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Sunday Message for February 4, 2007

Become a Deliberate Creator

It says in (Genesis 1:1-3) "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,"  And then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light."  He made day and night.  He made the sky.  He created the dry land and the seas.  He then created all the trees and vegetation.  He made the sun, the moon, and the stars.  He created the birds and the fish.  He created all the animals and bugs and every type of living thing.  And then he created humankind in his image and likeness.

God did all of this intentionally.  God is a deliberate creator.  He knew exactly what he wanted and he created it.  His mind only dwells on the good – therefore he can only create that which is good and pleasing.

CAUSE & EFFECT

In (Ephesians 2:10) it says, “For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.”  God made us to be co-creators with Him; this is supposed to be our way of life. But we tend to be haphazard creators.  We forget that we are creating all the time and we allow ourselves to have all kinds of negative thoughts and feelings.

Every word from our mouth and every thought in our heart creates an effect in this world. If you look around at the things happening in this world you can see what we, as humankind, have been thinking and believing.  If we look around at the things happening in our lives, we can see what we personally have been thinking and believing.

Nothing happens by chance.  Everything in the Universe has an identifiable cause. When something appears to occur by chance, it means that the cause is unrecognized.

But causes aren’t creators of events or circumstances.  They’re catalysts in a long chain of them, usually driven by underlying beliefs about life and “the way that it is.”  God is the original First Cause and creator of everything.

So we have to look behind our beliefs if we are looking for a cause. For instance, if you believe that you won’t be hired for your dream job, you’ll never apply for it.  Yet, this belief is only one factor in a chain of causes.  For instance, where did the belief come from?  If you say, “Well my parents modeled it for me,” then there’s still the question of where your parents acquired this belief, so there’s no point in tracing through chains of events in search of a primary cause. The important and more helpful point is to develop an awareness of the principle of cause and effect in your own life.

Without this awareness, you may be unduly influenced by external factors, such as allowing yourself to be influenced by the race consciousness of the world.  Hermetics says that you can’t change or stop the principles and laws.  You can, however, use higher will to prevail against lower will.

A conscious awareness that you are a co-creator with God, combined with intention and practice, helps you rise above external influences.  The Kybalion says that this conscious awareness helps us to become “movers in the game of life instead of pawns, Causes instead of Effects.”  This is being a deliberate creator, instead of just taking what comes along.

So, notice any strong thoughts or feelings that you have throughout the day.  These can be thoughts and feelings that seem to just “pop in” of their own accord, or ones that are consciously manifested.  Be aware of recurring thoughts and feelings, especially those involving strong feelings.  Because thoughts with strong feelings behind them tend to create more intensely in your life.  Do you have a strong hatred for anything or anyone?  Give it up now.

As you notice these intense thoughts and feelings, immediately visualize a mental control panel.  You have a money pole with Prosperity at the top and Poverty at the bottom. To attract more money, you can adjust your vibration upward by visualizing that the lever is at the highest possible location along the pole.  Since this pole is in your mind, it’s your creation; therefore, it’s your personal Money Pole.

Of course, you can also imagine a pole that controls your beliefs about money and other life areas.  Keep your levers high atop these poles to release old, limiting beliefs about money, love, and such.

Everything that you desire has a pole assigned to it, whether it’s health, a happy marriage, inner peace, or any other topic.  Imagine this whole series of poles with sliding levers, similar to a sound mixing board in a recording studio, or like an airplane’s control panel. Each of those levers controls your finances, relationships, health, and other life areas.

Set up a pole in your mind for money that goes from Poverty at the bottom to Prosperity at the top.  Set up one for health that goes from Illness at the bottom to Perfect Health at the top.  Then one for love that goes from Loneliness at the bottom to True Love at the top.  Do one for your career that goes from Meaningless Work at the bottom to a Fulfilling Career at the top.  You might set up one pole for psychic abilities that goes from Blocked at the bottom to Clear at the top.  Make it individual to you and set up poles for every area of your life that needs addressing.

