Think of Life
“… your main work lies in your thinking. Instead of thinking illness or weakness, think life - Life!” “Take time to think about what most fully represents exultant and joyous life - … Dwell upon this thought, rejoice in it, declare it, give thanks for it, and accept Life as yours right now. Start expressing It in any and every way you can. Your life is the Life of God within you. Keep affirming this continuously.”
The Basic Ideas of Science of Mind, pg. 37
We are to think of something else, if we choose to experience something else, to express something else, to achieve something else. There is no mystery or magic in this. Thought must precede action; and more importantly, those thoughts which precede our actions will determine …show more content…
Until we are loving in thought (in heart, mind, soul, etc) we will not know Love. There must be a loving quality to our consciousness in order for our thoughts, words, deeds, to express love. And, until we express love, we will not experience love. We only experience the love we express. We only know our own love, for others, for our self, for Life. We never know anyone 's love for us. We may accept that it exists, and believe we are loved, but the only love we know is the love we know within us. Instead of starting with the premise that you are loved (which is always open to doubt because you can 't experience anyone 's love for you), begin with the premise that you are a loving person. You have the ability to love others. You have the awareness, the consciousness, that allows you to relate, respond to, to recognize that which is lovely in others. To love another is to recognize in them that which you know to be lovable. This recognition is not a matter of seeing what appears to your liking, or hearing what you wish to hear. It is not a matter of what they do but what they are. What you recognize in the other is what you know yourself to
“… your main work lies in your thinking. Instead of thinking illness or weakness, think life - Life!” “Take time to think about what most fully represents exultant and joyous life - … Dwell upon this thought, rejoice in it, declare it, give thanks for it, and accept Life as yours right now. Start expressing It in any and every way you can. Your life is the Life of God within you. Keep affirming this continuously.”
The Basic Ideas of Science of Mind, pg. 37
We are to think of something else, if we choose to experience something else, to express something else, to achieve something else. There is no mystery or magic in this. Thought must precede action; and more importantly, those thoughts which precede our actions will determine …show more content…
Until we are loving in thought (in heart, mind, soul, etc) we will not know Love. There must be a loving quality to our consciousness in order for our thoughts, words, deeds, to express love. And, until we express love, we will not experience love. We only experience the love we express. We only know our own love, for others, for our self, for Life. We never know anyone 's love for us. We may accept that it exists, and believe we are loved, but the only love we know is the love we know within us. Instead of starting with the premise that you are loved (which is always open to doubt because you can 't experience anyone 's love for you), begin with the premise that you are a loving person. You have the ability to love others. You have the awareness, the consciousness, that allows you to relate, respond to, to recognize that which is lovely in others. To love another is to recognize in them that which you know to be lovable. This recognition is not a matter of seeing what appears to your liking, or hearing what you wish to hear. It is not a matter of what they do but what they are. What you recognize in the other is what you know yourself to