"Forgetting those things which are behind" is a part of the technique of Religious Science. These words of Paul are good therapy for spiritually-minded people. In our teaching we declare that you need not be the victim of the past. The total consciousness of the past year does not have to be a major influence of your life in the year to come.
Without spiritual understanding the past does continue to operate and govern the present, but this need not be so. Paul knew this and said "I die daily." It is a wise person who at the end of the day lets the problems of the day die, not carrying them through the night to awaken with them as still present. The continuity of your problems is dependent on you. The negatives of the past endure as long as you fail to behold yourself as God's present beloved activity.
God is not conditioned by the past. God is always a Power of the now. Infinite Mind never repeats an Idea. Life always progresses out of that which is known into that which will be. In you the Spirit is beckoning you forward. It is not interested in your tragedies, misfortunes nor hurts. It sees you as Its present outlet. It offers you all that the Infinite is, right now. Today is pregnant with God. This year is full of the immensity of what you can be.
Raymond Charles Barker - Create the Life You Want - Page 7
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Treatment:
Let us now let go of everything and enter into the consciousness of that which we believe. The Spirit within each one of us is God, and It is perfect, It is love, reason, life, truth and beauty. It is limitless and perfect and complete and whole. It knows no lack and no limitation.
There is nothing we have done, said or thought which rises up against us, which has power over us or which limits us; there is no memory of fear, no condemnation for previous mistakes. With the desire to free ourselves from the further indulgence in the mistake, the effect of the previous mistake is wiped out, just as light dissipates the darkness. The Universe holds nothing against us; It can hold nothing against us, because It can know nothing unlike Itself. Therefore, It only knows us as Perfection. There has never been an occurrence for which we have to suffer! Consequently, every apparent shortcoming—which could be traced to some mental or spiritual infringement of the Law—is not only removed but the effect is healed!.
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Ernest S. Holmes - Science of Mind Textbook - Page 561 - Para 3-4
Mountain[top]:
A mountain represents an exalted state of mind where the divine plan may be perceived and unfolded; a state of spiritual realization. The "high mountain" to which personality carries is in our spiritual uplift of consciousness of power over mortal thought in all its earthly avenues of expression. Going up the mountain to pray means elevating our thoughts and our aspirations to the spiritual viewpoint.
Charles Fillmore
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Disclaimer: The teachings and interpretations contained in this series are personal for me in my life and are not intended to represent or rewrite any of Dr. Holmes's teachings or the teachings of Centers for Spiritual Living. Any repurpose or rebroadcast of these reflections to those who would use them intelligently is highly recommended.
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