Seeds for the Garden of your Mind

January 16

Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:

“The separation we feel from others is not real.”

“All tension and conflict with other people are the result of our perceptions. Coming to understand that situations appear as we project them changes how we feel. What we perceive as being eternal is created by us internally. The mind is all-powerful.

How can it be that nothing exists but what we make up? Objects feel concrete when touched. So do people. Yet the Course tells us that in a tiny, mad moment we made it all up. In that moment, we imagined our separation from God, and existence became a struggle to get back to where we began, to escape this nightmare called life.

We have to accept many theories – whether scientific or religious – on faith. This is one of them. And until we do, we can at least envision that the mind consists of two parts. One is the ego, which manifests itself as problems. The other is the Holy Spirit, where peace dwells. We listen to the voice of one part or the other every minute. We can choose only peace if we listen to the Holy Spirit.

“The voice that blesses me is as close of my memory of its presence.
I will select carefully today.”

Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: “We can accept one another and enjoy life, or judge one another and be unhappy. Self-preoccupation is an unhappy state of mind, yet it offers several temporary pleasures, and these must be honestly looked at. For example, revenge can seem deeply satisfying for a while and acts of ill will can make us feel more confident. But there is another set of pleasures that comes from empathy, tolerance, and trusting other people’s processes, which never leads to misery. If there is indeed a greater Guidance, who am I to know what anyone else should be doing? This is what is meant by trusting others.”

Paul Ferrini, Reflections of The Christ Mind: “My teaching is about remembering. It is about becoming conscious of the truth and living it. It is not enough just to know words. Words are easily forgotten. Words must become practice. And practice must become spontaneous action.”

Wayne Dyer, There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem: “Ask yourself this key question, “How do I feel most of the time?” If you answer is that you feel anxious, anguished, hurt, depressed, frustrated, and so on, then you have a spiritual disconnect.”

Unity’s Daily Word:

“I am a peacemaker
who is making a positive difference in the world.”

“Thank You, God, for Your love being expressed by the peacemakers of the world. Those people who have acted courageously and lovingly to make positive changes have blessed me and others. I know that some of these blessings have been revealed, and others are yet to be revealed.”

“Thank You, God, for Your love within me, which guides and inspires me in every moment of life. In my daily communion with You, I find the strength and the resolve to think, speak, and act in ways that are peaceful and beneficial in my life and to the world.”

“Thank You, God, for Your love that enfolds me in every situation and activity. I am blessed by oneness with You and the realization that I, too, am a peacemaker. I am making a positive difference in a world You have created to be a peaceful home for all.”

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 16

“I have no neutral thoughts.”