Seeds for the Garden of your Mind

June 30

Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:

“The world does not have to change for me to be happy.”

“It’s not easy to believe that we can be happy if we’re in the middle of an unwanted divorce or nursing a terminally ill parent. Rearing children who are out of control is depressing too. Most of us need to look no further than our immediate surroundings to find a reason for unhappiness. It seems like denial when someone  tells us the choice to be happy, in spite of circumstances, is easily made.”

“Looking beyond the contours of the events in our lives is an attainable skill. It doesn’t mean our eyes don’t see the painful details in this physical realm. Rather, it means we understand that the “material” isn’t the actual substance of the spiritual, and it’s the spiritual realm we truly seek to know. Our access to this realm lies within our minds. It takes nothing more than the sincere wish to see our circumstances differently to be able to do so. The Holy Spirit is our pathway.”

“The awful situations that may surround me today
cannot hold me hostage.
I can be happy if I seek the help of the Holy Spirit.”

Marianne Williamson, A Year of Daily Wisdom:     “Taking responsibility for our lives means taking responsibility for our thoughts. Praying to God to ‘save’ our lives means praying for Him to save us from our own negative thoughts.”

Hugh Prather, Morning Notes:          “Unhappiness requires a past. Happiness needs only this instant. Living in the present is a form of taking responsibility because it removes what I depend on to justify my unhappiness. It puts my mind back into my own hands. The past is plainly visible in the facial expressions of most adults. Whereas the faces of little children are usually clear and free of the past.”

Wayne Dyer:          “Going beyond your ego is accomplished quite readily by turning your attention to the one power that is the harmonizing force in all of nature.”

Paul Ferrini:               “Take this simple vow: I pledge that I will no longer betray myself in any relationship. I will communicate how I think and feel honestly, with compassion for the other, but without attachment to how s/he receives my communication. I trust that by telling the truth and honoring myself, I am in communion with the beloved. I will no longer try to ‘make a relationship work’ by sacrificing myself to try to meet my partner’s needs.”

Unity’s Daily Word:
  
“The presence of God is within you, as it is within me.
We are abundantly blessed.”

“In answering the call to ‘pray without ceasing,” I pray for each person I come in contact with throughout my day.”

“When I say hello to my neighbors or chat with people at work, I say a silent prayer for them, acknowledging the presence of God within us all.”

“When friends or family members come to mind, I silently affirm the activity and presence of God in their lives.”

“My prayers for others acknowledge the divine strength and the wisdom of God which is at the core of each one of us. We all have access to God’s guidance. We all equally share the power and presence of God.”

“Silently affirming the spirit of God within each person in prayer, I recognize and give thanks for our unity of Spirit.”

A Course in Miracles:          Lesson 181

“I trust my brothers, who are one with me.”

Namaste - Ron


Lesson 181

“I trust my brothers, who are one with me.”

I trust – I believe – in my brothers as I see them One with me. And in the Oneness is also the Oneness of God. I trust – I believe – in God, the Oneness of us all.