I thought I’d digest and write about yesterday, January 3rd’s reading in the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes. It’s on page 236 and it’s called “Removing the Complex.” I believe if we could totally understand and accept this concept of all being Mind, we would have a healthier and happier planet. Dr. Holmes writes…“The sense of condemnation which the race holds about itself weighs it down, and must be removed.” …and “The reason people do not realize that mental healing is possible is that they do not understand the meaning of Causation, they do not realize that Intelligence is back of all things, that there is but One Fundamental Intelligence in the Universe, and that the individual is simply a point where this One Mind manifest as as a person.”

I accept the above statement as true and have proved it as my life time and time again. When I look at my life, I can see that my thought about myself and my environment is totally outplaying as it is thought and felt. There are beliefs that I accept as true about me, and I see the movie as my life every day.

Some will contradict this and ask “Well, what about what that person did to me or said about me?” Or, they might ask “What about the state of the world?” Just the other day, someone asked me how we, as ministers and teachers of the Science of Mind and Spirit speak on the horrible war on the Gaza Strip right now or mass genocide that occurs on our planet and has throughout history? I always wonder why when pondering these Laws of the Universe that we immediately go to the worse case scenario to try to argue whether they are true or not. Why don’t we just look within and see what’s up with our own mind and the uneasiness of our own Spirit? The Law of Entanglement which lets us know that we are all connected in one Field of Energy, and that how we think and act affects everything in the Field, will easily answer the question of the trouble in the world.

Everything points back to us and how we feel about ourselves and if we are in a state of condemnation or a state of self-love. It is scientifically proven, through quantum physics that how we individually feel and act, affects the magnetic field of the earth. Quantum science tells us that at a certain tipping point in consciousness that a shift in the energy of the earth plane will take place. It might seem like a long way off considering the state of the world, but it doesn’t mean we should get discouraged. Instead, we should focus on gratitude and continue to work on ourselves, showing compassion for all. Yes, we should get actively involved where we feel called, but first make sure our action is coming from a solid, loving consciousness.

At the end of the section of this reading, Ernest Holmes writes, “The only guarantee of our Divinity is in its expression through our humanity. …” Can we bring our Divine self to living in this world? We must if we want a better world. We state that our purpose, is to awaken humanity to its Magnificence. This doesn’t deny that we are in human form, but instead it states that we are asleep in the knowing that this human form is enlivened and living because of its Infinite Eternal Spirit. We are not just a body with a brain, blindly walking around reacting to everything. When we accept our Divinity, we will walk with compassion, love, purpose and a healing consciousness. We will know the infinite possibilities as Spiritual beings walking in human form, adhering to the Laws of the Universe that advocate love. It might seem like a lofty goal, but if we really look within, we will feel it. It is encoded in our very DNA: “God Eternal within the body.” This knowing will most definitely remove the complex of human self condemnation and heal the worlds problems. And so it is!

Love and Aloha,

Rev. Rita Andriello-Feren, Author and Spiritual Director of Center for Spiritual Living Kaua`i