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Giving Up the Story

Giving Up the Story

Once upon a time, there was a girl. She didn’t know anything, so she learned from the others around her.  She learned from a crazy thought system that everyone thought was ”normal” and that no one questioned if it was true. She went on many years following this thought system, not aware at all that there was another way to go, another path or teacher to follow.

She began to search for answers, from others who seemed wiser then herself. Looking at an assortment of other minds, she eventually came to A Course In Miracles. She began reading it and following the Workbook lessons, slowly developing a connection with her Holy Spirit, Holy Self. But the sneaky thought system named ‘ego’, groomed itself to appear as the holy self. It tricked her with feelings of happiness, that were only scraps of true happiness.

The girl had a set-back in the physical world, she felt let down, betrayed, and abandoned. She felt like she was a liar, not telling anyone else of her fears and her denial of what The Course had helped her with. She had given up reading the Course, but although she denied the tiny voice of Love within her, she still had what seemed to be a microscopic piece of Love within her mind. That part never gave up, never abandoned her.

The girl, woman now, realized that that were two voices in her mind, and she had the abilityto choose which voice she listened to. Actually that it was easy to remind herself that she could always tell the noisy unwanted voice to be quiet, that she would no longer abide it’s insane diatribe. She could summon the Voice of Love to provide her with compassion and understanding. She could learn and accept the new way to see and perceive the world around her. That all the moments of doubt, fear and guilt were only camouflage to hide the Love Light within her mind. Whatever she felt unworthy of, was hers Now, undeniable, Certain, Eternal and Infinite.

For a long long time it seemed to me that I was hopeless, doomed to have nothing more then the insane thoughts and the voice I made up. I have returned to the idea that I am not alone in this teaching situation, for the Holy Spirit is my constant Companion, with me to correct/undo all errors and mistaken ideas. This is one of many paths that lead to Home, to be One with our Source.
It is simple to be kind to others, remembering that they too are seeking their way Home.
It is simple to remember that what I “see” in another body only reflects the beliefs I hold about my self.
It is simple to let go of anything that hurts the mind.
I am willing to remember only Love is real.

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Special Love

In a night dream I felt the same intense love towards two different bodies—-on waking I wondered how this could be possible—these thoughts came to mind.

In the dream it seems that you can love one and another with the same intensity. The ego “loves” the special attributes in one body and the special attributes in another body, so intense feelings seem true. Spirit does not see special attributes, Spirit knows there appear to be many where there is only one.

Each part that you “see” in your world is only a piece of the whole. Every “part” makes the whole what it is. What you do not accept is that every part reflects you, reflects a piece of your mind, a thought that you rejected. If you did not reject the thoughts that you made, you would learn of their meaninglessness. When you reject what you do not want, you make it real. The ego makes the enormity of what you had done seem impossible to repair to keep you trapped in its illusory world. If you but knew/accepted “it never happened”, you would be free of fear, guilt and pain. Love holds no specialness. Love loves all equally, knowing that the impossible never happened.

The seeming two that are loved as individuals are only the same one/self reflecting an idea that the whole could be split. What is one cannot be divided. Nothing can ever be separated from One. The intensity of love felt in the dream of separate bodies is only a hint of the love you have with your Father/ Creator/ Source.

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What Do You Dream?

The following flow came from H.S.

What do you dream?
You have chosen to dream of separation and guilt. This need not be. An idea that occurred for a tiny instant was over long ago. An idea that you mistook as being real, of having a cause and then a consequence. What is not real can have no effects. You can dream they are real but this does not make it true, for only what Love creates has reality and is true.

In your practice of letting go the false, the light of Love replaces the fear filled dreams. Everything, every thought in the sleeping mind was never true and was chosen as a replacement for reality. In your letting go of false ideas the Loving truth spreads throughout your mind and Light comes to gently waken the part that sleeps. For the truth acknowledges that you never left your home, your Creator, nor your holy Self.

Fear has kept you from turning within. Fear has made you slave to a continuing story of guilt, cruelty, sacrifice and punishment. But you CAN turn away from fear, it is not your master. Thoughts that seem to float randomly into awareness are chosen by the sleeping mind. It holds onto a thought system that you mistakenly thought was yours. It does not take gigantic effort or maintenance to undo such a mistake. The correction of the mistake is not your job. You need do only this: be willing to see differently.This all that is asked of you. Any thought that is not kind, gentle or happy comes from fear. You have tried to follow two teachers but this has led you nowhere. You must choose one and relinquish the other. For One decides only and always for your good.

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Simply A Temptation

Everything in this world is simply the temptation to believe that I’m separate from God/Love; to think that “I” can be something different from what Love created me to be.

Holy Spirit: It is impossible that God would not love you. You have not ever done anything that would make God turn away from you. You are His Son and this will never change. You remain only and always as He created you.

In the dream it appears you have done many things, lived may lives, made many transgressions. Yet what is in a dream is only imagined, it is never truth. A mistaken thought would condemn you over and over, again and again, for that is how the thought maintains its existence.
Repetition does not make it true. When you are willing to see differently all that is false will merely fall away. What has no value or meaning is quietly dropped or laid aside.</em>

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What Is my Choice?

These thoughts came to mind this morning:

(me) Love leads the way. When I am not following Love, I will not be happy. When I choose peace, Love is naturally there; I have made “room” (in my mind) for Love. (Love waits on welcome.)
I can imagine thousands of ways that Love is not here, but imaging (image making) is not the truth. The stories I make up never change the truth or can alter Reality in any way. Why choose pain in place of joy? Why choose separation in place of Heaven?
My treasures do not lie in a dream world and will never be found there. This world is not my home. (I will be still an instant and go Home.)

Holy Self: If you do not recognize your treasure it is only because you do not want to see it. For if you did you would not delay in returning Home. So the ego system will not tolerate peace, happiness or a quiet mind. Remember that this system has no actual power over you, only your choice makes it appear viable and strong. Therefore, you can choose not to listen to it and ignore the witnesses it sends to follow its methods.

You cannot make or change truth, nor have you forgotten truth entirely. You cannot add truth to illusion—the attempt to make illusions “better.” You can take illusions to truth and let the false or meaningless be undone. In this way, you let of go of what never happened. Let this be your practice. Nothing that you have made will delight you as much as the truth shining in your mind.

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