power o f habit mu st m e broken All who wi s h t o ga i n this high position mu s t break through the habit s T hi s s hould be done by o f their old way s o f believing and through exerci s ing the f orce of the will hen one gain s the tr ue under standing o f hi s po s ition a s a wielder o f the power of the divin e ill , he mu st remember t o u s e hi s will in brea k ing all conditio ns , for the will is the I and thi s I i s s o great , by virtue o f the power of God ve s ted in it, that the re s t o f the per s onality i s nothing in compari s on with it T hu s I must break the fixed habit o f thought which de s pite the intelligent under standing, s till cling s to the external part Th e beliefs in the power o f di s ea s e held by the race and held by the con s ciou s mind before it b ecame aware of it s mastery , are con s olidated in t h e s ur face mind T ho s e beliefs and the cell s in whic h they reside are but negative intelligence T hey may be brought into subj ection and their t e n de n cl e s redeemed th rough the e x erci s e o f the will Th e . . W . W , . , . , . . ‘ . I am all mind God s Mind My will is s upreme My will s hall ca st the deci s ive vote in the conte s t betwe e n the po s itive and negative forces within my nature My will is S pirit active in manife s ting the power of my s oul I have climbed to a height in my evolution where I recognize that I reign s upreme I have dominion over ’ , . . . . . all negative conditions I hav e reached the perception of the A b s olute T ruth I will n ot for I need not s ubmit to the tyranny o f any negativ e auth ority T herefore I will not permit an y disease to dominate my flesh or de stroy the health an d peace of my nature I reign s upreme in this organization and I e x act implicit obedience from every part . . , . . . MYS T IC O D W R I deny and defy all negative s S 107 . fo r my knowledge of a b s olute T ruth swallows up every negative a ss umption . C entered in T hee all will be mine T hat I have failed to reach . T his gives my soul a perfect joy ; ’ My heart s too full for s peech ' HEALTH C ULTURE . CH R I S T OU R H EALE R . A few year s ago Nicola T esla ex hibited an e x periment in electrical illumination in which a vacuum tube held in a s tream of invi s ible electrical energy became lu m 1n o u s T h e mind o f Jesus wa s like that vac uum tube He held it empty of mortal thought s that it might be glori fi ed — with the T hought o f God the Holy S pirit T h e b e n e fic e n t S pirit of God wa s radiating through the world before H e came , but it was 1n V 1sible to t h e many , and u n r e c o g n iz e d, u n t il H i s cla r ified mind inter c e pt e d the di v m e R ays and made them visible to humanity as love and wisdom With H is eye single to God , standing in the R ay s of Divinity H e caught the mighty energy of Life in His ow n per s on and turned it to the healing o f the s ick And C hrist i s n ow standing in the Almighty Pre s ence li sten ing to ou r prayer s and turning toward u s the healing lov e o f Divinity H e i s still the Light of the world , the Lover of humanity Christ i s still a Healer unsurpa ss ed in power If those who are s ick and who have be e n unsuc cessful in gaining relief, would as k for help from Jesus C hrist the mightie s t of he alers and then abide ste a dfastly in communion with Him they would feel H is healing life permeating their flesh Je s us , the most successful healer the world has ’ known , i s a merciful manifestation of God s healing power, , . , . . ' . , . . , . . , , , , . 108 MYS T I C 110 OR W DS . O mnipoten c e ; stand po s itive in the maj e s ty of your tru e S elf and expre ss the Word o f health and s trength that n A R E in your eter al B eing with God C ultivate the ou y S pirit o f H ealth by expressing the C on s ciou s ne ss that you r S oul I S Mortal thought o f di s eas e and weakne s s i s from below of the limitation s of the natural plane but your s oul con s ciou s ne s s of health and s trength i s fr om above born from the unlimited li fe and power o f G o d C ultivate a po s itive faith in the healing life and energy o f your S oul fo r thu s your external mind le arn s to think forth into manifestation t h e perfection that G o d ha s stored in H is ord of power within yo u Deny the petty care s of mortal li fe Deny every f eeling that i s n ot G o d like and a ffirm not only mentally but by living them th e qualiti e s of love and good will that your s oul desire s t o e x pre ss Y our s oul de s ire s to love all with the love that will overcome the limitation s of family tie s the limitation s o f relationship a love s o grand and deep that it will feel for all created thing s the s ame gentlene ss and s ympathy that it feels fo r its be st beloved Th e soul is not swayed by mortal attraction s it is not limited by per s onal afie c tions it f eel s the s ame imper s onal tenderne ss toward humanity that God feel s T hu s the s oul i s not limited l n it s life for it s life i s the unlimited love of God and a s it fi nd s mean s o f ex pre s sin g thi s divine C on s ciou s nes s it s power expand s a s the s eed in the earth expand s under the benign influence of the s un and it radiates it s ble ss ed lif e and s tren gth through it s phy s ical in strument Be true to your soul whatever appear s Feel a s it feel s T hin k the truth as it s ee s truth I n conver s ation with other s your language will need to b e modified to their under standing to their present limited view of life in order to appear rational in their sight but in the s ilence . . , , , . , W . . , , - . , , . , , . , , , , . . . . , , , , of your own mind be true to the vision of the maj estic strength and perfection of your S elf that now lives in G o d Exercise H i s will that mak e s for perf ection Exerci s e H i s . . W ORD M YS T IC S 1 11 . that tran sform s and renew s the mortal form E xe r ci s e your faith in the truth that yo u are a radiant , healthy s o n of O mnipotence and BE perfect a s your Father in I our oul s sanctuary S Perfect S y May you realize the invincible Life o f G o d within that makes for peace and perfection All your fle s h i s n o w filled with the glory of your immortal S oul Y our mind is pervaded with t h e C onsciou s ne ss of life and health eternal Y o u n o w r eali z e and are healed by the C on s ciou s ne s s that i s alway s with you , your divine , immortal S elf, the S o n of God S pirit . ’ . . . . . GE R MS AND MENT AL A T T I T UDE . It ha s been said truly that germs are the occa s ion for, n ot the cause of disease Disease germs are impotent mere food fo r health germs while the mind and body are harmonious and happy But fear of disease will paralyz e the ac t ivity of the mighty life force in the nature Fear is a weakening , disintegrative thought force Anger , hatred , jealousy and all other low and impure s tate s o f ’ mind are sin s against the body s well being and imme diat e ly create poisons which if increa s ed by such habits o f thought are s ure to cau s e di s ea s e and death On t h e other hand feeling s of good cheer and good will with c ontinuou s brightne s s of thought ar e ju st a s certain to cr e ate tonics in the system S o what i s gained by taking tonic s if one s anxiety and care and meannes s of di s position ar e creating poisons that s ooner or later will show out in cancer or con s umption ' Why travel over all the earth in search of health when the kingdom o f health is within u s ' S hall we inj ect the impure virus of animals into the pure blood of childr e n to show out later 1n s crofula and other d i s ea s e s when there i s a fount ain of living healing waters within re ady , . , . ’ . . , . - - . ’ , MYS T IC 12 W O D R S . to s pring f orth with germ de s troying energy when ' properly recogni z ed and called fort h into expres s ion T he s e are not fancie s b u t incontrovertible f act s ; s cience of the mo s t vital s ort A great many phy s ician s have already incorporated the s e fact s into their e xpe r i mental sci e nce of medicine and they te s tify that thought will cure where medicines produce no beneficial e fie ct T hey are learning to u s e the s ilent healing force of thought while they apply the element s which the body need s f or recuperation Medical , mental and s piritual s cience ar e all in the experimental stage , but the wonder ful healing results attained by s chooling the mind into an optimistic and more gene r ous attitude have revealed to tho s e that have eye s to see that mind and s oul c ulture will hold a mo s t important position in the healing scienc e of the f uture . . . . MA S T E R Y GE R M DI S EA S E S OF . C old s catarrh diphtheria mala ria pneumon ia con s umption appendicitis and all disease s where bacilli invade any part o f the body and destroy ti ss ue may b e conquered by the per s istent use o f the will in turn , , , , , , , in g a mental force into the pa r ts a ffected with the determin ation t o expel and conquer the cau s e o f the di s eas e T here i s a physical as well as a mental s ide to every destructive element that enters the body and we must have an unconquerable faith in the supremacy of our will over all form s of disease, physical or ment al because by the use of the w ill we can awaken into active re s ist ance the whole vast army of cell s o f which the physical body is compo s ed T h e power in all cells i s intelligent and they may be shown the dang e r and arou s ed to combat the invading army of bacilli T h e human will is so potent that it can conquer and . , , . . . , OR W MYS T I C 114 DS . I tu rn t h e whole f orce o f my healing intelligence into th e s e part s H ealth and peace mu s t now become manife st T here are no element s o f decay in the s e ti ss ue s C on ~ s ciou s life prevail s All the s e di s ea s e germ s ar e di ss olved ; they are all de s troyed ; by the power o f my will I annihilate them . . . . , ve ry o n e “ I s ay to them : Y ou s hall not feed upon my fle s h I now kill you and eradicate your poi s on from my body When the mind become s tired o f this aggre ss iv e action , rest in the passive knowledge that the power o f your s pirit is n ow turned against the disea s e and i s work ing silently but s urely to conquer A s s oon a s new mental force is gained by rest the s ame po s itive assertive attitude should b e resumed T h e exhaustion following this exerci s e of the mind is evidenc e that an actual force has been dir ected against the disease Not any di s ease i s a s powerful as this livm g in t elli gent forc e, and no disea s e can wi t hstand it s action , for it will s earch o u t the hidden cause and slay it It is a fact that disease germ s enter th e organi s m daily, but the army o f health germ s in the organism is u s ually s o vital and strong that the enemy is conquered before it gains a f oothold O nly when the vitality ha s been depleted and the resistanc e of the system is not up to normal i s it that disease gain s the upper hand T hi s knowledg e o f the conquering power of the human s pirit will some day be s o prevalent that mort als will not fear disease and talk of it s insidious power, thu s hypnotizing into inactivity the healing forces of the body T hey will know that health peace and perfection ar e backed by the full power of omnipotent lif e and their fle s h will exhibit the beauty of their tru e faith e . . . . . . , . . . . , . W ORD MYS T IC H EAL T H S 1 15 . R AY S . As we notice the drawn shade s excluding from living room s the vitalizing and germ de st roying ray s of the sun we wonder at human ignorance which know s not the value o f sunshine When the sun i s obscured the atmo s phere is not positively charged with the electric energy and we quickly feel the lack o f vital force In some nature s this will react o n th e mind to produc e a feeling o f depression which goes t o prove that the st ate of the body a ffects the mind until the mind a s serts its supremacy T h e human body was formed to l ive clo s e t o nature t o depend o n the magnetic and electric forc e s of nature fo r its more ethereal food henever I go t o the outskirts o f the city where the wind blows m from O K the fields and prairie s I feel that that a 1r 1s charged with more vitality than the air we breathe in the city In consumptive case s great s ucces s att e nds the return to nature T h e lone fisherman sitting in the s un is mentally soothed by t he sound of the waves o r the flowing current T h e complexities o f his mind unravel under the h ar m o n iz ’ ing hypnotic chant o f n ature s voice and he enter s th at state o f simplicity and peace where the spontaneity o f life finds free acces s to his being orn out city worker s go to the country fo r a few days during the summer and retu rn to the city refreshed and r e fle sh e d S unshine is nerve food nerve force We should live in the sunshine as much as po s sible , breathing deeply of its exhil arating el e ctr o magnetic force T hose w h o exclude the o zone producing sunshine and the fresh sun ki ss ed air from their homes will n o t find a substitute in the artificial ozone s old in bottles Ou r great benefactor and physici an the s un give s - , . . , , . , W . , . . . , W . - . , . . - - ' . , , ORD W MYS T IC 16 S . ectric treatment s , white ray blue ray , X r ay and all other ray treatments combined , without pric e T hi s v italiz ing o z one is to be had for the breathing , but the maj ority are so anxious about t heir health , o r the annoyance s of existence that they f ail to recog n i z e an d appropriate the marvelou s healing virtu e s o abundant and s o free el , . , . BA T H E IN T H E S UN S HI NE Whenever in the privacy of . th e home the o pportu n ity o ffer s to take sun baths u s e the following word s to con s c io u sly appropriate whatever element i s needed from the s un s living rays Vitaliz ing S u n I recognize thy b e n e fic e nt Oh radiations a s life giving and di s ease destroying I welcome thy vitaliz ing rays into my fle s h I draw thy soothing force into my nerve s I am a magnet for thy vitali ty and strength T h y life and power s hining there in the heaven s is in my nature I am strong with thy unlimited li fe I am inbreathing thy vitaliz ing radiation s I also am a sun of G o d a soul radiant with perf ect lif e and power , ’ . , , . . . . . . . , . GOD ’ S GL OR Y I S VI S IBLE . Every fo r m in the universe is a manife s tation of the power of G o d e should strive to reali z e this truth and to look so continually for the S pirit of God in all t hi ng s th at His Presence will become real to u s Created thing s are striving to reveal and manife s t according to their s everal cap acitie s , the intelligence and power of that O ne . W ' . , MYS T IC 1 18 O W RD S . faith , love or tru st , there cannot be spiritual joy, for the s e are the lif e and the very e ss e nce of t h e j oyou s spiritual experienc e Phy s ical plea s ure come s from the contact of the outer senses with their obj ect s T h e contact of the inner S piritual sen s es with beauti f ul and in s piring truth s give s spiritual j oy T he s e higher s en s e s must be developed mu st become active if we would e x perience the growth in s pirituality that s ati sfi e s We admire that which i s attractive e look for that which i s beautiful that o u r s en s e of pleasure in t h e act of admiri n g may be stimulated T hen when we hav e reali z ed the tran s itorine ss o f earthly attraction s , we find ou r plea s ure in acts of prai s e and adoration which awaken the be at ific j oy s o f the s piritual nature As w e contemplate the presence and power of God all the spiritual attributes of o u r mind are awaken e d and in the activity of the s e qualitie s of mind we have an enduring peace and j oy that form s the kingdom of heaven or happines s within and w e are no longer s ervant s to that un s atisfied longing and craving which s eek s grati fication from external thing s S ome time , a fter we have laid aside our gross phy s ic al form , we shall live in a more spiritual land We shall behold the S u n o f R ighteou s ness s hining there in the sky , filling all the heaven s with the glory of His love and wisdom But if we have n ot cultivated our sense of the beautiful , if we have not learned to s ee the S pirit in the form , if o u r inner faculties have not been cultivated in the exercise of love and adoration , Hi s unveiled Glory will be no more to us than the sun we see daily in the sky above o u r head s T h e amount of j oy we experience in this or in any more s piritual s tate will depend upon our capacity t o recognize the beauty of truth O ur joy and delight must always arise from within the spirit within us learning . . , . , . . . W , , . , , ‘ , . . . . . , OR W MYS T IC DS 1 19 . to recogni z e an d commune with the Spirit all about O nly a s we cultivate true under standing true faith doe s the S pirit of God bec ome real a n d di s crimination in our live s H eaven and earth are full of H is S pirit now but it is apparent only to tho s e who have eyes to see Let us recogni z e that there is but On e Being in all the varied forms of life , O ne S pirit that is informing all intelligence , O ne Beauty that the mo st beautiful things but faintly reflect and His name i s O ne All i s the manifestation of O ne Omnipotent Being w ho s e glory fill s the univer s e with life and love . , , . , . . , , . W O RD S P R AI S E OF . 