We of the twentieth century worship a God of Love in theory, but in practice we make for ourselves “graven images” of Wealth,” “Power,” “Fashion,” “Custom” and “Conventionality.” We “fall down” before them and worship them. We concentrate on them and they are thereby externalized in our lives. The Master Key Pt. 17 Intro.
Any person of intelligence must have checked on himself to be sure they are worshiping the correct thing. In the 17th chapter of The Master Key, we’re cautioned as students not to mistake the symbols for the reality. We’re to be interested in the causes, rather than effects, concentrating on the realities of life, and then not be disappointed in the results.
Images of dominion over life
What Images Are You Focusing On?
As we who have dominion of all things, it makes sense that our mental world is the keeper of that dominion. The kinds of images I focused on this week varied. I do believe most of them were in keeping with my definite chief aim. Focusing on love in all things, I wrote “Brincely The Brave”, a story about the courageous life of a newborn baby. In previous posts, I shared that part of my DMP was realized on a Christmas visit with my family.
Concentration, we’re told is much misunderstood. There seems to be an idea of effort or activity associated with it. Haanel says it’s in forgetting our self and instead embracing the character we are playing. As I wrote the story, I concentrated on words that in the future those reading it would be inspired by. Was it work? Well, I was inspired by much of it. The work came in the activity of adding photos. Creating a book uses time. I enjoyed the vision of Brincely looking at pictures of himself in the book, as his Mommy read the words aloud. The story is meant to inspire all of us.
Family Images And Just Being Me
The Images of Brincely
I reflected on my grandson to check to see if he was a graven image I worship. I decided that he is a darling boy and that I worship the love I receive from his smile, from his movements. I am so excited that one day very soon, he’ll gain his freedom and run around the house chasing kitty cats!
Images Of A Beautiful Mind
Images We Cry For
“There is always the cry “to have” but never the cry “to be”. We’re taught that we cannot have one with out the other, that we must first find the “kingdom” before we have the “things added.” A little boy cries to have his needs met. I know I have whined at times to God to have my needs met too! However, I am learning to see myself as one who already attained those things I desire. I am practicing “being” that person. Then there is only the demand (the having attained) and the surplus (the manifestation).
Here is the PDF file of “Brincely the Brave” for you to read. It’s 31 pages with lots of large pictures. Please give me feedback on it in the comment section. It’s always appreciated. The story is simple and there is a moral. Brincely is born brave. In order for him to accomplish all he has in his first year, he must see himself (the kingdom) as already having attained it. Let’s learn to be brave and give ourselves permission to “be” who we desire. Then all of what we want will be added unto us. If a newborn can do it, then it should be easy for us! Right?
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I had a nun in high school who gave me a poster before I graduated that said “Don’t just stand there! BE”. Though the images of her are vague, the reality of her words have echoed in me for many years and I believe she knew something I had yet to learn.
Before I learned anything about the law of attraction, I was experiencing it in my life. As a prayer minister and prophetic worshipper in the church, I attended classes at Global Awakening in Harrisburg PA and took classes through John Paul Jackson Ministry and Rod Parsley’s World Harvest Bible School. The thing was, I hadn’t had so complete a grasp of the law until now.
God’s assistance
When I read in the Master key the following words, they struck me with understanding. “God assists me in bringing into operation the law of attraction which brings me into vibration with forces which make for success and bring about conditions of power and affluence.” I love these words so much that I turned them into an affirmation.
What are God’s ways?
God’s ways
I chatted with my mom after a breast biopsy recently. She said she felt that God knew what he wanted for her and she was trusting him. However, I remember Og Mandino’s words from scroll 1 that stated “Just as nature made no provision for my body to tolerate pain neither has it made any provision for my life to suffer failure.” And I questioned her as to why she took vitamins then? You see, I believe that she took some responsibility for her body but the unexplained things she left up to chance! The chance she took was believing that God knew what he wanted for her.
My feeling is that it is our responsibility to choose to believe that we decide what ills we will have or not. I realize that many of us don’t understand that our subconscious mind takes orders from us. What I am a bit confused about is that the Master key states that God will give us what is truth and adds more life. However, how did the beliefs that don’t serve us get into our subconscious mind? I’m sure we’ll learn more in Chapter 10.
After the surgery that day I took mom back to her house when she shared that the Dr. said it was most likely malignant. Mom kept sharing that with others she spoke to as if to prepare herself for radiation. What mom didn’t realize is that the surgeon would come back and tell her that she’d have to have her breast removed all together in a month. Mom’s gone through many surgery’s and she believes that God keeps her alive because He’s not done with her yet.
