This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

— The First Epistle General of  John 1:5 

King James Version of the Bible

“Reflections From Infinite Mind”

Look To The Light … p. 44

Be aware of your thoughts:

Do not allow yourself to succumb

To thought that holds you captive

To the veil of darkness,

Mired ever deeper in despair.

Consciously act to free yourself:

Say “Thank you God”

To find yourself

Looking into the Light:

All that was is no longer.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

— Genesis 1:3  more 

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

Finding 

The Light … p. 80

We come from a dark place in life by turning to the light, mindful that the dark and the light are but opposing states of mind. A simple “Thank you God” frees us from the destructive thoughts that hold us in bondage, taking us to a higher, more peaceful plane. Here, we are capable of rational thought. Moreover, we are at a place that enables us to consciously acknowledge that our mind is one with God’s Mind: He who already knows our every thought. It is we who must now simply place our trust in God that we may walk in His light together.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

— St. John 20:27 

King James Version of the Bible

“Reflections From Infinite Mind”

Our Joy-filled Guiding Light … p. 43

Think for a moment

Of who you are:

A mortal body that is but 

Temporal custodian of the soul;

A soul that is at once God within

And life itself.

Common sense alone demands

That we pay heed to that 

Which is immeasurable in time,

Our true inner Being,

Our spiritual self.

Acknowledge the Christ within,

See the pure white light,

The Divine pulsating force

Of goodness and love

That, by its very nature,

Transcends the five senses

To become our forever

Joy-filled Guiding Light.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

— Isaiah 42:16 

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

Stand 

Ever Watchful … p. 79

Stand ever watchful

With thoughts of the mind.

Thoughts that beguile,

That lead us astray

Are but veils 

That darken the soul.

’Tis only with thoughts

Of goodness and love

That guide us 

And keep us whole.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou has sent me.

— St. John 17:25 

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

Peace |

Harmony … p. 78

It is an irrefutable fact — one that each can put to the test himself — that life’s many challenges are not met with reason alone. The workings of the mind, held captive by a lifetime of habit, cannot but lead to the conclusion that possessions, the things of the world, are the final arbiter of inner peace and happiness: a conclusion that defies the lingering turmoil within. Thus are we driven to probe deeper into our consciousness. While in a state of repose we direct our thoughts to those of love and gratitude, for ourself and our fellow beings. Free of judgment and conscious of the good in others — that which is of our divine soul — we are infused with a sense of selflessness and humility; one that binds us to the universal maxim, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Thus may we confront our challenges in truth, and thus may we find spiritual enlightenment, that which has so long eluded us: peace and harmony within.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

— Psalm 112:7 

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

Be Like Me … p. 77

God hears

My heartfelt longing,

It’s plain for all to see

For when I seek His comfort

He tells me, “Be like Me.”

— B.L. Woodard & G.D. Kilbourn

Learn to be like God. Begin in all humility and selflessness to quiet the mind. Look within and ask: “Am I being true to myself?” “Am I fulfilled?” “What is my purpose?” Common sense and reason will give the answers. Thence comes the uncertainty of knowing, what next? What is next is an awareness of the fact we are not the person we see and touch. There is another — our true being — within: We are at once both physically mortal and spiritually immortal. God is our soul, ever present within us, and we in Him: Truly, we are one.

Think as you will, do as you will, unless you acknowledge your own true inner spiritual being, you will forever be alone. Only when you come to terms with the fact that you are not one, but two distinct, yet interdependent, beings will you come to love your neighbour as yourself and do unto others as you would have them do to you. Recognizing the goodness in others is an exercise in spiritual intuition, the use of one’s sixth and seventh senses which override the body’s five mortal senses. Figuratively speaking, it means stepping back and quieting the mind to hear the voice of our true inner being — the voice of the soul — which in turn allows an understanding of the other.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy name.

— St. Matthew 6:9 

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

Coming into 

God’s Presence … p. 76

If we are to know God,

To be in His presence,

We’ve been given the key

For all to see,

In Matthew 6:9-13 wherein

Jesus tells us to pray

“The Lord’s Prayer.”

That God lives in us,

And we in Him,

Affirms but one Mind:

Thus is “His kingdom”

Within us, and thus is

“His will fulfilled.”

(Coming into God’s presence

is an intensely personal

experience, forever changing

the nature of our Being.)

— Garry D. Kilbourn

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.

— Psalm 57:7 

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

Of Being … p. 75

“What is the meaning of Being?” German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) termed this “The most important question in the history of philosophy.” Few of curious mind who question their own Being would fail to agree. Just as they would also agree the question to be intensely personal. The search for an answer is not to be found through reason, but by going within that we may come to know our true inner spiritual Being. This transformation — for it is nothing less — requires quiescence of mind, while consciously giving thanks to God for His Being. While in this state of peace and inner harmony we may even hear God telling us to “Be like Me.” What better answer could there be to this profoundly metaphysical question of Being?

— Garry D. Kilbourn

And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

— St. John 6:3 

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

Peace 

Surpassing ALL … p. 74

Do you see the light within,

Its pulsating presence,

Life itself?

