May 29, 2012
Every concept we hold is made up of thought. We make the mistake of thinking that thought is truth, even though a thought can be changed. Truth, by nature, is entirely unchangeable. Therefore, we cannot rationalize, deduce, or think Truth. We’ve spent a lifetime building our self-concept or self identity. We think it defines who we are. We think it gives us purpose. We think it gives us value. Each thought and idea we have about ourselves is weighed, tested, and judged as to whether or not it contributes to our idea of who we are. Thus, it does or does not become part of our self identity.
The concept we do need to get is not the content of our thoughts, our thinking and whether or not it is right and correct. The concept we need to get is the concept that we think, period. It is also important to realize that what we tend to think with is the mind of the ego, the separated mind. This is the mind that hangs onto the idea that we each are a body and that our mind and identity are contained within that body. Lf to our own devices rooted in this idea of separation, we see ourselves limited and falling short of our ideals. So we change our self identity to conform to those perceived limitations. We change our mind, the content of our thinking. The result is another set of separated ideas, perhaps refined to make us feel more worthwhile, but still changing and changeable ideas and thoughts.
All of this learning has brought us to the way we currently think and thus make up the self-concept and identity we believe about ourselves. It is difficult to see another way than the one we have become so accustomed to. Thankfully we have been given the Holy Spirit who has always been with us. Sprit holds us within the Mind of God, holding the memory of who we really are with our true self. Our true identity has never been apart from us, we have merely been thinking apart form who we really are and the Mind of God which is also our true mind.
Spirit gently guides us, when we ask, in our thinking. Step by step, Spirit gently guides our thinking process closer and closer to the Mind of God forever connected with Truth. As we walk hand in hand, or thought in thought, with Sprit, we find our self-concept, our identity shifting to become more and more in line with the Truth about who we really are. In this way, all the learning we made up as we built our concept of self is used for the purpose of learning bit by bit who we really are. Nothing of what we have made up, thought and believed is evil, damaging, or sinful in any way. It is all neutral, being used by Spirit for a holy purpose, to return us to the awareness of who we really are. Take this small step. Be just a little willing to reach to Spirit for guidance. It is all there within us, not limited by any of the limitations we have so believed in. Take that step.
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