The counter to any detrimental influence that may cross our path on any given day lies in understanding—and being awake to—the totality of the divine Mind, God, and recognizing the inherent indivisibility of this Mind and its idea, man. When we consistently give our consent to allow only the infinite intelligence that is God to influence us, we naturally demonstrate greater clarity of thought and action. This enables us to recognize the negative, harmful influences of mortal belief, which do not belong to us as God’s spiritual reflection, man; to see their powerlessness; and to express dominion over them. The Christ, God’s ever-present influence, and our dearest counselor, lights our way with the saving love of God, and is the only real and enduring influence in our days.
It is pure wisdom to mind our own thoughts—to be so awake to divine Love’s all-power that we cannot be hypnotized by evil in its many costumes. Each moment, we have the choice to turn our thought to God. As we do, we are availing ourselves of the peaceful, loving presence of divine Love.
In my own experience, in one short day I found freedom from a physical problem that had been going on for many weeks when I woke up to a point of hypnotism (in this case a false assumption about myself) that I had allowed to remain, justified, in my thought. The moment I woke up to the mental imposition claiming the presence and power of evil, and saw the total falsity of such a notion, the healing began. I felt flooded with the light of the Christ. I didn’t have to talk myself into a shift in perspective, but rather I accepted a more refined spiritual understanding of myself and allowed it to fill my consciousness. And just as the light of the dawning day dispels the darkness without a fight, so too, I found myself bathed in a fresh sense of my nature as the outcome of all that God is. By the end of that day all indications of the disease were completely gone.
