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
There is always _plenty on man’s pathway_; but it can only be _brought
into manifestation_ through desire, faith or the spoken word. Jesus
Christ brought out clearly that man must make the _first move_.
“_Ask_, and it shall be given you, seek, and ye shall find, knock, and
it shall be opened unto you.” (Mat. 7:7.)
In the Scriptures we read:
“Concerning the works of my hands, command ye me.”
Infinite Intelligence, God, is ever ready to carry out man’s smallest
or greatest demands.
Every desire, uttered or unexpressed, is a demand. We are often
startled by having a wish suddenly fulfilled.
For example: One Easter, having seen many beautiful rose-trees in the
florists’ windows, I wished I would receive one, and for an instant saw
it mentally being carried in the door.
Easter came, and with it a beautiful rose-tree. I thanked my friend the
following day, and told her it was just what I had wanted.
She replied, “I didn’t send you a rose-tree, I sent you lilies!”
The man had mixed the order, and sent me a rose-tree simply because I
had started the law in action, and _I had to have a rose-tree_.
Nothing stands between man and his highest ideals and every desire of
his heart, but doubt and fear. When man can “wish without worrying,”
every desire will be instantly fulfilled.
I will explain more fully in a following chapter the scientific reason
for this and how fear must be erased from the consciousness. It is
man’s only enemy—fear of lack, fear of failure, fear of sickness, fear
of loss and a feeling of _insecurity on some plane_. Jesus Christ said:
“Why are ye fearful, oh ye of little faith?” (Mat. 8:26.) So we can see
we must substitute faith for fear, for fear is only inverted faith; it
is faith in evil instead of good.
The object of the game of life is to see clearly one’s good and to
obliterate all mental pictures of evil. This must be done by impressing
the subconscious mind with a realization of good. A very brilliant man,
who has attained great success, told me he had suddenly erased all
fear from his consciousness by reading a sign which hung in a room.
He saw printed, in large letters this statement—“_Why worry, it will
probably never happen._” These words were stamped indelibly upon his
subconscious mind, and he has now a firm conviction that only good can
come into his life, therefore only _good can manifest_.
In the following chapter I will deal with the different methods of
impressing the subconscious mind. It is man’s faithful servant but one
must be careful to give it the right orders. Man has ever a silent
listener at his side—his subconscious mind.
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