One of my teachers suggests, "You are the meaning maker of your life."
What we usually do, however, is to get caught up in the drama of a situation, and once we are caught, we lose the conscious "meaning maker" and in our fearful closed state of mind, make a decision about what this situation means---and, of course, the meaning is fearful and judgmental.
Not only do we have the process backwards---letting the situation itself tell us what it means, but we have lost focus of the first lessons of ACIM which remind us, "I don't know what anything means."
I don't know because the mind can only put limited meaning, AND ANYTHING OTHER THAN LOVE IS MEANINGLESS.
When am I going to get that one?
to quote:18The time has come to look and to release from the mind that which is in the mind that teaches only fear.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
REVELATIONS 7
Regina Dawn Akers refers to this chapter as the "Cliff Notes" for the entire book of NTI.
I guess we could say the rest of NTI is commentary about these truths.
Regina also suggests that we not take them in simple linear fashion, even though that is the only way we can communicate them. These truths, through our willingness, are taking hold within us all at the same time, we don't simply move from one to the next.
That being said, I still feel myself drawn back to #1 "You are innocent." Unless I am open to that truth, it is nigh impossible for anything else to be revealed.
I would suggest reading this chapter over and over, and in your quiet times, prayer, or even any moment you remember to make your mantra, "I am innocent."
I realize the mind will vehemently object. It will say such things as, "Well what about when you said this or did that? That really hurt someone. Do you mean to tell me that was not real?"
"What about Hitler, and the millions he slaughtered. Is he innocent?"
I would suggest not even going there. Those are arguments of the mind, and as you know, the mind wants to be right.
The innocence we speak of here is the innocence of your Essence, your Being.
Jesus spent a good piece of his ministry teaching people the difference between who you are and what you do. The Scribes and Pharisees were the keepers of the law and they had rules for everything. Jesus seemed to bang heads with them frequently.
Jesus did not have a problem with the rules or laws, He had a problem with people who defined themselves by the rules and laws, i.e. those who said, "You are what you do."
Your innocence is not a matter of debate about what you did or did not do. Your innocence is a reflection of who you are-- a creation of the Love and Goodness of God which nothing can change or diminish.
Can you hold onto that one?
Even Paul in the Old New Testament proclaims that "nothing can separate you from the Love of God."
It is all summed up in (v 13-17):
1And the Light of Heaven is seen to be that which is your Self. 2Its joy is your joy. 3Its gratitude is your gratitude. 4Its oneness is your oneness, and its Love is your Self
5Never have you been separate from Heaven, and never has Heaven been separate from you. 6For how can one, even for a moment, be separate from the one that is His Self?
I guess we could say the rest of NTI is commentary about these truths.
Regina also suggests that we not take them in simple linear fashion, even though that is the only way we can communicate them. These truths, through our willingness, are taking hold within us all at the same time, we don't simply move from one to the next.
That being said, I still feel myself drawn back to #1 "You are innocent." Unless I am open to that truth, it is nigh impossible for anything else to be revealed.
I would suggest reading this chapter over and over, and in your quiet times, prayer, or even any moment you remember to make your mantra, "I am innocent."
I realize the mind will vehemently object. It will say such things as, "Well what about when you said this or did that? That really hurt someone. Do you mean to tell me that was not real?"
"What about Hitler, and the millions he slaughtered. Is he innocent?"
I would suggest not even going there. Those are arguments of the mind, and as you know, the mind wants to be right.
The innocence we speak of here is the innocence of your Essence, your Being.
Jesus spent a good piece of his ministry teaching people the difference between who you are and what you do. The Scribes and Pharisees were the keepers of the law and they had rules for everything. Jesus seemed to bang heads with them frequently.
Jesus did not have a problem with the rules or laws, He had a problem with people who defined themselves by the rules and laws, i.e. those who said, "You are what you do."
Your innocence is not a matter of debate about what you did or did not do. Your innocence is a reflection of who you are-- a creation of the Love and Goodness of God which nothing can change or diminish.
Can you hold onto that one?
Even Paul in the Old New Testament proclaims that "nothing can separate you from the Love of God."
It is all summed up in (v 13-17):
1And the Light of Heaven is seen to be that which is your Self. 2Its joy is your joy. 3Its gratitude is your gratitude. 4Its oneness is your oneness, and its Love is your Self
5Never have you been separate from Heaven, and never has Heaven been separate from you. 6For how can one, even for a moment, be separate from the one that is His Self?
REVELATIONS 6
The Holy Spirit's explanation of the first six seals.
The first is the energy that moves us to the Truth. It is the energy of desire and willingness. When we are focused on the true desire of the heart, we continue to achieve and embrace that desire.
How often am I distracted from the true desire of my heart? How many attachments, desires, etc. put me into the sleep of unawareness?
The second seal represents fear---that must be faced head on so that we know it is not real. As long as I am looking at my fear out of the corner of my eye, or pretending it is not there it will still have power over me.
3rd seal: Judgement. This is spoken of many times, but I think by now we can see that judgment is the tool of separation. It maintains the illusion of the world. As soon as you realize judgment in your mind, let it go. It is not what you want, and it is not the truth.
4th: death, the ultimate illusion of separateness, the ultimate illusion of guilt and punishment.
We are not denying that there will come a time when we will let go of our bodies, but that is not death.
You are Life!
5th: Our continuing choice---fear or trust
6th: the end of perception--Perception is what we see and how we see through the limited view of the self--even when we know we are more than that our sight is still limited. In the Self, there is no perception because there is nothing to see, all is One, there is no separation, no duality, no subject or object.
Fear is only real if we think we can lose something or something can be taken away from us. The Self is complete and whole in all ways.
Why would we ever choose fear?
I recall a wonderful quote from the spirit guide Emmanuel. He said if fear had a voice this is what it would say: "Hold onto me and I will keep you safe." Of course that is nor true, but how often do we fall for that one?
The first is the energy that moves us to the Truth. It is the energy of desire and willingness. When we are focused on the true desire of the heart, we continue to achieve and embrace that desire.
How often am I distracted from the true desire of my heart? How many attachments, desires, etc. put me into the sleep of unawareness?
The second seal represents fear---that must be faced head on so that we know it is not real. As long as I am looking at my fear out of the corner of my eye, or pretending it is not there it will still have power over me.
3rd seal: Judgement. This is spoken of many times, but I think by now we can see that judgment is the tool of separation. It maintains the illusion of the world. As soon as you realize judgment in your mind, let it go. It is not what you want, and it is not the truth.
4th: death, the ultimate illusion of separateness, the ultimate illusion of guilt and punishment.
We are not denying that there will come a time when we will let go of our bodies, but that is not death.
You are Life!
5th: Our continuing choice---fear or trust
6th: the end of perception--Perception is what we see and how we see through the limited view of the self--even when we know we are more than that our sight is still limited. In the Self, there is no perception because there is nothing to see, all is One, there is no separation, no duality, no subject or object.
Fear is only real if we think we can lose something or something can be taken away from us. The Self is complete and whole in all ways.
Why would we ever choose fear?
I recall a wonderful quote from the spirit guide Emmanuel. He said if fear had a voice this is what it would say: "Hold onto me and I will keep you safe." Of course that is nor true, but how often do we fall for that one?
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