My Mental House Is at Peace I will fear no evil: for thou art with me. —PSALM 23:4     "Fear is based on the supposition that evil is equal to good. The only thing that can adequately overcome fear is confidence and love. Love alone breaks down the barriers of fear and, through faith, discovers that there is an Eternal Heart. Emerson tells us that “the universe remains to the heart unhurt. We must learn to turn from all of the little petty things that fret us, from the obstructions that seem so insurmountable, from the problems that seem too great to be solved. Realizing that “there is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear,” we should open our whole being to a love of everything, of everyone; for love to be real it must be all-inclusive. Today my mental house is at peace, and I enter into a permanant and conscious relationship with the Divine Presence. I shall permit only that which is loving, kind, and true to find entrance or exit through my consciousness.

Realizing that I cannot ask for that which I refuse to give, I look upon all the earth as a dwelling place of Spirit. I love all creation and enter into conscious union with people, things, and events. Realizing that the kingdom of heaven is not far off but is ever at hand, I seek to become a worthy inhabitant of this kingdom, knowing that everyone is subject to the law of love, that everything is gradually being made perfect through that law.”

Excerpt From 365 Science of Mind Ernest Holmes