Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

— Psalm 143:8

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Acknowledging

Our Own 
Divine Goodness … p. 45

It is no secret that we have within us untold power to do Good. It is power inborn, arising from the fact that God lives in us and we in Him. How we go about accessing this divinely spiritual power is less well known.

We begin by going within to achieve purity of thought, whereby we allow the mind to reach a state of spiritual transcendence: This by way of humble prayer, mindful meditation or earnest contemplation, all the while being in relationship with God.

Thus do we awaken God within, and thus do we enliven our potential for Goodness. Thoughts alone, however — no matter how endearing — are in vain without our acting on them.

Upon giving freely of ourself to others, ever mindful of God’s Love, we come to know this latent God-given power, while at once acknowledging our own divine Goodness.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

— Romans 13:8 

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Control Our Thoughts … p. 44

We are all plagued by unwelcome, ofttimes harmful, thoughts, a condition we tend to take for granted.

Presumably, in the belief that “this is the way it is; it is just human nature,” all too few take the time to consider, and to question this phenomenon; one both harmful and wrong.

Thought is but a phantom of the mind, having its origin in the brain. It is common knowledge that the brain, in turn, is a highly malleable human organism: It has the potential to generate those thoughts we ourselves will. Herein lies the key.

We can, and we must, control our thoughts if we are to know and enjoy any measure of our God-given humanity.

Possessed of the inborn power to control our thoughts, we must be ever vigilant, ready to dismiss from the mind unwelcome and harmful thoughts. Strange as it may seem, this is brought about by our simply introducing into the mind an uplifting thought: “Thank you, God,” for example. Already we feel better.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

St. Matthew 14:14

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Change Knows 

No Bounds … p. 43p. 43

The circumstances that determine our state in life are not immutable. With each breath we draw and with every thought that assails the mind, we have the opportunity to change.

Change begins, firstly, with a willingness to do so, followed by a firm resolve to see it through. In the full knowledge that change is an intensely personal matter, we are obliged to look nowhere but within.

In a state of repose we learn to quiet the mind, ever cognizant of God’s Love while silently affirming “I am enough.” We thus become physically and emotionally entered, at once sensing a warm inner peace.

In such a state, visualize as two separate beings mortal body and immortal soul. Allow purity of mind to transport soul’s divinely spiritual essence into the realm of intuitive sixth sense, whereupon spirit is suffused with the light of God’s wondrous Love.

Save that which we limit ourselves, change knows no bounds. Neither does it come easily. Learning to cherish a sense of one’s own goodness is essential to our well-being. In time, our very thought, our very deed, are those of love for our fellow-man: We are ever at one with God.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

— St. Luke 6:31 more  

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Life Line … p. 42

Though adrift we may be midst the fortunes of life, salvation is ever at hand. Hope’s life line lies deep within each one of us. We have but to visualize it, to grasp hold of it, thence to cast it into the light of our God-given Goodness.

It is this alone — our divine inborn Goodness — that sustains and uplifts us. Our very well-being, morally and spiritually, demands that we honour this gift, in our every thought and in our every deed. Moreover, we invite the Goodness in others to reveal itself through our own conduct.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

We love him, because he first loved us.

— I John 4:19

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Harmony of Body 

and Soul … p. 41

Take the time, in a quiet moment, to go within and look at your life. Honesty and Humility are traits essential in revealing and coming to terms with our innermost being. No less so is Belief, that wondrous spiritual sense which lends itself to Truth.

Peace and Happiness result from Harmony of Body and Soul. Embrace life heartily, while at once bathing in the divine Light of the Soul, the embodiment of our God-given Goodness.

It is so freeing to love oneself and others.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.

— Psalm 33:4

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Comparisons … p. 40

It is an idle, self-destructive, path to trod when we set out to compare ourself with another. Jealousy and envy cannot but arise to poison our thoughts and adversely affect behaviour.

We are simply not like any other. We each have our own identity and our own reason for being; that is to say, our own unique purpose in life. And it is one to celebrate.

There are some, to be sure, who intuitively know their destiny early in life. Others, no doubt the majority, encumbered by the vicissitudes of life, must each strive to find the truth.

How to know our purpose, to live a life fulfilled, is less a matter of the mind than one of going within to awaken the soul, thus to connect with our higher, spiritual, self. However hard and however long, it is its own reward.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

— Psalm 85:10 

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We Can 

Change … p. 39

None of us, it must be said, is held captive to our present state in life. We are, each of us, divinely spiritual souls possessed with intelligence and will. Thus are we able to control the ceaseless workings of the mind, the source of all that bedevils us and all that sets us free.

We can change, no matter our state of mind, no matter our personal circumstance. True change, that which endures and uplifts the soul, is none other than a spiritual awakening, a process of freeing the mind of worldly thoughts to become one with God.

— Garry D. Kilbourn