enduring unless founded in Spirit. Thoughts are alive and
are endowed by the thinker with a secondary thinking power;
that is, the thought entity that the I AM forms assumes an
ego and begins to think on its own account. Thoughts also
think but only with the power you give to them.

Tell me what kind of thoughts you are holding about
yourself and your neighbors, and I can tell you just what
you may expect in the way of health, finances, and harmony
in your home. Are you suspicious of your neighbors? You
cannot love and trust in God if you hate and distrust men.
The two ideas love and hate, or trust and mistrust, simply
cannot both be present in your mind at one time, and when
you are entertaining one, you may be sure the other is
absent. Trust other people and use the power that you
accumulate from that act to trust God. There is magic in
it: it works wonders; love and trust are dynamic, vital
powers. Are you accusing men of being thieves, and fear
that they are going to take away from you something that is
your own? With such a thought generating fear and even
terror in your mind and filling your consciousness with
darkness, where is there room for the Father's light of
protection? Rather build walls of love and substance around
yourself. Send out swift, invisible messengers of love and
trust for your protection. They are better guards than
policemen or detectives.

Do not judge others as regards their guilt or innocence.
Consider yourself and how you stand in the sight of the
Father for having thoughts about another's