Living the science of mind by Holmes Ernest 1887-1960

Author:Holmes, Ernest, 1887-1960
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: United Church of Religious Science, New Thought, Theology, Doctrinal, New Thought, Theology, Doctrinal
Publisher: Marina del Rey, CA : DeVorss
Published: 2008-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

Principle and Precedent

All mankind is more or less following the patterns of thought in which it is iipimersed. Whether we choose to call this the collective unconscious, the carnal mind, or the influence of race suggestion makes no difference. Most of us follow the patterns of thought as they have been laid down through the ages. We say things must happen today and tomorrow because they happened yesterday and the day before. Psychologists contend that a neurotic thought pattern will repeat itself with monotonous regularity until the pattern is changed.

Advances in science and civilization come through breaking down the belief that things have to be the way they are because they have always been that way.

But the laws of nature or the Principles that govern life know nothing about precedents. At one time we used tallow candles; now we have electric lights. There was nothing in nature that prohibited the world from having had electric lights ten thousand years ago, but no one knew anything about them. When the day arrived on which somebody discovered the new possibility, the laws of nature complied and delivered the secret which made the new possible.

The world has always said wars must continue to be because they always have been. People have always believed that the different countries could not settle their difficulties by peaceful methods. This precedent is of such long standing that it is a difficult thing to overcome. Yet sooner or later it will have to be overcome if the world is to survive.

The same thing has happened throughout the history of spiritual evolution, or the unfoldment of man's thought about his relationship with God. People have prayed to a Power higher than themselves and occasionally their prayers have been answered affirmatively. Perhaps they have always been answered in accordance with the way they have prayed. However, it has always been accepted that some prayers are answered while others are not. Because of this belief, a precedent was established which made the answer to prayer an unpredictable thing.

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