The Importance of Attitude

View this email in your browser Dear Friends, This week's quote is from spiritual awareness class CC 132, which was published in Volume 5 of The Living Light Dialogue. "Many times we have spoken of the human mind. And now we will speak more of the eternal journey and the destiny of the true life, known as soul. The mind is often asked about young souls, old souls, souls that have journeyed for centuries and souls that have not. My good students, it is a very simple and easy thing to awaken to whether or not your soul has journeyed for centuries: if you have journeyed for centuries, then your acceptance of life and all that it has to offer is very broad and encompassing, for in the experiences of centuries do we awaken, slowly but surely, to the eternal right of the divine expression. We learn, in those centuries, the foolishness of the human mind: to dictate and to judge. We learn, in those many centuries, that our destiny is the direct effect of mental thought processes. We also learn that to accept is to free from the seat of judgment. To accept is to permit an infinite, eternal Power to flow unobstructed through the mental form and, in so flowing, to bring unto us the goodness, the fullness, the abundance that, in truth, is our heritage. Learn to accept each experience for what it is, in truth, offering to you, for it is offering to you a broader and a brighter horizon. Without the darkness on the path, there would not be the value for the light that, slowly but surely, begins to shine. From the great eternal Oversoul we all have journeyed and many are the centuries that have already passed. Through experience without number, we have viewed what creation truly is: a mental attitude of mind. Remember, my good students, that creation is a mental attitude of mind. What it brings into your life is dependent upon your choice of attitude. It is within your power and right to sustain an attitude of goodness, of success, of all that life has to offer. Through your attitude of mind shall you reign supreme over all creation. It is your attitude. It is nothing, in truth, nothing else. Health, wealth, and happiness are the direct effect of your own efforts to maintain and sustain an attitude that is in keeping with those immutable laws of peace and harmony. But, my good students, in this great evolving process, the steps are ofttimes painful. The dictates of the human mind are ofttimes very great. But no matter where you wander, no matter what you do, you shall, in time, forever and ever return to the Light that shines within you. There is no magic key to the success of life unless you can call an attitude of mind magic. The attitude is the Law of Vibration. The attitude is the essence of what you seek. For in your attitude of acceptance of your right, in that attitude of acceptance of your divine right shall you experience your divine right. It cannot happen to you, no matter what you do, unless you change your own attitude. In the changing of your attitude is the transformation that will take place and flood your consciousness with what is rightfully yours. You have that right to the fullness of life. The thing that deprives you from that is the throne of judgment that exists within the human mind. To separate yourself in consciousness from that throne of judgment takes a little effort. I know. I spent centuries as a judge, but I first had to judge myself, before I could judge another. So let us view what the throne of judgment truly has to offer. Through an error of ignorance in human consciousness, we think we are judging experiences taking place without. But each and every judgment that we entertain in thought is judging a level of consciousness that exists within us. The judgment, in turn, must bow, in time, to divine right, for it is the right of the Divinity to sustain the eighty-one levels of consciousness of the human being. And because that right belongs exclusively to the Divinity, our judgments concerning those levels shall bow through pain and suffering, known as experiences. My good students, so often I hear your souls cry out to be free: to be freed from the multitude of experiences that are no longer pleasant in your consciousness. And, I assure you, that freedom is waiting patiently for your own acceptance: your acceptance of your right to an attitude that is beneficial to you, to an attitude of mind that will not fail you. For whatever you choose for your attitude, God, in all his power, shall sustain it. For so often we wish an experience to pass from our consciousness and yet we find that it remains: its tenacity is beyond the mind to believe. But its tenacity is sustained by the Infinite. Over the universes you have traveled. And over many yet to be shall you continue to travel. There is no escape from that which you choose to entertain in your mind, for you alone are making the choice. The patterns of yesterday are long worn out. What is better—waiting for you—is your own acceptance, freed from dictate and judgment, your own acceptance of something better. When the mind says, "There must be something better," it goes into the mental processes and from the depths of the subconscious and magnetic field rise the patterns of yesteryear. That does not bring you something better. It never did. It never will. For your eternal being moves onward, not backward. In spite of our own individualized wills, our life moves on and on and on. It always has and it always will. We must learn to let go by accepting the possibility of something better."   Our attitude is very important for it is the key ingredient that sets the Law of Cause into motion. As we face the great struggle of this day, let us all endeavor to demonstrate the faculties of our true being, which include duty, gratitude, and tolerance; faith, poise, and humility; care, kindness, and consideration. Let us pause before we express our sense functions. We are greater than what we believe that we are. Those who are new to Serenity, you will find some quotes on Serenity's Facebook Fanpage but for some time now I have not been able to update that page. I hope to have those issues resolved soon.   If you have any topics you would like addressed in these weekly emails, please feel free to email your request. To ensure that you consistently receive Serenity's weekly emails, be sure to add Serenity's email address to your contacts and your white list. This will help ensure that the emails are not treated as spam. Additional information on these teachings is available on Serenity's website: http://www.livinglight.org Sincerely yours, Russell Fitzgerald Vice President Copyright © 2020 Serenity Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. 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The Power of Acceptance

