Christ Enthroned in Man — Life
Chapter 13
Affirmation: Jesus Christ is now here raising me to His consciousness of everlasting life, and I am filled with vitalizing energy and power.
(This exercise should be used in conjunction with the study of the 13th chapter of The Twelve Powers of Man, by Charles Fillmore.)
They may rail at this life—from the hour I began it.
I’ve found it a life full of kindness and bliss;
And, until they can show me some happier planet,
More social and bright, I’ll content me with this.
—Moore.
He whose consciousness is spiritually quickened is content with life on this planet, because he knows that he is working out all the different phases of existence here and now. He knows that his body, his mental capacity, and his environment are all a shadowing forth of the measure and the manner in which he has contacted the inner life, the life of Spirit, and he is happy and contented in unraveling his problems. He is satisfied that there is no other place that is quite so fitting for him as his place in this world of men, because he has made this place for himself The soul is always jubilant and lighthearted when it is consciously traveling the road of progress.
Potentially life’s problems are already worked out for us, but we do not consciously know this before we come to the place where we are ready to lay hold of Truth understandingly. Without the desire for greater understanding of life, without the desire for a greater degree of life activity, we should never strive for the unfoldment of the soul. Without the inner push spurring us on to greater achievement, without the urgent desire to work out the chaos and confusion into light and joy, we should never bend our energies to the realization of the divine intelligence that reveals to us the attitude we should taxe in all the relations of life. Yet when we develop the ability to lay hold of understanding, we find tha the Spirit of the Lord has gone before and accomplished the real work for us. It is obvious therefore that life’s problems consist chiefly in awakening the consciousness of the spiritual powers of being and acquiring a mental grasp of them.
But in grasping these spiritual powers we should not make hard work of it. Often metaphysicians are so bent on their spiritual demonstrations that they squeeze the joy and freedom out of life. A joyful carefree heart is one of the most valuable assets in demonstrating health and wholeness. Exalted joy is co-ordinate with gratitude and praise, and it is the consciousness abounding in gratitude and praise that directly relates us to God so that we may be awakened and thrilled with the creative impulses of Divine Mind. Indeed if a person would be a master in the realm of creative ideas, he must be free from worry and doubt and misgivings and be filled with joyful praise and anticipation. These qualities are the magnets that draw to him new inspiration out of the superconsciousness.
Life is progress, attainment, mastery, and every new spiritual realization makes finer and stronger and more beautiful the texture of the soul, and it engenders the power to draw from the invisible the fulfillment of its highest ideals.
In Biblical times we see each successive leader, with his group of associates, rising higher in consciousness than his predecessors. So in individual consciousness each step forward in spiritual growth is just a more nearly perfect blossoming of an idea drawn out of the superconsciousness by an innate desire of the soul. Abraham was great, but David was a strong spiritual leader. Yet David, with all his love and knowledge, came nowhere near measuring up to Jesus’ standard of life.
Divine ideas are universal in character and recognize the unity of life among people of all nations. These ideas of life, working in and through the soul, draw to them their own from the four corners of the earth. They attach to the individual and to the environment all the grandeur and loyalty and sublimity contained in the original idea. It is through this process that both the inner and the outer life grow rich and full and satisfying.
In demonstrating the Christ life the first thing to overcome is inertia. In the first steps in the process of evolving, there are pitfalls and stumbling blocks of which we are not aware until we trip and fall. Unless we are open to spiritual light this may happen again and again until the downward pull has established us in an indifferent state of consciousness. Confidence dies away and inertia results. But the desire and the stir of life awaken man from his inactivity and spur him onward. It is in the working out of this state of lethargy that we develop spiritual powers that we should not otherwise feel the need of.
Therefore no matter where you are on the ladder of life, do not be discouraged. Back of all is God’s eternal plan; back of all appearances your place in the world is waiting for you, and Spirit is with you every step of the way, helping you to bring God’s perfection into expression. As you struggle on for the victory a truer understanding of life appears. As you cease to resist and learn to serve even the forces that would slay you, new strength and trust begin to stir in the heart and you are no longer at the mercy of sense consciousness, the adversary who has held you in bondage for so long.
