In Tune with the Infinite; or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and PlentyTrine, Ralph Waldo
Religion
In Tune with the Infinite; or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty
Trine, Ralph Waldo
New Thought
To be at one with God is to be at peace. The child simplicity is the
greatest agency in bringing this full and complete realization, the
child simplicity that recognizes its true relations with the Father's
life. There are people I know who have come into such a conscious
realization of their oneness with this Infinite Life, this Spirit of
Infinite Peace, that their lives are fairly bubbling over with joy. I
have particularly in mind at this moment a comparatively young man who
was an invalid for several years, his health completely broken with
nervous exhaustion, who thought there was nothing in life worth living
for, to whom everything and everybody presented a gloomy aspect, and he
in turn presented a gloomy aspect to all with whom he came in contact.
Not long ago he came into such a vital realization of his oneness with
this Infinite Power, he opened himself so completely to its divine
inflow, that today he is in perfect health, and frequently as I meet
him now he cannot resist the impulse to cry out, "Oh, it is a joy to be
alive."
I know an officer on our police force who has told me that many times
when off duty and on his way home in the evening, there comes to him
such a vivid and vital realization of his oneness with this Infinite
Power, and this Spirit of Infinite Peace so takes hold of and so fills
him, that it seems as if his feet could scarcely keep to the pavement,
so buoyant and so exhilarated does he become by reason of this
inflowing tide.
He who comes into this higher realization never has any fear, for he
has always with him a sense of protection, and the very realization of
this makes his protection complete. Of him it is true,--"No weapon
that is formed against thee shall prosper;" "There shall no ill come
nigh thy dwelling;" "Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the
field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee."
These are the men and the women who seem to live charmed lives. The
moment we fear anything we open the door for the entrance of the
actualization of the very thing we fear. An animal will never harm a
person who is absolutely fearless in regard to it. The instant he
fears he opens himself to danger; and some animals, the dog for
example, can instantly detect the element of fear, and this gives them
the courage to do harm. In the degree that we come into a full
realization of our oneness with this Infinite Power do we become calm
and quiet, undisturbed by the little occurrences that before so vex and
annoy us. We are no longer disappointed in people, for we always read
them aright. We have the power of penetrating into their very souls
and seeing the underlying motives that are at work there.
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