0 T hou mighty invigor ator of the universe , T hou visible Form of the Power of God fill m e with T h y u nlimited vitality T hou S u n of Power, I prai s e thy om nipotent energy a s the life and energy o f God T hou art God s Image in the natural world My mind is exalted to behold more of the goodnes s o f G od as I recognize thee a s God s Image o f Power v isible t o my natural sen s es T hou art stirring within me the realization o f unlimited life and power Almighty S pirit I recogniz e T h y wonderful Pre s ence i n the sun and in all the natur al world I myself a m a form o f T h y glorious life I praise T hee , O G o d, for this visible symbol of T h y Presence I rejoice in the realization that T hou art visible here in all nature T his is T h y nature , T h y very s ubstance made visible to mortal c omprehen s ion All s ubstance ha s come from T h y Es s ence is imbued with T h y intelligence and hold s , . . ’ . ’ , . . , . , , . . . . , , MYS T I C 20 OR W DS . locked within it wonderful healing power , rad ia nt health It is all the very Es s ence o f Perfection I rej oic e in the awaking o f my s piritual facultie s which enable me to s ee T hee in t h e purity and glo ry o f T h y mighty wisdom I b e hold T h y visible maj e sty O God , my Father an d my Mother, there i s n o ab s enc e of T hee anywhere T h y S pirit pervade s all is the creator of every f orm , the s ub stance and life o f which every form i s composed All glory t o T h y in fi nite goodne ss and powe r I am o n e with T hee f orever . . . . . , . . . IN C A R NA T E T H O UG H T . As t h e heaven s contain myriad s of cele stial being s who are not incarnated o n the phy s ic al plane , so the mind contain s many beautiful thought s which are not incarnated in physical c ell s incarnate in our fle s h our beautif ul e need t o thought s and fe elings A great many student s have held abstract statement s until the mind i s crowded with beautiful idea s , but thes e idea s live in a mor e spiritual state than the body con s ciou s ne ss , and are of little influence over the body H ence it fail s to e x pre ss the beauty and truth o f that ideal r eal m o f thought , and tho s e who hav e cultivated these abstract thought s s ay that they cannot demon strate what they know hen a deep spiritual emotion i s f elt that quality of vibration should be centered into s ome part of the body T h e s oul reali z ation s o f divin e t hat need s re tuning love which ar e induced by contemplation of the Christ o r awakened by ou r e ffort s t o ble ss othe r s with the S pirit o f love may be turned into the body e can bless t h e W . ' . - . W . . . W OR D W MYS T IC 122 S . My s oul i s alive with the all s e e ing Spirit o f Je s u s Jehovah : I am T h y grace and purity , I am thy love divine L iving in true s incerity I all to T he e re s ign I ndividuali z ed love manife st s the harmony and per fe ct io n o f the Divine li fe B e Godli k e ' B e lov e ' Feel lov e ' A ct love ' God i s L ov e - , . . . T R EA T ME N T F OR DE AFNE S S . I draw the vital currents o f my life up into m y ears to strengthen and re store my hearing My inner ear s are vitali z ed with healing intelligence All the healing intelligence in my nature i s turned to vit alize my s en s e of hearing Perfect li fe and in t elli gence are recreating my ear s T here cannot be any inert nes s o r deadne ss in my ear s Every atom i s alive T h e re s urrecti ng life of Je s u s C hri st is n ow re storing m y hear ing T h e limitation s are all di s solved by H i s S pirit Every def ect is di ss olved from my inner ear s Every limitation is di ss olved from my mind , so that the S pirit may n o w enter into my ear s and quicken them with per I will h e ar perfectly I now listen attentiv e ly fe ct life to every s ound A s I listen I expect the life force to arou s e the intel igence in my ear s to receive every lea st wav e of l s ound A s I li sten all my intelligence conspire s and endeavor s to mak e e ver y part o f my hearing organ s po s i tive and rec eptive to every vibration of sound My hear ing i s unlimited I place all my attention in the act of hearing an d f orce the part s to readjust them s elve s to per fe ctly rec eive the waves of s ound I look to t h e intelligent Power within my nature that originally formed my ear s to r evitali z e and reform them in every part My s oul ha s the power and intelligenc e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M YS T I C from G od W ORD S 123 . to completely heal my ear s and re s tore perfect hearing I look to my s oul and expect it to exerci s e it s healing intelligence in these part s both day and night My hearing is daily bec oming stronger and stronger E ach day the cell s are storing up new life and energy New cells are b e m g formed and s ome day the work will be complete and I shall be healed Exerci s e develop s strength in the ear s a s in an y organ o r mu s cle of the body T h e ears m ay be cultivat e d to hear s ound s that are imperceptible to the normal h e ari n g T h e native Indian by plac i ng his ear t o t h e ground could hear the tr amp of horses when they were yet a long way o fl Exercise the sense o f hearing daily and in thi s w ay the intelligence in the nerve s and mu s cle s will be stirred with a desire to produce a more perfect organ Added nouri s h ment may be imparted directly to the pa rts afl e ct e d by rubbing olive o il all about the ear s before r etiring . . . . . . . . . R OA RI NG I N T H E EA R S . Persistently deny o u t everyth i ng that relates to the limitation T h e more experience I have with the e fl e c t s o f mental denial the more thoroughly am I con v in c e d that it i s a powerf ul fact o r in overcoming phy s ical and mental limitation s Few u s e it long enough to real iz e the full e ffect s T h e following treat m ent will e nable you t o gra s p the proces s T REATMENT . , . . . . mental and nerve Substance in my ear s i s good and healthy T here cannot be any c ause fo r di s ea s e or disturb ance in this substance I dissolve from the mind of my e ars all spiritual cau s e s fo r disturbance Every The . . . MYS T IC 12 4 O D W R S . cau s e for roaring i s now dissolved T here cannot remain any di s turbed mentalitie s in my atmosphere to interfer e with my hearing My hearing is not s ensitiv e to occult vibration s o f any kind All di sturbing vibration s ar e s hut o u t of my range of hearing T h e di ss olving powe r o f t h e S pirit i s now eradicating every cau s e for disturb anc e from my ear s Th e nerve s in m y ear s are buildin g up healthy s ub s tance , bec oming more and mor e vital and are now re s ponding to the intelligent power of my s oul which m ake s them perfect My soul is vitalizing and tran sforming all the organ s within my ear s T h e good nes s and perfection of my s oul must beco m e manifest within all this s ub stanc e All the intelligence in m y c ar s i s con s piring to heal theui and keep them in perfect p e ace . . . . . . . . . S T U T T E R I NG . vocal organs may be placed under the control of the will by persistent a ffirmation an d by conscious control Y ou should read aloud while o f them while you are alone alone and enunciate clearly and distinctly C ompel t h e organ s to obey your will Exe r cise your wi ll over them until they have no other power but your will Form clear idea s of how word s should be pronounced and these ideas will combine with your will in t h e sub con s ciou s part o f your mind and after a time there will be developed in t h e organs of speech a more perfect intelligence which will be able to enunciate correctly T h e mind in the n erv e substance that controls these organs has n ot been properly trained Y ou can add your will and intelligence to thes e parts by persi stent pra ctice and fully overcome the fal s e habits of utterance T h e more you s upervise the proce ss o f s peaking and place thought and will force in the s e organ s , the more developed will become the intelligence in the controlling nerve centers Every center of in t e lli Th e . . . . , , . . . . MYS T I C 126 W OR DS . R H EU MA T I S M . It i s no s impl e matter to give a ge n eral treatment for rheum ati s m that will fit every ca s e T h e cau s e may be wholly mental or it may be wholly phy s ical or it may be both V arious inten s e emotion s will di s turb the nerve s or . . create an overabundance of acid that may accumulate in the j oint s and mu s cle s and cau s e rheumatic pain s I nflammatory rheumati s m, of so inten s e a cha r acter that the patient could n ot b e moved in bed , ha s s uccumb e d almost immediately to the thought and magnetic touc h O n the other hand, les s painful ca s es hav e o f a healer been much slower in re s ponding to treatments And thi s ha s been due to a debilitated s tate of the body o r a weakne ss of the kidney s hen the cause for rheumati s m is mental , treatments and prayer s which uplift an d har he n m o n iz e the emotion s will o ften re s ult in a cure the cau s e i s weakne s s o r inactivity of the physical func tions these must be r e enlivened Give the k idneys mental power to do their duty in ca sting OR the uric and other acid s and the s y s tem will not b e poisoned by them A s a boil become s a magnet for certain poison s in the blood and draw s them to it s elf, so in like manner the kidneys must bec ome magnets t o draw to them s elves the accumulation s o f uric acid from all part s o f the body that they may cast it ou t T h e conscious mind mu s t s upervise the work o f t h e kidney s If they have become negligent in attendin g t o duty , they mu st be inspired to renewed and uncea s ing e ffort to clean s e the flesh of poison I f the mind h as lived in the ideali stic concept of truth o r u s ed it s energie s entirely fo r other s it must now be turned into the body and made to energiz e the activity o f the variou s organ s s o that more perfect work wi ll be done in the physic al organism ‘ . . . W . . - , . ' . . . . , . W MYS T I C ORD W I n order to regulate weak S 12 7 . inharmoniou s action of an y organ , o n e must enter into the work of mani fe sting hea lth in the phy s ical body a s on e would enter into an enj oyable duty Attention to the proper development o f healthful activity in all parts o f the body mu s t become a j oyful duty, for this is a work of over c oming that give s con s ciou s dominion T h e body is the proper fi eld for t h e e x erc i s e o f the power of the will and the under standing of perfect ideal expression or . . . When r sting T REATMENT . place the thought in the kidneys and imagine them acting intelligently and powerfully to draw t h e poisons fro m the blood My k idne y s ar e powerful magnet s drawing all the uri c ac id out of my blood T h e influence of my kidneys re ache s to every part of my body and draws all uric acid from the fle sh and fro m the j oints Th e dissolving power o f my spirit di ss olve s all accumulation s of uric acid cry stal s from the j oint s and from the mu s cle s T h e active clean s ing power of m y t h o u gh t is purifying my body from every poi s onous influence and element My kidneys are organizing good healthy s ub stance T hey are strong and intellig e nt T hey are capable o f doing their duty T hey are not limit ed by any thought s in the consciou s or sub conscious part s of my mind My kidney s are powerful to clean s e my blood of all impuritie s and I aid them by adding t o their power the energy of my con s cious will and concentrated thought T hey MU S T do their wor k perfectly I bless them and praise them fo r the good work they are doing T hey know that it i s good for them to work for the ben e fit o f the whole body, for thu s is their li fe prolonged I bles s them with my strongest realization s of the love and wisdom of G o d e , , . . . f . . , . . - . . . . . . . MYS T IC 128 ORD W S . healing water o f li f e i s wa s hing all poi s onou s acid s f rom my s ystem T h e water o f li f e is cou r s in g through my vein s , di s s olving every poisonou s elemen t My s ystem cannot harbor any poi s on s Uric acid c annot accumulate in my fle s h It i s di s s olve d from every pa r t an d e ntirely eliminated My s oul draw s f rom s pace the al k aline element s which neutraliz e the acid s in my fle s h T h e clean s ing water of li fe i s puri fying my nature o f every pain cau s ing secretion My nature i s clean s e d an d purifi ed by thi s living power o f the H oly S pirit The . . . . . . - . . LO S T IN T H O UG H T . Whenever o n e tries to penetrate to t h e e ss ential state of existence prior to the beginning of things the mind i s lifted abov e the realm o f c oncrete ideas and lo s e s itself in a stat e o f metaphy s ical abstraction T h e con sc io u s n e ss may be led from the m aterial to t h e s piritual region of thought , and when the cells of the brain are n o t acclimated to the rare fi ed atmo s phere o f thi s s tate , the c onscious mind is stilled and while the mind continu es to roam in subj ective S pace the body rest s and rec up er a tes T his s ubj ective r ealm is the source of mo s t o f our physical en ergy During sleep the consci o usne ss app r o r stren th from the universal ind for the recupe a r M i a t e s p g tion of the b ody , as the storage battery, when exhau sted , b ecomes recharged through reunion with the source o f e lectrical s upply T hose who s e minds are daily occupied with material thoughts t hat have to do with the strenuous bu s ine ss life o f our time s hould , if only for the s ake o f their health , - . , . . . MYS T IC 13 0 ORD W S . hend in s ome degree at lea s t that you and all beings hav e evolved from t h e C onsciousnes s o f Eternity and are for e ver in and pa r t o f t h e eternal B eing T hen let you r mind dwell in the thought of the s erene peace of that pure C on s ciou s nes s which is the e s senc e of all elements , all bodie s , all mind s , t h e very f oundation and s ource o f t h e in fi nite creation o f f orm s A s you abide in that fre e state of thought it s ethereal vibration s of peac e will s ooth e to s we e t dreamle ss s lumber u o , y . . . AD VIC E Y our s tudy TO AN I NEB R I A T E . of the soul awakening thoughts o f trut h ha s brought your soul to a reali z ation that it had becom e into x icated with the thing s of s ense and it ha s al s o draw n to you ministering spirit friends who de s ire to st rengthe n your s oul with the power to ove r come T here 1s so much to overcome as a re s ult of th e s e many year s of trailin g ’ your s oul s light in t h e du s t o f car nality It i s wi s dom for you to frequent places where stron g soul s congregate fo r the expre ss ion of religious truth , fo r the congregation s of the righteou s inspire to right eou s ne ss , and strengthen the w ave r m g will to renewe d endeavor Even in the pre s ence of those who are ignorant o f the dee per thing s o f the S pirit there i s mental strength and the persua s ion toward goodne s s if that be the quality o f the simple seeker s after the thing s Of God Y our many year s o f obedience to false desires h as filled your s ubj ective mind with a ho st o f phantoms of c arnality a veritable hell in which your soul is held pris oner , drugg e d almo st into insensibility by the poi s on of false desire s It may help you to bring f orth the resist ance of your manhood to know that you have drawn t o yours elf many s pirits who will to hold you in s ubj ection t o , . . . , . , , . O D W MYS TI C R S 13 1 . their uncured craving fo r sense enj oyments and who , continue to gratify their sensual u sing yo u a s a medium natures It is well th at you have begun t o cultivate the desire to return to your Father s house , for i f you should die without freeing yourself o f this habit your soul would be held in bondage to the terrible incubu s of your ac c u m u lated des ires fo r mortal pleasure ; it would be held in bondage to the earth until you became v ictor over yourself which might be a long time But now as yo u desire to overc ome as the quickening S pirit is entering into the lowest depths o f your mind there is much hope fo r yo u if f will turn all the forces o your mind and every power u o y of will to breaking the chains o f sense that have held you so fi g Y ou have to clean the Augean stables of your nature and you cannot afio r d to become discouraged As it took time to store up the desire force forfl rink n o w it will take time t o mentally dissolve all these accumulated desires and create good and perfect desires in their place T h e subjective nature is for med o f thought and desire force T his spiritual nature is the character and also the form which m an appears in to the inhabitants of spiritu al life both while he i s still connected with the body and after he is freed from the body by de ath T h e spiritual ch aracter r e tains the form of the thoughts and desires that composed it and the momentum of its desires will be the force which directs it spiritually , determining whether it seek after the gross pleasures o f e art h o r the refin e d — joys of h e aven And the Germ o f Divinity the soul must redeem this personal character which it h as become identified with by birth before it can return to its Father s house Pr aise G o d there is a mighty power working through the ministering s ouls of the redeemed on earth and in heaven T hey will add their strength to the strength o f , , . ’ , . , , . . , . . . , . , ’ , . . MYS T I C 13 2 ORD W S . your s oul in every endeavor you make to regain your standing in your s oul s C on s ciousne s s of purity and dominion Y our s oul i s crying to the Holy S pirit for help T h e help will come to you a s you make s piritual conditions by prayer and a ffirmation of truth R i s e from each failur e ’ with new determination to mount to your s oul s former state of s piritual freedom and dominion and you will become stronger and stronger until perf ect victory i s within your gra s p U se thoughts o f denial toward the h abit cont inually T al k to your s oul and make of it a companion with whom will commun e as you would with an ang lic pre s nce o u e e y T alk to it and tell E n courage it with a ffirmations o f faith it you will for it s s ake g ain the ascendancy over s in Give it all the strength of your con s cious will that through the union of the per s onal and soul consciousnes s an irre s istible conquering f orce may be generat e d Pray to be plunged so deep into the depths of the holy eternal S ilence that you will feel no more the temptations o f the s ense s Pray that your s oul may b e filled with the pure S pirit of the Living C hrist that li k e Him it may live in the p e ac eful atmo s phere of God ’ . . . , . . . . ' . , , . , . . AFFIRMATION S . I will no longer be a medium through which und e I re s i st ve lo p e d s pirits gratify th e ir sensual appetites all desire s and cravings that are insinuated into my mind from the mental realm without I resist and conquer every desire and craving f or drink born within my ow n mental nature I reali z e the wanton waste o f e ffort in living t o gratify the senses I realize that I have a greater destiny than to live like an animal in t h e sensuous realm of feeling hat is good and proper for an anim al in ( his degree