Realizing God's Will Is Oneness

By Rev. Barbara Kraetsch

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God Thinks Of Me In Peace

When I have this vague uneasiness, this feeling of being unsettled, I can know this is not of God. God thinks only peace toward me and not affliction. Any affliction is not of God but of my false ego mind. Sometimes it is so hard to sit with this uneasiness. For so long I have tried to push it away, distract myself from it with TV or food, and feel guilt over these feelings. Today I sit with it calmly, knowing it is false.

I give this vague feeling of unease in my mind to Holy Spirit. I do not push it away. I do not run away. I just sit with it, knowing it is not of God. While I feel the troubled feeling from the unconscious mind, I also feel a sense of peace that I am up to sitting with it and facing it. I remind myself that the thought is false, although it seems so real and, at times, overwhelming. It is still false nonetheless because it is not of God. I do not have to be troubled by what is not of God.

This troubled feeling is a sense of lack, that my life as I find it is not good enough somehow, and that I don’t measure up. It shouts at me that I am lazy, others are doing more, and my life has no value. If I were doing more or being more, then perhaps I would have more value. Always there is the demand for more - more of everything - almost to the point of gluttony. The ego mind cannot get enough of the world because there is always the feeling of lack. And with this comes the temptation that this thought or feeling of lack is real, and the need to either get something as a “fix” or to get away from the feeling. This is treating the feeling as real, but it is not real.

And so, this afternoon I sit with it knowing it is not real. As I give the feeling to Holy Spirit, but continue feeling it anyway, I practice patience and forgiveness with myself. I made this thought of lack. I made this feeling. There is nothing to be afraid of. I shall pray to God and God shall listen. He will hear me. There is value in standing with God to look squarely at fear and see through it to the truth. The truth is God loves me and gives me all. He hears my desire to know His love and He is always granting this request. We do commune in love. God thinks of me only in peace. I do not have to feel total peace at this moment to accept that.

I do seek God with all my heart. I sit this afternoon as well as this morning because I was so tired I dozed off while I was meditating. Now I sit again with these spiritual exercises seeking God’s grace to truly see Him in my every experience, to see Him when there are false thoughts as well as true ones, to see Him when I feel discouraged or unwell as well as when I am in a sublime state of bliss, for God is to be found in all. The falsity of worldly thought tries to obscure God’s peace, but God will hear my prayer requesting to know His loving presence. Thoughts that call to harm and escape at any cost are false and so I do not have to pay attention to them.

God’s Will for me is oneness with Him. This is all He sees of me. I can come to where that is all I see of Him, too. Releasing these false thoughts is part of this. Struggling with them keeps them alive because I give them my own energy. I open my mind and go deep within. I allow what is there to come forth. It is vague, unformed and non-descript. It’s only vague uneasiness, not a fear of anything in particular, only that all is not well. There have been times in my life when I was so afraid of the fear in my mind, so troubled by the non-descript pain that I had thoughts of suicide. Now it no longer troubles me to that degree. Yes, it still seems to be there, but now I question it’s legitimacy. Fear is not legitimate. It is not true, and cannot harm me. There is no need for a harsh reaction of any sort. I don’t have to defend myself or go on the attack. I really don’t have to do anything at all, except maybe ask for help, which I am. I let all panic just pass through me.

God knows me by name. God loves me, and I love God. This is my truth and nothing can change that. I am still Me, the Me created by God. The only obstacle to knowing God’s love completely is my vague sense of fear of what is in my mind. It seems sometimes that only fear is in my mind, but when I sit calmly with God facing it, I find something underneath the fear. I find a sense of peace, a rock of strength, a knowing that despite any appearances to the contrary, all is well in my mind. The falsity cannot harm or diminish Me. I am still valuable in God’s eyes and God’s heart.

As I sit this afternoon I am comforted. God is there for me when I seek Him with all my heart. Seeking with all my heart can mean sitting with the pain of falsity merely knowing it is false. Sometimes it does not magically or miraculously disappear immediately. It is sitting with confidence that God is with me, hears me and never abandons me, that really helps me. Sometimes I think of myself without a body and feeling these same vague feelings. What will I do then? Rush into another body to escape? I do not want to do this. I practice now being with any pain of falsity in my mind, but with the confidence it is not true and will pass away. What is not eternal passes away, and falsity is not eternal because it is not of God.

