Principle and Control

It’s very interesting that the search for truth is a systematic process, logical in operation in which experiences have a voice in shaping decisions.

For many years I have been on the journey to experience my true purpose. What I was seeking is “cause.” Yet in the past, I was searching for “effect.” Now I understand that when we ascertain the cause by conscious control the effect will be within our control also and no longer a search but a destiny we align with.

Physical, Mental, Moral and Spiritual Life and Principle

In working through this material, seeing the connection between the many contrasting names given to extremes speaks to the fact that all things are relative and therefore all part of the one. In the physical, we see sizes, colors, shades or ends of all things. In the mental world we know extremes of ignorance and knowledge. One former being the absence of the latter.

The most interesting part of this is that one has life and the other has no life principle. Knowledge overcomes ignorance. In the physical world, light destroys darkness. Therefore though everything is part of the whole, as we move towards the one, the other dissipates.

In the moral world, good overtakes bad. The scripture that comes up for me is “Be not overcome by evil but overcome evil with good.” Jesus stated “Resist not evil but turn from it.” This tells us something wonderful.

There is no power at the other end of the extremes. The power and life principle is always better towards the positive side of the contrast.

And then the spiritual world speaks of Mind and matter. The contrasts indicate that matter is a condition which is ever changing and difficult to hold onto. Where Mind is omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient. Because Mind is pure spirit it is static. We as human beings have been given power to experience all these contrasts. Many find peace as they move towards the spirit that never changes. For this cause, many great effects are understood and experienced.

Mind is the real and eternal. Matter is ever changing. Animals come and go in a single year. The apparent continents arose from the ocean. We are in the presence of continual change, or evolution of the Universal Mind. We come to know matter as form which Mind takes and is simply a condition.

Matter and Principle

Matter has no principle. This got me thinking as to what part of principle our physical body contains. Are we but matter? Are we life principle? Perhaps we’re a combination?

Haanel states that Mind is static and uses human thought to act upon Universal Mind and convert it from static mind into dynamic mind, or mind in motion.

So it seems that he asserts that “God” or Universal Mind has a purpose for our thoughts. The Bible states that we are made in the image of God. This is about as close to that truth as I’ve read anywhere.

Questions About Principle

We have a very interesting life. We come into this body with a purpose. We may ask “what is that purpose?” Are we pawns in the Universal picture.. doing God’s bidding? Did we choose to enter the body? Who is in charge?

Those questions are generally asked by someone who’s hanging out near the negative end of the extremes of life. Better questions might be: Life is a beautiful experience and what can I do to help others by my thoughts? What can I choose that might help mankind to live more abundantly? Is my purpose to satisfy myself or others? If I am part of nature, how may I better do my work with enthusiasm?

These statements are more in harmony with divine purpose because they speak in terms of surety and purpose, as well as enthusiasm and peace. These are the kinds of questions from individuals who understand the power of being in harmony with Universal Mind.

When Haanel says that we must change polarity, simply put we just need to head in the other direction towards “God.” Then in order to live our true purpose, we must understand the nature of God and the plans for the evolution of mankind.