"Bible Verses for Spiritual Mind Treatment." A talk by Dr Ian Ellis-Jones. Copyright © 2024 Ian Ellis-Jones. All rights reserved.
Dr Ian Ellis-Jones (born 1955) is an Australian academic, lawyer and published author. He has also worked for many years as a minister and teacher of New Thought, mindfulness and meditation. He regularly gives talks and lectures to community groups and other organisations on philosophy, practical psychology, religion and spirituality.
Ian is a member of the International New Thought Alliance (INTA) and the Theosophical Society of Australia, has been president of a Unity centre in Sydney, and was formerly president of both the Humanist Society of New South Wales and the Council of Australian Humanist Societies (CAHS). His most recent book is Making Australia Positive (2023).
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BIBLE VERSES FOR SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT
by Dr Ian Ellis-Jones
[A precis of the talk]
Here are some verses from the Bible which encapsulate some important metaphysical and psychological principles for spiritual mind treatment and healing-ideas and teachings that you can use for good in your own life.
The main verses I address in this talk are these six:
1. ‘Seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you’ (Mt 6 v33).
2. ‘You shall decree a thing, and it shall be established for you’ (Job 22 v28).
3. ‘But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it’ (Deut 30 v14).
4. ‘He sent forth his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions’ (Ps 107 v20).
5. ‘And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me’ (Jn 12 v32).
6. ‘He calls those things which are not as though they were’ (Rom 4 v17).
Now, let’s look at that six main Bible verses in turn:
1. ‘Seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you’ (Mt 6 v33)
The ‘kingdom of God’ is within you, that is, within your own mind. Jesus used the words 'kingdom' and 'life' interchangeably. To him, they were one and same. The 'kingdom' is life-abundant life-and life renewed, regenerated, resurrected, and redeemed. ‘It is the Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom’. ‘Righteousness’ essentially means right thinking, that is, constructive, positive thinking. Thinking the things of God.
2. ‘You shall decree a thing, and it shall be established for you’ (Job 22 v28)
The power to change your life for the better lies in your own mind, and in the proper use of that mind and your thoughts. One theory is that thought creates a 'mold' in the unconscious mind, into which your thought or idea is 'poured' and then accepted.
3. ‘But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it’ (Deut 30 v14)
Your own ‘word’-spoken and deeply held thought-is creative. Matthew’s gospel says, 'what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart [that is, mind].’ A word is simply a spoken or articulated thought. Everything-I mean, every single thing-starts with a thought in the mind. According to the Bible, God spoke all things into existence, but first these things began as thoughts in the eternal Mind of God. So, give voice to your desire, hope, or goal, and then ‘hold’ your desire, hope, or goal deeply in your mind (‘heart”).
4. ‘He sent forth his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions’ (Ps 107 v20)
Like Jesus, send forth your word. ‘All power is given unto me [that means you] in heaven and on earth.’ Your word (‘thought’) must, however, be backed up by both conviction and feeling. Your creative thought needs to be emotionalized-that is, both felt and believed-before it can be accepted by your mind and later come forth as the answer or solution to your ‘prayer.’ In addition, there must be a state of expectancy in your mind.
5. ‘And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me’ (Jn 12 v32)
Your ‘I’ is your inner centre of awareness---your core-self. ‘Earth,’ metaphysically interpreted, refers to your present, perhaps limited, state of consciousness, and present lack. It is the realm of all things worldly, physical, and temporal. ‘Heaven’ is the realm of perfect and spiritual ideas (eg perfect health and vitality, true joy, peace, serenity, and abundance)---a ‘kingdom’ not of this world’ (Jn 18 v36).
6. ‘He calls those things which are not as though they were’ (Rom 4 v17)
This Bible verse encapsulates the essence and technique of all spiritual mind treatment. You treat the spiritual man or woman. You see things as you would like them to be, for, in truth, those things already exist, in you, as perfect ideas implanted in your DNA and your phylogenetic heritage. All you need to do, metaphysically, is to achieve, by inducing in yourself, a greater capacity to recognize the present existence of what you seek.
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