I focus on the truth of peace. God is in my mind. God loves me, hears me and is always with me. I remain part of Him, the Holy One. All are included in the Holy One. My life has value as I remember this. Do I need to do fancy things in the world to be valuable, valuable to God, to myself, to others? I can share these rememberings, I guess, if they are helpful to God’s divine plan. The sharings of others have helped me so much. I do not know God’s plan for me as to what would be most useful. For today, I trust there is a plan and I am part of it. As ever, I ask that the plan be made clearer to me, that I may see what I am to do in the present which is loving.

I am grateful to be at greater peace. This is always helpful. I am not forcing anything in my life at present. It either flows forth from the inside or it doesn’t. What is flowing forth from the inside is probably blocked by fear, so I am grateful to be releasing fear. As I observe myself I see its energy, like an invisible wind rushing forth from my mind. I let it go. There is the temptation to resist the fear, but I let it blow away, and refocus on the peace that all is well. I am grateful to be able to do this, and for all the help given me by Holy Spirit.

God does hear all prayers for knowing His love. I believe mine are heard and answered. I have this confidence as God’s grace today. May I see God’s love at work in my life in miraculous ways, and in ways that I can share with others, knowing that miracles are not for me alone. God’s love is for all. Let God’s Will be done. Amen.

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God is The Holy One, The Savior

God is the Holy One. He is the Savior because everything is for our salvation. We are redeemed. We were always redeemed. All thoughts to the contrary are thoughts of fear. God created us from His Holy Self. We are His, part of the Holy One. How could we not be redeemed, although we sometimes question it from fear.

In my mind everything merges together for my salvation. Everything is part of the holy plan for salvation, for helping us see that we are still part of the Holy One. Everything in my life is for my healing, my accepting God as the Holy One. I am surrounded by healing opportunities. I can see God in everything if I but look with an open and receptive heart, a fearless heart. God has called me by name because I am His. He has not abandoned me in the wretched world. And it is only me who sometimes thinks this world is wretched, for it is not that. The world is an opportunity to see God in a better light, not worse. I am in the world to see that the Holy One is always with me and I am never apart.

It really strikes me today that I was redeemed long before Jesus. Jesus was part of the divine plan to make the idea of redemption come alive for us. Life is a gift, however I may thinking. Regardless of how I see life at any given moment because I might be feeling sorry for myself, life is a great gift. God in His infinite wisdom and love gave a plan of salvation or healing from fear of separation, and it has always been ours. God loves us so.

This fills me with hope, and a great desire to be part of God’s plan and God’s plan for me. I believe there is a plan for me because I am called by name, as is everyone. I do fit into the plan. I am not excepted. No one is excepted. All are included. All people are chosen for salvation, not just some. My mind wraps around this idea and the idea wraps around my mind. There is the feeling of being enveloped by this, and it is a feeling of great comfort to me. The message of “Fear not in any way for you are part of salvation,” is a softness on my mind, something I can feel with conviction. Conviction is what I am longing for these days, the certainty of conviction that I am part of the plan, that the plan exists and I am in it. I do not know the plan, but it would seem that I can find it because it is promised in everything in my life.

Why then do I feel so disconnected, so unsettled, and so in need of answers? It is hard to sit without answers. Or are there answers forthcoming and I just don’t want to hear them? Are the answers that tough to hear? I don’t know why they would be. There is the promise that God knows me by name and wants only what is best for me. I have to trust that whatever I am experiencing now is best for me. My mind is a jumble. I need to quiet my mind even more and let the Holy Spirit take the lead. I remember this is always my way to find any answer I need.

As I give my mind to Holy Spirit and open my heart, I see that the core of my being is light. There is no conflict over how to be or what to be as this flows naturally from me. It is the fog of illusion around me that I focus on when I feel confused, because I am not focusing on the truth of the one light and my connection to the Holy One. When I focus on the Holy One, I feel that I am not alone. I may have no answers but this, however I do not feel lost. All answers are with the Holy One and I am part of that. Today I accept that God calls me His own and put my fear aside. I step out of the fog in my mind and see the light in me. I am saved again and again each time I ask for help to accept the Holy One in me. Amen.

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Everyone Who Asks Receives

I sit with confidence that in asking for the Will of God to be made known to me for me, that it will be given. I am confident that in asking for God’s love to be a greater awareness in my mind, that it will be given. I am confident that I will find what truly nourishes me and satisfies me on a profoundly deep level because it is given. For in asking for this would my Father give me a rock or stone instead? I don’t think so. I do think of all I would give my children should they ask. It is promised that my Father would give me even more than this.

