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How to Get the MostOut of Your Life

E ALL wish to get themost out of life. Thedeepest desire of

everyone's heart is to live successfully. W e want people tolike us; we want to be at homein the universe — and beyondeverything else, we need tohave a sense of security in apower greater than we are. Inthe busy world in which welive today, we hear a great deal

about the need of personal efficiency, and each one of us likesto feel that he is efficient, thathe is able to get things done, toattain the goals of his desires.

To get the most out of lifethen, he begins to ask himself,"What is efficiency, anyway?"

"What do I mean by getting themost out of life?" For if efficien

cy is important in our businessaffairs, how much more important it must be in the management and conduct of our wholelife; for there could be no real

efficiency if it meant only theproper running of an office, orthe saving of lead pencils andpieces of string.

One is not efficient merelybecause he makes money orbuilds up a reputation for him

self, for efficient living mustmean a l l of our life. Does ourfood digest? De we sleep wellat night? Do we sleep in peaceand wake with a joyful anticipation of the day's duties andpleasures? Is our li fe a duty or apleasure, anyway? This is one

of the first questions we shouldask ourselves — not that we do

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not wish to execute our duty,but, in doing this, we do notwant to become executed our

selves. For even duty shouldnot strain us, but rather becomea channel for the spontaneousexpression of some Divine urgewhich is in everything.

The other day I was readinga poem by Don Blanding inwhich he speaks of "the quiet

faith within a seed." "The quietfaith within a seed!" — what atremendous thought, no madrush against time — just thequiet assurance of its own nature. The quiet faith within aseed . . . the divine alchemy ofits own being producing verdant beauty out of life itself asthough it had complete faith inits own being, in the soil inwhich it is rooted . . . in the sun,rain and air, into which it liftsits head.

Perhaps there can be no true

efficiency without faith, forfaith is the substance of thingsunseen—the invisible generatorthat draws energy out of life itself and puts it into our act."The quie t fa i th w i t h i n aseed" achieving its beauty without competition; for the seed of

the tumble weed has no concern with the seed of the giant

Sequoias, nor does a beautifullake in the high Sierras worryover the majestic depths of the

Pacific. The mouse is not envious of the mountain lion, northe gnat of the elephant.

We do not compete until webegin to compare. Nature itselfneither competes nor compares.God has no adversaries. Faithhas no fear. Hope is not con

cerned with despair; and thegreat affirmations of life are unconquerable. There is no efficiency without faith; there isno ri gh t-v iew in g of the un i verse without seeing God ineverything.

God is all there is — thereisn't anything else. He is thesun, the moon, the stars, theuniverse, the flicker of an eyelash. And He has given us thepower to create. He is, in a reflected sense, even the unrealdevils the human mind has

created out of its own imagination. The idea of the devils andthe idea of hell are but negativeprojections of the power ofGod, as conceived by the mindof ignorant man. They are ob

jects of our own pervertedcreation. We project hell, then

sit in it and get hot and wonderwhat is the trouble. It is our pic-

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ture, and to the extent that weinsist upon holding on to it, tothat same extent we are stuckwith it. Such procedure could

hardly be called efficient.

W e al l remember a popularsong of a few years ago, thelyric of which ran somethinglike this: "Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative,and don't mess with Mr. In-

between." In these few wordslies the true secret of getting themost out of life. This was theadvice of Jesus. He kept tellingus to center our attention on thegood, the true, the beau t if u l .. ."As a man thinketh in his heart,so is he." "Consider the lilies of

the field." Observe nature. Hesaid . . . learn from nature . . .see with what simple faith ittrusts in God and how easily itfulfills its destiny and purpose.

A short time ago I had lunchwith the sales manager of an in

surance company. In the courseof our conversation, I askedhim, "How do you men sell in surance?" I was very much interested in his reply, for he said,"We don't try to train our mento sell insurance, we teach themto offer a service, and if the serv

ice is adequate, people will wishto buy it. If we made a sale

without this service, the sale itself would be a complete failure." Then he said somethingthat interested me very much

indeed. He said, "You know,our salesmen are not go-getters,they are go-givers — going outand helping people to get themost out of their assets, whichwill give them the most happiness, the most comfort and the

deepest sense of security."The high-pressure salesman

is fast becoming obsolete — heis no longer considered efficient. The person who overdevelops his ego is not efficient;he is merely whisding to keepup his courage, like a little boy

in the dark who is very afraid.The one who tries to dominateothers is not an efficient person.The efficient person is the onewho finds greatness in others'co-operation and unity.

This is true in every walk of

life. It applies just as much tobusiness as it does to personalrelations. It is the only mannerin which one can inspire anyone to effort and co-operation.We are now living in a periodof time in which, in spite of allthe confusion in the world,

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cept that there is a powergreater than we are, around andwithin us. It is only as we reach

back to this power that we really get the most out of life. Themost efficient is the one whomost completely co-operateswith this power, whether or nothe is aware of the fact. For it isonly through our co-operationwith this power all around us

that, through faith , we arrive atthe ability to work withoutstrain. True efficiency is poisedand resilient. "Easy does it."That's a good thought — for theright way to do anything cannot be accompanied by tensionand strain. Once again we are

reminded of the "quiet faithwithin a seed."

So many suffer from tensionand weariness in their daily activity. What is the cause of it?What can we do to rid ourselvesof this attitude? Fatigue and

weariness, when no physicalcomplications are indicated,can be directly traced to a lackof enthusiasm. A person so afflicted cannot get the most outof life. It is the emotional andphysical strain of his negativeattitude that is wearing him

out. Wha t he needs is a tonic of•power — something that will re

fresh him as he draws in apower greater than he is.

We all know what happens

to an automobile when the battery fails — the lights dim, themotor no longer turns over.And so we recharge the battery.

Just what is this energy withwhich we recharge the battery?Where did it come from? Whomade it? Where do we go to

get it? What is it anyway?The f i rs t thing we learn

about energy is that it is birth-less, deathless and changeless—everything is filled with it. Butsomeone wi l l say, " W e getenergy out of the waterfall, thew i n d m i l l , o i l , c o a l , w o o d . "Even so, but we do not put theenergy in any of these mediums. W e take it out — naturehas already stored it there. Perhaps the waterfall is one of thebest examples — when we setup a generator beside a water

fall, we are drawing out a natural energy that continually replenishes itself, descending as itwere, from the mountain topsof life.

Now there is another kind ofener gy i n the un iv er se — apower all around us which we

breathe, in which we live andmove and have our being — a

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power for good which is available to everyone. Jesus told usthat at the center of our beingis the breath of God; but be

cause each and everyone of ushas individual wi l l and thepower of choice, we can in ourignorance misinterpret thistruth and assume that its originhas no deeper root than ourown personal ego. Here lies the

source of most of our sufferingand misery, whether physical,mental, or emotional. The ego,as it were, is a stone before thesepulchre of the Christ spiritwithin us, waiting to be rolledback that we may arise to ourfull power and glory.

