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Observing Fear Thoughts and Handing Them Over


Holy Spirit through Mary:
  Observe the fear thoughts that come into your mind and then hand them over to Me. We can look at them together and you will be gently reminded of the truth that you are still safe in the Mind of God, no matter what fear thoughts may pass through your mind.

Allow these thoughts to be replaced with the awareness of peace. Allow this feeling of peace to take you deeper and fill you with an awareness that you are eternally safe, eternally loved and eternally loving. Allow everything to soften. Let yourself gently become aware that you are immersed in God’s Ocean of Love. You cannot be outside this Ocean, no matter what fearful dreams you may dream. Let yourself soak in the comforting ocean of peace. Rest a while with Me. Rest.

You have been concerned with how this move will be made in safety and in peace. These thoughts will come and go and come again. This is your opportunity to practice giving all these thoughts to Me each time they may arise. This is your opportunity to once again choose peace instead of fear thoughts. This is your opportunity to choose once again the peace of Heaven instead of the thoughts of the ego. This is your opportunity to practice once again handing over these thoughts. You would not keep them because you choose to wake up instead of remain asleep.

This becomes a wonderful time to strengthen your trust muscles. You are being carried. You need not try to handle things on your own. You are seeing that it is a waste of time. Give all time to me. I know how to use it to bring you true and everlasting happiness.

Let go. Relax. Soften. Welcome the Light of truth into your mind. You always get what you truly want and you truly want My gifts of peace and joy. We are one. Let this awareness soak in deeply. God is all and all is one. Let this awareness soak in deeply. Desire this awareness above all else and you will be truly helpful in the Sonship’s dream of awakening to the truth. You are Home now. Rejoice and be glad.


Holy Spirit through Robert:
  Judgement always brings fear with it because judgment always brings guilt. Since guilt demands punishment, fear is inevitable where there is belief in guilt. You may not always recognize the fear as fear. Sometimes it appears to be anger, which is just an attempt to make another guilty instead of yourself. But you cannot see guilt outside without first seeing it in yourself. So though it may appear that you are judging someone else, this judgement started with a judgment of yourself.

Judgment always disturbs your peace because it is incompatible with peace. It is an attempt to attack God and His holy Son. While They cannot be harmed, when you judge you do believe you harm. So the guilt you attempted to project is reinforced still more in your mind. The statement, “judge not lest you be judged,” is simply saying that when you judge anyone, you judge yourself. Let all judgment go.

When you recognize that your peace has been disturbed in any way, step back. Ask for the Holy Spirit to bring His gentle peace to you. Open your mind to His vision. He will show you the Love that is present eternally, no matter what the appearances in form may be. He will show you the permanence of Love, where your safety lies. He will show you the innocence that is real because God created only perfect Love, which cannot sin, cannot attack, cannot harm.

If an appearance seems to reflect harm or loss in any way, step back and ask the Holy Spirit to help you see beyond the form, beyond the appearance. He will show you that the appearance simply reflects a mistaken thought that you could be anything but Love. And He will show you the Love you are and the Love that is all there is anywhere, any time. Let Him help you rise above to see the Love, always.

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Accepting the Justice of Heaven


Robert:
Today we read the section, “The Justice of Heaven” and Workbook lesson 66. For me they really complimented each other. In the reading of the Text we were told that if we try to keep one problem to solve on our own, we are not accepting the justice of Heaven and cannot experience it. To experience the justice of Heaven we must be willing to give up all value of anything in the world of illusions. The ego would teach us that this is asking sacrifice of us. But is it really sacrifice to give up illusion in exchange for reality? Is it sacrifice to give up loss in exchange for the eternal gain of Love?

While I believe myself to be in this world, I need a Guide to find my way out. I must be willing to make no decision on my own. I must not withhold anything from the Holy Spirit’s help. I was trained as an engineer to “solve problems.” It seems very tempting to attempt to solve perceived problems on my own, to fall back into old habits. But each time I do that I am rejecting the justice of Heaven. I am rejecting happiness. It is arrogance to believe that I can solve any problem on my own. It is time for me to let Holy Spirit be the engineer and for me to implement His designs, His solutions. This is the only way for me to find lasting happiness. It is the only way for me to be at peace.

