Lecture Notes

Key Concepts

Action and Reaction

• Law of Mind: As expressed by Ella Wheeler Wilcox:

  Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.

  • Principles:
    • Give love and love will flow back as strength.
    • Have faith and others will show faith in you.
    • Life is a mirror of your actions and thoughts.
    • Be proactive in giving good to receive good.

• Aristotle's View: Resistance leads to abnormalities (e.g., tumors or lesions).

Mental and Emotional Adjustment

• Definition: Fitting, adapting, accommodating to create harmony in life.
• Necessity: Become a channel for life principles to flow freely and joyously.
• Divine Presence: Use divine power to solve problems:

  Acquaint now thyself with Him and be at peace.

Practical Applications

Problem-Solving Method

• Identify your most troublesome problem.
• Realize infinite intelligence within knows the solution.
• Trust in the responsiveness of infinite intelligence.

Practical Example (Poverty Complex)

• A young man focused on poverty attracted more lack.
• Changed mindset with affirmations centering on divine wealth.
• Transformative results after consistent practice.

Health and Emotional Well-Being

• Resentment and Health: Resentment can lead to physical ailments (e.g., lesions).
• Prayer and Healing: Surrender negative emotions through affirmative prayer.

Relationships and Social Interactions

• Harmony: Harmonious thoughts lead to better relationships.
• Be flexible, pliable, and adjustable in social interactions.
• Handling Difficult People: Release responsibility for others' negativity. Focus on maintaining personal peace and harmony.

Philosophical Insights

• Life's Challenges: Approach challenges without mental conflict.
• Stream Analogy: Be like a stream, flowing around obstacles, eventually reaching the ocean of fulfillment.

Techniques for Mental Adjustment

Engineer's Prayer

• Streams of life power, wisdom, intelligence, joy, and peace flow through me like a golden river.
• Divine order helps complete all assignments.

Friendliness and Loneliness

• To have friends, be a friend. Radiate love and goodwill.
• Do not shelter negative experiences; rise above them.

Affirmations and Beliefs

• Self-Concept: Whatever you attach to "I am," you become.

  • Positive affirmations:

    I am happy, joyous, and free.

  • Negative affirmations can create unwanted conditions.

Meditation and Inner Peace

• Use meditation to clear fear and anxiety.
• Focus on divine love and healing presence within you.

Summary Affirmation

• Light dispels darkness; love overcomes all evil.
• Presence of Divine Love: Guides, makes clear paths, provides protection.
• Healing Power: Infinite healing presence revitalizes and purifies.