Book Description
This book comprises of a
collection of writings by
Lillian De Waters which were originally published in booklet form. The
titles of the booklets included are: Astonishing New
Revelations, God and Oneself, How to Have Abundance, I Am the Self,
Light, The Narrow Way, The Time is at Hand, and True Indentification.
CONTENTS
| Chapter 1 - ASTONISHING NEW
REVELATION........ |
| Chapter
2 - WE ARE THE
TRUTH NOT
THE STUDENT.. |
| Chapter 3 - AS THE TRUTH WE
NEVER SINNED...... |
Chapter 4 - THE INSTRUCTION OF
JESUS..........
|
| Chapter
5 - THE OLD AND
THE
NEW............... |
| Chapter 6 - THE KINGDOM OF
PERFECTION......... |
| Chapter
7 - OUR DIVINE
QUALITIES-EVERPRESENT.. |
| Chapter
8 - THE REAL JESUS
CHRIST MESSAGE..... |
| Chapter
9 - WE SHALL BE
SET FREE TODAY........ |
| Chapter
10 - THE REALM OF
REALITY............. |
| Chapter
11 - POWER IS IN
YOU.................. |
| Chapter
12 - HOW TO
PRODUCE OUR
SUPPLY........ |
| Chapter
13 - "MAKE ALL
THINGS NEW"............ |
| Chapter
14 - GOD AND
ONESELF.................. |
| Chapter
15 - UNSEPARATED
BEING................ |
| Chapter
16 - GOD
ALONE........................ |
| Chapter
17 - HOW TO HAVE
ABUNDANCE............ |
| Chapter
18 - THE
I-AM-SELF.................... |
Chapter
1
ASTONISHING NEW
REVELATION
No doubt every
single one of us has regarded our
relation to the Truth as similar to that of mathematics; that is, we
have accepted our spiritual position to be that of a Student of
Truth, and have used "The Science of true thought to work out our
earthly problems.
Some
of us are studying Christian Science, some Unity, some The Absolute,
and some Metaphysics under various other titles, nevertheless all
of us have considered ourselves
students
of the Truth, have we not?
But
anon the vision lifts, the scene changes, and a sudden moment's
revelation and insight completely rearranges and shifts our viewpoint.
We then let go altogether that classification of ourselves as students
of Truth using Truth to solve our problems; and,
furthermore, we see that as such we have many times felt a restriction
or responsibility placed upon us, though we may not have admitted this
even to ourselves. Suppose, for instance, we seemed not to have had a
sufficient understanding of the Truth to make a certain demonstration.
Suppose, as students of Truth, we could not, at the moment, see clearly
or fully enough the nothingness of the seeming difficulty? We might try
hard and be earnest and sincere in our endeavors, yet something might
seem to weigh us down or prevent a clear insight of the allness of
Perfection and the nothingness of the seeming problem. We would
persevere of course, and we would continue our search for more
knowledge and fuller ability to demonstrate it, but seemingly the
demands might appear greater, and the problems seem never to cease. Oh
for that peace where we might sit and rest, as it were, with no thought
of an existing problem! Have we not all entertained such thoughts and
feelings? To be sure we have.
Well,
now, accepting a certain new insight, we may do this very thing, that
is, have no consciousness of an existing problem:
for a definitely new vision creates a radical change in our position in
this triangle of Truth, student and problem. A
most radical change!
Before
telling about this astonishing new revelation, let us look with
precision to see just how we have been
placing ourselves in our relation
to Truth when practicing Christian
healing.
Having found that all the discordant pictures of disease and
limitations are caused by the false conceptions or erring convictions
of mankind, we were then able to see that such pictures had no
substance, no power nor intelligence whatsoever, thus, no presence.
Stripping such theories of their disguise or pretense of truth, they
became absolutely harmless to us, for
we saw there was no harm in them; and this resulted in what is commonly
called, "healing;" that is, the discordant condition ceased, and the
harmonious and natural state was again in evidence. Such demonstrations
were based upon our awareness
and understanding of the allness
of God and the nothingness of
false beliefs and false conditions.
Placing ourselves as students of
Truth, we practiced our highest
vision and understanding of
the
Truth, and this brought about the healing.
Is this not so?
But
supposing there came a problem to our attention or a condition in our
experience which, for the time being, we could not seem to surmount or
cause to be dissolved? Suppose that no matter how clear was our
consciousness of the Facts of Life and the unreality and nothingness of
false beliefs and false conditions, still the perfect answer did not
become visibly present to us. We would wonder what else to do, would we
not?
Well,
one day while in deep meditation, it suddenly dawned upon me that being
a student of Truth was not, after all, an absolutely assured or
infallible state. One might, apparently, practice all he knew of Truth
and still the problem remains unsolved. Surely such a position as this
could not satisfy me; I saw before me the eternal triangle, -- the
Truth, the student of Truth, and the
problem. For instance, since both students and problems
undergo
a continual change, what was certain or sure about the mathematical
"triangle," I asked myself, except mathematics itself?
