Someone said the other day that the world is changing and because of that, their life was changing.  It’s true, our lives are changing and will never been the same, moment to moment.  Change means the process of becoming different. Aren’t we always doing that?  Don’t we desire to do that?  We want to become more authentic, more loving, be more of service, and in order to do that something in us must change.  Change is natural on the physical level – yet we are so afraid of it.    

Holmes writes in the Science of Mind “All seeming change is merely the play of Life upon Itself.”  Creation demands change as Life creates by a process of Divine Self-Imagination, and Life’s imagination flows through us at the level of our receptivity.  The only thing that ever changes is form.    The form might be our job, our home, even our relationships. Because of our fears, we often resist change when everything inside of us is urging us to move!  I call that urge a sense of Divine Discontentment.   

Holmes also writes:  “Nature will not let us stay in any one place too long.  She will let us stay just long enough to gather the experience necessary to the unfolding and advancement of the soul.  This is a wise provision, for should we stay here too long, we would become too set, too rigid, too inflexible.  Nature demands the change in order that we may advance.  When the change comes, we should welcome it with a smile on the lips and a song in the heart.”  

Yes, change is happening, and always will.  Let’s move into our changes with a clear understanding that Who We Are in Truth never changes, just the forms.  Let’s welcome change, knowing it is an advancement of our soul. 

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

 

I acknowledge and celebrate the powerful Presence of the Divine right here and now.  I know It is absolutely everywhere including within me.  It serves me though Law according to my awareness of It, and I serve It with Love.

 

I now declare I am ready to accept that Who I Am in Spirit is changeless.  I am Spirit in form, and it is the form that changes.  I accept these changes as results of my consciousness.  Every change in my live is about advancing my expression of Self, about growth in consciousness, and about having a deeper experience of the Divine.  I declare that change is good!

 

With a grateful heart I let go and let God guide me to my highest good and greatest joy.  I release these words into the Law of Mind, knowing they are done.  And so it is.

Rev. Yvonne Davidson, a friend in Kelowna, sent me this story and I had to share it with you:

I had the opportunity of meeting a wonderful Chiropractor who has been working with David and I since March.  He said he had come to Kelowna to heal the city. 

 

He accepts a patient, X-rays them, sees them three times a week for three months, twice a week for three months, then once a week for three months.  His theory is that we have to train the body to re-member how to hold the adjustments he gives it.

 

What amazed me is that he asks each patient how much they can pay per month and if they can't pay anything, they don't, and whatever they can afford is what they pay for their treatments!  No balance piling up, no accounting each month. 

 

He belongs to Trinity Baptist Church and is a very delightful, cheerful and positive Christian, who knows all about how the mind and body work together.  Our philosophies differ very little. 

 

He told me he used to go to church every Sunday and volunteer his time.  One day he thought; "There are lots of people who volunteer here".  So now every Sunday he goes down to the Mission where they do a breakfast for the homeless and he does around 30 Chiro adjustments for street people.  Here is a man who really walks his talk.

 

Yes, here is a man who really walks his talk.   I love his willingness to know his gifts so clearly and give them regardless of what our society would say.  I can just hear his fellow chiropractors – “You mean you just give it away? You can’t do that!”   Yes he can and yes he does.

 

My teacher, the late Rev. Helen Street, used to say that within 5 minutes of conversation she could tell what God the person had.  As I read this e-mail, I see a man whose God is a loving, giving God.  One that supports him in doing the work he knows he must do. One that he trusts.     

I love this God.

 

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

 

I acknowledge the Divine Energy that is within us all.  This Divine Energy is the Source, the sustainer and the substance of all.  It is Love working through Law.  It is, and It is all there is.

 

Knowing this I speak my word into this wonderful Energy and I declare “I am ready and willing to be all I can be.  I am ready to give my gifts to the world and I am ready to trust that everything needed to do this work is already at hand.”

