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To Live and Grow Young, you must realize the
magnitude of creation and the simplicity of the law that governs
it.
True religion is simplicity itself. All law
is simple when understood, but you do not appreciate this fact
until you grasp the magnitude of God's universe. Religion
started with tribal gods. Then, in time, God became
universal and the worship of God was encompassed by creeds, dogmas
and rituals. Each sect had a form of worship that changed
with time. Few realize that this earth is not a special
creation, but that it is part of a universe so great that it is in
reality only a grain of gold in God's jewel box and that there can
be no special Providence, no laws that govern this little world,
that are not universal laws governing all creation. Try and
grasp the magnitude of this thought.
Imagine that you are on the farthest star, located
by science, on the almost invisible rim of telescopic vision,
equipped with a telescope much more powerful than any known to
us. You would then see as great a creation as that we have
mentally visualized, millions of new stars, suns and moons from
this new viewpoint, and even then you would only catch a glimpse
of God's front yard, and realize that "In my Father's hose
are many mansions, many planes of existence." Now this
universe composed of stars, suns, moons and worlds as numerous as
the sands on the seashore must be governed by law, a universal
law.
As civilization advanced, great teachers arose who
taught glimpses of this law. They were inspired men, for
inspiration is spiritual influences, according to the
dictionary. All these inspired teachers were needed; others
will be needed to lift man up to a greater grasp of the law.
The teachings of Christ, Buddha and Confucius had a great deal in
common and Socrates discerned that the five senses did not give us
the desired information of the principles of life.
Now, having partially grasped the magnitude of
creation, let us consider the greatest statement ever uttered by
anyone who ever walked the earth regarding the law that governs
man. Christ's simple statement, "To love God (Good)
with all your heart and mind, and your neighbor as yourself."
He said on these commandments hang all the law and prophets, to
live the commandments is in reality all the religion that is
needed. They cover all the law and embody all there is to
the law that governs life.
If these commandments were obeyed, crime would be
unknown. No armaments would be needed, no standing armies,
no navies, no jails. These commandments are simplicity
itself, the basis of all law and the foundation of happiness for
all people. The law that governs man is the law of sowing
and reaping. Sowing justice, you reap justice; sowing love,
you reap love; sowing health thoughts, you reap health; sowing
youth thoughts, you reap youth. What you put into the world
comes back to you with a bountiful increase. This simple law
needs no church but the heart of man. It is universal and
cannot be abrogated or limited by creeds. Living according
to this law is prayer without ceasing.
Man sometimes assumes that the law of the universe
can be set aside, that he can be subject to a curse and that
whatever he may do will be followed by ill luck. The old
idea that God is a God of wrath is still accepted by many and as
long as they hold this belief, they will suffer the evil
consequence of if. The magnitude of creation does not permit
of the setting aside of its law, to inflict curses, or bestow
blessings. Cures and blessings naturally follow our thoughts
and deeds. There is no happenstance. Creation could
not move in harmony with such a complicated plan. Nature is
impartial. Principle controls all alike. The reaching
out with understanding brings it to us and it becomes our willing
servant if we consistently apply the law.
When the prodigal son was tired of a diet of
husks, he returned to his father's house and was received with
open arms. It would have been useless to pray for the
father's house to come to him. It was his personal work to
return. The father was waiting. The house had not
moved and its doors were wide open to receive him. He could
have wasted all his days blaming his luck, thinking he was subject
to a curse, when the lonely curse he was under was of his own
making. Miracles are not needed when we work with the
law. If the father, his home and the fatted calf, had come
to the prodigal, it would have been a miracle. People are
often disappointed when desired miracles do not happen,
overlooking the fact that the blessings they long for might easily
be secured by working with impartial law and principle. No blessing
is withheld from anyone. God curses no one. All of his
children can return home when satiated with the husks of
misfortune and despair.
When weary with the ravages of age and all you
imagine it represents, arise in thought and retrace your prodigal
steps. Return to the thoughts of your youth. The
living spirit of youth awaits you with open arms. Do not
sleep in the mesmerism of years. Awake in the consciousness
of youth. Nature is always working and waiting for you as
was the father for the prodigal's return. The wrong beliefs,
creeds and dogmas that line are way are only stumbling
blocks.
The Magnitude of Earth's problems dwindle into
insignificance when we realize the Simplicity of the law.
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