The Rejected Stone Became the Chief Cornerstone - Julius Fann, Jr August 2, 2020

Jesus said to them, "have you never read in the Scripture: the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone." - Mat.21:42,42. And in another place it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation, whoever believes will not act hastily. Justice I lay to the line...righteousness to the plummet. And your covenant with death shall be annulled...your agreement with hell shall not stand...ye shall be trodden down by it...the time...morning by morning...day by night...it shall be a vexation only to understand the report." - Isa.28.16-19 KJV.

The use of the terms God or Spirit by an individual does not necessarily denote religiosity. There is no God except Life itself. Life establishes conscious awareness and gives all within It the ability to receive and analyze thoughts presumptively. Consciousness is the omnipresent Eye of Understanding, the omniscient law of Spirit's omnipotence life in the invisible and visible universe of flesh. It is impossible to travel anywhere in the omnipresent Eye of Understanding where Consciousness is not. It is everywhere filling the universe without a personality and cannot be objectified by subjective images. The enigma of God has always existed and will remain unfathomable to humanity.

Books by authors such as Mary Baker Eddy ( Science & Health), Charles Fillmore (Prosperity), Joel S. Goldsmith (The Infinity Way), Joseph Campbell (The Hero With a Thousand Faces), C. Jung (The Red Book), Albert Einstein (E=MC2), Carl Sagan (Cosmos). However, no one has or will find the logic and mystery of Life revealed in these writings because "That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath always been...the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away." (2 Corinthians 3:13-16) This is why it is stated "God requires that which is past," - Eccl.3:15. To uncover "God requires that which is past," a man must become as a newborn child with the unconditioned Mind of Christ for understanding, "the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned... let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus" (1 Corinthians 2:14 KJV, Philippians 2:5 KJV). Men must transcend being mere hearers and readers of the Word. In conscious awareness, they must live obediently according to the unconditional Spirit's principles and patterns of justice, mercy, and righteousness. Any thought not aligned with the Mind of Christ, which deals with the dualistic human concept of self-righteousness, must cease. As long as the self-righteous mind influences the conscious self, one will always exist within the conflicting identities of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Human words are like finite spirits, some benevolent, some malevolent, and others elevated in nature. They all convey relativity and can only assimilate words and images, which serve no purpose other than to gauge human thought and emotion. Repetitive words cast upon the canvas of imagination and consciousness hold value only to the speaker or writer, reflecting their personal experiences and sensory interpretations. To the listener, human words cannot convey a true understanding of reality, for "in the beginning was the Word," embodying infinite potential, and "there was light." Hence, Mt.8:8 emphasizes to "speak the word only." Spoken words reveal the inner self, influenced by spirits tied to personal indoctrination, and memories of good and evil, opinions, concepts, theories, and beliefs. These memories, sparked by thought images, do not restore precision but rather assimilate the world of Light, rekindling memories from a different perspective that were once seized in the moment of their occurrence. "The Moving Finger Writes; Having Writ, Moves on." Since Consciousness lacks its own personality, any projected thought images are immediately mirrored back to the sender's conscious mind, whole, perfect, complete, and pure at that instant. Every event in the universe is singular in its occurrence.

Everything that happens within the arc of living and dying in the material world lacks an objective foundation or logic, existing only through subjective interpretation. There is no logic as to why the universe exists, nor the elements which make up the universe inclusive of man. Nevertheless, since the universe's movement is an imperceptible, ceaseless, and mysterious motion, all universal spirits require and yearn for this boundless Spirit of unseen perpetual motion to energize them. Questions exist as a means to unravel the mysteries of existence. All sentient thinking, assumptions, opinions, theories, and concepts man delves into concerning origin is always an expanded continuum of what others have thought upon and given to the world to discover and expand further. All which has been known, but not understood, is what has been passed onto the conscious material mind. For individuals to only think at the conscious material level and not delve deeper through the mind to transcend it, is to march in place, adhering to the universal spirit's command to expand and show other minds how to let their light shine out of darkness. Men are commanded to let their inner light shine forth. Failing to do so hinders the awakening birth of numerous 'thought children' they could create. Every belief held by men is shaped by two wills at once. As long as men consider their thoughts to be inherently their own, they will continue to be swayed by the dual spirits of their Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personalities, which imprint upon the canvas of their souls.

Men must wrestle with the question: how can two personalities occupy the same mind at the same time, in the same space, equally distanced, and equal in the matter of thought domination? How can that which is the Spirit image of God be dominated by two personalities equally pulling their souls between two worlds simultaneously? How can there two personalities, created by the Word, be more powerful than the Word which is an omnipresent source? "The creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope. . .Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity."

Never give power to anything a person believes is their source of strength - jufa