Seeds for the Garden of your Mind

February 6

Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:

“Insanity or peacefulness, that’s the choice.”

“This choice seems too simplistic, perhaps. How can we get from being peaceful to insane so quickly? Few of us had little more than a hint of understanding about this when we first sought the counsel of the Course. Our minds madly tried to solve or change or merely tolerate the circumstances we were living our whole lives. We frequently felt out of control, insane so to speak. And that seemed normal.

We learn that it could have been different all along. We hear in the voices and see in the actions of our Course friends that it is different for some of them. We wonder why they have been graced and not us. Our time has come, however.

Each passage we read, each discussion we hear, each interpretation we seek enlightens us about the pathway to the realm of peacefulness. We, too, can know only peace. Are we ready?

“I may be enticed by the ego today. Will I choose peace instead?”

Marianne Williamson, A Year of Daily Wisdom: “We don’t go to God as a way to ignore our pain. We go there to give Him our pain, that we might soften around it as we relax into our trust in Him.”

Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: “Fear is my responsibility because fear means that I am conflicted. We are like children pointing and screaming at a shadow, and all the while a loving parent stands beside us offering comfort and safety. God show us the place where we are invulnerable and completely at peace. Yet if I am conflicted about moving in that direction, the peace of God doesn’t force me to decide against my desires, even though those inclinations, no matter how tentatively or erratically followed, always hurt me. Today, when I notice I am afraid, I will examine my mind for conflicting purposes.”

Wayne Dyer: “When someone offers you a gift of their insults, and you refuse to accept them, they obviously still belong to the original giver. And why would you choose to be upset or angry over something that belonged to someone else?”

Paul Ferrini: “Truth is a door that remains open. You cannot close this door. You can choose not to enter. You can walk in the opposite direction…the door is never closed to you or anyone else.”

Unity’s Daily Word:

“Centered in the love of God in this prayerful moment,
I am at peace.”

“I can claim peace at any time and place – whether I’m grocery shopping, taking a test, or moving through traffic delays. One moment of a conscious connection to God’s love within me may be all I need to move through a situation peacefully.”

“The instant that I turn to God, I release all frustrations. As these emotions are released into God’s compassionate, peaceful presence, I feel a weight lifting from my body. Aches, pains, and stresses melt away.”

“I also release any attachment to a particular outcome and become instrumental in bringing harmony to my current circumstance. With all emotional burdens released, I come away with a fresh perspective. Invigorated and spiritually centered, I am now aligned with God’s pure and perfect love.”

From ACIM: Lesson 37

“My holiness blesses the world.”

My completeness – my wholeness – my holiness blesses my world. I extend God to my vision of my world and I see my world in love. And my world shines back to me the Love of God as well.

Namaste - Ron