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Emmet Fox Resource Center E-Zine
Echoes' of Emmet
Abundance
November 2009
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Dear Friends:
The universal law of
abundance is very simple, what we give to it, we receive back.
Abundance comes in many forms; in relationships, health,
success, peace of mind, and yes, money.
Even though we hear the news reports about the higher
costs of living, tax hikes, the unemployment rate, the
increases in gas and food, we can still experience abundance.
Why,? because abundance is a state of mind. Being able to
realize it and being grateful for it, are key components that
will bring results. It is up to us to get our belief system,
our words and our actions in line.
It doesn't matter what yesterday was like for us,
today is a new beginning. You can start right now by
realizing "All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine."
(John 16:15).
You can come to know, with heart and soul, "Surely
goodness and mercy shall follow me (peruse me) all the days of
my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord (the
richness of the kingdom) now and forever." Start believing
and acting today!
We must choose ideas and words that represent
abundance and thus build up an invisible world of substance,
in that way we build the abundance consciousness, and draw to
us the abundance of every good thing.
These thoughts and words of some of our founding
fathers of New Thought will light the way for abundant
demonstrations.
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Count Your Blessings!
Emmet Fox
"When the
year is nearing its close, it is a good time for us to take
stock of the blessings we have received during the year. As we
look back over the year, we can see that there were many a
blessing "in disguise" which we would have recognized at the
time had we gotten behind the appearance to the reality of God.
Now, in taking stock of your demonstrations, do not rehash old
difficulties, problems, and grievances. Remember this is to be
an inventory of the good you have received, not a rehearsal of
past mistakes. Then, when you have counted your blessings, if
you feel that you could have done better, take it a step
further. In the commercial field, a firm takes an inventory not
only to find out what goods it has on hand, but also to see if
it cannot improve its business through more judicious
merchandising. Likewise in your spiritual inventory, you should
use it as a basis for making further progress. You can take a
step forward by asking yourself: 1. When a problem arises do I
"Golden Key" the situation by seeing God where the trouble seems
to be? 2. Have I gotten rid of anger, fear and resentment? 3.
Have I forgiven everyone whom I think has injured me? Jesus made
this one of the cardinal points in the great Lord's Prayer. We
are to ask God to forgive us as we have forgiven others. If you
put these things into practice, then next year at this time your
spiritual inventory will reflect the differences, for there will
be many more blessings to count. "
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Nona L. Brooks
"If you wish to realize supply, withdraw thought from the
contemplation of lack, and its accompanying inconveniences,
and give full attention to ever present abundance."
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The Inexhaustible Supply by:
Meta
L. Stone
The supply of all good comes from God, the
Source, and all that is required of us is to open the gates of
acceptance, to relax, and to let God's gifts flow through us to
improve our affairs, our health, our prosperity; for we are the
channel through which God works. The volume is so powerful, and
great that we are sustained and nourished every moment. We must
keep the gates open and allow the great force of God's good to
enrich us in all that we think and do. The flow is
inexhaustible. By keeping open the channel, our mind, clearing
out all negation and doubt, we find new beauty all around us.
The infinite Source pours forth new ideas, opens the way for new
experiences, creates new opportunities. "Seek, and ye shall
find." Freely this supply is given us, but in order to profit by
it we must use it, let it flow through us ever onward and
outward in expanding our service to others, in love and
understanding, in appreciation of our blessings.
A baker makes loaves of bread for others. He needs
to sell them to meet the demands put upon him. If he hoards
them, they do not serve the purpose for which they are made.
Furthermore, in so doing he would not be expressing his talent,
and he would not prosper, nor help feed the hungry. The hoarded
bread would accumulate and serve no one. Likewise, we are given
tasks to do, challenges to meet. And God supplies us with the
ability to accomplish all things. The supply must be used, must
be sent out, and shared. We must keep the doors open to receive
our inexhaustible supply from God, and in turn open the gates of
our mind and ability. Wondrous things then happen. God's supply
is ample for every occasion. As we trust in Him and feel His
presence and power, we know that we can do all things through
Christ who strengthens us.
A little sapling grows into a large tree because it
accepts the sap that pushes through its trunk and branches to
create buds and leaves, flowers and fruit. Through its efforts
in using this God supply of sap and energy it grows in strength
and beauty. It accepts the wind and rain as they come; and
always it holds its branches up and out in thankfulness. We can
do likewise. We can expect good things and accept the
inexhaustible supply of God's power and love that continuously
flows through us. We can use it, then let the winds and storms
of life come, whatever our problems may be. They may impede our
movements or dampen our progress for a while, but that need not
stop us, for often in meeting them we are cleansed, nourished,
and stimulated. For truly that which seems a hindrance has good
within it. God's good is everywhere present. As we know this for
a fact and look for it, we shall find the good. All fear and
doubt are like cobwebs before our eyes; brush them away and go
forward in confidence.