W e, too, must learn to trust,to have faith in this powerwhich can do anything. Theperson who does not believe inGod is still asleep to the greaterpossibility of his own mind.The person who learns to have

conscious faith in the poweraround him ventures forth onthe most definite and promisingexperience of his entire life; forwhatever wrong there is, is withus and not with God. It doesn'ttake a very brilliant intellect tounderstand this. It is already

being discovered by thousandsof people that the most efficient

ones are those who live in theclosest contact with the DivineIntelligence in which we moveand have our being. For there

is another kind of a waterfall,another kind of coal and woodand oil, in which cosmic energyis stored. That is the soul ofman himself, and it is his mind,belief and faith that taps thisenergy and brings it out to use

for definite purposes.When Jesus said, "Consider

the lilies of the field how theygrow; they toil not, neither dothey spin; and yet I say untoyou, that even Solomon in allhis glory was not arrayed likeone of these," he was really tell

ing us to consider our own natures; for just as the lily of thefield is rooted in the creativesoil of the earth and lifts its faceto the sun of heaven, so we arerooted in the creative mind ofGod, and may lift our face tothe inspiration of the MostHigh. The parallel is perfect,for all nature is one, and Godand man are one; and the Lawof Good which lies about us isequally available to each andall. It is no respecter of persons,but gives all of itself to each one

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whole soul's tasking, 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, T i sonly God may be had for the

asking." We are so constitutedthat we cannot be happy unlesswe love and are loved. We donot feel complete unless we accomplish and create. Life haswilled it that way — nor you norI nor all the art and science andwit of man can change one bit

of it. A l l nature cries "create ordie."

Something is wrong when inthe midst of all the Power andPresence there is, we lack theenthusiasm for efficient living.W e may be certain that whatever is wrong is not with God

nor with life, but with us. It isour own attitudes toward ourfellowman, toward life, towardGod, that are the boulders thatblock our road to fulfillment.

And now we are going to remove these boulders through

an act of faith, through a silentpartnership with that powergreater than we are — thatPower which i s God. This

Power is right where we are,and forever available like thebreath we breathe, it flows

through us. It is true that wehave never seen this Power.Nor have we looked upon theface of physical energy — onlyupon what it does.

There is a doer within us,who, through faith, bears witness to life. A l l the power and

al l the presence and all the possibility there is in the universeresides in the Divine Natureand in our conscious co-operation with it. It is that Powerthat flows through us, even asbeauty flows through the artist.

The rhythm of the universesings in us and love becomes apulsation animating our wholebeing.

Like patients coming to aphysician for a physical healingthat the laws of nature mayagain readjust their lives, so wecome to the Great Physician,for what we really need is moreof God.

Over the time thou hast no power; to redeem aworld sunk in dishonesty has not been given thee;solely over one man therein thou hast a quite absolute,uncontrolled power; him redeem, him make honest.

— Carl f i t

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Time Does Not Pass

,00K out for that expression,"TIME PASSES," or you

wil l be panicked intothinking that you have only acertain, or uncertain, quota oftime and that every momentthat you live is using up thatquota, and that soon you will bebroke — bankrupt — spent.

Time does not pass. Visualize a m o v i e r e e l r u n n i n gthrough the projector, and as it

runs it is wound up on the re-ceiving spindle. Life is not atrain that passes and disappearsinto the diminishing perspective of the railroad tracks. Youare life itself, projecting itself,or yourself, on the screen ofyour consciousness, and being

wound onto the spindle of yourmemory, eternally yours. As

you live longer, you are not"time poor" but " t ime r i ch , "with the recorded living whichyou are doing now. A l l of yourpast — the Universe's past — isin the now; and you are now.You are Tim e; you are life. Youare eternally and univ ersa llyyou experiencing your You-ness. Get that clear in yourmind, and you will "take noanxiety of tomorrow" because

you will be so occupied with en joying (being in joy) your now-ness.

Y o u r C o n s c i o u s n e s s isa movie-camera-projector combination, which at one and thesame time records and projectson the screen of your Self-Con

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You experiencing your Y ou -ness. You are director of the picture which you are taking andseeing at the same time. Youcan record soft-focus, fuzzy pictures if you are bewildered andconfused; you have telescopiclens which can bring infinityclose; you have microscopic lenswhich can invade the heart ofthe atom through your thinking

and perception metaphysically.You are taking and seeing thepicture at one and the sametime. Wha t kind of pictures areyou producing — "Grade A " or"Grade B"?

You are not "something experiencing something else" —

joy for instance, like a small boys u c k in g an ice-c ream sodathrough a straw. You are youexperiencing yourself cosmical-ly. You are "feeling happy,"like a woman "feeling a yard ofsilk with her fingers"; you are

Happiness experiencing itself.Life happens from the insideout into expression. You areTime itself, being and becoming, and since now exists i nnow-ness, the act of being andbecoming are one. You can notexperience what you are to be

come until you become it, yetthat which you are to become is

already within you, since youcould not become somethingwhich is not potential as you.

Returning to the idea, 'T im edoes not pass." Here is an important point. You are minutely and second-ly building a filmlibrary of yourself. You are theproduct of a l l those pictureswhich you are taking and seeing at the same time. Here's

where your selectivity comes in .If you live with your focus-of-awareness i n your Ego, orSeeming Self (psychologicallyspeaking) you are taking a

jumble of indiscriminate news-reels, trivialities, trumped-updramas and tragedies, which

should be on the "cutting roomfloor." If you are living withyour focus-of-awareness in yourVeritable Self, or Christ-consciousness, then you are building a Library of yourself, whichis fi l led with cosmic beauty,

harmonious technicolor pictures of the universal picture,with music-of-the-spheres foratmospheric mood effects.

You know how the beginning amateur with his colormovie camera takes yards andyards of stupid and meaningless

pictures, wasting f i lm, time,energy and money unt i l he

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learns to "select his subjects."That is what we should keep inm i n d as the time-reel runsthrough our camera. It does not pass; it piles up within us, andas us, all of these continuousreels of experience-pictures. Ifyou can visualize that, you willbecome as discriminating ofsubject-matter as the skilledcamera-artist is in choosing sub

jects, and the lighting of hissubject-matter. W i l l you lightyour subjects with the glareyfalse neon-lighting of the Ego'sselection? Or will you use theimperishable and beautifullight of the Veritable Self? It isin your hands; you are director,

camera-man . . . and audience,of your own movie-reels. Youare not bored by "somethingout there which you are watching"; you are bored by yourselfand as yourself, because you areproducing and watching yourown "feature pictures."

Watch how you are "selecting your cast" from your emotions. You are now featuring"anger"—an ape-browed villain— or you are "starring" anxiety— a witch-faced hag who shrillsand cackles like the witches in

Macbeth; or you are focusingthe camera on the luminous

face of Beauty, or the laughingface of Joy. Your thoughts andemotions are the cast, the extras, the stars, the character people. Take advantage of thatGod-given privilege of "castingyour own pictures."

We hear of movie stars being"suspended" for some violationof contract. "Suspend" a lot ofthose undesirable actors which

are your thoughts. In time youwill be able to end their contract, and take no option onfuture services.

The Ego rightly knows thatit will run out of film, hencethe anxiety; but the VeritableSelf of you knows that the supply is endless. Time does notpass for you as your True Self,because in your True Self youare Time; you are Life, expressing and experiencing yourselfin and as the universe. "I A M "was before Abraham. Say that

until you feel the meaning. TheO n e a nd O n l y " I A M " i nwhich we live, move and haveour being, was before Abraham— before Adam. It always was,and always is, and always willbe. There is no "Then," andthere is no "There" in God-con

sciousness, only "here" and"now," eternally.

