Seeds for the Garden of Your Mind

January 19

Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing The Course:

“We teach and learn interchangeably.”

“We’ll have a number of opportunities every day to inspire peaceful resolutions to problems. That may sound unlikely or grandiose if we haven’t considered the impact the Holy Spirit can have on the lives of everyone. Our changed perspective of any situation can nurture extremely unexpected outcomes.

What a thrill it is to realize that we can offer something good to every situation, every person we encounter. When we rely on the Holy Spirit to dictate our offering, it can only be good.

What we are teaching someone else in these moments is the possibility that love is forever present in our lives. Even when we feel distant from love, we can claim it by seeking the closeness of the Holy Spirit.

We learn from others’ behavior. We teach them likewise. It is up to us to decide what we want to teach and learn in every instance. The ego has a particular plan for us. So does the Holy Spirit. Choosing one plan or the other makes the difference in how quickly we will “graduate.”

“I am a willing student when I want to be.
Will I be a willing Teacher today?”

Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: “Make your state of mind more important than what you are doing. Only the mind can be controlled. Health, income, relationships, longevity, reputation, and the like, can’t be controlled. Personal destiny is merely the story told by my body. Even the tiniest even can’t be controlled, and the attempt to do so always splits the mind. In trying to control what I believe to be outside my mind, I discount the power of my thoughts and fail to take responsibility for them.”

Wayne Dyer, There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem: “To become an illumined soul we must not conceptualize ourselves as our senses and all that they lust after. That is ignorance. We are not the object of experience, but the silent observer within the experience itself.

Paul Ferrini, Reflections of the Christ Mind: “Do not hold us at arm’s length. Embrace us as your equal. Mary could have been your mother. I could have been your son.”

Unity’s Daily Word:

“Divine Love establishes order
in my thoughts and in my day.”

“If it seems that too much is happening too fast, I may wish there were a pause button I could use to put my life on hold for even a few moments.”

“The reality is that I can take a much-needed time out: a sacred time in which I center my awareness on the Christ of my being. Here in the quiet of my soul, I am fully conscious of the love of Christ and the order that this love sustains within me and all around me.”

“I maintain this awareness as I go about my day. Mindful of the love of Christ, I also understand the order it brings to my thoughts and to my activities. I see the events of the day unfolding in an orderly way, and I cooperate with the unfoldment.”

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 19

“I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my thoughts.