The Daily Prayer 04.25.2015

“The Law of Circulation (Matt. 10:8)”

Ernest Holmes, Our Founder

“Freely ye have received, freely give.” When the law of circulation is retarded, stagnation results. It is only as we allow the Divine current to flow through us on and out, that we really express life. The law of giving and receiving is definite. Emerson tells us to beware of holding too much good in our hands.

Because of the unity underlying all life, no man lives entirely unto himself, but through himself, he lives unto the whole, which whole embodies all other lives. Therefore, “he that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life, shall find it.”

When a man’s thought rests entirely upon himself, he becomes abnormal and unhappy; but when he gives himself with enthusiasm to any legitimate purpose, losing himself in the thing which he is doing, he becomes normal and happy. Only as much life enters into us as we can conceive, and we conceive of life—in the larger sense—only when there is complete abandonment to it. Let the one who is sad, depressed, or unhappy find some altruistic purpose into which he may pour his whole being and he will find a new inflow of life of which he has never dreamed.

Holmes, Ernest (1998-08-24). The Science of Mind: The Definitive Edition (p. 440). Penguin Group. Kindle Edition.

Ernest Holmes, Founder of Religious Science and author of many books, including “The Science of Mind“.

Rio Grande Center for Spiritual Living, Albuquerque, NM 87107