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Mental Magic

Roy E. Nichols

c! y o u sa y.' W h y magic be

longs to a world ofcharlatans, wizards and fakirs.It is a pseudo-science devised toconfound and amuse the multitude!"

N o t at a l l — not m en ta l

magic! For whether we realizeit or not, we perform feats ofmental magic every moment ofour lives. Yet this magic we useis so constant, so natural in itsmanifestation, that we do notrecognize the potency of thispower that we possess.

To many the word "magic"means something mysteriousand occult—a hidden force theydo not understand. But i tspower is something for whichthey long, for in it they see thepromise of instant realization,transformation, and manifesta

tion. In that same longing wehave all dreamed of a magic

carpet, an Aladdin's lamp, or a

fairy wand. We have thoughtthat these dreams were childhood fantasies, and that theyhad no deep significance in mature life. Actually, we do have,in a very real sense, the magiccarpet that can transport us tothe realm of happiness andpeace of mind — the Aladdin'slamp that can illumine our wayand bring into life an abundance of all good—and the fairywand that we can use to transform our world. There is nomystery involved, except that

created by man's limited knowledge, for this wondrous force isthe natural operation of mentaland spiritual law.

W e may not know it, but weare all magicians. We are allusing the i nv is ib le power ofmind to create, on the objective

plane of experience, that whichwe have mentally conceived.

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True, many of our experiencesare not to our liking — we arenot proud of some of our mentaloff-spring. However, the very

power which can be used tocreate the beautiful and thetrue is the same power we pervert in the creation of the uglyand the false. The principle upon which true magic is based isthe very law of our being. This

principle is universal, and istherefore available to every person who desires to cultivate anduse it constructively. The keyto its unfoldment is found inthe very nature of mind.

Now, before we can bringforth into our experience that

which we desire, we first mustlearn the law through whichthe conditions of life are mademanifest. Proficiency in right-thinking depends upon one'sunderstanding and practice ofmental law, just as the mastery

of a magician depends upon hisunderstanding and practice ofhis art.

Everyone, on occasion, hasdelighted in the showman'ssleight of hand and in the illusion of trickery. The sensesdraw conclusions that the intel

lect is reluctant to accept. W eknow that it could not be as it

seems, but what fascinationthere is in such wizardry! I remember once watching a showin Philadelphia. The magicianwas standing on the stage bywhat appeared to be a baretable. He started his act by talking to the audience in very confidential tones. After a time Ibecame aware that he had acane in his hand and that he

was moving it about on thetable. Suddenly an egg appeared at the end of his cane.He continued a running comment, all the while rolling theegg about. Then he said,"Ladies and Gentlemen, youwill now notice that the egg of a

moment ago is a newly hatchedchicken." Then, surprisingly,I saw that it was a baby chick hewas touching with his cane. H econtinued, "Notice that thechicken is now larger than itwas a second ago. Feathers arebeginning to grow on its body!"

I looked, and the feathers werethere. A bit later he remarked,"We now see that it is a rooster.Notice the comb and also thespurs. You wi l l now observethat the bird is fu l l grown!"And sure enough, a maturerooster was strutting about onthe table. The magician then

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reversed this process until onlythe egg remained, and then itcompletely disappeared.

Looking back later, I realizedthat no one was permitted toenter during the performance.This enabled the magician tocommand the unbroken attention of the group and to invokehis subtle power of mental control. W e in the audience had

seen only what he told us tosee. Each time he insisted,"Notice that you now see," itappeared as he said. Suggestionis the main prop in the magician's bag of tricks.

Now, illusion and hypnotismare not exclusively artifices ofthe trickster. In fact, every daythe sense judgment accepts appearances instead of reality, andwe fall victim to erroneous self-suggestion. Also, the mind ispartially hypnotized by whatwe have been told to believe;

and we see things as others haveinsisted that we see them. W ehave allowed ourselves to beduped by false appearances anderroneous suggestions, like anaudience under the spell of ahypnotist. We must reject allillusions and assume control of

our own thinking.The magic of mind is this:

Subconscious livingness is creatively responsive to consciouscommand; and the color of our

attitudes, motives, and beliefstints our world of experience acorresponding hue. A l l magic,be it the genuine operation ofcreative mind or be it the illusion of fakery, has one thing incommon and that is suggestion.This creative mind within us is

as impressionable as a naivespectator in the hands of a magician. It is completely amenable to outside direction, and itobediently responds to theagent in control. Wisely used,suggestion is the mental magician's most valuable trick.

There are two kinds of magic— black and white. Black magicis the use of mental power fornegative or destructive demonstrations, either unintentionalor wilful. The manifestation ofsickness, poverty, hardship and

accident belong to the unintentional classification. The blacker type is that in which a personconsciously uses the power ofmind to bring harm to others.Voodoo, spell-casting, and sorcery number among the wilfulevil applications of mental

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jury or death upon him, hadreal power behind it, if the person toward whom the evil actsand thoughts were directed believed harm would come tohim. Also, the man — or nation— that achieves its goal throughsheer will power motivated bygreed and desire, is using mindin reverse. Such violations ofthe basic law of good must

eventually wreak havoc uponthe evil doer himself.

White magic is the tappingof the reservoir of universalmind to bring forth serenityand harmony. It is the powerful, but right, use of the creative force of suggestion to mold

life a litde nearer to perfection.It has, as its ideal, mental andspiritual unfoldment. It is thepower that Jesus used. It is thepower that heals, that solves,that guides, that inspires andleads us to our good. It is the

constructive and positive use ofmind power and thought; andit is the father of every discovery, development, inventionand creadon of man.

Between the white magic ofconstructive intent and theblack magic of destructive de

sign is a vast field of varyingshades of gray. This is a field of

ignorant and undirected thinking. By ignorant, I mean having no knowledge of Self, andbeing unaware of the mentallaw of one's life. A man may belearned concerning thosethings which he has discovered,but if he lacks understandingof his own nature, some part ofhis life will carry a tinge of grayproportionate to that lack. The

great majority of people practice this gray magic. They unconsciously go through life —sometimes happy, sometimesgloomy — producing haphazardly the results those moodscreate. Most of what man creates is unintentional. He does

not deliberately demand chronic bad luck, losses and disappointments, but unconsciously,through his lack of understanding . Ineffectualness is theprime manifestation of graymagic It reflects one's states of

indecision, querulousness, resentment, animosity and dissatisfaction, as opposed to one'smoods of confidence, joy, inspiration and appreciation. It isthe flux of positive againstnegative; good cancelled bydenial; denial partially resolved

by belief. Constancy of right-thinking is the quality which

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can put an end to ineffectual-ness; and receptivity to unlimited truth is the quality which

raises man from the shadow into the light of understanding.

To achieve the mastery ofwhite magic, one must developa persistently positive andpowerful attitude toward life-one must build up a dynamicbelief in good — one must have

faith in one's purpose and conviction in one's goal. One mustpractice the trick of right-thinking as patiently as the magiciangoes about perfecting his trickery. The mastery of any skilldemands dedication of self tothat end, and the mastery ofskillful thinking demands consecration of self to one's ideal.

