June 11, 2013
We are the masters of our choosing. This is where our power lies. We have the power to choose at any moment of any day, in any situation, and in any experience. And, the most important thing to realize is that the only choice that makes a difference is the choice in how we think. It’s not about a choice between colors or alternatives. It’s about how we make that choice. Our feelings will tell us how we are making our choices. Are we feeling joyous? Joyousness is our natural whole state of being. If not, we have chosen to think and choose outside of the Mind of God, our higher mind.
Are we feeling sad? The Course tells us “This need not be.” Lonely? “This need not be.” Anxious or full of anxiety? “This need not be.” No matter what we are doing or experiencing our natural state of being is deep peace and joy. This is the only state of being when we are in the awareness of who we really are. It is the state of being we experience when we realize our Oneness with our Source and each other. This awareness is our natural thought system – also called our higher mind. We have severed our awareness of our higher mind by making and thinking with a “lower mind” that the Course refers to as the ego. We have chosen to think with this lower mind and since it’s not real, it blocks our awareness of our higher mind. This lower mind has made an identity for us that is separate from our true identity as One with God. We have thus perceived ourselves as separate, victim, conqueror, defender, attacker, guilty, blamed, or blaming. And then we believe it! We believe this mistaken idea of who we think we are. Yet nothing could be further from the truth.
This need not be. This is our choice. We have become so attached to our misperception of who we think we are that we have lost sight of our true real Self. That true real Self has never gone away. It remains within us, lying just above the misperceptions we have chosen to believe about ourselves. The Voice for God gently calls to us, gently reminding us of who we really are. But we choose to direct our listening to our lower mind, shutting out that gentle call. We choose to listen to the noise of the lower mind instead. However, we have not changed or harmed who we really are. We are there above the din; patiently waiting for our mind to wake up and recognize its true reality. We are waiting for our radiant awareness to shine through the opening we allow in our mind. Spirit is also within us waiting for us to allow a little willingness to reach out for what we are really seeking. Once we let go of our attachment to all that miss-thinking, we will recognize our true Self and our Oneness with God and all creation. Isn’t it time to look at what we are feeling and recognize that this need not be?! The door will open when we allow it to open. Let it open.
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