Robert:
The ego is always in fear. This is because all ego perceptions are illusions and therefore inherently unstable. So the ego is constantly trying to make plans that it believes will protect it and make it happy. This need to plan interferes with my receptivity to the Holy Spirit’s plan that will lead me to true happiness and eternal, changeless Safety.
The habit of planning for safety is so engrained that I slip into it unconsciously many times a day. This is why it is so important to start each day with the dedication to be open to Holy Spirit’s plan and guidance. Yet it is also important to vigilantly monitor my level of peace. If I am not at peace, I am not following Holy Spirit’s plan. This means it’s time to step back, step aside and let Holy Spirit guide.
Returning to peace is essential to letting inspiration lead me in all my doing. The more I practice this, the more fulfilling and productive my day is, without effort. And so today I begin again with the dedication to keep my mind and heart open to the Holy Spirit’s gentle lead.
Mary:
This morning as many ideas are swirling around in my mind, I watch them and know that I must step back and let the Holy Spirit be my Guide. I must again remember that I know nothing on my own. I need not make decisions based on the past to make me safe.
I take time to open my mind and receive Holy Spirit’s peace. I go through a gradual process of letting everything go. I hand over the reigns to the Holy Spirit. The words come to me, “God is the strength in which I trust.” I soak a while in this remembering until there is only stillness. I let myself rest in God’s peace.
From this place of inner quietness comes a sense of inner security and safety, and knowing that everything is all right. I can let the fears come up. I look at them with Holy Spirit and see that they are shined away in Holy Spirit’s gentle, purifying Light. I am now in a place of no efforting. I feel transported to a beingness that is beyond this world. It feels like being in an ocean of peace. I realize that this is Home where I belong.
From this place of inner quiet, I look on the physical world anew. I see that there is nothing to worry about. The difference between the real and the unreal seems to be so clear in this place of inner quiet. What is truly important seems so clear as I let the barriers dissolve and become aware of the ocean of peace we are all immersed in.
From this place of peace it seems so unimportant to react to the figures in the dream. “Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God.” (A Course in Miracles, Text, Intro. 2:2-4) I feel so thankful right now that we all have the Holy Spirit right in our minds, ready and able to return us to our natural state, as we are willing.
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