Daily Inspiration for Living A Course in Miracles

Tweet

Subscribe

View all articles • Article index

Accepting Reality as Reality Is

Holy Spirit through Mary:  Waking up involves a process through which you are brought to the awareness that you are in Heaven now and that you never left. Waking up involves a process of letting go of your perceptions, your beliefs and what you think you are and what you think your brother is. Waking up is a gradual dissolving of fear and the return to the awareness that only Love is real.

You and everyone in the dream, because you are one, are in the process of waking up to the awareness of Love. With awareness of Love comes certainty and true peace of mind. You place your trust in reality and not illusions. Your security and safety lie in reality and not illusions. Reality is in your mind and not somewhere outside you.

Give time now to accepting reality as reality truly is. Step back and allow the Holy Spirit to give you the gifts that really matter, the gifts of peace and joy and awareness of Love’s Presence, which lies eternally right in your mind. Give all your time to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit knows how to use time wisely and will shorten your need for time as you are willing. Practice letting go and letting the Holy Spirit drive the bus.

Pause for peace, again and again and again. It is the means by which the Holy Spirit can open doors for you that will bring you more happiness than you can even imagine. Let the Holy Spirit heal your artificial values. Let the Holy Spirit guide you to true peace of mind. Let the Holy Spirit to let go of all that you think is real. Let the Holy Spirit guide you to the awareness that in truth you are in Heaven now and have never left.

Holy Spirit through Robert:  Use every moment as an opportunity to forgive. Practice being mindful of your thoughts and actions in each moment. Many of your actions are directed by choices you have made unconscious and are driven by unconscious guilt. Actions driven by guilt lead to delays, pain, unhappiness, sickness, anger and more guilt.

By observing your thoughts and actions you can learn to recognize when unconscious guilt is in charge. You can stop it in any moment. Recognition is the first step. When you observe yourself feeling frustrated because you can’t find something you had in your hand five minutes ago, know that this is a reflection of unconscious guilt. It is being acted out in the form of an experience of loss, not finding what you had in your hand.

Pause and forgive yourself. You might say, “I’m sorry. I love you. You are innocent.” Remind yourself that you do not need to punish yourself because you are not guilty. Take a deep breath and welcome peace into your mind. As you do this, you may find what you are looking for or you may find another way to move on and let go of the perceived need for what you sought. Either way you will have released self-punishment and moved a step closer to full acceptance of your complete innocence as God’s Son. This is what time is for.

© 2008, Pathways of Light. http://www.pathwaysoflight.org
You may freely share copies of this with your friends, provided this copyright notice and website address are included.

Tell a friend about this article.

Printable Page

Guilt Comes with Valuing Separation

Robert:  Since our last post I’ve continued to observe how unconscious guilt is played out in my life experience. I talked before about seeing how unconscious guilt leads to making decisions that produce situations which seem to reinforce guilt. I am also seeing now how unconscious guilt is reflected in experiences that don’t seem to be a direct result of my decisions. A machine doesn’t work right. The computer doesn’t seem to function properly. The forms are myriad. But anything that is not peaceful is the effect of unconscious guilt manifest in form. So I’m practicing remind myself when I stub my toe that I am God’s Son, whole and innocent. I forgive myself and accept His Love.

This practice is helping me be less disturbed by circumstances or events that in the past would have upset me, made me angry or reinforced guilt. The Course tells us that the world was made as a place to hide from guilt, yet still keep it. By creating an outer form the ego has devised a scheme for denying guilt by seeing it everywhere outside, but not within my thoughts. The thought that is the source of guilt is carefully denied and hidden, out of sight and seemingly out of mind.

The truth is that guilt will always be in my mind as long as I see value in separation. So the process of forgiving myself as I recognize the effects of unconscious guilt is a way for me to move forward in forgiveness and let go of the illusory world of separation. I am grateful for the Inner Teacher who is gently leading me to the real world of complete forgiveness of all my perceptions.

Mary: The renovation of the Pathways of Light residence/offices is nearing completion. The painting of the outside is nearly finished and the painting of the interior is close to being completed. All the flooring and lighting are completed and we have compacted the office space so it looks more like a residence and not a production facility. The translation of the courses into Spanish has slowed but not stopped. I soon hope to have more time for moving forward with this important work.

