whose
sole impulse is love, freely giving of
Him-self to all who ask and refusing none.
God is our Father in every sense of the
term, watching over, caring for and loving
all alike. While all is love, yet, in
order that things may not be chaotic,
all is governed by law. And as far as
you and I are concerned, this law
is always mental.
OUR
CONDITIONS GOVERNED BY OUR THINKING
IT
is easy for the average person to see
how it is that mind can control, and to
a certain extent govern, the functions
of the body. Some can go even further
than this and see that the body is governed
entirely by consciousness. This they can
see without much difficulty, but it is
not so easy for them to see how it is
that thought governs their conditions
and decides whether they are to be successes
or failures.
Here
we will stop to ask the question: If our
conditions are not controlled by thought,
by what, then, are they controlled? Some
will say that conditions are controlled
by circumstances. But what are circumstances?
Are they cause or are they effect? Of
course they are always effect; everything
that we see is an effect. An effect is
something that follows cause, and we are
dealing with causation only; effects do
not make themselves, but they are held
in place by mind, not by causation.
If
this does not answer your thought, begin
over again and realize that behind everything
that is seen is the silent cause. In your
life you are that cause. There
is nothing but mind, and nothing moves
except as mind moves it. We have agreed
that while God is love, yet your life
is
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