July 17 Karen Casey,
Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:
“We can look at problems differently.”
“How do you look at the loss of a job differently? Or a stalled car or an angry spouse? Problems are problems!
When first told that we can see even the most horrendous of circumstances differently, we may suspect it means being in denial. Therapists and friends have warned us against denial. We’d stay stuck in our problems, they claim. Thus it’s easy to be leery of the Course’s teachings at first. Being assertive means taking care of ourselves, we’ve been told. Surely we aren’t supposed to quit doing that!
In this regard, the main lesson of the Course seems radical. It asks us to willingly seek another view of whatever situation is distressing us, even if we are being hurt. That’s a bold request, and it’s natural to resist it at first. Those among us who have tried seem so happy though. Could it be …?”
“It can’t hurt me to try to see my circumstances differently. I owe myself this opportunity today.”
Marianne Williamson, A Year of Daily Wisdom: “Any career, when given to the Holy Spirit, can be used as part of the plan of the restoration of the world. No job is too big or too small for God to use.”
Hugh Prater, Morning Notes: “To forgive another I must first be honest with myself. Very often trying to forgive feels like trying to change reality. But forgiveness is simply returning to peace. If I am stirred up about someone, my purpose is not to squelch my troubled mind. It is to return my attention to my peaceful mind, where nothing needs to be done or undone. To do this, I have the option of going to the source of the disturbance and surrounding in light the troubled image that I hold of the other person. This doesn’t dishonestly condone what the individual did; it honestly addressed the part I am playing in my own mental distress.”
Carolyn Myss, Entering the Castle: “…perhaps God sends you something to endure that seems to have no purpose, no meaning, and is, at least from your perspective, completely undeserved. You will ask yourself, ‘Why me? What have I done to deserve this? Why do I have to endure this? What is the reason? This mystery may make you struggle to explain what you perceive as an injustice until you accept what God has chosen for you.”
Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: “Some egos, if they cannot get praise or admiration, will settle for other forms of attention and play roles to elicit them…The playing of negative roles becomes particularly pronounced whenever the ego is magnified by an active pain-body, that is to say, emotional pain from the past that wants to renew itself through experiencing more pain.”
Unity’s Daily Word: “The joy of God is my strength.”
“When I receive good news, when I hear from a dear friend, or a child calls my name, I feel an immediate and outward expression of happiness.”
“When I watch a funny movie, hear a good joke, or recall a humorous event, I celebrate my gladness with laughter.”
“Yet it is when my heart is touched by a revelation of God’s presence that my joy is complete. There is a reservoir of joy that God has created deep within me. The joy of God is my strength, a joy that cannot be disturbed or depleted by outer circumstances, for it is an intricate part of the nature of God. Through God’s presence within me, I overflow with an indescribable and glorious joy.”
A Course in Miracles: Lesson 198 “Only my condemnation injures me.”
Namaste - Ron
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