June 26, 2012
The one temptation the world would teach us is to persuade us to believe we are the body and all that means to us. This temptation occurs in many forms, as many as we can possibly think up. But it always asks us to believe our identity is defined by our body and all we believe about it. Temptation is always about the belief that we are separate, limited, weak, defenseless, lacking, and under attack. It is the basis for all we think about ourselves, and all we identify with in our minds. It is our self concept which we have spent a lifetime making up and reinforcing with our ideas, thoughts, and beliefs.
Would you continue this idea of existence if Spirit in all its glory asked you to choose once again if you are to take your place among the saviors of the world or remain in hell and hold each othercaptive there? Every temptation is a choice. It makes no difference how often we have chosen the hell of separation. Every conscious thought identified with the self concept aligned with separation is an offer from Spirit to each of us to make a different choice. We always have the choice between a self concept of limitation symbolized by the body and the reality of who we really are. Spirit is always within us waiting for us to ask for guidance in this decision. Whatever form the choice may take Spirit is there to guide us if we only make the choice to be willing and ask for guidance.
The choice is always s there within us. It is always the choice between our own weakness and the strength of the Christ within us. We misperceive the self concept we hold of ourselves as our own strength, when it is really weakness. We don’t recognize our self concept as weakness simply because we refuse to look for the strength of Spirit and Oneness within us. That strength is there and always has been. When we choose to look to that inner strength we recognize its reality and remember the reality of who we really are. We recognize it in each other and see it also within ourselves.
It is time to start making that choice. And if we drop away from it, we make the choice again. There will never be a time when we can’t make the choice of Oneness. But the sooner we do, the sooner we find the real world in this life. Sprit transforms correct our vision of what we see and we find ourselves in the peace, love, and joy of Heaven. We may drop back into the separation that feels like hell, but we remember we always have the choice to see again through the eyes of the Christ within. The Christ within is our true power. Make that choice again and again. Heaven awaits.
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