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Lesson 84 — Love Created Me Like Itself

by Rev. Gail Hamley, O.M.C.

“I am in the likeness of my Creator. I cannot suffer, I cannot experience loss and I cannot die.”

This is a hard concept to really grasp. As a Pathways minister, I counsel people all of the time and it becomes more and more clear that each situation, each circumstance is caused by our forgetfulness.

We forget that we are created the same as our Creator. Our Creator is Absolute-Unchanging-Perfection. It is easy to forget. After all, just look around and see and hear and feel all of the pain going on in the world and in my own world.

Recently my eldest daughter and her family announced they are moving across the country. We are very close and I love seeing my grandsons regularly. She is expecting a new baby in the fall and I won’t be there as easily as a car ride to her. It seems silly in retrospect, but I started to grieve her absence while at the same time celebrating this new opportunity for them.

I asked for help and suddenly became aware that distance is an illusion and a sense of joy emerged within me. It is okay that I was sad and glad. I understood, though, that there really wasn’t anything to be sad about!

Another difficulty in “remembering” came when I felt ill. I searched within to find the core belief about why I had contracted this illness. Surprisingly, the little voice told me to STOP! Stop trying to find fault with myself. Really? Well, that was exactly what I was doing! What would I do if someone came to me in this condition? I certainly would hold them in my arms, listen to them, comfort them and remind them that they are perfect — no matter what is showing up — they are perfect. They cannot not be perfect!

How could I know this about them but not myself? So this is what I did for myself. Each and every time I started to worry, criticize or blame myself, I stopped and turned all attention to Love — my True Self. I would turn every thought into a loving one, drop my attention to my heart and breathe. Instantly I would become calm and teary because the Truth was just so beautiful!

It takes awareness of my thoughts to recognize when I am thinking untrue thoughts and to bring myself back to the Truth. No matter what is going on or how I am feeling, Love created me like Itself. I feel calm and I know that whatever is going on, Love will reveal itself and I relax.

Rev. Gail Hamley is a Pathways of Light minister living in Tustin, California.

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