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"Spiritual
understanding will give you a new realization. It will bring you
into a new awareness. You can go home and you can look at the same
people, you can have the same business, do the same work, and yet with
this new realization and understanding, all will appear
transformed. You will not only see everyone differently, but you
will feel differently toward them. Always, as you get new concepts
about life and new ideas about yourself, everything else changes for the
better. ... Right where you are, mind is. Right where you are,
life is. Right where you are, love is, and so are peace, plenty,
wholeness and beauty. So is the rhythm of Life itself. If
you would feel the dance of life within you, you have but to attune
yourself to this rhythm.”
– Dr. Frank Richelieu, The Art Of
Being Yourself
It is very exciting to be entering a new year and a new decade. As
I look back at the past ten years, I marvel at the strength of the human
spirit and the infinite creativity that has been revealed in so many
ways. I am also very encouraged by the numbers of people who are
seeking a greater awareness of their relationship with the Infinite
through web sites like this and others. As Dr. Richelieu states,
"as you get new concepts about life and new ideas about yourself,
everything else changes for the better," and this is absolutely
true for each and every one of us. Nothing increases the good in
our life more rapidly than to learn the Truth of our Being ... and this
Truth is that we are not "becoming" .. we are
"being" ... whatever idea we have of our self based on the
concepts that we have accepted about our place in the universe ... we
are "being it" now.
So many of us go through our lives without
ever realizing that whatever it is that we want to be, all we need to do
is begin to "be it" in our mind ... using our imagination we
can begin to create the most fantastic life we can imagine right where
we are, right now. Now, I know that some people will think I am
talking about day-dreaming or fantasizing or wishful thinking, but I'm not. Using our
imagination can bring to our awareness an expansion of ideas that we
have never thought of before. Whenever we think of what we want to
"be" ... most of us don't take the idea far enough in our mind
to truly expand it beyond what we know. When we "think
BIG" ... our mind becomes more attune to the rhythm of Life Itself
which is infinite.
One of the greatest teachers of the science of
mind, Dr. Robert Bitzer, wrote: "Infinite
Mind knows no limitation and manifests according to the law of
consciousness. You are limited by your belief, but you are not
limited by Principle. Your potentials are inexhaustible, but your
consciousness is the determining factor. You have a little or a
lot. The Infinite does not care and does not restrict.
Bigness brings consciousness forth; smallness contracts. You are
big."
As we begin this new year, rather than focus on
"New Year's Resolutions," let's expand our thinking to include
the entire new Decade that we are entering into. This year let's
set the stage for this entire decade to be filled with joy and
happiness, success and prosperity. Let's review the past ten years
and think about all the things that we loved doing, the things that
brought us unexpected joy. The things that we loved; family,
friends, creative expression, hobbies, and our work, support us in
expanding our ideas of what we want to experience in this new
Decade. And whatever we decide to accomplish in this new Decade,
we can rest assured that All-Power is with us to "be" whatever
it is that we need to "be" in order to accomplish it. Dr. Bitzer tells us that we are not limited by
Principle: "It is done unto you as
you believe" is the Principle that the Master Mind Jesus
taught ... and it is the Principle that Dr. Bitzer is referring to as it
is inclusive of all valid spiritual principles.
We have all heard or read:
"change your thinking and change your life." And Dr.
Wayne Dyer teaches "change your thoughts and change your
life." Let's look at these ideas and realize that both
thinking and thoughts originate from our beliefs. It is what we
"believe" that creates the thoughts, the thinking ... and the
conditions that we experience in life. If we believe that the
world is against us ... we know what thoughts will follow and we know
the direction of our thinking will be negative. But, if we believe
that the universe supports us in our good ... our thoughts and what we
think about will be far more positive. Any belief that takes us
outside of our own consciousness negates our good; competition,
comparisons, judgment and blame, top the list of self-defeating beliefs.
Beliefs that are attuned to the Infinite Good; love, joy, peace,
kindness, generosity ... expand our good always.
As
we examine our beliefs and pay attention to how they play out in our
experiences, we can foster those that support our decision to
"be" what it is that we have chosen to "be" ... and
convince ourselves to release those beliefs that distract us from
"being" that which we desire to "be" ... we can do
it. "There is a Power Greater than us in the universe and we
can "use it" wrote Dr. Holmes in 1926. We can "use
it" to both receive and release. Every time we make a
decision or choose to believe in this Power and believe that we can
"use it" ... we are effectively using the Principle, "it
is done unto you as you believe." Let's begin
this new 2010 realizing that whatever it is that we want to
"be" ... we are already "being It" ... and fall in
love with the idea of it.
AND
SO IT IS!
Keep
the faith!
Rev.
Dr. Henry Lee Bates
Visit Rev. Bates BLOG: Living
the Science of Mind
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