The Power of the One Mind

Thy life is an image inexorably cast
By the pictures that form in thy mind
And that which thou see'st is that which thou hast
see'st thou evil, and evil is thine.
?? Opening to Chapter Two, Three Magic Words

When I first read these words, all the words that open the chapters of this book ,I had to question where they came from.  Sounds like Shakespeare, doesn't it? Or a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson or an excerpt from  Milton's Paradise Lost?  It really doesn't sound like a poem a poet in the 1950's would write, does it?  I didn't see any acknowledgement of another writer and he does not give credit to anyone else...so I assume  they are his words.

Change the idea of a thing and you change the thing.
Earnest Holmes


I know ! I know! I need to finish up those lessons in ACIM...but I am like a Grade Three student with ADHD...all over the place lol.  They will get done but for now other things are grabbing my attention...and all the things that do, I am glad to report, remind me of the lessons in ACIM.  There really is only One Truth, right?  No matter how it is written or expressed.

Right now I am revisiting, Uell S. Andersen's Three Magic Words.  I gave it a quick read months ago.  I then did the meditations on a daily basis a month ago...but I meant to sit with the teachings and really examine them.  Are they different than the other things I have been studying?"Yes".  Are they the same? Yes.  Neither the same or different.

I do see many of the things Andersen writes about in ACIM: the One Mind, the power of thought in creating our lives, how evil, pain, suffering, disease, lack, limitation, "wrong doing", sin.etc is all just illusion. When we recognize it as such it can dissipate into nothingness.  Anything that is "good" ( they do use those terms throughout the book..."good' and/or "bad'...but I see it as that which helps us get closer to truth and that which makes us realize we are in err) is truth...the most "skillful, helpful, clear minded path" as the Buddhists might refer to it.

There is great wisdom in this book. It echoes of the same wisdom found in parts of the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, Buddhist Dharma, The Yoga Sutras as well as ACIM. 

Evil is the great illusion of all time. ...
If God is a God of Love, He did not create evil.

Only then will you know that the erect and the fallen are but one man standing in twilight between the night of his pygmy self and the day of his God-Self.

How do those words make you feel? Do you see evil as a fear-worthy something outside yourself or as some kind of a dream you created with your mind? ACIM also claims it is simply an illusion a dream.  Evil, I guess, would be that which makes any being suffer.

Do you still see God as a vengeful parental figure or as the pure formless essence of Love? If you believe the former you will believe evil is something "out there" that could hurt you and others.  If you believe the latter, you will believe that God could never harm us...that He ( and I use that pronoun loosely as a pointer) would never want us harmed or suffering but that He has given us free will to choose how we express the Love, His Love that flows through us . If you believe the former...you probably have circumstances showing up in your life that you deem as pleasant and unpleasant.  You probably work hard to avoid punishment and when something goes astray you may believe you did something sinful or wrong to justify that punishment. If you believe the latter...you may peacefully flow through life no matter what circumstances come your way.

We are neither good or bad either...we are simply evolving from thinking, feeling, doing that which leads us away from truth and that which leads us to it. We are all moving towards God.

God is neutral, our thinking isn't.  Thoughts with strong conviction become beliefs stored in the Universal Subconscious Mind ( Which Andersen says is God) .  It is the creator of all things.

If you have strong thoughts about bad things happening and you have faith that they will...these thoughts become prompters or core beliefs in the Subconscious Mind.  The Subconscious Mind is neutral...it doesn't judge what you think...it just acts on it. It acts on those beliefs that have a lot of faith and conviction behind them.  It manifests what you are believing into physical reality.

Not only that...it is not your Subconscious Mind...though you are apart of it and it is in you.  It is every being's Subconscious Mind...meaning that you are not the only one inputting strong thoughts into it.  You can create an experience for your neighbor with your thoughts if they are made strong with conviction.  Your neighbor  can make one for you. It is therefore very important  to be selective in what thoughts you allow into that head of yours...Choose carefully which ones you water and allow to grow.

The door is always open to admit the positive, the good, the beautiful and the aspiring.

Hmmm! So much more to learn and share.  I will be back.

All is well!

Andersen, Uell S.. Three Magic Words . BN Publishing. Kindle Edition.