April 29, 2014

The unbelievable belief is the belief that we are something we are not and cannot be.  Does this sound just a bit insane?  The idea that we could possibly believe something untrue about us is a form of insanity.  Yet we have all believed this insane thought in its various forms and manifestations to some degree.  How many of us truly believe we are completely whole, completely divine, and completely One with Source 100% of the time?  At some point we entertained the idea that we were separate from Source and gave the idea our belief and thus gave that belief our power.    Our journey in this life is to undo or relinquish our belief that we are separate from Source and each other.  We have many tools given to us to accomplish this belief correction and infinite assistance in doing so.  The assistance is found in Spirit, in each other, and in every experience and encounter that faces us in our human lives as we move on this journey.  The help is unique to each of us and is infinite.  It’s all embodied in the miracle of Atonement guided by Spirit.  It’s God’s Plan for Salvation, GPS.

We are all created whole, complete, limitless, and divine by Source.  This is an irrefutable fact.  Our belief that we are separate and thus less than our creation is a result of our own disbelief in who we really are and has no more substance than a mistaken thought.  However, because we so strongly believe it, we have given the belief the power to block our awareness of who we really are.  Each of us has embarked on our own journey.  Our journeys appear to be random and perhaps at the mercy of others and outside circumstances.  I believe we have each made choices in our lives that brought us to the place we are right now.  Since we are all really One, the web of all our decisions and choices weave together in the fabric of human life.  The Course tells us this web of life is an illusion.  That’s a challenging idea for anyone believing they are being carried along by the web of life.  I have come to see that the illusion the Course refers to is not so much the events, experiences and relationships of our lives.  I see the illusion as our thoughts and perceptions about all these events, experiences and relationships, all built on our belief that we are separate and therefore limited and flawed in some way.

The Course tells us that nothing unreal exists and that anything real is eternal.  I totally get that.  So I understand that the world of form is temporary.  It changes, it dies, it can be attacked, and therefore is not real.  Yet, there is such beauty in the world of form interwoven with all the events, experiences and relationships that seem to be so hurtful.  But haven’t we used our creative power to make up this world?  Sometimes I was thinking with my higher mind, the Mind of Source, and sometimes I was thinking with my lower or egoic mind.  It’s no wonder I feel confused at times.  The Course also tells us that Spirit can use anything we made or perceived, retaining the holy and releasing the mistaken from it, transforming our perception for us if we will allow the transformation.  All the events, experiences and relationships we encounter are used by Spirit as learning opportunities to teach us.  This means to me that they, including the body, are neutral, neither good nor bad.  They just are.  It is our perception, our beliefs about ourselves and who we believe we are that determine our thoughts about anything in our lives.

At any moment of any hour of any day, it is our choice what we believe about ourselves and who we are.  What is past is past.  What’s to come is not yet cast.  The present moment is where we are right now.  We can chose to believe the unbelievable belief that we are separate from Source and all Creation.  Or, we can choose to allow Spirit to guide us in changing our belief about ourselves.  We can choose to be willing to believe we are the One whole, complete, limitless and divine Child of God as we are created.  The awareness of this truth will arise in our mind as we allow Spirit to guide us in learning this very believable belief that has always been and always will be true.  This transformation of our belief about who we really are is the journey we have taken.  Embrace all of it, for it is Our Plan for Salvation, too.

April 22, 2014

The Course tells us, “without projection there can be no anger, but it is also true that without extension there can be no love.”  These words represent a fundamental law of the mind, and therefore a law that always operates.  It is the law that either unifies us with the mind of God or separates us from the awareness of the Mind of God within.  Projection is our attempt to separate ourselves from something we do not want.  However, our attempt to project anything unreal away from us to another reinforces our mistaken belief in its reality and it remains in our mind.  Spirit uses the same law, the fundamental law of sharing, to extend love.  What we give, we actually share, because sharing is the only real thing we can do.  Sharing or extending Love is our function.

It really comes down to what we believe we are.  Do we believe we are separate or do we believe we are One.  The unbelievable belief is the belief we are separate and not One.  The belief that we are separate brings a belief in scarcity, that there is not enough to go around and that we must take what we need from others.  A belief in our Oneness fosters an awareness of our abundance and the principle that what we give is shared or extended and we still have what we have given, for we all have all.  The joy of our awareness of our Oneness is that we can rest in the assurance that we are as we are created.  We are holy, divine, and filled with the blessing of our true nature.  We either align our mind’s allegiance with separation or Oneness.  What we believe about ourselves is how we perceive ourselves.  Hence, this determines the world we see.

