Look at Nature

If you look at Nature you will find wonderful dissimilarity in the flora and fauna of the various countries and localities. Even in one single locality how many various kinds of things must grow in the same environment, yet how the forces that are needed to support life in these various things are fitted for them! There is no such thing as exact identity or monotony in the whole world.

The Teacher

How can you cure yourself of all habits?

The instant you get to the point where you realise your own selfhood and your supreme control over all your faculties and ideals, the instant you realise that nobody—nothing—can affect you unless you permit it in your aura—then you can cure yourself of all habits.

—The Teacher

Unfold your natural wisdom

Each Soul must accept only that with which his own inner Divine Self correlates and declares to be good. 

Be willing to face your hidden faults

Put love, devotion, co-operation and true facing of one's self as the first requisites to real inner affiliation. Be willing to face your hidden faults and find out just what it is that is holding you back.

By the power of the Christ

We are on the Path the very instant we make up our mind to take the first step. There are many steps on the Path and we are on it just as soon as we determinedly step out and decide to go on by the strength and power of the Christ.

The Teacher

Inner Light

Exactly as in everything that grows there is a tiny germ of life which is Divine, which makes even the little seed planted in the dark ground struggle to gather to itself exactly the particles needed for its growth; which makes the seed keep on growing and growing until it is firmly rooted and able to put up its shoots above ground, so in every human heart there is this divine knowledge that the God of Love has impregnated the soil of its life, or let us say, the surrounding circumstances of its life, with exactly the conditions which will make it strong. Then it finds that every struggle helps it to take root more deeply, and finally through this rooting and the discriminating following of the Divine Instinct, at last it will put up a spiritual shoot into the sunshine. Then it will find the corroboration of all its inner convictions. It will find that while underground it may have dreamed that the Sun shone and the rain fell and the wind blew and that flowers did blossom and grow, but now after its long struggle it has at last proved that all this is true.

Therefore, one of the most convincing yet mystical sayings is that the Soul must grow as the flower grows, silently yet surely opening its heart to the Spiritual Sun. But at first the Sun must be but the reflection of the divine immortal Spiritual Light which lighteth everyone that cometh into the world, which shines deep within its own heart. Only as the Soul thus follows this Light and keeps on struggling will the proof ultimately come to it that indeed it is all true.

The things we are personally inclined to are the things we cannot help believing, but commonsense says that we must put them to the proof. Things in the outer life we are inclined to believe may or may not be true, but the inner mysteries of the Soul to which we feel ourselves inclined we may depend upon. For they come from this Inner Light which is given us to lead us into that which is especially needed for our Soul's growth.

Letters from the Teacher, Volume II, Universal Religious Fellowship Inc., Harriette Augusta Curtiss and F. Homer Curtiss, Curtiss Book Company, California, 1924

Take, eat; for verily this is my body

Be thankful and know well that our heavenly Father knows what is best; knows how to guide us to food suitable for every stage of our growth. Every spiritual food that helps us onward and upward is the body of the Christ, to be eaten and digested and lived upon. And when it no longer helps, then something else will be provided.

As our needs grow, we are guided to ask more Soul-searching questions; so will the answers come and so will we receive the divine help that grows with our growth and provides for us ongoing day by day and year by year.

It is only as we try everything

It is only as we try everything that appeals to us and extract from each that which really feeds us that we make ourselves ready for advanced advice and help. We are all like a little seed planted in the ground which must seek for its food down in the dark earth and learn to find just the necessary nourishment for its growth. And only when it puts up a shoot above ground can the gardener come and train it and help it in its positive growth.

No matter how difficult the struggle

Always follow your own Divine Guidance no matter how difficult the struggle.

When the pupil is ready

When the pupil is ready, the Teacher appears. Don't think that this precept means that some Teacher in the physical, some Master will come to you and give you some magical personal power. In reality, the Teacher who appears is just the thing that can teach us to take the next step. Sometimes, it is a friend quite as ordinary as ourselves; another time it is a book, another an incident in our lives. But it is always just the thing which teaches us to take the next step. 

Take up your personal faults and failings

In seeking within for your personal faults and failings, begin by seeking for these general things— 

Ask yourself— 

Am I seeking in my heart to co-operate with all? 

Am I recognising that all the world is one great family; that if we try to separate ourselves into exclusive nations and sections, etc., we are like brothers and sisters who are continually quarrelling; that our Father and our Divine Mother cannot bring peace and harmony into this great household until the children in it have learned to be brotherly and kindly to one another. 

