November 2006 ~ Understanding

I have recently written a series of poems based on the teaching of the Twelve Powers and am sharing them in this column. Combined with a quote from Charles Fillmore’s writings, a scripture, and an affirmation, I hope you will find these “Power Pages” interesting and inspiring.

“Spiritual understanding is the quickening of the Spirit within. Spiritual understanding is the ability of the mind to apprehend and realize the laws of thought and the relation of ideas one to another.” Revealing Word, page 202

If I could have one wish granted,
one heart’s desire fulfilled,
one fondest dream realized,
what would I choose?

If I could reach into the very Mind of God
and take for myself one thought,
one power, one divine attribute,
what would I choose?

If I could ask for anything at all,
no limits set, no holds barred,
what would I want?

Surely it would not be any of those
little human wants like money, leisure, or fame.
Perhaps it would be one of those enormous spiritual wants
like cosmic consciousness or enlightenment!

I hope I would be like Solomon,
when he was faced with this very choice,
when God appeared to him in a dream and said,
“Ask what I shall give thee.”

I hope I would remember to ask for the true treasure,
the treasure that moth and rust cannot destroy.
I hope I would remember to seek the true riches
of an understanding heart ~
a heart that is pure,
a heart that sees only Good.
“For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.” Proverbs 2:8

Affirmation: Through Christ in me, I understand what is true.

jbm

October 2006 ~ Imagination

The Twelve Powers are often viewed as a helpful framework for the relationship between principle and practice. Part of my recent practice has been to write a series of “power poems” which I am currently sharing in this column. Each poem is combined with a quote from Charles Fillmore’s writings, a scripture, and an affirmation, I hope you will find these “Power Pages” interesting and inspiring.

“In the communication of God with man, the imaging power of the mind plays an important part. It receives divine ideas and reflects their character to the consciousness. With the imagination we lay hold of ideas and clothe them with substance.” Revealing Word, page 104

Looking through the eye of imagination,
I see beauty where something plain appears.

Looking through the eye of beauty,
I see balance and authenticity.

Looking through the eye of imagination,
I see possibility where something dead appears.

Looking through the eye of possibility,
I see promise and creativity.

Looking through the eye of imagination,
I see peace where something harsh appears.

Looking through the eye of peace,
I see harmony and generosity.

Looking through the eye of imagination,
I see infinity where something small appears.

Looking through the eye of infinity,
I see God.

“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy,
your whole body will be full of light.” Matthew 6:22


Affirmation: I see with the eye of Spirit and order and beauty fill my world.

jbm