"And if your MINDS be single to the glory of God your whole bodies shall be filled with Light and there shall be no darkness in you. And that body which is filled with Light shall COMPREHEND ALL THINGS!" Such is the PROMISE. And the minds mentioned are the three minds belonging to each individual.
The subconscious mind, as stated before, is the mind or the realm which governs the physical body and its functioning. It keeps the heart beats measured, the breath controlled, the liver working and all the rest of the magnificent structure of man operating in rhythm and perfection. It controls the pituitary gland which is more or less the master gland which supervises the adrenals and pancreas and the other glands of the body. It also contains the archives of memory and the power of proficiency in all skills, which are the keys of mastery in any profession.
Also within the realms of the subconscious mind is held the keys of one's destruction when misused. This subconscious mind is fed and trained by the conscious mind and it accepts the thoughts that are sent into it -- GOOD or BAD. And it acts accordingly for the glory and benefit of each individual or for his destruction, according to his thinking habits. If it is fed nothing but jealousy and hate and filth one will assuredly "reap the whirlwind." For those thoughts and vibrations he releases become himself. "As a man thinketh so is he!" If one's subconscious mind is fed on the vibrations of love and joy and confidence and gratitude his very life will be filled with the wonder of that which he has planted within the depths of his own mind. And the result will be vibrant health and Light and understanding and eventually perfection. James Allen expressed it perfectly in his little book, AS A MAN THINKETH. "Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armoury of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself, he also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character and man is their maker and master."
The CONSCIOUS mind is the mind in charge of every-day living, of choosing and rejecting, of thinking really. For it is the realm that makes choices and decisions. It is the realm which rules man's conscious actions and decisions. It is the realm which rules man's conscious actions and persuasions. It is the conscious mind that sends all the materials or elements of his own building into the subconscious to be used for his "weals or his woes." "Men imagine that thought can be kept secret, but it cannot; it rapidly crystallizes into habit and habit solidifies into circumstance." (James Allen).
The SUPERCONSCIOUS MIND is the Spiritual mind or the one in contact with the Spirit of Almighty God and the higher functioning of man. It can only be contacted and used by those of pure thought and high devotion. Its powers are manifested in life as hunches at first. It is the source of inspiration and of superhuman strength or ability when called upon in emergencies. It is the source of miracles, delivered upon those rare occasions when it is a matter of life or death, failure or victory when they hang in the balance. But as one "asks or seeks or knocks" this divine SUPERCONSCIOUS MIND is opened to bestow its choicest blessings of understanding and divine powers. And this realm is always there for man to use. "Call and I will answer, saith your God!" "For EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES: AND HE WHO SEEKS FINDS! AND TO HIM WHO KNOCKS (on the door of the SUPERCONSCIOUS) it shall be opened!"
This Superconscious Mind is mentioned in the scriptures as the "CHIEF CORNER STONE, which was rejected by the builders."
This "chief corner stone" is the one Christ was referring to when he spoke these words: "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and DOETH THEM, I will liken him unto a wise man, which buildeth his house upon a rock." (Matt. 7:24-25). The information is given in the Sermon on the Mount, for it is at the end of this most famous of all sermons that Christ reveals the reality of the ROCK on which one must build in order to stand firm against the storms of life.
Yes, "Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like:
"He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock; and the flood arose, the storm beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it; for it was founded upon a rock.
"But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the storms did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great."
And Christ also said, "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?"
"If ye love me ye will keep my commandments." And these HIGHER LAWS ARE HIS COMMANDMENTS. These are the Spiritual laws by which one gains access to the higher superconscious mind. And if ye keep my commandments "Ye need never die!" When one has gained access to that higher mind he will become spiritualized and be prepared to be "BORN OF THE SPIRIT" and will never die. This is the PROMISE.
Few have ever accepted these higher, glorious revelations as a way of life. Few have every applied them in their everyday living. And only by the LIVING of them can they be PROVED and their unspeakable powers be placed in man's hands.
This "chief corner stone" this "capstone" that has been rejected by the builders is that divine contact with God through the Superconscious mind. When this Super conscious mind is permitted to function its power is impelling and all-knowing. And it is as one makes contact with that mind that he "COMPREHENDETH ALL THINGS!" Yet man has ignored and rejected this glorious seat of all-knowing from the beginning.
