“Study and research are well in their own time and place, but no
amount of either will get you out of a concrete difficulty. Nothing but
practical work in your own consciousness will do that.” (This next part
is paramount since we probably are all guilty.) “The mistake made by
many people, when things go wrong, is to skim through book after book,
without getting anywhere” or talk about it, running it by anyone that will listen but not doing anything about it (Intention versus action).
"Faith
without works is dead". Fervent belief is fine as far as it goes, but
nothing happens until action is engaged in. Until we demonstrate a
consistent course of action nothing of consequence transpires in our
consciousness to bring us to the desired safe harbor. We paddle in one
direction for a time, then something catches our attention and we set
off in another. Is it any wonder then that we never reach safety? Look
to your book shelf, how many books are on it that when first read seemed
to have the “answer”, yet there they sit, gathering dust. To be fair,
they probably are fine works written by wonderful teachers, yet for one
reason or another they did not carry the weight to elicit continual
study and implementation.
Practical work in our own
consciousness requires dedication and consistent effort. “Scientific
prayer is the Golden Key to harmony and happiness.” What is scientific
prayer? When faced with a difficulty of any kind, we turn in prayer
affirming everything we know to be true about God, but under no
circumstance do we pray about the problem or difficulty! Instead we turn, in
prayer, to focus our whole consciousness on God and our relationship
with Him, for God is omnipotent, He already knows everything about our
life, our problems, desires, hopes and fears and exactly what is
needed. Our job is to get out of the way and trust in Him who has all
knowledge and power, to stop focusing on the negative (the difficulty)
and place our focus singularly on God (the solution). “Simple, but not
easy.”
“It works, it really does. Try it.”
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