Chapter 21 on the power consciousness
Power and You
I thought I had power. I was strong. I could run fast. I could throw a ball far. I could do many physical things which showed I had a kind of power. BUT, what I was unaware of until the Master Key course, is that I had very little power to concentrate for long periods of time on thoughts that could generate much success in life.
Power to the People
Haanel has laid out the Master Key with such focus. He gave us a wonderful example through out the book of focus on the subject of success and he had a plan which showed us the way to it. I’m reminded of the yellow brick road to Oz. The Master Key is that road! Of course, the journey is filled with obstacles. Yet, the power we’re given in the writing is one that all people would be well to read, observe, reflect on and then take action on.
What is the real secret of Power?
“It’s the consciousness of power, because whatever we become conscious of is invariably manifested in the objective world and is brought forth into tangible expression.” The Master Key
This week so many students in class are experiencing the beginning of the what the farmer calls “digging up the fallow ground”. We’re all at the beginning stages of planting seeds for the season. We know what seeds we want to plant. We’ve picked them and called them our DMP. We’ve actually picked them up at the DMP store, our imagination. We’ve laid out the garden and we’ve begun ‘making calls, writing outlines for books, forgiven others, memorized the 7 laws of the mind, and many more preparatory activities.
The Power Source
Many years ago, I coined the phrase, “We plant the seed but God makes it grow!” Haanel states “The Universal Mind (God) is the source from which all things proceed, and which is one and indivisible.” Yes, we may receive the seed of an idea from God, which is our privilege as nature’s greatest miracle. And if we take responsibility for that seed and plant it, nurture it and give it sunshine and rain, it will grow.
Did we make the rain? NO. Did we make the sun? NO Did we make the seed? Actually NO. However, we are so wonderful and get to choose a seed to plant. And Universal Mind, in the wonder of it all, makes that seed grow. What a miracle we are part of!
The Power of Us
Our ability to think is our ability to act on this Universal Energy. and what we think is what is produced or created in the objective world. The result is nothing less than marvelous. It opens unprecedented and limitless opportunity.
So think big thoughts! Hold ideas large enough to counteract and destroy all petty and annoying obstacles!
Old Power vs New Power
Haanel makes it very clear in Chapter 21 that there is an old regime and a new regime, in regards to the nature of the universe. The old regime is trying to cling to the fatalistic doctrine of Divine election. The new regime recognizes the divinity of the individual, the democracy of humanity. Having been part of the “church” for many years, this subject was a part of conversations I had with some home-school friends.
At the time, there were conversations about the roots of Christianity and what Paul meant, or what Jesus meant. Frankly, I DON’T CARE! To me, it’s all about the love! It always has been. However, though I didn’t buy into all the doctrine over ‘baby baptism or adult baptism’ and such, Haanel’s teaching is something I feel I can hang my hat on.
God is not mocked. What has been set up from the beginning, always will be. God is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient. (Always was, is and always will be) The laws are immutable. We are all to one degree or another part of the whole and God is the whole! Life is by law a democracy and all humanity has the privilege of drawing on the power to experience the greatness potentially waiting to be planted, watered and harvested!
If you like this, perhaps you’d like to know how you can be part of the Master Key Experience
We are all the seed of supernatural greatness! I say “more power to the people!” For goodness sake, learn what it means to live the abundant, filled with power, life!
