CHAPTER 4

Having made a statement of high spiritual truth one

challenges the old beliefs in the subconscious, and "error is

exposed" to be put out.

This is the time when one must make his affirmations of

truth repeatedly, and rejoice and give thanks that he has

already received,

"Before ye call I shall answer." This

means that "every good and perfect gift" is already man's

awaiting his recognition.

Man can only receive what he sees himself receiving.

The children of Israel were told that they could have all the

land they could see. This is true of every man. He has only

the land within his own mental vision. Every great work,

every big accomplishment, has been brought into

manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just

before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and

discouragement.

The children of Israel when they reached the "Promised

Land,

" were afraid to go in, for they said it was filled with

giants who made them feel like grasshoppers. "And there

we saw the giants and we were in our own sight as grass-

hoppers." This is almost every man's experience.

However, the one who knows spiritual law, is undisturbed

by appearance, and rejoices while he is "yet in captivity."

That is, he holds to his vision and gives thanks that the end

is accomplished, he has received.

Jesus Christ gave a wonderful example of this. He said to

his disciples: "Say not ye, there are yet four months and then cometh the harvest? Behold, I say unto you, lift up

your eyes and look on the fields; for they are ripe already to

harvest." His clear vision pierced the "world of matter" and

he saw clearly the fourth dimensional world, things as they

really are, perfect and complete in Divine Mind. So man

must ever hold the vision of his journey's end and demand

the manifestation of that which he has already received. It

may be his perfect, health, love, supply, self-expression,

home or friends.

They are all finished and perfect ideas registered in Divine

Mind (man's own superconscious mind) and must come

through him, not to him.

For example: A man came to me asking for treatments for

success. It was imperative that he raise, within a certain,

fifty-thousand dollars for his business. The time limit was

almost up, when he came to me in despair. No one wanted

to invest in his enterprise, and the bank had flatly refused a

loan.

I replied: "I suppose you lost your temper while at the

bank, therefore your power. You can control any situation

if you first control yourself."

"Go back to the bank,

" I added,

"and I will treat." My

treatment was: "You are identified in love with the spirit of

everyone connected with the bank. Let the divine idea

come out of this situation."

He replied,

"Woman, you are talking about an

impossibility. Tomorrow is Saturday; the bank closes at twelve, and my train won't get me there until ten, and the

time limit is up tomorrow, and anyway they won't do it. It's

too late."

I replied,

"God doesn't need any time and is never too late.

With Him all things are possible." I added,

"I don't know

anything about business, but I know all about God." He

replied: "It all sounds fine when I sit here listening to you,

but when I go out it's terrible."

He lived in a distant city, and I did not hear from him for a

week, then came a letter. It read: "You were right. I raised

the money, and will never again doubt the truth of all that

you told me."

I saw him a few weeks later, and I said,

"what happened?

You evidently had plenty of time, after all." He replied,

"My train was late, and I got there just fifteen minutes to

twelve. I walked into the bank quietly and said,

'I have

come for the loan,

' and they gave it to me without a

question."

It was the last fifteen minutes of the time allotted to him,

and Infinite Spirit was not too late. In this instance the man

could never have demonstrated alone. He needed someone

to help him hold to the vision. This is what one man can do

for another.

Jesus Christ knew the truth of this when he said: "If two of

you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall

ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven." One gets too close to his own affairs and becomes

doubtful and fearful.

The friend or "healer" sees clearly the success, health, or

prosperity, and never wavers, because he is not close to the

situation.

It is much easier to "demonstrate" for someone else than for

one's self, so a person should not hesitate to ask for help, if

he feels himself wavering.

A keen observer of life once said,

"no man can fail, if some

one person sees him successful." Such is the power of the

vision, and many a great man owed his success to a wife, or

sister, or a friend who "believed in him" and held without

wavering to the perfect pattern!

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