Our Foundation Is SPIRIT
By
Julio C. Rivas, CS
This
Biblical passage has corrected and guided me many times: “This is what the
Almighty Lord says: I am going to lay a rock in Zion, a rock that has been
tested, a precious cornerstone, a solid foundation. Whoever believes in him
will not worry.”
What
consistently and reliably takes away worries is not a particular “him,” but the
recognition that SPIRIT-GOD is superlative substance, intelligence and
power. This understanding imparts
confidence and induces wellness. It
takes us to the heights of infinite GOOD-GOD.
Remarkable spiritual healer and
author, M. B. Eddy, explains that GOOD-GOD is “Spirit; omnipotence;
omniscience; omnipresence; omni-action.”
SPIRIT
evolves everything we are. It makes us blossom with health, intelligence,
plentitude and immortality. We have a
SPIRIT-engineered self and it is endowed with immutable goodness.
MIND-SPIRIT
is. It is the “I AM.” In turn, we are the “I AM’s” divine and
thriving action. We constitute the glorious
energy of the infinite EGO. We are the
EGO’s manifestation. We are the EGO-self,
the EGO-man.
Our
divine wellness is the result of LOVE-GOD’s excellence. Our spiritual,
ageless and boundless substance cannot be compromised by materiality. Our divine nature is superior to lack,
illness, sin, fear and failure.
After the ancient Israelites were enslaved by the Babylonians they turned their
downfall into a period of spiritual, intellectual and cultural progress.
They
chose to learn from the highly developed culture of their Persian captors. They learned literature, art, engineering, architecture
and government. Their Hebrew literature
was edited and re-written in accordance with their new understanding of
sophisticated literature.
Three
years after Cyrus, king of Persia, conquered Babylon, their hopes and yearnings
were answered. With the Persian emperor’s permission, financing and
protection thousands returned to Jerusalem and rebuilt their lives. In time they rebuilt the city and temple.
They
had responded to their downfall by strengthening their spiritual foundation and
amplifying their knowledge. With their
lives more anchored to SPIRIT-MIND, they reaped unimaginable progress.
When
things are going well and we have a keen awareness of LOVE’s care for us we are
grateful for our blessings. It is right
to think and feel this way.
We
can also secure more substance by understanding wellness and progress on a more
profound, metaphysical level.
SPIRIT-LOVE
is ever-active goodness. So it is not so
much that SPIRIT gives us something, but that SPIRIT evolves us as part of its infinite
substance and harmonious action. Hence,
we are the unfolding of SPIRIT’s dynamic goodness. Our non-material essence is SPIRIT-LOVE’s
fruitful activity.
I
have witnessed the practical efficacy of applying these spiritual insights.
When I was the president of a non-profit organization we faced a severe shortage
of working capital. If we did not obtain
sufficient funds we would have to shut down within a few months.
We
let the need be known. We also worked on
having a stronger spiritual foundation. Just as the foundation of a skyscraper is dug
deep into the ground, we were extending and securing our divine sense of
substance.
As we discerned more of the continual, flourishing
forces of SPIRIT, bountiful donations came through. Within a year we possessed enough funds to
endow the organization for more than a decade.
Our spiritual and financial foundation had been fortified.
Our
spiritual constitution is integrated into SPIRIT because SPIRIT is
ALL-IN-ALL. Therefore, we are, now and
forever, the vigorous and profuse expression of infinite GOOD-GOD. This realization is our eternal security and
our divine thrust.