Christ Enthroned in Man —10— Order

Having gone to a theater to witness some wonderful play, how many of you for a while did little but observe the workings of the machinery auxiliary to the play? At exactly the right time the curtain went up. At a glance you were able to note the harmonious arrangement of the stage. The scenery and the furnishings were a suitable background for the scene that was to be enacted. The different characters were introduced at the right time, in just the order that would make the play most effective. Everything happened at the psychological moment. Order and system were so apparent that you could not help noticing them.

The same law of order and system that is necessary to a play is necessary to right relations among all the peoples of the earth. Were it not for the law of divine order, confusion would be apparent everywhere. Law and order are back of all manifestation. All creation is working through an evolutionary process under law. Especially is this true of man, in whom and through whom God carries forward the creative law.

The perfect man is created as a perfect-man idea, which is to be manifested under the law of divine order. This perfect-man pattern (Christ) is working itself out through the flesh, coming into perfect manifestation under law and order.

Man has free will, and in his ignorance he often acts in direct opposition to the divine law, but when he reaches a certain stage of understanding he strives earnestly to keep the divine law. He knows that his freedom will come by his co-operating intelligently with the law. “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

In working out his problems of everyday life, man should first take into consideration the relation that the problem bears to God, then to his fellow men and himself. Next he should lay hold of the ideas that are to be worked upon by divine law. As these fundamental ideas are incorporated into consciousness they make contact with thought forces on various planes of action, and the many complex problems that arise in the course of the soul’s evolution are harmonized under the higher law.

It is very clear that the safety of the people of the earth lies in the operation of the law of order upon which the universe is founded. To be happy we must act in accordance with God’s eternal laws and allow them to work peacefully and thoroughly in and through all that we do. Divine law is not hard and binding; it expresses itself in freedom and joy.

Our so-called laws of civilization are in a way copied after the divine law, but personality has entered in, and thoughts of ambition, selfishness, and greed are dominant; therefore man made laws are colored with the personal ambitions of man. To be overtaken by the law means, to the man immersed in sense, to be convicted of crime and to be fined or imprisoned. One overtaken by the divine law—that is, one who has not acted in harmony with the lvme law—suffers mental and physical imprisonment; he fails to grow spiritually and the reaction of the forces of life within him destroys his body. The illumined individual prays for greater strength greater power to live in harmony with the law’ counting it a privilege to pay the last farthing of the penalty that has been imposed because of his transgression of the law; for by so doing he enters to a greater degree into the heavenly kingdom.

The divine law of order working in the subconsciousness unearths buried talents, reveals hidden powers, and paves the way for their expression The divine law of order co-ordinates the mind powers so that new inspirations may come forth and find unhindered recognition and lodgment in the conscious mind. The divine law of order emphasizes the overcoming power of man, thereby abolishing fear and despair. Sickness and weakness are never to be recognized as having a place in divine law and order. Health and freedom are always the out-workings of God’s wondrous plan. In short, while man apparently is undergoing continual change, both physically and mentally, the changeless law of order is operating in the spiritual depths of his being.

Our spiritual realizations blend in the subconsciousness and work to eliminate the weak and the negative; a wonderful law of order is at work there. There is a yoking and a pulling together of the spiritual powers to the end that both soul and body may be lifted up to the divine standard. “Even so must the Son of man be lifted up.”

In II Peter 1:2-8 is depicted the manner in which order and law unfold spiritual qualities:

“Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that his divine power hath granted unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and virtue; whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust. Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge; and in your knowledge self-control; and in your self-control patience; and in your patience godliness; and in your godliness brotherly kindness; and in your brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

II Peter 1:2-8

By broadly watching the results of the operation of the universal law we perceive that the whole world is a stage and that each one has his part to play; we see that in man there is a specific spiritual faculty that, when unfolded, moves the machinery of mind, body, and affairs more perfectly, scientifically, harmoniously, and skillfully than the efficient stage manager handles a play.

In the development of the type man Jesus, James (son of Alphaeus) represents law and order. His work was to co-operate with the other disciples, just as the orderly movement of a play depends upon the co-operation of the players. The center of order in the body of man is located at a nerve center back of the navel. By employing prayer and meditation one may quicken the ganglionic nerve cells at the order center. It is through the navel that the unborn babe receives its sustenance from the mother; so it is through this order center that the soul, spiritually quickened, receives the divine manna direct from the Father-Mother God. Through our meditation and consecration the spiritual laws are unfolded to us from within. Then our realization of God as the great Father-Mother is quickened and not only do we discern the soul experiences that have been ours in former lives, but it is revealed to us that certain unfulfilled desires have determined our present parentage. The inner realization corresponds with the outer manifestation.

Divine order radiates its mighty power into the other faculties and sets them into sustained activity to the end that the perfect man shall be brought forth. Thus through the operation of divine order, the greatness of the soul is demonstrated and the nature of God is revealed.

For the regenerative exercise in the silence, first take up the exercise given in Chapter I. Continuing to allow the Presence, the light of Spirit, to dwell at the point designated as the great central sun, back of heart and stomach, affirm:

Divine order is active in my mind, body, and affairs, and all things are working together for my good.

Realize that, under divine law, the rule of infinite Mind is awakened in you and that every function and organ of your being is inspired with health, harmony, peace, joy, and satisfaction.

Then let the Presence descend to the order center back of the navel, and affirm:

The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and of death.

As you dwell upon this powerful statement realize that the light of Spirit from on high, from the spiritual center in the crown of the head, is descending upon you, and that you are laying hold of a new understanding of the divine law of life. Next allow the Presence to center in the small of the back, the strength center. Then, perfectly relaxed in mind and in body, affirm:

The law of divine order and harmony is satisfied m me, and I behold myself a tower of spiritual strength and stability.

Then let the Presence ascend to the power center at the root of the tongue and the base of the neck, and realize:

I am the power that sets into activity God’s perfect law; every function of my mind, every organ of my body, is working to glorify the Father.

Next let the light of Spirit return to the order center just back of the navel, and declare:

Praise God, the law of divine order is satisfied in me, and I am at peace with all mankind.

Then allow the Presence to return to the point designated as the great central sun; there realize that the laws of God are written in your heart and that your delight is to direct your life according to His laws. Close the exercise by softly repeating the Lord’s Prayer.

After the drill is ended, throw the attention down into the feet, and declare that your house is in order and that all the forces of your being are working to glorify God.

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