Take a moment right now to visualize your inner control panel.  Where are the levers positioned along the poles?  To improve any situation, mentally move the lever higher up the pole (and to the top, ideally).  Check your poles regularly, or if you ever feel upset, to ensure that they haven’t slid downward.  This gives a whole new meaning to “staying on top”!

 As you have intense thoughts, observe whether the pole levers have slid downward, or whether they remain upward, in response to your strong feelings and thoughts.  Use your will to lift any levers that have slid down.  The action of keeping your levers high is a cause that yields desirable effects.  It is the key to Divine magic!

It says in The Kybalion, “Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its Cause; everything happens according to Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law.”

THE SEVEN SACRED PRINCIPLES

According to The Kybalion there are seven principles that we need to be aware of to be deliberate creators.  The first is called Mentalism. The axiom is: “The All is Mind; The Universe is Mental.”  This principle explains that the entire Universe (including yourself and your life) is composed of an all-encompassing Divine Mind, its thoughts, and thought forms.

The Kybalion refers to the Creator, or God, as “The All.”  God is Mind, which means infinite and unerring intelligence, wisdom, and creativity.  Since God is everywhere, Mind is everywhere. You live inside this omnipresent Mind of God.  Your true mind (your higher self) is an extension and a creation of the Divine Mind.

The second principle is called Correspondence. The axiom is: “As above, so below; as below, so above.”  The world is physical, mental, and spiritual and each of these three planes operates by the same spiritual laws.  By applying spiritual laws on all three planes you can elevate your consciousness and life to higher planes of existence.

The third principle is called Vibration.  The axiom is: “Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates.”  Because of Quantum Physics we now know this to be scientifically provable.  Everything in the Universe moves, even so-called inanimate objects that are filled with vibrating atoms and the energy of God.  The difference between the varying planes of existence is merely in their vibrational rate of movement.  We apply this principle by accelerating or decelerating the vibrational rate of objects or situations that we wish to attract, change, or banish.

The fourth principle is call Polarity.  The axiom is: “Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.”

This explains that every experience and choice is the same in truth.  What appears to be opposite is actually the same, but with different degrees of the same ingredients.  Prosperity and poverty are not opposites.  They are merely ends of the same pole, vibrating at different rates.  Each situation in your life has such a pole, with extremes at either end, and vibrational increments in between.

We use this principle to transmute unwanted situations and emotions into something more desirable, merely by changing their vibration to the highest end of each pole.

The fifth principle is called Rhythm.  The axiom is: “Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates.”  If you think about it, you know that the Universe operates in precise and predictable rhythms.  If you allow these rhythms to master you, then your moods and life will fluctuate up and down.  However, by mastering the rhythms, you become immune to downward turns in emotions or life experiences.

The sixth principle is called Cause and Effect.  The axiom is: “Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its Cause; everything happens according to Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law.”

We live in a perfectly ordered Universe, and nothing happens by chance or accident.  There’s always a Cause behind every Effect.  Life mastery occurs when you become a conscious Cause of the Effects you desire, instead of being carried along by the wills or desires of others.  You can use this principle to affect healings and to be a deliberate creator.

The seventh principle is called Gender.  The axiom is: “Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes.”  This is not about male-female genders as in human bodies.  It refers to the masculine and feminine energies.  Each person has both energies within them, since the entire Universe is composed of both.  These energies are equally powerful and interdependent upon each other to form creations.

Female energy is magnetic and attracting.  Male energy is electric and creating.  To manifest, you must either attract your desire or create it.  To enjoy a steady flow of abundance, understand and work with the steady flow of giving and receiving, as this principle teaches.

So don’t allow race consciousness to sway your thinking and feeling.  Become a conscious, deliberate creator in your life.  Create the heaven and earth that you truly envision in your highest spiritual thoughts.  Create light, or enlightenment in your life, and let your light shine for others to see.  Become the image and likeness of God.  (Ephesians 2:10) it says, “For we are what God has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.”

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 1; Psalms 104:30; Ephesians 2:10

REFERENCES: The Kybalion Hermes Trismegistus; Divine Magic Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.

Last updated February 4, 2007