Author Archives: thoughtsmjdisler

LISTENING

Posted on October 21, 2020

The highest soaring of the intellect is that deliberate abandonment of itself to the illumination of God. It is in higher exercise when it becomes the instrument of the Divine Wisdom than when, by its own unaided strivings, it wrestles … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom, God, Guidance, Heaven, Inner Life, Jesus, Listening, Meditation, Peace, Prayer, Receiving, Silence, Speech

BREATHING of the SOUL

Posted on October 7, 2020

Faith finds its appropriate and natural expression in prayer, which, in the system of cure adopted and practised by Christ, and by his primitive followers, occupies a prominent place, and demands consideration. … In the prayer of faith and love … Continue reading →

Posted in Asking, Eternity, Faith, Healing, Inner Life, Jesus, Listening, Mercy, Prayer, Receiving, Silence, Trust

CONTROL

Posted on September 17, 2020

Do you sometimes feel as though everything in your life needs new direction and improvement? Do you long for God’s wisdom, order, and healing power to work through your mind and body, for His love and peace to fill your … Continue reading →

Posted in Affirmation, Comfort, Faith, God, Guidance, Hope, Jesus, Peace, Receiving, Thought

RECEIVING the SECRET

Posted on August 22, 2020

… until men pray, there are some things which God cannot do through them. … The souls who have ushered in new eras of spiritual life have never been content with working for God. They have made it their ideal … Continue reading →

Posted in Asking, God, Guidance, Inner Life, Listening, Meditation, Power, Prayer, Receiving, Trust

LISTENING

Posted on August 12, 2020

Dear friend, you have what it takes to throw off old limitations. You have what it takes to relax and let go. You have what it takes to give the burden to God now. You have what it takes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Atonement, God, Growth, Healing, Hope, Jesus, Light, Listening, Peace, Receiving, Soul

GOD NEEDS ANTONIO

Posted on July 25, 2020

Our need for God is reciprocal. The Creator needs us to activate the Presence through receiving and fulfilling it in our daily lives, in our response to guidance, in our sense of “what to do,” in accepting the desires placed … Continue reading →

Posted in Creation, Faith, Freedom, Giving, God, Guidance, Inner Life, Life, Listening, Music, Prayer, Receiving, Trust, Vision, Vocation, Work

TRUST

Posted on July 10, 2020

Practice trusting God, practice trusting His presence in you, practice trusting God’s presence in others. Practice and continue practicing. Repeat the words: I trust the Spirit within, then let go. Discipline yourself to affirm this at the very moment you … Continue reading →

Posted in Affirmation, Asking, Faith, Healing, Inner Life, Listening, Mind, Receiving, Spirit, Trust

HOLY of HOLIES

Posted on June 21, 2020

Religion is too rich and complex to be reduced to any one act or attitude or aspect of life. …But there is one act of life which does bring us in a special and peculiar way into the holy of … Continue reading →

Posted in Conversion, Eternity, Freedom, God, Heaven, Inner Life, Joy, Listening, Meditation, Receiving, Silence, Worship

PRAYER and LAW

Posted on June 7, 2020

When we “return home,” as the mystics say, to our deeper self and enter into our inner sanctuary we are borne along and unified by one great ground-swell longing for the life that is Life. … In these truest moments … Continue reading →

Posted in Affirmation, Atonement, Faith, Freedom, God, Guidance, Inner Life, Prayer, Reality, Receiving

THE LIFE

Posted on May 27, 2020

“At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War (World War I) ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice … Continue reading →

Posted in Affirmation, Atonement, Comfort, Faith, Freedom, God, Inner Life, Jesus, Light, Reality, Truth