With my internal ongoing mind healing process, I am observing fearful thoughts that come up reflecting scarcity and lack. These thoughts reflect a lack of trust that the Holy Spirit will bring the perfect buyer at the perfect time. These thoughts reflect a lack of trust that we will find the right property in Florida. How will we get all our office equipment moved? Will we get the help we need? These thoughts are coming up and my job is to hand them to the Holy Spirit to be purified and cleansed of all untruth. I have to ask myself often, “Where am I placing my trust, in the ego’s solution or in the Holy Spirit’s eternal solution?

In the Course I am told that there is only one problem and only one solution. The only problem is my belief in separation and the one solution is my willingness to hand over my belief in a world of separation to the Holy Spirit to be undone. It is only in this way that true healing occurs. My mind wants to jump off into the future and protect against future dangers. This is why mindfulness right now is very important.

Once I see these thoughts and realize they are not bringing me peace of mind, I can then take the next step and join with the Holy Spirit’s healing perception to have these false ideas be undone. The Holy Spirit asks me to stay in the present moment. The Holy Spirit reminds me that God is my strength and vision is His gift.

When I get anxious about the future, the Holy Spirit reminds me again and again that everything is working out in perfect order. I can go through this transition period in angst or I can go through this in peace. Which I choose will be what I will experience. Either way, I will get my lessons. This is truly a trust walk. I am receiving daily lessons in learning the difference between the real and the unreal.

The Holy Spirit is very gently leading me again and again to remember that we all in truth are in Heaven now and that there is nothing to fear.  Fear is always from the ego. I may fall back into fearful thoughts again and again. But each time I remember to hand these thoughts over to the Holy Spirit, the ego is undone a little bit more. Guilt is melting away in this healing process. This is my real job right now: To look at every fear thought with Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is my inner Comforter and will take me to the truth again and again without fail. Thank God I have my inner Companion to return me to the truth. Thank God these dreams of separation could never be real. Thank God there is no world of differences in truth. Peace returns when I am willing to remember this. The Course often speaks of the importance of vigilance. I see that I need to be vigilant to look at all things in this world with Holy Spirit and not decide what anything means on my own.

© 2008, Pathways of Light. http://www.pathwaysoflight.org
You may freely share copies of this with your friends, provided this copyright notice and website address are included.

Tell a friend about this article.

Printable Page

The Answer to Guilt is Always Forgiveness

Robert:  I am coming to recognize that all calls for Love are the same, no matter what the form. Whether it is an alcoholic who cannot stop drinking or making a mistake like drilling a hole in the wrong place. If there is guilt, there is demand for punishment. So the ego will make up circumstances that are disturbing to our peace. The ego sees anything that might contribute to guilt as especially useful because guilt keeps the ego in place. So if I am following the ego’s lead, I may unconsciously do things that are wrong so that I can add to my guilt.

The answer to these situations is always forgiveness, which is Love’s reflection in this world. Today we read a review lesson in which we were reminded that giving and receiving are the same. So when I forgive, it is a gift I give myself. I teach myself that guilt is not justified. As I continue this practice I become less and less prone to setting up situations in which it appears I had make a mistake or I deserve guilt.

Today I again offer to the Holy Spirit for Him to take the lead. I would accept His gift of peace and willingly step back. I would open my mind to His vision to see the innocence that is real and look past all appearances without judgment on my own. I would accept the Holy Spirit’s gift of Love and offer it everywhere, always. Thus will I know the gift I have been given. I rest in gratitude.

Mary:  As I go to Holy Spirit this morning for direction for the day, I am reminded that my job is to accept Holy Spirit’s gift of peace all through the day. When I am open to accepting the peace of God, inspiration comes with it. I am in the right place at the right time. I go with the flow of what is most helpful in the moment. I remember to hand over all my judgments to the Holy Spirit for them to be purified of all false ideas. When I am willing to accept Holy Spirit’s gift of peace, happiness comes with it. Awareness of Love’s Presence comes with it. I remember that I am safe in the Mind of God, no matter what appears to be happening in the dream.

This past weekend Gary Renard gave an inspiring seminar and we met many wonderful new people who came here to the Pathways of Light center in Kiel. We announced that we were selling the property and several people over the weekend came forward and told us they were interested and wanted to discuss it further. There was so much interest that it really helped me trust that everything is coming together in perfect order regarding the move to Florida.