of unf oldment is not good or wi s e f or me in my state o f evolution I mu s t push on toward the high goal of Spir 1t u al dominion and bring all my sense s and . . . . . W . , O D W MYS T IC 13 4 R S . I am a soul descended from that height of holines s int o the present , lapsed condition And n ow 0 God my Father, I desire to awaken to my former roy al state I will s trive to recover the health which seems to hav e departed from me, for I know it i s not lost ; it still exists in the higher part of my being ; my soul is health and beauty and perfection itself I will live t h e pure and 1s e life of a s on of G o d recogni z ing T h y S pirit a s my wi s dom and power T hus will I daily bring more and more of my s oul into consciou s expression S ince T hou art my Lord , the strength of my life , what shall I f ear ' T h e Highest dwells within me and wills the greate s t good for me , as His o ffspring I may rest in T h y bosom and draw all I need from T h y in e x o f love , my Father h au st ib le power I le a n o n T h y power f or the recovery o f m y he alth and I trust implicitly in T h y power to restore to peace and perfection the consciousness o f my lower soul I will not yield to the ea r thly in fir m it ie s of the children All the possibilit ie s a n d power s of the sons o f this world And as I again realize the o f G o d slumber within me c onsciousness o f my divine birth and draw from t he interior the soul conscious ness that dwells there in God I shall have the power to invoke and command health , f or it i s mine now I have it within T hou art my Health ' C onvince T h y children in the wo r ld that their seeming loss o f health is spiritual poverty that in T hee are to be f ound the true riches of life an d health Lead those w h o seek to solve the problem o f exist e nce to the knowledge . , . W . , . . . , . , . ' . . , ' , . . , . that they live in T hee and from T hee, though they real iz e it Lead them , 0 Father into T h y C onsciousne ss of n ot everla sting health and peace Help me my Father to reveal to the world this gracious Saving truth : T hat T h y Pre s ence fil ls all space — — T h y S pirit the Everlasting Father is forever able to . . , , , , O D W MYS T IC R S 5 . uicken renew and sustain all through this li f e even into , q T hou wilt never leave us t h e life beyond R eveal to the children o f e arth that they are really a s souls the children o f God that they may turn to T hee Amen a n d be s aved through the abundance of T h y love , . . , , , . . T H E S E A OF BLI S S ’ . Wrecognize that behind this veil of time and space the all pervading Bliss — Wclose — eyes to outward things these mortal e is Sea - of . ou r e sen s e vibr ations and look with s oul sight and true u nderst a nding to the radianc e of Divinity the s oul light which is the Essence o f all things the basic principle of l ife In this interior realm of glory all i s vibrant with the a ctive bliss o f God T his blissful Presence may be compare d to a luminou s We h ave always S e a in which all thi n gs ar e immersed lived in this Pre s ence but ou r minds and senses are so o ccupied with the se n sations produced by the gross realm take notice of thi s o f m atter that they have fail e d to a biding reality As we look with eyes of faith to that which lie s we b e come more refined more b eyond the sen s es S piritualized and better able to comprehend that there i s a Presence that i s all pervading intelligent and self con scious ; a Presence more beautiful than all the beauties o f sight o r sound in the realm of sensation ; the very M ind of grace and loveliness , from which all external b e auty is derived T his Divine Presence is luminous with the light of w isdom vit al and warm with the mother love of G od, a n d enfolds us as a S e a o f Blis s , , , . . . . , , - - , . , . MYS T IC 13 6 T hi s S e a O D W R S . positive reality C ompared with it , the world , which seems to many the only real state o f e x istence , i s but a negative reality T his S e a abound s with perfect E ss ence ; it i s the s ubstanc e o f perfection It pervades matter, gradually re fi ning it, imbuing it with more intelligence and organ izing it s atom s into more perfect fo r ms T his S e a of Bli s s i s filtering into the dev e loping mind o f the world More and more of it s intelligence i s being individuali z ed by mankind A s we become open to it s influx and in s pired by it s quality of love we feel the power that make s f or righteou s n e ss we realize th at God s healing li fe i s a mighty reality in ou r midst, and our faith become s the channel through which the perfecting wisdom flow s into our fle s h O ur faith lay s hold of the Es s ence that i s love and bliss and as faith manifest s these divin e qualitie s to the mind the whole nature become s e x alted and s pirituali z ed by the vitalizing S pirit I n thi s exalted state of con s ciousne ss we parta k e o f the wisdom of G o d t h e mind becomes clear and tho s e things which heretofore seem e d dark and hidden shine out in their true a s pect I n thi s high altitude of thought we see and understand the purpose of God and we wonder why we can be per s uaded t o give s o much time and attention to the intellectual imagining s of mortal s , w h o grope blindly in the valley of the shadow T o live in thi s all comprehending con s ciou s ne ss i s bliss suprem e ; the search for mortal pleasur e is no longer attractive ; the mind is content to wait upon the S pirit and fulfill the will of love and wi s dom Faith in this blissful Presence open s the door to it s healing energy As the expectant attention turns to it , it silently respond s to the invitation and quietly fill s the cells with its wi s dom light , with its vital energy , until it of Bliss is th e . . . . . . , ’ , . , . , . , . - . . MYS T IC 13 8 W O D R S . cannot be any congested condition in my head o r throat or lungs becau s e all these parts are subj ect to t h e freei ng S pirit My bowel s and liver and kidney s are working actively a n d intelligently to ca s t o ff all accumulation s of useless s ubstance T h e S e a o f Blis s pervade s an d harmoni z e s all the function s of thi s organi s m T here cannot be any clo g ging up o f any part T hi s free S pirit dissolves all limitations from my nature and open s all channels for the unhindered o peration o f life I cannot be subj ect to ill e fie ct s from changes of tem r r u e a t e becau s e I am positive with the warm vitality p from the sunshine of the S pirit I am not sensitive to drafts because my nature is c leansed o f all clogging impurities by this spiritual energy I now re cogniz e th at the S e a of Bliss is entering into e very part o f my being restoring the harmony o f life and E E iving me peace P AC PEA C E , g I am a spir it o f love in tune with the love and har mony of perfect life T here , . . . . . ' . . , , . . C ON Q UE R ING PAIN . While treating pain have a firm conviction that you conquering it that your exercise o f positive thought is certain to put it down T ell the pain , whether in your o w n body or in the flesh of a patient, th at it is going down under your h armoni z ing words , believe it and expect result s In s peaking aloud to the nerves and also while a ffirming S ilently let the feeling o f harmony pervade the thought a n d expres s in the tones o f the voice Let there be the realization that the painful nerve s a r e b e ing soothed and paci fi ed by your words in the s am e are , . . , , . W O D M YS T I C R S 139 . that a hypnotic subj ect is sent into unconsciousness b y the words o f the operator Painful c onditions should be harmonized first ; later w hen they are in complete subj ection t o the will o f the h ealer an e ffort may be made t o di s solve the cause All such conditions ar e state s of intelligence in the Like children they should be met with p arts a ffected l ove and h armony rather than with resistance R esist a nce is apt to cause added su ffering by a rousing the a ntagonism o f the intelligence which is trying to per its false claims to place and power e u a t e t p I have put down into oblivion agonizing p ains that w ere causing the patient to groan in anguish , by spe a king t h e following soothing words while in the consciousness t hat my thought was the most positive and therefore master w ay . . . . . , . PAIN IS L OS T IN BLI S S . I recognize no power o r pre s ence here but the S e a o f B liss T his flesh is but an ethereal shadow comp ared with t h e perfect substance o f this blissful S e a All sensations of p a1n are put down DOWN Pain D OWN under the influence o f this Se a o f Bliss h as no power t o exist in this all perv ading Bliss T his bli s sful S ubstance quickly s oothes and heals all pain T his purifying S pirit is n ow cleansing thi s flesh o f all p oisonous and disturbing elements Poisonous accumul ations are washed out o f the s y s t e m by this all penetrating S pirit All feverish conditions succumb to the pervading harmony of this S e a o f Bliss All false vibrations are regulated by th 1s 1n t e llig e n t P ower . . , , , . - . . . - . . ' . MYS T IC 14 0 O D W R S . Fal s e growth s and swelling s cannot exist in thi s healing E ss ence T h e whole mind and body are re s ponding to thi s bli ss ful , bli s sful S pirit T hi s S e a o f Bli ss put s away all di s turbing s en s ation s and the whole mind and body are becoming peaceful and harmoniou s under the s way of it s healing power . . . bli ssful li f e o f my s oul is now di ss olving all pai n from the s e par t s Pain is but a negative s en s ation : I have t h e power to e xtingui s h it I have the s oul power to di ss olve every s en s ation of ain from my fle s h and I now e x erci s e thi s divin e p dominion I now put this fal s e sen s ation down deep into t h e ocean o f bli s sful life Blissful life pervade s all these part s and harmoni z e s e very s e n s ation All i s peace in the s e nerves and muscles Every cell i s saturated with bli s sful life Every s ensation i s going down , DOWN DO N , under t h e blissful power of life R epeat this last s e ntence many time s Th e . . . . . ‘ . . , W . . P O WE R THE TO HE AL . power to heal re s ides in each living cell of tissue , becau s e the cells are forms of life that represent a c ertain T his power o f the cell i s conferred degree of intelligence upon the whole organi s m When an inj ury occur s to the flesh , the nerve s convey a sensation to the brain , which immediately produces a flow from the nutrient arterie s Blood , filled with the life Th e . . . MYS T IC 142 ORD W S . ing and glorifying this other self By this simple practic e you will begin to feel that you are the S elf of power and perfection , the real S elf endowed with angelic power s A nd yo u will more easily generate and express through your thought s and emotion s thi s divine power which you have and are , for the healing purifying and ennoblin g o f your lower s elf D ifie r e n t method s will appeal to you more strongly at di fferent times , becau s e there are so many sides to t h e s piritual nature that must be exerci s ed in the develop ment of a f ull rounded character S uppose you desire to purify and spirituali z e the sub con s ciou s mind that is active in the dream s tate Procee d thu s : hile yo u are s itting in your chair, imagin e your s elf lying in bed asleep Y ou are now, as it were , t h e guardian angel of your sleeping s elf, empowered o f G o d to di s solve all mortal thoughts from his mind, and you feel a great love for your charge as you pray for him thus : . , . , . - . W . . Father , in T h y name an d power I bless him ( or her) with the pure thought of heaven During his sleep t h e thought s of the day shall drift away and hi s mind shall re s t in T h y healing peac e and harmony By the power which T hou give s t me, Almighty Father I di ss olve from his mind all lustful, angry vengeful and fearful thought s I dissolve all impure desires and dis cordant feelings I am the pure thought of T h y Mind and I purify an d spirituali z e hi s mind and body His dreams sh all be fille d with the beauty of truth Wh ile the body rests , his spirit shall grow strong in immortal purity and truth and fill the body with it s healing currents of purified thought I will that the powerful forces of his sub consciou s mind s hall work intelligently in renewing the life and structure of the disea s ed part s I will that the vital forc e , . . , , . . . . . - . MYS T IC W O D R S 14 3 . shall be conserved and reabsorbed for the renewal o f t h e life and intelligenc e in every organ T h y healing S pirit o f L o ve b r oo ds over thi s sleeping form and charges every atom with divine life and health . ' . T his is a very powerful way in which to treat your self T h e more of love you feel for your patient the mor e of divine power yo u will generate and the greater will be the results T h e oftener you treat your other self the more satisfactory will be your realization Imagine your other self in the midst of soci al or business life and feel a blessing going to him as yo u u se the s e thoughts : . , . . Father Mother God , I bless him with the realization I feel T h y love surrounding and in spir o f T h y great love ing him He is protected by T h y mighty S pirit o f lov e and cannot be afie c t e d o r influenced by the di s cord a nt thoughts of mortal minds His S pirit is so charged with T h y great love that he is a creative tone of divine harmony , giving ment al peace and s oul strength to all about him Hi s aura is radiant with T h y b e n e fic e n t S pirit which fills his atmosphere with healing and uplifting power - . . . . , . If you have to appear before the public as a speaker, o r soloist you can overcome your nervous fears by follow ing this practice : T hink strong thought s t o your other self as yo u imagin e him before the public fulfilling his engagement , as follows , , Y ou are strong and fearless . Y ou have nothing to divine courage inspires you , a n d gives f o u o perfect self posse ss ion Every part your organism y responds t o your will Y o u know that you can fulfill you r part perfectly Y o u are equal t o and gre ater than t h e o cca s ion T h e S pirit of - . . . . WD MYS T IC 144 OR S . Y ou have such positive faith in your s elf that you do not feel the influence of the minds of your audience Y ou are filled with the inspiration of the S pirit and enchant your audience with the exaltation of your s p irit Y o u lead their minds to see and feel as yo u see and feel and enj oy the rapture of j oyful soul expre s sion . . . T his method may b e applied in a great variety of ways After having practiced these formulas from mem while applying them great o r y, there will come to you exaltation of soul and yo u will feel the inspiration of your soul formulating thoughts and emotion s s uitable to the need T h e thoughts generated will go forth f rom your mind and work in the state o r place imagined , to ful fill their mis s ion . , , , . . CO N T R OL OF E MOT I O N S . My will is Master I will control my emotional nature I will hold all feelings su bje c t t o my will I will exercise the force of my will until I can suppre ss every emotion when desirable My will is growing in stren g th through thi s affirmation I will control my emotions I will I W IL L I WILL . . . . . . . LIVING O N AI R . , . A friend became convinced that s he could live o n the finer essences of life absorbed by the S piritual nature S h e reduced her diet to almost nothing A s long as the store o f energy lasted that the cells had accumulated , the body fed o n itself and she rej oiced in her apparent succ ess But when the store of energy became exhausted she wa s reduced to nervous prostration S h e held in mind the idea that e ating is a gro ss anim al function and thinking that she could live with . . . . . OR D W MYS T I C 1 46 S . treating or holding thought s for himself, he S hould re st in an attitude of passive tru st in the healing power o f God pre s ent in the body S omeone in the under standin g o f the healing power s hould e x erci s e the po s itive attitud e of faith for him until hi s mental s trength is re stored T h e o n e who takes the attitude o f healer S hould generate fo r him strong thought force s , e ither by s ilent o r audibl e a ffirmation T hi s may be done in the pre s ence of t h e patient o r at a di stance , because thought force is s o in t elli gent t h at it traver s e s s pace instantly and locate s it s obj ect here there i s sympathy o f thought between heale r and patient an audible expre ss ion of truth i s certain t o make the mental atmosphere s urrounding the patient positive with healing energy It arou s es and encourage s the s ubconsciou s intelligence in the organ spoken to T here is a renewal o f activity in the whole body a s t h e hidden intelligence is stirred to accompli s h that whic h i s a ffirmed to be true . . . W . . . . AFF I R MA T I O N S F OR T H E H EA RT . I believe in the healing intelligence in my he art T hi s marvelous life which is the cause o f my existenc e , organi z ed my heart from cell sub s tance and there i s n o rea s on why it S hould not work a s intelligently now t o reorgani z e and rebuild my heart into a perfect form of intelligent energy T hat s ame power and intelligence w hich origi n ally formed the wonderful mechanism of my heart is within my heart n ow It i s c apable o f renewing every cell and repairing every def ect o t hi s pirit intelligence within my body i s able f o S T repair any organic lesion to mend the valves to recon struct the arteries and in every way c onquer the e ffect s o f strain o r disea s e . , ' . . . , . , MYS T I C W O D R S 14 7 . I will n ot harbor any mortal beliefs of limitation I h ave faith in the unlimited healing power now resident within my heart My heart is the active existence of a divine energy All beliefs of incapability and weakness are dissolved from my m ind T h e S pirit within my flesh , in my heart and in every organ of my body is ever and always cre ative My spirit is the manifestation of the creative S pirit o f God and there is no limitation to its creative ability other than what mortals have falsely imposed While n ot disregarding common sense in the care o f the organism when any p art is laboring under the appe ar a nce o f weakness I will