I tell you that Spirit can overcome the sword and pain and
sorrow; the Spirit completely realized will guide and protect you and lead you
through all dangers; it will give you strength, power and inward peace. This is
the reward of eternal vigilance, of realization of him as your companion.
― Anonymous Letters of the Scattered Brotherhood
They say that a man’s, home is his
castle. They say that home is where the heart is. They say that we are not at
home until we are in heaven. They say that heaven is within. All men and women
live in a castle made of spiritual understanding, which is as much of heaven as
we attain, our vigil then is to see to it that we keep out anything less than
heavenly thoughts and allow in all that is of life, love, gratitude, and joy.
We may set guardian thoughts as a
filter through which only ideas of prosperity attract our attention so that we
remain peaceful and calm amid the chaotic events of our lives. We watch to see
that our close companion is Spirit with whom we relate at the level of our
highest good, giving and receiving our best to Spirit in every guise.
Our kingdom’s laws banish gossip
and rumor but demand clarity and focus in all of our communication so we look
for, discover, accept, and share our highest truth with others. Denying or
withholding from no one, we actively pursue relationships with people of like
mind and spiritual interest so that we reinforce each other’s resolve to live
prosperity in the full measure of its qualities.
Bless and praise with every
thought and word. Know that whatever you bless and praise, it is God in form or
action that receives the praise and that ultimately it is God praising God in
all, through all, and as all. When the blessing and praising seems hard, find
some guiding thoughts such as the 23rd or the 91st
Psalms. Seek out writings of the mystics of any age or culture – they all speak
the same truth. Or, find the wisdom of modern teachers, who have transformed
their lives from struggle, ill health, even disaster into lives of cheerful
prosperity filled with both luxury and compassionate generosity.
Some of us came from traditions
that told us to live in poverty. These traditions are distortions of the
writings of many mystics who discovered that the real poverty is not in living
poorly but in living with constant vigilance to the Presence without attachment
to material wealth. In their eyes, true prosperity meant releasing every single
thing so they could be one with everything in Spirit and when they attained
this oneness, all things they needed were provided freely to them as they
needed them.
We carry wealth and freedom within,
locked away in our souls, which we open with vigilance to allow Spirit to
provide us with all that feeds our hearts and our minds and brings us to closer
relationship, more intimate relationship with It for both Its pleasure and our
own.
I listen for Spirit and look for
Spirit in all I do today. Today is enough. I conduct my vigil with diligence
and create the essential habits of prosperity one thought at a time as I watch
my life transform into my highest good as it continues to transcend all that
was before. I feel my love and gratitude glow and so it is.
John
John Lusk
“First
you ask definitely for direction, then it will enter your consciousness as a
definite thought; then in your turn you give it back the thought and it will
give you back the thing. It answers every question, solves every problem; it is
the solution to every difficulty.” Ernest Holmes
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