March 23
Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:
“Our level of peacefulness determines our progress.”
“When we are agitated, we’re caught in the ego – we’re stuck in old ideas and old behavior. Let’s not be too hard on ourselves though. The Course’s teachings are radically different, in many respects, from what we believed before. Coming to accept these new views is a process. And becoming comfortable using these ideas as tools for more peaceful living takes practice, maybe years of practice. We have all the time we need, however. There is no rush. No one is keeping score.
When someone upsets us, we have a choice: either we can let the ego be engaged and react, or we can acknowledge the other person’s need for forgiveness and love, offer it, and go on our way. Our willingness to quietly forgive and love is easier with some people than with others. A gruff boss or a disrespectful neighbor is easy to criticize.
None of us would deny that we’d like more peace in our lives, and it really isn’t that hard to attain. Monitoring our feelings and reactions to the events in our lives will reveal our opportunities for greater peacefulness.”
“I can observe myself in action.
Noting what I do or what I think about doing today
can teach me to try a softer way.”
Marianne Williamson, A Year of Daily Wisdom: “Our Kingdom is our life, and our life is our kingdom. We are all meant to rule from a glorious place. When God is on the throne, then so are we. When God is in exile, our lands are at war and our kingdoms are in chaos.”
Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: “Your comfort is my own. Today my silent pledge to my loved ones is this: I want you to feel free of self-consciousness when you are around me – even if you are upset. I want you to be able to say anything to me – even what you don’t mean. I want you to be so comfortable that you don’t even think it’s necessary to notice I’m here. The experience of Love includes no need for me to be defensive. Nor does it demand that I be respected, honored, or acknowledged.”
Wayne Dyer, There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem: “Divine love is not floating around in the air or sitting on a fluffy cloud waiting to rain down on you and wash away all your problems.”
Paul Ferrini, Reflections of The Christ Mind: “Spirituality is the consciousness that life is okay the way it is. It doesn’t need to be changed or fixed.”
Unity’s Daily Word:
“God, who is all wisdom, is my teacher and guide.”
“I am learning each day how much more there is for me to know about the world and my place in it.”
“Regardless of how much education I may or may not have, there is one truth I know – God, who is all wisdom, is the most important teacher and guide I could ever have. I trust God to show me the way.”
“God has created me with the ability to learn and to use what I learn to bring greater understanding to my family and friends, my workplace and community. God nurtures my desire to know more about living a spiritually enriched life.”
“The more I recognize the wonder of my Creator, the more I find to appreciate about myself, about all people, and about our sacred kinship as children of God.”
A Course in Miracles: Lesson 82
Review Lesson 63 and 64
“Lesson 63 – “The light of the world brings peace to every mind through my forgiveness.”
Lesson 64 – “Let me not forget my function.”
My function, my only function, is that of forgiveness, and that forgiveness is my forgiveness of the thoughts I hold within my mind that are not thoughts of love. I am the light of the world, my world, and through the forgiveness of my fear thoughts, I bring my world peace. I will not forget my function here in this world I make.
Namaste – Ron
Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:
“Our level of peacefulness determines our progress.”
“When we are agitated, we’re caught in the ego – we’re stuck in old ideas and old behavior. Let’s not be too hard on ourselves though. The Course’s teachings are radically different, in many respects, from what we believed before. Coming to accept these new views is a process. And becoming comfortable using these ideas as tools for more peaceful living takes practice, maybe years of practice. We have all the time we need, however. There is no rush. No one is keeping score.
When someone upsets us, we have a choice: either we can let the ego be engaged and react, or we can acknowledge the other person’s need for forgiveness and love, offer it, and go on our way. Our willingness to quietly forgive and love is easier with some people than with others. A gruff boss or a disrespectful neighbor is easy to criticize.
None of us would deny that we’d like more peace in our lives, and it really isn’t that hard to attain. Monitoring our feelings and reactions to the events in our lives will reveal our opportunities for greater peacefulness.”
“I can observe myself in action.
Noting what I do or what I think about doing today
can teach me to try a softer way.”
Marianne Williamson, A Year of Daily Wisdom: “Our Kingdom is our life, and our life is our kingdom. We are all meant to rule from a glorious place. When God is on the throne, then so are we. When God is in exile, our lands are at war and our kingdoms are in chaos.”
Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: “Your comfort is my own. Today my silent pledge to my loved ones is this: I want you to feel free of self-consciousness when you are around me – even if you are upset. I want you to be able to say anything to me – even what you don’t mean. I want you to be so comfortable that you don’t even think it’s necessary to notice I’m here. The experience of Love includes no need for me to be defensive. Nor does it demand that I be respected, honored, or acknowledged.”
Wayne Dyer, There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem: “Divine love is not floating around in the air or sitting on a fluffy cloud waiting to rain down on you and wash away all your problems.”
Paul Ferrini, Reflections of The Christ Mind: “Spirituality is the consciousness that life is okay the way it is. It doesn’t need to be changed or fixed.”
Unity’s Daily Word:
“God, who is all wisdom, is my teacher and guide.”
“I am learning each day how much more there is for me to know about the world and my place in it.”
“Regardless of how much education I may or may not have, there is one truth I know – God, who is all wisdom, is the most important teacher and guide I could ever have. I trust God to show me the way.”
“God has created me with the ability to learn and to use what I learn to bring greater understanding to my family and friends, my workplace and community. God nurtures my desire to know more about living a spiritually enriched life.”
“The more I recognize the wonder of my Creator, the more I find to appreciate about myself, about all people, and about our sacred kinship as children of God.”
A Course in Miracles: Lesson 82
Review Lesson 63 and 64
“Lesson 63 – “The light of the world brings peace to every mind through my forgiveness.”
Lesson 64 – “Let me not forget my function.”
My function, my only function, is that of forgiveness, and that forgiveness is my forgiveness of the thoughts I hold within my mind that are not thoughts of love. I am the light of the world, my world, and through the forgiveness of my fear thoughts, I bring my world peace. I will not forget my function here in this world I make.
Namaste – Ron
2 comments:
Even when I'm blogging in Something to Talk About, I's choose to walk light, soft. I believe that all have the right to their own choices, as I do.
Every second we do create a choice, and every choice, is the child of the thought.
And each choice is perfect for that person.
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