believes that health is good for himself and good for his loved one. Always, everywhere, health is good. Listen to this simple logic, this syllogism:
Since God is Good,
And Health is Good,
Therefore God is Health
And Health is God.
"For I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God." Ps. 42:11.
2 LIFE is GOOD. By Life is not meant that condition of earthly affairs between birth and death not many see that good but that Principle, that Power that lies back of the sparkle in the eye and the glow on the cheek, that great Essence and Presence whose beginnings materialists have, all in vain, so ardently sought. No mortal has ever touched Life or confined It to form or definition, but all agree that It is as unknowable and undefinable as God, and, like Deity, only appreciable through Its effects or manifestations.
Listen to our reasoning:
Since God is Good
And Life is Good,
Therefore God is Life
And Life is God.
3 SUBSTANCE is GOOD. What is Substance ? Metaphysicians define it as that which is the reality of being, that which is the genuine, indestructible presence that is back of the appearance called "matter." Its essence is unchangeability. It is eternal, incorruptible, infinite, and unlimited. It is Being, of which materiality is the shadow. What is Substance with the metaphysician is Spirit with the theologian, and in these teachings Substance and Spirit are synonymous terms used interchangeably.
Again we reason:
Since God is Good,
And Substance is Good,
Therefore God is Substance
And Substance is God.
"God is Spirit," says Jesus (Wilson's Emphatic Diaglot). God is one Spirit, in, and through, and the reality of all manifestation the beauty, grandeur, and glory of the universe.
By this time the observing student will be cognizant of our methods of meditation and deduction, and can himself start with correct premises and arrive at true conclusions, proving to his own satisfaction that God is all that is pure Goodness universally, eternally,, impartially good.
Practice meditating upon what is good for all people at all times and in all places, and then see how God is that, and your foundation is sure.
4 LOVE is GOOD. Unselfish, pure, unchangeable Love is good for all. God is Love.
5 INTELLIGENCE is GOOD. God is Intelligence -- Wisdom.
6 TRUTH is GOOD. God is Truth.
We need not put any limit to our enumeration of the Goodness that is God. God is Peace, Prosperity, Purity, Strength, Trust, Faith, Rest, Power, Freedom, and so on to infinity. But it is enough for our foundation Statement of Being to dwell upon certain thoughts of God now, and charge our minds with one short statement only: God is Health, Life, Love, Truth, Substance, and Intelligence.
Let us now consider our third axiom, "God is Omnipresent."
God is everywhere. God fills all, and is the very being of all that is. God is All in All. Let us see to what conclusions the acknowledgment that God is omnipresent will lead us. Since God is good and God is omnipresent, then Good is omnipresent, Good is everywhere. Since God is Health and God is omnipresent, health is omnipresent, health is in and through all things. Life is omnipresent, love is omnipresent, truth is omnipresent, substance is omnipresent, intelligence is omnipresent.
All that can be predicated of God can be declared true of all that is good. God is Omnipotence, therefore health is omnipotent, and so also is life and love.
Repetition of these truths in every conceivable form is the mental method of hammering, "driving home,' 7 stamping, and solidifying the foundation of that building which is to be the center and headquarters of all our coming demonstrations. Too much attention cannot be paid to this first lesson. A student that is well grounded upon the basic principles will find all the subsequent lessons easy to comprehend and practice.
Who are you? "Know thyself has ever been the inspired injunction. Every sage has expressed this thought in some manner: "If man would only study himself and know himself, then he would know all things nothing would be unknown to him." This is true. If man knows the true Self of him, then he must know God, for the true Self is one with God.
Moses spoke of Man's oneness with God as Man being made in the image and likeness of God. Jesus spoke of Man's oneness with God as the Son being one with the Father. "I and the Father are one."
God is divine Mind. Man is its Idea. God creates or thinks Man. God thinks upon Himself, images Himself, speaks the word, "I am." Man is that Word.
You are the thought of God, the idea of the divine Mind. You have no existence apart from God. The perfect Mind never loses one of its thoughts ; so you, God's thought, cannot be lost out of His mind. "In him we live, and move, and have our being."
The thought is always like the thinker, therefore Scripture says Man, who is the thought, is like God, who is the thinker.
Therefore this is the truth which you must speak for yourself and realize is true : Since God is Health, I, who am the image of God, must be healthy not sick. It is true that I am, in reality, strong and well.
Since God is Spirit, I am Spirit. I am, in reality, spiritual, immortal, healthy, and harmonious.
I am Divine, not mortal;
I am Holy, not sinful;
I am Wise, not ignorant,
Because God is All,
And beside Him there is none else.
The Idea of God is one with God. Since God is All in the universe, there is only God only God and His Idea, His Son, and that Idea is God. For since God is All, there is only God for God to think upon. "This is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God [the Father] and Jesus Christ [Man, the Son] whom thou hast sent."
The real Self of you is the Christ, one with the Father. You are not a mortal, sickly, weak, and foolish being, as it would seem you are. In reality you are all that is everlastingly divine and perfect. This is the truth about yourself.
It is not enough to listen to these teachings only, they must be practiced. These truths must be used in order that they may be proven good and desirable. We know that with music, one will not be proficient who only listens to the theories, but does not apply them.