Truly, separation cannot be for it is not real.  We cannot change the holy divine nature of our being.  But we can block our wholeness from the awareness of our mind by disbelieving it.  And just as simply, we can reverse our belief about who we are and step back into the awareness of who we really are.  The unbelievable belief is the belief we are not whole or divine, that we lack something in any way.  It is not necessary to defeat any idea of conflict or separation.  We simply accept the idea of Oneness.  Since that is who we really are, our belief in our Oneness shifts into knowing our Oneness and our knowing another’s Oneness.  This is how we look beyond the appearance of anything, knowing that there is nothing but wholeness.  The differences we seem to see are merely appearances in this world of form.  Spirit is our guide in this mind shift.  Spirit guides us to correct perception and belief.  When confusion enters the mind, ask Spirit for the correct perception.  Spirit never fails us when we ask and listen.  Be open to the guidance of Spirit and let the believable belief be in you awareness.  And be the extension of Love, Peace, and Wholeness you are.

April 15, 2014

Every one of us, in reality, is completely blessed.  There are no exceptions, no conditions, and no degrees of blessedness.  The only thing that can keep us from the awareness of the blessings we are receiving and the blessedness of our being is the thought system we have aligned our mind with.  If we have aligned our mind with the egoic or lower thought system, we will not see and perceive the blessedness we inherently are.  But, if we have aligned our mind with the guidance of Spirit and our higher thought system, we will experience the fullness and blessedness of who we really are and all that comes with that awareness.  We are complete and whole whether or not we are aware of it.

The Course tells us in paragraph 7 of Chapter 7, Section VII (are there enough 7’s there?), that the only teacher sufficiently worthy to teach us is already within our mind and teaches the same lesson to all.  The lesson is the inestimable worth of every one of us, no exceptions.  This lesson is taught with infinite patience born of infinite Love, which is our Creation.  We do not recognize this teacher within, for we have aligned our minds with the egoic thought system – belief in separation – and have invested it its seeming authenticity.  When we see and believe ourselves separate, we believe we are limited.  We believe we are lacking and so “attack” to fill our lack.  The teacher within knows that we lack nothing, that we are abundant with all of creation shared with us.  Share your awareness of this abundance with another, for if we share their illusion of scarcity, we will perceive ourselves as lacking.

Do not accept anything less than the lesson the one teacher within teaches.  Learn to recognize its voice.  The teacher gently calls to us every moment of every day, reminding us of who we really are, gently reminding us of our wholeness and abundance.  Letting go of our attachment to the thoughts and ideas that block our minds from the awareness of our wholeness and divine nature raises our mind to a higher level, a higher vibration.  Thoughts of lack fall away.  Thoughts of inadequacy fade away.  Thoughts of inequality disappear.  Imagine a world where we all see the full wholeness and divine presence of each one we encounter.  That is the Realm of Heaven.  That is our home.  There is no need to wait until our body dies to be in the Realm.  The Realm of Heaven is in our higher mind.  Let the teacher teach you the one lesson of each one’s full worth and find that you have been lifted to that Realm.  Relax in the knowledge that we are all whole and Divine, and that the One teacher within holds infinite patience and Love in our learning.  Happiness is already ours in the Realm of Heaven which we have never left.  Allow yourself to be lifted home and let the blessings flow.

April 8, 2014

To be in the Realm is to be in the Mind of God, or the Higher Mind.  In order to be in the Higher Mind, we must be totally committed to the Higher Mind.  The moment we look to our lower mind, we lose our awareness of our higher mind.  We cannot serve two minds.  This is particularly true because the higher ad lower minds are in conflict.  They have different purposes.  The higher mind is only Oneness.  The Higher Mind created only Oneness and so Oneness is the only reality.  The lower mind makes separation.  It makes separation by making division and limitation.  Oneness and separation cannot exist in the same thought for they are diametrically opposed.  If we turn our thoughts toward separation and limitation, we deny Oneness, for we have placed our belief and trust in the idea of separation.  If we place our trust and belief in Oneness and Unity, the idea of separation and limitation fade into the nothingness they are.  Denial itself is limiting, for there is nothing real to deny, but while we still perceive, Spirit can use denial constructively to guide our thoughts to higher thinking. All power lies in the mind, and so our thoughts determine how we perceive.