Brenda Eden, the wife of Robert Mills, drove here from Iowa to attend the workshop and I had a wonderful time at dinner to connect with her. She will be writing an extensive article for the next Miracles News to be published in early July. She is indeed an inspiration to us all and I love her dearly. She will be returning in August for Nouk and Tomas’ workshop on Undoing the Ego. I look forward to seeing her again.

Lately there seems to be so much happening on so many fronts that it seems like the only way we can do it is by consistently choosing peace throughout the day. I have found that when I choose peace and truly accept peace that clarity and inspiration comes with it. I am in deep gratitude that we all are safe in God, no matter what our dream looks like. We are all receiving the perfect lessons and as we consistently turn to the Holy Spirit, every problem is quietly resolved.

© 2008, Pathways of Light. http://www.pathwaysoflight.org
You may freely share copies of this with your friends, provided this copyright notice and website address are included.

Tell a friend about this article.

Printable Page

Teach Only Love

Holy Spirit through Robert:  As you go through your day, hold the focus that everyone you meet is your brother, your family. Join with the Love in them. As you join in the Love that you are, you remember your Self. Each one you meet reminds you of your Self. This is how you teach only Love. This is how you welcome Love. This is how you know you are Love. If you see anything in a brother other than Love, you are seeing a false image.

As you practice welcoming your brothers, whether it seems like someone you have never met in the world or a long time friend, you are welcoming your Self and you are welcoming God for They are one and the same. This practice is what time is for. It is a practice of happiness and peace, for there is no greater joy than remembering What you are. In the acceptance of your oneness in Love is the full release from all conflict and the experience of abiding peace.

Welcome your brother today and be happy.

Holy Spirit through Mary:  You are Love now. Love is not off in the future because there is no future in truth. There is only now and in the present moment is where you find your Source, the Love that you still are.

You are only Love now. As you open to your true Self, this is what you learn. As you are willing to let go of the false ideas that you could ever be something other than Love right now, you are gently brought to the awareness of the truth.

You are only Love right now and Love sees that only Love is real. Now is the time to accept the truth. Now is the time to accept Reality. You can do it. Just be willing to forgive, or let go of what was never real. Practice letting go today. Practice true forgiveness today.

You are of the Father and so is everyone you see or even think of. You can loose the world from what you thought it was. You can free yourself from the prison house of illusions of separation. Trust in your true Self to return you to the truth. Let go and let yourself be carried to the truth.

© 2008, Pathways of Light. http://www.pathwaysoflight.org
You may freely share copies of this with your friends, provided this copyright notice and website address are included.

Tell a friend about this article.

Printable Page

Strengthen Your Mindfulness and Practice Stepping Back

Robert: We have gotten to the finishing details for the renovation of the house. But there still appears to be much to be done to prepare the other buildings and clear out unneeded stuff. Sometimes I see my mind flooded with questions. I recognize this as the ego’s attempts to take over and run the show. The ego’s approach is always complicated and difficult, but it need not be. I ask for Holy Spirit’s help to guide my mind in every moment.

Holy Spirit through Robert: This is an opportunity to strengthen your mindfulness and practice stepping back. Pay attention to the thoughts in your mind to discern if they are thoughts that bring you peace or confusion, certainty or uncertainty. When you recognize the thoughts in your mind are not peaceful, step back and remind yourself that these are not your thoughts. You do not need to believe them or value them. They just represent the ego thought system of separation.

Do not attempt to stop the thoughts but do step back and as you recognize them, offer them to Me. Open your mind to My perception. I will show you the thoughts that need your attention in the present moment and show you which thoughts to disregard as meaningless. You have made it clear overall that your desire is to serve My plan of awakening. You have accepted that part of that plan is moving to Florida. You do not question that. You can learn to have that same certainty with the seemingly little questions and doubts that pass through your mind. There is no order of difficulty.

When you experience uncertainty, it is because you are reserving some decisions for yourself alone. I am never uncertain. You can know my certainty by stepping back and letting go of trying to hold some areas for you alone to rule. One of the ways that you confuse yourself is through trying to plan ahead and make decisions for the future when its not time to make those decisions. Trust that your future is safely in My hands.

