Last week I received several Martha Moore-Stevens CDs and DVDs. What a blessing they are! Her spirit is an uplifting, shining beacon.
When you listen, you will hear her refer to several training experiences, one of which was Science of Mind (Religious Science). I know exactly what she speaks of when she talks about "giving a treatment". The United Church of Religious Science has a 24 hour world prayer hotline. The number is here >
http://www.religiousscience.org/wmop_site/I went through a period a few years ago when I called that number at least once a week. It is spoken Power.
From her video "Understanding the Power of the words I AM" ... >
http://www.marthashealingquilts.com/cd.html... she explains how to deal with uncomfortable, discomforting feelings. I like it!
When you first notice the discomfort, someone or something 'out there' is being perceived by you as distressful, the first step, in that MOMENT, is:
Forgive Yourself
Our perceptions are our own projections. When I see someone doing something I PERCEIVE as upsetting, it is mine! I own it. I projected it. The feelings came about due to my own judgments. So I can Forgive Myself.
Go into Gratitude
You noticed it! Be so grateful that you can experience sensations from your perspective. It's MINE! I'm so glad. This leads into honest, humble, sweet spirit feelings. Thank You that I can know myself!
This is where the Transformation from fear and doubt into love and trust takes place.
Process It
Let it flow over you. DO NOT block feelings. Accept them. Allow them. No matter how long it takes, allow the feelings to be with you. When we block feelings, we are blocking the Life Force flow within us. (I never thought of that). The same I AM that exists everywhere, exists in me. Don't block It.
Say: "I AM the presence commanding harmony and peace in this situation NOW."
This comes ONLY after the processing is complete. We've got to do our part so Spirit can do Her's.
This process removes all that self nagging about negating thoughts. Isn't it an unrelentless cycle? I'm getting steamed at that moron in the checkout line. Oops, I shouldn't be feeling that way. I am a good person after all. What is wrong with me? Well there I go, nagging on myself again. But OBVIOUSLY I don't know anything about humilty. WHAT TF IS SHE DOING NOW? PRICE CHECK? OH (&(*#&_#&$#_.
No one here does that, do they? Now we don't have to :D
While pondering this matter, I thought of the people who argue that these teachings "blame the victim". If I'm sick, it's my FAULT. Ditto to you. Negative. This is how it really is. It isn't my FAULT! It is a gift my body is giving me to let me know that my soul is seeking something. Dis-ease is a MESSAGE. What about the babies born ill? I'm not sure. I have to believe that we are not solo projectors. There is the collective projection. Each culture has their own projections. Or perhaps that soul needs only that which can be provided through the illness. So, if this is True, when the soul is satisfied can we enjoy 100% perfect health? In a perfect world, for sure. I suppose if we can perfect our souls in this plane, we could expect our bodies to be perfect as well.
I know many of you are familar with Science of Mind, if not by that name.
Ernest Holmes, the founder of SoM, penned this prayer in that spirit >>
A Prayer for World Peace
I know there is but One Mind, which is the Mind of God, in which all people live and move and have their being.
I know there is a divine pattern for humanity and within this pattern there is infinite harmony and peace, cooperation, unity and mutual helpfulness.
I know that the mind of humankind, being one with the Mind of God, shall discover the method, the way and the means best fitted to permit the flow of divine love between individuals and nations. Thus harmony, peace, cooperation, unity and mutual helpfulness will be experienced by all.
I know there shall be a free interchange of ideas, of cultures, of spiritual concepts, of ethics, of educational systems and scientific discoveries – for all good belongs to all alike.
I know that, because Divine Mind has created us all, we are bound together in one infinite and perfect unity.
In bringing about world peace, I know that all people and all nations will remain individual but united for a common purpose of promoting peace, happiness, harmony and prosperity.
I know that deep within every person, the divine pattern of perfect peace is already implanted.
I now declare that in each person and in leaders of thought everywhere this divine pattern moves into action and form, to the end that all nations and all people shall live together in peace, harmony and prosperity – forever.
So it is now.
--- Ernest Holmes, 1950 Text