For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

— St. Mark 11:23

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“Reaching For The Light”

Overcoming 

Self-Doubt … p 14

Self-doubt is a state of mind inhibiting our ability to become the person we are meant to be; a blight to be got rid of.

We begin by acknowledging we are each one of us God’s child, possessed of His Goodness and Love. Giving thanks to God throughout the day, in time, frees us from thoughts holding us down; thoughts if allowed to take hold in the mind shatter our self-confidence while at once reinforcing self-doubt.

Being in the presence of God is transformative: We become a new person, ever looking for the good in others and ever giving freely of ourself with love.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

— Psalm 85:13

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See The Good 

In Others … p 52

We’ve all done it; we know the feeling when we help someone. We know too the feeling when we see a need, hesitate in the moment and turn away, the hand of love withheld. Such, in this moment, when we turn from our inner spiritual light, are the workings of mortal mind. We do, however, have within us the ability to rise above this state, to quite rightly view both ourself and our fellow-man subject to the divine laws of nature; all of the one primordial source; all possessing and worthy of God’s love. We have but to abide by the golden rule, always seeing the good in others.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

— Psalm 119:114

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God’s Child … p 13

Thus do I proclaim, while at once giving thanks for spiritual enlightenment. This is made true when, with humble reverence, I talk with God. Cognizant that He knows my needs, I ask only that His will be done.

I know that God has answered my prayer when I am overwhelmed with a sense of inner peace and love of my fellow-man. Through faith, all is well.

We are, each one of us, God’s Child: It is He who gives us Life; it is He who is our Life. God is within and everywhere around us. His Goodness and His Love abide within us. The terms “Higher Self” and “Higher Power” are but endearing euphemisms for God.

To our great misfortune, our day-to-day busyness skews us from God’s munificence which, if embraced, would free us from life’s many travails. To our great good fortune, it is ever within our power to find our way back and to rediscover God’s Grace.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

— St. Matthew 6:14 

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Do Unto Others … p 51

Life has no greater purpose, no higher calling, than that of seeing the inborn good in others and loving them for it. It would be idle, at best, to suggest that this is achieved simply by an ephemeral thought of mortal mind. Nay, such thought can be but an expression of spiritual consciousness, a transcendence of mortal mind into oneness with the primordial force which governs All: Divine Mind.

We begin this ennobling of the soul by taking our mind off ourself, thus to enter the euphoric state of selflessness. This simple change of attitude, for such it is, enables us to think of others first, while at once giving us purpose: Love of ourself, of our fellow-man and purpose in life are essential to our own well-being.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

— Ezekiel 18:32  more 

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The Welcoming 

Christ … p 12

We experience a deep sense of comfort when, through prayerful meditation, we draw upon the healing power of the enlightened mind; a mind transformed with thoughts of God, of His Goodness and Love. From within we sense our long-veiled soul revealed; our spiritual self at one with God.

We see, and are at once suffused in a pure all-enveloping Light, and within the Light, the welcoming Christ Spirit: All is well, we are become whole.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

— I Corinthians 15:58 more 

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Man In Nature … p 11

It is a matter of no little consequence to acknowledge that mankind, in company with all other animate creatures and the whole of nature, is not “a fortuitous concurrence of atoms." Quite the opposite in fact, for such concurrence is governed the immutable laws of nature; those of perfect harmony. Were such a pristine state to obtain in our own life and in that of all mankind, ’twould be life lived by the golden rule. Such not being the case, however, it is incumbent upon each one of us to reclaim the goodness and the love lost through life’s many travails, and to share a new-found sense of well-being with others. It but requires an awareness of our present state, together with a sincere desire to change. We begin our journey by refusing to allow mundane thoughts to linger in our mind, instead replacing them with thoughts of self-love, all the while looking for the good in others. It is a wondrously transformative experience: one that reacquaints us with our own divine spirituality.

— Garry D. Kilbourn

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

— II Peter 1:10 more 

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The Spiritual Eye … p 50

Of those life experiences which enlighten the mind and enrich the soul there is one which, above all, reveals our own true spiritual nature: That of reawakening our natural ability both to see and to understand with our spiritual eye another’s true inner spiritual self.

The process, which is part and parcel of coming to know ourself, requires quietening of the mind, coupled with love of oneself and the other, to achieve a state of inner harmony. Here, we are at our most vulnerable and open to trusting in all that may befall us. Such do we become one with the other’s spiritual self, to know and understand that which is not being said.

— Garry D. Kilbourn