not allow the prevalent ideas o f weakness o r the race beliefs acquired from experience of fatal termination to par alyze the a ction o f the all conquer ing all renewing vit ality of G o d I see the falsity o f th at belief which declares th at an injured h eart cannot be he aled T h e power th at added cell to cell t o build the heart can again add cell t o cell to restore the substance of the heart t o perfection I have faith in the intelligent presence o f God within I know that all life is intelligently constructive T here is n o destructive energy outside of my o w n false beliefs and these I dissolve My heart is inspired with the almighty energy of God and it is n ow gaining strength It is now enc ouraged by my thoughts t o build up new muscles t o mend its valves and to accomplish its ow n restoration to perfect health and normal action . . . . . . , - - , . . . . . , . . , . T H E S E CR E T S P R I NG OF HEAL T H . Emotion s create either poison s or tonic s in the body according to their quality T h e s ecret of rich blood and healthy fle s h i s to feel ure and good to s u s tain that generou s f eeling of good p ; will toward everything and everybody that create s a harmonious tone throughout the nature Th e feeling o f impersonal and divine love when culti v at e d, overcome s feeling s of annoyance o f disturbance, o f antagonism , as well a s the more intense feeling s of hatred vindictiv e ness and anger which result in discord and disease , and it establishes a tone which is not only moral and spiritual health but also health to the fle s h L ove i s the likenes s of God that gives grac e and beauty to the soul po ss essing it It rounds o u t the s oul into harmoniou s and symmetric al form and this image of the Divine reforms the character And the h armoniou s temperament developed from the Spirit of Love is certain to transform the flesh to e Xpr e s s somewhat o f it s o w n grace and peac e , for the flesh is but t h e visibility of the character and mu s t picture in its essence and in its form the coarsene ss or refinement t h e purity or sen s uality the deception or honesty, the irritability o r harmony o f the character e need to develop discrimination in regard to the characters of mortals that we may be cautious and n ot court def eat at the hands o f deceiver s ; that w e may not associate t ogfi e ely with those whose aura i s disagreeable to the soul and be overwhelmed by the darkne ss e x isting in the mortal sphere of thought ; that we may not b e v am p ir iz e d by those we seek to help C aution and discrimination s ave from many pitfall s , but we must not allow o u r discrimination t o develop into T h e tone of love and compassion should c ondemnation . \ . , , , , . . . f , W , . , , w . . MYS T IC 15 0 O W RD S . and charitable toward the failings of other s as God is e would become lovers o f thy ideal life and workers w ith thee in the healing and awakening o f souls But we are only fit to teach lo ve in the degree that we live the life o f divine imperson al Love We are not worthy o f the name o f disciples of thine e xcept w e keep the example of thy kindness and sympathy before u s so vividly that it softens all our harshness and tempers all o u r fault seeing into a divine gentlene ss of thought and action that reveal s thy S pirit a s a living reality within 0 saving Love the world needs thy transforming S pirit T h e world is wise only in it s o w n conceit It n eed s to feel thy love within its heart until it be upli fted o u t o f the narrow and limited sphere o f selfishness and reed g — And we as thy servants servants of Lov e —can each a n d every on e incre a se thy S pirit in the world and thus enlarge thy Kingdom in earth T hrough living in and from thy S pirit o f Love we can silently attune hundreds and thousands o f souls to harmony with thee Even though we do no more than live divinely in secret the contagion of love will quickly s pread from s oul to soul until it becomes a living flame o f mighty power consum ing in its fervent embrace the S in s , the f ear s the p ains the poverty and every ill that lack of love has begotten It is blessed pleasure O Lover o f all the world to be living examples o f thy peace a n d love And we praise t hee for thy example and fo r the ower we now receive from thy immortal Presenc e which , p i nspire s and heals prospers and blesses us in all our e r ou s W . . . - . , . . . , . . , ” , , , , . , . , w ays . thee Divine Love lory forever Amen g To , . . Pe r so n ifie d, be all the pra 1se and Su gge stions to Te ach e rs ‘ T H E OI L OF and GLADNE S S Oth e rs . . I t ha s been made known to the world that all ble ss i n g s can come to humanity through the mini stration o f the Sp irit T h e eye s of God s beloved are being anointed with t h e oil of gladne ss It is n o t the eye that s ee s the beauty of the mini stra T h e mind and s oul that look through t h e eye s en s e ti o n t h e anointing touch T hi s is the quickened perception of t h e s oul bringing to the perceptive power s the j oy and s tre n gth that comes from within T h e Angel of T ruth 1s waiting at eve r y mental gate w ay, waiting t o give of the o il of salvation to mankind If justice f ails and all human kindness seems gone if e very hope is taken from you by adversity still the Angel m essenger can lead yo u through pleasant sunlit path s int o fields of light It is a b lessing and privilege that is your s as you live i n harmony with the spirit — to anoint the eyes of God s c hildren with the o il of j oy Life is full of S in sorrow , hardships s icknes s and in fir m it ie s to those w h o ar e walking this plane of earth w ith their gaze held t o the material clouds and shadows T hey feel that there is so much o f human misery and s elfishness in t h e world a n d their eyes are so filled with t ears as they walk the thorn y p athways that they scarcely s e e o r re aliz e the Presence of glorious sunshine Anoint their eye s with the o il o f gladne s s and s alva . ’ . . . , . . , , . ’ . , , . . 15 1 MY S T I C 15 2 O D W R S . tion , which s hall make their vision bright and reveal to them the light of the S pirit T ouch t h e center o f th e ir being through teaching them the preciou s truth that S pirit can triumph over all human imperfections T hu s th e y will gain the k nowl e dge , the j oy and the li f e of the S pirit . . . TH E In O F EFF O R T R EWA R D IS GRO WH T . piritual work th e r e are o cc as1o n al height s a s o n the mount o f t r an sfig u r at io n , but these are rather the culmination of work than the labor that lead s to it T he s e heights are result s which only com e a fte r long period s of living in the thought o f the Ab s olute , and laboring e a r ne stly fo r t h e promulgation o f highest truth T his truth , which day by day we hold in s acred keepin g in our heart s treasure hou s e o f love should be given uni T hu s the work of true teaching goe s on v e r s ally to all in the world and there i s a steady , cumulative force o f the worker s which unites with t h e i ig h t of t h e S pirit t o overc ome er ror I t i s the fulfillment o f thi s daily work with the Father that will l e ad u s all to tho s e higher degree s of wi s dom and power which we s o long to attain th e S . . ’ - , . . . TH E LIVI NG T RUT H . have been called to the ministration of healin g and teaching by the same S pirit that called the good o f the past to leave their home s and all their worl dl y way s to teach the way of S alvation , the Living T ruth o f t h e Eternal O ne, which would satis fy the hop es and a s pira tion s of the race Y ou s tand ready and willin g to preach full s alva tion from every e vil to every living creature Y ou ar e f o e illing to devote your life to the cont mplation Jeho w vah Jehovah Y ou . . - . MYS T I C 15 4 ORD W S . teaching mini s tration Y ou are to uplift those who are lying under the S hadow s of mo rtal mistakes , h ypn o t iz e d by fears and s orrow s and f al s e love s Y ou s hall upli ft them by teaching them that their word i s their only burden T each them to speak the word s that are true that agree with the nature of their s oul S how them through the power of your mighty faith that when th e y speak the true words only they sh all aw ake into the glori o u s dominion of their soul and their burden s will depa r t like the dreams o f the night T each them that disea s e i s not the s po k en God and that all flesh when it i s above the liability to pain s icknes s o r imp e rfection is God made visible and . . . , . , . , , , , . S ILEN T I NF L HE NC E . which we ar e we shall teach involuntarily T houghts will c ome into o u r minds through avenues which we have not recognized When we are living the truth — — e the C hri st lif when our mental condition i s sound w e give our contribution of thought to the w elllb e in g and benefit o f the child r en o f God I f you cannot teach humanity by verbal instru ction to your own s atisfaction then teach them by the silent influence o f your mental sphere C reate for yourself a clear atmosphere and pervade their inharmony and despair with your u n lg it e d fait h , thus you are surro u nding some child o f God with your own clear, bright, atmospheric and auri c conditions A great good is accomplishe d by transfusion o f thought It does not always have to be verbal to est ablish the rapport I t w ill work marvels in the silenc e Y o u have bewailed the f act that you could not be more active in the work, now you will see th at this is your work whenever you feel strong enough to help others Y ou will find that nearness and distance is n ot to be T hat . ' . , . , . ' . . . . . MYS T IC W O D R S 15 5 . onsidered in this work Y ou can work with the interior Y o u will states of the mind of those you desire to aid sense a nearness o r a con s ciousness o f their presence whic h touches your soul s aura In and through this work your s oul will gain strength and freedom and you will , through your soul s consciou s ne s s get a foregle a m of the life e ternal R emember that since there is s o much power in the — mind the all desirable place o f m astery—yo u must re a ch this place by rec ognizing the central fact What is this ' Where is it ' It is your higher S elf Y our faith which is your guiding star will point the w ay to the heal ing o f minds and bodies T his faith will be the sun o f light , strength and power in your mind an d will grow stronger h y the growth o f your consciou s ness and under s tanding through use c . . ’ . ’ , . . . . . VI T ALI T Y I S ENDLE S S G R OW T H . Vitality pours itself o u t in vigorous forms of life It exists It perv ades G o d expresses himself in vitality T here is no l a ck ' Have yo u a patient that is hard to heal Perhaps it is a l a ck o f recognition of this vital principle that cau s es f o f trouble a lack this force which is the breath o the ; G o d in m an How shall yo u treat him ' R ecognize fo r him and te ach him to recognize the well spring o f life wit hin Y our intelligenc e stands in place of his intelligence Y our knowing f aith stands for his knowing He w ants to be healed and you Shall reach the ca s e Y ou are vindic ating the for you have found the cause truth Y o u have recogni z ed thi s vitality within hi s nature and the God within ha s responded to your recognition a n d he is healed for the time being . ‘ . . . . . - . . . , , . . . ORD W MYS T I C 15 6 S . Y ou continue to teach h im and bring him to an under standing of t h e laws of his own being and he becomes internally and externally whole through the love you have given him I t i s this patient teac hing, qualified by t h e S pirit o f Love which S hall redeem the rac e and feed them from the Fountain H e ad which i s o n e ceaseless stream of vital growth ' . , , . ALL G O O D IS Y OU R S . Know now and forever that all good i s your s I n proportion a s you recogni z e it , will be your power to heal Enter into t h e clear understanding o f it wit h your every belief, your enti r e life Go down deep into the silence of your life and watch and wait fo r the fair T ruth which shall fortify you a s it wells up from the inner temple where i s the R iver of Life Y our patients will come to you by the law of att r ac tion , and you c an give them t h at for which they come Y ou have intelligent faith Y ou are the supply o f Y o u will he a l t h e patient ; he is the demand upon you him , for you have the actual power clo s e at hand the God power within T h e true teacher see s into the awa k ened soul state H e portrays the beauty o f o f pure knowledge and blis s that state to mind s dreaming of S 1n , S l c kn e ss and sorrow until they awaken t o s ee and know the true condition as doe s the teacher . . . , . . . . , - . . . W S U S T AIN T H E T O NE OF H EALT H . “ taking on the con e have o ften heard of healers T hey would try in s ome ca s e s dit io n s o f their patients to make them s elve s negative s o as to feel the condition hile thi s may re s ult in benefit to t h e o f the pat ient “ ” . ‘ . . W W O D MYS T IC 15 8 R S . word Glory signifie s the highe st state Of interio r illumination It is e xpr e s sw e Of the luminou s substance O f the soul , and when us e d in praise it awaken s t h e inner e ss ence Of the soul into vibrant life and activity hen a thought o r s entence is f ound th at produces a s trong vibration in the h e aler it is a keynote to what ever condition Of his patient he is treating at that moment and susta ining that tone Of thought will awaken the most powerful respon s e “ The . W . , . S T R E NG T H FRO M R E S IST AN C E . grows from resistance T h e s prouting acorn resists the heavy clods the furious winds , the blazing s u n and the icy cold and becomes the mighty oak T here has never yet been a teacher Of n o n resistanc e who was n o t forced at some time o r other to resis t or g o down under the mortal beliefs Of poverty disease an d death It is a law Of all life to resist and overcome all negative condition s , thus g r ow in g in t o the consc iousne s s Of individuality It is commonly believed that Je s us C hrist was non resistant to all the minds and conditions with which h e had t o deal If H e had not been the m ightiest ma s ter o f resistance that ever trod this planet, the vindictive hatred Of the Je w ish R abbis and the di s embodied ho s t that were s wayed by their minds would have swept Him out Open and sensitive as He was to all s piritual o f existence vibrations he had to deal not only with the mental f orce s Of his enemies and the devilish antagonism Of the u n e du c at e d s pirit s whom he disposse s sed Of mediums through his word of power but he also had t o overcome and fr e e the race from the many occult laws which were hangin g over humanity at that time H e was a living denial o f all the falsity and error that clouded the mind Of the race , re s isting constantly with S trength . , . - , . y . . , , . , e , , . MYS T I C W O D R S 15 9 . powerful word s Of denial the mental force s that impinged upon him and the hard conditions whic h earth s children had made for themselves through their ignorance He retired frequently from the world t o the wilder ness where he could commune with the Father and gai n from H im the mighty strength which enabled him to battl e with minds while he was sowing the seeds Of truth an d righteousness in the mind Of the world And the mor e his faith in the omnipot e nt Goodnes s resisted and over came the beliefs Of mortal mind the greater and mightier bec ame his realization Of the presence Of the Father Y o u have become what yo u are a s an individual by vir tue Of your a ggregated power Of resistance God i s n ot trying t o absorb you into a great imper s onal state It is His almighty will that everything shall appropriate H is impersonal life to become more and more powerful as an individual T h e whole aim Of evolution is conscious , forceful individuality Not by passive trust or faith will man gain dominion over the things Of the e arth mind He is in a universe of individualized forces and he overcomes by individualizing more power than is expre s sed in the condition s with which he is beset Passive spirituality does not accomplish muc h eithe r here or in spirit life Only those who individu alize love in action fo r the benefit Of humanity become m asters and live consciously in the sphere Of the Christ Mind T h e influences dwelling in the mort al mind Of t h e world impinge upon the sense mind Of m an , causing all false feelings and desires and producing misery and p ain Th e re a son and will must be enthroned above the sens e mind in order to bring it into subjection It is only by educating your body an d infusing it with positive thoughts that you will bring this mind into such a positive degree Of intelligence that it will be ou t Of t h e range o f these lower influences ’ . . , . . . . . . , . . . . , . . ORD W MYS T IC 16 0 S . God power can only fl o w through such part s Of your mind and body as are Godlike in their intelligen ce T rue, your being is in God but your mind is growing from the negative to t h e positive pole Of the God Mind , and your closenes s to the positive pole depends upon how much you are polarizing and expressing Of the po s itive attributes of God hen you become so positive with the love O f God that your whole nature is infused with its creative energy, a s wa s t h e body Of the C hrist from the constant e x ertion O f hi s power , then you can stand in the positive pre s ence Of God Y ou will then be attuned to that deeper more vibrant tone Of being which will prevent yo u from f eeling any Of the s ensations of the carnal mind When you have attained to that state you will be a Ch ri st and you will know Christ consciously Per s ist in using your thought and will in a ffirming the power Of life and love that the rewards Of overcoming spoken Of in R evelations may be yours and th at your humanity may be glori fi ed by the Divinity Of the C hri st g The - . , W . . , . , , . . THE WO D R IS NIGH T HEE EVEN IN AND HEAR T , TH Y MOU T H . T hi s word is the word Of T ruth from which you are teaching or giving forth to the world T h e light Of T ruth is ever present in the silent invisible S pirit around you T hi s s ilent T ruth is becoming manifested through y o u and harmonizes you as f a st as you become consciou s Of