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December 29, 2020 - January 12, 2021
Sit comfortably on the floor or upright in a chair. Close your eyes. Roll your shoulders back and lengthen your spine. Take a deep breath in and hold it. Then on the exhale, release. Take another deep breath in, honoring all that you have been holding on to, and on the exhale release it. Continue to breathe long and deep throughout the rest of the meditation. Imagine yourself sitting comfortably in a safe space that you love. See yourself at ease. Settle into this space and know that you are held, protected, and supported. Now take a moment to acknowledge the area of your life that you’ve been
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My commitment to freedom from fear gave me the strength to embrace certainty in an uncertain world. The freedom I speak of is an inner peace that can come only from genuine faith in the Universe.
The way to get your needy and controlling vibe out of the way is to stop praying for what you think you need and instead pray for the highest good for all. Whenever you pray for the highest good, you get your agenda out of the way. You surrender into the Universe’s plan and release your own. Remember that the Universe doesn’t respond to manipulation—the Universe responds to love.
She felt paralyzed by fear. I took in what she said and suggested that she may not be creating clear energy boundaries with people and the world.
“I am love and miracles are natural. I welcome healing of the highest good.”
My faith statement is: I know that the Universe is an ever-present energy field of love. I know that when I align with the energy of love through thoughts, actions, and beliefs, I am given infinite support and guidance. I know that I can co-create my reality with this loving presence so that I can live in joy and spread light. Reading this statement out loud moves me to tears. That’s the goal. Write a faith statement that moves you from your core.
Oftentimes our difficult circumstances reflect the stress, fear, and separation that we carry. It’s important to witness the difficult situations in your life through the lens of love. Choose to see them as an opportunity to surrender to your spiritual practice even more. The amount of flow and synchronicity we experience can be measured by the depth of our spiritual connection.
Miracles are natural. Let the Universe support you. Look for love in all the right places by repeating this prayer throughout the day: “I focus my attention on the love that is around me and I expect miracles.” Practice noninterference. Miracles are habits and should be involuntary. Create your faith statement. Commit to your faith statement and recite it throughout the day.
Whenever you become aware that you’re not feeling at peace and your life isn’t flowing naturally, that’s a clue that you’ve decided to align with the wrong mind of judgment. Judgment shows up in many ways. For instance, any time you think another person is your source of happiness or pain, you’re in judgment. Often judgment shows up as jealousy, comparison, and envy. Judgment can be sneaky, presenting itself as justification for condemning someone you believe has wronged you. However, this judgment is what keeps us in the illusion that we are separate from one another.
When I started to witness how my judgmental nature made me feel, I could easily identify why my life wasn’t flowing. Judgment made me feel weak, sad, and disconnected. It even caused me physical pain. The moment I was able to step away from the judgment and witness how it made me feel, I was able to truly understand how much it was blocking my connection to the Universe.
In any given moment that you witness yourself in judgment, you can become free by simply forgiving the thought. Forgive yourself for having the thought and even forgive the thought altogether. Recognize that the thought did not come from your highest self. Honor your judgmental self, and remember that you’re merely looking for love. Then, as quickly as possible, choose to forgive the thought. You don’t need to hold on to the thought. You don’t need to replay it. You can forgive it in an instant. This simple desire seamlessly leads you into the Holy Instant.
I heard the voice of my inner wisdom say, She is you. Her pain is yours. Her suffering is yours. And you both want the same thing: to return to peace.
This practice of releasing judgment dissolves all boundaries with love. It brings us back to the truth: that we’re all in it together. We all suffer. We all feel unworthy and abandoned. Calling on the Holy Instant allows us to remember that we are all the same, and so we should be kind to one another.
Be willing to release judgment and accept that you have chosen fear. Forgive the judgmental thought with this prayer: “I recognize that I have chosen fear, and I choose again. I choose love.” Let go of the shadow of the past by seeing someone for the first time with the eyes of love. Practice the Kundalini meditation, and recognize the other person is you.
Our connection to love is often just a whisper amid the noisy chaos in our mind. Fear and separation are a pattern that must be interrupted on a moment-to-moment basis. When we fully commit to shift the pattern through prayer and meditation, we begin to rely on love more than fear. Love becomes our default, and we can redirect our thoughts and energy quickly to return to our truth.
“When we give time to a quieting experience, we have a different life because we have a different nervous system.” Tuning in to the love of the Universe lowers our stress levels, restores our cells, and reorganizes our energy. Conscious contact with love interrupts the pattern of fear and returns us to our true nature.
A Prayer for Truth “I call on the energy of the Universe to guide my thoughts back to love. I surrender the false perceptions I have placed upon myself. I forgive these thoughts and I know that I am love. I am peace. I am compassion. I am the Universe.”
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” When we look outside for our faith, we get lost in the dreams of who we think we should be, what we think we need, and when we think we need it. But when we turn inward, we surrender to the one and only truth, which is love.
The way to surrender your need to control time is to embrace the present moment. In any moment you can receive a miracle with the decision to choose love. That simple choice, to choose love over fear, can release you of time and restore your hope and faith. Love is a decision, and all that is asked of you is the willingness to choose it. Each time you do is a miracle.
“I recognize my anger and I honor my reaction to the darkness. I know my true power lies in my capacity to be the light. I call on the energy and thoughts of love to pour through me and inspire me to take action from a place of true power.”
The Sufi poet Rumi said, “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” Trust that your wounds are exactly as the Universe planned. They were divinely placed in your life in the perfect order so that you could show up for them with love and remember the light within. As difficult as your circumstances may have been, take a moment to honor them now. Honor the trauma, honor the pain, and honor the fear, knowing that all along the peace of love was always shining through you.
The Course says, “You are at peace and you bring peace with you wherever you are.” Allowing the Universe to guide you, heal you, and direct you brings that peace back into your consciousness. Peace and love can never be lost.
When you lead your life with grace and love, you begin to feel a swell of energy move through you. You’re given words when you don’t have them. You’re given strength when you are down. You’re given synchronicity and support when you feel lost. You’re given safety when you’re uncertain.