But the redeeming process must be carried on throughout the whole being. Just as spiritual realizations now stamp their images upon us, so when we were in darkness the malformed, ill-shaped thoughts of the mortal formed their mental concepts in us; and these must now be dealt with. It is through persistent realizations of perfect life, through broadening the vision and keeping the imagination stayed on the perfect patterns of life, that the false concepts are erased and spiritual faculties are established. In your deeper meditations you have attained wonderful realizations of divine life. For instance, you have been able to take a statement such as “The purifying power of divine life is active in me through Jesus Christ” and to concentrate upon it until the living Truth contained in the word became so alive that it was resolved back into formless essence, in which state it was dispensed throughout the soul and body consciousness, awakening every function and organ to a greater degree of power and life.
We find however that in order that new states of consciousness may really be established and become abiding and reliable, in voice and word and act, they must come in touch with the faculty of conscious knowing. Just as in writing the pen is a tool in the hand of him who is directing its movements over the paper, so the intellect is a tool of Spirit; and for any realization to become firmly established in the consciousness it must be contacted and taken possession of by this power of conscious apprehension. When this takes place, the transformation extends to the intellect itself. The spirtual idea works in the human notions that have been previously formed, and mental standards are revolutionized. Then the intellect is sharpened and polished and becomes a fit tool of Spirit.
Man’s supreme demonstration however is gaining dominion over himself; becoming God in expression. “As we have borne the image of the earthly, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.” This is the reward of living the regenerate life. We are born of the Spirit and are delivered from the body of death. Judas represents the negative pole of life, located in the generative center, and Jesus the positive pole or spiritual center, located in the crown of the head. When the life energy is spent on the mortal plane of consciousness, then the highest form of unfoldment that can be attained is that of the psychic nature. This finally agonizes the soul until it yearningly gropes after the higher life of Spirit, which yearning opens the way to the real goal of attainment. The enigma of life, the secret of regeneration, is revealed to the consciousness through affirmations and realizations that the I AM, the son of the living God, even Christ, is within man; “even the mystery which hath been hid for ages and generations: but now hath it been manifested to his saints, to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
Regeneration means just what the word describes—a regeneration of man’s soul and body through a spiritual activity of the generative organs. In regeneration the generative center is no longer allowed to waste its substance on the sense plane; by pure thinking and chaste acting it generates an uplifting, living energy in soul and body that, when raised to the Jesus Christ purity of life, arouses all the faculties to power and ability. Then the understanding of the silent and spoken word is magnified, and with the renewed thought it comes forth in a new expression in both soul and body.
The experiences we have while passing through the throes of a new birth depend largely upon our attitude of mind toward God and toward humanity. To be born anew under the law of love is a joy. But if we allow ourselves to be reborn in the thought that we are doing penance, that we have to lose everything for the sake of Christ, the rebirth is slow and tedious. Therefore take your stand in regeneration with a joyful heart, knowing that God will not try you beyond what you are able to stand. Then with the thought of nonresistance as regards everybody and everything, express the positive, agreeable joy that springs from the possession of good. Then your way will be made easy.
“And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.”
The regenerative exercise for inducing life is of great importance. It is a longer and more intricate one than any of those given in the preceding chapters.
First begin with the exercise given in Chapter I. Then realize that you are perfectly relaxed in mind and body, continue to allow the Presence, the Holy Spirit, to dwell at the point designated as the great solar nerve center, back of heart and stomach, and hold this prayer:
Ny life is hid with Christ in God, and all my substance is quickened and increased.
Feel the new life that is now quickening within you flowing out through the breast and down into the innermost part of the bowels. At the same time bear in mind that the outpouring of the new spiritual life is gently descending from the spiritual center at the crown of the head. Next let the Presence drop down to the life organs, the generative center itself, in the lower part of the abdomen. Here, as in every exercise when approaching this center think of the pure, strong, sweet life of Jesus Christ. Know that right now His regenerated life is waiting to do its perfect work in you. Realize that through the help of Jesus Christ now extended to you, every coarse impulse of soul and body is transmuted into divine purity of life and purpose. With the Presence being diffused throughout the life organs, then take up the prayer:
I am Spirit and “I am the resurrection, and the life.”
You will presently be aware of a great purifying, transmuting power beginning to do its perfect work in you. Next allow the Presence again to return to the point designated as the solar nerve center. Here take up the same thought:
I am Spirit, and “I am the resurrection, and the life.”
Next allow the Presence to ascend to the power center at the root of the tongue. At this point affirm:
All power is given unto me in mind and in body.