As
this question forced itself upon me, desperately my heart cried out, Oh
to be mathematics! To be that certain, sure mathematics,
with never a question of uncertainty
or doubt, nor any necessity
to yearn for knowledge! Instantly
there
followed a
moment of blinding light with its electrifying transfusion. It was
sudden and swift. As though a curtain had been raised admitting some
startling new sight, I saw the indisputable fact with vivid, clear
distinctness. I saw that I was mathematics! I was not someone solving
problems by applying mathematics, but I was mathematics
itself! I was the principles; the
laws and rules, and I was not a student
at all! Then under this blazing flood of
revelation,
what else could I do but exclaim further, - Why, this means that
I am Truth itself! I am Life
itself! I am not the student earnestly,
ardently trying to see through
dream and dreamers, but I am
that certain, sure absolute and
changeless Truth
itself! The simplicity of it all amazed and overwhelmed me. Here in
this brief but thrilling instant of pure revelation, I saw what years
of study and research had never given me.
Of
course, I then understood Jesus' dynamic statement, "I am the
Truth." Yes, this was it. I was not a student of Truth
endeavoring to obtain and attain certain states of consciousness,
always letting go one for another higher up in the scale. No, I
was not this at all, -
I was the Truth itself! I
was literally
the Changeless and Unchangeable, the Perfect
and Absolute! What more could I ask? What more could be
desired? Did Truth, or true being, have any association with a problem?
Certainly not. Neither, then, did I! "I am the
Truth itself," again and again I told myself in my newly found
changed relationship. I am not trying to do, to think, or to know
something, but I am the Truth itself! I am
doing, feeling, being the Truth, the Life and
the Way! Oh, the blessed wonder of the light.
Now, once having seen
and taken this position, every
other thought seemed immediately to fade out of consciousness while
beautiful illustrations and verifications in Jesus' life and teaching
came flooding my rapturous thought. How plainly now to see that Jesus
never said that he was a student of Life, but insisted, "I am the
Life." Yes, this was it, - he was not a follower of some particular
way, for "I am the Way," he announced
again and again. Nor did he teach others how to get rid of darkness but
only emphasized to them, "I am the Light." Indeed,
Jesus did not ever speak nor act as though he were using Truth or Life
as a means to bring about certain healing results. No wonder he was so
absolute, so compellingly certain and sure! His attention was not
toward conditions, dreams nor dreamers, States nor beliefs, but was
upon that Nature which is unalterable, that Principle which is fixed
and absolute, that Life which expresses continuous harmony and
wholeness always. Against such the winds and waves of circumstances
might beat in vain.
Chapter 2
WE
ARE
THE TRUTH NOT THE STUDENT
Now
we know that since the beginning of time all the mistakes or errors
made in computations, or effected in subtractions, additions,
multiplications or divisions of numbers, have never weakened, corrupted
nor assailed mathematics. Think of it. Mathematics, inclusive of all
its principles, its rules, laws and questions, still remains
changeless, despite the sum-total of all mistakes made in the solution
of mathematical problems, and despite all the people everywhere who
have made such mistakes. Thus we are convinced that mathematics, and
all that it constitutes, is incorruptible, unassailable, absolute,
eternally fixed and changeless.
What
difference to mathematics that every day millions of people write down
falsities about it? What difference if the whole world agrees upon some
computation which is absolutely contrary to its existing facts?
Mathematics would be undisturbed by any such mental inconsistencies, or
false beliefs, since nothing of the kind could ever affect its
established-from-the-beginning verity, reality or existence.
As
one may well be certain of mathematics as being changeless, absolute
and unassailable, so sure was Jesus of himself as the Way, the
Light and the Truth, - invincible, inviolable, infallible, absolute,
complete. And most certainly Jesus' life
on earth was to teach us
this same fact about ourselves,
was
it not? All else may change and vary, but true Being, or
truth, remains ever the same. It holds itself invincible, infallible,
indissoluble; true and absolute, always
Jesus
knew that he was the Truth Itself, the Life Itself, the Way Itself, and
he said so. He took this position as the fact about himself; thus
nothing could ever hurt him, affect or destroy him. Let people think
they could throw stones at him. Suddenly they did not even see him, for
he had vanished! Let them think they could catch and take hold of him.
They found themselves grasping at thin air! Let them imagine they could
kill him or deprive him of life and its action, and soon they saw the
self-same being walking in their midst, partaking of food and drink as
before, enacting Truth and Life as though not a thing had happened!
Jesus not only knew the nothingness of lies and liars, of dreams and
dreamers, but he also new the absolute
position of himself. He knew that no dreams of
people
could affect him. No matter what their dreams!
He knew that no beliefs or ignorance, even if accepted by the whole
human race for millions of years, could ever interfere with him, since
he was immaculate Being; he was changeless and immortal Life; and his
body was his consciousness of this Reality!
