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The One Who Knows

This morning I woke to find another symptom in the body. The left knee would not straighten. In this circumstance of the dream, it means that the nerve impulses are not getting through to the muscles in that area.
I shared with Holy Spirit what I was feeling; frightened, confused, disappointed, and guilty for choosing this.

Holy Spirit gave this to me:
In your daily dream you fall into the habit of accepting the ego’s meaning of the world, people, events around you. Dear One, look not to the world for answers, for images change at the slightest thought. You dream that you are a body. You dream that you are guilty. You dream that you are separate, alone, without help or solace.

Ask yourself, are dreams true? When you wake from your night dreams, you look at the symbolism from the images that played in your mind. Can you ask yourself the same question for your waking dream? Is this dream true? Is this image true? Is this thought true?

Be willing to open to Holy Spirit’s answer, His interpretation. He holds for you what you have forgotten. He knows the outcome of your choice—every effect it will produce. Be willing to ask of every thought that pops up, “Is this true?” Step back and be still. Listen to Holy Spirit and feel the warmth of His Love surround you. Let Him decide for you, as you remind yourself that by yourself you do not know. How can you know what is true or real when you have given all the meaning to everything you see? The meaning that you “see” comes from past experience, and that experience is from dreams—which are not reality.

Defend not your choices, but lay them down. Ask only for meaning from the One who knows. He will not keep from you what He would have you know. If you think that you separated from God, then you think you deserve punishment. Now ask, is this true? Did I really leave God? If you did not leave God, then you have been fooling yourself, playing with hallucinations. If you did leave God, then you do not exist, for there is nothing outside of God. Would you rather accept that you may have been wrong in your thinking? You have never left God, and there is only God, only Love. You are only Love, for nothing alters nor changes what God has created. Simply let this be.

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You Are Part of Love

This message came to me recently:

Spirit: Forget not that you are part of Love. There are no differences in Love—- all is the same, all is One.
What Love has joined, no thought can put asunder. No thought of fear can attack or kill Love.
Only loving thoughts are real, the rest are meaningless and unknown to Love.

Holy Child, bring all your fear thoughts to Me, keep none for yourself. You are not asked to dispel the dream yourself,
but only be willing to let it go. Be willing to let your false thoughts be undone. They do not save you because there is no separation.

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The Word Is Love

What is the Word? The Word is Love.
What is your purpose? Your purpose is to let go of all that is unlike Love. This is simple, yet to you it seems impossible.
This is because you have identified with an idea and image that is not you.  A thought that you made became the premise for a belief in what is unreal.
Still, this is not a sin—merely a mistaken thought. When you do not want the thought you made, when you are willing to give it up, then are you freed from dreams and illusions.
You will joyously accept that you did not make your self.

You have heard before, that you are an extension of Love and your only function is to extend love. You could repeat this over and over, but to know the truth of it,
you benefit from experiencing it. Be willing and practice. Take one minute for each hour and practice extending love.  Any subject that comes to mind is appropriate.
Remember that the love you send comes not from you alone—but from an inexhaustible Source. The “supply” of love multiplies any time it is shared, it is limitless.

You are a Child of God, and that will never change. (Hear me well) You will not be happy while you believe you are something other than what God created.
Pretending to be something other than Love is not what you truly want. Often today, step back and rest in God.

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Practice Watching

Today this is what I received from Holy Spirit.

Spirit: The word of God in written in your Heart. Therefore, all your answers are there, waiting for acceptance.

Practice non judgment—this is the way to acceptance. Be willing to watch the mind and without judging, watch the judgmental thoughts.
Each thought represents your belief; each thought is a choice. The choice to follow Love or the choice to do it on your own.

The fantasy of doing on your own has no true effect on your reality. It does not touch Who you are or where you are. But your belief in the fantasy makes it real for you.
This does not bring happiness to you. You will be happy when you let go of the thoughts that hold the fantasy together.
As you let go of judging, you release the values you have made on everything in the fantasy. You learn that happiness is always Now.

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Which Voice I Choose

It seems that this past year or more, has been such a challenge to me. This has been my own choice, as I choose to hear the ego or Holy Spirit. It seemed that I was choosing to hear the wrong voice more often than not.

When I listen to the ego, I find comparisons abound, making judgments seem natural, making worries seem real.  Any time that I wish that circumstances were different, that is a judgment about the way my experience is happening. It is the child throwing the tantrum, screaming: “I want it thus!” Following the ego, I do not have peace, joy or love. I have more conflict, more wishes, more feelings of being inadequate and failure.

Somehow I felt powerless to stop the bombardment of ego thoughts. It seemed as if I would never get out of the grip of the self pity that entrapped me. Today I read a message from Holy Spirit to a dear friend of mine, that shown the light into my clouded mind. The simple premise is that I can choose to worry and judge my way through life, or I can choose to trust in Spirit, that each circumstance is perfect for my learning the lessons that I came here to learn or unlearn.

When I think mistakenly that I am alone and have to decide on my own, then things look bleak indeed. I have mistakenly chosen an illusion to be real, making the dream seem real.
I have forgotten Who I am. When I mistakenly follow the ego, I am wanting to be “right” and not choosing to be happy. I am believing that “I” know what is best for me in any given moment. I need to remind my self that I do not know what is in my best interests, but I have an internal Guide that is always with me, Who does know.  When I choose to step back from the turmoil and conflict and fear in my mind, and ask help from Holy Spirit, I am willing to let go of the dream I have made. I am willing to accept that being mistaken does not make me guilty.

As I remember to choose for Holy Spirit’s perception of my life, I will find the peace, the joy, the love that surrounds me constantly. As I trust in His decisions for me, I am sure of the peace that I share with all. I am willing to give up the judging, comparing, and worries.  With Holy Spirit as my mentor I live the life that I share with God. 

This quote from the Manual for Teacher’s came to mind: M-26.4. Do not despair, then, because of limitations. It is your function to escape from them, but not to be without them.

To me this message means that the lessons I have made, can be worldly limitations, or they can be blessings when I see with Holy Spirit. All that I give to Holy Spirit will be healed.

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