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8 Billion Opportunities To Express Universal Mind

Population Of The World 2022

In a United Nations report released this year on World Population Day, the population of the world is projected to reach 8 billion by the end of 2022. The report stated that the population of 61 countries is projected to decrease by 1 % or more between 2022 and 2050. Despite this however, population surges in Africa and the Indian sub-continent will push the world to that 8 billion mark.

John Wilmoth, director of the United Nations Population Department, stated that the current global average life expectancy has increased to 72.8 years. That is a nine year increase from a similar report issued in 1990. I am an average guy. I guess that gives me about three more years or so. As you may have guessed, the percent share of the total global population of old people (over 65) is growing. The oldsters, now one tenth of the world’s humans, will be almost one sixth of all humans by 2050.

Good News, Bad News

One problem with the relentless growth of older people as a percentage of the global population is healthcare. The elderly is the segment of the population statistically needing it the most. Let’s face it, the older you get, the more your body breaks down. When it breaks down enough, you die.

There is however a major benefit of the increased longevity of human beings. Living longer means that every additional year of life that a person gets means that they have additional time to discover their true power as a unique expression of the Divine.

Every Person Is An Expression

There is one Universal Mind – God. Through this Universal Mind you live, and move, and have your being. This year, on planet earth, there will be 8 billion individualizations of Universal Mind. Each of these individualizations have conscious minds. Almost every one of these conscious minds has the ability and freedom to direct thoughts and feelings into the Universal Subconscious Mind. The Subconscious Mind then acts to bring to reality those thoughts and feelings held in absolute belief.

Universal Mind, from which we have all originated and exist, creates whatever you think and believe as true. Universal Mind creates what you think and feel about your neighbor. Likewise, Universal Mind creates what your neighbor thinks and feels about you. God is impartial. Universal Law is impartial. It inexorably acts upon human thought and feeling. Humans are an expression of the Divine.

Look at the second most important commandment of Jesus: “Love thy neighbor as thyself”. As you regard your neighbor, so shall it be done to him. In conjunction with that, as your neighbor regards you, so shall it be done to you. You may say, “Well my neighbor hates me but I am still successful. What about that”? Where there are conflicting thoughts, Universal Subconscious Mind always acts on the thoughts and feelings where there is the greatest faith and belief.

So What Are You Expressing These Days?

Almost everyone has heard the saying, “As you sow, so shall you reap”. It is widely known as a universal law of life. It is also one of the world’s most misunderstood maxims. Religious “authorities” have for centuries put forth the idea that this saying refers primarily to our existence in the hereafter. That is a basic misunderstanding of the content of that law. The sowing (or planting) and reaping (or harvesting) speaks strictly of the spiritual law of cause and effect.

The thoughts and feelings that you plant in the garden of Subconscious Mind will ultimately yield a harvest. It will be either weeds, stunted plants or beautiful fruit and blossoms. It all depends on what you believe as true.

You Are Free

Every minute of your lifetime, you are free. This is a wonderful miracle. It is also an enduring mystery. While you are in fact a infinitesimal part of Universal Mind, you are also free to choose your thoughts and feelings. Otherwise you would merely be a mindless marionette with no manner or means of expressing the Divine. When you use your freedom to express love and all of its derivative permutations, you are expressing the Divine. When you use your freedom to express fear and all of its derivative permutations, you are expressing error.

One avenue of expression leads you to growth and expansion of your consciousness. The other avenue of expression stunts your growth and leads to regression. What exactly are you expressing these days? What do you desire to express? The choice is yours. It always has been, You were created in that manner. Unless you agree to let the controllers microchip you and gain control over your brain’s neurons, the choice will always be yours.

Through A Glass Darkly

In the famous chapter 13 of the book of First Corinthians, there is a phrase uttered by the apostle Paul, “For now we see through a glass, darkly”. The glass that is referred to is a looking glass or mirror. The word darkly means without full understanding. Young’s Literal Translation of this verse is “we see through a mirror obscurely”. This phrase comes from the Greek (blepomen gar arti di esoptrou en ainigmati). The New International Version translation states, “Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror”. The Good News Bible has it “what we see now is a dim image in a mirror”.

Mirrors in the days of Paul were actually made of polished metal, not glass. Mirrors of the time contained imperfections and distortions. Some things were clearly reflected. Some portions of the reflection had distortions somewhat like a fun house mirror. The more that we dedicate our lives to expressing Divine Law in truth, the more that we will see the reflection of our self with clarity. Ultimately, with complete faith in the goodness of Eternal Mind, we will see everything clearly. For the time being however, human beliefs in error abound all over the world because “we see through a glass, darkly”.

