There is but one Word that man is responsible for and that is the inner Word of his own consciousness. He has it in his own power to unfold that consciousness as steadfastly as he pleases, and he will find that according as he works within, he will manifest externally. If the consciousness is one of peace, joy and harmony, the environment will be the same and that individual will enjoy heaven here and now. On the other hand, if the mentality is mixed, life will have some discord, sickness and unrest in it. Heaven and hell are but mental experiences. The man who is filled with the ideas of love, peace and trust, is in heaven, just as the one who is filled with the beliefs of injustice, selfishness and hatred, is in hell.
The silent word within you speaks itself forth into manifestation. Whatever you are thinking will come forth and you cannot experience the abundance of supply in any form if you are holding the thought of lack. You cannot be well or happy if you are holding the thought of hatred or jealousy.
The Word of God which is the divine Spirit within you can manifest nothing which is not a likeness of itself. That we have not known this truth of our Perfection and have not progressed in the spiritual life argues nothing against our being just what the Divine Presence is. We have hitherto manifested nothing higher than our consciousness of the Truth, which perhaps was not very great, but now we perceive the enlargement of consciousness which we are to experience. How shall we accomplish this change? According to the simple rule that “Truth embodied displaces or disembodies error.” Wherefore, if you are thinking error, or are not thinking positively and earnestly on the side of Truth, change your methods and displace the error in your thought which you are manifesting in your body and life, with Truth, which you will just as certainly express. This will be the Word of God healing and changing all that is external to you by first being realized in your thought.
Mrs. C. L. Baum
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