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Uneasiness

Do you experience a strange uneasiness, like a low, almost inaudible hum, in the background of your life; a sense of being disconnected; not quite being yourself, a fear of being in the wrong place at the wrong time; a haunting fear of lack of meaning; as if you wandered in without a plan only to wander off again?

That’s because 99.9% of the time you are not yourSelf. Self awareness, vision and truth are not part of our experience of the world with the ego. We experience these only in the instants we get our bloated nothingness out of the way of the divine circuits – the holy instants is which we realize that the something else we thought we were was an illusion.

Our meaning, reality and oneness are available now. God has no secrets. It does not lead you through a world of misery, waiting to tell you at journey’s end why It did this to you. What kind of “God” would do that?

The Main Character

If we are indeed writing our own life stories, why change the minor, secondary characters? Why not just change ourselves?

The Self Fulfilling Prophescy

For example, if you believe your life is not working the way it should, that belief itself and the resultant search for perfection, can cause your suffering.

Believing

What we believe, deeply and often, creates daily experience and guides decision making. So, whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right. It’s ALWAYS your choice. You’re writing your life story right now.

Courage

The desire to hide from the sadness and cruelty of the world is strong. We seek some peace from the emotional stress of

exposure to people who are in pain and from our own pain. Yet our deepest calling is to bring and enlightened consciousness to the world we find right in

front of us. We are called to be our authentic Selves and bring a consciousness of love and compassion to all of creation. This means we do not try to escape;

we try to open ourselves to ourSelves more completely and from there, face the tumult.

Affirmative Prayer

“Prayer is not an act of overcoming God’s reluctance, but should be an active acceptance of His highest willingness.”  Science of Mind text.

Mistakes

“You know, Malachizer, we human beings have an aversion to mistakes. We equate ‘mistakes’ to ‘sins’ and to being wrong.” The High Priest nodded. “But what if there is no ‘sin’? What if what we call a ‘mistake’ is really an opportunity to develop a new awareness?  For example, what if our new awareness showed that a false fact was accepted as true, or that there was a simple misunderstanding or that some method or technique we rely on needed to be adjusted or relearned? If we get defensive about our mistakes, these necessary changes would never occur.

“With ourSelves, there are no mistakes. There are only opportunities to choose again, to learn, grow and change, to become less like ourselves and more like ourSelves. Being negative is easy. The real courage is finding the good in whatever is happening, so-called ‘mistake’ or no, and the pros in every con.”

Devorah Discussed

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Listen to this cool discussion about Devorah.

Projection Makes Perception 2

“Projection makes perception. If we see disaster and catastrophe in the world, it is because we see disaster and catastrophe in ourselves. If we see holiness and hope, it’s because we see holiness and hope in ourSelves. There is no choice that lies between these two decisions. We will see the witnesses to the choice we made. The world you see but shows you how much joy you have allowed yourself to see in you and to accept as yours.”

Projection Makes Perception

Once again, the insights Devorah shares arise from the Course in Miracles.

“Projection makes perception,” Devorah said to the multitude. “What we think and feel in here,” she touched her head and heart, “is what we see out there. In fact with spirit, there is no ‘out there’ or ‘in here’ either. The world we see is what we gave it, nothing more. But though it is no more that that, it is not less, and thus is important to us. It is the witness to your state of mind, the outside picture of an inward condition.

“As we think, so we perceive. Therefore, seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world. Perception is a result, not a cause. Everything looked up with vision, with yourSelf, is healed and holy. Nothing perceived without it means anything. And where there is no meaning, there is chaos.”