July 4

Science of Mind Magazine Daily Guide for 7/04/08

By Rev. Dr. Ruth Deaton

INDEPENDENCE

Gratitude is a powerful process for shifting your energy and bringing more of what you want into your life.

The Secret

The Mind of man is some part of the Mind of God…it contains within itself unlimited possibility of expansion and self-expression.          

Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind, page 390

TODAY is Independence Day in the United States.  The country's independence came about because of a specific intention of its people to gain it.  The colonies' residents knew that no matter the odds, if they were single-minded about it they would succeed; they set forth a declaration to claim it, and they achieved it.

These same steps are required to gain one's independence from any habitual situation, whether it is insufficient money, poor health, troubling relationships, addiction or another undesirable experience.

First you need to know what you want.  What would independence look and feel like to you?  It helps to write about it, putting color and emotion into the new awareness of one's independence.  Paraphrasing Ernest Holmes, we should stay with an idea as if it were fulfilled, until it actually is.  We know good is happening invisibly, through our attitude and thought.  Continually giving thanks for your good helps to speed it along.  Claim your independence with vigor and joy.

affirmation

Freedom is priceless.  I am free to choose independence as my experience today.  I keep my focus on my good.

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365 Tao (by Deng Ming-Dao) # 185

Flame

                   Enter the cavern with its
                   Walls of tangled strands.
                   Find the living flame
                   That burns on blood.

The brain is a physical object that generates mental energy.  It is a tangle of strands, an unknowable, dense web.  It is a mass of emotions, memories, instincts, reactions, and thoughts.  Whatever comes into its scope of awareness is channeled through its dark core.  Energy sparks through at speeds faster than lightning, but still, there are many areas that lie dormant, unused, nearly petrified with age.

With the proper methods, we can enter into the center of the brain.  Metaphorically speaking, this area is like a cavern with a subterranean river running through it.  That river can be kindled with a spiritual spark, and the whole river can be set aflame.  This illumination is spiritual energy.  It can be used to rejuvenate the brain and to supplement the limitations of our normal mental abilities.

Methods that deal with the mind only as a brain will always be limited.  Coping with life only through physical faculties will always fall short of the ultimate answers.  Only through lighting a living fire within ourselves can we dance quickly and spontaneously enough to meet the rhythm of life.

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Science of Mind Daily Guide for 7/4/09
By Rev. Herracia Brewer

SOURCE OR EFFECT?


Proclaim liberty throughout all the land and unto all the inhabitants thereof.
Leviticus 25:10


The law of God is one of liberty and not one of bondage.
The Science of Mind, page 488


TODAY is the 4th of July.  It is the day we Americans celebrate our independence and freedom from Great Britain.  We commemorate this day for the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.  Moreover, it has become a time of deep reflection, introspection, and gratitude.


As independent citizens, we can choose to raise the mantle high for liberty.  Collectively, we can demonstrate the liberty of celebration as a great experiment in a culturally diverse melting pot.

The word “liberty” forms an acronym such as this: Life In Bold Energetic Readiness To Yield.  Fearlessly and triumphantly, we can choose to boldly say YES to Spirit.  There are so many avenues to express our divine potential every day, particularly in this time of our global change and cohesion.


When living life as a bold, energetic readiness to yield, there will be more cognizant opportunities to express ourselves because of our willingness to step aside and observe the flow of life in, through, and around us.  By yielding as a participatory God Agent with a greater reverence for life, freedom, liberty, and potential, we become one with IT.  Life in bold, energetic readiness is an opportunity to give and receive, expand and contract, speak and listen, move forward and rest.  I am thankful that we have these choices in America!

Affirmation
It is my right to choose a personal path.  I will bless each opportunity to yield and reflect on the God Presence without taking this marvelous liberty for granted.

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Daily Word — Saturday, July 4, 2009
World Peace
We are peacemakers, expressing God's love in the world.

Long ago, a man called Johnny Appleseed roamed the wilderness of early America, sowing seeds that grew into apple trees that nourished a young nation. His gentle and kind nature, his generosity and vision, influenced generations.

In our day-to-day contacts with others, we also sow seeds–seeds of love, peace, and understanding. Centering ourselves in God's loving presence, we become ambassadors of peace as we move through the activities of our day.

As we share and express love to others, we spread peace in the world. By demonstrating compassion, wisdom, and understanding, we sow the seeds of peace wherever we go, with whomever we meet.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”–Matthew 5:9

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A Year With Rumi by Coleman Barks