Scovell Shinn would remind clients worried about money that ‘God is my supply’. Whatever words we say to ourselves fall into our subconscious mind as ‘fact’, therefore we must take care about the internal and external words we utter. Each of us has an ongoing conversation with ourselves, never realising how it affects, for better or worse, the way we live out our life. The power of wordsĪnyone who does not know the power of words, the author said, is ‘behind the times’. What we must learn to do is ‘stand still’ and let God, or the superconscious mind within, go to work. ‘Cast thy burden upon the Lord.’ Many times the Bible says that the battle is not humankind’s but God’s. This not only gives you peace but you will find yourself ‘protected’ from harm and wrath. This change from a view of life in terms of struggle to a simple faith in good outcomes will transform your life.Ĭontinually send out messages of goodwill and blessing to those close to you, to your work colleagues, even to your nation. Playing the game of life successfully involves following what works, instead of battling what you do not like. If he is not, I will not want him anyway.’ Sure enough, she fell for someone else who matched all her ideals. Scovell Shinn made her repeat something like: ‘If he is divinely selected for me, he will be mine. A woman was infatuated with a man who did not treat her very well. We should only ask for something if it is to be ‘by divine right’. Ask for a sign or a message to tell you what your divine design is and it will be revealed. The divine designĭo you ever get a picture of what you could achieve or the person you could be? You have received a snapshot of your ‘divine design’ from the universe, showing you this image is within yourself.ĭo not pursue things that have nothing to do with the real you and would only make you dissatisfied if you were to achieve them. Some principles from the book are described below. This total wellbeing was, she believed, our ‘divine right’. Much of what is in her 1925 classic, such as the laws of non-resistance, karma, and forgiveness, are to be found in Eastern holy books and the stated goal of her work is universal: a person can achieve the ‘square of life’, the four points of health, wealth, love, and perfect self-expression, if they attune themselves with the unchanging principles that govern life. By taking it, you choose to be a person of faith instead of fear.įor Florence Scovell Shinn, the rules were to be found in the Old and New Testaments. This is the path of less resistance and more time for world wonder. However, if you were to see life as a game, you would worry less about the outcomes and focus on the rules and laws that can lead you to success.

Until now, you may have conceived of life as a battle:your might and will against the rest or, alternatively, the pain of constant struggle. In a nutshell: If life is thought of as a game, we are motivated to learn and apply the rules for our own happiness.