Then take up the other faults within yourself.

The Teacher

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Magical Prayers

MADE WITH LOVE—MAGICAL PRAYERS

The first to work definitely to lift up the gates of ignorance and inculcate the constructive principles of the Law of Life should be those whose consciousness can grasp and realise that love, compassion, justice, co-operation and all constructive forces neutralise and transmute the clouds of karmic dust and inharmony into peace, brotherhood and co-operation.

The uniting of thousands of hearts and minds to this definite end should generate a great current of dynamic spiritual force sweeping continuously around the world and help in opening wide the everlasting doors and preparing for the quick coming of the King of Glory, not only into our own hearts and lives, but into the lives of nations and humanity as a whole.

The Teacher

A group of detainees at Joint Task Force Guantanamo bow and touch the forehead to the ground as they observe morning prayer before sunrise inside Camp Delta 28 October. Detainees at the JTF are afforded the opportunity to pray five times each day and are provided prayer rugs and copies of the Quran—Petty Officer 1st Class Marcos Hernandez—U.S. Navy

Repeat morning, noon and night, or oftener, but at least at noon each day, the following Prayer for World Harmony with a deep heartfelt realisation of its significance and a scientific understanding of its dynamic psychological power to awaken and stimulate into action every germ of good in the hearts of mankind.

It is noon somewhere every minute of the day, which like a refreshing breeze should cool the heat of conflicting interests and blow off the karmic dust of the past which is settling upon and blinding individuals and nations to the Law of Life—harmony and co-operation.

See the Radiance which this Prayer invokes, dispelling the clouds of inharmony as the Sun dispels the fog, and stimulating the growth of the good in each heart as the Sun stimulates the growth of the sprout when the fog has been dispelled and the Sun can carry on its constructive work.

PRAYER FOR WORLD HARMONY

Glory and honour and worship be unto Thee, 0 Lord Christ,

Thou who art the Life and Light of all mankind!

Thou art the King of Glory—

To whom all the peoples of the Earth should give joyful allegiance and service.
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Inspire mankind with a realisation of true Brotherhood.
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Teach us the wisdom of peace, harmony and co-operation.

Breathe into our hearts the understanding that only as we see ourselves—

As parts of the one body of humanity—

Can peace, harmony, success and plenty descend upon us.

Help us to conquer all manifestations—

Of inharmony and evil in ourselves and in the world.

Bless us all with the Radiance of Thy Divine Love and Wisdom—

That we may ever worship Thee in the beauty of holiness.

In the Name of the Living Christ, we ask it.

Amen

A man praying at a Japanese Shintō shrine—Kalandrakas (カランドラカス) from Kanagawa, Japan—Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

PRAYER FOR LIGHT

0 Christ! 

Light Thou within my heart

The Flame of Divine Love and Wisdom,

That I may dwell forever in the radiance of Thy countenance

And rest in the Light of Thy smile!

Abu Sami, a Bedouin from the eastern desert of Jordan, prays in a nomad's mosque pointing towards Mecca—Sima shimony—Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International

MORNING PRAYER

I have within me the power of the Christ!

I can conquer all that comes to me today!

I am strong enough to bear every trial

And accept every joy

And to say

Thy will be done!

Attitudes of prayer, Biskra—Tupper Scrapbooks Collection—William Vaughn Tupper

HEALING PRAYER

0 thou loving and helpful Master Jesus!

Thou who gavest to Thy disciples power to heal the sick!

We, recognising Thee, and realising Thy divine Presence with us,

Ask Thee to lay Thy hands upon us in healing Love.

Cleanse US from all OUR sins, 

And by the divine power of Omnipotent Life,

Drive out the atoms of inharmony and disease, 

Fill our bodies full to overflowing with Life and Love and Purity.

Sailors acting as flag bearers bow their heads during a prayer at a burial at sea ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) while under way in the Pacific Ocean on 19 August 2007. The Lincoln conducted the solemn and sacred tradition of burial at sea for 11 former service members during its transit to its homeport of Everett, Washington—Petty Officer 3rd Class James R. Evans, U.S. Navy

PRAYER FOR PROTECTION

0 Christ! 

Surround and fill me with the Flame of Divine Love and Wisdom,

That it may purify, illumine and guide us in all things.

May its Spiritual Fire form a rampart of Living Flame around me 

To protect us from all harm. 

May it radiate to every heart, consuming all evil and intensifying all good.

