♦ Step Two:
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Came to believe that the conscious power within myself, and my intelligent use of that power, is the very thing that could restore me to wholeness.
Transformation in my life comes about to extent to which I am able to consciously access and direct my own creative power; and this transformation is illumines when I direct my creative power in accord with Infinite Spirit (and the highest principles of my own nature). There is no power outside of my own self (or of some nature other than my own creative consciousness) that can actuate a change in my life and restore me to wholeness; for my own nature, my own consciousness, is one with the wholeness I seek.
Being restored to 'wholeness’ means coming to live a life where every part of my nature is present; where my true human identity and my conscious self are present.
Though my own nature is one with Infinite Spirit (and contains every divine quality of Spirit) it must express itself through my own character and human life. The luminosity of Spirit alone cannot transform me—I, as a human being, through the intelligent and earnest application of my own consciousness, in consort with Spirit, is the crucial factor of my own transformation.
Creative Power of Thought
A key tenet of the teachings, based upon “the positive power of thinking” and the “law of attraction,” is that our thoughts are creative. Whatever we think and feel, Spirit moves to manifest—and this creativity applies to all our thoughts (and feelings, and beliefs), both on a conscious and subconscious level.
We are constantly creating (and never not creating) through our conscious and subconscious minds; and this is why most people cannot truly create the kind of life they want—because they are divided against themselves. They think one thing and feel another; they consciously put forth one desires while subconsciously creating something opposite to it. In all cases, what we belief to be true (our deep-seated subconscious beliefs) wins out over what we want (and what consciously desire). What we believe to be true is always what we get. Thus, to enter a position of true creative power we must be whole; we must be undivided, we must have our deep-seated, subconscious beliefs be in alignment with, and support, our conscious desires and ideals. With love, intelligence, earnestness, and perseverance we must take steps to change our subconscious conditioning (and our old subconscious patterns) and bring them in alignment with out present ideals.
Conscious Participation / Doing Nothing
Doing nothing, or avoiding any kind of conscious participation in one’s own development—which is what some “spiritual” teachers advise—does not forestall one’s creative power, which is always creating, it merely transfers the creative process to the individual’s subconscious mind (and out of his conscious control). Then, the past (and one’s old beliefs and concepts) simply repeat themselves; what we had in the past is what creates our future. The subconscious mind is limitless in its capacity to support the individual, yet it can only repeat existing patterns; it cannot create anything new. It cannot bring about new development or transformation for the individual. Only the individual, through his own conscious mind, through his conscious intervention in the creative process, can do that. And to intervene in a truly empowering and beneficial, our mind must be in accord with Spirit, it must allow room for Spirit, and the unimaginable, to enter one’s life.
Quotes
One of the great axioms in the new order of ideas, is that our Thought possesses creative power. If our thought possesses this creative power, why are we hampered by adverse conditions? The answer is, because hitherto we have used our power invertedly. We have taken the starting point of our thought from external facts and consequently created a repetition of facts of a similar nature, and so long as we do this we must needs go on perpetuating the old circle of limitation.
(Troward, Doré Lectures, Ch. 6)
Heed the words of St. Augustine, "Too late have I loved thee, for alas you were within and I did seek thee without." It is to your own consciousness that you must turn as the only reality. There, and there alone, you awaken that which is asleep."
(Neville, Prayer, Ch. 7)
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Came to believe that the conscious power within myself, and my intelligent use of that power, is the very thing that could restore me to wholeness.
Transformation in my life comes about to extent to which I am able to consciously access and direct my own creative power; and this transformation is illumines when I direct my creative power in accord with Infinite Spirit (and the highest principles of my own nature). There is no power outside of my own self (or of some nature other than my own creative consciousness) that can actuate a change in my life and restore me to wholeness; for my own nature, my own consciousness, is one with the wholeness I seek.
Being restored to 'wholeness’ means coming to live a life where every part of my nature is present; where my true human identity and my conscious self are present.
Though my own nature is one with Infinite Spirit (and contains every divine quality of Spirit) it must express itself through my own character and human life. The luminosity of Spirit alone cannot transform me—I, as a human being, through the intelligent and earnest application of my own consciousness, in consort with Spirit, is the crucial factor of my own transformation.
Creative Power of Thought
A key tenet of the teachings, based upon “the positive power of thinking” and the “law of attraction,” is that our thoughts are creative. Whatever we think and feel, Spirit moves to manifest—and this creativity applies to all our thoughts (and feelings, and beliefs), both on a conscious and subconscious level.
We are constantly creating (and never not creating) through our conscious and subconscious minds; and this is why most people cannot truly create the kind of life they want—because they are divided against themselves. They think one thing and feel another; they consciously put forth one desires while subconsciously creating something opposite to it. In all cases, what we belief to be true (our deep-seated subconscious beliefs) wins out over what we want (and what consciously desire). What we believe to be true is always what we get. Thus, to enter a position of true creative power we must be whole; we must be undivided, we must have our deep-seated, subconscious beliefs be in alignment with, and support, our conscious desires and ideals. With love, intelligence, earnestness, and perseverance we must take steps to change our subconscious conditioning (and our old subconscious patterns) and bring them in alignment with out present ideals.
Conscious Participation / Doing Nothing
Doing nothing, or avoiding any kind of conscious participation in one’s own development—which is what some “spiritual” teachers advise—does not forestall one’s creative power, which is always creating, it merely transfers the creative process to the individual’s subconscious mind (and out of his conscious control). Then, the past (and one’s old beliefs and concepts) simply repeat themselves; what we had in the past is what creates our future. The subconscious mind is limitless in its capacity to support the individual, yet it can only repeat existing patterns; it cannot create anything new. It cannot bring about new development or transformation for the individual. Only the individual, through his own conscious mind, through his conscious intervention in the creative process, can do that. And to intervene in a truly empowering and beneficial, our mind must be in accord with Spirit, it must allow room for Spirit, and the unimaginable, to enter one’s life.
Quotes
One of the great axioms in the new order of ideas, is that our Thought possesses creative power. If our thought possesses this creative power, why are we hampered by adverse conditions? The answer is, because hitherto we have used our power invertedly. We have taken the starting point of our thought from external facts and consequently created a repetition of facts of a similar nature, and so long as we do this we must needs go on perpetuating the old circle of limitation.
(Troward, Doré Lectures, Ch. 6)
Heed the words of St. Augustine, "Too late have I loved thee, for alas you were within and I did seek thee without." It is to your own consciousness that you must turn as the only reality. There, and there alone, you awaken that which is asleep."
(Neville, Prayer, Ch. 7)
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