Show NOTHING HAPPENS BY CHANCE it is a spiritual and metaphysical truth that thoughts are things and that what we think affects our li lives ves and the lives of those with whom we come in contact therefore are we now in the throes of a global war which is the result of centuries of evil thinking and acting on the part of many people and those who are as the appointed or chosen leaders of all times As one writer says nothing ever happens by chance in a universe governed by immutable unchanging laws nothing comes into existence or expression without a beginning every action set in motion in the mind of man brin brins brings 1 s forth its resultant reaction another truism is the oft repeated sentence As a man thin keth in his heart so is he and so is all the world at this easter season of another year when the world is in such turmoil the people of all nations are given to think I 1 more seriously about the astounding resurrection of the I 1 f lord and there is bound to be a turning toward the spiritual truths with greater desire to understand and practice them pages have been written and many sermons preached about the exemplary life of the man of galilee whom we are wont to call the christ and yet few there are who are willing to live as he taught and practiced so how can we expect to reach that perfect state of existence when wars will be no more and the peace we talk about and so desire will become reality if thinking and acting in accord with man made law and the observance of the materialistic way of life hash has brought us to such a sorry pass is it not time to put aside thoughts 1 words and deeds of such nature and begin to put into practice the thoughts words and practices of living which some of us also talk about and try to practice post war plans are in the making but as we stated in a previous issue not one of them has anything to do with one of the fundamental laws of spiritual life to forgive and forget and to make a fresh start in keeping with such way of living as jesus taught forgiveness is one of the great fundamental laws of spiritual life As the same writer says the christ recognized its importance andi and included it in the great I 1 prayer he gave to mankind to live by to hold resentment to try to get even for wrongs enacted against us as s individuals or as nations will but prepare the way for another war and that is apparently what is being done and will be done while this war lasts what we are leading up to is the great need to THINK SPEAK and ACT in accord with the teaching of the christ if it cant be done in small groups or among families who comprise small communities or even in each family group how can it ever become established among nations if the leaders of our nation in the various departments of governmental ern mental military or labor organizations are going to continue to disagree with each other and to retard the general progress of our nation there is little hope for any kind of postwar post war plans we watch with interest the signs of the times and we know that when things reach such point of general disagreement god will take a hand and bring about the final catastrophes which will force out of office and even out of life many who are now holding the whip hand over the peoples in all countries only then will the reality of life in a spiritual sense in harmony with gods law for man begin to dawn on many who now live in accord with their own selfish desires and only then will our caption prove true since only when the present form of evil thought and action is brought to an end by a just and merciful god will those who are thinking good and more wholesome thoughts for the betterment of world conditions be left on the earth to put into action what they are planning to do again we say nothing happens by cb chance ance and the good thoughts words and plans of those who are desirous of living in accord with spiritual law will come into being as the old order is destroyed according to the Uni universal plan and the new and better age is ushered in |