WHEN WRONGLY ACCUSED
Question—I have been wrongly accused. I wish to avoid all controversy as well as misunderstanding on the part of my superiors. My accuser refuses to listen to reason. Please help me to know that justice and equity still rule.
ANSWER—Though all the reasoning in the world seemed to be absent from a situation, still would the mental force of right action ultimately prevail. Hold your own sense of right and justice firm and steady, and never doubt for one second that your good is yours NOW. Cast the burden on your Indwelling Christ for adjustment, knowing neither thing, belief nor circumstance can hinder or delay the happy adjustment.
Should it be that you are dismissed from this position, never waver in your knowing that right is already an accomplished fact, and that it manifests for you in this particular case. Don't be over-anxious to explain. No ears are so deaf as those that will not hear. "Bide your time." Your opportunity will surely come, and you will find that difficulties have been ironed out, that justice and equity still rule.
GRATIFYING WRONG DESIRES
Question—If we have an urge to a certain expression, should we follow it, even if we know it to be wrong?
ANSWER—People who wish to do "wrong," knowing that they are setting themselves in opposition to the natural law of their peace, will of course expect to take whatever consequences present themselves. If it is necessary for them to suffer through gratifying wrong desires in order to disillusion themselves, it is an indication that their judgment is faulty, that they are in a maelstrom of mental recklessness.
(page 165) Deliberately doing wrong is a flouting of the law of harmony. The natural thing to expect is inharmony of some kind.
The expressing of any wrong doing is but the beginning of more trouble, and heals nothing. Treat the tendency to such indulgence as follows: "God in me is good, and I in God, am good. Therefore, in all my being there can be no desire to do wrong. Automatically I do good, think good thoughts, desire only good for everyone, for I realize I am one with everyone else. Love at the center of my being protects me from thinking other than thoughts of good. I rest in this realization, and am truly free and happy."
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