I Have Dominion

I know that there is a God-Power at the center of every person’s being, a Power that knows neither lack nor limitation, fear nor sickness, disquietude, nor imperfection. But out of my personal experience come the negative suggestions that arise from the race consciousness. If I permit them to, they act as a mesmeric or hypnotic power over my imagination. They bring up arguments from every person’s experience, declaring that impoverishment and pain must necessarily accompany everyone through life.

But I know that there is a Presence, a Power, and a Law within me, irresistibly drawing everything that makes life worthwhile into my experience. I know that friendship, love, riches, health, harmony, and happiness are mine. I know that nothing but good can go out from me; therefore, the good that I receive is but the completion of a circle—the fulfillment of my desire for all. So, I refuse to judge according to appearances, either mental or physical, no matter what the thought says or what the appearance seems to be. There is always a higher Power. Upon this Power I rely with absolute confidence that it will never fail me. I have dominion over all apparent evil, which is merely a belief I no longer indulge in. I repudiate all its claims, cast out every fear accompanying the belief in it, and continuously exercise the dominion that rightfully belongs to me.”

Excerpt From 365 Science of Mind Ernest Holmes