LIFE AND THE LAW

Mental Law:

There are laws that govern the mental universe, just as science has uncovered laws that govern the physical universe. Not only that, but common sense tells us that these are not separate universes, but that at a deep level they are really one and the same. The mental universe underlies the physical one, and forms the basis for its existence.

Perhaps the foremost mental Law is "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he".

This goes hand in hand with another great New Testament quotation, "As ye have believed, so be it done to you."

Our beliefs have the ability to shape our lives. This is why it is so important to get them right; to get rid of unhelpful beliefs and work on greating helpful ones.

There are no good or bad beliefs; we judge them as good or bad according to their results in our lives. In other words, there are beliefs that provide better results than others. As Jesus said, "By their fruits, ye shall know them." By the results, we shall know good from bad.

In the Science of Mind text, Ernest Holmes tried to compile all of the mental laws that he uncovered during years of study. They are also dealt with in the works of Thomas Troward, and in Emerson's Essays.

These laws apply only in the context of a spiritual view of the world. Our first step, then, is to substitute such a view for our common view of the world as basically material with spirit concealed in the background. The most useful view will turn out to be that the world is basically spiritual, with physical manifestations as the result of spiritual movement or action.

To take this view seriously and to adopt it as a basis for life's decisions is to run contrary to a lot of 'conventional' wisdom. This is the subject of my book "Turn the World on Its Head".