Each individual has built his physical body from the elements of the earth as day by day he has partaken of the foods which mother earth has supplied. He has thus built his body of the temporal foods and elements as he has constructed for himself a physical body. From the day of one's birth the physical being of every individual is stressed as one learns to focus his eyes, manipulate his hands, train his feet to walk and all the other conscious functions of mortal life. The subconscious remains in charge of the growth and inside functioning. But the spiritual part of the child is ignored. Many foolish parents think that filling the children's minds with dead scripture, and orthodoxing them into narrowed conformity stilted by sectarian ideas that they are developing the souls of their off-spring.
The soul is not developed by this demanding, not any more than the physical body will develop and grow by rubbing the food on the outside. Growth is always from within. And if a child can be trained in the principles of LOVE and kindness and appreciation and service as it is taught to worship God in a glory of vibrating nearness then that "Chief Corner Stone" will no longer be a rejected factor in his life.
That Chief Corner Stone is portrayed in all the inspired drawings of that Great Pyramid of Gezeh, in Egypt. Its chief corner stone, or cap stone was truly REJECTED BY THE BUILDERS, even as man's has been. That great edifice of stone is symbolic of man himself. It is a temple of unimaginable wonder. There are hidden, sacred rooms, sealed up and waiting for a generation that will be willing to live the higher laws of Jesus Christ and who are worthy to receive the unspeakable truths through the purification and sanctification of their lives.
The chief cornerstone of that sacred monument of stone was rejected by the builders in the true symbology of man's individual rejection of the revelations of truth and power as he fails to open up the Superconscious mind to that divine contact with God. Yet under the inspiration of the Almighty God, that sacred symbol was selected as one side of the seal of this great nation, which is meant to stand forth as a democracy of freedom and hope and Light to the whole world.
That glorious seal of the United States of America was chosen under the direct hand of God and is engraved to be placed upon all official documents of this land. In the seal, as in the ancient records that rejected capstone is suspended just above the pyramid, with an eye -- "THE ALL-SEEING EYE" of everlasting Truth and Knowledge and Power suspended above it, waiting to be accepted and put into place.
The other side of that seal is the Eagle -- symbol of everlasting life. Or as Isaiah said: "They who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles: they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint."
Or as Christ said, "Those Saints who keep their bodies (or temples) undefiled and pure, walking in obedience to the Commandments (The Sermon on the Mount and the Two Great Commandments of LOVE) shall receive wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures. They shall run and not be weary and walk and not faint, and I, the Lord, give unto them a PROMISE, that the destroying angel shall pass them by as the children of Israel and not slay them." Which is the Promise to "BE BORN OF THE SPIRIT, that they can come and go as the wind and no one will know from whence they cometh or whither they go."
Anyone who builds his life (or house) upon the Revelations of the Lord Jesus Christ, not just upon narrowed portions of accepted conformity, but upon HIS full teachings or His Revelations, will continue to receive revelations for his own life and time and all the evils of life and the falsehoods of hell will not be able to prevail against him for he will have placed that chief corner stone upon its proper place as a source of divine contact with God for every moment of living.
Yes, "Live my words and you will KNOW OF THEIR TRUTH AND THEIR POWER." For the very power of them will be released into your lives and the gates of hell cannot prevail against them.
"Trust not in the arm of flesh, for cursed is he that trusteth in the arm of flesh," for he is built upon a sandy foundation and will fall.
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart -- and lean not to thy own understanding." Bring forth that divine contact with Almighty God and you will be directed in all your ways. And in this way only can you "purify and sanctify yourselves before Him, even as He is pure!" For when He appears it will not be to purify us, as the false teachers proclaim. "When He appears WE ARE TO BE LIKE HIM!" We are to be purified in order to meet Him. We are to be already sanctified and completely prepared!
Within the laws of that divine Sermon on the Mount and those Two glorious Commandments of Love is the fulness of the power of All-knowing, and All-fulfilling and All-glory!
Rev. 2:17, is given this glorious Promise: "To him that OVERCOMETH will I give to eat of the hidden manna (which is the bread of life that a man need not die) and I will give him a white stone (THAT "CHIEF CORNER STONE" OR ROCK OF REVELATION OR contact with the realm of COMPLETE KNOWING and he will be able to COMPREHEND ALL THINGS). And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."
