PEACE
WITH MY OWN THOUGHTSPEACE
WITH MY OWN THOUGHTS
Thursday Mid-Day contemplation:
On thursday I seek peace
with my own thoughts; that the angel of
Wisdom may guide me. For there is no greater power in heaven and earth than the
thoughts of the Son of Man. Though unseen by the eyes of the body, yet each
thought has mighty strength, even such strength as can shake the heavens.
"For to no other
creature in the kingdom of the Earthly Mother is it given the power of thought,
for all beasts that crawl and birds that fly, live not of their own thinking but
of the one Law that governs all. Only to the Sons of Men is it given the power
of thought, even that thought that can break the bonds of death. Do not think
because it cannot be seen, that thought has no power. I tell you truly, the
lightning that cleaves the mighty oak, or the quaking that opens up cracks in
the earth, these are as the play of children compared with the power of thought.
Truly each thought of darkness, whether it be of malice, or anger, or vengeance,
these wreak destruction like that of fire sweeping through dry kindling under a
windless sky. But man does not see the carnage, nor does he hear the piteous
cries of his victims, for he is blind to the world of the spirit.
"But when this power
is guided by holy Wisdom, then the thoughts of the Son of Man lead him to the
heavenly kingdoms and thus is paradise buflt on earth; then it is that your
thoughts uplift the souls of men, as the cold waters of a rushing stream revive
your body in the summer heat.
"When first a
fledgling bird tries to fly, his wings cannot support him, and he falls again
and again to earth. But he tries again and one day he soars aloft, leaving earth
and his nest far behind. So is it with the thoughts of the Sons of Men. The
longer he walks with the angels and keeps their Law, so do the stronger his
thoughts become in holy Wisdom. And I tell you truly, that day will come when
his thoughts will overcome even the kingdom of death and soar to everlasting
life in the heavenly kingdoms; for with their thoughts guided by holy Wisdom do
the Sons of Men build a bridge of light thereby to reach God.
After this manner, therefore, I pray to our Heavenly Father, when the sun is high at midday: 'Our Father who art in heaven, send to all the Sons of Men your angel of Peace; and send to our thoughts the angel of Power, that we may break the bonds of death.'
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