A Life Designed for Good
In our teaching, we know that Life is designed to work in our favor. The Science of Mind teaches that the Creative Intelligence behind all existence is continually calling us toward greater joy, freedom, health, prosperity, and a fuller experience of being alive. This spiritual truth invites us to approach life with expectation rather than endurance. We are here to discover who we are and to experience the magnificent possibilities contained within us. We are here to create lives that feel alive. Spiritual growth does not require us to become experts at suffering before we earn the right to experience joy. We can learn through inspiration. We can evolve through opportunity. We can become more because something within us is always seeking a greater expression of Life. Esther Hicks said, “The purpose of your life is Joy.” Joy is more than the reward we receive after life finally works out. Joy is one of the ways we recognize that we are allowing Life to work through us.
In Chapter Six of The Science of Mind, Dr. Ernest Holmes wrote, “The world is beginning to realize that it has learned all it should through suffering and pain. Surely there can be no Intelligence in the Universe that wishes [humankind] to be sick, suffer pain, be unhappy, and end in oblivion. Surely if God or Universal Intelligence is imbued with goodness, then It could not ordain that [humankind] should ultimately be other than a perfect expression of Life.” This is a powerful declaration of what we can expect from omnipotent loving essence of God, from life, and especially from ourselves. The nature of Divine Source is Good, so Good is not some occasional visitor knocking on the door of our lives. Good is the spiritual foundation from which we live. The Intelligence of the Universe is forever urging Life toward fuller expression. Because we are individualized expressions of that Life, the desire for something greater is evidence of the greater Life within us seeking expression. The possibility someone has been asking God to send them is already present as the desire within them that refuses to go away.
And that is where this teaching becomes wonderfully practical. We get to participate! We can consciously decide that joy teaches us and abundance expands us. Love strengthens us. Creativity energizes us. Success gives us greater opportunities to express who we came here to be. Les Brown says, “Don’t underestimate yourself. You are capable of more than you can ever imagine.” Every new idea we entertain and every courageous choice we make becomes part of our active participation and joyful alignment with the Creative Energy of Spirit flowing through us. We can wake up and say, “Something wonderful will happen through me today,” and then actually behave like we mean it. Walk through the open door. Make the call. Share the idea. Start the project. Receive the opportunity. Say yes to the adventure. Divine Intelligence has already supplied the potential. Our consciousness determines how much of that potential we are willing to recognize, embody, and express. The greater spiritual realization is that we are the consciousness through which more Good can appear.
One of the greatest spiritual adventures is becoming willing to expect more Good. More laughter. More creativity. More opportunities to make a difference. More moments when we catch ourselves thinking, “Wow, I really love my life.” Dr. Holmes reminds us that we are expressions of Life itself, and Life is always seeking greater expression. So dream bigger. Choose boldly. Live enthusiastically. Your life is an avenue through which Infinite Good gets to become visible and tangible in this world.
Never treat Good as something you are waiting to receive and recognize that you are one of the ways the Good of God enters the world. Expect it. Welcome it. Participate with it. Express it. When you do, you’ll discover just how good, Good can get.
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