THE THINKER AND HIS THOUGHTS

by Walter C. Lanyon

WE hear a great deal about the power of thought, but the essential point to be considered is not the thought so much as the thinker of the thought. It would be impossible to change the thought without first changing the originator of it.

In fact, thought of itself is merely the expression of the thinker, and is wholly under his control. Thought of itself has no power but that which is put into it by the thinker.

You are the thinker of your thought. Your Christ-consciousness, which knows all, sees all, hears all, and does all, is over and above the thing which it does. So you are over and above your thought, or the conditions you have brought about by reason of your thought.

Merely taking thought will not add one iota to the Finished Kingdom. It will not be changed in any sense of the word, for it is. You cannot add one cubit to your stature by taking thought. You cannot change anything by thought alone, so the simplest way of bringing about desired results is to " take no thought." " Take no thought for the body, the journey, the purse."

The things about which you are most concerned and to which you give much thought are usually negative conditions. That which is harmonious in your life is given very little thought. When the body is normal and healthy it is entirely out of thought—you are hardly aware that you have a body. You give little attention to the law of mathematics after you have learned it. It would seem that the less thought you give to " things," the nearer you approach the realization of Heaven. It is true that taking the thought from a condition is taking away the only substance upon which it feeds. To be " absent from the body and present with the Lord " is to be conscious of oneness with everything which is complete and perfect.

As the thinker comes before his thought, so is he greater than his thought, since there would be no thought without the thinker ; hence you see the great work to be accomplished is not so much with the thought as with the thinker of the thought. Once this thinker becomes aware of the Finished Kingdom as here and now, he will automatically think thoughts of perfection—thoughts of reality.
There is a passage in the Scriptures which states we shall find him if we " feel after him," indicating that we actually sense the presence and power of the all-good, without the so-called thought process. That is, we become aware of the thing that is.

No thought can control the thinker that he does not first accept as true. No one has power to control you with suggestion, or telepathy, or any of the other so-called relative truths unless you take the suggestion in, and even then it is not the other man controlling you, but your own thought directing the course of your actions, which may in the manifest world appear as though you were being controlled by another. You have an impervious wall about you through which nothing can come, unless you invite it or ask for it.

What you sense, or become aware of, becomes a state of consciousness which automatically produces in accordance with its concept.

Once you become conscious of the Finished Kingdom, and take up your place in it, you become conscious of the never-failing fund of supply. But seeking the kingdom for the loaves and fishes is to find yourself outside the city gates at midnight without oil in your lamp. " Seek first the Kingdom of Heaven and all these things shall be added unto you."