Miracles News

July-September, 2005

Guidance Challenged

by Rev. Jennifer McSween, O.M.C.

Rev. Jennifer McSweenThere was a time when I was certain that I was among that special group of people (which I was equally certain existed), who did not have access to Inner Guidance. I remember matter-of-factly sharing this “key piece of personal information” with my facilitator when I began studying Pathways of Light’s ministerial training program.

I don’t recall his exact response at the time. I know he did not directly challenge this belief. I believe though, it may have opened the door to a discussion of the Course’s concept of “specialness,” and I came to actually laugh at that “silly idea” of mine… much later.

Though I no longer question my accessibility to Inner Guidance, at times I feel somewhat “Guidance challenged,” questioning whether what I’m receiving is true Guidance or just my own ego’s planning. I question being attached to the timing and/or manner in which guidance should show up. At times, I even wonder whether I’m getting Guidance at all.

It recently came into my awareness that having this attitude towards receiving Guidance might not be conducive to a state of mind that is receptive to Inner Guidance. So I decided to ask for guidance on receiving guidance. Why not? After all, all we need do is ask, right?

So I began to practice asking, deliberately listening and letting go of expectations, just staying open to whatever I heard without judgment. As I learned to quiet my mind and just listen, this reassuring message with clear guidelines for Guidance came into my mind:

”My Beloved, I have promised that if you call I will answer.” That promise is eternal. My voice speaks to you through every person, event or circumstance, regardless of how they may appear. I am always answering your calls. I am always guiding you ,expressing through you.

You are always loved. You are always surrounded by Love, because Love is what you are. Love is all there is and Love is what I am. You are never alone nor abandoned. You can’t be. You are forever a part of me. How you let me lead you is by choosing to remember my promise, accepting it as Truth, and letting it be the foundation on which you stand, the arena within which you operate. There is not one call which I have not answered. I have not missed one opportunity to remind you of the Oneness that we share.

As you dwell on these thoughts, your mind enters into a state of Peace. When you are in a peaceful state of mind you will see and hear my answer instead of obstacles to my answer. Do not look for proof of my answer in the form of changes to your ‘outside’ circumstances. Do not ask for changes in your ’outside’ circumstances, for what you perceive as ‘outside’ is only a reflection of your state of mind. Ask rather to be at peace; to experience peace, regardless of how the circumstances may appear. Let peace be your only desire. Let peace be your only option and that is what you will see, hear, reflect and experience. Put my promise to the test. Accept it as Fact. Peace has already been given you. I will always answer you. I already have. Be at peace my Beloved.”

This is the form of guidance I at times seem to desperately seek, but can only receive when I get quiet and tune into peace.

Rev. Jennifer McSween is a Pathways of Light minister who lives in Nuns Island, Quebec, Canada

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