The game of life and how to play itShinn, Florence Scovel
Religion
The game of life and how to play it
Shinn, Florence Scovel
Conduct of life; New Thought; Spirituality; Success -- Psychological aspects
Perfect self-expression will never be labor; but of such absorbing
interest that it will seem almost like play. The student knows, also,
as man comes into the world financed by God, the _supply_ needed for
his perfect self-expression will be at hand.
Many a genius has struggled for years with the problem of supply, when
his spoken word, and faith, would have released quickly, the necessary
funds.
For example: After the class, one day, a man came to me and handed me a
cent.
He said: “I have just seven cents in the world, and I’m going to give
you one; for I have faith in the power of your spoken word. I want you
to speak the word for my perfect self-expression and prosperity.”
I “spoke the word,” and did not see him again until a year later. He
came in one day, successful and happy, with a roll of yellow bills in
his pocket. He said, “Immediately after you spoke the word, I had a
position offered me in a distant city, and am now demonstrating health,
happiness and supply.”
A woman’s perfect self-expression may be in becoming a perfect wife,
a perfect mother, a perfect home-maker and not necessarily in having a
public career.
Demand definite leads, and the way will be made easy and successful.
One should not visualize or force a mental picture. When he demands
the Divine Design to come into his conscious mind, he will receive
flashes of inspiration, and begin to see himself making some great
accomplishment. This is the picture, or idea, he must hold without
wavering.
The thing man seeks is seeking him—_the telephone was seeking Bell_!
Parents should never force careers and professions upon their children.
With a knowledge of spiritual Truth, the Divine Plan could be spoken
for, early in childhood, or prenatally.
A prenatal treatment should be: “Let the God in this child have perfect
expression; let the Divine Design of his mind, body and affairs be made
manifest throughout his life, throughout eternity.”
_God’s will be done, not man’s; God’s pattern, not man’s_ pattern, is
the command we find running through all the scriptures, and the Bible
is a book dealing with the science of the mind. It is a book telling
man how to release his soul (or subconscious mind) from bondage.
The battles described are pictures of man waging war against mortal
thoughts. “A man’s foes shall be they of his own household.” Every
man is Jehoshaphat, and every man is David, who slays Goliath (mortal
thinking) with the little white stone (faith).
So man must be careful that he is not the “wicked and slothful servant”
who buried his talent. There is a terrible penalty to be paid for not
using one’s ability.
Often fear stands between man and his perfect self-expression.
Stage-fright has hampered many a genius. This may be overcome
by the spoken word, or treatment. The individual then loses all
self-consciousness, and feels simply that he is a channel for Infinite
Intelligence to express Itself through.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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