Spiritual Growth and Development have long been associated with increasing our awareness and expanding our Consciousness. Our Subconscious Mind is the doorway to our Superconscious Mind, which is directly linked to our Divine Mind and taps into the Universal Cosmic Mind. The importance of impressing the Mind with positive thoughts is well known. We are constantly told to "Ask for what you do want, without any reference to what you do not want." In Prayer and in the use of Affirmations positive words are required in order to impress the Subconscious Mind with positivity and with the power of positive thoughts; thereby helping us to wipe out fear, doubt, anxiety and negativity from our Conscious mind and our Subconscious Mind.In the media in the last few years, there have been several sources which encourage us with the concept of impressing the subconscious mind with positive thought. One such source which has been hugely popular is the book called "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne. In this book the Importance of carefully choosing positive words in Prayer and Affirmations, in order to create positive thoughts is constantly referred to. Ultimately the goal is to create "positive thoughts" within ourselves which are sent out into the universe and subsequently "Boomerang back to us" with positive results, as opposed to the opposite!In all Faiths, whether it be, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism, we can perceive ourselves to be Spiritual Beings, living in a universe comprised of energy made up of thought forms and corresponding vibrations. This concept has been examined by scientists to whom it is inherent to understand equations through the microscopic lens of atoms and protons and neutrons. One such scientist has thankfully endeavoured to bring the scientific approach into the "Realm of the Spiritual and the Magical". He is Doctor Deepak Chopra and in his latest teachings, he carefully breaks down the science and rationale of the Cosmos and explains to us its "Spiritual Science". The complex scientific knowledge that he has from his Medical background as a Doctor is merged with his Spiritual knowledge into a mystical synergy about the Divine Universal Cosmos we live in.The above mentioned book "The Secret" was first published in 2005 soon after we entered the New Millennium. However, the ideas, concepts and teachings in "The Secret" have been recognised and taught, for many years over the centuries. One such Teacher was called Florence Scovel Shinn and she wrote her first book in 1925 called "The Game of Life and How to play it". She became well known as a "Truth Teacher" for she illustrated to her students the truth of the Universal Energies and how we can all harness this "Great Energy" for ourselves in order to bring about and manifest in our lives the most simple of wishes we may have for we are all a "Child of God" and each deserve to have our hopes, dreams and wishes fulfilled. In her book, she encourages us to listen to Music which has Healing and Therapeutic qualities and is subliminally fourth dimensional. She suggests repeating affirmations to the motion of music which can be uplifting.Florence Scovel Shinn taught that in order to impress the subconscious mind with good positive thoughts, active faith is always essential. In her book “The Game of Life and How to Play it” she writes that “Faith without works is dead, ..... in fact, active faith is the bridge over which a person passes to their Promised Land”. Earlier I mentioned the importance of wiping out thoughts of fear, doubt, anxiety and any negativity from our subconscious and conscious mind. Florence Scovel Shinn helps us to understand this concept by writing the following :“There is no peace or happiness for a person until he or she has erased all fear from the subconscious. FEAR IS MIS-DIRECTED ENERGY AND MUST BE RE-DIRECTED OR TRANSMUTED INTO FAITH”Needless to say, we all have fear embedded in our subconscious mind. Different fears for different reasons. We may not even be consciously aware of what fear we are holding onto in our subconscious mind. The following paragraph is quoted verbatim from her book in order to illustrate with insight how fear holds us back:“I am asked so often by my students, “how can I get rid of fear ?”“I reply, “by walking up to the thing you are afraid of”.“The Lion takes its fierceness from your fear”.“Walk up to the Lion, and he will disappear, run away and he runs after you”.For example, she goes on to explain how the Lion of Lack, disappeared when the individual spent money fearlessly, showing active faith that God was her supply and therefore, Unfailing. She concludes with a helpful Affirmation by writing:“Many of my students have come out of the bondage of poverty and are now bountifully supplied through losing all fear of letting money go out.The subconscious mind is impressed with the truth that God is the Giver and Gift; therefore since one is one with the Giver, we are one with the Gift. A splendid affirmation is: “I now thank God the Giver for God the Gift”Florence Scovel Shinn believes that we can be freed from the Law of Karma by asking for forgiveness for our mistakes and, in so doing, we are placed directly under Grace and Benevolence.