your union with it It only appears on the s ense plane ’ when s e en by the soul s interior perception and s poken through the mind Y ou are re aliz ing from exp e rienc e how to s pea k t h e words Of t ruth and are thus receiving the light th at unveils perc e pt ion and m a nifest s the good R ecogni z e t h e , . . , . . , . ORD W MYS T IC Chri st i s my etern al love I consecrate my s el f t o him . H e i s my eternal strength I will practice hi s divin e . . . doctrine S . Th e germ Of Divinity within my s oul will become a Me ss iah I am one with God I am in the kingdom Of heave n here and now . I am now in the realm Of wisdom an d harmony I stand now in s piri tual relation s hip with God I n o t a ft e r the fle s h but a fter the S pirit Nearer nearer my God to T hee N e ar e r, nearer t o thy manifest measure Of con s c iou s power Nearer an d — nearer in understanding to S pirit the s ource o f all ble ss ing s Nothing can prev e nt the Divine Germ w ithin me fro m g r owing into his completenes s It will develop in me a s truly and surely as God is God T h e Lord Of my s oul now has dominion and i s puttin g Of My s oul i s putting o n f my material mortality immortality I now through my word Of power place my feet o n the R ock O f Ages which i s t h e R oc k Of my under s tanding, from which I hav e life and being in boundle ss mea s ure T h e Lord my C hri s t worketh through m e now per fe ct in g my s oul in power , giving me s trength , peace and dominion over all things f orever . . - . . . . , . . . . . . . , , , . , . LA Y ING O N OF HAND S . human organis m i s continually generating an ethereal vital force, which i s stored up in each c ell of living ti ss ue T hi s vital force is s omewhat like the forc e around a h or se h o e magnet ; it radiate s from the h u man magnet a short distanc e , form ing a magnetic atmo s The , . MYS T I C O D W R S 16 3 . around the f orm like the halo around an ar e light o n a foggy night ” “ T h e name N ray s has been given to these ethereal human emanations since the u s e Of the fluorescent scree n has enabled scientists to photograph them When o n e is strongly charged with vital magnet — ism t hat is , when he is in good health b e may direc t his force to strengthen and vitali z e o n e who has less A su fficiency Of this force poured into a weakened body w ill strengthen the recuperative forces Of that body and very Often restore health T h e force that the weakened body is slow in g e n e r at ing m ay be supplied quickly by the touch Of one in per fe et moral and physical health T hus the laying on of hands ha s alway s been known as a means o f healing through the e ffe ct produced by the exchange Of magnetic force T ransfusion Of the highly refined essences Of the human system will produce more beneficial results than t h e tr ansfusion Of the blood itself T O impart magn e tic force grasp the hand Of the pa tient , right with right an d left with left and assume a mental attitude Of positive forcefulness and feel that yo u are imp arting life and strength t o every part Of the pa ’ t ie n t s bod y T O increase the digestive power place the right hand o n the spine and the left over the stom a ch and exercise the will t o s trength e n t h e nerves centering in the s olar plexus Lay the hands gently o n t h e closed eyes and bless them with life and strength to re s tore the vision t o normal when physical weakness i s t h e cause Of failing sight Paralyzed nerve s may be quickened in thi s way but a s new life i s aroused there i s likely to be some s en sation of pain , so care is needed n ot to overtreat hen there i s inflammation o r pain it may be relieved by making pas s es with the hands over the part r h e e p , . - . m . . . . . , , . , . , . , W . ORD W MYS T I C 16 4 S . a ffected , at the same time u s ing audible or s ilent s uggestions to the e fie ct that you are now drawing ou t the pain and every cau s e for inflammation T h e hand s s hould go through the motion of drawing o u t the dis t u r b e d magnetism , resting over the spot for a moment and then casting it Off each tim e into the air T h e first part Of a magnetic treatm e nt s hould be po s itive and the s econd part passive in o r der to allow the f orce that i s being dir e cted into the patient to flow freely to ac complish it s healing mis sion During the passive part Of the treatment a warm vital influx o f healing force is Often felt by both patient and healer Always wash the hands after g 1v 1n g a mag n etic treatment as the magnetism withdrawn from the patient is apt to produce a disagreeable sensation in the nerve s Of the hands and in other par ts Of the body Nervous headache s will u s ually dissolv e a fter a few passe s have been made close to the head An aching tooth can b e sooth ed by the warm touch Of a s ympa theti c hand And the infusion Of magnetic force coupl e d with harmonizing thoughts will heal a tired or irritated throat I h ave known Of several in s tance s where the life patient ha s been saved by the transfu s ion Of Of a physical magnetism at a critic al moment Of e xh au s tion when stimulants and every other means failed to produce an adequate e fie ct hen the magnetic healer and his patient are in s ympathy and when their nature s contain no chemical great good c an o r mental antipathy toward e a ch other But when the patient feels greater b e accomplished w eakne ss following the treatm e nt it i s evident that he T ho s e p e r s on s o r she ha s not found the right healer that produce di s agreeable feeling s in a patient or leav e a patient weak after a visit should be kept aw ay unt il t h e patient is strong enough to endure their presence C and D on the piano do not harmoni z e although both . . , . , . . . . . W . , . , . . , WRD MYS T IC 1 66 O S . into warmth and fervor in our hearts we shall attain t o something tangible for ourselves and others From these wonderful divine qualitie s grow s faith in abundance that s trong , vital faith that will help u s to carry our brothers ’ through the dark place s in life s j ourney T hey need so m uch help , s o much instruction given in the spirit Of love Many Of their conditions are a result Of a wrong way Of thinking and living T hey have become isolated in . , , . . . thought and feeling from the wi s dom and compass 1ou Of God T rue happine s s c an come to them only as they ar e ay Of love and light to soul u nity led bac k through the with the Father Mother God T h e compassion and love Of Jesus C hri s t was mingled and blended with the Love Of the Father It was the awa k ening in his heart Of the Father s wisdom therefore he wa s truly the light Of God H e wa s o n e with God and through the clearne s s Of his spiritual vi s ion he could see and comprehend the mysteries Of life Je s us Ofttim e s restored the aili ng by awakening their S pl r it u al perception He drew their minds so close to his consciousness Of the Divine that they were able to s ee the emanations from the light o f the s upreme T ruth T hat T ruth was the holy sunshine Of his life and it united him to the Divine influx He knew that if the afflicted c ould only become con s ciou s Of the shining rays Of glory beam ing upon them from the s upreme T ruth they would listen t o its whisperings and turn their thoughts toward God S omething would come down from the transcendent s kie s Of heaven and enter their s ouls A wondrous almost imperceptible touch from the S pirit Of Eternal Life would reveal to them their salvation hen the true vision , that is , the true understanding and the compassion Of God is attained we b e come reve aled to ourselve s T his realization Of the Essence Of W . - . . ’ , . . . . . , . - , . W . , . , MYS TI C W O D R S . 16 7 coupl e d with the knowledge that we are included in H is Being , gives us eternal j oy We can turn the ray s Of divine compassion into a h ealing balm f or mankind We can u s e it to banish their in fir m it ie s and give them s trength while we teach them t hat all health and all power come from God , the universal Life Principle And in this work we reali z e a divine b lessedne ss a s we make known the compa s sion Of Je s u s C hrist G o d, . . . . SOUL C ULTURE . THE V I CT O R Y OF FAI T H . As we j ourney on up the heights Of understand ing w e e nj oy the new manife s tation s Of the Eternal revealed to u s at each advancing step G o d i s a s elf exi stent and creative force within us e have no conception Of our immen s e pos s ibilitie s until we knit t h e b e lie f in Good into every fi ber o f our brain and body Per s istence in recognition and faithfulness in afli rm ing and living this belief in Good will open the door Of the mind t o the S pirit Of T ruth , and then we s hall see ast o n 1sh in g results hen we have the assurance within ourselve s that we have conquered evil through co n s tant belief in Good that we have turned our face to the Light and can without flin c h in g ga z e steadily at the pure white Flame Of daz z lin g brightne ss , then thi s true and permanent faith will endow us with the power to manifest Good or God in all o u r ways , fo r thr ough the progre s sive unfoldment Of our mind we have arriv e d in sight Of the Absolute e have come to the knowledge that the T ree Of Life i s in o u r ow n g ar de n , and we may eat of the fruit forever And iii the s hadow s Of the evening God will walk and talk with u s , and never more will he even seem to leave us hen we have arrived at this wonderful stage in o u r development we have become polariz ed to Divinity and every atom in o u r phy s ic al and mental nature will adj ust itself to conform to o u r polarity, fo r through o u r spiritual growth we have come into mental unity with the realm Of - . W . . W . , W . . W . 168 W ORD MYS T I C 17 0 S . x per ience s that are Often a source Of much pa i n T h e s oul live s in union with the omni s cient Mind Of God and it can partake Of the heavenly f ood Of wi s dom and it can e . manifest the order and perfection that is natural to the expression Of wi s dom Let u s be s till and learn O f God Let us give heed to the voice th at s peak s in the stillness , and live but to expre ss the purpo s e s Of t h e The s oul , which are 1n sp1r e d from t h e Wi s dom Of God s oul has left its heavenly home to make it s home in the temple O f flesh and if it i s not allowed to come into e xpression through it s temple , then it ha s no home either in heaven or o n ea rth therefore it is disturbed and it may at any moment decide to leave the unho s pitable house of ea r th and seek again its home in the heavens where i t was wont to enj oy the bli s s Of being e c an d evelop ou r souls until we have within us an enchanting s pher e Of heavenly light and love and the ecstacy Of e xalted harmoni o us life will pulsate through our being a n d all will be he avenly j oy . . . , , , . W , , . THE W OR D IS GOD . T rue la nguage is filled with the power Of God T h e real man with all hi s wonderful clear seeing ’ faculties lives in mortal man s more spiritual nature T hi s real man with his power and all hi s valuable pos s e ss ion s w ill c ome forth into manifestation if we are corr ect in our choice Of language Man is the image and likene s s Of the language u sed to formulate him ; he is the spoken word Now here i s the trumpet call urging us forward and onward toward freedom and dominion It is o u r pure fearles s language that will enable u s to arise and go hence from the paths Of limitation where we are hindered in our e fforts to reach the light Of freedom . - . , , . . . . , s MYS T IC O W RD S 17 1 . — ower concentrated p It is through the word Of — power th at we sh all arise from all seeming hindrances a n d walk forth into the Light without detention Of any kind att aining the glorification Of the I Am T h e G o d in us speaks to us in the pure l a ngu a ge the “ langu a ge Of freedom a n d power H e says : H ave dominion ” — over all things every living thing T his pure low sweet Voice spe aks thus to all man , . , ' . . , , Let us go hence into the bright fields Of freedom Let o u r language be J e h o v a h God the mighty the omniscient — T ruth the pure speech Of God Its n ame its quality is Light T h e Golden City Of the S oul has no need Of the for G o d is its Light sun If our l angu a ge is fil led with heaven s Light th en we s h all n ot be overcome by ment al d arkness We S hall be r i n f u r f oised the invincible Light every p O G o d a O o t p m in d r a diant with the words Of life When we have r e a ched this state o u r S u n will never set T h e ignorance born Th e S u n Of o u r mind is T ruth d arkness Of mortal thought hides from mankind the light a n d j oy Of T ruth As we listen to the Voice Of T ruth we w alk along in the p ath Of spiritu al progression an d in time we become established in that f aith which is the fr a grance Of intuition Let us remember the words Of Jehovah those gracious “ Have dominion over e very creeping h ope inspiring words ” thing fo r our f aith an d hope are able to dissolve all h ind ranc es T h e langu a ge o f T ruth is Jehovah G o d . - , , . , . , . ’ . , n . . - . . , , , , - . . T H E R IVE R OF LIFE . — T here is a R iver an em an ative principle Of Life w hose stre ams make gl a d the C ity Of God the holy place , Of the t abernacles Of the Most High T his R iver which is the o u t fl o w in g Of divine love . , , ‘ MYS T I C 72 OR W DS . and wi s dom from G o d, is alway s full Of the water O f life hen every mental barrier is removed and w e hold the s oul pa s sively and unre s i stingly open to r e c e l v e , it will flow in and fill the fi nite s pirit with it s illuminatin g and saving influx which bring s to u s the paradi s e Of t h e — O ne, J c hova b G o d W . , . S O UL MANIFE S T A T I O N . question is Often asked If the soul i s s o powerful why does it not manifest more Of its power s in health Of ” body and grace Of character ' T h e soul is powerful to manifest its perfection in the mental and physical state s Of the body only in the degre e that it is provided with the thought force which it can u s e Many Of the material states Of thought are repellant to the soul T h e s oul cannot expre ss itself in those re alm s Of the mind inhabited by lusts hatreds deceptions and a host Of other thoughts created by the selfish mind T h e s oul can express it s beauty Of spirit only in nobl e and pure thoughts If o n e fourth Of the mind is formed Of loving kind , pure j ust, generous and wise thoughts , and three fourths is built Of thought s Of an opposite nature the soul will have but o n e fourth Of the c ontrol Of that But if the per s onal mind is willing and desire s n ature th at his soul gain full do m inion he may bring all the end s Of his earth all the false and uneducated thoughts Of h is mortal nature subj ect t o the wisdom and power Of hi s soul and have them all redeemed It is n ot su fficient that the soul be accepted as t h e s aving power by but a small part Of the mind Every o n e Of those false desire s and impure feelings must be edu c at e d and transformed by the S pirit Of the soul If this work is n o t accomplished in this world death will not release o n e from this duty Th e subj ective mind “ Th e , . . , , . - . , , - , - . , , “ , . . . , . MYS T I C 174 W ORD S . W and rereading what you have written hat you hav e written s lowly and thoughtfully will make an indelibl e impre s sion o n your mind and w ill b e forceful in a ffecting your destiny A fter a t meyou will feel a thrill O f s o ul realization in each thought as it fo rm s in your mind Y ou will begin to think and feel from your s oul D O not practice hasty writing, but give time to each thought a s yo u w ould in examining s eparately a numbe r O f beautiful gem s S OUL C ON S CI OU S NE SS C OME S WITH PERFE CTED THOUGHT Y ou have wonderful gems Of wi s dom hidde n in you r s oul , and you do n ot need to read everything that is written to uncover th em and bring them to light C o n fin e your mind to reading a f ew thing s on truth MANY MAN Y times , until the words begin to glow with the S pirit then you will realiz e the wonderf ul bles s edne ss o f s piritual communion with the Chri s t in your soul . i . . . . . . , . THE I ntuiti o n i s V OIC E OF AUT H ORI T Y en s e s s pea k either material o r spiritual , but intuitio n Of appearances is the revelation Of the real R ealm that pervades an d controls all app e arance s I ntuition speak s t h e will Of God and appear anc es i s Ob e y f or there is that intelligence in all things which , the same a s the mighty truth that s peaks and it under stand s and is willing to Obey the will and wisdom Of t h e Absolute T h e latent power of every atom i s the intelligenc e Of God which will re s pond to t h e Voice O f God T h e o n e who can s peak fr om hi s own God c e nter and speak truth , can mar sh al the life , stren gth and fo r c e Of all the atom s in the Co s mo s , separate or organi z ed , for th e V oic e O f the I Am . . Th e s , . . . MYS T IC W O D R S 175 . they are all work ing from the law o f love and serve t h e truth o f love when it is manife st Intuition speaks from and t o the omnipre s ent omnipotent O ne . , . T H E S O UL I S E V E R LA S T I NG LIFE T here . is a princ iple in man and in nature in general called primordial substance, which lies in absolute sub h i n f c t o to the will o t soul From it is formed that e e j outer envelope o f the soul called the spiritual or pys c h ic al body T h e soul does not act directly o n the physical organ i s m , but o n this intermediate principle Every par t of the physical body is capable of responding to the will of the soul acting through this principle T h e s oul of man , the real self i s safe fr o m sin and its phantoms because it i s s ecurely protected in its strong hold of Divinity T h e s o ul is immortal in every p art because it has its dwellin g place in the life of God T h e soul i s bl e nd e d with the life of the On e , and through the “ supremacy of its faith in the All Wi s e it can say Becau s e ” God lives I live T his is the law o f t h e redee med soul, w h o doe s not view the fading away or breaking of the shell as death but only as the evolvement o f a higher form o r order of life knowing that All i s boundle s s , endle s s omniactiv e life Death is an illusion If we view disease from