The props of white magic areconcentration and meditation.Simply stated, concentration isthe disciplining of the mind toconstancy and devotion of pur

pose. Aids in its practice areimagination, visualization, andanticipation. It is the magiccarpet that carries us in mentalflight to the eager, joyous landof things-to-be.

Meditation is the quiet, inner knowingness of one's unity

with God. Aids in its practiceare contemplation and realiza

tion. It is our Aladdin's lampwhich bring us into the lightof our divine Reality, where the

potential becomes the actual.These two — concentrationand meditation — bri ng in toplay the transcendent power offaith. Faith is the wand thatsets the energy of mind in motion. It is the subtle, unseencatalyst whose presence acceler

ates the creative action of mind.White magic is the proficient

use of the unseen law of ourbeing. Our very realization ofits potential gives us commandof it, but we must practice untilour thoughts are deft and

obedient. W e must perfect

thetrick of right-thinking until itbecomes a skillful habit. Wemust employ the arts of concentration and meditation andmake use of the transformingwand of faith. We must invokethe wisdom and power of a

W i l l greater than our own, thatour purposes wi l l always beguided by love. Thus, can weattain the faculty of whitemagic. Each of us is a mastermagician to whom an invisiblepower has been entrusted; andthat trust must be kept with

diligence, for on that keepingdepend all the issues of life.

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The Power of Prayer

Beth Brown

1\ WANTED a set of dishes —

and I got them. I lost a\ dress — and I found it. I

needed money — and my needwas met.

What did I do? Where did Igo? How did I change my lackinto luck? The answer to all ofthese questions lies in the oneword — prayer.

I have learned to pray. I havelearned to believe in the power

of prayer. I have found thatprayer has served me, not onlyin great emergencies, but alsoin filling my small, everydayneeds.

Prayer has no fences. Itknows no distance. It telescopesthe mi les and sends your

thought into space faster thanany telegram. That's how I got

the dishes. I first saw thosedishes — a fine set of Wedgwood — in a department storehere in N ew York City. I stoodin the shop longingly fingeringa beautiful cup and saucer. M yfancy took flight. I saw thedishes — in my nouse — on mytable. They looked so beautifulserving up Sunday dinner.W h y couldn't I buy them?That was my heart talking. M y

head said: "Be practical! Yourshopping list reads: shoes, stockings, cheese and coffee — thenecessities of l ife . Use yourhead, dearie." So I left thedishes on the display table. ButI determined one day to ownthem.

A few weeks later, a big boxarrived from California — three

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thousand miles away. When Iunpacked it , out came theWedgwood china I had handled so yearningly here in NewYork. I was amazed. It seemedso co-incidental. But there areno accidents in God. I had sentout a thought — and thoughtsmake things. W e live in a worldof cause and effect. I had wanted these dishes — and here they

were. I was humbly grateful tothe power that had picked upmy prayer and granted it.

Of course, I wrote a thank-you note to my friend who hadsent the gift. I told her my experience in the store. She hadan experience, too. She wroteback to say she had fully intended to buy me two beautifulbracelets, but in spite of herselfhad been drawn like a magnetto the china department — andinspired to select the dishes instead.

Whether it's dishes or diamonds you want — or divineguidance to make decisions —no power can match the powerof prayer. As food feeds us — assun warms us — as a lamp lightsour way — so prayer lifts us,connecting us with an invisible

force and directing it for a visible purpose.

Prayer can reach anywhere.It can do anything. It can helpyou find what you have lost — i fyou have faith — if you believe.

The story of the lost dress isanother minor miracle — one ofmany in my life. I had an invitation to a week end in thecountry. I wanted to look mybest so I went shopping for acomplete new outfit. When I

arrived home with my manypackages, I made the sad discovery that I had lost the dressI had purchased to wear at theSaturday night dance.

I phoned the store, the restaurant where I had lunched,and the lost-and-found department of the taxi company—onlyto be told that no dress had beenturned in . M y sister insisted I'dnever see that dress again. ButI liked that dress. I had boughtand paid for it—and it belongedto me.

That night I prayed that mydress might be found — by anhonest person — and returnedto me — in time for my weekend. We are told to dig ditches— when we pray for rain — toreceive the deluge of our good.That's putting prayer into ac

tion. So I reached for an emptyhanger in my clothes closet —

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and in my mind, I saw my dressin its proper place.

I had lost it on Thursday. Iwas leaving Friday night .Friday morning my telephonerang and a woman's voice toldme that a package of mine waswaiting for me. She had foundit — in the belt department, ofall places — opened the box —consulted my sales slip and

called me.M y sister was amazed. She

said: "Imagine fi nd in g yourdress! Truth is stranger thanfiction!" I said nothing. I knewthat, somehow, my prayer hadintervened, so that the dishonest person who had originallypicked up my dress and carriedit off was moved to lose it — inthe belt department — so thatan honest heart could return ittome.

There seems to be a definiteplan for Man — just as there is

in Nature. You sow a seed andyou reap the crop.

A friend of mine was introuble. She had to meet amortgage payment. It was quitea large sum — more than I hadin my savings account. But Ihad confidence that my prayer

to help her would be answered— provided I had faith. M y

friend had lost her faith completely. Why wouldn't she?She had recently lost her younghusband. Doctor bi l l s and

funeral expenses had takeneverything she owned. She wasdown to her last cent — andfrankly told me so.

To get her out of her despondent mood, I jokingly said:"Come on! Open your pocket-

book. Do you have your lastcent with you? Give it to me!Now read what it says." W eboth read the inscription: "InGod W e Trust!" — an inscription so inspired and uplifting-written upon a humble littlepenny — an inscription laying

the foundation upon which ourgreat nation has built a greatpeople and a great land.

That little penny was ourgood luck piece. And as we satthere in the dusk, reaching outfor help, the telephone rang. A

relative of mine was calling. Ihad loaned this man somemoney — so long ago that I hadcompletely forgotten all aboutit . But God does not forget.And He reminded my debtor topay me, so that I could help myfriend pay her debt.

Prayer works best whenreason gives up. There's a great

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t r u t h i n the o l d adage thatman's extremity is God's opportunity. It doesn't matter what

you want. Prayer is the answerto every wish in your heart.The impossible is possible toone who has faith. Faith beginswhere reason gives up. Faithgoes on when man surrenders.Faith succeeds when all elsefails. Faith never fails. It will

not fail you.In times of stress — in mo

ments of great peril — in yourdarkest hour of despair — that'swhen the brightest miracles areforged. It seems that all powersof the universe, both visible andinvisible, are determined to aidyou — if given half a chance.

You call on electricity to giveyou light. You have faith, whenyou press the button in the wall,that the darkness will vanish.

You know that the light will goon. You have no doubt that itwill. That's action, based on

faith. That's the deepest formof faith — to press the button —and let go — confident that thelight will come on — knowingthat behind the darkness is always light.

That's the way you, too, mustoperate your faith. The trouble

with most of us is that we havealways associated prayer withgoing to church — somethingfor Sunday only that does notwork on Monday — somethingthat cannot be used constantlyin our everyday lives.

L e a r n to pr ay — bo th at

church and at home. Learn tobelieve in the power of prayer,and prayer wi l l reward yourfaith in every day — every dayof your life.

