Seek the good of the associated whole

Countless Universes exist, and these are arranged mechanically like the human body, the mind of all minds being the controlling power as the mind of man is the controlling power in his body. Each atom of the Universe is dependent on every other atom, being at the same time an individual atom; and so with man, each individual must, while seeking his own good at all times, in all places, in all situations, seek the good of the associated whole. That is your responsibility, and there is where you gain your life, by merging yourself into the whole, thus strengthening your own individuality while helping all the world — nay, all the Universe.

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Man, know thyself

Behold, how clearly is revealed the meaning of the words, Man, know thyself, in this study of the mind! The study of the subjective mind is an introspective study of self, unveiling the higher self, for in the subjective world everything is contained; and in the degree that we allow the higher self to manifest is every power in the being manifested. So that in reality only by recognising and thus comprehending and manifesting his perfection, his oneness with the Universal Harmony, can the man become master.

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Do smile about things

Do smile about things. If they don't please you, smile anyway, and your displeasure will be lessened.

Uplifting Spiritual Quotes

Nothing is more uplifting or more contagious than a sweet, happy smile.

Practical Spiritual Knowledge

Spiritual light and knowledge, to be practically applied, should be sought for in a calm, dignified manner, and tempered with common sense and reason at the same time; you don't want to seize just one thread and grip it with such force that every other thread is rendered useless. No; you want to polarise yourself and be temperate in all things.

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Greatest clarifier of Spiritual Atmosphere

We find the greatest clarifier of the spiritual atmosphere is unselfishness.

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Cast out all discord

All that is real and eternal is God and that which emanates from God, and God is all harmony and all truth. The real you exists as a part of that harmony. You have your being in the Supreme Being, and that part of you which is eternal and real can express no discord. All that seems discordant does not belong to you and must be cast out.

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Matter is an expression of spirit

Matter is an expression of spirit caused by vibration.

Divine Energy expressed in the law of vibration

All manifested form is the result of Divine Energy expressed in the law of vibration.

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Mind's action

As the Universal mind's action results in manifested form, or what is called creation, and is the thought of God, so the mind's action of the individual manifests, creates, or produces a powerful substance composed of atoms which we call thought, and which is the most subtle and powerful of any substance with which we have to deal; so you see the mind of a human being is creative, and under proper constructive training becomes a vast power for good. Action of all kind is only solidified thought; it is the direct result of thought force or mind's action.

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Love is the constructive force

God is love. Love is the constructive force, and every manifestation of spirit is the result of that cohesive power of the constructive force of love, and vibration is the action, the motive power which produces that result.

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One who really believes in God

A man who really believes in God is one with God, a part of Him, infilled with Him, and God is love. Saying you believe in God does not make it so. Words are so cheap and meaningless sometimes. A man who believes in God takes Him so into his life that he becomes Love itself. He realises that all men are a part of himself, and criticism and condemnation of his fellow-man is impossible.

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The only remedy for error

The only remedy for error and superstition is knowledge. Error is a low vibration of light and totally unfits the soul for truth.

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Be ye perfect

If you would only realise how much easier things would come to you if you didn't try so painfully hard to get them! Try the plan of relaxing — give up — let go. Realise that you are not the most important thing in the world. If you should lay down your body today and go on to other spheres, the sun would rise just the same tomorrow morning, and the birds would sing just as sweetly. Your world is within you, and your entire concern is with yourself. Be ye perfect. Your responsibility ceases there.

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Vibration of Light

Do you know you cannot even conceive of a quality that you do not possess in some degree within yourself, and it rests with you whether you attract to yourself happiness or trouble, ease or disease. Many people go out of their way to look for trouble, and if that is the vibration of light to which they adjust themselves they can have all they want of it, for it is very easy to find.

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You, and You alone

You are an individual. No other person's experience can be the same as yours. In this great oneness is an infinite variety of experience and an infinite variety of individuals, and each individual attracts the experience necessary for his evolution by exact mathematical law of vibration. You and you alone are responsible for your experience, and you alone attract your conditions and surroundings.

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Master your conditions

It is the most useless thing in the world to think you are the victim of fate or circumstance. Take your conditions as you find them and master them if they are not in harmony with yourself. If you haven't sufficient strength, pray for it, breathe for it, as I told you in our last lesson. Don't let anything master you. Are you, the microcosm of the universe, not greater than any other thing in the universe?

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He who loses his life gains it

Do you remember a sentence once spoken by the greatest teacher the world has yet known — He who loses his life gains it. I will not try to say one word in explanation of it, but ask you to concentrate upon it in the light of reason and see what it reveals. See if it does not show you that selfishness is the greatest hindrance in the world to attaining the desire of your soul.

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All one!

All one! Does it not open wondrous realmsof thought? Does it not reveal to us our responsibility not only for each other, but for everything which is created? All one. There is the keynote. We are individual and we are one. We stand alone and we stand with all men. Our personality is now manifested in the higher vibration of individuality, and our relation to the eternal principle of life everlasting is oneness with it.

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Arbiters of our own destiny

The fact is, man is the embodiment of the creative principle, and his creations are the manifestations of his thought. Now just think of this, every vibration sent out by the action of the mind means life or death to something, that is, it is either constructive or destructive in its effect, and the effect is frequently on the atoms of the body of the one who sends the thought. Every thought sent out embodies either love or fear. Love is construction and fear is destruction, and all thought acts by reflex law on the sender.

You see you are the arbiter of your own destiny, the ruler of your own life, and in very truth the creator of yourself. A human being is the greatest magnet in existence, attracting just what he gives, and receiving vibrations from the Universe according to the quality of life impressed upon the soul and radiated from within.

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