Then allow the Presence to ascend into the front forehead, to the understanding and the will center. Affirm:
I have a perfect understanding of life, and I am divinely guided in all my ways.
Then let the Presence descend to the order center back of the naval. At this point realize:
The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and of death.
Next allow the Presence to drop to the life center and realize this prayer again:
I am Spirit, and “I am the resurrection, and the life.”
Soon you will have discovered that there is a great regenerative work going on. Not only are the impulses of sense consciousness being transmuted into their spiritual correspondents, but the essence of the very food you have taken into the body is being refined and transmuted into a higher radiation of upbuilding energy.
And now begins the process of co-operation with the Presence, the Holy Spirit, in lifting up and distributing to all parts of the soul and body being this new life-giving force. This is done by its ascending the spinal cord; also flowing out over the thousand nerve tributaries leading from the spinal cord to every part and organ.
Continuing the exercise, allow the Presence to convey this new refined life stuff to the base of the spinal cord; then let this all-knowing Power (you co-operating) lift it up to a point about half the distance between the base of spinal cord and the small of back. Allow the Presence to dwell for several moments at this halfway station, which you will discover is a great harmonizing, equalizing center. Affirm:
The peace and harmony of the Holy Spirit in me is doing its perfect work, and I rest in confidence and joy.
Now allow the Presence to lift up the life essence to the small of the back, the strength center. But in the lifting-up process you will become aware that the new life energy is being dispensed over the nerve wires to the innermost parts of your body as well as the outermost rim of consciousness, and that there is an ever-increasing flow.
At the strength center, small of the back, affirm:
I am made strong and pure through the Jesus Christ life now nourishing me.
Then let the Presence carry the life force upward until it reaches the point designated as the great solar center, where it will pour the life energy like a mighty flood into the soul consciousness, from where it will find its way into all the vital parts and organs.
This will create a new activity in both the wisdom and the love center, and the indwelling Christ will be more and more in evidence. As the head and the heart must learn to work more and more in harmony with each other, it is well to realize that a generous supply of this renewed life energy, merged with the wisdom and love of Almightiness is being freely dispersed through invisible channels to the front forehead and that the keen, unclouded mind of Jesus Christ is dominating your conscious thinking. The Presence will continue to lift up a generous portion of the life essence to the base of the brain, the zeal center, where it will do a mighty work. Here affirm:
I enthusiastically express the wisdom and peace of infinite life.
Then allow the Presence to carry the new life energy over a set of motor nerves that lead from the zeal center, at the base of the brain, to the eyes and even up into the crown of head. Realize: .
The light and the intelligence of Spirit are now being manifested in me, and I see clearly.
Next allow the Presence to carry the new life energy from the zeal center over a set of motor nerves to the ears. Here affirm:
My ears are open, and I hear the voice of Spirit.
Then following the same process, let the new energy be carried to the nose, and affirm:
The discrimination and purity of Spirit are active in me.
Now allow the Presence to carry the life current to the mouth, the root of the tongue. Here affirm:
I am free with the freedom of Spirit.
You will remember that at the root of the tongue and extending down into the neck is situated the throne of power. When the Presence carries the life current from the zeal center, at the base of the brain, to the power center, at the root of the tongue, a mighty vibration is set up that affects the whole sympathetic nervous system. You indirectly impart new life and energy to the whole digestive tract; you also strengthen and deepen your voice and revitalize your teeth.
In the Bible, you will recall, is given an account of Jesus’ turning water into wine at Cana in Galilee. Metaphysically this means that when the Presence carries the new life current from the zeal center, at the base of the brain to the power center, at the root of the tongue, the union (symbolized by the wedding) of the new life current with the power energy manufactures a new element, of which wine is the symbol.
With this knowledge in mind, now allow the Presence to make this union between the zeal and power centers. Affirm,
I am a new creature in Christ Jesus.
Then quietly allow the Presence to descend to the point designated as the solar center, where you close the exercise by repeating the Lord’s Prayer.
As in the previous exercises, it is absolutely necessary to be perfectly relaxed in mind and body, with the conscious mind fully aware of every step.
After the exercise is finished, throw the attention down into the feet and beneath the feet, also into the palms of the hands, and dwell at each point for some time, as it tends to keep you in perfect poise and balance.
Then go forth in this new life consciousness, expressing it through every function and organ of your whole being.
“And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took a cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins.”
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