t h e lofty alti tude of a God born faith and assurance we see that it also i s an illusion T h e body is b e s1e g e d by a crowd of sensuou s illusions and phantom s When the life force i s o u t of tune then we are a dis cord in the divine song of Life It is the w ill of God that H is children should be ever filled with the infinit e life , , . . . . , , . . - , , . , , , . . - , . . - , . MYS T IC 176 OR D W S . giving en e rgy coming from t h e univer s al vital impul s e that lie s at the root o f all mani fe stations o f life All ble s sing s come from t h e H oly S pirit , the Deity or Divine Presence Ask and it s hall be given A s k from the s oul which outbreathes it s prayer s and aspiration s into the s urrounding life o f the S pirit Glory to God f or the power of the word whic h brings to man the Breath of Li f e T h e Breath of God in man i s J e h o v ah Ni ss i , h is s elf e x i s tent victory , . . . . - . - . WE G R O WLIKE OU R IDEAL S . As we desire to grow m bre divine in c h aracter w e take for o u r ideal the God Man , w h o represents to us all that is most beautiful i n human character coupled with the grace and loveline s s of the S pirit o f God Let u s s eek to grow like him giving tim e daily to thinking of the perfection o f hi s per s onality and al s o to creating a telepathic connection with his S pirit by send ing ou r thoughts to him that we may become filled with the tran s forming strength o f hi s spiritual life Bec oming true di s ciples of the great Ma ster we s hall gain his friend s hip and walk under the inspiration of hi s S pirit toward perfection o f heart and mind By practicing daily we shall feel a daily growth in grace It should be o u r satisfaction at fir st to know that we are fulfilling the law o f divine thought and from faith fulne ss o n o u r part will be developed gradually tho s e more s piritual thoughts that give us the realiz ation of God s loving Presence S et apart s ome time morning and evening fo r devo R ead s elections that appeal to you from t io n al s tudy the S criptures and other spiritual writing s T hen b e still and try to realize the spirit of the words hen the mind wander s turn again to the printed - , . , , . . . ’ . . . W . , ORD W MYS T IC 17 8 H elp S . God my wea k endeavor , , ; T hi s dull soul to rapture raise : T hou mu s t light the flame , o r never C an my love be warm e d to prai s e 0 . L ord this bosom s ardent feeling V ainly would my lip s expres s L ow bef ore T h y foot s tool k neeling Deign T h y s uppliant s prayer to ble ss L et T h y grac e my soul s chief treasure Love s pure flame within me rai s e ; ’ , , ’ . ’ , , ’ And , since words can never measure ” Let my life s how forth T h y praise F RAN CIS , . x - a' Jesu s , Lord of heavenly grace ’ T hou Brightnes s o f T h y Father s face, T hou Fountain of eternal light , hose beams disper s e the shade s o f night C ome , holy S u n of heavenly love, S hower down T h y radiance from above, And to our inward heart s convey ’ ” Th e H oly S pirit s cloudless ray AMB ROS E OF MILAN “ 0 , W . CH AN T O F T H E S O UL . . T hou Infinite O ne ' All pervading all gloriou s i s th y light All pe rfect is the manifestation of thy law, and s till more perfect i s the s ource of that law , the Divin e L ight of the s oul Oh God ' T hou Mo s t H igh ' T h y pre s ence 1s V 1sibly manifest thy spirit pervades , t h y light enkindles all wor s hip May I be brought to a consciou s ne ss of all thy blessing s , alway s remembering that the ble ss ing which cometh in the shadow i s even greater than that which cometh in the light - - , . . , . . MYS T IC W ORD S 17 9 . May I always remember th at o u t of the s h adows o f time the S pirit works the treasures fo r ete r nity Beyond the conflict I shall gain the triumph of peace My he art doth praise thee for all blessings I will pr aise thee in each hour o f my existence in jo y in sorrow o r adversity knowing O thou Infinite On e th at in the life eternal the shadows pass away forever . . . , , , , , . TH E I MMA C ULA T E C O N CEP T I O N . All substance and all spac e ar e intelligent Every thing th at ever h appened is remembered by the Mind o f things T h e Mind every w here present never forgets the ” “ acts done in its presence Even the w alls have ears an d a bit o f plaster fr om a room in Pompeii will reveal to the awakened sense o f a psychic all that tr anspired in that room hundreds o f ye ars ag o S pirits can read in the mental atmosphere somewh at o f the records stored there o f mort al happenings but n o t so clearly o r truly a s awakened souls All spirits have not become aw akened Awakened souls can see in the a tmosphere of Waterloo o r Gettysburg the pictures o f all that happened there both o n the m aterial and spiritu al side In spirit they c an walk again with the Christ and see all the wonders of that imm a culate life o f G o d m ani fest in the flesh And when they have pupils o n the e arth plane su fficiently unfolded this spiritu al knowledge may be impart ed to the world T h e following was given as truth from the mount ain height s o f wisdom where dwell those who love the Christ T h e words a s the supreme individualiz ation o f Divinity are mine A soul was born from the immaculate glory of th e Father s presence born like m any other mystic souls from the Central light and love of etern ity the Father . . . , . , . . , . . , . . . ’ , , MYS T IC 18 0 ORD W S . Mother God For ages that s oul lived in the most s ublimely luminou s kingdom of t h e Father , growing in wi s dom and power , pas s ing through all stage s o f s oul education and experienc e in the heavenly world s until h e attained the s upreme power of mastery H e developed from a s oul s park of de ific consciou s ne ss into an innocent cherub , such a s always beholds the face o f the Good Father ; from a cherub to the s elf conscious beauty and grac e o f an angel and fr om an angel to the wisdom and power of those who manifest the will of the Father in all heavenly re alm s o f life From an archangel h e passed to the s ublime degree of Godhood through the path o f incarnation through s ac ri fi cing hi s high po s ition in bli ss to use his divine pow e r s of s oul fo r the educ ation o f humanity and the alleviation of s n fie r in g T h e way s to the heights of Godh ood are as varied as the needs and temperaments of souls ; no t w o souls travel exactly the s ame path in their upward pr ogre s sio n Th e path of incarnation in the flesh i s n ot a nece s sity to s ouls but a choice Only an infinitesim al nu mber of t h e great myriads of s ouls continu ally being born from t h e Divine Natur e ev e r s eek incarnation ; th e y find all the ex perience and wi s dom necessary for their development of self con s cious divinity in the variou s realm s of spir itual activity above the mortal plane But the earth needed the transcendent s oul o f Je s us and the truth in his possession as it need ed tho s e other mighty souls of light Buddha Z oroaster and Krishna w h o bef ore him had compassion on humanity H e felt the love of the Father Mother God within him in s piring him to go to earth and seek for tho s e who were lo s t in the ignorance and sin of the mortal realm ; those soul s who were s o bewildered by the darkness of t h e lower realms that they reinc a rnated over and over and could not seem to find the path whic h led back to the realm s of light . . , ' . , . ’ . ‘ . ' . , , , , , . - , , . M YS T IC 1 82 ORD W S . After the archangel soul of Jesus decided to enter t h e ph ys ical world through human bi r th , he must inv olve his s oul powers and veil the mighty light in hi s possession in order to make him s elf negative enough to come in touch with the lower plane s , and then , after that long period o f involution , he must seek for a suitable birthplace and f or parents who would provide him with mental and phy s ical characteri s tics that would o ffer the least resist ance to the unfoldment o f his soul after it wa s born in the phy s ical body H e found parents with psychic faculties unfolded and mediumi s tic powers developed to the degree that they could see him and be impre s sed by his angelic presence to fulfil l the divine law s o f heredity whereby the be st element s of their nature s were con served for the conception of a child that would have the intense spiritual devotion and aspiration th at the parents had previou s to its conception as the dominant char When we think of the a c t e r ist ic s of its mortal nature m ighty overshadow ing o f the H oly S pirit that radiated from his soul o f the love an d p ow e r focused o n the tiny germ that wa s to grow into a body for his indwell ing and of the angelic company gathered about him , makin g all the subj ective atmosphere luminous with the light of heaven , we do not wonder that the conception o f his body wa s called immaculate T his will become a heavenly world peopled with a gloriou s race o f beings when children are conceived in pure love and th e aspirations o f the parents draw the e m an at io n s o f the angels t o spiritualize all parts of the n at u r e that is to become the soul s instrument for physical expres s ion Parents must be educated in the laws of here dity ; t hey must understand how sacred is their work and what a tremendous power i s theirs to direct by prenatal cultur e t h e future character and destiny o f their children ; that if they want ideal children they must be ideal parent s . . 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MYS T IC When OR W DS 1 83 . parent s fulfill the condition s leading to immaculate c onception by devoted spiritual lives their prayers for s trong and great s oul s will be heard and answered by heaven and tho s e wonderful s ouls in heaven are n o w repelled by the animal like lusts of w ho h umanity will be attr act e d t o enlightened parents bring ing to the world a wisdom and power that will in a ugurate the golden age But souls incarnate can gain dominion over the law o f h eredity by understanding that their true and most powerful self i s of God , by faith in thi s Christ within by d enying those limiting qualities derived from mortal p arents an d aflir min g the divine attributes of the soul which they wish to bring into c o nscious expression Every soul is wonderful in its inner divine attributes be it o f little or great power in the expression of t h o se a ttribute s , and even a young s oul m ay by devotion to G o d draw a power into expression that would shame mightier s oul s that are s 1m ply drifting in the currents o f mortal pleasure , , - ' , . , . , ' . P R AY E R OF P R AI S E . Let us commune with the White Maj estic Presenc e Let us turn t o the light and love Divine the o f ou r G o d first cause o f all things in the visible universe C ome let us turn ou r thoughts to the Infinite On e t hrough whose laws every form has its existence and e very beauty o r beautiful thing derives its expression We give praise to the Father th at within th e outer is the inner realm We praise Him that the mind o f man is given a perceptible understanding o f that realm , through powers invisible yet palpable T hrough these powers 0 F ather thou hast made humanity aware of its divine i nheritance , . , . , , . . . . , . , M YS TI C 18 4 W OR W DS . who art the R ul e r o f s pirit s , ha st giv e n t h e ay f or thine earthly children to gain a knowledge o f e now attest the power o f min ister immortal thing s ing s pirit s in the f ulfillment o f the Providenc e o f God e n ow know that in the C athedral upon the alta r i s at thi s time kindled t h e fi re of a s piration which bringeth u s even now clo s e to the I nner S hrine where t h e Q u e n c h le ss Flame i s burning e know that through the period of s ilence whil s t w e ar e alone with thee , thou Ab s olute and Mighty O ne , w e ar e again pa ss ing through the Q uen chle ss Flame that w ill con s ume more and more the dr o ss that t h e pure gold m ay manifest Glory to T h e e , 0 T hou Mo st H igh e k now that it i s not to the vi s ible but to the invisi ble we must turn , the Invi s ible and Eternal, for we hav e learn e d that the k ingdom of the S pirit and the require ment s of the S pirit are to u s the mo s t potent e know , 0 Father that Light and Life are in t h e R ealm o f S pirit , that t h e sen s e s are not required t o perceiv e s pi r itual things but only to demonstrate the truth s pe r c e iv e d by the s oul ; they are but v e hicle s o f e x pres s ion fo r the S pirit e know that the R e alm o f S pirit has it s own law s A s li ght i s t h e law o f life s o T h y love i s t h e o f e x i stence light of the s oul and the light of T h y S pirit govern s all All prai s e to T hee , T hou I n fi nit e L ov e T hou , . . W W . , W . . W . W W . , . , . . . THE D IVI NE PE R S O NAL I T Y . idea of per s onality is natural to human k ind ; it i s woven in the consciou s ne ss o f all human live s T hat which we value mo st when we read biographie s e enj o y revelation o f per s onality or hi story is t h e Th e . . W M YS T I C 18 6 O D W R S . demand upon the infinite to provide a necessary step in the unfoldment o f the soul T h e ideals o f humanity are grouped about the pe r s o n alit y o f God ; s alvation dwell s with this per s onality T h e prop hets f ore s aw S uch ha s been the teaching of age s the person who was to come to dispense s alvation With pre s cient vision they s aw the trend of human evolution ” “ T h e Lord will come and dwell among you and s aid : On e voiced the feeling o f many hearts when s he “ exclaimed : Oh I am glad , my heart is full of j oy that he , my S avior my God my F ather 1s revealed to me a s a per s onality a living being n o t as a principle or a doctrine , but a living being that I c an cling to with the s usceptibility o f spirit touch that I c an enfold in my arm s o f love and trust , that I can realize in the depth o f my consciousness as a good and great and divine reality, more to me than any other could be He is my ” S avior Every religion th at has ga m ed any large following in the world has had a divine person ality as it s central power T here have been many doctrine s taught for the acceptance o f humanity that have not been succe ssful because the teacher was not the light that he taught It requires a mighty soul to promulgate a religion that will s urvive the cycles of change Its every prec ept must have been inspired by a soul afl am e with the love of God Only that which is real can last Every race ha s had its light T o each race ha s a Lord soul appeared to guide it in the way of truth and life eternal And in the fulne ss of tim e there came the Lord o f Lords and King of Kings to plant the s eed of a kingdom of love and wisdom that should have no end Now the dawn of that kingdom is at hand the glorious knowledge of the Lord of life i s beginning to cover the e arth and he s hall b ecome the central luminary o f light . . . . . ‘ , , , , , , , . . . . . . . . - . . , MYS T IC O D W R S 187 . love for all souls o n earth as well as for those in h eaven When we think over the life history o f Christ o u r beloved Master back o f all the events shines out clearly , yea vividly the MAN in hi s gre atness and power T h e c ry s tallization of wisdom the gentle a n d love lv one whom we c an lay hold of with the grasp of a great consciousness 2 His love and satisfaction will come to us if we obey th “ recious loving words seek me and ye shall find me p In his life his actions his very words he has left s o much of himself In his words he is always living and ” “ I But O h , it came from him with c oncrete ; it is always a con s ciousness o f his maj esty of his right to speak thu s Y ea he could spe ak thus o f himself for he was a gr eat and wondrous personality He reveale d the truth and the t ruth would n ot be o f so much value without him , it s personator behind it H is was fre e self devotion t o great and divine ideas His was a state o f perfect faith that comes by works comes through the unfoldment o f self the aw akening o f the soul s divinest qualitie s and t h e harmonio us development o f all its powers to the high I t is n o t only the memory o f the past , the e st degree historical Christ, that st ands o u t from his teaching of t ruth harmony and power but the wondrous C hrist who T his ou r C hrist is not only a vivid and is still alive c herished memory o f the p a st but is living still T here is no place where God is n ot We ar e akin to him in unio n with him and this unity underlies all nature He is as near us to day as when he taught and wrought h is miracl e s His tender heart is throbbing still for us His dear fac e is still turned toward us H e is a tan gi ble presence We can draw clos e to him fo r he is a risen a n d immut a ble C hrist in o u r lives the s ame forever and forever His resurrection is the symbol of the resurrection o f the living C hrist in us o u r hope o f glory an d . , , . , , . . , , , , . . . , 0 , , . - . , . , ’ , . . , , . , . , . , , . - . . . . , , . , . W OR M YS T I C 18 8 DS . Know you hi s will and do it by s triving to uncove r the divine and eternal within T hough your s oul m ay b e compassed about by the actualiti e s of mortality you can call on C hrist the Ma s ter, who can s et yo u free through Y ou can b e t au gh t of t h e love, through univer s al lov e brotherhood o f mankind which will awaken you to a k nowledge o f your relation s hip not only with the few bu t with all Acknowledge your onenes s with all, that yo u may receive truth from every o n e , of e very degree o r s tation in the boundle ss univer se and then yo u will enter the divine state o f mind and r e ali z e thi s wonderful unity in which yo u find God , where from the depth o f your spirit you may fall at the feet of the H oly O ne and find life lif e in greater mea s ure, where you will realiz e the unbroken pre s enc e of your Lord and Master who could not die but i s s till with you H e s peaketh to you from the other s id e o f C alva r y C an you not feel that h is is an uninterrupt e d and continuou s presence ' H e is s till with you now an d “ evermore for ha s he not said, Lo , I am with you alway s , ” even unto the end of the world ' Doe s there not come from the depths of your soul “ ” t h e cry : O h my S avior, my h e art shall be thine ' T