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Study of Text, C 14: II. The Happy Learner, P 7. 2-20-17

II. The Happy Learner, P 7

Journal

Over and over Jesus is telling us that all the darkness that holds us prisoner is nothing. It doesn’t exist except in our minds. And even there it exists only in a past which itself does not exist. There is only truth and nothing else and the truth will surely set us free. The truth is that we are holy, we are safe, we are free, we are Gods. This truth is the key that sets us free, it is the light that shines away the dark forms that make up this experience we think is our lives.

When I got a earache last week, I did not for a moment believe it was real. It felt real and hurt as if it was real, but it was simply the effect of the belief in pain and suffering. It was the ego mind’s defense against God. The earache was meant to convince me that I am a frail and vulnerable body, and that the truth is not true at all. And here is all the proof. The ego mind says that all this pain is what is real, not the nonsense about holiness.

I felt the pain and I remembered that there is nothing my holiness cannot do. I was at war only within my split mind. The part that is clinging desperately to the idea of a separate and unique and very special self, would gladly suffer pain if pain would prove its existence. But, alas, the ego mind is doomed to lose this battle. My awareness has moved slowly but steadily from the ego part of the mind to its true home, the part of the mind where the Holy Spirit resides.

There are many such skirmishes in my mind, but most are very brief and sometimes over before I have time to give it much thought. There are, however, ego strongholds that I still must stand against. I am never alone though, as the Holy Spirit is ever present in my awareness and ever at my side, answering my slightest desire for healing.

It is funny really. All this effort and all this distress, and it is already done. I have been freed from my sleep of darkness. It was done by Jesus, and in that accomplishment it was done for me as well. I fight shadows only, and all that is required of me is that I accept my brother’s gift. Dear God, please, wake me up. I long to know my freedom.

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