There have been boasting, blasphemous ones who have testified that they have received that glorious stone and that New Name though they have not OVERCOME one single, tiny flaw of their ugly, mortal personalities or traits. By this you may know they testify falsely, no one ever goes forth proclaiming that he has received that sacred experience. His very boasting would disqualify him.
This precious stone, this Rock of Revelation, can be claimed and used by those who purify themselves before Him, and this is done by LIVING HIS laws, not by outward show or boasting. But it is possible for every child of God to begin to use that precious stone or superconscious, divine spiritual mind through LOVE and obedience. That contact has been made temporarily by athletes, under great stress. By them it is called "THE SECOND WIND." It has manifested as super strength upon occasions of great necessity. But it is available AT ALL TIMES to those who will only BELIEVE AND PREPARE THEMSELVES TO USE IT.
The contact with this superconscious, or spiritual mind is possible for every child of God as he uses it to grow into the Spirit of Revelation.
"The Spirit of Revelation is in connection with obedience to the great laws and commandments of Jesus Christ. Yes, "The Spirit of Revelation is in connection with the promised blessings. A person may profit by noticing the intimation of the Spirit of Revelation: for instance, when you feel pure intelligence flow into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas so that by noticing it, you will find it fulfilled the same day or soon. Those things that were presented unto your minds by the Spirit of God, will come to pass; and thus by learning the Spirit of God and understanding it, you may grow into the principle of revelation, UNTIL YOU BECOME PERFECT IN JESUS CHRIST!" And this is of God! And it belongs to all mankind if so be they will humble themselves in purity before Him.
This glorious principle of revelation is not the wild, abandoned statements made by the self-righteous seeking acclaim, or by those only mouthing their own personal, vain-glorious desires. This principle of revelation belongs only to those who have practiced and fulfilled the First and Great Commandment in its fulness, Or until they themselves can vibrate and generate love. Only then, is the braggadocia-self set aside. And only then can God's words come through pure and undefiled as one receives the crowning marvel of that precious, sacred capstone -- that "NEW STONE" of Revelation in which that "ALL-SEEING EYE" is opened fully to behold the great wonders of Almighty God. Then one comprehends all things.
This is the complete contact with God in which one actually KNOWS or EXPERIENCES those most holy things which eyes have never seen nor ears heard, nor yet has entered into the heart of man.
And anyone who boasts that he alone has the gift of Revelation is struggling under the veil of gross darkness and self-deception. And he may even deceive multitudes by his self-acclaim but his condemnation will be only the greater, for God has given the keys by which anyone can grow into the Spirit of Revelation, until he becomes perfect in the Lord Jesus Christ, as he continues to receive Truth upon Truth until he KNOWS ALL-TRUTH.
And unto such "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!"
This glorious stone, which the builders rejected, this great capstone of complete understanding contains the very seal of God which will be placed in the foreheads of those who OVERCOME. And the destroying angels have been commanded to hold back their harvest of destruction until "THE SAINTS ARE SEALED IN THEIR FOREHEADS!" They are commanded not to hurt the grass, the shrubs or any green thing until this great, glorious promise is fulfilled upon the Saints.
And the time is NOW! There will be famine over the whole earth shortly! Very shortly! And famine can only reach its full peak of devastation when it blights and destroys the "growing things," the herbs, the grasses and the trees. And that time is at hand. Therefore is the time NOW for man to prepare to receive that divine seal in his forehead as he opens his own superconscious mind to the spiritual glories of that contact with God.
There is still another bit of information that must be shared with the unfolding of the three minds and the power of their functioning; the subconscious mind, the conscious mind and the superconscious mind. They are all necessary and most precious.
The subconscious mind is the receptacle of the experiences of the past. Glorify it and the errors and the mistakes of the yesterdays can be cleansed and renovated into their qualified redemption. This mind is also the abode or ruling realm of the Comforter or Holy Helper. In it is contained the "record of heaven" which is given to abide in man. (More will be given on this later).
The conscious mind is of and for the present. It is for the NOW! As one begins to become the chooser and the master of the thoughts he harbors he selects the road he will travel in this life. And he will travel it in honor and majesty.
The superconscious mind is for the future in which the great fulfilling and perfection is achieved. And these three minds can be brought into their full functioning NOW as one lives with all his MIND. When these three minds are thus developed and brought into their full spiritualization and functioning, through love, "One becomes filled with Light and comprehends all things!" He becomes "glorious" for his minds "become single to the glory of God" and he will be enfolded in that glory.