Affirmation Invincible Lord, teach me to use my will unceasingly in the performance of good actions, until the little light of my will burns as the cosmic blaze of Thine all-powerful will. The Importance of Mind Power In this jungle of life, surrounded by enemies - disease, poverty, suffering, bad habits, and wrong desires - there are so many rules to be observed that life becomes intolerable when you try to keep them all in mind. You tire of them because each department of life is limitless. When you attempt to apply health rules you are nearly overwhelmed - there is no time to think about anything else! And everyone has a different set of health precepts for you to follow. I see that we are under a great hypnosis. As I tried different methods this truth dawned on me: mind controls them all. God has given us one tremendous instrument of protection - more powerful than machine guns, electricity, poison gas, or any medicine - the mind. It is the mind that must be strengthened. As for the body, I will do only the will of God. If He tells me to go to a doctor, it is all right, and if He tells me to suffer, it is all right. Whatever is His will is my will. An important part of the adventure of life is to get hold of the mind, and keep that controlled mind constantly attuned to the Lord. This is the secret of existence. -Paramahansa Yogananda, SRF Magazine , Spring 1970, p 11; Affirmation, Metaphysical Meditations, p 101.