The way to progress lies ahead. Through prayer,
faith, and acceptance we can step forth with courage. New vistas
open before us. We must look for and expect the best each day;
bless and give thanks for every experience-for there is good in
everything if we look for it. Whatever casts a shadow across
our mind, be it a lack in prosperity or health or details of a
seemingly vexing problem, God's unfailing power to guide and
sustain us is there to clarify our thinking and our action. It
is by relaxing and trusting, by allowing God's power to
function, that good comes to us. The control is up to us. Just
as we learn to control our temper or other useless habits, we
can learn to control our negative thoughts about anything, and
make them positive. It takes practice, of course. The old
saying, "practice makes perfect," is true. It takes practice to
do anything well.
In II Chronicles 15:2, we read: "Jehovah is with
you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found
of you." Your awareness of God's power and love at the center of
your being is your priceless possession. Do not hold it back-use
it. Act with assurance. "Be not afraid." Rely on God, and His
inexhaustible supply will flow on and push aside all
obstructions. The fears and doubts will be inundated by the
force and clarity of God's promise.
"For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness; but of power
and love and discipline."
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Gratitude By:
Margaret P. Willey
Gratitude
in its higher aspect belongs to God. When we recognize Him as the
source of all good, when we see ourselves as sons of God, children
and heirs of the Most High, and know our real gifts to be
spiritual gifts, then we react to this seeing good, the absolute
good, and pour forth in response to it all the love of our being,
giving as we receive. Our gratitude is raised to the nth degree
and the power of the Lord is upon us.
True praise, likewise, belongs to God. We cultivate
and reach this higher gratitude, however, by praising now
everything we contact in everyday life. We can find good
everywhere, for God, the source of all good, is omnipresent. Let
us give thanks that God is expressing Himself in varying degree in
all things. Let us form the habit of seeing good, not confine our
praise to the manifest world. Let us praise and give thanks for
the good in the invisible that has not yet been manifested for us.
So on the ladder of praise we may climb to the higher
gratitude, the high state of seeing and feeling absolute good. So
may we know that the Father hath given us "all power...in heaven
and in earth." So may we bring forth all good into manifestation.
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Treat
Yourself To Wealth By:
Raymond Charles Barker
Don't treat in
terms of amounts because wealth is a relative thing. The universal
mind always gives plenty a relative thing. The universal mind
always gives plenty and to spare. I am weary of having just enough
to meet my current bills. I want a little to spare.
Spending money is wonderful if you spend it with
intelligence. There should always be a portion of your money which
you spend to have real fun, I don't mean polite fun. Polite fun is
doing what someone else thinks is fun. I'm talking about real fun.
Whatever is the thing that brings joy to your soul you should do,
whether anyone else likes it or not.
Every year of my life I ride on a roller coaster, and
I intend to continue to do that. It's one of my ideas of fun. I
don't want to do it every day; I don't want to do it even once a
week, but I do want to do it occasionally. Ministers shouldn't
ride on roller coasters, and congregations shouldn't see ministers
riding on roller coasters. Anyone in my position ought to have
more dignity than to ride on a roller coaster, but I still
occasionally ride on a roller coaster. Be normal, be free, accept
abundance and use it in an intelligent, normal way. Use it in a
way that gives you freedom to have a creative release of life.
The universal supply expresses through a law of
abundance without a secondary law of limitation. You may treat for
abundance with an unconscious pattern of limitations. So you do
not have results. On the surface you say that you desire plenty of
money, but your subconscious pattern is $75 a week. As the
subconscious pattern has more power than the temporary conscious
mind desire, you demonstrate $75 a week while you could be
demonstrating much more. The universe takes you at your valuation.
Increase the consciousness of your own valuation in money. As you
do this more money appears in your experience.
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Joseph Murphy
A Treatment
"I am now leading the abundant life, because I
believe in a God of abundance. I am supplied with everything
that contributes to my beauty, well being, progress and peace.
I am daily experiencing the fruits of the Spirit of God within
me; I accept my good now; I walk in the light that all good is
mine. I am peaceful, poised, serene and calm. I am one with
the source of life; all my needs are met at every moment of time
and every point of space. I now bring "all the empty vessels"
to the Father within. The fullness of God is made manifest in
all the departments of my life. "All that the Father hath is
mine." I rejoice that this is so."
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MEDITATION
During the months of November and December join us, wherever
you are, for a weekly meditation. Every Wednesday evening
from 9 PM to 9:15 PM, your local time (we
are Eastern Standard Time). During this meditation repeat
this affirmation:
" I now go into the silence and open my inner hearing to the
"still small voice."
I look upward. I bury my negation, weakness, fear,
selfishness and doubt under a mountain of positive, intense,
living truth. I am perfectly sound in body and mind.
Nothing in the universe can hinder my progress. The Divine
Will is my will. It is only good. I am in loving relation
to the universal order. I am at peace with my environment.
My world is at peace. I am love, and radiate it
everywhere. Goodness is flowing into me. I walk in the
spirit and in Truth. "
And so it is.
Continued for December
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Spirit of
the Infinite -
Henry Frank
"We are like the great
Teacher, and we are like God, if you please, because there is not
the minutest atom of the universe which is not the temple of
Deity, because there is not a planet that rolls through space,
that is not the indwelling presence of the Divine; because there
is not a blade of grass that waves at my feet nor a flower that
sends forth its triumph of beauty but what is incarnate Diet
itself. And so everything that is, is of the very Presence and
Manifestation of the Divine. If then, every flower that blooms
and every leaf that waves is the Presence and expression of God,
why, indeed, is not man the very incarnation of the Divine, being
the Supreme Intelligence of earth and the manifested Presence of
the Spirit of the Infinite?"
