The Seeds for the Garden of Your Mind

January 8

From Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing The Course::

“Guilt is most often unconscious.”

“If our guilt is unconscious, how can we deal with it? The surprising news for many of us is that every unloving encounter with someone else is an opportunity to deal with guilt. What this means is that we see ourselves in others. Always. Other people serve as our mirrors. While it is more pleasant to relate to others’ positive behavior, we can learn a lot about ourselves from our reactions to their negative behavior.

The Course invites us to forgive others. In the process we’ll discover a self-love we hadn’t know before. The guilt we carry is usually deep-seated. While it’s true we are conscious of our grossly “sinful” acts, the more subtle we fail to perceive. That’s why we encounter them as traits in our companions. They teach us about ourselves. Forgiving them allows us to forgive ourselves and heal our minds. From that moment on, nothing remains the same.

“I will heal my mind by forgiving others today.
I can do it again tomorrow is necessary.”

From Marianne Williamson: “Changes in life are always going to happen; they’re part of the human experience. What we can change, however, is how we perceive them. And that shift in our perception is a miracle.”

From Wayne Dyer, Manifest Your Destiny: “Stage Two of the Adult Development – The Warrior - …when the ego dominates our lives and we feel compelled to conquer the world to demonstrate our superiority.”

From Paul Ferrini, Reflections of The Christ Mind: “This is my Second Coming. I will not come again in a physical body. I will come through your heart/mind and your life as your attune to me, just as I have always done.”

From Unity’s Daily Word:

“I am giving expression to the Christ
qualities within me.”

“January is the heart of winter in the northern hemisphere. Trees are bare and gardens seem lifeless, but in spite of these appearance, the process of life is continuing in all that we see. In a few short months, as expected, what has seemed barren will once again come alive.”

“I, too, am in the process of transformation, because I am a work in progress. As I focus on what I am becoming, even images of the past are transformed. Mistakes turn into lessons learned. Sorrows heal and joys are born anew. My transformation is about the sacred qualities within showing up as who I am.”

From A Course in Miracles: Lesson 8

“My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts.”