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Holy Spirit, I Watch These Thoughts with You

Mary:  Right now I am having to face my expectations of how I thought things would go with this move. I thought this property would sell by September 6th. I thought on the day of the action that it would be sold. This is not the way it is working out. It turns out that there are two very interested parties, but that the timing was not right for either to be ready with funding on the auction day. One party told us that because there were many people involved, they just were not able to be ready by the day of the auction. The other one just found out about the property the day before the auction.

This has been a good opportunity for me to watch my thoughts about how I have thought it should go. I have observed impatience and wishing it would be different than the way it is showing up in the dream. As I observe these thoughts, I am getting practice with stepping back and handing over all these expectations to the Holy Spirit to receive another perspective. As I watch with Holy Spirit, I can see all the “I want it thus” thoughts. As I watch my thoughts with Holy Spirit, I see where I have once again taken the reigns and thought I knew what was best. As I watched with Holy Spirit, I saw how I thought I knew something or knew what was truly best for us.

Holy Spirit, as I watch these thoughts with You, I see that I know nothing. I see that all the impatience is just joining with the ego once again. Holy Spirit, I am willing to let go of the arrogance that I see as I watch with You. I am willing to choose peace instead of this. I am willing to hand over all these “willful” thoughts of how it “should” be or the “correct” timing of the move. I am willing to stop and surrender all these thoughts to You.

I am willing to let my mind be quiet and receive Your peace and remember that I am safe. I am willing to remember that the perfect circumstances are unfolding in Your perfect way. I am willing to be happy instead of right. I am willing to choose peace instead of judgment. I am willing to accept it Your way without any expectations. Thank You, Holy Spirit, for filling my mind with peace and the remembrance that in truth all is very, very well. Your plan is the only plan I want. The now moment is all I need. I am willing to accept the truth that only Love is real and Love is eternal and does not change. Thank You, Holy Spirit, for returning me to the truth. I am safe in God and everyone is safe in God right now.

Holy Spirit, You are in charge of this dream. My job is to learn the lessons that are presented each moment and to say “yes” to the truth that illusions are just illusions. I cannot lose what is truly given by God. God is happiness. God is peace. God is Love. I am willing to give up my insane ideas that something else could be real.

Robert: There is a line in the Course that states that the Holy Spirit’s Voice is as loud as your willingness to listen. The fact that I do not experience awareness of His Voice all the time is because I am not always willing to listen. I think my own ideas are meaningful. But the key word in that statement is “own.” It comes from belief in separation. In oneness there can be no separate ideas. There can be no private ownership for in oneness all has all.

So what is meaningful in my daily experience is the practice of letting go of my own ideas. I want to follow Holy Spirit’s lead. I know that He always leads to peace and happiness. The split off part of my mind doesn’t want the Holy Spirit’s gifts. The split off mind thinks that uniqueness and specialness is valuable and is willing to forego peace and happiness to keep the specialness. The idea of being self reliant is a mechanism to inflate the value of the ego image of what I am. But this image cannot be real and is therefore nothing.

When I choose to be self reliant I choose to be nothing. This is depressing so the ego tries to cover it with schemes and plans that it offers to make up circumstances that are appealing and provide temporary pleasure or “happiness.” Since it’s only a substitute illusion, the ego must constantly substitute new plans as each one fails to satisfy.

Now is the time to set aside my own plans. Now is the time to open my heart and mind to the Holy Spirit’s lead in each present moment. I am willing to watch my thoughts and offer each one to the Holy Spirit to receive His perspective in exchange for the one offered by the ego. Through this practice I will learn of the Love that is ever present everywhere. I will learn to be truly happy. I will learn to accept my Self.

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