All that is real is completely shared.  When we perceive some lack, whether in ourselves or another, it is a sign that our thoughts are misaligned with the mind.  Spirit uses our thoughts and our awareness of our thoughts to transform our minds and raise our thoughts to higher thinking.  When another thinks insanely – separation and lack – that one is offering us an opportunity to bless them.  Another’s need is also ours, for we need the blessing we offer them.  There is no way we can receive except by giving.  This is the Law of God.  When we deny anything in another we deny it in ourselves.  So when we deny Oneness in another we deny it in ourselves.  The healing miracle is the reversal of this thought.  With the guidance of Spirit we shift our perception form denying Oneness in another to perceiving Oneness in another and thus recognizing Oneness in ourselves.  Spirit guides us in this shift in perception in steps we can handle.  In this way we shift form the lower mind to the higher mind, opening our minds to the truth about who we really are.  As we continue on this journey, we will find ourselves experiencing the peace, love, and joy that are our natural being.

As we move into this awareness, we find ourselves in appreciation of the Realm we have never left.  We have no need of God’s blessing, for we always have that, but we do need our own blessing through the appreciation of all that moves our perception to a higher level.  As we allow Spirit to guide the shift in our perceiving, we release our investment in separation and limitation, letting go of our attachment to the ideas ad thoughts that block our awareness of who we really are.  We need not do this on our own.  Spirit guides us every step of the way as we allow.  Every one we encounter, every experience we experience has a lesson in allowing Spirit to guide the shift in our perception we need at that moment.  We become totally present in the now as we allow Spirit to shift our perception and our thoughts.  Make the choice to allow Spirit to guide your mind to its miracle of healing.  It can only be truly helpful.

April 1, 2014

The Oneness of the Creator and the creation is our wholeness, our sanity, and our limitless power.  This wholeness, sanity and power is the Creator’s gift to us because it is who and what we are.  If we dissociate our mind from this reality, we perceive the most powerful force in the universe as weak because we do not believe we are part of it.  The power of creation lies within our mind, and our recognition of it determines the world we see and perceive.  The Creator create in its image; whole, peaceful, joyful, powerful, and loving.  We, the Creator’s creations, are One with the Creator and all creation.  Only our disbelief of who we are denies us the awareness of this Truth.  Because Creation is absolute and cannot be defiled, that is undeniably who we are, even if we don’t see it at the moment.  Only our disbelief of that truth separates us from the awareness of who we really are and the awareness of our presence in the Realm of Heaven and all that entails.

The Creator loves us unconditionally.  We are imbued with the ability to create like the Creator.  As we come from Love, we can create only Love in reality.  However, since we have disbelieved the truth about who we really are and believed we are separate and thus different from who we really are, we have made a different meaning for ourselves that serves and strengthens our belief in our separateness.   Though we have embedded our minds in an existence of separation, we have not changed who we really are.  We have simply believed some other idea about our identity and built our belief in a separate world on those e beliefs.  Our belief in these ideas and thoughts gives our lower thought system the power to block our awareness of who we really are.  And so, this incorrect perceived world seems to be our “real” world.

The Course asks us to be vigilant.  Oneness with the Creator and creation; who we really are, is never in question.  We cannot change truth.  Spirit asks us to be vigilant for whatever blocks our awareness of this truth.  Spirit will guide us, if we allow, in the discernment of what is real and true and what is false.  Spirit will guide us to discern the blocks to the awareness of who we are, and transform them into miracles pointing the way to the awareness of our Divine essence.  Miracles are shifts in thought from thoughts of separation to thoughts of Oneness.  The belief in separation fades away to nothingness when we allow the belief in Oneness to rise in our minds.  The world becomes a happy place in this mind shift.  Wholeness, peace, love, and joy become the experiences of the world we live in.  We rejoice with one another at this transformation as it rises in our mind.  This is the real world the Creator created by creating each creation.  Allow Spirit to be heard in your mind and heed its guidance.  Be vigilant for blocks to the awareness of who you really are. Release these blocks, for we don’t need or want them.  Allow the blessing of the awareness of who we really are to wash over and through us and be the Divine creation we really are.