Your Word Is Your Wand

Loss

Florence Scovel Shinn · 2 min read

If man loses anything it shows there is a belief of loss in his subconscious mind. As he erases this false belief, the article, or its equivalent will appear on the external.

For example: A woman lost a silver pencil in a theatre. She made every effort to find it but it was not returned.

She denied loss, taking the affirmation: “I deny loss, there is no loss in Divine Mind. therefore I cannot lose that pencil. I will receive it or its equivalent.”

Several weeks elapsed. One day she was with a friend who wore about her neck on a cord, a beautiful gold pencil, who turned to her and said: “Do you want this pencil? I paid fifty dollars for it at Tiffany’s.”

Man can only lose what doesn’t belong to him by Divine Right, or isn’t good enough for him.

The woman was aghast, and replied (almost forgetting to thank her friend) “Oh! God aren’t you wonderful! The silver pencil wasn’t good enough for me!”

Man can only lose what doesn’t belong to him by Divine Right, or isn’t good enough for him.

AFFIRMATIONS

There is no loss in Divine Mind, therefore, I cannot lose anything that is rightfully mine. Infinite Intelligence is never too late! Infinite Intelligence knows the way of recovery.

There is no loss in Divine Mind, therefore, I cannot lose anything which belongs to me. It will be restored or I receive its equivalent.

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In brief

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There is no loss in Divine Mind. Any loss in a person's affairs shows a belief of loss held in the subconscious mind, and once that false belief is erased, the article or its equivalent appears on the external. Shinn illustrates this with a woman who lost a silver pencil in a theatre and could not recover it. She denied loss with a spoken affirmation, and weeks later a friend offered her a gold pencil from Tiffany's worth fifty dollars. Her surprised cry, that the silver pencil was not good enough for her, leads to the chapter's law: man can lose only what is not his by Divine Right, or what is not good enough for him. Shinn closes with two affirmations for daily use, declaring that nothing rightfully one's own can be lost and that whatever is missing will be restored or replaced by its equivalent.

Key ideas

  • Loss on the outside mirrors a belief of loss within the subconscious mind; erase the belief and the outer picture changes.
  • Shinn teaches the active denial of loss: there is no loss in Divine Mind, so nothing rightfully yours can be lost.
  • What returns may come as an equivalent, and often as something finer than what was lost, as the silver pencil returned as a gold one.
  • Only what does not belong to you by Divine Right, or is not good enough for you, can pass out of your life.
  • Infinite Intelligence is never too late and knows the way of recovery; the affirmation is spoken and the outcome left to it.

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Table of ContentsYour Word Is Your Wand
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OverviewIYour Word Your WandIISuccessIIIProsperityIVHappinessVLoveVIMarriageVIIForgivenessVIIIWords of WisdomIXFaithXLossXIDebtXIISalesXIIIInterviewsXIVGuidanceXVProtectionXVIMemoryXVIIThe Divine DesignXVIIIHealthXIXEyesXXAnaemiaXXIEarsXXIIRheumatismXXIIIFalse GrowthsXXIVHeart DiseaseXXVAnimalsXXVIThe ElementsXXVIIJourneyXXVIIIMiscellaneousXXIXConclusion
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