 

I celebrate my willingness, my courage and my ability to trust.   I am so grateful for these Principles and the Universe’s constant reminder of them.  I gratefully step forward in faith and do the work I am here to do.  God in me, as me, is living a wonderful life!

 

I release these words to the Law of Mind, knowing they are done, and so it is.

Bonnie, a wonderful artist friend of mine in Hawaii, posted a picture on Facebook of a living room that was totally black and white except for a few red flowers. I found it interesting to read people’s reactions to the picture. To Bonnie, who’s also an interior decorator, the picture reflected a room that was elegant, dramatic and sophisticated (tho she wouldn’t want to have to clean it) … someone else thought it was too sterile … I wanted more red.

I reflected on our thinking processes. Some like everything to be black and white. Some like lots of drama. Some like lots of colour, lots of details. Some like simplicity. No one is wrong. We are all right in our own way. My right might not agree with your right but that doesn’t make either of us wrong. Imagine how our world would be if we could accept this.

The Hawaiians have a forgiveness process that is popular right now. Ho’o pono pono. The word means “to be the cause of making the right right.” There is no wrong. There is only a revealing of a higher Truth.

The Truth is we are all unique individualized expressions of the One Mind. How grateful I am that we don’t all think the same! Whether your world is black and white or full of colour – I KNOW it is beautiful!!


SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

I recognize the powerful presence of The Divine all around me. It is in everything, everywhere. It is the Source and substance of all that is. It is the Lifeforce within me. It is – and it is all there is.

Today I declare I am willing to let go of any judgments I have about how others think or live their lives. I now see them as another unique expression of God. I appreciate our differences.
I am also willing to let go of any judgments of how I think. I appreciate my uniqueness.

Because of my willingness, I see the blessings of Peace filling our world. I sense a calmness filling my atmosphere. Life is good, very good.

I release these words into the Law of Mind, knowing they are so. And so it is.

Halloween’s an interesting time of year.  It’s a time when we give ourselves permission to be creative – it’s also a time when we give ourselves permission to be scared and make it fun.  In the human experience we seem to fall easily into mental scary places.  We fear illness, the world financial situation, or that our jobs or our love will end.  We find ourselves imagining all sorts of scary stories but it’s not fun.

Years ago when I was living in Los Angeles, as I was driving home from a week long trip, I saw that the hills in which I lived were on fire.  I started worrying about my cats and my home.  Various scary scenarios flashed through my mind until I could hardly breathe, my heart was pounding and every muscle in my body was rigid.  As I kept driving I realized the fire wasn’t anywhere close to where I lived.  I was so grateful my home was safe yet it took me a little while to come back to normal physically. This experience made me realize how powerful my imagination was. 

Our imaginations are one of the most awesome tools in our spiritual tool box.  Yet our imagination cannot tell what is real or not real, so letting our imagination run wild from a fear base can cause effects that are not conducive to our highest good.

When the darker side of our dreams seems to bleed into our imaginations, it is the perfect opportunity to work through our fears. How do we do this?   First we admit we are afraid.  We face them head on and recognize them as dream blockers. We claim the Truth about them.  They are not Real.  We don’t beat ourselves up for being scared.  We laugh at the costume that fear took!!  Then we get busy and have fun imagining what we really want!

J. K Rowling, author of the delightful Harry Potter books, said in her 2008 commencement address to Harvard:  “We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.”

 

SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT

 

One Power, one Presence – one Heart, one Mind.  This is The Divine.  The Source and substance of all there is, including me.  I celebrate my conscious awareness of this One, as I speak my word into spiritual law:

 

No longer do I let fear immobilize me.  No longer do I let fear take over my imagination to block my dreams.   I declare I am fear-free.  I use my imagination to visualize a world that is fear-free.  And it feels good.

 

I also declare that anytime fear creeps into my imagination the Silent Witness gently and humourously reminds me that this is not my Truth.  

 

I am so grateful for this wonderful tool.  I build my Vision for my life with ease and grace.  I experience what I imagine and it is good.

 

I release these words into the Law of Mind, knowing they are so, and so It is.