There is one Power. It is Infinite. No Ifs, Ands or Buts. Ernest Holmes wrote this: “We mean by demonstration, bringing into our experience something which we had not experienced before; bringing it in as the result of conscious thought; and unless it is possible to do this, our whole science is a mistake and a delusion. Unless there is a Divine Principle, Universal Soul or Subjectivity or Medium, which, of Itself-without any help or assistance – can produce things, and will, then there is nothing in this teaching.”

So why, at times, are we not demonstrating the lives we want to experience? Dr. Holmes goes on to say, “But there is a Divine Principle; and what It does for us It must do through us.” Yes, everything has to come through us (No Ifs, Ands or Buts).

When we give a Spiritual Mind Treatment, we do not dream, we state. We do not wish, we announce. We do not say something is going to happen. We know if has already happened. (No If’s Ands or Buts). Do we do a Spiritual Mind Treatment, and then just go back to the way we were thinking or do we allow the Treatment to change us? Are we receptive to our Good? We have responsibility in a Science that is certain.

So, since this is a philosophy of certainty, why do we not live it all the time? Well, we are living it, all the time. We are born into race consciousness and when we spend a lot of our thinking time there, we dream up all kinds of catastrophes and we live them. (No Ifs, Ands, or Buts.) We are a philosophy of certainty whether we live on the positive or the negative side of life.

This week I woke up to something. I realized how much of my thinking time I was spending on the things I didn’t want to see. I reinvented myself once again, working daily on thinking what I want to think (No Ifs, Ands or Buts). I said to myself, what if I spend today getting very disciplined with myself? What if any time a negative thought comes up, I shift it? Is this denial? Am I spiritually by-passing? What if my bank account really is at…? Is thinking thoughts of abundance, me in denial? What if my back is hurting, and I keep thinking perfect health? Is this denial?

No, in both these cases. It is not. Because, I am working scientifically and a scientist has an already established premise and then goes out to prove it. How is she going to prove it, if she doesn’t look for everything that matches her premise. If I am wallowing in lack, then scientifically speaking that is my premise, I look for lack and lack shows up. The opposite is also true.

Ernest Holmes wrote, “The subjective state of man’s thought decides what is going to happen to him in his objective experience. The subjective state of his thought is the sum total of his thinking and knowing.”

This is the good news because it shows why everything we think doesn’t come about. It is the sum total of our thought that we manifest. What are we thinking about most of the time?

Now, I don’t want to get paranoid about this and overwork trying to control my mind. That’s crazy making. No, what I want to do is relax and trust and have faith. If I struggle in my Treatments or with my thoughts then things will manifest in a struggling way. “We should approach the Law normally and naturally and with a sense of ease. There is nothing peculiar or weird about it. It is a natural Law, working in a normal way and must be thought of in this light. We should come to consider the Law and the Spirit as friends and think of them as such.”

I’m thinking of the huge project we have taken on in moving our Center to another location and the renovations that we are doing. What if I am thinking about the large amount of money it is going to take to complete the project by October 1? What if I am thinking about the people that will need to show up to make it happen? If this is the sum total of my thoughts, this is what I am going to experience. Struggle. However, if I think of the Law and Spirit, both which reside within me, as friends, then, of course, there is going to be an ease and grace to the unfoldment. Everything is for me, not against me.

Instead, what I have to do is to take a deep breath, stay in the moment and see the outcome. What do I want? What is the feeling behind it? Am I passionate? Joyful? Do I love every aspect of the process of creation? Yes, if I do this, I am going to have a beautiful and exciting adventure in the process. It is easy and graceful and fun. If I can feel it unfolding with ease and grace, then it will. It is a matter of trust. There are no Ifs, Ands or Buts about it. It is certain. Let’s break it down.

What are ifs? Ifs equal doubt. “What if this happens or this? What if the money doesn’t equal the expenses? What if this or that person pulls out of assisting and takes all her tools with her? What if? What if? What if? Even if I switch this If to the positive. What if a millionaire steps in and pays for the whole thing. Even that if is doubting. No ifs. If means doubt.

No Ands? Well for me, Ands are putting something between me and the Absolute. As Meister Eckhart said, “Between God and me, there is no between.” I am one with the Infinite. Since this is the Truth for me, then what would I have to concern myself with?

Buts? I’ve been accused of using but in my sentences. When you put a but in your way, it’s just that. In your way and the Law doesn’t hear anything besides what is said after the but. My mentor used to say, “Get your but out of the way.” Do you have a big but in your way?

There is no way around the science of the Science of Mind. It is based on a Law that says yes to us no matter what. It is certain. “We live in a Mind and It can return to us only what we think into it. No matter what we do, Law will always obtain. If we are thinking of ourselves as poor and needy, then Mind has no choice but to return what we have thought into It. It is done unto us as we believe.”

Whatever is going on in your life right now, I invite you to begin to think what you want to think about it. See the future you want to see. If you are going to the doctor for a test result, begin to imagine yourself as health and healing. And, if the test result is not what you’d like, think again. If you are waking up to a 0 balance in your checkbook, begin to give gratitude for what is in your life and see it expanding. If you are lonely, begin to see yourself as worthy of all the friends you want. “To have friends, we must be a friend,” wrote Ernest Holmes.

What about our creative expression? Are we creating to make money or because we love what we are doing? Love is the impulsion of the Universe. It is the creative force behind everything. Remember the book that said, “Love what you do and the money will follow.” This is a scientific statement of Truth. No Ifs, Ands, or Buts.

Rev. Rita Andreillo-Feren, Author, Teacher, Artist and Co-Spiritual Director of CSL Kaua`i and the Institute of Magnificence. Find my books on Amazon