Look to the light,

To your inner Being.

Nourish it with love

To find peace —

A peace surpassing

All understanding.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

— Jeremiah 10:10

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

Imagine … p. 73

I like to imagine 

We of every nation

Will one day embrace

Sympathetic vibration:

Divine elixir, always and ever

Working wonders for two.

I know without asking

God means it

For more than a few!

— Garry D. Kilbourn

From “Providential Guideposts” by Garry D. Kilbourn 

Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

— St. John 7:16  more 

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

My Guidepost … p. 72

When you look at me

You can’t help but see

The light of my

True inner Being.

’Tis God in me

And I in Him

You’re seeing.

’Tis He who is ever

My guidepost,

He who fills me

With Love.

’Tis me who talks

To Him often:

“Thank you God,

Thank you God.”

— Garry D. Kilbourn

COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

— Isaiah 40:1 

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

One With Nature and 

With God … p. 70

Nature is described as *“the sum total of the forces at work throughout the universe.” Mankind, to be sure, is an integral part of this wondrous phenomena, of the greater natural order governing all things, seen and unseen.

The forces at work throughout the universe may best be termed electrodynamics: the *“interactions of electricity, magnetic and mechanical phenomena of the universe.” In short, the whole of space is an electric field. This is made only too apparent when we experience electrical storms, with the *“luminous, electrical discharge” of lightning.

From a time leading out of dim antiquity mankind has ever sought its place in this grand scheme of things. Allegory and mythology, once used to define our place in the universe have, over time, succumbed to the laws of science.

Witness the make-up of the human body with its untold millions of cells, and atoms within cells, all electrically charged and in constant motion. To our own misfortune, we too often fail to recognize, and to act upon, our intimate relationship with nature.

To undertake a reawakening of the soul — our innate spirituality — is a matter highly personal for each one of us. In the doing, we at once become one with Nature and with God.

Our task, which soon becomes a joyous life-long journey, is one of discovering our divine inner self. We have but to acknowledge God’s Love and Goodness as our very birthright and to do as we would be done by.

In coming to know God we must quiet the turmoil of the mind, allowing the long-veiled soul to play its proper role in our life, that we may be forever enveloped in His aura of spiritual Light.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

*Random House Dictionary, College Edition

I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.

— Ezekiel 34:15 

King James Version of the Bible

“Reflections From Infinite Mind”

Life’s Moment … p. 42

Be ever in life’s moment: The past,

having left its indelible mark,

forever moves into the mists of time,

while the future is yet but a promise.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

— Isaiah 45:22 

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

Positive 

Self-Talk … p … 69

God lives within me:

God is my Soul;

God is Good-ness;

God is Love.

When I am mind-full:

God fills my mind;

My thoughts are pure;

My thoughts are love-filled.

God lives within me:

God’s Home;

God’s temple;

God’s love for me is limitless.

I share His Love with the world:

I am spirit;

I am love;

I am beautiful.

Because we are all One with God:

I am All of God’s Good-ness;

I am a child of God;

I am powerful;

My thoughts are life-giving;

My thoughts are pure.

I see with God’s Vision:

I see value in everyone;

We are all One;

We are Love;

Good-ness;

Goddess.

God Lives within me:

I am free !

— Bonnie L. Woodard

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

— Proverbs 4:26 

King James Version of the Bible

"Providential Guideposts”

Meditative Inner-Talk: 

Mind-Full-Ness … p. 68

This is my self-talk today. My self-talk will change each day as my inner-strength transforms me. This positive self-talk is not static, it is evolving … a work-in-progress, just like you … just like me! Try this every chance you get throughout your day. Start your own positive self-talk and be amazed!

• Positive self-talk transforms you into the person you are meant to Be! 
• Positive self-talk is ‘listening’ to God talk to you! 
• Positive self-talk is God telling you how wonder-full you are to Him!

— Bonnie L. Woodard

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

— Ecclesiastes 2:13

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

Unease 

That Haunts … p.67

The unease that haunts us cannot be appeased in materialism. Materialism — that of satisfying our own presumed physical needs — undermines our soul, the very essence of our being.

Our lifetime job, no less our responsibility, is to nurture the soul that we may harmonize mind, body, and soul.

Though seldom acted upon, the care of the soul is essential to our well-being. Its neglect is the root cause of a lifetime of unhappiness, of not knowing who we are or why we are here. Care of the soul means an enlightened soul, one of self-love, hence love for others.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

So give Your servant an understanding mind and a hearing heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and bad. For who is able to judge and rule this Your great people?

— I Kings 3:9 

The Amplified Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

Faith In God … p. 66

We speak of having faith in God. And, every now and then, we are saddened to learn of people who have lost their faith.

Is yours a God who, as a result of your earthly behaviour, judges that you be either saved or condemned? Or is yours a disinterested and ever-loving God?

Is faith in God a coat of many colours, designed to fit each of us in his or her own way?