"I
am the Truth!" he challenged, "I am the Life! I am the Light! The gates
of hell shall not prevail against me." No wonder no evil could touch
him, nor any harm come nigh him, for he knew the Nature and Substance
of his Being, and he relied upon that, and upon that only.
Dear
Friends, no doubt the great majority of us have often stated facts
which we believed were true, and thought that we understood them. Then,
one day, right out of a clear sky, as it were, we really did see them,
and we beheld them as we never had before. In fact, we seemed to be
seeing them for the very first time. Yes, it takes the flash of light
to open their real meaning to us. It is as though we had been carrying
around some beautifully colored and artistically designed box, and were
satisfied with the mere box itself until, one day, the lid fell off,
and there before our astonished gaze lay its real and valuable
contents. Thus it is with the beautiful and wonderful statements of
Truth which we carry about in our consciousness until, one day, the
veil lifts, and there in a blaze of light is exposed their real and
inner meaning.
All
of us have thought and talked about the, Truth the student,
and the problem. We knew that problems
continually vary and change, come and go; we knew, too, that the one
called Student is very likely to be changing his state of consciousness
often, gaining new ideas and letting go former ones: yet all the while
we were accepting the Truth to be unchangeable, fixed and certain,
in fact, those were the very qualities we were trying to bring about in
ourselves. How could we ever have expected to reach the height of
changeless Being since nothing but the Truth is changeless and perfect?
Thus, for us ever to be perfect, changeless, invulnerable and
incorruptible, we must be the Truth and nothing
less.
When we reach this insight, we know "it is so."
True,
we may have many times used the statement, "I am the
Truth," but we used it as a statement only, and were all the
while considering ourselves students of the Truth. Students
must look at problems and "handle" them in order to surmount or
overcome them. A student may feel that since evil of every kind is
actually untrue and unreal, he cannot therefore be harmed by it. But
when one is touched by the Jesus-Christ-light, he sees that Truth is
not proven true because of the nothingness of evil, but Truth
is true because of the Nature
of itself. Truth is what it is, and it is
unchangeable
Perfection always.
So,
now, when attempting to "demonstrate" for ourselves, we may take our
vision away from all seeming discomfort or discord and, instead,
observe and understand our Nature to be as fixed and as immovable
as any principle of mathematics. Then we need no longer consider dreams
nor dreamers; beliefs, thoughts nor believers. Seeing our being as it
really is, we will have no idea of needing a treatment. Nor will we
feel the presence of a problem.
This
new light will answer many questions for us, questions which we have
been, so far, unable to set aside. We may have been wondering why it is
that despite our good endeavors, our clear understanding ant deep
feeling, nevertheless a so called trouble seems to persist. The answer
is that we should take another step forward; we should let go all
anxiety or concern about the problem in the contemplation, joy and
grandeur of Ourself as the Truth, - the Being of changeless Perfection
and immovable Nature, and the Principle which is inevitable, certain
and fixed. "I am the Truth, and not a student of Truth," we may now
acclaim, "and as such I am established in Perfection and Completeness
to which nothing can be added nor taken away." Seeing and feeling
this completely, we will have no desire or thought for any other form
of prayer or treatment.
Mathematics
proves the nothingness of erring beliefs and mistakes about it by
always remaining fixed and absolute in its principles, rules and
statements. Jesus proved the nothingness of ignorant or helpless mind
and of sick or dead life by knowing the nature of Mind or Life to be
nothing less than such principle and Being which is "without shadow of
turning;" and which is established as Perfection and Completeness
without variableness, throughout eternity. Therefore, do not see the
one you are helping as young, old, relative, friend nor stranger;
neither as ignorant nor yet as a student of Truth. But see the one you
wish to help as the very Truth; as the compound and composite
Principle, including all the laws and expressions of Being; and as that
very Mind and Life which is "without blemish and without spot."
It
is absolutely
certain that Jesus never taught
he was a disciple or student of Truth
but that he was the Truth
Itself.
If you can't see the tremendous distinction between these two positions
then, for illustration, look at the great gulf fixed between mathematics
and the student who is applying it. Surely you can see the
great difference! The student-position is often one of strike and
struggle, mutation and evolution. Jesus promised that the
Truth-position would set us free from all such labor and contention. He
never said nor intimated that he was endeavoring to find a certain way
or path which would take him out of difficulties and lead him into
health and happiness, but stated with unquestionable authority, "I
am the Way - I am the Way, itself, - I
am the Way here and now!"
He did not teach that he was presenting a beautiful, glorious light
which, if others followed, would bring them into eternal life, but
stressed, "I am the Way, I am
the Light, I am the Door."
Now, dear Friends, if Jesus is our absolutely perfect teacher, then it
is certain that we shall ultimately arrive at this very understanding
which he had, and so make the same claims and assertions.
"INNER TRUTH:
Studies in Absolute Science"
by
Lillian DeWaters
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