Yes, He Definitely Said “Whatsoever”

Take the “Mr. Chi” template of the five basic human desires: money, relationships, career, health and intercession (ability to help others). It is a safe assumption that the overwhelming majority of human beings throughout the world lack something that they truly desire. Read carefully the words of Jesus – “Therefore I say unto you, all things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and ye shall have them”.

That sounds about as clear as one can get using words to communicate. There is no shillyshally or waffling in that statement. It is definite and it is truth. If you, made in the image of the Most High, think a desire and then believe that you have already received it, it will be yours. This will come about through the natural means of the society in which you reside.

Faith (belief) is the key. If you are holding on to subtle or secret doubts, you place a blockage between you and your desire. You simply must find a way to get yourself to the point where you believe that you have received your desire even though your physical eyes do not see it. Universal Mind knows everything about you. Eternal Subconscious can plainly see every secret thought and every hidden doubt. Universal Law is impartial. If you harbor doubt, Universal Law will substantiate that doubt in your reality. Your doubt will culminate in continuing to fall short of receiving your desire. When Jesus said “whatsoever”, he meant it, for he was Truth.

Error Of Belief Expresses Evil

When I was a kid, I remember seeing some large graffiti painted on to the side of an underpass wall. It was on the way to Trenton to visit my paternal grandparents. The graffiti said “God created disease”. I asked Mom about it. She answered that there are all types of people in the world. Whoever put that there was just bitter at something.

It got me to thinking however about all sorts of evil in the world. In Sunday School they taught that God created everything. If that was true, then how could disease and poverty and evil exist. The Sunday School teacher said it was all because of the devil. I asked whether God created the devil. The answer was yes, but the devil decided to go against God. The teacher stated that God will win in the end though. After that Sunday School lesson, it was like when you are hungry and you eat a small portion of food. Your stomach is still not satisfied.

God Is All Wisdom

God is all wisdom and all knowledge. No questions to answer. No goals to achieve. God knows all there is to know and sees everything there is to see. God creates from a place of ultimate love without any knowledge of good or evil. Man’s errors of thought and belief create the suffering in the world and every type of evil. God made man with a free will. Man freely chooses what to think and what to believe. Man chooses to believe in evil. This evil then becomes real.

Man accepts the illusion of evil in his thoughts. Man has faith (belief) in the illusion of evil. Thus evil becomes a reality. As an individualization of the Divine, you think and believe in freedom as you choose. You can choose to think and believe in truth. Or you can choose to think and believe in error. Every day of your life, you make the choice.

“Resist Not Evil” Finally Understood

Another bible verse that gave me trouble was “Resist Not Evil”. Most people would grapple with this one. Should you just stand there and let evil push you around? The Sunday School teacher replied that as Christians we are always to practice the peace and presence of Christ. We must trust God and not fall into the devil’s trap of fighting evil with evil. I heard his answer but still left the table hungry.

If you look at the reality of evil being a construct of man’s error of thought, you can see more clearly what Jesus was getting at. When you resist evil, you feed the monster and increase it’s power. When you accept only the truth of the Kingdom of God within you, you starve the monster.

In his famous essay, The Golden Key, Emmet Fox touched upon this situation. He said when encountering any type of adverse circumstances, just dwell on God. Let the truth of the Most High fill up every space of your mind. In your thoughts, choose to acknowledge only God.

You always have the right to protect yourself or a loved one from harm. What “resist not evil” means is this – drawn to its logical conclusion, if every human being refused to accept the illusion of evil, it would disappear. Jesus gives you the key to dealing with evil. Use the key.

Well Yeah, Of Course It’s Hard At First

Regarding “resist not evil” you may say, “OMG, do you even realize how hard that is to do in the real world”? At first, yes. It is very hard. It is hard because it is a new and strange way of thinking. When you think about it however, it really makes perfect sense. Think of God, dwell on God and believe only in God, and you will grow in power and peace in the Kingdom of God. Think of evil, dwell on evil, believe in evil and you mistakenly give evil ever more power.

Anything new and unfamiliar is difficult at first. It is similar to learning a new skill or strengthening your body or mastering a second language. And so on. Commit yourself to dwelling only on God with consistency and persistency. It becomes easier and easier. Thus it is with “resist not evil”. You learn to express the Divine instead of error. You will find yourself dwelling in the Kingdom of God.

The Alarm Clock Is Ringing

With the exponential explosion of knowledge and technology, things could get kind of crazy in the years to come. The fat controllers of the world can perceive that more and more people are waking up. Every day more people come to understand that they are children of God, made in the image of the Almighty. They are inwardly rebelling against the controllers and discovering the truth about themselves.

