Seeds for the Garden of your Mind

January 3

Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:

“Miracles result from a shift in our perception.”

“Every expression is either one of love or a cry for healing and help. Remembering this simplifies how we experience life. The most difficult of circumstances reveals a far simpler lesson that we might imagine when it is perceived through loving eyes and a forgiving heart.

But what of the abuse, physical or emotional, we may have suffered at the hands of parents or spouses? Can those experiences be forgotten, forgiven, or simply explained away? A Course in Miracles teaches us that every unloving action is always a cry for healing and help. Regardless of its intensity, an act that hurts us is a cry for help that has grown out of fear.

Embracing this truth doesn’t come easily at first. Maybe we can accept it in a few situations. A friend’s put down or the bus driver’s rude remark can be overlooked. But the more serious circumstances require our willingness to suspend all judgment and offer only forgiveness instead. With time and practice this will become easier.”

“I will quietly think through an action before I take it today.
I will ask myself, Is this action loving?”

Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: “The answer is to let go of pressure, not add more. My tendency is to make matters worse. Let me at least pause a moment and see what I want to do. When I set up a war within my mind, I put it between myself and God, because I make conflict more important than everything else. When I try to thwart other people, winning becomes more valuable to me than Love. And when I try to dictate the course of events, I am immediately at odds with the situation I’m already in. Yet when I relax into equality and trust in a greater Reality, life becomes simpler and my behavior modifies itself naturally.”

Wayne Dyer, There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem: “Spirituality is from within, the result of recognition, realization, and reverence.”

Paul Ferrini, Reflections of the Christ Mind: “Every time a person turns to me in complete surrender, he becomes my instrument. Through his hands and heart I work to spread love in the world.”

Unity’s Daily Word:

“Trusting in God,
I am blessed throughout my journey of life.”

“When I read a book, I understand the events characters encounter were conceived by the author with a purpose in mind. Reading the book, I am going along for the ride and seeing where the journey leads.”

“It’s easy to have that perspective while being entertained, but it can be more difficult to find objectivity in my own life. I may create friction by resisting the divine order of things. How much easier life is when I willingly release the urge to struggle! Now is the time to accomplish this in prayer.

“Dear God, I expand my consciousness to a wider vision of life. I release all expectations of what I think should happen and ask for Your guidance as I step forward. Letting go of any need to control, I am ready to enjoy the journey with You as my guide.”

The Course in Miracles: Lesson 3

“I do not understand anything I see in this room.”