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"The
treasure house of infinity is within you. You have the key which
unlocks the storehouse of all kinds of treasures. ... You have the key
to the most wonderful and marvelous power in the world - the power of
the Infinite within you. The Bible says, ... Behold, the
kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21). Seek first the
knowledge and awareness of this inner Presence and Power, and all things
that you want shall be added unto you."
- Dr. Joseph Murphy, Infinite Power for Richer Living
The
words of the Master Mind Jesus, "Behold, the kingdom of God is
within you," are powerful words that are the foundation of a
consciousness of abundance, prosperity and money. It is an
awareness within our mind that there is a power within us that will
provide for us and supply us with all our needs ... those things we
label as necessities and those things that we seek simply to enjoy.
Many people block
themselves mentally from becoming aware of this "kingdom
within" by either one of two things; withholding or holding
against. Whenever we withhold something, all the while feeling an
impulse to give ... we create a state of mind that believes that if we
give, we have less. And this translates into a "lack
consciousness." Many people live stark lives devoid of luxury
in any form, because they withhold even from themselves. They live
in fear of the "rainy day" when they will need the money for
an emergency or fear that if they spend the money they will not get
more. Dr. Bitzer once stated that his family never saved for a
"rainy day" because they didn't plan on having any "rainy
days." And Dr. Bitzer had a powerful prosperity
consciousness. Now, I am not stating here that we should never
save money, but our saving should be based on a plan for something good,
not a fear of having our money taken away from us by a calamity or loss.
Money is never our security ... our awareness that there is a power that
will always provide for us, is our security.
Now, I have stated this before, but I am
going to repeat it here once again ... if we hold something against
someone ... we are holding up a shield mentally that will block us from
receiving our good. The subconscious mind does not analyze ... it
takes what we give it, our thoughts and our beliefs ... and acts on it.
Whatever we "hold against" anyone ... we are holding against
our self, for we experience what is in our own minds, not someone
else's. In other words, we are blocking ourselves from some form
of good that we will never realize in our experience until we release
this hold against another. Our mind cannot be open to "the
kingdom of G-d within you" and be holding something against someone
at the same time. It is as simple as we can't drink a glass of
cold water and a glass of hot water at the same time ... what we would
be drinking will be lukewarm ... neither cold or hot. And so it is
with our state of mind. Prosperity is one with a mind that is free
... and so our mind must be free of anything unlike the Good we desire
to experience in life. Negatives held in consciousness can be very
subtle, but they always withhold something Good from us, whether it be
wealth, health, happiness, peace, success or love.
Now, some people may think that this
"withholding" and "holding against" are not that
important, after all, most people aren't thinking these thoughts
constantly or even every day. But, we don't have to repeat
something every day for it to become a pattern in our consciousness, and
as I stated above, the subconscious mind acts automatically based on our
accepted beliefs and ideas. And this becomes even more of a factor
in our demonstrating the good life when we realize that no one answers
our prayers for us ... not even G-d. We answer our own prayers
based on our own faith and beliefs. The Master Mind Jesus said to
the man who was blind: "Recover your sight, your faith has
made thee well" (Luke 18:42). Jesus said "your
faith" ... not my faith, or my ability to heal, but "your
faith." In other words, the man answered his own prayer by
his faith.
As we examine our thoughts and the ideas that
we hold within our mind, we can identify what is blocking our
"money consciousness" ... we have it ... for the "kingdom
of G-d is within" ... everyone. Imagine, for a moment, that
all the good that we desire for ourselves is right at hand ... we can
see it in our mind ... the new home, the fabulous vacation, the
marvelous new clothes, the evenings spent in nightclubs and fine
restaurants ... whatever it is that we can imagine for ourselves is
available. The Master Mind Jesus could just as easily have said to
a poor man, "recover your money, your faith has made thee
wealthy" ... for it is the same faith and belief that is necessary
to develop a "money consciousness." But, first, we must
stop the withholding, from ourselves and from others, and the holding
something against someone, now.
Remember, the
"kingdom of G-d is within you" ... not in your circumstances,
your conditions, or in other people's opinions. We can look out
into our world and see reasons for excuses, for defeat or for something
against us ... or we can look within and identify our money
consciousness by bringing to our conscious mind the images and feelings
of having all the money that we need, when we need it ... and keep faith
with it. As a modern mystic stated, "money is G-d in
action" ... so, let's activate money in our lives by identifying
our money consciousness. "The kingdom of G-d is within
you" ... now. Let's not lose sight 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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