Seeds for the Garden of Your Mind

January 4

Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing The Course:

“Take what fits and leave the rest.”

“Perhaps because we are in pain, we want to understand A Course in Miracles immediately, certain that we’ll be instantly healed. The truth is, we will likely move slowly through the text and the workbook and still miss the finer points of the message. In time, all will become clear.

Just because we don’t understand every statement Jesus makes in the Course doesn’t mean we can’t immediately incorporate those we do understand. For instance, it’s easy to grasp that fear results in attack or to accept that love is fear’s opposite. Thus, we can quickly evaluate any person’s action as either an expression of love or an appeal for healing and help. Knowing just this one principle can change how we see every situation in our lives. Grasping the rest will eventually change us forever. There is enough time for understanding all of it.

“I will apply what I have learned so far today. That’s easy enough.”

Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: “To free myself from useless battles, I put all things in God’s hands. Sooner or later, I must take a leap of faith. The existence of a sustaining Love makes no rational sense. It can only be felt when I exercise trust. As long as I wait for signs, miracles, fulfillment of dreams, or just a slight improvement in circumstances, I will never know Reality. The divine can only be seen through the eyes of faith. Today I will proceed as if I already believe.”

Wayne Dyer, There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem: “In order to surrender you must be able to admit to being helpless.”

Paul Ferrini, Reflections of the Christ Mind: “If you do not try to emulate me, what is the meaning of your belief in me?”

Unity’s Daily Word:

“God provides me with insight
that lights the way before me.

“If I am experiencing an uncertain period in my life, I call upon my inner vision – spiritual understanding through which I recognize God as the foundation of the good that is always present.”

“This inner vision may reveal a clear direction as an intuitive feeling that moves me forward. I may feel led to read a certain scripture or to consider the wisdom of a trusted family member or friend. As I continue to give thanks to God for the direction I have received, my inner vision enables me to view all more clearly.”

“God fills me with insight that guides the way before me. My life is radiant with light. I feel the warmth of a sunny day and savor the scent of fragrant flowers. I see all in a fresh, new way as I reflect on God’s abundant good.”

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 4

“These thoughts do not mean anything.
They are like the things I see in this room.”

Namaste – Ron