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Study of Text, Chapter 12: !. The Way to Remember God, P 4. 1-11-16

II. The Way to Remember God, P 4
4 Remember what was said about the frightening perceptions of little children, which terrify them because they do not understand them. If they ask for enlightenment and accept it, their fears vanish. But if they hide their nightmares they will keep them. It is easy to help an uncertain child, for he recognizes that he does not understand what his perceptions mean. Yet you believe that you do understand yours. Little child, you are hiding your head under the cover of the heavy blankets you have laid upon yourself. You are hiding your nightmares in the darkness of your own false certainty, and refusing to open your eyes and look at them.

Journal

Yesterday I had a guilty thought that led to frightening thought that led to a general sense of unease. By the end of the day I was feeling tired and listless. I was that child who was hiding under the covers of my certainty that guilt and fear are real and threatening. But not quite the same child who used to have the covers pulled up over her head and lay there shivering and terrorized by her own beliefs.

The difference was that even though I was attracted to the guilt and fear, I was also aware that there is a way out. I had the covers pulled up, but beneath the covers I was talking to Holy Spirit. I was saying, “Here I am, under the cover of these false beliefs. Please correct my thinking.” Then I would let my mind go hazy again and distract myself with something so that I would not hear the answer. Oh man, sometimes I am so silly.

This morning’s lesson reminds us that our thoughts are meaningless. It says that we can counteract our ego thoughts by remembering that they don’t mean anything. When I had this guilty thought I might have said to myself, “This thought doesn’t mean anything.” Instead, I said to myself that this thought means I am unworthy and condemned.

Today I am sane again and I am laughing at the nonsense of yesterday. I am also feeling grateful for the simple lessons and the many tools we have to bring us to our sanity. I am going to use today’s lesson often. I feel excited to think about doing this lesson, and I see how I can use it to fully awaken if every time I have an ego thought that encourages the illusion, I simply remember that this thought does not mean anything.

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