THE AUTOMATIC POWER

It is a fine, healthy feeling that comes with the realization that you cannot change God by praying to Him; that you cannot change Him by saying words or thinking things. An avalanche of false beliefs slides into the chasm of oblivion when you begin to recognize that God is changeless.

We have wondered into a far land, full of strange doctrines, which led us to believe that we could make God do our bidding. "Oh, no," comes a great protest from a mass of souls who daily are telling God what is wrong with the world and the other man, and are also instructing Him how to better them. "Oh, no," also comes from an army of people who believe that the purpose of treatment is to make God alter His mind.

Many people have come to believe that the study of Truth is for the purpose of gaining a power which would enable us to do things that we otherwise could not do. These same people believe that certain ones have more God-power than others, and that the Truth can be copyrighted and restricted to personal interpretations.

So it is a healthy thing to know, and feel, that prayer cannot change God; that man is neither able to change God nor His Power, and that no teacher or leader has any power to make God do his bidding.

It is Wonderful - this revelation of the changelessness of God. That Changeless Principle of Life, to which nothing can be added, and from which nothing can be taken; eternal in the heavens (Consciousness), and which fadeth not away. Think of the assurance that immediately comes to you. A Changeless Power - eternal, always present in all ways, instantly available to any man, at any place; without words of formula, and without an intercessor.

When you have awakened, you will realize that prayer, treatment, words, affirmations, or thoughts are powerless to change the eternal nature of God. You will be glad to know this. You will be glad to discover that all these ideas are merely means of aligning one's self with the Changeless Principle of Life.

Nothing you can do will hinder God, nor help Him. You can only hinder or help yourself. You may believe what you want to regarding God, but that will not make it so, any more than believing evil about a person, or place, or thing, makes that so.

The Power of God is beyond the measure of the human mind. It acts so unceasingly, so unfailingly, and with such precision, that it can be termed automatic. Certainly it is an Unconditioned Power, untrammeled and unlabored, and it is this very Power which many of us have believed we could make do our bidding. Of course, many will emphatically deny this, but that does not change the fact that most people have thought that prayer was either for the purpose of making God change His Mind, or for making something happen that would not have otherwise taken place.

Many of you have thought that until you "treated," or prayed, or said words, that God remained static. You had, apparently, to generate the Power. I AM not accusing you of anything when I set this down on paper. It is never going to hurt you to be honest with yourself and confess your sins, and get rid of them. You were acting to the highest of your ability, but if it has not brought you a hundred per cent results in the fulfillment of the promises given to us by Jesus, then you had better look again into the promises and see where you stand.

One of the happiest discoveries you will make in this new awakening to the True use of prayer is that God is omni-active, whether you see it or not. He watching over Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps. The {Power is always active, automatically active, without hindrance or help from you, or any other person, organization, nation, or thing. Aren't you glad? Even while the tired human mind is asleep, the power of God is automatically expressing.

What, then, is the use of prayer, or treatment, or affirmations? What, indeed, but the power to align us with the glorious fact that God, the eternal active Power of the Universe, can and does express in perfect and eternal harmony, to all those who align themselves with this Power. When I move with the current of the river, I have little resistance or hindrance; and so, when I align myself with God, and LET that mind be in me which was also in Christ Jesus, then the resistance to problems and beliefs passes away. It is Wonderful! "There remaineth a rest to the people of God." The People of God are those who are LETTING God run His Universe, and who have come to believe that the omni-active Power of God is ever in manifestation.

"When ye pray" - and then the explicit instruction are given for true prayer: "Be still [do you know what still means?] and KNOW that I AM God." Being still is not telling God of all your needs, and how they should be met. The Automatic Power is always expressing. It is Wonderful!

