FOR THE MORNING
The night of sense-consciousness
is
past, and I wake to the spiritual day—the eternal Now. In the light of
God I see my self anew.
The shadows of the night are gone, and I am free from suffering,
disease, and death. I am filled now with health, strength, and joy
unspeakable.
There is no room in me for any unlikeness to the Infinite One, for that
One vibrates in every part of my being from least to greatest, and
fills me with pulsating, invigorating, deathless life.
I rise from the passivity of the night to the activity of the day, in
which I work the works of him that. sent me.
I wash away the last remnants of clinging mortality from before my
Vision. and I see only the Son of God.
I cleanse my body from the impurity of false thought, and open every
pore to the inflowing Divine Energy and Infinite Love, whose offspring
I am.
I feel within me their uplifting power.
I clothe myself with garments of
light,
woven in the loom of life by the ministering angels who show me His
will. They are with me now, they never leave me, and I will not forsake
them. I put from me all desire which could make me unworthy to wear the
robe of righteousness, and their hands shall bear me above all
temptation. I descend the stairs which lead from the upper chamber of
recognition of my God-Likeness to the lower room of experience, where I
must manifest that relation to the world. I eat the food which is the
bread from on high, that certain and sure supply which is mine as the
child o God. I draw from the great storehouse that which I need in my
work of the day. I feed upon the Word, the true Thought. I assimilate
it, I embody it, it works in me and through me, and naught can
oppose or conquer it. It is being made flesh, it is being made my
flesh, and in my flesh I shall see God. In my flesh I shall manifest
God. There is nothing to fear, for Love is in all, through all, and
over all. I give myself this day to my fellow-man for any and all
service that shall show them their true selves. In me and in them is no
evil, no misery, no crime. I see only the divine which is awaiting the
Word to come forth, and this divine I call forth by the power of the
Word. This Word is my word, and my every breath is a benediction—a
message of good-will toward all men—for the Love which is God speaks in
my word. The Father and I are in unity, and through me He comes to His
own. Awakened, cleansed, clothed, and fed, I stand in the Now, and I
know the Forever. I stand upon the Infinite, I look upon the finite, I
feel the eternal, I breathe in the Absolute. I am that I am. With me is
the everlasting Peace.
FOR THE EVENING
I have received my daily bread
from on
high and now I close the door of the outer sense while I digest and
assimilate it.
I close this door in perfect confidence, sure of the divine protection
which never slumbers nor sleeps.
I know Love is God and is Omnipotent and Omnipresent.
I turn from the objective world
to the
subjective knowing that I shall find my way, without harm or hindrance,
to the green pastures and still waters of His beloved.
No psychic influence can turn me
aside
from this resting-place, for the Lord is my shepherd and him only do I
serve.
I am free from all
fear. I
am free from all sense of injury. I have no enemies. No one has wronged
me. I have in my heart no desire for retaliation. I feel only love for
every human being.
I go to my rest in the desire to
rise
from it renewed and invigorated that I may still minister to my
brethren.
I have laid aside the garments
that
belong to the outer world and I enter the soul-world clad in its own
raiment, by which those who need me shall know me. I turn out the light
of the material world.
I see the greater light which
guides my
footsteps. Its radiance shows me what I still lack and where to find
the supply. In this light of God I take my journey for this night and
wing my way to my real home, knowing that I shall find it and bring
back from it what the kingdoms of this world can never give me.
For I go forth with only love
in my
heart, and this key will unlock all the treasures of wisdom and
power and health and peace. The curtains are drawn; the world fades
away. On the wings of love I am rising to the heavenly spheres. I hear
their far-off music.
FOR
HIGH NOON
Because of what I am in being, I
stand
upright before God. Above me is the sun of righteousness, materiality
is under my feet. I cast no shadow that can alarm or deceive me.
The night of sense-consciousness
is
past and I am awake to the light that can never be extinguished. In its
rays matter is transparent to me and I see the soul-world which is
molded and peopled by my thought. I know its nature and that it is
subject unto me. I am no longer drawn by it but by the attraction of
this sun, and I am held upright, for my face is turned toward it, and
not toward the ground.
I am poised, and though my
feet are
upon the ground I have found my wings which have been close-folded so
long.
I spread them wide and none of
the
assaults from the soul-world, none of the clamor and strife can
overthrow my equilibrium, for they bear me up while the light is on my
face.
I see no longer the likeness of
my
false ideal of man, I see instead the likeness of God. The distorted
shadow has faded away and the real man is come to his own.
The heavens are opened unto me, I
see
and I hear that which dwells therein. I know my home and my wings will
bear me there.
I hold my hands wide to help
those
brethren whose wings are not yet unfolded, because they are still
weighted with that false consciousness that bows them toward the
ground.
I desire to help them to stand upright and turn their faces to the same
sun, for I know that my home is also their home and that we have one
Father.
Even though my wide-spread
wings and
firmly planted feet form the cross of crucifixion, I will fear no evil
for I know there is no evil to fear.
Thou art with me, even through
that
which looks like death to those who are not standing under this sun
where is no shadow.
Though I walk among them who see
the
shadow, that I may minister to these my brethren, I live in the light,
I know only the light, with me it is always high noon.
And though darkness is over all
the
land when I finally lift my feet which have rested on the earth, and
use only the wings which belong to the heaven,
I know not this darkness for I am
not
of that land.
I am of the Father, I go to the
Father.
I came down from heaven that I
might
ascend up to it with my own wings.
I read
the
riddle, there is no mystery, all is light.
