Lesson 12 - Conclusion

• They who live consciously IN TRUTH and LIFE, know that they are free.
• They who understandingly live in the ETERNAL, NOW, know that they are free.
• They who live in this PERFECT IDEA, understand the perfect, and are free.
• There is no realization but the freedom of UNCHANGING TRUTH.
• "Know the TRUTH, and the TRUTH shall make you free."

In the previous lessons of this course, we have given the principles of the science of Universal or Omnipresent Spirit, including methods by which to practice it.

The teaching of Christ - as all truth contained in the New Testament, when freed from its mystic or allegoric language, and spiritually understood and applied - is found to be the truth or the science of Omnipresent Spirit, and the methods of application are the same of the one as of the other. Therefore, between Christ’s teaching when truthfully understood, and the science of Spirit, there is no difference. The basis of one is the basis of the other, that of unity with God.

The method of one, is the method of the other, that of manifesting God in the flesh - or that of bearing fruit of the Spirit in earth.

The practice of the one, is the practice of the other, that of fulfilling the royal law, Love, by loving at all times, regardless of circumstance or material appearance.

So, inasmuch as we have instructed you in previous lessons, that there is but one science, which is exact knowledge of truth, and that truth is unchanging, and that unchangeable truth is the exact way of truth and life, in the above statements we would not convey to your thought that the principles of the science of Spirit are confined to the teaching of the New Testament; or that they were not expressed in other teachings or bibles previous to the advent of Jesus on earth. While his teaching is so universal that it may be said to embody the whole, yet the whole truth is omnipresent, and may be recognized and expressed at the same time by every soul in the vast universe.

In reply to the thought of multitudes of people, who are earnestly enquiring as to where and what is truth, we would say that there is no place where truth is not, and no reality that is not truth. So, we have written, there is one God, or Spirit, or Mind; infinite, limitless, indivisible, immutable; all of presence, all of knowledge, and all of power, and that there is one Truth, one love, or law. Therefore it is axiomatic, that there is not a truth in the vast Universe or realm of Infinite Spirit, that the science of Spirit does not include, and this is recognized by Spirit at all times, and by each and every individual who willingly sets aside self and all belief in separateness for Universal Spirit.

Spirit is truth and knowledge. And furthermore, all truth, unmanifest or manifest, unknown or known, belongs to the science of Infinite Spirit.

Nor can we say that the inhabitants of other planets, however advanced they may be in Divine Science, or wisdom’s way, have a single truth that is not ours, by virtue of our inherency in the omnipresent God. Neither can it be said that the truth perceived by different nations, nor that the part of it recognized by any or all churches, nor any truth contained in all isms, or that perceived by each individual, does not belong to the science of Omnipresent Spirit, the Infinite Whole. Therefore it is axiomatic, that through our union with God or Goodness, which fills the vast universe, we are united to all science or truth unexpressed in the invisible Spirit, or expressed in the visible universe, for God or Goodness pervades each and all alike, and unites the one to the other.

There is no limit to the science of Infinite Spirit, and the teacher of science recognizes none; with this perception we have instructed you in these words: That the science of Spirit is that science which includes all sciences - all truth; which treats of the exact relation of souls to God, or of the exact relation of eternal ideas to Infinite Mind. Also that the science of Spirit and its application in healing, consists in a certain perception of absolute truth, which is a knowledge of Infinite Spirit unmanifest, and of its attributes, and of its law of expression, and of the way to manifest according to the law, and image forth its attributes.

So, we have instructed you as to the power of thoughts and its office, it being the means through which creation takes place; it is the formative principle; then in order to image forth the attributes of Spirit, we must base our mental conclusions in the Spirit, and thus adjust our thoughts to it, and square our conduct thereby. That is, the Spirit is the true basis from which to form correct mental conclusions, as in mathematics we take the principle as the basis for the mental solution of the problem; so, thought being the means by which the invisible Spirit or principle becomes visible, and is that through which the silent spirit is spoken and made apparent to the senses, it must be pure, and be in the image and likeness of Spirit if it bears fruit thereof.

We, being immortal, cannot make a truthful statement of ourselves without basing the statement on absolute and unchanging principle: i.e., on the immortal; and we thus bring the true or immortal self to light, or symbol it forth, by making truthful statements of ourselves and of others.

Dear friends and students, we unhesitatingly say, that a study of the science of Spirit opens the portals to the Spirit, and unites the consciousness with the Source of truth and life, and they who live in truth and life, live in freedom. So they who understand the basic principle of this science, are in possession of the key that unlocks the door to the perfect tabernacle not made with hands, through which they may enter into the holy of holies - the realm of Divine wisdom.

And they who succeed in reasoning from the basic principles, and in drawing all conclusions therefrom, bear golden fruit of the Spirit of Truth. They who live in the perfect idea, understand the perfect, and are free. Let not the lesson on faith ever pass from consciousness, for by faith and through faith are all accomplishments gained that are gained; truly it is the substance and power which makes all that is made; by faith we think, and speak, and act; perfect work is due to the perfect expression of faith. Through divorcing the faith from that which is made, and uniting it to that which is unmade, do we come to realize that there is no freedom but divine truth. This realization, as we have instructed you, is to be accomplished through the denial of the senses, and through the affirmation of principle, by ceasing to worship the things of this world and by worshipping the ever present, and placing the true value on the all pervading One.