Today I resign as the engineer and gratefully turn over that role to the Holy Spirit, Who knows how to engineer all solutions in a way that everyone wins and there is no loss. I choose to follow the Holy Spirit’s miracle-engineered plans. In this choice is my perfect happiness and perfect peace. I give thanks.


Sharyn:
  Today as we read lesson 66, my happiness and function are one and the same, I realized that of myself I can do nothing, nor would I want to. God is Love, peace and happiness. For all of those things, I just need to go to the Source. The Source of Love, peace and happiness is just waiting to fill me with those things and to serve me. God’s happiness is my happiness.

In every situation, when I remember to go to Him for answers, the outcome will always be happiness, for that is all He wants for me. There is nothing else. It is only when I think I know how to handle any situation, and forget to go to Him, that my happiness is not assured. God said, “Happiness is assuredly yours,” and He meant it. Now my only job is to remember to go to my Source for all my happiness.


Holy Spirit through Mary:
You want to be of service. You want to be happy. This is how: Ask often, “Right now, this moment, my mind is open and willing to receive Your guidance. What would You have me do right now? How would You have me think, right now?” Then leave an open space in your mind to receive. You will know you are receiving Me when you feel My peace, gentleness and ease. Your job is to follow, not lead. Practice this today and you will have a happy day.

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Letting the Past and Future Go and Trust the Present Moment


Mary:
  Each day I affirm my decision to awaken from the dream of separation. This decision makes this world a school by which the Holy Spirit gently leads me Home to the awareness of oneness. The lesson I am receiving now is a lesson in letting the past and the future go and trust the Holy Spirit in the present moment. I have found myself resisting this lesson many times as I choose mindfulness, or being aware of where my thoughts are during the day.

I often find myself trying to figure it out on my own, especially how this move to Florida is to take place. I find myself questioning whether I would be safe through this whole process. Last Sunday we read the lesson, “I place the future in the Hands of God.” This lesson is very helpful to me now. With the Holy Spirit leading the way, I am being very gently led to a greater trust in the present moment. I am being led to an awareness that everything is absolutely in perfect order and that the timing for each step will unfold very quietly, very gently leading us into a place of ease and peace.

Right now I seem to be going between trusting completely and wanting to know what the future holds ahead of time. When I try to jump ahead, it is like jumping ahead a chapter in a book without reading the current chapter. The Holy Spirit tells me that as I stay with the current chapter, I will be prepared for the future chapter when it comes. The Holy Spirit is leading us one step at a time. If I try to jump ahead to a future chapter, it just creates confusion.

So now I am being very gently taught to accept all the beautiful lessons that the present moment holds for me. The Holy Spirit can bring me an awareness of God’s peace and God’s quiet inner joy as I am content to accept Holy Spirit’s gifts right now. When I do this right now, I know that the future will take care of itself. I place the future in the hands of God and would not try to make up stories on my own. I know now that this would only bring me pain. So my lesson now is to relax and stay open minded to Holy Spirit’s inner direction in this present moment. That’s all I need to do. This is where I place my trust.


Robert:
Today we read the first “I am as God created me” lesson. It tells us that if this thought were fully accepted, the world would disappear. There would be no more bodies, no thought of separation, only the joy of being in the Love of God. It’s more clear to me than ever that accepting that I am still as God created me, unchanged and unchangeable, is the means to return Home. It’s the end of illusion. It’s the remembrance that everything that appears to be out there is not and only Love is ever present. If I perceive something else, it’s only because I have a mistaken belief that there could be something else.

Every moment offers the opportunity to see the Love and to recognize that form of itself has no meaning. As I align my mind with the Holy Spirit’s vision, the meaning given to all form is to offer Love and nothing else. Since Love is not of this world, Love is reflected here in forgiveness, letting go of judgment. So every moment is an opportunity to let go of judgment, let go of the past and accept the Love that is eternally now. As I practice holding my mind open to the gift that is offered in each moment, each moment is a happy lesson is Love.

