Название: Lessons in Truth Series: the Everlasting Gospel of the Kingdom of God (Spirit) Within
Автор: Timothy F. Gardner
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Религия: прочее
isbn: 9781504362993
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Nothing can enter your life, or mine, except as it enters through our consciousness. This is the greatest law, the greatest discovery, unfoldment, or revelation that has ever come into my experience: nothing can come into your or my experience except through our consciousness . . . Although you and I are one with God, although we are one with our Source, one with the Fount of everlasting life, one with the Source of infinite abundance, these can only come into our experience only through our acceptance of them in our own consciousness. In other words, when we begin to declare within ourselves that there is a Source of life, then it must be true that that Source forever governs its creation and forever maintains and sustains that which it has brought forth into expression. And so from the moment that we consciously perceive that we are always in the bosom of the Father and always one with our Source, indivisible and inseparable from that Source, it becomes clear to us that all that is flowing forth from that Life—Stream, all that emanates from the infinite Source, is pouring itself into, through, and from our individual consciousness.
As we abide in this, that is, if we abide in this Word, if we let this Word abide in us, we shall bear fruit richly. The secret of the spiritual life is to recognize consciously—consciously realize, accept, declare—our oneness with our infinite, immortal, eternal Source, and accept the spiritual statement that all that the Father has is ours and that the place whereon we stand is holy ground. Not only must we accept it, but we must abide in it every single day of the week, bringing to conscious remembrance the truth: “I and my Father are One,” I am one with my Source, and all that is flowing forth from God is flowing into my experience (1963, pp. 7-10).1
We must be consciously aware of our oneness with our Source. Unless we are consciously aware of something it is of no benefit. To cite an example, the Laws of Aerodynamics existed in Jesus’ time, but men of his day were not aware of them. Did their ignorance of the laws make them non-existent? No! They were of no avail until we became consciously aware of them! According to Goldsmith:
It is true that God is Omnipresent. It is true that God is right where you are . . . God is Omnipresent! But, of what good is that to anyone? Of what good is that to you? Only this: in proportion to your conscious awareness of the presence of God, is God available in every instance. God is present! Certainly . . . electricity was present throughout the ages, even when people were using whale oil, and kerosene oil. But of what benefit was electricity to them? None, because there was no conscious realization of the presence of electricity . . . electricity is present today, as it has always been, but now, because of a conscious awareness of its laws, it gives us light, heat, and power. God is present here and now, but, there must be a conscious awareness, and realization—really more than that; a conscious feeling of the presence of God if you are to avail yourself of that Presence and Power (1962, pp. 28-29). 2
Jesus also tells us in the fifteenth chapter of Saint John how this conscious awareness is brought about. He tells us, “Now ye are clean through the words I have spoken unto you . . . If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you” (John 15:3). This is the secret, my words abide in you. We must bring to conscious remembrance that God (Spirit) is already here where we are by virtue of His Omnipresence. We must be consciously aware of our relationship to the Father for it to be of benefit to us.
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