Seeds for the Garden of Your Mind

December 6

Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:

“The world is our classroom.”

“Turning on the news when we arise or scanning the daily newspaper makes us want to hide under the covers many mornings. Has this world gone crazy? The tragedies that befall people seem to be multiplying. Is this really true, or is the media’s incessant focus on negative occurrences making them see to proliferate? Regardless of our opinion on this matter, we all have to decided how to feel regarding the people and the situations we’re apprised of. That’s where the Course can play an important role.

What it tells us is that we need place no real importance on even the most horrific situation. In every instance it reflects insane egos. To respond to the madness with anything but forgiveness in our hearts is to exaggerate it. Fortunately, we do have the power to initiate healing in every troubling situation. Even when we aren’t specifically involved, we can make a contribution toward the healing by how we choose to treat every person we encounter every day.”

“Nothing that is happening around me has to negatively affect me.
In fact, I can perform a beneficial service for everyone
By expressing only love to every person I see or even think about today.”

Marianne Williamson, A Year of Daily Wisdom: “Through morning prayers and meditation, we embark upon the day spiritually prepared. Without this preparation, we enter the day with yesterday’s anxieties – our own and those of millions of others.”

Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: “In trying to convince someone of the truth of Oneness, I only demonstrate my belief in division. The great neglected need in this era of rigid, clashing opinions is the need for direct experience. Once we experience a spiritual fact, we stop arguing about it or trying to convince others that we are right. As long as we feel a need to influence another person’s opinions about Truth, it remains for us a concept, something that perhaps we accept intellectually, but not a thing that fills our perceptions with light and our heart with equality.”

Wayne Dyer: “Joy…is a way of processing the world from the perspective of what you have and what is right. Joyful people rejoice in their strengths, talents, and powers and do not compare themselves to anyone.”

Paul Ferrini: “Whatever your religion is, know that it has dogmas and interpretations that disguise the truth. All religions are heavily burdened by the prejudices of followers who never opened to truth and beauty in their lives. What you have is a record of their fear, not an invitation to love.”

Unity’s Daily Word:

“I express true spiritual patience.”

“The phrase ‘the patience of Job’ is often used when describing someone who is accepting, tolerant, and serene in difficult circumstances. The Old Testament story, however, is about someone who at first railed against God and complained, but later learned a better way through his experiences.”

“The experiences of my life can teach me patience too. A difficult day at the office or troublesome family members may tempt me to complain. By devoting time each day to prayer and meditation, however, I learn true spiritual patience.”

“With patience that is founded on spiritual understanding, I know when to speak and when to be silent, when to act and when to allow others to act. I express true spiritual patience.”

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 340

“I can be free of suffering today.”