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Gentle Healing Journal Day 1

Journal for Day 1
Lessons
After reading the first three and doing the lesson as described for lesson 1, I was surprised when my eyes landed on a statue. I said that this statue does not mean anything and noticed that I felt like it did mean something. I thought that it meant the giver of the statue loves me. She went to a lot of trouble to do this for me. Then as I looked at Lesson 2, I realized that it has meaning because I gave it meaning. And reading Lesson 3, I realized that the reason I don’t understand anything I see is that it is meaningless and I have obscured that fact by giving it meaning. I noticed that I wanted to rush through Lesson 1 thinking I didn’t particularly need it, but clearly, I do.

July 28, 2018 Daily Quote
The Heart that is beyond words is not beyond you. It is only thought that would tell you so. It is only thought that can deceive. Put aside thought, if only for a moment, and then ask, “Am I, when thought isn’t?” Surely you will notice that you are not dependent on thought. Then ask, “Am I, when thought is?” Surely you will notice that whatever you are, it is present both with and without thought.
~ Thoughts of Awakening

I am grateful to know that I am not thought. For the brief moments when thought is not present in my mind, I still exist. Even when thought is a constant chatter in my mind, I exist. So it must be that thought is separate from me. I am relieved to know this because if I were thought, I would not be stable. I would be one thing now and another thing later. I would be bad when the thoughts were bad. I would have to strain to keep only good thoughts in my mind. I’ve tried to do that and it doesn’t work.

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