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Bits Of Wisdom
"Some people complain because God put thorns on roses, while
others praise Him for putting roses among thorns." Anonymous
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he
has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
Epictetus
"If you count all your assets, you always show a profit. "
Robert Quillen
"If the only prayer you said in your whole life
was, "thank you," that would suffice. " Meister Eckhart
"I awake to my good, and gather in the endless harvest of
endless opportunities" Florence Shinn
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Ernest Holmes
"It was a wise man who said,
"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be
added unto you." Let us repeat this idea as it relates to and
bears upon the health of the family unit. Let an understanding
and a faith in God become real to the members of the household and
all of their outer expressions shall reflect this inner glory.
The Kingdom of Heaven on earth must begin in the home, and once it
is started in the home, it shall fling itself to all corners of
the earth."
From: "Spiritual Healing" a
new book written by Dr. Ernest Holmes and Dr. Fletcher Harding
his friend and colleague, over fifty years ago. The great
mysteries of Spiritual Healing are powerfully revealed by Ernest
Holmes, one of the most renowned teachers of Truth. The first
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Emmet Fox
"No one needs to wait for Thanksgiving
Day to give thanks to God. Indeed, we should make praise and
thanksgiving a regular part of our prayers. You will remember
that Jesus said, "what things soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." It is
quite obvious from this that if you really believe that you shall
receive them, then you should not only give thanks after your good
is at hand, but you should constantly show your faith in God by
giving thanks for the blessings you expect to receive. Indeed,
this is the royal road to demonstration, because we are not only
confirming to ourselves our complete faith in the power and
goodness of God, but we are acknowledging the receipt of that good
from the giver of all perfect gifts, God Himself. With praise and
thanksgiving all obstacles can be overcome."
Offer unto God
thanksgiving;and pay thy vows unto the most high (Psalm
50:14).
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This letter come from Bridgett who lives in
France.
Hello:
I am Bridgett in France. I have been drawn to the
teachings of Dr. Fox and I was pleased to read the
book "Emmet Fox His Life Story." I love the
teachings of this man. When my doctor, gave me a
negative diagnosis last year, I worked only with
the books of Dr. Fox. I read and re-read all of
his writings, every day. I accepted my good
health. After all I am a young woman with much
life to live and to share. Excuse me for sounding
crazy but I felt a need to follow the path of Dr.
Fox as I was healing. The book was my guide. I
traveled to Paris to the Chateau Frontenac
mentioned in the book. I felt such joy being
there knowing that Emmet Fox was once there too.
Then I took the metro on line 2 to Pere Lachaise,
where Emmet Fox liked to stop and pray. I went
there to pray too. Something happened to me
there, a spiritual experience, something I cannot
explain. I cried very hard and I spoke to God
there with all my heart and I gave thanks for my
gift of life. It was at that very moment that I
knew I was healed. When I returned to my doctor
to begin treatment, I kept the appointment,
feeling in my heart that I would not need it. I
wanted to tell my doctor that I was healed but I
did not have to. He told me that he could not
find any sign of the original diagnosis. A test
proved him correct. I am well and will continue
to be well for many years. Thank you all for
sharing the important teachings of this
extraordinary man. I am so blessed. Je vous
remercie de tout coeur. ( I thank you from the
bottom of my heart.)
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In closing, let us remember that the art of being thankful is
a large part of the practice of Truth. We start with the
knowledge that all good comes from universal Mind. As sons and
daughters of the Most High, we have potentially all the
attributes of God. Our thankfulness is nourished by a
realization of the omnipresence of Good, and a ready
acceptance of the conclusions that flow from this central
Truth.
It is essential that we put our gratitude to work every day.
The universal harmony can express through you, as you. As you
practice gratitude for the unlimited good that is yours, and
as you put your blessings to work, blessings will manifest and
multiply. When we give thanks we open the way for great
demonstrations by recognizing the Presence and praising it, by
thanking the Father for Spiritual quickening.
Let us recall the words of Dr. Carrie F. Munz.
"I am thankful: For the certainty of God's immediate
Presence. For my God given ability to know the
truth. For Love that holds me always within myself.
For the Power that is within me. For the eternal
qualities of the Spiritual Self. For the ability to
think and to speak. For the creative power of the
Spirit within. For the power to solve my problems.
For the joy of appreciation that makes the beauty of
the world mine. For friends and family. For
"enemies" -- they have taught me my own strength to
love.
For work that is mine. For books. For hours alone
and time to think. For the beauty of hills,
plants, mountains, and water. For the beauty of
growing things. For the security of knowing that
God is my Father. For the help that I may be to
others. For the love of little children. For the
joy of my Self in the lonely hours. For problems
that are solved. For problems to come. For life
just as it is. Dear Father-God, I thank thee."
Happy Thanksgiving! See you in December!
Blessings
Rev's JoAnn & Cecil
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