We possess, but do not know it, limitless Power. This
Power is of the Spirit, and it is unconquerable. This Power can be Felt -
Through and Through! It is not the power of the ordinary life, or finite will,
or human mind. It transcends these, because, being spiritual, it is of a
higher order than either physical or even mental. This Power lies dormant, and
is hidden within until we are sufficiently evolved and unfolded to be
entrusted with its use.
Now - Thought is a spiritual power of tremendous potency, but this is not the
power of which we speak. By thought, man can either raise himself up and
connect himself with the "Power House" of the Universe, or cut
himself off entirely from the Divine Inflow. His thought is his greatest
weapon, because, by it he can either draw on the Infinite or sever himself (in
consciousness, but not in reality) from his Divine Source - and Inspiration.
Through the Divine Spark within him, which is really his real Self, man ( and
Woman ) is connected with the Infinite. Divine Life and Power are his, if he
_realizes_ that they are his. So long as he is ignorant of his oneness with
the Divine Source of all life, he is incapable of appropriating the power that
is really his. If, however, he enters into this inner knowledge, he finds
himself the possessor of infinite power and unlimited resources.
This Power, then, is of the Higher Power, yet it is also man's, but it is not
revealed to him until he is fit to be entrusted with it. It is only when man
realizes his oneness with his Divine Source that he becomes filled with Its
power. Many teachers and initiates lament the fact that certain secrets are
being spread broadcast to-day; secrets that, in the past, were kept closely
guarded. They fear that unillumined and un-evolved people may make destructive
use of spiritual power. This, to the writer, appears to be improbable.
It is true that strong personalities, who have a great belief in their own
power to achieve and succeed, draw unconsciously on hidden powers, and thus
are able to raise themselves high above their fellows. The use, however, that
they can make of spiritual power for base purposes is limited, and is not to
be feared. There are others, of course, who are misusing their powers. These
are black magicians, and while they may do a certain amount of harm, they
become reduced, ultimately, to beggary and impotence. There are also others
who spend the whole of their spare time searching for knowledge of this very
subject. They read every occult book they can lay hands on, but they never
find that for which they seek. There are spiritual powers and influences that
withhold the eyes of the seekers from seeing, until they are ready
for the revelation. When man, in his search for Truth, has given up all
selfish striving after unworthy things, and has ceased to use his self-will in
conflict with the greater Will of the Whole, he is ready for the revelation of
his oneness with the Infinite. Yielding implicitly to the Will of the Whole
may seem, to the unillumined, an act of weakness, yet it is the entrance to a
life of almost boundless power.
We are not separate from Our Divine Source and never have been. We are, in
reality, one with the Infinite. The separation which one feels and experiences
is mental, and is due to his blindness and unbelief.
Man can never be separated from Spirit, for he himself is Spirit. He is an
integral part of one complete whole. He lives and moves and has his being in
The Higher Power (Universal, Omnipresent Spirit), and God (Spirit) dwells in
him. The majority of people are unaware of this intimate relationship with the
Divine, and, because they are unaware, or because they refuse to believe it,
they are, in one sense, separated from the inner life of The Higher Power. Yet
this separation is only in their thoughts and beliefs, and not in reality. Man
is not separated and never can be, yet so long as he believes that he is
separate and
alone, he will be as weak and helpless as though he actually were.
As soon as man realizes the truth of his relationship to the Infinite, he
passes from weakness to power, from death unto life. One moment he is in the
desert, afar off, weak, separate, and alone; the next, he realizes that he is
nothing less than a son or daughter of God, with all a son's privileges and
powers. He realizes, in a flash, that he is one with his Divine Source, and
that he can never be separated. He awakens also to the fact that all the Power
of the Infinite is his to draw upon; that he can never really fail, that he is
marching on to victory.
It will thus be seen how great is the power of man's thought. While thought is
not the power of the Spirit, it is the power by which man either connects
himself up with the Infinite Power, opening himself to the Divine Inflow, or
cuts himself off and separates himself from his Spiritual Source. Thus, in a
sense, man is what he thinks he is.
If he thinks he is separate from The Divine and cut off from His Power, then
it is as though this were really the case, and he is just as impotent and
miserable as though he actually existed apart from The Infinite. On the other
hand, if he thinks and believes that he is one with the Infinite, he finds
that it is gloriously true, and that he is really a son of God. If he believes
and thinks that he is a mere material being, then he lives the limited life of
a material being, and is never able to rise above it. But if, on the contrary,
he thinks and believes that he is a spiritual being, then he finds that he
possesses
all the powers of a spiritual being.
Again, if he thinks that his work is difficult and that he is not equal to his
tasks, he finds that really his tasks are difficult and beyond his powers. Yet
on the other hand, if he believes his work is easy, or, at any rate, within
his powers, he finds that such is the case, and that he can do his work with
ease.
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The power within is infinite, for, by faith in it, man is directly
"coupled up" with the Spiritual Power of the Universe. The Divine
Spark within him connects him to the Sacred Flame, thus making him potentially
a god in the making.
A change then, must take place within man before he can enter into his Divine
inheritance. He must learn to think after the Spirit, _i.e._, as a spiritual
being, instead of after the flesh, _i.e._, as a material creature. Like the
prodigal son he must "come to himself," and leave the husks and the
swine in the far country, returning to his Father's house, where there is
bread (of life) enough and to spare.
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