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Only the Life We Live in God is Real


Mary:
Right now I am working on the next issue of Miracles News. I am warmed and inspired as I enter the beautiful articles that come from students of the Course around the world. It reminds me that awakening is happening everywhere. The undoing of the dream is happening in all our minds simultaneously. We truly are connected. What appears to be many is really joined in one mind. In a beautiful article, Brenda Eden, the wife of Rev. Robert Mills, shares with us her process of letting go of a form that she held very dear. When you receive your issue of Miracles News, be sure to read this heartfelt and inspiring article. It will make a difference in your life.

Realizing that the appearance of death means nothing and only the life we live in God is real helps us all awaken from our belief in death. As I work with these articles, I am filled with a sense of our unity and how we are working through this together. We have believed in illusions and we are letting them go. I see that our willingness is getting stronger and stronger each day. We all have a part to play in the Atonement—the undoing of our belief in separation, the dream stories. We all go Home together, for the Son is One.

The same Holy Spirit is in all our minds orchestrating the undoing of our belief in the dream as we are willing to listen. It is the Holy Spirit that helps us walk through all the ups and downs, the right turns and the left turns, and always brings us back to peace. The beingness of peace is our manna, our spiritual nourishment that feeds us, the nourishment that heals us truly. The healing tonic of peace washes away the fearful thoughts that we believed were true. The Holy Spirit at this stage of our awakening is our best friend. It is in our minds right now, waiting patiently to return us to God, waiting patiently for our willingness to listen.

Today it is my job to be willing to step back, remember I know nothing, and open my mind to the healing perspective of the Holy Spirit. This is what brings me peace. And with peace comes true understanding. Through the healing gift of peace, the Holy Spirit leads me out of believing in dreams of separation. I am willing to receive peace today. Thank you Holy Spirit for your gift of peace.



Robert:
  One of the reminders that I got out of the weekend with Regina and Laurent was how important it is for me to be mindful of my thoughts. Along with this is the recognition that I am not the thoughts that come into my mind. I do not have to believe them. As long as I seem to be in this world, there will be thoughts that reflect belief in separation. As I learn to recognize thoughts that reflect this belief, I can then take the next step which is to dis-identify with these thoughts. They are not me. They do not reflect my true desire. My true desire is to join with Love, which is One. Any thought that does not reflect this desire comes from the mistaken belief in separation. It is not true and I do not truly want it.

So if a fearful thought comes into my mind, I have a choice. I can believe it is true and get wrapped up in the feeling of fear and follow that rocky road deeper into defensiveness, guilt and anger. This leads me spiraling into darkness and depression because I am believing that separation is real. On this rocky road I have lost sight of my Self. It is lonely because it comes from the belief in being alone.

My other choice is to recognize the fearful thought for what it is. It is not true and it does not come from my Self. The thought came from a mistaken belief about what I am and I thought I wanted it. But I do not have to accept it now. I can choose instead to accept the thought offered me by Love, my true Self. I can be grateful for that fearful thought because it shows me a mistaken wish I do not truly want.

I choose instead to let the Holy Spirit help me see past the mistaken idea to the oneness of Love that is ever present, unchanging and unchangeable. In my willingness to receive the Holy Spirit’s perspective, I disengage from the old, no longer wanted belief in separation and I accept the oneness that Holy Spirit sees. It is the oneness of my true Self. It is the oneness of Love. In every moment I have this choice. I am grateful that I have a Guide in my mind to help me make this choice and I am willing to accept Its help. In this willingness I return to peace. I return to Love. I return to Heaven.

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Healing Is Stepping Back, Listening and Following


Mary:
  Over the 4th of July holiday weekend, we had a wonderful experience with Regina and Laurent in a 3 day workshop they gave. We also joined with many old and new friends who joined with us in the workshop. It was a very healing event. We video taped it so in time, you will have the opportunity to view this wonderful joined experience also. This will take some time though, because we are still in the midst of getting this place ready for sale and then moving ourselves to Florida.