View this email in your browser Dear Friends, This week's quote is from spiritual awareness class CL 79, which was published in Volume 9 of The Living Light Dialogue. "We have spent untold centuries in evolution before coming to this Earth planet. Our responsibility in life is indeed very great, for we are, by the right of our evolution, the examples to all of life. We cannot take those responsibilities lightly, for each harmonious thought that we have in our mind sends a healing balm out into the universe and has a direct effect upon all of nature, from the blade of grass to the human being. And not only does it go out across the earth realm, but out into outer space affecting untold multitudes of intelligent beings. So when you find yourself limited, restricted, in what is known as self-thought, remember that your world is shrinking and someday it will shrink, by that law of self-thought, to the point where you will give it up. And when you reach that so-called bottom, you will begin the path of rising again to broaden not only your horizons, but the goodness of your life. Whatever it is that you have or have not, remember, your thought concerning it is sustained and supported by the same intelligent Energy that will bring you something better. But that can only happen when you open the door of opportunity, and the door of opportunity is opened by your own choice, by your own acceptance. For each denial that you set into consciousness closes the doors of opportunity that are waiting to open. It is our dictates that send us on our destiny, through the path of denial. Whatever you want or whatever you are experiencing that you don't want, remember, you have choice. You can change it. You may change it not by rejection and denial, that will only keep it in your universe, year after year and century after century. You can change it by first accepting its right of existence and, in so accepting, accept the right of something better and something greater. And I can assure you, my friends, if you will do that, if you will do that each and every day, that infinite, intelligent Energy called God will support your new choice. And you will indeed experience the goodness, the success, the abundance of a joyous life."   Each moment we are given the opportunity to express through our sense functions or through our soul faculties. But it is often not so easy to express through our faculties of duty, gratitude, and tolerance or faith, poise, and humility or our other faculties. Although it is sometimes difficult, it is possible for us all. But it does take effort and self-control to redirect our attention. And more we do our spiritual exercises, like our affirmations, and more consistently we meditate, the more we gain in self-control. And freedom is the effect of self-control. Many years ago, when I was very concerned, I asked to speak with Mr. Goodwin privately, so I could discuss what was so troubling me. The moment I was alone with him, I began speaking. After just a few words, he gently raised his hand, which indicated to me that I should stop talking. And he simply said, "Russell, things have a way of working out." In that instant, my troubling thoughts just seemed to dissipate and to dissolve. So I offer those kind words to you today. Things have a way of working out. Regardless of what our minds have to say. Those who are new to Serenity, you will find recent quotes on Serenity's Facebook Fanpage and that is also where you can join students of the Living Light from around the world to ask questions and share your understanding. I hope you will join the conversation.  If you have any topics you would like addressed in these weekly emails, please feel free to email your request. To ensure that you consistently receive Serenity's weekly emails, be sure to add Serenity's email address to your contacts and your white list. This will help ensure that the emails are not treated as spam. Additional information on these teachings is available on Serenity's website: http://www.livinglight.org Sincerely yours, Russell Fitzgerald Vice President Copyright © 2020 Serenity Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Serenity Association PO Box 4187 San Rafael, CA 94913-4187 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Insight into fear and faith

View this email in your browser Dear Friends, This week's quote is from spiritual awareness class Discourse 65, which was published in Volume 1 of The Living Light Dialogue. "It has been stated that fear and faith is one and the same! It has also been stated not to annihilate the functions, but to bring them into balance with the soul faculties! When this power flows through the functions or expresses through them, you experience what is known as fear. When this same power flows through the soul faculties, you experience what is known as faith. It is indeed one and the same. When they are brought into balance, you experience what is known as freedom. This power flowing through the functions with this experience of fear is caused by this so-called self-preservation. Fear is faith; and in expressing fear or faith we indeed not only create but guarantee whatever we have fear or faith in. The reason that this power, when flowing through the functions, is known as fear is because we have faith in the need of protecting our cherished thought patterns. We have need in the functions to hold fast to that which we are familiar with. That is known as self-preservation. When we make the effort to express the same power through the faculties, we bring ourselves into balance and in so doing are freed from the duality of creation. Fear serves its purpose in the present state of evolution of the masses on your planet. You have fear that when you place your hand in the fire it will burn. Do you not see, students, that what you truly have is faith that this is what will happen? Think, students, and think again and again! You have the choice in any given situation to express through the functions or through the faculties. When you find your spirit, your power, your energy, expressing through the functions, which are limitation, and when expressing through the faculties, which are limitless, you may choose at any given moment to bring the thought into balance. That, my good students, is known as freedom."     It takes effort to redirect our attention from our sense functions toward our soul faculties. It takes conscious effort to affirm the good and to say our affirmations, with the faith that those laws will return to us a greater goodness. Although it is often not so easy to redirect our attention, it is possible for us all. As more thought and energy is directed to the Divine, the Divine begins to awaken within our being. Those who are new to Serenity, you will find recent quotes on Serenity's Facebook Fanpage and that is also where you can join students of the Living Light from around the world to ask questions and share your understanding. I hope you will join the conversation.  If you have any topics you would like addressed in these weekly emails, please feel free to email your request. To ensure that you consistently receive Serenity's weekly emails, be sure to add Serenity's email address to your contacts and your white list. This will help ensure that the emails are not treated as spam. Additional information on these teachings is available on Serenity's website: http://www.livinglight.org Sincerely yours, Russell Fitzgerald Vice President Copyright © 2020 Serenity Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Serenity Association PO Box 4187 San Rafael, CA 94913-4187 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.