Mind Power

Evolving

We have the power, we have the solution to all our problems in our grasp if we but believe we can and will go forth and do and overcome.

 

The seeds of life grow in the dark, and later, when the roots are started, begin growing toward the light. The light is within but must first be awakened after the roots of growth are thrust forth into the earth life.  

Our childhood is the root system of life on the earth plane and in later years we may perhaps become aware of a greater life of the Spirit, an inner life that can help us to become a more spiritualized being.  

We are often awakened to this by some experience of life that shatters us to the core, or rudely disturbs our thoughts and throws our illusions to the winds. If this is so, it is well and we needed that experience to bring us into a greater light, a greater awareness of the purpose of life.   

We could not, even if we so desired, stand still. We must have varied experiences to bring us greater life. We may not always enjoy these experiences for many bring grief and inharmony to us, but if that is so, then it is needed to bring home to us some truth which in no other way would we see. 

We often need an abrupt change in our way of thinking about ourselves and others in order that our lives should be benefited thereby. We ourselves can often bring about a desired change simply by changing our thought about it and though not easy to accomplish, it is possible and if done will bring us what we seek in life.  

Peace, love, friendship, joy -- all should and can be ours if we will them to be and our need is great enough to cause us to change our ways to ways of truth and light.

If we desire strongly to attain a material thing or a spiritual attribute, either one can be ours by sincere application and by faith that it is so and will be so always. We have the power, we have the solution to all our problems in our grasp if we but believe we can and will go forth and do and overcome.

Source of Help

If we are quiet within, we can receive inspirational thoughts that can and will help us to go on and see the way a little better.  

 

Help often comes from unexpected sources. We look for help with our problems to God, the Father of all Life. If we are quiet within, we can receive inspirational thoughts that can and will help us to go on and see the way a little better.   

All have problems to solve whether it is with the self within that needs to feel more courage, more aware of its own power or whether we need to cleanse ourselves of resentment, envy or some form of negation. Perhaps the problem lies with one of the family in health, or strife or lack of some kind.  

No matter what the problem, help can and will be given if we do our part in making the contact with the God-power and quiet ourselves within so that the channel may be clear to receive.

Our answer may not always please us. We may feel that we need a greater lift, a greater help, but no matter, we receive what we need even though we may not be aware that this is so. 

Peace, courage, love, strength, all the positive vibrations of life, can come through to us if we keep the channel free of the debris of fear and its kindred.

Try to do this, and a way will be shown to you to find the light of positive living.

Doubts

We must always follow our hearts and our heads.

 

There are times in the lives of all of us when doubt creeps in. We wonder what life would have brought forth for us had we done differently, had we made other choices than those we have followed. This is natural and right, but it is also folly for we made the right choice for us regardless of the outcome. If we hadn’t followed this path we would still have doubts for that is part of life.

We must always follow our hearts and our heads. By that, I mean our feelings about a given situation are all important to us and our thoughts that we give forth about it. They may not be correct but they are to us at least, and we need that experience or we would not enter into it. 

Life, of necessity, is filled with doubts, but it is not necessary to keep that state of mind. If and when it comes up in our minds and we wonder what would have been our life had we done differently, we must change that thought and realize that for us we did the right, the correct thing for only in that way and on that path could we learn a needed lesson.  

We must learn to be decisive, to drown our doubts and fears and abide by our choice and be happy with it, knowing that life is eternal and we cannot escape our good nor the evil either that we incur in life. 

To each his own; the choice is ours, and the doubts can go with the shadows of life where they belong.

Conquer Self

Our thought life, if at all negative, must be recharged with positive thoughts that give us a more vital and vibrant attitude ...

 

When we conquer self, we conquer the world for it is only through ourselves that this is actually possible. We must be strong within to bear the strife and burdens of life. We must have love within for all creation and know that though we may not understand all life’s problems and purposes, still we have love for all creatures and tolerance for others that they too may see the light and solve their special problems as we are striving to solve ours.