THE WISE LITTLE OYSTER'The oyster is a silly soul," the little clams all say,'To bother with a grain of sand — how does he get that way?"

But the litde oyster wisely lets them al l their scoffings hurl;And goes about quite slyly to build himself a pearl.

— Cornelia H. Stafford

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There Is Always God

Oswald W. Jefferson

ow DO you resolve yourproblems spiritually?W h e n you are beset

with the foes of worry, fear,anxiety and their various re-enforcements how do you meetthem? Do you fight worry withworry, or with worship? Do youf ight fear with fear, or withfaith? Do you face anxiety withanger, or with adoration?

In Psalm 46 — a Psalm for

which I have a favorite title,There is always God, we havethe technique for meetingproblems spi ri tual ly . I haveused this Psalm countless timesto solve problems that couldonly be solved spiritually, andI have suggested its spirit and

mood to many persons whohave found its truth and power

for themselves.Even before the Psalm was

written the experiences it describes were well-proved. J. M . P. Smith, in his translat i o n , uses the wor ds, " w e l l -proved," in the first verse. ThePsalm is tested by the spiritualexperience of the race.

It is a Psalm of thrilling affirmation, and how that affirmation works out in everyday liv

ing. Read the Psalm throughmany times, but notice howGod is regarded. God is in thepresent tense throughout, except for a couple of times whenthe reference is in the futuretense.

T h e r e is always G o d , in

times of natural catastrophe, intimes of national disturbances

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T h e spi ritu al resolution ofproblems is as old as man's bestspiritual insights which areavailable for us in the Bible.

The Bible is not our thoughtupon God, as much as it isGod's point of view about us.Here is God's way of dealingwith our problems; the way ofworship versus worry; the wayof adoration over anxiety and

of faith over fear.In worship, adoration andfaith The Divine Presence canresurrect us into fuller life.Whether worship is corporateor private; whether our adoration is the silent contemplationof an Eternal Truth in the still

ness of our hearts, or the rejoicing that comes through singinga hymn; whether our faith is

but a glint of light in our darknesses, or a vast and brave stepforward in Divine Strength; inall these spiritual acts, God

works in us and through us tocreate for us the fulfillment ofour faith in H i m .

The spiritual resolution ofour problems is never our solving of them. It is always Godsolving them within us. It is

God taking over, as far as wewill allow Him, our problemwith creative power. It is Divine Mind flooding our humanmind with Itself. It is Godlighting up one more point inHis creative plan. It is alwaysGod in every happening of hu

man life. Ours is not to strainand struggle; ours is to be stilland know that God always IS.

N O T I C E

Through an oversight, three names were omitted from our List of Ministers

which appeared in our August issue. We are delighted to include these now —

Editor.

Dr. Orlando Wanvig Minister, First Church of

Religious Science Denver, Colo.

Rev. Lucille Graham Institute Headquarters Los Angeles, Calif.

Dr . Isobel Poulin Institute Headquarters Los Angeles, Calif.

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A Letter from Susie

Audrey B. Sharpe

I — pt|His is Susie's story, not\ I min e. Every now and

^ J m then during the pastfew months, if I have felt de

pressed or discouraged, I havefound myself re-reading Susie'sletter. I am passing it on to you,so that you may read it too; andwith a smile or a tear, rejoice inthe story of one young womanwho found happiness — not ina great forest nor in a great city

— but within herself.I first met Susie ten years

ago, during the war, when sheand I did a woman's radio program for a Los Angeles department store. Susie and I spentmany wonderful hours workingtogether. She was ingenious

and resourceful, imaginativeand creative. She possessed a

great gift for organization, andand an even greater gift forwinning the help and co-operation of all kinds of people.

But one day I realized something was wrong. Responsible,capable, hard-working Susiebegan to have moments of complete irresponsibility. She nearly missed several broadcasts.She n ea r l y bo tc he d up afashion show. She stayed away

from work. She failed to turnup for appointments.

The sponsors called me andbegged me to "straighten Susieout." One of her men friendsconfided that "Susie was headed for a crack-up." The n oneweek-end Susie came with me

to the quiet college town I callhome. We drove into the can-

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yon I had roamed as a child.Susie sat on a big rock, herfingers trailing through thecool, clear water of the mounta in s t ream. Suddenly sheturned to me and said, seemingly apropos of nothing, "Wel l , Iguess the answer is 'to thineown self be true!'"

A week or so later, much tomy dismay, my gay, sophisticat

ed, career-loving Susie turnedup wearing a wedding ring.She had marr ied a G I — asergeant, on leave. Bob turnedout to be a big, rough, tough,six-footer from the backwoodsof Oregon, with a lovable smile

and a masterful manner towardSusie, whom he obviously worsh ipped. Susie , i n her latethirties, was his senior by anumber of years. She admittedshe was completely helpless ina kitchen. She "knew" she wastoo old to have children. She

couldn't possibly imagine herself fitting into the pattern ofrural life. It seemed on the surface to be another reckless, impulsive, ill-considered war-marriage.

But seven years later Susie,

now the mother of two boys,writes this letter about her ex

periences in an Oregon lumbercamp:

"Well , it's time to hop in ourold "Whoopie' and take off forour three years i n a lumbercamp.

"At Prospect you turn off thehighway — the last connectinglink with civilization—and startthrough the forest. Ten milesback in the forest, on the roar

ing Red Blanket Creek, sits atypical Oregon mill and camp.You should see it! Shacks madeof green lumber with cracks aninch wide — rough floor boards— cubbyhole windows patchedwith cardboard or linoleum.

"If I hadn't arrived in thedark I'm sure I'd have fled tothe nearest cave and holed upwith a bear. The next day verified my worst fears. It wasawful. Bob had a job that paid$600 a month. The housingwas free, and we c o u l d re

trench."I strolled to the hole-pittedroad to see what the other inhabitants looked like. What asight! I have never seen suchbedraggled-looking children,such hopeless looking women.

"Can you imagine a caste sys

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intendent are the chief bigwigs. Next in the upper classcome sawyer, sawfiler and mill

wright."There were 16 families living there in the backwoods, andal l sn ub b in g each other. Ilearned that the boss* son wasthe superintendent, and married to a beautiful young girl. Icalled on her. She turned out

to be gracious and friendly. Isuggested that we do somethingto create interest in each otherand raise the morale.

"After that I buttonholed herfather-in-law, the boss. Aftert a l k i n g m y s e l f h o a r s e I

wheedled a clubhouse out ofhim. When it was completed Iformed a birthday club, a hobby club, and a kids' gang. Everychild was given a birthday partyannually. W e had the mostwonderful Hallowe'en partiesyou ever saw. And at Christ

mas Santa roared into camp ona logging truck, and what apack we unloaded! W e sangcarols at very shack on Christmas eve; and after trees weretrimmed and kids in bed, wegrownups gathered in the clubhouse for a little fun.

"In the hobby club we discovered all kinds of talent. I

taught sewing, knitting, crocheting and photo-tinting. Ilearned shell art, copper etching

and fabric paindng."The adult birthday club began to entertain the men. Ithad suppers, dances, and asquare-dance club. Once I gotthings humming the superintendent began to notice his menstayed longer because the wom

en were happier. M y reward —a darling little house with hardwood floors, firtex interior, andan all-electric kitchen.

