House on the Rock

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3. Human beings create their experiences by the activity of their thoughts. (Thoughts held in mind produce after their kind/The formative power of thought/Law of Mind Action.)

4. Prayer is creative thinking that aligns us with God and helps us manifest good. (Or: Prayer and meditation connect us to our spiritual nature within God; often includes affirmations and denials as tools.)

5. Knowing and understanding spiritual laws is not enough; we must also live the truth we know. (The law of demonstration/We must walk the talk/Practice makes presence—applying the principles in daily life.)

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Though these last three points are included as principles, they address specific outcomes based on the fundamental principle of oneness embodied in the first two points we covered last week. For example, if there is only one presence and one power, God the good, why do humans suffer? #3 addresses this issue.

Concerning point #4: Is all prayer creative thinking that aligns us with God? No. Only prayer that is grounded in the principle of oneness does this. Some traditional forms of prayer (petitionary) perpetuate the belief that we are separate from God. Prayer is not a principle; it is a technique that can either align with the principle of oneness or reinforce the principle of separation.

Finally, item #5 points to the importance of living the truth we know. All people are currently living the truth as they understand it. The distinguishing factor is found in what we mean by truth. This is defined in our understanding of God, ourselves, and the nature of our relationship with God, as addressed in the first two points.

To apply this fundamental principle of oneness in life, I start with my actual situation. As an expression of God, I am a spiritual being, inhabiting a physical body, and navigating through a material world. The notion that I live and move and have my being in God becomes my beacon. Though my soul is not subject to time, space, or gravity, my body is. So, my primary concern is this: How does a spiritual being live in a material world?

A composer can receive in a flash the idea for a piece of music. It may take him years to compose it. When we pray, we get in a flash a picture of the perfect outcome of our situation. The fact of our physicality and the laws it is subject to may require time to manifest. We make a persistent effort to hold to the truth that there is but one presence and one power, that we are perfect expressions of that power, and that nothing can diminish our relationship of oneness with our spiritual source. This paradigm of oneness is the only principle we need to remember to apply in any given situation. This is the rock upon which you build your house of consciousness.