Is God a masochist?
Frankly, I object to this kind of belief. From Og’s words, the Master key statements and scripture “Ask, believe and receive”, that kind of talk from my mom makes one feel that she has no control over her life. I don’t know how you feel but we are learning that we decide what experiences we will have. Taking THIS later view, is empowering. #4 in chapter 9 expounds more.
Chapter 9 #4 – “We have found that the Universal substance is “All Health,” “All Substance” and “All Love” and that the mechanism of attachment whereby we can consciously connect with this Infinite supply is in our method of thinking. To think correctly is therefore to enter into the “Secret Place of the Most High.”
We are empowered to prosper. I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving , harmonious and happy! I must admit that the victim mentality may be easy to spot but it can be shrouded in a statement like mom spoke! Now I reject it – prepared for wisdom and principles which guide me into the sunlight of wealth, position and happiness.
God’s way to imagine
God’s imagination
Emmot Fox in his book “The Sermon on the Mount”, shares great truths about Jesus’ true purpose. I imagine he envisioned with his imagination what materialized in his circumstances and what others felt were miracles. I am aware that I am responsible to envision and affirm by substitution a more positive statement about my life than what Emmot Fox shares in “The seven day mental diet“. Though our parents and teachers are well meaning, we must be careful who we listen to. However, if we are on this path, it’s likely, we have realized this already.
God and reality
My reality is not what my mom might see about me. It’s not what a pastor or teacher may see about me. My new reality is what I see about me. So what does a negative thought look like? How does it sound?
Negative thoughts and God
“Character is not a thing of chance, but it is the result of continued effort”. By the law of substitution, the positive thought destroys the negative as certain as light destroys darkness, and the results will be just as effectual. Act is the blossom of thought, and conditions are the result of action, so that you constantly have in your possession the tools by which you can certainly and inevitably make or unmake yourself, and joy or suffering will be the reward.
God loves you
God’s love
The scripture states that we should ‘love others as we love our self’. We are taught in the Master key that to get love we must give love. But to get love you must fill yourself with it and become a magnet. So how do we “get love”?
In my experience in church worship, the worship team would play music. We would stand, sit, lay, dance, and even twirl in the open spaces of the sanctuary. Usually up front, the music would trigger the presence of a spiritual essence. The words to the music consisted of “praise” to God, another way of being grateful. In gratitude we’d speak out in words that repeated scriptures that came to us. In this period, unusual things would happen. The gathering together of likeminded individuals would create an environment where the love of God would be taken in by us all.
Though I didn’t understand the way it worked then, I see how this worship would arouse creativity like nothing else I’d experienced outside of it. So I discovered that in gratefulness, with music and body language, I could effectually receive the love of God. Another interesting thing would happen. We were encouraged to go up to anyone we felt inclined to talk with a decide what to do. Perhaps we would lay our hands on them if they said it was ok, and we’d speak “into” their life, an encouraging word. My girlfriend would come up to me and touch me, and I’d actually fall down. The power of God was very strong and because I yielded to the spirit of it, I’d drop to my knees. Sometimes, we’d laugh and be silly like kids. This experience, while very unusual, caused all of us to be bonded in a significant way to each other.
Heavy God
The presence of this spiritual energy was so strong that many called it “the weight or cloud of His presence”. We felt weighted down and many times had to lay on the floor under the influence. Some felt as if they were drunk because of the change in energy vibration. I understand that to some this experience may sound “hokey”. However, the love of God became a magnet and we attracted those of the same vibration to us.
God brings vibration
So what of it?
These worship services were very powerful to feel the vibration of love and we left feeling very tired. We knew we experienced something uncommon in the world. This to me is a great way to receive the love we are to give to others. You probably have ways that you receive the love you give out to others too. The most important part is that all of your body is engaged in the process. We used essential oils to engage the senses. We used flags to engage the visual beauty.
The MKMMA class uses many of these tools to cause all the senses to be engaged as well. My desire is the manifestation of the sunlight of wealth, position and happiness. While the worship did help at the time, we must find every day ways to receive the love we need, so that we can be a conduit of that love toward others. To greet each day with love in our heart, we need to have love inside us.
Meditating and God
Meditation is said to do this. However, I have not had that experience when sitting. When I sit, I choose to enlist on purpose by imagination and visualize “the friend” we’ve made with the stranger. I desire the materialization of resources and seeing that friend with it all, we’re told brings it to us. I am wondering if I can utilize my worship in order to manifest what I am visualizing using my imagination. We’ll see!
Now I understand the words Imagination, visualization and manifestation in connection with God in church worship!