"I have a way that ye know not of" is the law of the Automatic Power, working through the intricate mass of human beliefs, moving unseen through the condition or situation you call hopeless, and arriving at a destination that was formerly considered impossible. "I have a way that ye know not of," and that is the way of God. "God's ways are past finding out." Do you hear that no human mind can figure out how the power of God can accomplish what the human belief and intellect have long since found as impossible of accomplishment? "All things are possible to God,"

but do not forget that you are not the little person who controls God, and makes Him do your bidding, by saying words "at" Him. The Power which says, "Before they call, I will answer," certainly must be fully aware of the whole thing, before you put it into words. It is Wonderful! The Power is ever willing and ready to be LET into manifestation.

The glorious sense of prayer is for the purpose of RECOGNIZING the Presence of God, and casting the human will away. "Not my will, but Thine, be done," is like handing over limited human power to the Infinite Power of God. A tired child running alongside of an automobile, at the rate of five miles an hour, is suddenly picked up by the car, and carried on at a hundred miles an hour, while his body remains perfectly quiet. Do you get the idea of the futility of human struggle? "Cast thy burden [of belief] upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee" was the invitation given to you; and it is just this Recognition of the Presence that makes it possible for you to see the way, and to accomplish that which was impossible by yourself.

We cannot assist the Power in any way, except by following the laws laid down by Jesus: "Lean on Me." While we sit quietly in the swift-moving auto, our body also attains the velocity of the car, without any effort on our part. The effortless action of God is here pictured forth. "I have a way that ye know not of." It is Wonderful!

When you wish to speak to someone thousands of miles away, you turn the little dial of a telephone and presently you are in conversation with that one. It is marvelous what has taken place between the receiver of the telephone at one end and the transmitter at the other. All the automatic action which took place, is almost past understanding - to the average person at least. You sit comfortably at home, and all this unseen power has found your friend thousands of miles away, and put you in touch with him. Think of what you have been saved by this working of this automatic power. Think if you had to perform that operation yourself. It might take you days or weeks to make the journey to speak with your friend, which was done for you in a moment by the automatic connection. This is a poor illustration of the Power of God, but it gives some idea of the "way that ye know not of," and how it can and will put you in touch with the "answer" to your problem.

"Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth." The receiver is ready to receive the WORD. He is not telling God what to do. He has aligned himself with the God Power by his Recognition of the Presence of the Power. Yes, to such an extent that he says: "Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth." What is he going to hear? He will hear the Will of God spoken in his inner being, which will move him into the ways of peace and joy, and glorious Revelation.

Prayer is the Glorious Recognition of the Presence, and the letting go of the human desire. When you loose your life, you will find it. When you ally yourself with the God Power, and LET that mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, then it can and does work in a "mysterious way." We are beginning to understand why it is often mentioned that we are "fearfully and wonderfully made," and that God is terrible and fearful. These words are used because the human mind is lost in the amazing Power which works through beliefs, and overturns impossible things and comes back with the answer. It is almost terrible to contemplate the Power so grand, so overpowering is it in this automatic expression. "Bless the Lord, O my soul: and forget not all His benefits." "Come unto ME all ye that labor and are heavy laden [with beliefs], and I will give you rest." It is glorious to know that God is expressing always, and that He does not have to be started into action by your prayers. The moment that you pray aright you are moving with this Power, and you are learning to take your attention away from the appearance, for the appearance is what you have been hypnotized by all these long years. Nothing happens on the outside that must not first take place on the inside. "Be still, and know that I AM God."

When you perceive the Power, when you pray aright the prayer of Recognition, then, "having done all," you "stand and see the salvation of the Lord." How will it come? It will come in the way all automatic power comes into expression - unhindered, unstopped by any combination of human beliefs, no matter how powerful they may appear to be. It is Wonderful!

When Marconi discovered, by his deep contemplation, the principle of wireless telegraphy, he knew that the world all about him "knew" that it was pure imagination. He looked out on a group of learned men who were ready to give the lie to this Recognition. He looked out on a world ready to "laugh him to scorn" because he said he could go against its best beliefs, but he stayed on the point of Recognition. He was "praying without ceasing"; he kept his attention away from appearances, and kept it fixed on the principle which he had seen in the secret place of the Most High. So presently he overturned a whole world of human knowledge. It is wonderful how Jesus gave us all these glorious laws of life. Do not judge any more from the appearance of your body, or your world. Go within and contemplate this Presence, and soon you will overturn a whole lifetime of human beliefs. "All things are possible to God." Do you hear?

