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
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 time, 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 has owed his success to a wife, or sister, or a friend who
“believed in him” and held without wavering to the perfect pattern!
THE POWER OF THE WORD
“By thy words thou shalt be justified,
and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account