October 2024 Daily Guides by Rev. Dr. Jesse G. Jennings and Dr. Ernest Holmes
The Daily Guides have always been a beloved section of this publication. Each month, new spiritual guidance is imparted by members of the Centers for Spiritual Living communities. It’s lifelong insight you can’t find anywhere but Guide for Spiritual Living: Science of Mind magazine.
Each day brings two quotes from various wisdom teachers, a personal guide from the author’s life and a powerful affirmation. This daily inspiration has impacted generations of readers.
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All Are Bound Together
Affirmation: Right now, I am filled with joy.
There is no individual good. Good belongs to everyone. Good fulfills itself only as it multiplies itself; therefore, there is no good that belongs to you and to me alone, no final peace to us only as individuals. The watchword is not exclusion but inclusion, and the more good we release, the more good we experience. …
There is One Spirit incarnated in everyone, an immortal Presence forever expanding everything, causing everything to grow. What a difference it would make in our human relations if we tried to sense the meaning of this divine incarnation in all people and adjust our viewpoint to the truth that all are bound together in the unity of God.
— “365 Science of Mind,” 2001, pages 60 and 72
Our good is public, not private. It’s part of the literal “common wealth.” Yes, we hold title to what we own and are the proprietors of our industries, but nothing is ever achieved without the engagement of others. Not to mention, the subconscious mind we rely on to manifest anything doesn’t even make a hard distinction between ourselves and anyone else. That’s how close we are.
What we affirm for others is held in account for us as well. Loving one another, by means of honoring the divinity in all, is both a sweet moral sentiment and an act of self-support, because what goes around absolutely comes around. Inclusion and genuine welcoming begin in the heart, to emanate from there outward into collective policies and practices, toward a world that works for everyone.
Quotes
In real love, you want the other person’s good, not just the other person.
— Margaret Anderson