I want only perfect happiness and perfect peace for you. That is the future I have prepared for you. Let the future rest in Me. It may help you when a question arises to ask Me, “Does this question need to be answered now? Does this need to be decided now?” You will find that much of your uncertainty will disappear, for the questions that pass through your mind are ego diversions that shift your attention away from the present moment. The more you practice letting Me participate in all your decisions, the simpler your life will be. Rest in Me and I will carry you gently Home.

Holy Spirit through Mary:  One thing that can help you during this time of transition is to remember that everything you see through the body’s eyes is an illusion. All the separate things you see are but images that come from the ego thought system, which is based on the belief in separation.

Think of yourself as pure, formless Spirit looking through a virtual reality suit, seeing what is not really there. This will help you not take the world so seriously. This will help you detach enough to hear My Voice and feel My peace.

As you open your mind to Me more and more, you will trust that everything is all right, no matter what the images in the illusory dream story show you. You are still Spirit, perfectly safe in the Mind of God and have never left. God’s one perfect Son cannot be harmed in truth. Truth is true and nothing else is true.

Practice giving all your thoughts to Me. Let Me wash them clean. Let Me show you what is truly helpful in your process of waking up from the dream. Let Me be your constant companion all through the day. Let Me take all your worries and concerns. Let Me give your mind a rest. Place your trust in Me instead of the world. Let Me do My job through you. Be open and listen.

© 2008, Pathways of Light. http://www.pathwaysoflight.org
You may freely share copies of this with your friends, provided this copyright notice and website address are included.

Tell a friend about this article.

Printable Page

Reverse the Thinking of the World Entirely

Robert:  Today we read the section on faithfulness in the Manual for Teachers. What stood out to me was, “To give up all problems to one Answer is to reverse the thinking of the world entirely.” This is the ultimate goal of awakening. It is why diligent mindfulness is an essential practice to be aware of when I am attempting to solve problems on my own and make the world the way I think it should be.

Thinking I am on my own is the root problem. It plays out in myriad ways in my life experience. Mistakes happen. Things seem to get lost or misplaced. All these kinds of experiences are just outer manifestations or effects of an inner decision to believe I am alone and on my own. The moment I am willing to accept my Self and What I am, all these effects will disappear. In oneness nothing can be misplaced. Nothing can be lost. There can be no harm because there is no other to harm or cause harm.

Clearly this is not what I experience in this dream I call my life. But the assurance is there that I can have this experience. I just need to be willing to give up the wish to be on my own. So the Course is patiently bringing to my attention the things that show I am indeed wishing to be on my own. It seemed that being on my own would be interesting and intriguing and fun. I could be the master of my universe and play God. But believing I am separate from God means I am separate from all power. So it becomes like a 90 pound weakling trying to battle against the world that seems to be outside. The result is a lot of frustration, fear and pain.

The Course is helping me see that this is the effect of wishing to be separate and alone. It is helping me stop deceiving myself that there is any value in being on my own and alone. Gradually I am more and more willing to bring problems to the one Answer. The fact that I still experience the effects of separation thinking shows that I still have areas in my thoughts that I reserve for myself alone. But that’s okay. I am learning and I am teachable.

The Holy Spirit has complete trust that I will let go of my wish to be separate. And as it said in the section on Patience in the Manual for Teachers, “Patience is natural for those who trust.” So I have gratitude for when I have been willing to give a problem to the Holy Spirit for Him to solve and I am willing to practice doing it more. The goal of Heaven is worth the effort.

Holy Spirit through Mary:  Sometimes you trip yourself up by trying too hard. You get into a place of efforting and pushing. When you notice that occurring, practice stepping back. Practice joining with Me. Let go of what you think you know about whatever you are doing or thinking. Move into a place of letting go and letting God. Just stop. Take a deep breath and leave a clear and open space in your mind for God’s peace to enter. Let your mind soak in this peace. Let it wash that which is not helpful away. Let it clean the dark places of your mind. Let peace do its healing work. Give your mind a rest. Surrender to mind healing. Let the inner Comforter bring you to a place of clarity and understanding. In this state of mind, what is needed in the moment will show up in your mind. Peace and understanding go together and are never found alone.