"When you're 65 miles froma town you often get caughtshort on someone's birthday. I

got the habit of spending myspare time making gifts. Eventually people learned I mademost of the things I gave. Before I knew it I was in businessand could hardly keep abreastof the demand. I made a cute,softy doll. In the summertime

the local store stocked them fortourists. W e named them 'Diamond Lake L i l , ' 'Crater LakeSal , ' and 'Sierra Sue.' Thosedolls are certainly scattered farand wide. I still get letters fromall over the country orderingmore. M y tag was: 'Made by

Busy Sue, created especially forYou. ' Mothers said the dolls

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kept little girls happy throughlong days of traveling and tour-

in?;"Eventually I got used to the

wild life . W e had a pet golden-mande squirrel, a chipmunk,bluejay, and a whole family ofcoons. The boys learned to baita hook, trap, and skin out deerwith Daddy's help. The buzz of

a huge saw was music to myears, because it meant steadywork for the men and less workfor Bob. M y days were busy,hectic, and full of fun.

"The summers were wonderfu l . W e spent hours in thewoods. A l l so beautiful, peace

ful, and full of God. But finally we woke up one Easter morning to f ind ourselves snowbound. Bob said that was it!

"The next week was one ofthe saddest of my life . W e saidGood-bye to all our little woodland friends. People we'd lived

close to for three years. Thenew winter crop of babies, andour dear little dream house.

"However, new adventurelay ahead. W e headed south.Next thing I knew we werecrossing the California line. Iwas so excited I thought I'dburst. In California again forthe first time in five years! We

hit the coast and the gloriousblue Pacific lay at my feet. Thetall redwoods reached for thesky behind me. I was seeing itall again. The boys, Bobbyand Wayne, were completelyout of control at the first viewof the ocean.

"W e went on down the glorious redwood highway, and Iguessed Bob's secret. He was

taking me at long last to my beloved San Francisco. It was his'thank you' for all the years oftaking things in their stride.

"I 'l l never forget the GoldenGate Bridge and that lovelyLady of the Seven Hills lit upin all her glorious sparkling

jewels! The moon on the Bay!Even Coit Tower was magnificent!

"We found a place on top ofKing's Mountain in marvelousMarin. I had a complete viewof Berkeley, Oakland and San

Francisco. I spent hours gazingat that long-missed beauty.

"And the children — theirf irst c ircus, carnival , zoo,movies, auto races, horse races.They truly thought this wasfairyland.

"Like starving people Bob

and I lapped up night clubs,swank restaurants and old

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familiar sights. M y friends gavea huge party for us and keptme talking for hours about my

life. How they howled at the

way marriage had taught me todo the mostest with the leastest.

"Bob got a job — of all things— i n s t a l l i n g T V sets. Theowner of the apartment housemade me manager of the place;and we were hard at it again.

"What happened? All of asudden I noticed Bob said ahalf-hearted O K to an invitation to a party. More and morehe looked at M t . Tamalpais instead of the Bay. Less and lesshe wanted to drive in traffic.T h e chatter of my fr iends

didn't strike him funny. Andme! Nothing seemed as muchfun as it used to. I seldom heardthe boys say their prayers anymore.

"Finally I took the bull by

the homs and told Bob how Ifelt. He was overjoyed. Hedrove back to Oregon to look

for a job and a place to live. Afew weeks later the childrenand I took a plane and flewHOME. I'm cured of all nostalgia for sophistication and thegood old days. I truly belonghere in Oregon. I like pioneering. Blue jeans are my stock in

trade. H a v i n g t ime for myfamily, testing my ability tocreate fun and make life interesting is more up my alley thanbeing smooth and sophisticated.

"I know now how wonderfulmy years have been. Yes, as forme, I'll take God and His won

ders. Happiness is within yourself. As long as I live in God'shouse of love, surrounded byHis plenty, there is nothing leftto long for. — Love from yourhappy . . . Susie."

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What the Science of Mind Means to Me

Floyd H. Corbin

MRnew people com

ing into this worksoon develop the

idea that all they need to do isapply the teachings and theycan have anything they want.This is true, but not in the waythey think. For example, awoman came into my office theother day, very indignant, because the teaching was not

working for her. She had beenhaving marital difficulty fornearly a year and in desperationturned to Religious Science,two or three months ago. A l though belligerent and hostile,she was certain there wasnothing wrong with her. For

the past two weeks she hadbeen treating to change her

husband into a meek, mild-tempered man so he would seethings her way, and in so doingwould restore harmony to theirhome. Of course she wantedGod to deliver several hundreddollars in addition, to clear upsome old bills which had causedconsiderable controversy.

First, the newcomer shouldrealize that this is not a "Get

ting" Philosophy, but a means— a technique — by which wecommune with Infinite Intelligence. By so doing, we becomeaware of our oneness with theUniverse in which all goodthings are already complete,ready to be added to our experi

ence. Jesus taught this. H e said,"Seek ye first the Kingdom of

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God and His righteousness;and all these things shall beadded unto you." " . . . the kingdom of God is within you. "" . . . ye shall know the Tru thand the Truth shall make youfree." Unless we first take thetime to turn within, we cannotrealize we have been conditioned with half-truths, withfalse beliefs, with many things

that do not coincide with ourtrue nature — things aboutwhich we are secretly hostile,frustrated or confused. Realizing this, we try to clear up negative attitudes through understanding and treatment. W ecan rightfully expect harmoni

ous daily activity when Harmony is established inside. ThatHarmony radiates like the lightfrom a candle, and, whereverwe go, the Light of love, kindness and harmony shines forth,lighting our way and dissolvingdarkness not only for ourselvesbut for all those around us.Then, with this peace of mind— with the relaxation and poisethat this state brings — we become clear channels for the Infinite to flow through, and creative ideas began to pop into our

conscious mind. They are so

real, so dynamic, so true, thatwe are compelled to act uponthem; and as we act upon themwe gain knowledge, experience, and self-confidence. Withself-confidence, we walk andspeak with authority, truly becoming the "Sons of God," withdominion over all things. If wekeep in communion with theInfinite, we give gratitude for

each demonstration, and moveforward not only confidendybut lovingly, joyfully and happily. If we fail to keep in communion, we develop a cockiness— we move away from theSource; we become materialistic, even belligerent, hard, bru

tal, and once more detached,and eventually unhappy.

Thus, to me, the ReligiousScience teaching is not a "Getting" Philosophy, but a comm u n i n g o ne — an d by theconstant communion and expression of gratitude we arrivein the M a i n Chamber. Notthrough the side door butthrough the front door—whosehinges are on the inside, whoseknob is marked Love. The keyhole is Understanding, and theoil that keeps the hinges work

ing smoothly is Gratitude.

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Life's Greatest Experience

Orlando Wanvig

OME time ago Vice-President Barkley said thatAmericans are spiritually

deficient; shortly after thatPresident Truman said that hehas found it impossible to persuade sectarian groups to reconcile their theological differencesand present a united spiritualfront against the destructiveforces threatening the world.

Every month or so the Reader'sDigest reprints one or morearticles decrying the spiritualpoverty of the American people, and editorial writers in ournewspapers harp on the sametheme. I am reminded of MarkTwain's comment, "Everybody

talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it."

W e are chided for our povertyof spirit, but are not told whatto do about it. Now I want tosuggest means of striking a balance of body, mind and spirit.

