“If a seeming need appears to you, it occurs to your
thought. Therefore you are conscious of it. But your Consciousness is the
supply, so It cannot really be aware of a need; It can only be conscious of the
supply for that which seemed to be a need. The Conscious Supply existed in and
as your Consciousness before the so-called need arose. In other words, when
some apparent need or desire occurs to you, it is just that your attention has
been called to the supply that is already existent. If the supply were not
already there, that which has been miscalled the need would not have arisen.” - Marie Watts from The Ultimate, Your Self Revealed
When I read this, my heart
leapt for joy. In just a few sentences, Marie Watts answered a question that I
have pondered for some time: What is the difference between ‘need,’ ‘want,’ and
‘desire?’ There is no difference - they are all just concepts of a dualistic
mind.
She says that in
Consciousness there is no need; therefore, we cannot be aware of need. That
which we have misperceived as a ‘need’ is, in reality, our conscious awakening to the ever present supply. The supply, infinite
as our Consciousness, is the fulfillment of any thought that we have. Most of
us, refer to it as a ‘need,’ ‘want,’ or ‘desire.’ At least that is the premise
I had assumed until I read this passage.
Imagine removing those
concepts from our minds and those words from our vocabulary. For example, what would
our experience be if we immediately realize there is no lack when we have the
thought, “I need money”? What if, when we see images of starving children or
violence, we see only the fulfillment of the ‘needs’ that they represent? What
would it be like, if instead of focusing on the thought, we recognize that the thought
arose because the supply is already present? No longer would we experience the
pain or suffering of an unmet need, an unfulfilled desire or the lack of
something wanted. Instead, we would live in the realization that “Consciousness
is the supply.”
It is, however, important for
us to realize that this Truth does not allow us to abdicate our responsibility
to take action. While Consciousness is the supply, it must be brought forth
into form through us. It begins with our conscious awareness of it, continues
with our willingness to fill our hearts and minds with the realization of it,
and culminates as we actively engage in actions to bring it forth into
manifestation. Or, as the African proverb says, “When you pray, pray with your
feet moving.”
Unity
cofounder Charles Fillmore said,
“The law of supply is a divine law. It is a law of
mind and must work through mind. God will
not go to the store and bring food to your table, but when you continue to
think about God as your real supply, everything in your mind begins to awaken
and to contact the divine substance, and as you mold it in your consciousness, ideas begin to come which will connect you
with the visible manifestation.”¹ [italics mine]
I hope you are as excited as I
am about the unlimited possibilities that this Truth reveals. We are not
limited by any outer condition or circumstance. We cannot be aware of a ‘need’
for which there is not already the divine supply.
Join us on Sunday at 10:00 as
we explore how we can embrace and live from this truth individually and
collectively as a church community and in our shared humanity with all.
¹ Prosperity, Page 68
My wants and desires are as infinite as the Universe because it is my nature to want and desire. My needs, in my experience, have always come with a neatly wrapped gift waiting for my little hands to unwrap. My life is the collection of experiences I have wanted to have and so I look for the gift that each need is trying to give to me. I know there is a gift there for me to find in every need; kind of like perpetual Christmas.
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