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From Hopelessness to Peace 6-1-20

This morning I listened to the meditation, The Power to Work Miracles Belongs to You from 920: Being a Miracle Worker, I was helped by the sentence that says this: You refuse to make any of the illusionary stories founded on separation real. The reason this caught my attention is that I read something on Facebook by Rev Tony. He was arguing against social distancing. He talked about how it was hurting the most vulnerable people in our society, some of them already losing their jobs, their homes and even the ability to provide food for themselves and their families. He was arguing it would be better to end this now.

I began to feel anxious after reading this. It made sense. So did the idea of social distancing. So, I asked the Holy Spirit to help me see this differently. I asked for help to sort out what was really behind my anxiety. I saw right away that I am upset because I am confused about what to even think. I am concerned about the vast number of Americans who will suffer terribly from the loss in income, my oldest son being one of them since he was laid off on Good Friday. Am I causing this kind of suffering just so that I can keep this body alive?

When I let my mind focus on the story, I was sliding down the rabbit hole and I knew it. That is why I turned to the Holy Spirit right away. Seeing what was behind the fear in my mind helped me to remember that I am never upset for the reason I think. I was upset because I felt helpless and the more I looked at this helplessness, the more hopeless I felt. Then I remembered that the only way I could feel like this is if I believed in the story.

For this to occur in my mind, I must believe the story is real and happening now and that we are all truly suffering and that we are all going to suffer because we affect each other. What came to me when I asked for clarity is that this is not really happening now. We are putting an ancient memory before our eyes so that we can decide if we want to keep playing the game, keep watching past memories, keep trying to change the story, to direct it into something we prefer. That is all that’s happening.

Knowing this, I realize that the only helpful thing I can do is to stay in a state of love so that I can be a channel for miracles wherever they are needed. I don’t even have to figure out what miracle is needed by whom or how to perform that miracle. I just have to love and the rest is done without my effort. I can’t love if I am fearful. Where fear has entered love cannot operate. Where love has entered, fear cannot remain. So, I chose love and waited for the fear to evaporate and it did. This is all I can do but it is enough. It is my part.

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