CHAPTER VIII

In the Quiet of the Home

THE REAL HOME of each one of us is heaven, and the bitter homesickness of so many of the race will never be healed until each of us finds heaven within

himself.

For the longing of men and women for a spot that they can call “home” is but a

form of spiritual homesickness, The students of Truth are wise who will not seek

the healing of this malady through acquiring the outer home, for without the

conscious union with heaven within they will only acquire burdens with the

house that they desire to be their home.

But by developing home “realization” within they will discover that every place

where they can relax and spend the quiet hours of their life is a happy nest, a

sheltering abode, drawing others with its home charm as well as expressing their

own deep, holy peace.

AN ABIDING OPTIMISM

From the quiet of your abiding place, be it a flat or a garret, a farmhouse or a

hotel, a bungalow or a hail bedroom, radiate the richness of your soul until the

transformation of your rooms reveals the achievement of your true thoughts.

Never take the worries of your business into the family life. Take your faith there

when you consult your loved ones as to your affairs. The only connection there

should be between your business and your home is a common atmosphere of

spiritual cheer and an abiding scientific optimism.

As you stand at your front door say, “Peace be unto this house!’ And be sure that you never let your peace depart from you! Hold your peace to you forever!

SECOND MEDITATION

THE HIGHROAD OF PROSPERITY

“Come now, and let us reason together.” God is the true source of all the riches

in the earth. “The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith Jehovah of hosts.”

You are the offspring of the Most High, heir of all the richness of God, and you are

here to express that richness through this body and in this world.

There is a highway of prosperity, a king’s highway, a road up the mountain of

supreme success, and It has neasy grade, thetravelis ever smooth, and they that

walk therein know no more worry nor fear, nor strife, nor hard times, nor slavish

work, nor failure. They live and let live, and they are consciously secure forever

from all sense of deprivation or lack.

The uninstructed follow bypaths in seeking their wealth where there is much

stumbling and blindness of chance, where burdens pile up, and the travelers

never reach the heights. All these side roads end in gullies and pits, for all that is

gained must eventually be given up. Men enter them as short cuts to wealth, and

though some of them cross the real road, so intoxicated are these wanderers that

they know not this road even when their feet press its fair track, long miles at a

time.

The right view of prosperity as God’s own presence, which is not to be refused or

despised but to be seen as the legitimate expression of the spiritual life, comes to

the man whose eyes are open and who seeks understanding so as to think and

feel, speak and act according to the law that operates to make bodies healthy

and circumstances wealthy, who sees that it is all one and the same work. The

body is wealthy that has health, and the circumstances are healthy that have

wealth.

SECOND TREATMENT

Listen to me!

The highroad of God’s prosperity is unlimited wealth, riches that are eternal, and a life that is endless ease and comfort.

This blessed road is not far from you; it is not

divided and set off from your life or the life of anyone.

For it is the omnipresence of God.

Because this highroad to prosperity is the omnipresence of God, you are in it

now, you cannot miss the way.

Your mind is set right now.

And the mind being the cause of all that is manifested in your life, right thinking on its part will show forth right conditions in your affairs.

Your Father is rich.

Your Father has “enough and to spare,” and His decree is that you prosper in

whatsoever you put your hand to.

Your heritage is boundless wealth, and the wise One within you reveals to you the laws by which your own comes to you.

Jesus knew the deep laws of Spirit by which He could pay His taxes, furnish the

finest wines

for the feast, and feed multitudes with overflowing abundance. You have the same intelligence in you; for it is the mind of God opening up the way of your

supply.

Now you are on the highroad to the riches that will

never fail.

You are coming out of mortality’s dream.

As mortal you have been rich a thousand times in lives gone by. What did it profit

you? Nothing.

Now temporal riches are finished. Enter into the riches “prepared for you from

the foundation of the world,”

Because you seek the riches of God first, you must have the other also. It is the law. You have the word of Jesus for it.

Being rich toward God, rich in loving service to humanity, rich in goodness of character, rich in holy wisdom and devotion to God and His Christ, you cannot

miss the riches of the world.

God’s prosperity flows to you without effort. It is the divine gift. It comes not by hard work of head or hand but by the Spirit.

Inspiration leads you to the expression of happy usefulness;--You find the work

you love to do, and it pays.

Debts are no part of your life. The light of the Christ Mind shines on your way and

shows you how to cancel every debt.

Spirit keeps your mind at ease. You need never worry. Worry never does

anything helpful.

Now you let trust in All-Good displace all anxiety and give you rest.

What is to be of God’s good state and accomplishment is already.

Therefore your debts are already paid in Divine Mind.

Honor and equity take you out of all indebtedness.

You are not a debtor, you are a good investment. You make rich returns.

You are a bank, not a bankrupt. The law of the Spirit in Christ Jesus makes you

free.

Every day brings you fresh inspiration.

Every night brings you innocent sleep and righteous rest.

Every experience means closer communion with God.

Nothing can daunt you. Nothing can discourage you. You touch the highroad of God's prosperity and you are wafted along the way on winged feet.

Honor and riches are yours, and your peace no man can take from you now and

forevermore.

IT IS DONE NOW.