People like you and me are learning that all we need to do are the only two things we can do for ourselves – conceive and believe. Conceive your desires fulfilled through your thoughts and beliefs. Believe that your desire is already fulfilled through your steadfast faith. All the details are then handled by Universal Mind. Your only responsibility is thought and belief. Through countless centuries, the bulk of humanity has been lulled to sleep by the controllers. The alarm clock is ringing. It is time to wake up now.

What The Human Mind Believes, Humankind Receives

During the course of one of his many military campaigns, one of Napoleon’s generals told him that the current circumstances were causing a lack of success. Napoleon, who was looking at a battlefield map, looked up at him and said “Circumstances? What are circumstances? I make circumstances”. And so it is with all of mankind.

“If you can believe, you will receive” is the statement of Jesus Christ. That is what the entire universe is based upon. First, use your ability to think so as to image what you desire. Second, believe with all that you are, that you have received it. That’s it. Divine Intelligence handles the rest. You create nothing. Universal Mind does everything. Be alert when Divine Intelligence presents you with something to follow up on. Universal Mind has endless ways to manifest your desire.

Listen for and watch for guidance. You cannot will something to happen on your own accord. When you have thought of and believed in your desire as fulfilled, everything you need to do will be communicated to you. Divine Mind will provide you with guidance. Once you are convinced of the reality of your manifestation, then just let it go. Your desire will manifest from Universal Mind as a result of your faith, not through any ferocious display of will on your part. What the human mind believes, humankind will receive.

Believe. Receive.

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Emmet Fox and The Magic Key of Gold

Emmet Fox And The Magic Key of Gold

“Emmet Fox and The Magic Key of Gold”. Sounds like the title of a children’s book or a fairy tale from Hans Christian Anderson, doesn’t it? It actually refers to a pamphlet written in 1931 by a man named Emmet Fox. He lived from 1886 to 1951 and wrote numerous books and pamphlets. He was minister at the Church of Divine Science in New York City and regularly spoke to crowds of 5,000 at the Hippodrome every Sunday.

In his pamphlet, The Golden Key, Fox claims to provide the answer to what you can do to successfully handle any problem that you encounter. Fox was very well thought of in his day (and still is today). He never had so much of a hint of impropriety or scandal in his life. His books have been read by millions.

There’s A Catch

You have to employ faith (imaginative belief) in order for his Golden Key to unlock the solution to your problem. Therein lies the catch. If you do not believe the golden key produces results, it will not produce results. As you believe, so it is. As the Bible states about one who doubts, “let not that man expect to receive anything from the Lord.” Nevertheless, there are many people (including myself) who have gone on record to swear that it does indeed produce beautiful results. Just fully commit yourself to the technique. Wishy-washy won’t cut it. With any legitimate manifesting technique, total commitment, as well as persistence, are both essential ingredients. It makes sense to me that only those giving total commitment have reported enjoying success in using the Golden Key.

The Golden Key: A Summary

I am going to do my best to briefly summarize for you the contents of this five-page pamphlet. It is available in full on the internet if you choose to delve further.

Emmet Fox refers to this Golden Key as scientific prayer. Fox states that this manner of scientific prayer will enable you to get yourself out of any type of difficulty. He clearly says not to just take his word for it. He urges the reader to simply try it. Try it for yourself. It is an exercise in letting God, Ultimate Intelligence, provide the solution, not you. You must provide the faith, God then provides the solution. No type of religion or church has a monopoly on the Golden Key. Anyone who believes in God can use it. There is nothing complicated about it.

Simplicity

The actual Golden Key is simplicity itself and here it is — whatever your difficulty is—stop thinking about it. Stop dwelling on your problem, how you are going to solve the problem, how the problem is hurting you. Just stop. Now. Then, dwell on the presence and peace of God instead. Stop bowing down and worshiping the problem, the false idol. Let your entire being experience only the Kingdom of God. That’s it. That is the entire Golden Key technique.

Instead of dwelling on ways and means to solve your problem, single-mindedly dwell on the presence and peace of God that is truly within you right now. Center yourself on the Source of All That Is and not on the problem or problems. “Yeah but if I don’t think of the problem, how am I going to solve it?”, you say. Go within, go inside yourself to the Kingdom of God. Go within and the Infinite Intelligence of the Almighty will use the natural order of things to rectify your problem. Ways and means to solve the problem will come to you. Ideas will come to your mind. Events will naturally occur. Things will happen for your benefit. You simply have to pay close attention and take the necessary actions when they do.

Some Examples

Some examples that Fox gives are:

“There is no power but God”

“God’s love for me is without limit”

“God is always guiding me”

“God is with me right now”.

“The peace of God fills me”.

There are literally dozens of additional other truths that you can come up with to facilitate your dwelling on God. Fox tells the reader to not fret about the “how’s” of solving your problem. Just leave the “how’s” up to Divine Presence. Center your entire being on experiencing the Presence of God. The “how’s” will come. They will come to you naturally. When they do however, then, at that time, it will be up to you to follow up.