To assist you in this work of atonement, or regeneration, in lesson second we have given the divine attributes as a guide to truth, and in lesson eight, have defined them so that you may discipline the thought and adjust it to Spirit, and thus bring forth harmonious expressions - as a musician disciplines his voice by adjusting it to the principle of music. And as the voice will not bring forth harmonious sound until it is adjusted to the principle, so thought will not bring forth harmonious results until adjusted to Spirit, and thus faith is given its perfect expression, and the universal love of God or Goodness, through thought, flows out to all alike. That is, "the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us," which means a consciousness of truth; and thus do we realize the truth that frees, which realization is freedom itself, for truth embodied disembodies error.

They who are intuitively instructed, are instructed by the Absolute, and perceive first and final truth. They recognize but one instructor, one Source from which to manifest all goodness, one Source in which to perceive all goodness, one Source in which to acknowledge all that is: i.e., all wisdom, power and presence. So, intuition, the eye of understanding, as we have told you, can alone recognize or perceive first and final Truth. Therefore you are instructed to acknowledge the Kingdom of God, with all its wealth, as being ever present, and thus do you come into the possession of the promises that are made to those who believe; for they who are mindful of the country - the Kingdom of Spirit - from which they came out, in thought and memory, thus return and become conscious that they are in heaven, and are no longer strangers and pilgrims.

A right beginning is essential to a correct ending; and a right beginning must necessarily be one that begins where all things begin, in Spirit or God - in divine intelligence and wisdom - e.g., as a mathematical example has its origin in principle. All truth is principle, and is life eternal; truth differs not one time from another. Therefore science, which is exact knowledge of the unchangeable, and of the relation of things to their Source, cannot be understood but by basing all conclusions upon that in which they have their origin: i.e., it cannot be understood but by perceiving all things in Infinite Spirit.

So we have instructed you, that the true method of conveying knowledge is that of reasoning from the abstract to the concrete, from the infinite to the finite, as from principle to problem and example; and that they who know the trinity or simple law of expression, are in possession of the truth that lifts the veil of all delusion, and that enables them to express from the eternal and the unmanifest, the perfect realm of infinite Being. Earnest application of the basic principles of science brings conviction, which is realization. In the science of Spirit, teaching, practice and proof go hand in hand; for we can realize the divine attributes only through experiencing their presence in our own thoughts. Just as much of truth and infinite love and power as we think, do we acknowledge or make known. Therefore the awakened or "knowing ones" acknowledge all that is. In so doing they live in truth and life, the infinite Father. So to them an evil power is unthinkable, since truth knows not error, nor goodness evil; hence they resist not, and are God-like in all their ways. So we have said unto you, that a belief in two powers, one good and the other evil, one warring against the other, and the belief that Spirit and matter are two powers, the law of the one opposed to the law of the other, and the belief that there is a higher self and a lower self, each trying to overrule the other, are kingdoms divided against themselves. The belief in division or separateness, is the source of all selfishness, or feeling of distinction, superiority, pride, ambition, grief, sorrow and desolation. It is forever true that there is but one self, one Being. Unity is truth. They who realize this are born again, or from above; they have ascended unto the holy mount.

We have shown that Being is the eternal Spirit or Mind, which is the infinite God or Goodness; and that through thought it creates. The power to think, therefore, is the power to image forth the silent attributes of Being, and thus give form to the formless. Also that the visible universe is the effect of thought, the spoken word, or thought, made apparent to sense. We have shown that faith is the substance of works, or it is the divine power of Being, manifest. Also that prayer is effort or aspiration to express or image forth the divine attributes from within; that everything in nature prays, and faith is the substance which enables it to express its innate power.

Intuition is Truth perceiving Truth, Spirit perceiving the things of the Spirit, or Mind perceiving its eternal ideas; this is cognition of first and final truth. That your thought may not wander out of the way of wisdom or unity, we have defined the divine attributes as a guide by which to discipline your thought, and unite the consciousness to truth and life, which is freedom. The attributes are love, truth,, wisdom, knowledge, power, presence, faith and harmony. To think in harmony with these attributes, or to image them in thought, is truth’s practice; so the practitioner of divine truth is a healer, in that he adjusts all to God. Therefore in order to heal the sick, and cast out false beliefs by the power of God, it is necessary that we be the perfect mind and idea which we comprehend, and then express the perfect thought, which is in the image and likeness of this Mind and idea. It is necessary to know that we are the perfect faith which we wish to manifest in all our ways, and be that faith, and to know that the substance of faith is the power of Being, and that our attributes are infinite. In this realization we are in a condition to consciously fulfill the purpose of life in creation.

When the mental constitution is adjusted to God, and we have taken our position in the infinite Source, our position is a truthful one, and we see and express as we see the Father expressing; and deem it no robbery to claim that we are the good and the perfect, which we recognize.

"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."

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