(oneness) the only reasonable interpretation of the universe.
Religion with spiritual insight declares, "There is one God and Father of all, above all, through all, and in you all." "For in him we live and move and have our being." "For of him and through him and to him are all things." "Have we not all one Father? Hath not one God created us?" "Behold I fill heaven and earth," saith the Lord.
The first step in our freedom from bondage is to know God. The second step in our overcoming is to live by this truth of Omnipresence, to bring our thoughts up to its standard in integrity, love, life, health, and power. This means watchfulness, exceeding watchfulness at first, until the habit of right thinking is established. We must also keep our attitude always sweet, true, and kind, and [80] faith-imbued--serving wherever opportunity affords.
Thoughts and deed combined, when based upon the foundation principle of the universe--conscious unity with God and with our fellow men--are invincible; all-powerful in cleansing us from false beliefs and wrong habits, and in blessing those with whom we come in contact day by day. First to know, then to do are the laws of release.
The mystery? Yes, it is a mystery that man brought forth by Divine Power, endowed with God-Being and, therefore, Godlike in nature, infinite in potentiality, should conceive in his thoughts that which is untrue, ungodlike; but
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so he has done, and the point with us now is not to waste time wondering over this phenomenon, but to know God and to translate this knowledge into thought and action. Thus will the mystery disappear--"Behold, I have considered the place thereof and it is no more."
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