As you start your Gold Key session, say for example “I gold key my lack of money situation“. (or whatever your problem is). Then stop thinking about the problem of lack of money. Instead, dwell only on the one true power, God.

Stay Alert – Pay Attention

After you spend a few minutes in a golden key session, dwelling on God, Universal Mind, then totally drop the matter until your next gold key session. Accept only that your finances are improved somehow. Accept that your financial needs will be met. Then go on with whatever you have to do concerning your daily activities. Engage in as many sessions as you feel led to during the course of the day.

As you go about your day, pay attention to everything happening around you. Stay alert. Be ready to act quickly when opportunities, ideas and impulses will present themselves to you. If you are truly dwelling on the Kingdom of God, the ideas will surely come. It will then be up to you however, to be open to perceiving those ideas, and then subsequently taking action on them. Be aware however that the solutions and ideas that come to you may not be what you expected. Ultimate Intelligence of your Creator is infinitely greater than your intelligence.

A “Laboratory Test” Of The Golden Key

I trust Emmet Fox. Emmet Fox was a man, as far as I can see, of impeccable ethics. No sex scandals, no money scandals, no abuse scandals, no power grabbing scandals. He reported that the Golden Key method of handling problems most assuredly works. He confidently states that it works well as long as you faithfully commit to it with persistence and have patience. A scouring of the internet that I have done (on many different forums, large and small) for people who have actually used the Golden Key successfully, bears this out.

The beauty of the Golden Key is that it is available to anyone, anywhere, at any time. No dues to pay. No club to join. No monthly subscriptions. The only belief system you must have is belief in God. If the whole thing sounds too simple and not rational to you, why don’t you just do a scientific laboratory test of your own. That’s the very best way to find out. Experience it for yourself.

Every Day Without Fail

Every day for the next six months, at the minimum,in the morning when you wake up, and at night when you go to sleep, without fail, golden key your specific problem. Do this by dwelling on the presence of God within you right now. The Kingdom of God. Think, live, breathe in the beautiful Kingdom of God during your Golden Key session.. During the day, if your thoughts start turning to the problem, as they probably will, use the Golden Key. If your thoughts say to you, “this doesn’t work”, use the Golden Key. You cannot dwell on God and the problem simultaneously. Make your choice. Choose wisely. Choose successfully.

I have written down on an index card certain truths about Universal Source. I keep the card in my wallet and use this simple index card as my personal golden key. I have cut the card down to fit in one of the wallet’s plastic credit card sleeves. On the back of the card I have pasted a picture of a gold key.

God is always with me.

The Kingdom of God is within.

God loves me relentlessly.

God is the one true Power.

I live in the freedom of the Kingdom of God.

Truths about qualities emanating from the Kingdom of God such as love, intelligence, power, peace, abundance, compassion, imagination, creativity, impartiality of the Law.

I Need It Now

In my own life, I have always found that manifestations usually take longer than I initially expected. Sometimes they take much, much longer (sigh), but they have always eventually materialized, as long as I continue to do my part, live in faith and look at God instead of the problem. That faith part is really essential. My succumbing to periods of subtle fear and doubt is the thing that always slows things down. Doubt is taking your eyes off God, breaking the connection. Just like a batter in the game of baseball, if you take your eye off the ball, you will strike out.

Put On Your Lab Coat, Professor

I have used the Golden Key successfully but please do not take my word for it. Put on your imaginary lab coat. Pick up your imaginary clipboard and horn rimmed eyeglasses. Conduct your own scientific experiment with regard to the Golden Key of Emmet Fox. From the very start just give it a honest chance. For the experiment’s time period, check your doubts at the door. Fully expect it to bring positive results in your life. I can warn you in advance however, that it will not work if you fear or doubt. Fear or doubt will poison your soup every single time.

The more that you use the Golden Key in your life, the easier it will be to use. A person who wants to be a proficient pianist cannot expect to be a virtuoso within twenty four hours of first starting to learn to play the piano.

Why don’t you try it. It won’t hurt you. It will not cost you a cent. No fees to pay. No clubs to join. No monthly subscriptions. Maybe you don’t have any problems. Lucky you. Let me borrow your four leaf clover. If you do have problems to solve however, then give the Golden Key a try. I believe that you will be happy that you did.

Just as importantly, you can also use the Golden Key to help a loved one. Just specify during your golden key session that you are “Golden Keying” for whoever you desire to help and the problem that you want to help them with. Then proceed as if you were doing it for yourself. What do you have to lose? And if you are someone who truly believes in God, then how can it possibly hurt you to think about and dwell on the one true power, God.

Conceive. Believe. Receive.