Your Invisible Power

Things to Remember

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THAT the greatest Mental Scientist the world has ever known (Jesus Christ, the Man) said all things are possible unto you.

Also, ‘‘the things I do, you can do.’’ Did he tell the truth?

Jesus did not claim to be more divine than you are. He declared the whole human race children of God. By birth he was no exception to this rule. The power he possessed was developed through His personal effort. He said you could do the same if you would only believe in yourself.

A great idea is valueless unless accompanied by physical action. God gives the idea; man works it out upon the physical plane.

All that is really worth while is contentment. Self-command alone can produce it.

The soul and body are one. Contentment of mind is contentment of soul, and contentment of soul means contentment of body.

If you wish health, watch your thoughts, not only of your physical being, but your thoughts about everything and everybody. With your will, keep them in line with your desire, and outwardly act in accordance with your thoughts, and you will soon realize that all power both over thoughts and conditions has been given to you.

You believe in God. Believe in yourself as the physical instrument through which God operates.

Absolute dominion is yours when you have sufficient self-mastery to conquer the negative tendency of thoughts and actions.

Ask yourself daily: ‘‘What is the purpose of the Power which put me here?”

‘‘How can I work with the purpose for life and liberty in me?”

After having decided these questions, endeavor hourly to fulfill them. You are a law unto yourself.

Absolute dominion is yours when you have sufficient self-mastery to conquer the negative tendency of thoughts and actions.

If you have a tendency to overdo anything: eat, drink, or blame circumstances for your misfortunes, conquer that tendency with the inward conviction that all power is yours. Eat less, drink less, blame circumstances less, and the best there is will gradually grow in the place where the worst seemed to be.

Always remember that all is yours to use as you will.

You can if you will; if you will, you do.

God the Father blesses you with all He has to give.

Make good Godly use of it.

The reason for greater success when you first began your studies and demonstrations in Mental Science, was your joy and enthusiasm at the simple discovery of Power within, which was greater than you were able to put into your understanding later. With increased understanding, comes increasing joy and enthusiasm, and the results will correspond.

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In brief

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All things are possible to you. Jesus, the greatest Mental Scientist, does not claim to be more divine than any other child of God, and the power he shows is open to everyone who believes in the Divine life within. Behrend gathers the book's teaching into short maxims to keep in mind. God gives the idea and man works it out through physical action. Contentment comes only from self-command, and because soul and body are one, contentment of mind becomes health of body. You watch your thoughts about everything and everybody, keep them in line with your desire through the will, and act outwardly in accordance with them. You believe in yourself as the instrument through which God operates. Each day you ask what the Power that placed you here intends, and each hour you work to fulfill it. Excess in eating, drinking, or blaming circumstances gives way to the inward conviction that all power is yours. Behrend closes by explaining why beginners often succeed most: their joy in first finding the Power within runs ahead of their understanding. As understanding grows, joy and enthusiasm grow with it, and results follow.

Key ideas

  • Every person is a child of God, and the power Jesus developed is open to anyone who believes in it.
  • An idea from God bears fruit only when man works it out in physical action.
  • Contentment comes from self-command, and contentment of mind becomes contentment of body.
  • Health follows from guarding all your thoughts and acting in line with them.
  • Ask daily what the Power that placed you here intends, and work hourly to fulfill it.
  • Behrend teaches that joy and enthusiasm, renewed as understanding deepens, bring the corresponding results.

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