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"God
offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose ... and ...
nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." -
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher - American Transcendental movement
YOUR
CALL TO ACTION ["Little Green Apples" page 204]
> Rid
yourself of false beliefs that life is meant to be difficult and that
you must endure some suffering in order to really appreciate any
blessings you expect to receive. Instead, go forth and claim your
good. Take the scriptures literally when they quote God as saying,
"Command thou me!" Tell God exactly what you want and go
out and get it. Your good awaits you but will come to you only
when you realize and believe that inside you is an infinitely loving God
who is so very thoughtful that It has arranged for you to order the good
into your life.
> Banish
guilty thoughts or feelings of suspicion about your accumulating good,
by being ceaselessly thankful for it.
> Life
cannot be limited, so don't even try. If you do, life will only
limit you back. So, live life to the fullest - in full faith - and
be fulfilled.
>
Count your blessings and watch them multiply. Use this blessing
exercise: bless the "less" and "sing" your
gratitude and life's praises for the more that comes to you.
> Start each day with positive, pure, and productive thoughts.
Keep this up throughout the day, seeing yourself always as a ray of
sunlight that simply beams and beams and beams - everywhere.
> Break the habit of negative thinking. Realize that you are
the thinker who thinks the thoughts that shape your life.
Thoughts, like clay, are meant to be shaped. So, make new
"molds" for your thoughts. And change the molds as often
as you wish. There is absolutely no limit to the size of your
molds or the frequency with which you change them. Let each mold
serve your purposes - that is, to make positive and progressive growth -
and let it be the "mode of transportation" that takes you to
your next success.
>
Realize that you are constantly "writing, producing and
directing" the story of your life. Whatever
"picture" life is playing back to you, you wrote the script
for it. If you don't like the picture, you need to write, produce,
and direct a new script. Change your life by changing your
life-script.
> Stay
in touch, in tune, and united with the God-in-you. Thus you are
consciously and constantly unified with the answer to all your needs.
Live in the solution, not in the problem.
> Be
generous with your love as the Universe is generous with you.
Love, the most potent spiritual force, is a healer and a balm that takes
away all pain. Let God's pure and free love channel through you as
the sunlight filters through the clouds. Make your rainbow seen
everywhere.
> Have
high goals. Stretch forth and reach toward them as though you were
plucking the highest and sweetest fruit from the tree. Low goals
require no real energy and simply do not take you very far.
Remember: You go where your goals are.
>
Live from the highest mountains of your thought. Do not descend
into the valley of victim-hood. Constantly upgrade your thinking
and watch your life become upgraded.
>
Acknowledge that the good you seek already exists. Then live in
the constant expectation of receiving it.
> Talk to the God-in-you constantly with your thoughts. Make
this a habit. Don't wait until a special day, such as a regular
day of worship, to do this. God lives in you because It wants you
to communicate with It. So communicate, don't procrastinate.
- Dr. O. C. Smith, "Little Green
Apples, God Really Did Make Them"
It seems incredible to me
that it has been five years since Dr. O. C. Smith made his transition.
His enthusiasm for Religious Science and love for everyone made an
indelible mark on the hearts of all those who knew him. His voice
had a natural healing quality to it ... a voice so unique that it would
be impossible to think of anyone whose voice his resembled.
Although he had studied with some of the greatest of metaphysicians; Dr.
Joseph Murphy and Dr. Frank Richelieu, nothing in his presentations
appeared to imitate either of his teachers. In referring to Dr. O.
C. as his student, Dr. Frank Richelieu stated that his work was to make
the "best, better" ... and if you knew Dr. O. C. then you
understood how true this statement was.
Studying
with Dr. O. C. was an experience of a lifetime and one of my greatest
demonstrations. Dr. O. C. accepted me into the City of Angels
Church of Religious Science with open arms ... and an open mind.
He taught his classes in the same manner in which he presented his
Sunday lessons ... with enthusiasm and love for all those in attendance.
His lessons were filled with simplicity ... yet, with profound
understanding of the principles taught in the Science of Mind.
No one ever felt like Dr. O. C. took them
for granted. It was evident that he always saw in people more than
even they themselves could see. He was always focused on
instilling in each person a greater sense of their One-ness with God,
and with Love ... this was the Great-ness in him that touched each and
every one of us.
AND SO IT IS!
Keep
the faith!
Rev. Hank
Bates
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