When we realize that man is like God (and he could not be otherwise, being made out of God), we will realize that his word also has power. If there is but One Mind then it follows that our word, our thought is the activity of that One Mind in our consciousness; the power that holds the planets in their place is the same power that flows through man. We must place the Word where it belongs, whether it is the word of God in the Universe or the word of man in the individual; it is always first, before all else, in the beginning. The real sequence is this: Cause, Spirit, Intelligence, God; the Word, the activity of Intelligence; the effect, or the visible thing, whether it is a planet or a peanut. All are made out of the same thing.
What we need to do is to learn how to use the word so that all will come to see that they are creative centers within themselves.
A PRINCIPLE THAT CAN BE PROVEN.
KNOWING that Mind is, we have a principle that is absolute; it is exact; it is going to correspond to our
thinking about it. The first great necessity is to believe this; without belief we can do nothing. This is the reason Jesus said “It is done unto you even as you have believed.” Always it is done unto people as they believe, and there is Something that does it which never fails.
We must believe that our word is formed upon and around by this creative Mind; for instance, we wish to create activity in our business; we believe that our word is law about that thing, and there is something that takes our thought and executes it for us. If we have accepted
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