THE WORLD ACCORDING TO YOU - PART 4

Now that we have identified that unconscious thinking can randomize our lives and lead us away from the things we might consciously have chosen, how can we move our thinking toward a focus on the things we want from life?

The philosophy we teach in Religious Science churches, called the Science of Mind®, is about moving from unconscious to conscious thinking. We teach how to program our unconscious mind by using conscious processes, so that from now on our unconscious will not randomly wander, but will move in the direction that we have consciously determined.

We do this by using techniques that are modelled for us in the Bible, but also in other great philosophies down through the ages. We accept wisdom wherever it can be found, and we judge it by its effectiveness, not by its source.

Our founder Ernest Holmes taught us that Thoughts are Things - that our dominant thinking controls our unconscious mind, and through our innate connection to all of Spirit, arranges and rearranges both us and the world around us to create the experience that we believe to be ours.

It is done unto us as we believe. This is exactly what Jesus taught people.

So, to change what you experience in life, you must change what you believe. There is no other way for change to be lasting. Many people think that beliefs are just something you can't help - like being born with big ears, or something. Not so. Your network of belief systems is a complex web of interlocking ideas which began when you were born, as soon as you began to learn from your parents. It was expanded by your schooling, your playground experiences, your workplace environment. It is a vast construction of thought. Some of it works for you and some of it doesn't.

When we talk about having FAITH, it means developing reliance upon a Power that is greater than you, yet exists within you, as it exists everywhere. Nothing can be apart from it. This is a Power for good that wants to be expressed in everything. Therefore It waits for a clear thought of intention, an expression of mental certainty, then It pours Its energy forth to create an experience that matches the thought. Such a clear, certain thought represent pure faith. When you express your faith, there is a response.