With every “problem” that shows up in your life, practice this stepping back. Practice getting off the ego’s merry-go-round and joining with Me a while. When you are willing to join with Me, you will receive a change of mind. The confusion will clear. As you are willing to accept peace instead of the ego’s mindless thoughts, you will be shown in the moment how to be truly helpful. You will receive clarity and certainty. Practice today and everyday. It is the way you return to your right mind, your true Self.

© 2008, Pathways of Light. http://www.pathwaysoflight.org
You may freely share copies of this with your friends, provided this copyright notice and website address are included.

Tell a friend about this article.

Printable Page

Let Yourself Feel Deep Peace

Holy Spirit through Mary:  Let today be a gentle day by letting in the thought of gentleness. The feeling of gentleness will come with it. Let today be a peaceful day by letting in the Holy Spirit’s gift of peace. Give yourself the time to fully receive the gift of peace. Allow yourself the time to feel Holy Spirit’s peace fully. Let it sink in deeply.

Allow yourself to feel deep peace. Let it flow through every tired place to give you deep rest. Let it bring you to a place where your mind is truly quiet. Then continue to let deep peace lead you through your day. This is how you step back and let the Holy Spirit lead the way. This is how true inspiration comes in how to be truly helpful in each moment.

Let your receiving of the gift of peace be like a mental “car wash,” washing away all untrue thoughts. You want to return to your Self. This is how to do it. You have many layers of egoic thinking that you are still hanging on to. As you devote your time to accepting Holy Spirit’s gift of peace, gradually these layers of habitual thinking are washed away. Then you realize that your true Self was there all along. Allowing peace to do its cleansing work is the means by which you come Home. How long it takes is up to you. Every moment you are choosing between the conflicting thoughts of the ego and the peaceful thoughts of the Holy Spirit.

Some days you may take three steps forward and two steps back. The Holy Spirit has infinite patience and He is always there to fill your mind with peace as you are willing to lay down the heavy burden of the ego thought system. With empty hands you now can receive the Holy Spirit’s gift of peace as you are willing.

Let today be a day of gentleness and peace. Practice stepping back and welcoming the peace and gentleness of the Holy Spirit.

Holy Spirit through Robert:  Rest in Me. Unrest is the effect of defending against your Self, against Love. Rest in Me. Rest in Love. We are the same. Rest comes with accepting your Self as you were created. Rest comes with accepting God’s eternal, changeless gift of Himself. To see another as different from you disturbs your rest because it is unnatural and a defense against your Self.

The body’s eyes can only show you differences. When you believe what the body’s eyes show you, you will not find rest. Rest comes with recognizing that you are one with all that is real. There is nothing else. Do not believe the thoughts that pass through your mind. While you seem to be in a body seeing through the body’s eyes, there seem to be all manner of disturbances to your peace. The thoughts you are aware of are part of the world of the body and separate images. They are not true.

The practice of stepping back from every thought, every image the body shows you, and asking Me to interpret on your behalf will help you disconnect from your identification with a false image of yourself. With My help, every image, every event you seem to experience, will be used to undo the ego. But if you close your mind to Me, these events and images strengthen your identification with the ego. I cannot choose to step back for you. That is a decision you must make. The moment you are willing to question a thought or an image and open to My perception, My help is yours. My help is offered in every moment, but you must open yourself to accept it.

Let me be your Friend. Walk with Me. Bring all your troubled thoughts to me and I will give you rest. In time, this practice will bring you to a full recognition that we are One and the same. We are one Self, united with our Creator. We are Love and nothing else. I walk with you in perfect happiness and peace. Let Me share My happiness with you and rest in My peace.

© 2008, Pathways of Light. http://www.pathwaysoflight.org
You may freely share copies of this with your friends, provided this copyright notice and website address are included.

Tell a friend about this article.

Printable Page

Page 829 of 845 pages ‹ First  < 827 828 829 830 831 >  Last ›

<< Back to main page of Daily Inspiration.

Has this page been helpful to you?
Your contribution to support this site is greatly appreciated. To make a tax deductible contribution with a credit/debit card, click here.
Click here to donate from your PayPal account.
Or send a check to Pathways of Light, 12530 Lions Chase Court, Huntley, IL 60142.