THE MYSTERY OF OMNIPOTENCE

Is there a personal or impersonal God who has free rein to function in and with the universe? Is there an omnipotent Intelligence guiding and controlling the operation of natural law? The atheist quickly answers no. To the atheist there is only a universal, blind force that operates as immutable and unchangeable law. The agnostic sees that there is undeviating law operative everywhere; but is uncertain as to how that fact should be negotiated The orthodox thinker claims that the Lord is omnipotent but he cannot give a reason why the Lord should allow cataclysms to interfere with the peace of humanity.

I promulgate the belief held by a great number of the advanced thinkers of the day that there is an omnipotent and universal Intelligence prevalent in the universe, but that there are different degrees of manifestation of this one almighty Power. The physical universe of matter is the negative form of this great Power, or Force, the mode of expression of which some call Natural Law; but it is a manifestation of the sentient Intelligence of the Ever-Present, nevertheless. The vibrations of force exist in various degrees, from the gross vibrations of physical substance to the finest vibrations of mental energy. As the forms of life come into manifestation, they organize and exhibit this universal

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Power in varying degrees of complexity, from the micro organism to humanity. As forms evolve and become more complex, they come in touch with finer and finer degrees of force. At first they have only the power to organize life. Later there is born the ability to feel, which develops, still later in evolution, into the animal’s faculty of instinct, (another name for the All Intelligence within), which is a certain responsiveness to the mental waves of Infinite Intelligence. This faculty, which we call instinct in the animal, can be developed as intuition in humanity so that they can resonate with the finer and deeper waves of Omniscience that vibrate through the mighty Mind of the Creator.

When the great processes of evolution (which is the methodical and progressive action of Infinite Mind, not mere physical development) , working so ceaselessly and tirelessly in Nature’s wonder house, brought the complex structure and brain of humanity into manifestation, we can say that the Creator made human beings out of the dust of the earth. Because these highly organized beings are capable of responding to the Divine Spirit that inhabits the inmost recesses of existence, we can also say that the Creator breathed into humanity the breath of Life. Therefore, the incarnate human form is the mediator between the highest and lowest states of being, and in it are organized the vibrations which allow each person to be receptive to, and communicate with, every region in the physical and spiritual

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universe.

We are taught that each form in creation is composed of atoms that are vibrating to and fro with intense rapidity, and that the atoms themselves are but forms of vibrating force or energy. The tables, chairs, and books in our rooms, and even the walls, are masses of vibrations. Though they appear dense to us, they are actually composed of more space than solid substance. The atmosphere is also a vibrating substance; in fact, all life is vibration or energy in different degrees of intensity. The finer vibrations interpenetrate those more gross. For instance, the vibrations called X-rays penetrate through flesh and through wood without being disturbed by the vibrations of those substances; and there are still finer vibrations than those of the X-ray.

You can imagine a form composed of X-ray vibrations being present in the spot occupied by a grosser form, without one form being sensibly present to the other. Thinking along the same line, you can see how the mighty vibrations of the Creator can be present in the room and in one’s body, and all through space, without being directly evident to the physical senses.

Mankind is a part of the Creator’s omnipotence. We see that creation is not complete without mankind, and that the Creator

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utilizes humanity for the fulfillment of divine manifestation, as truly as humans are dependent upon the Ever-Present for the power and wisdom that will enable them to gain dominion over the negative and undeveloped forces of nature.

The resistant granite, the crystal quartz, the beautiful flower, the graceful tree and the strong and cunning animal are all parts of the vast intelligence of the Creator, but they are intelligence in a latent state. Only in the human form does this intelligence come to self-consciousness or develop to a knowledge of its power. It is the privilege and duty of humanity to make the Creator’s will manifest for the benefit of all lesser degrees of evolving intelligence, and even in humanity there are degrees of expression of this intelligence. The human race may choose to be receptive only to the vibrations of animal life and they may live in the sphere of animal sensation. They may also choose to live in and express the finer and more interior degrees of their complex nature, from the intellectual sphere of perception and understanding to the will sphere of loving and living in the realization of the omniscient love of the Ever-Present consciousness, which is the Presence of the Creator within.

Thus, through mankind, the higher degrees of the Creator’s love and wisdom are opened to the lowliest degrees and forms of life, and every human being may be a co-worker with the Creator in

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lifting all beings to a higher degree of intelligence and power in the limitless scale of evolving life. Everyone who radiates the blessing of love to all creatures, with the understanding that All is Good, is a mediator between the Creator and creation, and will realize the great satisfaction that comes from expressing the qualities and powers of the soul. The birth and expression of the Love of All in and from the soul will bring to each one the conviction of individual immortality as a son or daughter of the Ever-Present, forever working hand in hand with the Omnipotent Creator in the great work of glorifying the created universe.

Knowing this great truth of humanity’s intimate relation to the Creator, as agents to sublimate and spiritualize all substance so that the Creator may be all in all, we can look forward with prophetic vision to the unfolding future, when all error or ignorance will be transformed into divine intelligence. The mind of humanity and of the planet will be so filled with the harmonizing light and love of the Creator’s Presence that even the processes of nature will become more orderly and intelligent, as now they are more peaceful and settled than they were in the past. We visualize a future in which all disasters from organized forces will come to an end, and the whole earth will exhibit the fertility and richness, the grace and harmony of a heavenly kingdom, where the love of the Creator is paramount in all hearts and throughout the length and breadth of visible nature.

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CULTIVATE YOUR WILL

The omnipotent Will of the Creator is holding worlds and solar systems in obedience to a harmonious order. You stand in the highest order of created beings, and you have the ability to come in direct contact with the divine Will, to the end that It may express Its purpose of perfection through your whole nature. Develop the divine Will within you by expressing It. You can cultivate such a mighty force of will by the constant assertion, “I am, I will,” that every temptation will be overcome and every bad habit transformed into good by the awakening of this mighty attribute of your divinity. These affirmations will give you the godlike power of dominion:

I am a living Soul of Jehovih’s Ever-Presence.

I will realize the majesty and glory of my divine Soul.

I will feel constantly that I am an angel of Light and Love.

I will exercise my dominion over every negative condition of body and affairs. I will conquer all evil.

I will resist all temptations.

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I will fill every organ of my nature with healing life.

I will express the perfect life and health that exist in my soul.

I will become such a magnet of love that harmony and prosperity will surround me on all sides.

I praise the Creator for this mighty power that is now mine.

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