In the name of the Living Christ! 

Amen

An elderly Tibetan women holding a prayer wheel on the Lhasa's pilgrimage circuit of Barkhor. The Barkhor, a quadrangle of streets that surrounds the Jokhang Temple, is both the spiritual heart of the holy city and the main commercial district for Tibetans—Luca Galuzzi—www.galuzzi.it—Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic

PRAYER OF DEMONSTRATION

I am a child of the Living God!

I have within me the all-creating power of the Christ!

It radiates from me and blesses all I contact.

It is my Health, my Strength, my Courage,

My Patience, my Peace, my Poise,

My Power, my Wisdom, my Understanding,

My Joy, my Inspiration, and my Abundant Supply.

Unto this great Power I entrust all my problems,

Knowing they will be solved in Love and Justice.

Mention all problems connected with your worldly affairs, visualise each and conclude with the following words—

Ethiopia—Innocent Prayers of a Young Child—Steve Evans from Citizen of the World—Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

O Lord Christ! I have laid upon Thy altar all my wants and desires.

I know Thy Love, Thy Wisdom, Thy Power and Thy Graciousness.

In Thee I peacefully rest, knowing that all is well.

For Thy will is my will. 

Amen

The Anchorite—Teodor Axentowicz (1859–1938)—National Museum in Warsaw (MNW)

PRAYER TO THE DIVINE INDWELLER

Come, 0 Lord of Life and Love and Beauty!

Thou who art myself and yet art God!

And dwell in this body of flesh,

Radiating all the beauty and holiness and perfection,

That the flesh may out-picture all that Thou art within!

Even so come, 0 Lord. 

Amen

Vesper Bells—Rudolf Eickemeyer

PRAYER TO THE DIVINE MOTHER

0 Divine Mother!

Illumine me with Divine Wisdom,

Vivify me with Divine Life and 

Purify me with Divine Love,

That in all I think and say and do

I may be more and more Thy child. 

Amen

Taiwanese in Mengjia Longshan Temple—© CEphoto, Uwe Aranas

Taiwanese woman praying after bringing her offerings to Mengjia Longshan Temple—© CEphoto, Uwe Aranas

GRACE AT MEALS

I am a creator.

By the power of my spiritualised will 

I consciously gather all the forces from this food, 

And use them to create health, strength and harmony in all my bodies.

Luxembourgers in England—Evacuees in Surrey, 1942—Five-year-old Andrew and his three-year-old sister Jacqueline say Grace before a meal at the house in which they are staying in Surrey. According to the original caption, when they sit down to eat they "always remember their grandparents still in Luxembourg, Food is scarce in Luxembourg now—Imperial War Museum on the IWM NoNon-Commercial licence

Luxembourgers in England—Evacuees in Surrey, 1942—Five-year-old Andrew and three-year-old Jacqueline say their prayers before settling down to sleep at the house in which they are staying, somewhere in Surrey. The original caption states that they are remembering their grandparents, still in Luxembourg, in their prayers, as they do every night—Imperial War Museum on the IWM NoNon-Commercial licence

SUNSET PRAYER

As the physical sun

Disappears from our sight,

May the Spiritual Sun

Arise in our hearts,

Illumine our minds,

And shed its radiant blessing

Upon all we contact.

Give us this day our daily bread, a photograph by American photographer Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr—United States Library of Congress' Prints and Photographs division

Extracted from the book—Letters from the Teacher, Volume II, Universal Religious Fellowship Inc., Harriette Augusta Curtiss and F. Homer Curtiss, Curtiss Book Company, California, 1924

SUNSET PRAYER

The first to work definitely to lift up the gates of ignorance and inculcate the constructive principles of the Law of Life should be those whose consciousness can grasp and realise that love, compassion, justice, co-operation and all constructive forces neutralise and transmute the evil that the terrible rising tide of unrest, selfishness, racial and class antagonism, labour troubles and religious bigotry and intolerance among individuals, classes and nations may be so transmuted, or at least turned aside, that it will not find expression in a new series of armed conflicts and bloodshed.

The uniting of thousands of hearts and minds to this definite end should generate a great current of dynamic spiritual force sweeping continuously around the world and help in opening wide the everlasting doors and preparing for the quick coming of the King of Glory, not only into our own hearts and lives, but into the lives of nations and humanity as a whole.