Patience too is a very necessary attribute to acquire. In fact, it is a necessity if we are truly to master the self within. Our thought life, if at all negative, must be recharged with positive thoughts that give us a more vital and vibrant attitude and keep us on the crest of the wave rather than allowing us to become inundated by the negative attitudes.

This current of life that flows through all can be so charged that we become more keenly aware of all life that is around and about us. It will give us a great deal of enjoyment and happiness when we follow this path. It is not easy, nothing really worthwhile ever is, but once attained and we hold to it, we are the master. Our way is lightened and our burdens as nothing compared to the old way.

All is not gained at once, but when we plod steadily on in this vein we will win through and the rewards are many.

Maintain Calm

At some time in life, all face situations that are frightening and since there is a reason for all things, we must be still within and seek the remedy ...

 

Always, under all circumstances, endeavor to maintain a calm attitude of mind for in this way, and only in this way is it possible to let ideas and inspiration come into the mind.  

If we become excitable or hysterical during some event, it is not conducive to constructive thought; in fact, thoughts, except of terror and fear, are practically an impossibility. Of course, much depends on the nature of the personality. By nature some are more excitable than others, and in these persons it is harder to control the emotions in times of stress and danger. 

At some time in life, all face situations that are frightening and since there is a reason for all things, we must be still within and seek the remedy after we have done all that is possible to do at the time the event occurs. This is just a lesson of control of our fear really and a more mature outlook on happenings that come into the life of all people.

We must always be prepared, be ready for any eventuality, but by being ready I do not at all mean we should look for disaster or events that cause trouble of any sort. No, not at all, for our outlook should be cheery and happy. In this way we can and do change the vibratory forces and affect our lives for the better by a more constructive and helpful outlook.  

Seek only the good and see only the good and only the good will come to be manifest in your life.

Positive Thought

When we hold the right thoughts, no negative, destructive thoughts can come in and cause havoc.

 

Try always to see the bright side, the good side of events that happen and of people and what they may do. We often judge others by our own expectations instead of by their capacities which often are not up to what we think they are or even what they should be. The three monkeys of the fable, “See no evil, hear no evil, think no evil.” are a case in point, and will serve to illustrate what we mean. 

Maybe someone has misjudged you, even said something against you or in some manner offended you. Are you going to magnify it all out of proportion to what it is and thereby give it substance? Or will you be wise enough to ignore it and let it smother because it has nowhere to go or to grow? Whichever way you decide, the decision and the outcome rests with you.

If successful, we are often the victims of resentment on the part of those who would like to have what we enjoy. We should be flattered, but instead are incensed at the injustice of it all. It is natural to feel so, especially if one is sensitive to the good opinion of others. But remember this, the good opinion of others is as nothing when compared to the opinion we hold of ourselves.

When we hold the right thoughts, no negative, destructive thoughts can come in and cause havoc. So isn’t it only sensible to keep bright, happy, constructive thoughts in our mental atmosphere and keep our guard up so that nothing else can enter in to spoil the lovely atmosphere we are creating about us?  

It is a constant struggle, a constant battle to do so, but so worthwhile to the person who is involved. It means more than a momentary satisfaction -- it means the difference between peace and harmony and discord and strife. You make the choice.

Think Before you Act

We should always examine every problem we are faced with with careful thought from all angles. 

 

Sometimes we act in haste thinking we have done the correct thing and later realize that, had we given a little more time and thought to the problem, a different solution would have resulted. Nevertheless, though maybe we think the worst has happened because of impulsive haste, perhaps after all we have gained rather than lost for it has at least given us an unforgettable lesson that in the future we will try to do differently.  

We always have to live with what we ourselves bring about. And always too much haste in any department of life brings about later regrets for we cannot see all the facets clearly if we do not stop to think about the case involved. 

We should always examine every problem we are faced with with careful thought from all angles. Only then can we rightly act and act with wisdom.  

