ASSUMPTION
The Moment Satan Cannot Find (Blake's Moment)
This 'moment' is a specific point in time when one consciously assumes a desired state, free from doubt (Satan) and the limitations of reason. By finding and…
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Every Natural Effect
'There is a moment in every day,' said Blake, 'that Satan cannot find, nor can his watch fiends find it. But the industrious find this moment and it multiply and when it once is found, it renovates every moment of the day if rightly placed.' Now, by the word 'Satan,' he simply means doubt. Doubt cannot find it. I desire a certain state in this world. Reason tells me it’s difficult; my friends tell me it’s impossible; and so if I doubt that I could ever realize it, that’s the voice of Satan speaking to me. He’s always challenging God. God is my own wonderful human imagination. That’s God. So the protagonists are God and Satan -- simply faith and doubt. Can I imagine that I am the one that I would like to be and remain faithful to that assumption as though it were true. If I can and remember that assumption and when I did it, then I will see when it happens in my world the relationship between the natural effect and its spiritual cause.
This 'moment' is a specific point in time when one consciously assumes a desired state, free from doubt (Satan) and the limitations of reason. By finding and utilizing this moment to imagine and remain faithful to the assumption, one establishes the spiritual cause for future natural effects.