Seeds for the Garden of your Mind

January 5

Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing The Course:

“The ego will lead me astray.”

“When we first come to A Course in Miracles, we are baffled by the idea that the ego is like a “problem child.” Surely, letting ego guide us can’t hurt us! But ever so gently, we learn it may. Simultaneously, we also learn that we are served far more advantageously by the Holy Spirit. While this may or may not upset us, we don’t know how to access the Holy Spirit initially. If we’re in a study group, we can learn how together.

What does it mean to be guided by the Holy Spirit? Every person discovers the Inner Voice a bit differently, but we all do access It in the quiet spaces of our minds. For everyone, the basic element is the same. We call it love. Looking at our experiences, our friends, our casual acquaintances, even our enemies, through eyes that see only love, initiates in us a far different response that when the ego asserts control. We have no thought of attack or comparison or conflict when love is our guide.”

“Looking with love on the first person I meet today
will help me look with love at the second and third one too.”

Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: “Because the truth is true, letting go is all there is to do. Everything I do today is like a little test. Do I want the question or the answer, mental conflict or peace to be right or happy, to be a burden to others or a blessing, to awake or continue sleeping? Each decision I make moves me a step closer to Home or a step further away. Therefore, it’s clear that since the choice is between Truth and error, all I need to do is to question – and thereby release – my desire to continue making the same mistakes.”

Wayne Dyer, There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem: “…the spiritual life is a way of walking with God instead of walking alone.”

Paul Ferrini, Reflections of the Christ Mind: “Every time love is given or received, death is vanquished.”

Unity’s Daily Word:

“In the quiet of prayer,
I claim the love and peace that are mine.”

“Before I go on a trip or take a vacation, I prepare for it. Understanding this, I also understand that life itself is a continual journey – a journey in which I make great progress and also take some detours along the way. It is in the quiet of prayer with God that I prepare for each day.”

“In the silence, I still my mind and open myself to divine guidance. I relax my body and let go of any worry thoughts. Slowly, quietly, the peace of God fills me, soothing my mind and heart. In this quiet of prayer with God, I am truly prepared for my journey and for overcoming any obstacle I might find along my way.”

“In the quiet, I listen and realize that love and peace and all blessings are mind to claim.”

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 5

“I am never upset for the reasons I think.”

Namaste – Ron