Page 226 - THE SILENT HEALING POWER By DR. MURDO MACDONALD-BAYNE

“FOR LACK OF STATESMANSHIP, A NATION SINKS: THE SAVING
OF IT IS A WEALTH OF COUNSELLORS”*
Prov. 11: l4

We have entered another year, the year 1951. Upon the horizon, man is
destined to greater things by living in the Timeless—the Ever-present Reality.
Yet by his own folly he can bring about greater misery to the world by living in

the element of Time.
Do not think that I am inventing some mystical formula through which
you may escape from the world, nor can you close your eyes to that which

is going on in the world because you are part of it.
It is impossible to rearrange the world which is the exact copy of your
own mind-heart which you have not truly discerned.

Economic and social evils, antagonisms, wars, etc., cannot be adjusted
without understanding what causes them. When we discern clearly our own
mind-heart we will see that individually and collectively we have created these

conditions, therefore individually and collectively we can bring clarity and freedom
to our thought-feeling thereby bringing about a change in ourselves by under-
standing the cause within ourselves that produces outer conflict and misery.
We may legislate but this will not bring about a change. Legislation

cannot cause a change in the inner. It may alter the outer but if the inner is not
changed, antagonism will rise in a greater form than ever. These outer reforms
will need other outer reform and this will lead to further oppression and violence.

Lasting and outer peace and harmony which is creative peace will only
come when we have peace and order within ourselves.
Then let us look into our mind-heart and see if we are seeking power,
position, things, as a means to dominate. The more we seek to dominate so we

create an opposition that will eventually destroy us.
We must observe that society is becoming more and more complex,
more efficiently organised in order to survive, to exploit, to kill. We have

progressed, but we have paid a terrific price and we are liable to pay a more
bitter price unless we begin to “Live” in harmony with each other.
We have made great advances along the physical and intellectual planes, but

we have failed to make the same advance along the Spiritual, with the result that we
are entirely out of balance. All physical and intellectual advancement must be
balanced with Spiritual understanding so that our progress will be made real

and constructive and not artificial and destructive.

* See Notes page 229 225