hrough his t e aching have you not become arou s ed to t h e s piri t ual awakening o f the inner and divine m an , to tha t great con s ciousnes s o f the unity o f lif e which gives yo u faith in humanity ' T hu s you realize that men are noble and divine in soul here and now and that they belong t o the o n e infinite Good . ' . . , ' , . . , , . CHR I ST IS Y OU R H O PE OF GL OR Y . Y ou are A wonderful path stretche s out b e fore you walking into the arm s of a glorious destiny a s a s on of the living G o d Y our soul is part of the great soul o f C hri st , one with the in fi nite S oul and lives in the ocea n . ‘ . ORD W MYS T I C 1 90 S . it i s in the deep silence of the human s pi rit that t h e mount o f peace is att ained Listen to t h e voice which cometh in tuneful whispe r s from the magic portals of the cathedral from the midst of the glory o n the altar o f you r soul life fo r it is the voice of your C hri s t that will lead you T o reach this fair truth , to reach the glori fi ed love o f the Chri st , you must cast aside all dross and earthline s s ; be willing to climb any height or walk through any thorny path to sit at H i s feet Be alone as much as you c an with God , f olded in t h e silence of His breast Y our heart i s almost s till for t h e brooding pinions of divine love and divine peace ar e enfolding you In this calm the soul abide s in the j oyfu l con s ciou s ness o f its divine inheritance fo r . , , . . . . . TH E ME D I A T OR . , “ T hou shalt love the Lo r d voice of wisdom says : the manifesting God thy God with all thy heart mind ( ) soul and strength How much do you love the T ruth ' Do you l ove G o d with a more inten s e a ffection than that which binds yo u to children parents o r any relationship , s o that if t h e T ruth called you away from all these you would n ot hesi tate to follow it ' H as the love for God grown s o stron g within your heart that the attractions of the world the pleasure s o f the sen s es and the amusements of mortal ~ mind are less real t o yo u than the j oy of s piritual com munion with God the Father ' ith Jesus love f or the Father was the all abso rb ing passion that held His whole mind in devotion an d ben t every energy in service for the Father H o w close a follower are you of His perfect example o f perfe ct love and devotion ' From earliest childhood H e had been listening t o t h e Th e , , . , , ' . W , . W O MYS T IC RD S 19 1 . voice of His soul and thinking only of His Father It will need j ust such earnestness and faithfulness o n the part o f any devotee who wishes to realize the s a me ex alted consciousness of the Father that Jesus realized . . “ H ow can I love G o d w h o But we hear the answer : has no form or place o r imaginable reality, except a s a principle ' How can I worship a mathematical principle ' ' How can I adore the vine o n my wall a s God I can love my friend s o r my child bec ause they are real t o me ; they are concrete ; they are obj ect s of attraction My lov e crave s an intelligent obj ect upon which I may be stow it S how me the form o f the S upreme Being that my wor s hip ” and love may find expression T h e Father has provided fo r all the needs of His growing children T h e universal Father has individu al iz e d Him s elf as souls an d He is presen t in each and every soul But there are young souls and old souls , soul s developed and undeveloped And among the mighty souls of G o d there st ands the On e who most powerfully and perfectly reve als the Father in organized form , w h o by right o f His superior love and wisdom is given t o b e the shepherd of God s sheep the guide o f evolving s ouls —Jesu s Christ . . . . , . . ’ , . “ He that hath s een Me hath seen the Father . “ If a man love Me he will keep My words ; And my Father will love him , And We will come unto him And make Ou r abode with him , , . “ N0 on e cometh to the Father but by Me . In the Hindu S criptures the voice of the Lord G o d “ speaks the same truth H ard the travail is for whoso bend their minds t o reach the Unmanifes t T hat viewles s path shall scarce be trod by man bearing his flesh But whereso any doeth all his deeds , renouncing s elf in Me . . . , MYS T IC 1 92 ORD W S . o f Me , fix e d to s e rve only the H ighe st , night and day — n M mu s ing o him w ill I s wi ftly li ft f orth from lif e s e ocean o f di stress and death whose s oul clings fa st to Me C ling thou to Me ' C la s p Me with heart and mind ' S o ”— s hall thou dwell s ecurely with Me o n high S ong C elestial O u r physical s un i s a mighty radiator of electric and ’ magnetic energy T h e vibration s o f the s un s energy by their friction with the electric and magnetic currents generated from our planet , cause the vibrations which we ” “ As below so above hat s ense as heat and light ever w e se e o n the phy s ic al plane ha s it s analogy in t h e spiritual part o f God s nature fo r the one law o f att r ac t ion operates alike on all plane s T here i s a gre at center of r adiating power in the Divine Mind like o u r physical sun and the Vibrations o f the great spiritual S u n are s ensed by spiritual beings a s lo ve and wisdom T his powerful center of intelligent life is the parent o f all spiritual entities , a s the physic al s u n is the source o f all life and growt h to physical forms O u r planet was originally part Of the s ub stance o f the s un , therefore we can s peak of the sun as the father of the planets and all forms on the planets In like manner all souls are of the life and substance of the spiritual S u n o f eternal life ; therefore the S u n o f h e aven is the Father o f our spiritual nature and the perpetual inspiration and s trength o f our s ouls T h e radiating glory of this maj esti c Presence of t h e Father fills all space and s ustains all substance with His immortal power and ever seeks to satisfy the needs of t h e soul giving life in endless abundance T his divine S u n of righteousness is mentioned in all the Bibles of the world and all the sages and prophets whether Hebrew Persian or Hindu , have worshipp e d this n o olden orbed S u of G d g Jesus Christ is identical with the S u n of love and full ’ . . . . . , . 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OR D W MYS T I C 194 S . their heart s that the angel s o f God could gain wi s dom by listening to their in struction T hey have closed up thei r spiritual facultie s o f reverenc e and devotion as heredi tary remnant s of the 1g n o r an c e o f the race Believin g that they need look no higher than s elf for the bread o f life they mistake the desire s of the mortal s elf f or t h e a s piration s and intuition s of the soul Amativeness ambition , acquisitivenes s and approbativenes s grow s tron g and gain dominion s o that their thought i s entire ly centered in the thing s o f thi s world T hey do not believe it nece ss ary to g1v e year s a s Je s u s did , to meditation and devotional communion with the Father because they believe that their attitud e of holding them s elve s a s being already in ful lest oneness with the Father is s u fii c ie n t to accomplish for them what Je s u s accomplished fo r Himself and humanity Ah ' but there i s a va s t di fference between their intel lectual conc eption s of truth and the S pirit of T rut h reali z ed by Jesu s A s difl e r e n t as the light of the moon and the glory of the s un T hey w ill be obliged to f ollow in H i s footstep s of renunciation and perpetual devotion bef ore their soul s will awaken and begin to woo the powe r o f the H oly S pirit T h e soul is G o d potentially but no matter how great an incarnate soul may be it requires the power o f an awakened soul to draw o u t and develop its latent powers Je s u s had attained to a mightier power o f soul organiz a tion previou s to incarnation than any other soul in heave n o r o n e arth nevertheless it required thirty years of cease less devotion and much retirement from contact with mortal mind to allow the ministering power of the Holy f o pirit to develop His mind and body to that high pitch S s pirituality that He attained in order th at the pure spirit e His soul might have a fit instrument in which to vibrat of its mighty tone of love and life . . , . , , . , . ' ’ . - . . , , . ~ , , . O D W MYS T IC R S 95 . As long a s thoughts o f self an d of the thing s o f the w orld are dominant in the mind , the mind is in touch only with the mortal vibration of the earth plane It is con s t an t ly dr awing that qualit y o f vibration o f which it is in the habit of thinking It may say over and over ” “ I am the love of G o d but unless it is li fted o u t o f the mortal sphere o f thought at the same time and feels the love o f God while thinking the thought, it has no more e ffect than any intellectual exercise Th e soul inc arn ate yearns fo r communion and c o n tact with the awakened souls o f the heav e nly spheres It needs t o be kept in touch by love and devotion with the immortal glory o f the awakened state of souls that it may drink o f the waters o f life and be resurrected into the consciousness o f powers that belonged to it in it s heavenly home All souls need the continual baptism of the Holy S pirit which comes in the name o f the C hrist to lead the soul into the fullness of truth T h e ministering power of the Holy S pirit is an organized power T h e Father is forever organizing His power into individual forms of expression T here is no expre s sion except through org aniz ation His electric an d magnetic power is expressed to us through the org anized form o f o u r physical sun Intelligence is expressed through the organization of br ain cells And the life an d power o f God are expressed t o the he avenly world o f souls through the organization of the divine centr al S u n T h e mighty waves from this celestial center are still further modified and transmitted to inc arn ate souls by the minis te ri ng power of the Holy Spirit which is org anized of the wise an d mighty souls that have att ained to the angeli c and archangelic state Jesus Christ is the supreme Master a n d guiding power bec ause in His ow n being o f this mighty host of souls He embodies all that has been realized o f the absolute . 7 . , . . , , . , , . . . . . . . , ' . , M YS T I C 196 OR W DS . eternal God H e i s nothing le ss than God per s oni fi ed in highe s t and mightie s t degree T h e Father hath given all thing s into H i s hand s H e watches over and guide s the evolution of soul s a s the s hepherd watches over the “ ay, o u r T ruth s heep H e is our and our Life No ” man cometh t o the Father but by Me Metaphy s icians m ay think they ar e independent o f the C hri s t and s u ffic ient unto themselve s but all that they reali z e o f the power of God i s the manife s tation of the ministering S pirit of the C hri s t sphere T h e y have testi fie d that s ome o f their greate st healing wa s accomplished It wa s the con w hen they were making the lea st e ffort s ciou s , active power of the H oly S pirit out s ide of their individuality, using them merely a s a connecting ow n lin k through which t o come in touch with the patient T h e love and blessing o f the C hrist and H is ho s t s s ouls are all turned toward humanity o f regenerated T h e world i s flooded with the merciful power of the Father that comes through the C hri st and when metaphy s icians r ecognize this truth of the Mediator who s tands between they will empty them s elve s of u s and the Ab s olute, e goti s m and re s urrect tho s e high faculties o f rev e rence and devotion by which alone the s oul i s linked to God , and they will in their meekne ss and emptine s s of s elf be filled with the redeeming grace o f our Lord and Master Je s u s C hri st an d . . . W . . . , . . . . , . THE P ICT U R E ME T HO D Wth the maj ority . students the mind need s to be trained to s teadiness of attention T here i s no better method than t o take a restful position where the eye s fall naturally upon a picture of the Christ A scene from the life of Christ is helpful in that it brings the mind in close union with the environment in which Je s us live s and i of . . WD MYS T I C 98 OR S . s oul in union with Him thus awakening into H is image and likeness as we grow into the fulne ss o f divine grace T h e picture and the S pirit it repre s ent s become one o f ou r , . in thought and w e realize that He and our F ather and o u r soul are the O n e C onsciousness o f D iv in it y i n div idu aliz ing in di stinct forms A very attractive shrine may be arranged by placing “ a large copy o f H o ffman s T h e ay the T ruth and the ” Life o n an a rtistically draped altar and u s ing a reflector to illuminate the picture T h e impression o f thi s picture on the mind return s always with that quality o f illumination which makes the C hrist appear to the mind as a glorified spiritual reality T h e main thing i s to h ave a satisfactory picture in a good light where the eyes ill rest upon it easily A small pict ure such a s Healing C urrent s contains i s s u fficient for all purposes if the student desire s to think of the Christ T h e picture , no matter h ow good is but an imperfect symbol that the mind idealize s until it gains a more vivid conception o f the great spiritual re ality for which it stan ds As I write this I can look as it were into His illuminated Face and feel the s ubstance of my soul vibrate with the tone o f life that the recognition of His presence always awakens It i s a great ple a sure to sit down before His pictured Presence and rest in the realization of H i s omnipresent S pirit Immediately the mind turn s toward the symbol the s oul through a law o f tel e pathy becomes en rapport with His S pirit and receive s o f the j oy and brightnes s that stream from His mighty S oul of L ove T his soul communion may not be apparent to the senses o f the student fo r s ome time but with practice the s piritu al life within become s stronger until even the nerves feel somewhat o f the glory that is shining within the soul s ” “ sanctuary S ometime s to look and live , resting in faith in the unse e n and unfelt S pirit which the picture S ome students in their symbolizes will be enough ou r , . 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W O D MYS T IC R S 199 . nxiety to be doing something in their desire to realize immediately wh at c an only come to them after much f aith overre a ch the m ark and miss the pleasure a n d culture the enjoyment of which t h at is within their reach w ill o f itself be the next step in their development So the mood o f the moment must be entered into an d the most m ade o f it T here will be times when peace will enter the mind of the student as he looks upon the Glorified O n e a n d draws deep breaths o f His ra di a nt atmosphere The li ght o f peace dissolves the d arkness and discord o f mate r ialit y He breathes into the soul an d it becomes a living s oul conscious o f His he aling life an d power within itself Again the mind will formulate thoughts o f praise t o Him a s the representative o f the b e n e fic e n t Will that desires to give all good gift s to His children an d the mind will be ex alted in pr aising Him unt il it seems t o so ar in the realms o f light T h e use o f a picture in this w ay will serve to bring all the straggling thoughts of the mind into the o n e Presence where they will be purified and illu m i F aith is developed an d He seems a more real n at e d recipient o f o u r prayers We c an feel as living forces within o u r soul the firm ations that he made o f unity with the Father and af with us We c an feel Him speaking the words o f truth in o u r soul As we think o f His words of life they become incarn ated in us and quickened by His S pirit into a ctive powerful soul energy We c an look into His f a ce and make strong afirm at io n s o f truth th at are more vital more devotional and p artake more o f Divinity b ecause we feel the unity of o u r soul with Him in this holy communion And then , as we look into His com p assion ate eyes we feel His S pirit o f love for humanity a n d unite with Him in blessing our enemies o u r friends a n d the whole world of s u fie r in g mort als with His S pirit o f love which we have with Him direct from the Father Mother G o d a , , , . . . . , . , , . , . . . . . , , . , , . MYS T IC 2 00 D E VO T I O NA L DS . CO MMUN IO N . o f the Father : T hou a n n o in t e d of the Mystic Logos : T hou through whom the Father s poke in voice of tenderest lov e an d compas s ion to pain bound humanity : I bow before the maj esty and glory o f T h y soul O h God I am thrilled with the conception of T h y wonderful , wonderful personality hat a privilege to be able to conceive of T hee in the grandeur and beauty — o f T h y divine character to bow in imagination before T h y sublime image of grac e and love , and to realiz e that God wa s made manifest through T h y personality And — h h f T then t o reali z e t e nobility o life that life Th y y o f s ublime simplicity is the life all should live—that it i s po ss ible for all to live in clo s e communion with the Father Mother God ; to be so r a di ant with the D ivinity that flashes now within the l ife o f o u r souls t h at we each one shall like T hee make God manifest in the — m flesh Oh glorious destiny for ankind and we may begin to reap it now T hou soul o f G o d, that didst sacrifice the bliss of life in the highest heaven to show the troubled soul s in earth how to live : T hou who wert an archangel o f wisdom and power living in the Presence of the Mystic Wing s of ’ — o f Glory willing to leave all heaven s j oys even t h e — blis s of the supreme abode for a lowly birth in this dark valley of su ffering and woe , revealing in this a s oul of — T o live a life compassion past mortal comprehension like T hine is to be Divine ' T o liv e it in the heart ; to feel the s ame great compassion for humanity ; to have T h y spirit o f wor s hip and devotion , that kept T h y thought continually with the Father ; to have such wisdom an d to be so meek ; this it is t o be Divine B elieving in Th y wonderful person ality ; knowing Oh Chri st OR W , T hou an n o in t e d ‘ - . , . W . - , , . . , . WD MYS T IC 2 02 OR S . T h e righteous s hall s hine f orth as t h e word s of Je s us : ” s un in the kingdom of their Father I cannot begin