Seeds for the Garden of your Mind

July 11

Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:

“Problems are not as we see them.”

“Our perspective determines our interpretation of an experience. What amuses one person may anger a second and edify a third. Thus we may wonder how we are ever to get along with other people. Differing perspectives give rise to simple disagreement, major dysfunction, and at the extreme, violence and war. We see the evidence everywhere.

So what does it mean to say problems are not as we see them? Well, If we realize that each person sees each situation differently we begin to see that no problem is definite or absolute in scope. It is possible to see problems from a different perspective if we’re willing to stretch our minds.

How do we stretch our minds? It’s rather easy. We go the quiet space within for a different view of that which troubles us. If our request is sincere, and our willingness genuine, we’ll find that which we seek.”

“If I don’t like what I see today, it’s up to me to seek a different view.”

Marianne Williamson, A Year of Daily Wisdom:     “The enlightened world will be one in which everyone is in love with everyone all the time. There will be no judgment; therefore, no blocks to the awareness of love. We will see each other as God created us: as the perfect, loving, and lovable people we really are at our core.”

Hugh Prater, Morning Notes:          “The ego speaks first, but in stillness I will listen for the voice of sanity. In everything we do, our ego has its own agenda, and its voice is always present. When we started a spiritual path, our ego did also. On all occasions our mind contains some conflict, and we can look back on any decision we made and remember our ego motivation, because the ego did, in fact, speak. That is why any relationship can be interpreted as having started negatively, even though at the time we may have actually followed the peace of our hearts. Today I will be aware of both voices within me and, even as I acknowledge my ego motivation, I will consciously choose the voice of sanity instead.”

Wayne Dyer:     “To the spiritual master, death is unreal, nor nonexistent, unreal.”

Paul Ferrini:          “Imagine that your relationship is a continual dance in which moving in a complimentary way is the only goal. Each one of you is constantly make little adjustments so that you can stay together in a comfortable way.”  

Unity’s Daily Word:

“The spirit of God is being expressed through me as patience and love.”

“Having patience with myself and with others is an expression of my spiritual maturity. I understand that love and support are more valuable than strict coherence to a schedule. People are more valuable than things.”

“In any situation I  have choice as to how I respond. I choose to be patient, and because I do, my natural response in all situations is to be thoughtful of others.”

“My patience increases as I expand my view of life. With loving eyes and an empathetic heart, I look for the best in myself and others. I consider the presence of God within us all.”

“I make the choice to be patient and loving. I invite the spirit of God to work through me so that I am an expression of patience and love in all that I do.”

A Course in Miracles:          Lesson 192

“I have a function God would have me fill.”

Namaste - Ron