April 19
Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:
“Prayer is often arrogant.”
“When we’re being honest we’d probably admit to praying for highly specific outcomes in our relationships, definitive solutions to a nagging health problem, or a longed-for career promotion. When we haven’t detailed our desires, we worry that God won’t answer us to our specifications. We are certain that we best understand what we need.
The Course never says that how we pray is wrong, rather, that it is folly and surely arrogant of us to second-guess the Ultimate Authority. The ego is the voice that dictates conditional prayers, but as we become more willing to listen for the Holy Spirit’s guidance, we’ll understand that the only thing we ever need to pray for is peace.
We will accept and eventually understand whatever is occurring in our lives if we seek and relish the peace that we’re certain to receive if we pray for it. We are here as students. Let’s enjoy the simpler path to understanding.”
“I will seek only peace today.
No matter what experience troubles me,
peacefulness will see me through.”
Marianne Williamson, A Year of Daily Wisdom: “People who profoundly achieve aren’t necessarily people who do so much; they’re people around whom things get done. Mahatma Gandhi and President Kennedy were both examples of this.”
Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: “It never stops being now. The journey back to God is the journey back to now. To ascend into heaven is to sink so deeply into now that we loose interest in past regrets and anxious anticipations. But I make this so complicated. ‘Should I plan for dinner; should I apologize for what I said yesterday; should I make out a will…?’ To think about what it means to be in the present is not to be in the present. Little children are so unsophisticated that they run around, giggle, stare at strangers, taste rocks, and just altogether have way too much fun. They’re so clueless, they don’t even know they have mastered advanced metaphysical concepts and mystical techniques. Today, I too will practice being clueless.”
Wayne Dyer, There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem: “In this opening line of Saint Francis’s prayer he beseeches God to make him an instrument of His peace. He recognize that God and peace are synonyms, and that to be in any state other than one of peace is to believe you can be separated from God.”
Paul Ferrini, The Silence of the Heart: “The attachment to pain and hurt is a condition of the perception of self as a victim. When self is no longer seen as a victim, there is no more attention to pain. Pain may come and go. But one does not find any meaning in it.”
Unity’s Daily Word:
“The life of Christ within is my source of continued renewal.”
“I may feel that my energy level needs restoration and my physical body is in need of rejuvenation. One choice I have is to adopt lifestyle changes that promote health. This decision opens the way for me to make changes that benefit my total well-being.”
“I have within me all the power and strength of the living Christ. Knowing and claiming this truth draws me easily and naturally to resources that support the renewal of my mind, body, and spirit.”
“I choose foods that nourish and strengthen me. I enjoy physical activity that gets me up and moving. I stimulate my mind with reading and music that enlivens my imagination and my intellect. And through prayer, I build on a consciousness of the indwelling Christ – my source of continued renewal.”
A Course in Miracles: Lesson 109
“I rest in God.”
What a great affirmation! I rest in God! I have never left, could never leave God and will forever be as God IS. I AM One and the Whole of God. Where I have been is where I shall forever be. I rest in God. I AM in the comfort and peace of God.
Namaste – Ron
Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:
“Prayer is often arrogant.”
“When we’re being honest we’d probably admit to praying for highly specific outcomes in our relationships, definitive solutions to a nagging health problem, or a longed-for career promotion. When we haven’t detailed our desires, we worry that God won’t answer us to our specifications. We are certain that we best understand what we need.
The Course never says that how we pray is wrong, rather, that it is folly and surely arrogant of us to second-guess the Ultimate Authority. The ego is the voice that dictates conditional prayers, but as we become more willing to listen for the Holy Spirit’s guidance, we’ll understand that the only thing we ever need to pray for is peace.
We will accept and eventually understand whatever is occurring in our lives if we seek and relish the peace that we’re certain to receive if we pray for it. We are here as students. Let’s enjoy the simpler path to understanding.”
“I will seek only peace today.
No matter what experience troubles me,
peacefulness will see me through.”
Marianne Williamson, A Year of Daily Wisdom: “People who profoundly achieve aren’t necessarily people who do so much; they’re people around whom things get done. Mahatma Gandhi and President Kennedy were both examples of this.”
Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: “It never stops being now. The journey back to God is the journey back to now. To ascend into heaven is to sink so deeply into now that we loose interest in past regrets and anxious anticipations. But I make this so complicated. ‘Should I plan for dinner; should I apologize for what I said yesterday; should I make out a will…?’ To think about what it means to be in the present is not to be in the present. Little children are so unsophisticated that they run around, giggle, stare at strangers, taste rocks, and just altogether have way too much fun. They’re so clueless, they don’t even know they have mastered advanced metaphysical concepts and mystical techniques. Today, I too will practice being clueless.”
Wayne Dyer, There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem: “In this opening line of Saint Francis’s prayer he beseeches God to make him an instrument of His peace. He recognize that God and peace are synonyms, and that to be in any state other than one of peace is to believe you can be separated from God.”
Paul Ferrini, The Silence of the Heart: “The attachment to pain and hurt is a condition of the perception of self as a victim. When self is no longer seen as a victim, there is no more attention to pain. Pain may come and go. But one does not find any meaning in it.”
Unity’s Daily Word:
“The life of Christ within is my source of continued renewal.”
“I may feel that my energy level needs restoration and my physical body is in need of rejuvenation. One choice I have is to adopt lifestyle changes that promote health. This decision opens the way for me to make changes that benefit my total well-being.”
“I have within me all the power and strength of the living Christ. Knowing and claiming this truth draws me easily and naturally to resources that support the renewal of my mind, body, and spirit.”
“I choose foods that nourish and strengthen me. I enjoy physical activity that gets me up and moving. I stimulate my mind with reading and music that enlivens my imagination and my intellect. And through prayer, I build on a consciousness of the indwelling Christ – my source of continued renewal.”
A Course in Miracles: Lesson 109
“I rest in God.”
What a great affirmation! I rest in God! I have never left, could never leave God and will forever be as God IS. I AM One and the Whole of God. Where I have been is where I shall forever be. I rest in God. I AM in the comfort and peace of God.
Namaste – Ron
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