Patience in all things is necessary. Our hasty, thoughtless acts, however well meant, often find us wishing we had done otherwise. Sometimes there is a way out even though our first act may be not what it should have been, but when later reflected upon we can see more clearly what should be. Though not always is it possible to change the chain of events, there is often a way if we act in time and with careful thought as to the consequences.  

The lesson is clear. Think before you act.

Negative Thoughts

 

The penalty for thoughts of envy, jealousy, resentment or kindred thoughts is not at all pleasant to contemplate. 

 

The penalty for thoughts of envy, jealousy, resentment or kindred thoughts is not at all pleasant to contemplate. Those who harbor these thoughts (and bear in mind that thoughts are things) will inevitably reap what they have sown. They reap the whirlwind unless they realize before it is too late just what they are doing to themselves.

Undoubtedly our thoughts are many times sensed by others who are sensitive to that degree, but many times they go awhile undetected. However, in time, the law of attraction, working as it does for or against a person, comes to the fore and brings to the person involved more of its kind. In other words we attract more of the things that are undesirable or downright negative because of the thoughts that are harbored. 

If an individual feels that someone is intensely envious, jealous or in some way resents them and detects those feelings, it is best to keep as far away from that individual as it is possible to be for we are often inadvertently affected by these thoughts if sensitive enough, and, by their very nature, they can and do make us unhappy, distressed and in every way disturbed by them. 

So we would say steer clear until the individual concerned comes to her senses and realizes what is occurring, for it cannot do anyone any good to go into that atmosphere knowing that it brings about feelings of this nature. She is only harming herself and to such an extent that it is hard to realize. No one can long harbor such thoughts without having them manifest adversely, bringing more of their own kind, for like attracts like and no good can come from such attitudes.

Do not seek to show such persons the light for they are not, in their present state, ready for it and would only further resent you. Keep apart and use prayer and hope that time will make the cure.

Currents of Thought

Sometimes our very foundation is shattered by the blows of life, but if we are steadfast, have faith, and know within that there is a plan ...

 

Many are completely unaware of the currents of thought that color each life and bring about circumstances, favorable or unfavorable as the case may be, to each one of us. These currents of thought may be magnetized and either are of a positive nature or a negative depending upon the prevailing concept of life of the individual involved.

If we expect only the best in life and keep up this attitude under all life’s circumstances, only the best will tend to come to us, and the same, of course, is true of the negative emotions. Is it not then to our advantage to see good in every circumstance, in everything that comes our way?  

We all receive blows, disappointments, frustrations, et cetera, but these may  be just what is needed at the time to round out our ever-forming characters, to test us and see if we are strong or weak by the action of circumstance or change in the life. 

Sometimes our very foundation is shattered by the blows of life, but if we are steadfast, have faith, and know within that there is a plan, a purpose, in all that happens, then we can lift up our heads unto the hills and know that all is well.

Destiny

 

... the destiny of each one of us is in our own hands ...

 

Destiny is a word fraught with meaning.  Does it, as many think, mean a preordained future, one that is entirely irrevocable? 

No, not in reality, for are we not spoken of as “masters of our fate?”  If this were not so, and we could not ourselves change this, fear would be rampant, and righteously so, for we would be but slaves of fate. No, destiny means much more than that.   

Often the important steps in our life are preordained by us before we are reincarnated here, for we have lessons to learn and rewards or punishments to help us on our way. 

We do not, of course, wish punishment, but justice always prevails and the law of cause and effect is never deterred. So if it becomes necessary to the evolvement of the entity, even punishment is preordained. Overcoming obstacles that are placed in one’s path could be the form of punishment, and in this way we learn and overcome and go on into a higher light (or consciousness).   

This law of progression is ever with us and we can only learn through lessons that are needed by the soul whether they be pleasant experiences or the reverse. However, the destiny of each one of us is in our own hands, and as always we are at the helm and can make or break our ship.