Let me review the record ofwhat we have been thinkingand studying in an effort to attain increased understanding:Your conscious mind is yourspirit. Jesus said, "God is spirit,"

meaning Infinite and UniversalSpirit. Since infinitude cannotbe divided against itself, yourconscious mind, or spirit, is acenter in the Infinite ConsciousMind, or God Spirit. You arenot separated from God, ever,but each one of you is a separate

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God. Your problem and mine isnot to seek unity with God,since we are already (and always have been) one with God,but to recognize that we are atthis and every moment unitedin spirit (consciousness) withDivine Spirit.

Now let us imagine that youare confronted with a problemof some k i n d . You want to

merge your consciousness withGod's consciousness. You li ftyour mind by saying, "God," inwhatever term of address meansmost to you. Say that you owea debt payable at a certain date.You have no idea how or wherethe money is coming from.After you have thought of God,first thank God for what youhave; next, think "You knowmy problem, God ; my debt ispaid. I thank you." Now a lumpsum of what you need will notdrop into your hands, for God

does not work that way, but inthe day's routine someone maypay you a smaller debt — youmay have an unexpected gift.As the pay date approaches youbecome conscious that somehow, with a slight adjustmentof your finances, you do have

enough to pay. Your first tendency will be to relate all the af

fairs that led up to your havingsufficient funds, and call thema "lucky break"—"coincidence."

A few weeks ago I officiatedat a w e d d i n g on a ranch inWyoming. It was a large andfashionable out-of-doors wedding. The afternoon before thewedding a cold wind began toblow, and the clouds gathered.Several of the guests agreed

with the host that a snow stormmight be coming. If I had saidaloud, 'Tomorrow will be clearand beautiful," it would havesounded egotistical, and theywould have speculated in itsbeing coincidental when theday d id dawn clear. Again,

when intermittent gusts ofstrong wind began to blow, if Ihad said, "At the hour of theservice it will be calm" (as Idid within myself and as it didprove to be), to the weddingguests the calm would haveseemed sheer coincidence. Tome it was, as I declared to myself, a union of our spirit withthe Consciousness, or Spirit, ofGod; and I thanked God for it.

Historic evolution indicatesthat God wants individual perfection, and to that end we have

progressed from the simplestform of creature to a more and

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more perfected and complexbeing. When our son was ababy learning to walk, Maryand I tried to help him, but theday came when he succeededin pulling himself erect by achair, and without encouragement started to walk. As parents, we thrilled over one oflife's minor experiences. Lifehad done its part. The boy's

nerves and muscles were co-ordinated. The body was ready.Al l that was needed was theconscious co-operation of thespirit. W h en the boy was readyto supply it , he learned to walk.

This is the common experience, and generically speaking,

that boy (mankind ) has walkedfar. He has learned the laws ofnature, and exploited them intothe greatest era of achievementthe world has ever known. H ehas dominion over the materialand intellectual world. He has

mastered his m i n d and hisbody. Is he losing his soul?

The condition in which wefind ourselves today is not a catastrophe. W e are on the threshold of a new era, and this is itsinauguration. M a n has now become an efficient instrument for

the next advance in the Cosmicplan. He has achieved over the

lesser—the physical and mental;now he must learn to acceptdomination by the higher, andspiritual. The time has comewhen, as Isaiah said, "The earthshall be full of the knowledgeof God." "S ha ll the clay say tohim that fashioneth it, whatmakest thou?" God made us,and for Hi s purpose. W e cannot demand of Him: "What are

You making?" But we can say,"How can I help You achieveYour object through me?"

Think of God and yourselflike the bank and your checking account. To be negotiable,every check you draw musthave the bank's name and your

name. You can use checks forany purpose you will. The bankcares nothing about what youdraw your check for, and it willpay the check. You might usethe money to bribe a publicofficial, but the bank neitherknows, nor cares, that your actis criminal. You may go to jail,but the bank will not. Everythought you think is issuedfrom your conscious mind(spirit), and like a check it hasyour name and God 's. Y ou rthoughts may be wrong, but

God will pay and you will suffer. After you have suffered

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enough you will realize thatG o d ' s n a m e i s o n e v e r ythought, and knowing that, youwill think good. Then will occur those strange coincidencesof which I spoke, and when yourealize that they are the productof your conscious union withGod you will begin to adventure in life's greatest experience.

If you use your checking account to meet all obligadons,and are generous as well, youwill have a reputation of beinga person of substance, whoseword is as good as his bond.That is analogous to the attractive personality you wi l l be

when you co-operate with Godin your thinking. The acid testcomes when you have to co-operate with God all the way, forwhile God will do more thanHis share, it can only be co-operatively, and only when youacknowledge His supremacy.When others see and feel thechange in you, then you mayknow that God is using you forHis purpose.

I have in mind severa l

instances of the results of meet-ing the acid test. O n e thatcomes very close to us is a poliocase. The son-in-law of one ofour practitioners is experiencing a severe form of it. Whenthis strong young fellow wasstricken, and death seemed imminent, in the face of all appearances she kept on prayingwith faith. Others joined her.

The first time he was takenfrom the iron lung he could notstay out over two minutes. Yesterday he remained out of it fortwenty-four hours. They havemet the acid test of completeco-operation with God.

Jesus, at the tomb of Lazarus,

gave us the technique. He firstsaid, "I thank thee, Father" —the recognition of God's supremacy. Second, "I know thatthou hearest me always" — hisunion in consciousness withGod. T h i r d , "Lazarus, comeforth"—his command. Remember always: The Father thatdwelleth in me, He doeth theworks. Knowing that God willalways do "the work" is life's

greatest experience.

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Approved of God!

Mary L. Kupferle

NE QUIET evening I

watched the shadowsof the sunset touch

hovering clouds with tints ofpale gold and silver, watchedtheir lovely brightness againsta clear blue background. Asthe scene changed moment bymoment, as f l u f f y moundsdrifted off slowly into airywisps, one mass of soft grey

clouds composed of surprisingwhirls of dark lines suddenlygathered into the semblance ofa g igant ic f ingerpr int . I tseemed as though nature hadwanted to indicate her appreciation of the beauty of theevening, and placed a seal of

approval upon the pattern ofcolorful glory across the sky.

T h e d i v i n e "seal of approval," of beauty and goodness and truth, is stampedupon the soul of man, uponyour identity and mine. Thisseal indicates we have full approval of the Father, in whoseimage and likeness we exist. Itindicates that no matter whatappears to be, no matter howoften we may fail or fall, no

matter the discouragement andnegation presented to thephysical senses, the DivineSelf of man stands forever thesame as created in the begin-n i n g , u n m o v e d a n d u n changed, forever approvedwhole and free and spiritually

perfect.Years ago, a friend used to

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mention she was continuallybeing "disappointed in" peopleshe knew. At first she admiredthem, found them fine andgood, but later began to detectfaults and flaws and failingsto change her viewpoint. Thereason for this was that shehad set the human personalityupon a pe de sta l, tha t shelooked to the physical and

human for perfection, even asshe overlooked the real natureof man.