I feel a great void in my life, a great void of meaning and purpose. I know in truth I cannot be apart from the Will of God, yet in my conscious awareness there is a need so vast and so great. I wonder what can fill it. I have tried to fill it with things of the world, but they have failed me. I am wondering if I stopped filling it with worldly things that I would feel in a panic because the feeling of need is so great. My mind seems like a vast space to be filled. What would nourish and fulfill me to such a degree that I would feel totally complete and whole? Across my mind there is anticipation and hope, and yes, even a confidence that this will be given me to know.

I place myself in an attitude of listening. How does one know the answer? What certainty comes? My mind’s thoughts come forth - children, potential activities, creative ideas, abstract visions without meaning. What is my Spirit’s pleasure as it appears to walk the earth? What is my greatest fulfillment here that would dwarf all earthly pleasures? I long for that deep, deep nourishment that completely satisfies me. This can only be of God, but what is it? I have no answers. I wish I did.

I do believe that such awareness can come to me. I do believe that I can recognize it when the answers comes. It is promised and I believe God does not promise falsely. It is a matter of patience, though, as to when the awareness is granted. Which now moment? For it can only come in the now moment.

As thoughts come to the surface of my mind and fade away, I allow deeper awareness to come forth. I let worldly thoughts drift away, not hanging onto them, yet there can be a message in these. For in these I can notice what I am valuing in the world that is causing me pain. What lies deeper? What is underneath? This is what I ask; I seek and knock for the door to be opened. Let this come forth, the awareness of love’s presence. I know only this will satisfy me. It is the great desire to know myself as one with God. This is my will, to be one with God’s Will. How can this be denied? It is not possible for it to be denied. This is my salvation. This is my great anticipation.

What form would this take here on earth? Maybe it does not have to take form, but earth itself is full of form. It is a matter of not being attached to any particular form, but letting it be drawn to me from the highest good. I cannot say what shape or texture or type the Bread of Life shall be. It shall come to me as is perfect for me and for the world around me. This is perfect prayer - let it be done according to my Father’s Will, for the Father’s Will is only love. Whatever form this takes shall fulfill me.

I open to this. I know not what it is, but I am open to it nonetheless, confident it will arrive. Jesus taught us to pray this way, and so I am. I am tired of trying to complete myself in the world. I realize my spiritual wholeness leads to activity in the world, but the source of the activity is different, as well as the purpose. Activity sourced from wholeness, from the awareness of God’s love, is nourishing, is satisfying to the Spirit, and so to the body as well as mind. This is powerfully purposeful. From this there is no void to fill, for the activity springs from abundance. Trying to fill the void from things of the world is without purpose and without any satisfaction past the fleeting moment. The world is as empty as its promises of happiness.

I know my only happiness is in the love of God, and the awareness of the love of God. Perhaps this is a great deal to know, afterall. I may act differently at times because my human ego mind is uppermost, and I have forgotten. But soon the dissatisfaction with worldly things returns and I am reminded that the world is not my true home and a mind filled with worldly things feels lonely and without purpose.

Oh to know my true purpose here! Oh such a gift as this do I ask and seek! Such fulfillment would be mine to have this answer uppermost in my mind. To be love’s presence is great purpose. I am grateful to know that only this will satisfy me, only this is my true delight. God is pleased to grant me this, I know. I am so grateful for the teaching that we can be confident that when we ask for this, we shall be answered for the door will open and we shall receive. I am grateful to be confident in this. I must practice patience, but patience is easier to practice when the answer is certain to arrive. Oh that this would be in this moment, this moment that I knock!

Even should the answer come in the tiniest increments that I can hardly recognize, I am grateful. For these increments will amass into a greater awareness over time. Perhaps one day will dawn soon with their accumulation and I shall see clearly God’s love in a magnificent way. I ask for the brilliance all at once, but I am grateful that it comes, and that it comes however it would come. I accept God’s divine plan for me as best. I can practice confidence in prayer. I can know all is well, however it is. I ask for fulfillment and let go of timetables, forms attitudes, and trust in God’s abundant love. I forgive myself for feeling that I have lack or a void to fill because this thought is false. God’s love sees no void to fill because there is only love. Yet, in God’s grace there is a healing plan at work for me and I accept in confidence it is there and comes to me as I ask. I ask only God’s Will be done. Amen.

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