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They leave you nothing upon which to rest. Affirmations are solid foundations. For this reason say "I like!" Tell not what you do not like. Think upon what you wish, not upon what you do not wish, for your thought is creative.
I wish you to think upon this until you can live in nonresistance, by ignoring all conditions of antagonism; by so concentrating upon the thoughts of things and conditions desired, that you will recognize no excuse for contention. No one thing in all Mental Science is harder to accomplish than this. It is the fulfillment of the law. Mind your own business. Remember the reply of Jesus to Peter when asked by him what John should do "What is that to thee? Follow thou me!" Any argument or antagonism, is minding another's business. All persons have an equal right with yourself to think and act as prompted within. In giving them this right in your thought, you cannot resist anything they do. You will think and act your thought freely. And since Goodness, Truth and Love, are realities and are all; when you affirm these you will be powerful. To lack faith in them and to antagonize renders you negative and weak. You have separated yourself from Principle which is power.
Peter resisted and lost his ear. Jesus did not resist and was crucified! "Who is victor Pilate or Christ" Remember the motto which is constantly on the cover of NOW: "Nerve us with incessant Affirmatives. Don't bark against the bad; but chant the beauties of the good. When you are concentrated in chanting you cannot bark. Which shall it be? Will you be a growler, or a chanter, in the arena of life?
So important is this attitude and yet so liable to be misunderstood that I give some illustrations. From them you may learn to apply the law. While I roomed in Topeka, Kansas, there was placed in the next room, and against the partition wall, a house organ; some one would practice on it much of the time. At first it