Repeat morning, noon and night, or oftener, but at least at noon each day, the following Prayer for World Harmony with a deep heartfelt realisation of its significance and a scientific understanding of its dynamic psychological power to awaken and stimulate into action every germ of good in the hearts of mankind.

It is noon somewhere every minute of the day—which like a refreshing breeze should cool the heat of conflicting interests and blow off the karmic dust of the past which is settling upon and blinding individuals and nations to the Law of Life— harmony and co-operation.

See the Radiance which this Prayer invokes, dispelling the clouds of inharmony as the Sun dispels the fog, and stimulating the growth of the good in each heart as the Sun stimulates the growth of the sprout when the fog has been dispelled and the Sun can carry on its constructive work.

PRAYER FOR WORLD HARMONY

Glory and honour and worship be unto Thee, 0 Lord Christ, 

Thou who art the Life and Light of all mankind!

Thou art the King of Glory 

To whom all the peoples of the Earth should give joyful allegiance and service.

Inspire mankind with a realisation of true Brotherhood.

Teach us the wisdom of peace, harmony and co-operation.

Breathe into our hearts the understanding that only as we see ourselves—  

As parts of the one body  of humanity— 

Can peace, harmony, success and plenty descend upon us.

Help us to conquer all manifestations 

Of inharmony and evil in ourselves and in the world.

Bless us all with the Radiance of Thy Divine Love and Wisdom 

That we may ever worship Thee in the beauty of holiness.

In the Name of the Living Christ we ask it. 

Amen

PRAYER FOR LIGHT

0 Christ! Light Thou within my heart

The Flame of Divine Love and Wisdom,

That I may dwell forever in the radiance of Thy countenance

And rest in the Light of Thy smile!

MORNING PRAYER

I have within me the power of the Christ!

I can conquer all that comes to me today!

I am strong enough to bear every trial

And accept every joy

And to say

Thy will be done!

HEALING PRAYER

0 thou loving and helpful Master Jesus!

Thou who gavest to Thy disciples power to heal the sick!

We, recognising Thee, and realising Thy divine Presence with us,

Ask Thee to lay Thy hands upon us in healing Love.

Cleanse US from all OUR sins,

And by the divine power of Omnipotent Life,

Drive out the atoms of inharmony and disease, 

And fill our bodies full to overflowing with Life and Love and Purity.

PRAYER FOR PROTECTION

0 Christ! 

Surround and fill me with the Flame of Divine Love and Wisdom,

That it may purify, illumine and guide us in all things.

May its Spiritual Fire form a rampart of Living Flame around me 

To protect us from all harm. 

May it radiate to every heart, consuming all evil and intensifying all good.

In the name of the Living Christ!

Amen

PRAYER OF DEMONSTRATION

I am a child of the Living God!

I have within me the all-creating power of the Christ!

It radiates from me and blesses all I contact.

It is my Health, my Strength, my Courage,

My Patience, my Peace, my Poise,

My Power, my Wisdom, my Understanding,

My Joy, my Inspiration, and my Abundant Supply.

Unto this great Power I entrust all my problems,

Knowing they will be solved in Love and Justice.

Mention all problems connected with your worldly affairs, visualise each and conclude with the following words—

0 Lord Christ! 

I have laid upon Thy altar all my wants and desires.

I know Thy Love, Thy Wisdom, Thy Power and Thy Graciousness.

In Thee I peacefully rest, knowing that all is well.

For Thy will is my will.

Amen

PRAYER TO THE DIVINE INDWELLER

Come, 0 Lord of Life and Love and Beauty!

Thou who art myself and yet art God!

And dwell in this body of flesh,

Radiating all the beauty and holiness and perfection,

That the flesh may out-picture all that Thou art within!

Even so come, 0 Lord.

Amen

PRAYER TO THE DIVINE MOTHER

0 Divine Mother!

Illumine me with Divine Wisdom,

Vivify me with Divine Life 

Purify me with Divine Love,

That in all I think and say and do

I may be more and more Thy child.

Amen

GRACE AT MEALS

I am a creator.

By the power of my spiritualised will

I consciously gather all the forces from this food,

And use them to create health, strength and harmony in all my bodies.

SUNSET PRAYER

As the physical sun

Disappears from our sight,

May the Spiritual Sun

Arise in our hearts,

Illumine our minds,

And shed its radiant blessing

Upon all we contact.

Letters from the Teacher, Volume II, Universal Religious Fellowship Inc., Harriette Augusta Curtiss and F. Homer Curtiss, Curtiss Book Company, California, 1924