Introduction to Creative Mind

Preface

Creative Mind, by Ernest Shurtleff Holmes, was originally published in 1918 and is the forerunner of the Science of Mind Textbook. The book is now being republished in the original except for editing to include gender inclusive language. Eight lessons are included to augment and explain the text. The purpose of the lessons is to enable the student to embody both the teaching and consciousness of Dr. Ernest Holmes.

Immediately, we recognize the intuitive genius of Ernest Holmes. Concepts are presented even more clearly and concisely than in later works. Read a sample of the words of Dr Holmes and see if you don't agree that this original work both inspires and stimulates.

When we realize that we are like God (and we could not be otherwise, being made out of God), we will realize that our word also has power.

If, knowing the infinite power flowing through you, you still remain sick and unhappy, miserable and poor, my friend, it is your own fault. Do not blame God, do not blame humanity, and do not say it is of the devil. It is your own fault.

Wake up! Your word is all-powerful, your consciousness is one with Omnipotence. Your thought is infinite. Your destiny is eternal and your home is everlasting heaven. Realize the truth I am living in a perfect universe, it always was perfect and always will be perfect. There never was a mistake made, there are no mistakes being made, and there never will be. I live in the great and eternal universe of perfection from cause to effect, from beginning to end, and "The worlds all right, and I know it."

From these words we can hear Dr. Holmes speaking directly to our soul. We know you will cherish these early teachings of our dean and founder. Take your time to digest the rich teachings of Science of Mind and you will be able to begin to apply many of these practical ideas to make your life richer and more fulfilling.

Creative Mind by Ernest Shurtleff Holmes

Author of Creative Mind and Success

A Series of Talks on Mental and Spiritual Law Delivered at the Metaphysical Institute, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., in the Year Nineteen Hundred Eighteen. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged

Introduction

The hand of eternal progress is brushing the cobwebs from the corridors of time and is again revealing to the human race the mysteries of being. As there is "nothing new under the sun," the searchlight of Truth is bringing to light only what has been known to the few in all generations. The time has now come when the few must become the many. The whole world, from the least to the greatest, must know the Truth, so that we may understand the great laws that govern our life. We must learn to control our own destiny, to heal our own body and bring happiness to our own soul. Ignorance must vanish and understanding must be ushered in. We are no longer to be governed by anything outside ourselves. Creeds doctrines, churches, institutions, organizations, governments are all being changed to give place to the realization of the individual. There is a power in and through all that is working this great transformation. All that will not measure up to the standard must fall by its own weight; all that is in line with the Truth must still prosper. The time is at hand; we are in the greatest age of all history; we are in the age of the unifying of all people and all things into the "Ever Present One." "The temple not made with hands" is now being silently builded by the emancipated souls of this planet.

This little book is an attempt to explain what each soul must discover for himself, that he stands in the midst of an eternal creative power which presses itself around his own thought, and casts back to him glorified all that he thinks. If it awakens within the consciousness of one single individual the realization that the mind of the Universe (which is the only mind that there is) is his own mind; that the creative power of this mind is his also; that the manifestation of this mind is his own individuality; that the love and power and peace of this mind is within himself, it will not be written in vain. May it then do much in simplifying and bringing to light some of the deeper mysteries and meanings of life.

Ernest Shurtleff Holmes, October 1, 1918.