Our next assignment in Dr. Tom’s class is to discuss Myrtle
and her concept of salvation; specifically-salvation from what, for what, and by
what? I searched Healing Letters and How to let God Help You, and only found the term, salvation,
mentioned three times - one was a scripture quote.
In Healing Letters,
she writes, “God never sends a soul into the world without providing for its
needs. Until a person seeking to find his right work gets the light and feels
the urge to be up and doing, he is to be still and wait upon the Lord and see
His salvation.”
In How to Let God,
Myrtle says, “Our salvation is in our living by the Christ pattern— not
only by the teachings of the man Jesus Christ but by the Christ Mind within us.
Jesus Christ is merging His consciousness with the universal race consciousness,
that we may have His presence and the light, power, life, and love which are
expressing as our pattern and constant, quickening help. In the same book she
also quotes Psalms 50:23, “To him that ordereth his way aright will I show the salvation
of God.”
Salvation FROM WHAT? Myrtle says a person should be still
and wait to see the His salvation. Gleaned from her quotes above, she mentions
two consciousness: His consciousness, also called the Christ Mind, and the
universal race consciousness. In Healing letters she writes, “The Christ
Mind is the crystal-clear mind that is not blurred by the "becoming"
things of which the senses tell us, nor by the reports of the intellect which
are records of people's experiments day by day. Therefore, the Christ Mind is
crystal- clear, the race mind is blurred. Our salvation is from the blurriness
of the race mind. She goes on to say, “Our salvation happens when the Christ Mind
is merged with the race mind, and the clear light of understanding illuminates.
Often we experience this illumination as an “ah ha” moment, or a trong inner knowing.
FOR WHAT? For what reason are we given “salvation” or clear vision? We are saved so we can go about living the life we were truly meant to live. Myrtle writes, “We shall know the Presence of God, and see clearly just how we are to go about living the life that He is giving ...” For Myrtle, this means works, as indicated when she quotes John 15: 16, "I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.” Also, referring back to the earlier quote where Myrtle emphasizes we are “saved” for works when she states, “We are to be still and wait upon the Lord and see his Salvation,” Myrtle is addressing a person who is seeking to find their right work.
FOR WHAT? For what reason are we given “salvation” or clear vision? We are saved so we can go about living the life we were truly meant to live. Myrtle writes, “We shall know the Presence of God, and see clearly just how we are to go about living the life that He is giving ...” For Myrtle, this means works, as indicated when she quotes John 15: 16, "I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.” Also, referring back to the earlier quote where Myrtle emphasizes we are “saved” for works when she states, “We are to be still and wait upon the Lord and see his Salvation,” Myrtle is addressing a person who is seeking to find their right work.
BY WHAT? Salvation, for Myrtle, seems like a dual effort between
the Christ consciousness and the race consciousness. She writes, “We discipline the race consciousness,
so the Christ Consciousness can do it’s work. She also reveals that we have to
make the first effort, “We are finding out that we can discipline ourselves and
call upon the Spirit of God to act through us…” So we connect and the Christ
Consciousness does the work.
Myrtle says it is up to us to develop the Christ powers. She
also tells us we are to give up old race beliefs and human fears and personal
ambitions. To receive this salvation Myrtle
instructs, “Study and practice daily, keeping your mind and heart, your vision
and your emotions fixed on God— God in you. “Christ in you” is your “hope of
glory.”
All quotes taken from:
Fillmore, Myrtle (2013-06-04).
How to Let God Help You (Unity Classic Library Series). Unity Books. Kindle
Editio
Fillmore, Myrtle (2013-10-04). Myrtle Fillmore's Healing
Letters. Kindle Edition.