This morning when I went to the Course, I opened to Lesson 275. The following prayer particularly stood out to me. I will repeat it here because I want to reinforce its message. “Your healing Voice protects all things today, and so I leave all things to You. I need be anxious over nothing. For Your Voice will tell me what to do and where to go; to whom to speak and what to say to him, what thoughts to think, what words to give the world. The safety that I bring is given me. Father, Your Voice protects all things through me.”

This prayer emphasizes the message we were working with this weekend. If we want to heal we will step back, listen and follow. We will desire above all else to hear His Voice. We want to return to the sanity of oneness. We want to the veil lifted so that we see the face of Christ in everyone. We want to move past the temporal to the awareness of eternity that the holy instant brings us. We want to follow Holy Spirit’s plan above all else.

This is my deepest desire. In order to follow Holy Spirit’s plan only, my job today and every day is to keep an open mind and to join with the Holy Spirit regarding everything that comes into my day. Today we are talking to Realtors both here and in Florida. My only prayer is that I walk through this with the Holy Spirit leading the way.



Robert:
  My experience of the weekend was a wonderful rededication and reinforcement of my heart’s desire to follow Holy Spirit’s plan and only Holy Spirit’s plan. That is all that has meaning in this world for me. The way to hold this focus is to maintain a steady alertness to how I am feeling in every moment. The body will always reflect back to me what purpose I am giving it. If I am aligned with the Holy Spirit’s purpose, the body will be relaxed and healthy. I will be at peace. If I am aligned with the ego’s purpose, there will be tension, discomfort, some form of lack of peace. So I always have a wonderful feedback system that tells me what thought system I am aligned with in the moment. Regina’s workshops provided many helpful tools to recognize when I am believing in separation and choosing it and ways to step back from that, let it go and realign with my hearts true desire, which is my true Self.

This reminder of the importance of remaining aligned with the Holy Spirit’s plan comes at a key time for me. The selling of the property in Kiel, the move to Florida and all the many seeming decisions that need to be made with this provide many opportunities to be tempted to think I know how to make the decisions on my own. Vigilance is essential for this to be a peaceful and smooth process. I know with certainty that the Holy Spirit’s plan is always peaceful and gentle and flows with ease. I do not need to make the plan. I do not need to make it happen. I need only keep my mind open to His lead and it will be a marvelous experience of healing and awakening.

I am grateful for the gift that is ever present in every moment that I can receive and move a step closer to the full realization of the truth of What I am.

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A Taste of the Forgiven World


Robert:
When I allow myself to step back from the meaningless thoughts that occupy my mind, I experience a warm, loving feeling in my heart that welcomes everyone and everything equally. Form does not matter. Space does not matter. Time does not matter. In Spirit there are no limits. Symbolically, I want to hug the world, to join with it in love. In these moments I see past behavior, past forms. There is no judgment, only a feeling of joining. Only the desire to offer Love everywhere, without exception. I believe this is a taste of the real world, the forgiven world. I am thankful.



Mary:
  Today we have a guest, Helena Montiero, who came all the way from England to be with us. She is here with us this morning and we read the Course together for a little while. We are having so much fun with her, joining to remember the truth together.

What strikes me right now is that in the middle of our experience of time and space, there is eternity. And eternity is all that is real. My job is to remember eternity with the help of the Holy Spirit. Eternity is our real life, the life we live in God. The Holy Spirit reminds me to join with the peace and joy that lies in our real life, which is eternal. Right now there seems to be so much to do, but I can in the middle of it all remember that eternity is my reality and it never leaves me, no matter what appears to be happening in the dream. This is what brings me sanity. This is what clears the way for me to hear Holy Spirit’s gentle direction. I am so grateful to have this help, moment by moment.


Helena:
  This is what I heard from Holy Spirit:  This is a time for learning. Do not worry with what you are going to do. Leave yourself to Me.

I was then guided to find this in the Course: “Today I will judge nothing that occurs. I will not think that I already know what must remain beyond my present grasp. I will not think I understand the whole from bits of my perception, which are all that I can see. Today I recognize that this is so.” (from Workbook Lesson 243)

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