to tell of the wor k and power of the s e divine souls in the cele s tial s pheres ; o f their age long devotion to God and humanity ; of the wi s dom they have gai n ed ; and the position they hold a s archangel s of God , executors o f the Will o f God And why s hould I be granted the blessing o f their presence and the c o operation o f their thought and wisdom ' T h e answer would be a soul history reaching back into the distant past S u fii c e it to s ay that it is a reward to the s oul — not to me a s a personality for patient a n d weary work f or humanity, covering hundreds o f years in the history My s oul , in whatever sphere o f a ction , o f the soul life ha s always worked to promulgate truth , has alway s worked for the glory o f C hrist and always will And wh at were these mighty souls doing here ' Why were they standing with bowed heads ' T hey were pray ing ' Y es I rep e at it , they were asking the aid of On e — L greater than themselve s pr ayin g to Je s us Jehovah for a special blessing upon their chela (pupil) and the work he is striving to do for humanity And as I lay there senses asleep in the body but spiritual perception awake , I saw their prayers answered An emanation from the C hrist came toward me and as it entered the atmosphere of earth it appeared s oftly luminous with the light of His S pirit It was alive with the thought of the C hrist, and while it remained sus pended in the atmosphere above my body, from it poured continuou s shower of brilli a nt o u t into my soul life a diamond sparks of s piritual power T h e soul was uplifted an d thrilled with the ecstacy of the divine blessing , and the body wa s harmonized with the life o f heaven “ . - . . . . ‘ , . , . . . . W O D MYS T I C R MEDI T A T I ON “ S 2 03 . W . My Father, who led me in thi s ay S till f arther the ay will show I And He who taught me in thi s T ruth , ' Still more will make me know ” W , , , . In my hours o f silence and in all periods of my life I have something wonderful to lean upon —the Almighty Arm o f G o d , , , . Th e ple asures of the world the associations of worldly friends ar e as nothing to me for all their per suasive gilded folly would hide t h e Almighty Arm fro m the sight o f the inter i or life In the world there is strife and tribulation T h e minds of mortals are continu ally di sturbed T hey do not seek for the S pirit that can c omfort their sorrows an d harmoniz e their disturbances an d T hey are ever seeking new give them pe a ce pleasures and f ailing to find the permanent source of soul joy I h ave traveled the w ay o f mort als an d s u fie r e d defeat but in the p ath o f the immortals I find s uccess and const a nt poise I le an o n God s Arm in the hours o f silence in c losest union with Him T hrough these holy hours of s oul communion I am inspired with the highest truth and my interior vision penetr ates to the secrets of the divine T hrough this soul unfoldment I am able to n ature utter truths th at ar e self creative and as I send the m forth into the world they glow in the hearts of those who accept them with a tr anscendent glory fo r they are alive with the life of the S pirit T hese soul born truths fill their minds with brilli ant spiritual sunshine T hrough s tudy o f these truths they gain an a dded soul intell igence which inspires their minds an d fil ls their bodies with vit alizing force T hus as they g ain the perception o f the living force o f etern al truth an d live in close conformity , , , , . . . . . . , . ’ . . - , , , - . , . , . MY S T I C 2 04 OR W DS divine principle s , do they p r olong their live s and gai n health and freedom T hrough close communion with the Father , Je s u s C hrist became the manifest son s hip of the G o d Head, and his devotion gave him the power that e nabled him to heal the sick in body and mind H e wa s alive in the conscious recognition o f th e H oly S pirit My true recog n it io n o f t h e H oly S pirit within and emanating f rom all enlightened s ouls , bring s my mind in touch with it, and its touch is health A s I meditat e on Jesu s , the an n o in t e d of the Father —the C hrist—m y thoughts come in contact with his immortal mind an d feel the thrill of t h e s oul electricity that emanates from hi s presence My s oul rec eive s a charge from the mighty potency of H is glorifi e d s oul and through him I become the s onship o f G od made manifest As I more and more fully recognize that all power is the ’ power of the Holy Spirit and from my soul s depths i n i v s f I feel the thrills ower that o p g g p Jesus felt and reali z e that being o n e with Him I s hall grow stronger and s tronger in the e xer c l s e o f the Holy Jesus recogniz ed fully the nature of the Mother S pirit hood o f God and knew that God had given him t h e Holy H is S pirit, the quickening power , the health elixir character became s o fully transformed by this S pirit into the nature o f a s on of God , that he breathed out f rom his personality the elixir o f spirit ual health that healed tho s e who came into s ympathetic touch with him ment ally or physicall y When I am pure in heart I am strong with the strength of the Immaculate On e I am living the life of a s o n of God when all my thou ghts and f eelings are inspired with the Mother lov e and tenderne ss o f the S pirit I am a soul growing toward Divinity and supreme divine S onship to . - . . , . . . w m , . , . . . . . ' WD MYS T I C 2 06 ’ OR S . H e a s ked the Father fo r that which was mo st e ss en tial that which hi s soul craved t h e food which would “ nouri s h and build a divine character Glorify me T hi s wa s hi s inward prayer not fo r worldly glory o r fame but f or that Glory which i s the E ss ence o f Divinity And the Father glori fi ed him Divine T hought clothed him as , , . . , , . . with a garment . it' it Jesus obeyed the I the true Ego in himself T hi s H e lived e xalted hi s mind to the innermost state o f bli ss s o clo s e t o the gloriou s I that he wa s ever ready t o obey its promptings T h e flesh o f the man wa s t r an sfig u r e d with the glory of the I the R eal S elf T h e I Am Power i s the omnipotent O n e and bring s s weet rest and peace to all who live clo s e to i t and obey it s voice o f wisdom S trive to open your eyes to the beauty of your o w n s oul , the I , the inward S pirit t hat can h eal and save if you recogni z e it as G o d in yo u and live up to its idea Labor to overcome unbelief that you m ay enter int o the rest of G od where all activity is in s pired by the bliss o f Being Be constant in prayer and in aflir m in g the truth until you live only in and under its power C ontemplate the power of Love in the works o f Jesu s the C hrist and desire 0 so much to be like him to expres s healing love for the alleviation o f su ffering and to be free from the binding ch ains o f mortal thought His was a free unchained mind that used the body as an obedient instrument in the Father s work T he S pirit of almighty God in him gave him his ability an d strength And yo u too can have great ability if you will study and think of his work Make this a life study and i ll ou w row in faith and divine e ciency f fi g y g T h e real G o d S pirit must be alive in you if you woul d , . . . . , . . ‘ , . . , , , , , . , ’ . . , , . s . O D W MYS T IC R S 2 07 . do even a part of the work s that he did As you study his life and become united by love an d faith with hi s mighty S oul he will endow you with strength and power to do his work Hold his personified Presence before your mind C ast fear a side an d worship him with love who stands in the Presence o f the Majesty o n high , who is that Majesty personified Im a gine his countenance shining as the sun in it s strength with wisdom and divine tenderness , hi s face aglow with love an d kindnes s toward yo u and his form the very brightness o f the Father s glory radiating the f o that springs from his heart Love as feel s and e o h jy expresses t o you the kindness of God T urn t o the great high priest in the heavens Jesus the S o n o f God He can be touched with the feeling o f your in fir m it ie s for he was tempted in all things yet remained without sin He s ees his devotees and hear s their pr ayers for their minds ar e n ake d an d open before the deep searching gaz e o f his soul sight Draw near therefore with confidence to the throne of grace that yo u may obtain mercy and find his favor in time o f need He is abund antly able to provide the divine ele ments that you require If you l a ck cour age o r faith he will li ft yo u up an d bre athe his faith into your being He will hold you in his strength an d enable you to do his work wisely and well But yo u will need e a ch moment to abide in him if yo u desire t o feel and radiate his kindness O nly by entering into communion with him will you gain his power to heal for his he aling was the Divine touch T hrough him the F ather s love spanned the gulf o f ignorance and unbelief and touched humanity with the health that the angels know . , . ‘ . . , , , ’ , . , . , , . , ' . . , . . . . , ’ . . M YS T I C 2 08 W OR DS . cannot s uccessfully lead a spiritual life separate from him Y our s elf mu st become s ub s ervient and liv e under the controlling influence o f the Divine S pirit Y o u need his help t o enable you to become a s trong , pure character Y our will mu st choo s e him Y ield every purpose of your heart to him O bey him i f you desire a life s o full of his glory that your face will s hine with joy Y our life and your face will s h ine with the glorious reflection of his presence within , and m any in looking into your f ace will For you are hi s , and your o f the jo y of your life become like an overflowing stream o f breadth and Y ou lay your life at hi s f eet Y ou are ab him in all thing s Y our heart yields itself in o f love to him Y ou r w ill become s his will , and when you ar e wholly dedicated to him he will transfu s e hi s life through your being He will s prinkle you with the clear wat e r of life and you will be t r uly baptiz ed H e i s your great deliverer, able to meet all your spiritual need s H i s everla sting love enf olds and heal s Y ou . . . . . . . . . . , . . . u o y . On still s urf ac e of your obedient mind hi s hand th e will write the work for you to do if you have given your s elf to him unconditionally, and turned all the force s of your nature to serve his purpose T hrough your positive thought s and inten s ity of devotion , you will have traced your purpo s e in the heaven s you will have written it in letter s o f light in the Mind , . , of G od . Y ou make your vows to him Y ou pray to enter more clo s ely an d con s ciously into the divine relationship with him , and lo he bends toward you with listening ear, and in that preciou s moment the stillness i s sublime I n the “ deep s ilence he whisper s to you , H e that overc ometh ” s hall inherit all things . , . . MY S T IC 2 10 OR W con formity in lif e and conduct to S pirit DS . th e will of hi s guidin g . L i sten for hi s voice in your s oul It i s s o s o ft in it s “ ” whisper s that it s s ound of gentle stillne ss i s not s o much heard a s a voice a s it i s f elt or known a s a penet r ating i nt uition Keep the ears of your mind open f or the po s i tive thinking o f God Y our very high thou ght s w ill write s omething of moment on the subj ective record and become e stabli s hed . . . in the mind of the world T h e thinking of mortal s in th e world is negative and doe s not conform to the high w isdom and beauty o f t h e Y o u do not de s ire to li ve by it o r put your f aith G o d idea in it, f or your faith is now place d in the enriching fulne s s ’ o f God s perfect truth Y our s oul is the true church the place for the abidin g o f divine thought , thought so high and pure that t h e C h r ist in your life can make your s oul hi s throne T hu s with t h e redeeming C hrist identi fi ed with your inmo s t s el f, t h e w ay lie s open fo r you to k now 5 11 high s piritual truth for in him are the trea s ure s of wi s do m I n time you will gain a perception of the absolute unity o f God and his nature , and feel yourself included in that bli ss ful unity When the Chri s t i s in perfect union with your inmo s t life , you will discov e r the point wher e God s life blend s with your life , where the Divine bec ome s manifest in you H e is your strength and the light of his truth i s your wisdom flowing into your consciou s mind a s an intuitive knowing All your faith is placed in him and he ha s become your righteou s ne ss Y our spirit i s not isolated from that universal S pirit of which you are a limited form T h e holy inward rece ss is the place where God divides himself but he doe s not grow less in thi s holy division , for soon through thi s unity the higher self will live con s tant . - . . , . ' , . . ’ . , . . . , MYS T IC W ORD S 2 11 . to the quality of the C entral Divine Flame F o r then you a s an e mbodied soul will have overcome, as C hrist overcame ; your soul will h ave been lifted into the light , and body mind and s o ul will be glorified Whether you are living at that time in thi s world o r in o n e more spiritual , your seemingly isolated self will stand in the blissful con s ciousne s s of the S upreme and proclaim . , . I AM A FLA ME O F E T E R NAL L OVE . APPENDI X . A ME D I C A L E ST I MA T E O F P R A YE R . At the recent annual m e eting o f the Briti s h Me dic al A ss ociation a testimony wa s given to the therapeutic valu e o f prayer which s hould be recorded over again s t t h e s keptical view s of some s cienti st s Dr T heodore B H y slop , S uperintendent of B et hle m R oyal H ospital, ha s a reputation a s a speciali s t in neurology and in the treat ment of mental di s ea se which add s weight to hi s word s “ As an alieni s t and one who s e whole life ha s been con cerned with the su fl e r in gs o f the mind , I would state that o f all hygienic mea s ure s to counteract disturbed s leep , depre ss ed s pirit s , and all the mi s erable sequels of a di s tre s sed mind , I would undoubtedly give the fir st plac e to ” It matter s not, in Dr t h e s imple habit o f prayer ’ ’ H yslop s view s , what are one s theological conception s — anthropomorphic or rationalistic of the in fi nite environ ment with which prayer attempt s to commune ; the e ffect “ i s t h e s ame : Let there but be a habit of nightly co m munion , not a s a mendicant or repeater of word s mor e adapted to the tongue of a s age, but a s a humble individual who submerge s or a ss ert s hi s individuality as an integr al part of a greater whole S uch a habit doe s more to clean the s pirit and strengthen the s oul to ove r come mere 1n c1 dental emotionalism than any other therapeutic agen t ” k nown to me ’ Dr H yslo p s competence to speak in the name of s cienc e i s unque stionab le, and what he a ffirms as a di s c ove r y o f medical s cience is identical with the immemorial f aith of religion , that th e re i s a place for prayer in t h e . . . . . 212 . . . M I ND Instruction by ults of T he A noble r C U LT U RE res A W DEVO E LTER this te aching are nge r characte r and st ro . A Re ne w ed A h e althie r v igor ndition of ul e a c f e p and conte nte d m ind and body in all activitie s t h e body, m anife st in m i nd . . leare r com ple xion a brighte r e ye and a gre ate r de gre e of att ractive ne ss through th e de v elopm e nt of pe rsonal m agnetism of co c , . Priv ate in s tru c tio n g iv e n daily C o n s u ltatio n by app o in tm . C o n s u lt ati o n fe e o n ly . 5 WAL T E R E as t 46 th S tre e t , C h ic ag o, I ll 19 e nt D EV O E ° . 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Patie n ts be n e fit re c e iv e kn o w t h at t re at m whe n th e y do e ve n no t T he u se o f be in g giv e n h in dranc e t o th e sile nt influ e nc e t are en s . n s is n o a h i c a l m s e p y e c t e d by t h e h e ale r t o t h e pat ie n t o f t h o u h t pro j g E v e ry sic k pe rso n o u gh t to h av e h e alin g s u gge s tio n s po u re d in to h is s u b c o ns c io u s m in d T his m e tho d . - . an d s W ve s sa e x pe n se t fo r te rm s ri e u ffe rin g . to W AL T E R D E V O E 5 E ast 4 6 S t 19 C hic ago I ll , . w ll k ow uth ority i m di l ir l i h i book P y h o T h r py a k owl dg th v lu f b t tr tm t i th ur f di word T h r i di puti g th f t th t t h o who h v giv i th bj t f t l p th y tt tiv th ough t a d p ti t i v tigatio h av b om th o vi d fit t th d pr ti bili ty My w xp ri h giv m w I k ow th t i om w y though t mi tt d from i g o vi tio b tr o iou mi d t o th r ; d I h v good r o t b li v th t it b tr o iou mi d f th p r ipi t m itt d mor for ibl y a d fu ll y t th u fi d H vin g b om o i d b t tr tm t pr ti all y th ugg tio i g r l I i t vibr tio rry th th ough t am fo ti g t th m i d b i g h d th rough t h audi tory i p l i l g g t th p ti t— I t i rv wh il i th o th r vibr io b r th though t i gr ph i im g xi ti g b tw mu h l ik th diff r wir d r i l t l gr ph y t th d ugg tio f uri g b y ugg tio F orm rl y I l ugh d i d ri io I l ugh d g i t th l im th t ugg tio oul d b m d t jump gr t h m f p t do th ir work N w I m t o l y w ill i g t dmit th i tifi po ibili ty f bo th b t m h r ty b li v r i th ir pr ti b ility DR S HEL DON L EAV I IT ' . c s ec e su nc e c n n c c n n as s an ua e e c e c e as s o ss n a n s ace n es o a e e e e e nc e e e a , u ene a n at , s n n e a a ea e n n se o ae n o c e a e e c en s e ’ en e ec e un av e r one en on s e o e e an s . ac ns ca c e e e e e a es c a s . . n ca c e c an a c n a e a n ac n en e e n c e s, an s a a c n as n ns e a e ea es no en s e e n e an a ea es e e ca e ence o n es o n n s an c e e s s e e se n e een a . a s o n a s ‘ ea e n e s n on e . ns en c an n sc n acc es s en e o on e ac a e as n nc se n e a e e , c a e o a e nv n c e c n s . o n a e o n an e a a a n o ca e n e s ac n e a an n ec e- e n a a e s no e e en c a o a o an n e a n ne ru ns . s “ e s c e a e e n e es e “ s o o n n sc s e se n s e as e c n e a - a , s a e o a es n , an o ea e sc e n . c De ac ldlfle d us m g the Boo kke e pe r proc e ss Ne u raliz ing age n Magne s m m Oxude Tre a m e n Da e Nov 2004 t t t t t Pre se rvationTe chnologies A W O R L D L EAD E R I N PAPER PR ES E RVAT I O N 111 Th om son Park Dnve C ranbe rry To wns hip PA 16 066 ( 7 24 ) 77 9 2 111 , -