When Jesus said "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand," they laughed at Him, and people are still laughing, and people are still "trying to make it appear." But those who have eyes can see that He was, and is, true and just. His daring in going one step further, and locating the Kingdom of Heaven within you, was to completely undermine the very foundation of a time-honored religion, whose only claim to life was a lot of promises of heaven and happiness after death. But He said it, and so great were His understanding and Love that He was willing to prove it even unto the last enemy, so that we might see that "Every mortal mind is a liar and the father of it," and that "Nothing is impossible to God." It is Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! "If I make my bed in hell, behold, Thou art there," but not until you recognize this. The moment you recognize it, you are praying the prayer which will instantly release you, and put you into Heaven. It is this very Recognition of the Presence, and the staying on this point, disregarding the outward conditions, that has made this possible. It is Wonderful! Do you begin to see that "He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep" and that "He is mindful of his own"? His own are those who "Hear the voice," and ally themselves with this glorious Power, and LET it operate through them.

"The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is strong and mighty." Recognize this fact, at stop looking at the world of unbelief, and the world of evidence to the contrary, and you will suddenly see your hell turn into Heaven. No wonder, then, you are told to "salute no man by the way." If Marconi had saluted, or discussed his revelation with every man in the street, his glorious power to bring it out into expression would have waned. "Be still, and know that I AM God" - that which is told in secret "shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops." Do you begin to see the NEW DAY dawning? It is glorious to know that you do not have to change the Mind nor the Will of God by prayer, but that your prayer can and will be just the true Recognition of the Presence here and NOW.

Think of Jesus saying, "The maid is not dead, but sleepeth." What about all the testimony of the senses, and the human understanding? You begin to see what RECOGNITION of the Presence means. It is the Open Sesame to the King's Treasures. It is Wonderful!

And you - yes, you. I speak to you. You, who are reading this very line; you can lay your book down, and turn in true prayer and RECOGNIZE this glorious Power. You can contemplate it, and listen for the instructions that are forthcoming right now, and you can arise and confirm it, and decree it, and stand and see it into expression. You are right now filled and thrilled by the down pouring of blessings that is pouring over you like great falls as I write these lines to you, so glad am I to speak to you direct. It is Wonderful! You are blessed, flooded with the Light of God, and your universe is aglow with the Light of Life, and your body is aglow with the Light of Life, and it is all in the dazzling White Light of the Presence. "Be still, and know that I AM God." It is Wonderful! Blessings, blessings, blessings.

"Having done all," stand and see. Having made your Recognition, stand by it, and take your attention away from appearances and verily "it shall come to pass" by a way, and in a manner, that ye know not of. From the moment the warmth of the mother bird penetrates the shell of the egg, something is happening, though nothing appears on the outside: and it is just this warmth of the God Love which you put into your Recognition that causes the constant leavening of the meal of belief to take place, even though nothing yet is appearing. It is Wonderful! Heaven and earth are full of THEE. "The heavens declare [do you hear?] the glory of God; and the firmament showeth His handiwork." It is Wonderful - Praise God, sing Hosannas - or Recognition - write within your heart, "Not my will, but Thine, be done," and let this glorious Will of Heaven - Here and Now manifested - take possession of you. When my will is Thy Will and Thy Will is my will, then the Will of God is being done; and the Will of God, through you, is that glorious individual expression of the Son of God.

"Unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation."

The Second Coming is taking place. It is the Coming of the Consciousness which Recognizes the Omni-active Power of God, unchanged by the human thinking or ideas, and that has a greater mission in life than the working out of problems. Some time that problem-state must end, and the Revelation of the Power which is "of too pure eyes to behold iniquity" must be revealed. The Second Coming of the Christ "without sin unto salvation" is what we are looking for. The fulfillment of the promises of God, Here and NOW. It is Wonderful!

"I will stand upon my watch ... to see what He will say unto me."

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