Chapter III – The Power of the Word by Florence Scovel Shinn:

“A person knowing the power of the word, becomes very careful of his conversation.”

Someone has said courage contains genius and magic.  Face a situation fearlessly and there is no situation to face; it falls away on its own weight.  Fear attracts the problems and fearlessness removes it.

The body may be renewed and transformed through the spoken word and clear vision, and disease be completely wiped out of the consciousness.  The meta-physician knows that all disease has a spiritual and mental correspondence, and in order to heal the body one must first “heal the soul.”  The soul is the subconscious mind, and it must be “saved” from wrong thinking.

In the 23rd Psalm, we read, “He restoreth my soul.”  This means the subconscious mind or soul, must be restored with the right ideas, and the “mystical marriage” is the marriage of the soul and the spirit, or the subconscious and the super-conscious mind.  They must be one.

When the subconscious is flooded with the perfect ideas of the super-conscious, God and man are one.  “I and the Father are one.”  That is, he is one with the realm of perfect ideas; he is the man made in God’s likeness and image (imagination) and is given power and dominion over all created things, his mind, body and affairs.

It is safe to say all sickness and unhappiness come from violation of the law of love.  Good-will produces an aura of protection about the one who sends it, and “No weapon that is formed against him shall prosper.”

Florence Scovel Shinn was an artist and a metaphysics teacher in New York in the early part of the 20th century.  Her books are truly incredible.  They are relatively short and profound showing we can enjoy a winning streak of health, prosperity, and happiness.  Florence Shinn is one of last century’s most popular Success teachers.  Her lectures were well attended and her books were popular not only in America, but also abroad.

smiles,
🙂 Lee
The MEGA Coach

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