When all is said and done, no matter the God we believe in or how or why our faith is engendered, by a definition common to all, faith in God is a divine sense of knowing that God lives in us and we in Him.

Is it possible that our capacity to lose faith has everything to do with how we view God, as opposed to that ill which may have befallen us in the moment? 

Faith in God transcends the workings of the mind. Such faith wells up from within, a product of the soul. It is a life-long journey: one that affirms our true inner spiritual Being.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

— St. Matthew 13:44

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

Becoming … p. 65

’Tis commendable to feed the soul, to enrich our spirituality. What may at the outset appear a lonely, no less a daunting task — for who among us early learned that God is our soul — becomes a source of inner peace when we at once question our purpose and seek answers. Were we, upon awakening each day, to take but a moment to commune with God, to acknowledge His presence, and to ask: What am I Becoming? That is to say: Am I being true to myself? Am I able to accept my own innate Goodness and to share it with others?

Becoming is hopeful, a process of change and, above all, a spiritually transcending experience. With God’s Grace, it is a never-ending joyful process.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

— Proverbs 8:10

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

Choices 

We Make … p. 64

We are, each of us, blessed with the power of reason and its natural concomitant, will power: Through reason we make choices for good or ill as they affect our life. And, in accordance with our will, we act on them.

The choices we make as they relate to our day-to-day activities and our physical well-being are apparent to all, a manifestation of outward appearances all too often belying the truth. Be that as it may, attendance to worldly matters pales beside the need to acknowledge and to come to terms with our own oft-neglected spirituality.

If ever we are to know peace within, to be certain of the path we walk, we must consciously quiet the turmoil of the mind to allow the soul to emerge and play its proper role in our life. This involves no less than a choice to be made in accordance with rational thought, while at once exercising our will to act on it. Thus may we come into the presence of God such that our spiritual awareness manifests His Goodness; hence, our overall well-being.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

— Psalm 139:14  more 

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

God Is 

Our Soul … p. 63

God is our soul: He is within and everywhere around us. This certain knowledge of God’s presence is based upon faith made real when we embrace God’s Goodness in all that we do. And in the doing, we hunger to come ever closer to God. We want to feel His presence, to all but touch Him.

Through faith we become one with God and, as a result, one with our fellow-man, doing unto others as we would have them do unto us.

We pray and give thanks to God with ever-growing Kinship: His light within a suffusion of all-encompassing Love and Goodness; our spirituality His. No longer is it we, it is God treading the earth through us. His will obtains in all that we think and do. We cannot see God, although we visualize Him as the Light within. Our prayers to God have become those of God, our whole being entrusted to His care.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him and he would have given thee living water.

— St. John 4:10

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts”

A Journey That 

Will Set You Free … p. 62

Fear not to go within in search of the real you. It will come at a low point in your life when you are at a loss, not knowing where to turn. It is precisely this combination of events that will enable, nay, even compel you to make this journey. And it is one that will set you free.

Discovery of one’s own self is not an intellectual exercise, something to be reasoned in the mind. By its very nature, it is a spiritual revelation; one that reveals our primary purpose in life, that of coming to know God.

Though the journey may be life-long, we soon come to know a quieting of the mind coupled with a sense of inner peace. Even more, we learn to love our self and we become enlightened with the knowledge that we can do no better than to love both God and our neighbour. Ever mindful of God’s presence, we manifest His Goodness and enrich the lives of others.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?

— Isaiah 2:22

King James Version of the Bible

“Providential Guideposts” 

Sixth and 

Seventh Senses … p. 61

Quite unwittingly we all too often fail to apprehend the true nature of another when we ignore our own spirituality, that which embodies our sixth and seventh senses, namely, intuition and understanding.

Albeit, to the great misfortune of many, if not most, our upbringing pays little attention to our life-giving spirituality, tending instead to favour our physical well-being. We are taught that we have only five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.

Perceptive only to the intuitive spiritual mind (the 6th sense), unexpressed thoughts and emotions of another, be they conscious or unconscious, are sensed and made known. To enable this spiritual awareness and understanding (the 7th sense), the listener becomes one with the speaker by at once remaining silent and exposed. Of a sudden, an unspoken trust between two people is born. Thus is forged the basis of a rich and enduring relationship; one that we otherwise would never have known.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

— Romans 8:9 

King James Version of the Bible 

“Reflections From Infinite Mind”

Finding Our 

True Self … p. 41  

Were we for a moment to consider that age-old admonition “Know Thyself,” it is reasonable to assume our thoughts would be directed to our bodily senses; those that govern the routine of everyday life. Thoughts so directed, however, would be of no avail. The “self,” the true self, is not to be found in mortal mind or body. The true self is one with Divine Mind: A oneness with God. The act of knowing ourself is a process of spiritual enlightenment stemming from an earnest desire to know God. It means a conscious admission in the presence of God that we know nothing; that we humbly surrender to God our errant willfulness, asking that His will be done. As we come to know that God lives in us and we in Him, we sense a transformation within: We are on His path, at peace.

— Garry D. Kilbourn