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365 Science of Mind: A Year of Daily Wisdom From Ernest Holmes

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If you have read the Science of mind or Urantia book, this is for you. These days of confusion, everybody could use a daily guide and inspiration in our life. I highly recommend this book of great wisdom. It is for everybody who made the first step toward higher meanings and more spiritual life.

If you can appreciate beautiful poetry, then you can handle the wisdom in this book. His thoughts are very deep yet extremely practical for the day to day. It's worth it to read a selection each day and keep a journal to further examine the lesson contained within its pages. If you are familiar with his philosphies - you'll really appreciate the articulate nature of his impressions and spiritual remedies. If you are not familiar with him, I'd challenge you to do so - you will not regret it!

Today, appeared to be a very stressful day for me. I had to take my elderly father to several of his appointments, I had to meet with brand new clients this afternoon, and I had to deal with some paperwork that I have been avoiding for some time. It really wasn't that much - when I stop to think about it - but I just felt like I had to be all things to all people and I just found myself getting easily irritated and then I felt kinduv sad and then I felt hopeless about things. I felt very "off center" and as a spiritual counselor I know how important it is for me to have my own spiritual counselor.

So I gave her a call.

As I relayed the events of my day to my counselor, she just listened...like she always does and then she said, "John, it's not just you who is feeling very stressed out. It seems as though everyone is feeling some kind of pressure...some kind of stress. Major changes are taking place in the world right now and as a group of people we are at a very critical juncture in our evolution as a whole society. Now, more than ever before, you must meditate, pray, and be centered in God...in Peace...in Love more than ever before."

And after I hung up the phone with her, I knew she was right and I remembered how this morning I just woke up and just started my day without any kind of "spiritual centering". I thought I had too much to do to just "be" for just a few minutes.

And for all of you who think they really don't have the time to meditate or pray or center yourself in Spirit before you walk out the door, think again, because the ironic thing is, the more we take a moment or two to just slow down, the more effective we become. When I am centered in God and I am at Peace within myself I can be in the world, but I remember that I am not of the world. I don't have to be swallowed up by appearances. I can transcend the limits, the restraints, the challenges that might consume me because I remember that the "I AM" of me...God...Love...Spirit whatever you want to call it, is always right where I am.

It's just like that great verse in scripture, "Lo, I am with you always..." And that's a promise we sometimes have trouble accepting, embracing, and embodying.

So before I did anything else today, I got down this book from my shelf. The great thing about this particular book is that they are condensed paragraphs of great and dynamic truths that help me remember real fast that God is my Reality and I am living in a Spiritual universe now. Ernest Holmes always has a way - for me, at least - to center me, ground me, and root me in the in the remembering that God is my Infinite Source. He'll throw something out like:

"God's Creative Power of Mind is right here. We have as much of this power to use as we believe in and embody. The storehouse of nature is filled with infinite good, awaiting the touch of our awakened thought to spring forth into manifestation in our lives; but the awakening must be within our own thought!"

This world is always changing - no doubt about that - but we can BE the change we want to see in the world. What good does it do anyone to buy into fear, stress, and doubt? We can have a vision of Love, Peace, and Good-will and we can live that vision now!! Now, more than ever before, our daily spiritual practices count! Let us come from Love rather than fear, let us know that God is our Source and not material posessions, let us know and feel that we are always and in all ways spiritual beings now and we can do those things that are in front of us to do not with panic or stress...like I was earlier....but with a knowing and a feeling that I can do all things through the Living Spirit within me.

This is a great book to start the new day with. Remember, it only takes a very brief moment to change your mind and when we change our mind, we really do help in the changing of all minds.

Peace and Blessings,
john, 'the Light Coach'

This is a wonderful book of daily inspiration, I read a page every morning before I leave for work and it really helps put my mind in a good place to start my day.

I have been a student of Science of Mind or Religious Science for nearly a decade now. It is a faith and a philosophy that makes sense, sheds light and while still Christian based (founder Ernest Holmes felt this faith was Christian as he quotes Christ most often, but many a disillusioned Christian would argue that most Christian faiths and SOM have very little in common as SOM strives to be dogma-free), embraces all beliefs. For that is what it is all about: "It is done unto you as you believe". 365 SOM gives me great comfort every morning as I start my day. This wonderful metaphysical book of mini-essays is the best daily guide out there for New Thought folks.

If everyone would live the way these books say - thoughts become things - love is the only way and that all we have right now is all that we will ever need - meaning "We have all that we need today to go through our lives with abundance and love and harmony and joy. Love your surroundings in the nature that God - or the Universe or whatever you want to call it - creation of nature - love the wonderful creations!!!!
We are all spiritual beings in human form - we are all the same inside...treat everyone with love and the world will become fantastic!!!

we give this book away to new members of the Hollywood Fl Center for Positive Living. Its Great ! Ernest Holmes was a brilliant man who taught the Law of Attraction, (law of Mind) This book will give you tremendous insight and if you actually read it each day and meditate on his words, it will cause growth.

Simply wonderful...You deserve it... Would also be a great gift for someone who needs a daily boost..

Take a minute or two and dive into your greatest Self. Ponder, reveal, and evolve with this excellent addition to your daily spiritual practice.

Ernest Holmes is a genuine spiritual leader. His writings are profound without frills. He has taught me how to see myself as a Divine individualization of the Whole. I am forever grateful to this man and his positive teaching. This book contains 365 messages from Ernest Holmes and each one helps to affirm and strengthen the good within each of us.

I love this book. This book is filled with inspirational thought for each day of the year. Each month focuses on a certain theme like "creativity" or "joy". The words are flowery no doubt but I love it. I feel it is reading poetry while getting spiritual inspiration at the same time. I find that when I read it, especially after getting to a calm space, I feel grounded, more joyful, content, happy and at peace. In it is the constant reminder that we have God within, that God is closer to us than our breath and all the inspiration, peace, wisdom, creativity, guidance, love is available to us at all times.

I was curious where the writings came from and it said they came from earlier editions of SOM magazine. That explains the less than modern language but let me assure you, it's not boring or stuffy, the language is wonderful and the concepts still apply.

Oh, the book, while thick, is also very light and easy to take with you when you are out and about, which makes it easy to carry and travel with.