The children of God, as allof us are named, have but oneIdentity, one Character, onetrue Nature, and that is good.It is to this nature we must

look, within everyone. If welook beyond appearances, beyond the sight of the physicaleye, and behold all men withthe spiritual vision which isour true sight, we shall neverbe disappointed in anyone else

or in ourself, neither will wecriticize nor condemn, becomeannoyed or disturbed, for wewill see the Divine Self thatexists as man's true self.

At one time, a truth studentI know persuaded a friend ingreat need of help to consult

with a teacher. Although theyoung girl was in agreement

with taking this action she didnot seem able to respond to thelessons as given by the teacher.D u r i n g a con ve rsa tio n between the two interested persons, when it came to lightthat a wall of self-disapprovalseemed to be blocking the girl'sprogress, it was decided thattogether they would pray forthe way to be made clear for

release of this negation, foracceptance of her real Christnature.

T h a t same day, as thetroubled girl and the teachersat quietly talking, a new unitywas felt between them, re

straint was suddenly lifted, andthe teacher found the opport u n i t y to tell the youngerperson something of her trueself. She told her that nomatter how many mistakes hadbeen made, no matter how unhappy and disturbed she mightfeel concerning them, she hadonly one responsibility in thepresent, to know that Godloved her, approved of her asHis child. She told her thatthe same mind is within all, aswithin the wonderful Christ

Jesus, that only through tolerance and patience and forgive-

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ness of the personal self canthis Christlike nature becomemore clear. A new worldopened to the young girl in

those few moments, allowingher to receive renewedstrength and confidence,courage to continue successfully in her way.

Yes, no matter how deep ourdarkest gloom and despair,

deeper and stronger than ourgreatest frustration and deniallies that approved Self whichis "greater than he that is inthe world," able to do allthings, accomplish all things.Accepting the Christ Self asour true self, we accept our

wonderful relationship to theHeavenly Father, and find thesame mind in us which was inChrist Jesus. Through this renewing of our mind all thingsare transformed accordingly;

misunderstandings are turnedto harmony, dissension to cooperation, insufficiency toabundance, physical lack to

well-being. We begin to seethat God's stamp of approval isupon our life and affairs, uponevery person and condition,every experience, every moment of the day; find His

blessings surrounding, uplift

ing us, His guidance enfoldingand protecting us.

Know this truth today, thatGod loves you and approves ofyou! He created you in Hisimage and likeness as Hishighest idea, His most wonderful expression, and He be

holds you now and forever inthis same light, whole, perfect,free and radiant! His DivineSeal of Approval is upon you,

pronouncing you ever His sonand heir, His child of Glory!

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The Villain in the Picture

Charles McNeill Simon

H E N we stop andthink a moment, werealize that all we

know of the villain is what wesee on the screen. He is anactor who is able to portraythat which the part calls for.H e brings emotions of hate,anger, disgust, and the like, tohis audienoe. These are the reactions desired in accordancewith the script of the picture,and have no bearing whatsoever on the character of theman himself.

Let us take a well-knownactor of the "horror-type" motion picture as an example. On

the screen he exemplifies allthat is weird and horrible, oftenstriking terror to his audience;yet we may meet him off thescreen, in person, to find hepresents an entirely differentpicture. He appears as thoughhe might be a Minister; certain

ly a kindly and loving person —even a little bashful. He may

be a fait hfu l Chu rch- goi ngmember.

A s t o n i s h i n g , i sn ' t i t ?

Changes our whole conceptionof the man. A n d yet I don'tknow why it should, unless wehave been accepting the outward expression on the screenas the reality, not realizing thatthe picture of the man was

merely an image, which we hadtr a n s p o s ed in to w h a t w ethought was the real person.

I know of an actor who portrays drunk scenes to the pointof perfection, where you have afeeling of revolting disgust forthe man. The thought occurs

that it was too perfect to bemerely acting—that it appearedtoo realistic not to have beenthe real thing. You feel that theman must be pretty much of adrunkard, and was probably"tight" during the filming ofthat particular scene. If the real

truth were known, the actorwould be seen in a new light.

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The man never touches a dropof liquor. He has no use for it.It is no part of his "off-the-screen" existence.

I have seen on the screen, expressions of fear, hatred, dread,cunning, malice, ruthlessness,poverty, hunger, sickness, pain,and all of those experiences orcondidons that the world considers undesirable.

W e in Religious Sciencedeem them as undesirable also,but we go even further thanthat. W e consider them as untrue. They are untrue. Theyare merely flashes on a screen,giving us a mental image of anexperience, or condition, not toour liking.

Consider for a moment . . .Are we not all screens? Are notthe outward manifestations andexpressions, that are a part ofour daily lives, merely screensthat hide the Real Man — the

Inner Consciousness that weknow is a part of each of us, andof God, and therefore perfect?For a few examples, let us lookback at the impatient driverwho glared at us as he passedthis morning; the harried trafficofficer who gave us a sharp re

ply to a perfecdy normal question; the employer who eyed us

disapprovingly as we slippedinto the office a bit late; the exasperating salesgirl who was annoyed over seeming trifles; thehurried waitress who seemed todisregard us entirely. Thesemay be but a few of your morerecent experiences; yet the disregard for courtesy, the lack ofconsideration which you mayencounter, is not the T ru e Self

expressing. These actions andmouthings are merely passingportrayals on the screen of thevisible self.

This is intellectually acceptable. However, to use this Principle for greater happiness, for

a fuller understanding of ourfellow man, and a realization ofour own at-one-ment with God ,the mere acceptance is notenough. As Emest Holmes soaptly expressed it, This acceptance must become a subjectiveembodiment, of which the in

tellect furnishes but a mental picture.

Now we understand what itmeans to vision the Inner M a n— the True Man of God. No wwe realize that we should notlook at the outward manifesta

tion alone. W e should lookthrough this outer shell and be-

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hold the Real Person, the perfect image and likeness of God.And we should look within ourselves, remove our own outershell, and find true wholeness,complete oneness, with InfiniteOmnipresence and Omnipotence.

It is a wonderful attainmentto be able to recognize ourvaried experiences as scenes

passing before our eyes on thescreen of our existence. However, let us not make the errorof looking upon these scenes asthough they were following anunswervable groove, or rut. Letus instead realize that they are

merely experiences which wecan change by the conscious ap

plication of right thinking.

Let us look at our fellow manwith an understanding awareness of his Real Being. Look notupon the outer shell, nor uponthe image on the screen, as theTruth of his Being; but lookthrough al l of these outward expressions to the perfect man

that he is. When we do this,others will begin to look uponus in their awakened light andconsciousness of our TrueBeing. For as the Bible tells us,"Whatsoever a man soweth,that shall he also reap."

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Singing With theSilent Voice

Dorothy Lewis Berry

aHAD an unusual experience last week — see whatyou get out of it.

Weekend before last, I lostthe first round with a "fluy"cold. Went to work on myselfto see where my consciousnesswas slipping, and jacked thething up so that I kept going.However, Monday night was aconference w i t h in t imatefriends over a spiritual emer

gency. A nd Tuesday was lastpractice for our TelephoneCompany Spring Concert.

M y throat was raw — but Isang anyway (not so muchhign-mindedly as stubbornly).Wednesday, die day of the concert, my voice was completely

gone — I was just whispering.A t noon, I had my throat

sprayed, and came home with afever. After meditating andnapping, the fever was gone,but so was the voice,

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