Do you think
that you have an independent existence?
Many mixed
thoughts will be crowding into your mind as you read these lines. You will have
doubts and eager questionings, as well as a vague fear that may imperceptibly
change into a growing hope that this glimmering meaning of the new ideas, which
will begin to penetrate the darkness of your intellect, may shine brightly so that
you can see clearly the Truth which you instinctively feel is hidden beneath these
words.
The message
is about the I AM, your real Self, the you that is speaking to your consciousness,
in order to fully comprehend its meaning. It is the same I AM which is the Life
and Spirit animating all living things in the Universe, from the tiniest atom
to the greatest Sun.
This I AM is
the Intelligence in you and in your brothers and sisters and is simultaneously
the Intelligence which causes everything to live and grow and become that which
is destined to be.
If this is the first time you are hearing about this I
AM in you or in your brother and sister, this text can be challenging to your
mind. However, if
you follow these words and observe the instructions, it will soon bring to your
consciousness a light that will illumine the deepest recesses of your mind and
drive away all the clouds of your human misconceptions, ideas and opinions that
currently darken your intellect. So remember the I AM, the real Self of you, the
all that you are and know, that which you are, the personality, is only an illusion, a
shadow of your real Self. You have been conditioned to think that you are body
and your mind with a soul that leaves you when you die. You are so much more
and at the same time nothing if you cling to your personality.
Yet you are
the Intelligence that directs the workings of your body, whether this directing
is done consciously or unconsciously. When this Intelligence is withdrawn the
cells in your body fall apart, your physical body dies and exists no longer as
a living organism. Ask yourself, who is this you who directs and controls the
activities of your organs, and consequently each cell composing them?
You cannot
say it is your human or personal self who does this, for you of yourself cannot
control the action of a single organ of your body. It must then be this impersonal
I AM of you, which is you, and yet it is not you.
Listen, and
become aware that you are Consciousness which is the same in all. All is one Consciousness,
Intelligence expressing through form.
Consciousness,
Intelligence and Will are wholly Impersonal and are common to everyone.
The I AM is the
directing Intelligence of All, the animating Spirit of Life, the Consciousness
of all matter, of all Substance.
This real you,
this impersonal you, is in all and is one with all. You are in me and are one
with me; just as I am in you and in all, and thereby I am expressing my Reality
through you and through all.
The Will,
which you call your Will, is likewise no more yours personally than is this Consciousness
and the Intelligence of your mind and of the cells of your body.
It is but
that small portion of My Will, which I permit you to use. As you awaken to the recognition
of a certain power or faculty within you and begin consciously to use it, do I
allow you utilize that much more of My Infinite Power.
All power
and its use is of My Will. Your will and all your powers are only portion of My
Will, which I supply to suit your capacity to use it.
Were I to
entrust you with the full power of My Will, before you know how consciously and
wisely use it, it would utterly annihilate your body.
To test your
strength and to show you what the misuse of My Power does to you, I at times
allow you to commit a so-called sin or to make a mistake. I even permit you to
become inflated with the sense of My presence within you, which will manifests
as consciousness of My Power, My Intelligence and My Love. I let you take these
and use them for your own personal purposes.
I AM always
there to pick you up, after you fall, although you do not know it at the time. First
I straightening you out and then I guide you onward again, by pointing out the
reason for your fall. Eventually you will become aware, that these powers are
occurring in you are the result of My Will, My Intelligence and My Love, and are
for the use of My Service, and not at all for your own Personal ends.
Do the cells
of your body, the muscles of your arm, think to set themselves up as having a
separate will from your will, or a separate intelligence from your
intelligence?
No, they
know no other intelligence but yours, no will but yours.
After a
while it will become clear to you, that you are only one of the cells of My
Body, and that your will is not your will, but Mine. You will know, that what
consciousness and what intelligence you have are Mine wholly. There is no such a
person as you. You personally are only a physical form containing a human
brain, which I created for the purpose of expressing through you in matter for
a certain purpose which I could best express through the form which is known as
you.
All this may
be difficult for you to accept, and you may protest very strenuously that it
cannot be, that every instinct of your nature rebels against such yielding and
subordinating yourself to an unseen and unknown power, however Impersonal or
Divine.
Fear not, it
is only your personality that rebels. If you continue to follow and study My
ways, all will soon be made clear, and I will surely open up to your inner
understanding many wonderful Truths that now are impossible for you to
comprehend. Your Soul will rejoice and sing glad praises, and you will bless
these words for the message that they bring.
So be it
