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What I Accept Into My Mind

Doing the same thing over and over again —- that is fear.
“We must love. We can not afford to hate.” Prof Wm Council, 1897

Our natural state of being is from Love and IS Love Itself. For as long as we deny our natural state— we will be in fear. As long as we tolerate fear, fear will continue to run wild throughout our life or experience. Just as Kindness begets kindness, fear begets fear.

When we accept that fear thoughts are only errors in our thinking we are then willing to let correction be done to our errant thoughts. Mistakes are for correction not punishment.

From pleasant dreams to unpleasant to even atrocious dreams, we must become aware we are choosing which thoughts we allow into our minds. Our mind is part of God’s Mind, so it is powerful. Our minds have made up an entire world and all it’s complexities, all it’s divisions. it’s opposites. Our belief in the world is so strong we can barely imagine anything else to be true (and when we try the ego warns us not to go there without dire consequences). So we do the same thing over and over,  following the chosen belief over and over, repeating the idea again and again — — which is what strengthens the idea. It makes the idea appear as solid as granite stone. So what is mistaken appears as the only reality.

Thankfully we have another choice! The fear based mind does not want to acknowledge that we can choose differently — or that there is another thought system we can use. The egoic mind wants only to use the fear based system and thus do the fear thoughts appear seemingly at random. Fear comes to mind to disrupt peace. We must want to reject (or not entertain) the fear thoughts. We must accept responsibility for what we allow into our mind.

The world I “see” was made from fear. Do I want to live in the fear filled world? Or do I want a world of peace, compassion and acceptance? Do I want to know the truth of a Love that is all encompassing, without limit or conditions without end?
Really? Do I choose Love or fear?

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Dreaming the Duality

What is real cannot be threatened.
What is unreal does not exist.
Love is not threatened by meaningless dreams.
Love has no opposite in reality — in dreams there appear to be opposites.

(I dream of duality, of opposites. Dreams are not real. They are fantasies, wishes appearing as reality.)
While truth can appear in dreams, truth does not make the dream real. It can only show the dreamer the way out of dreaming.

In this dream the body holds my attention. It seems to deserve the devoted attention that it demands. Yet it is only another prop in the stage of the “drama” of life. It (body) was made to make the separation appear as real, as fact, as an undoable action that never can be corrected. Under ego’s domain so will it remain so. Yet when I choose again, choose a different path to follow the way that Love shows me, I will be free of mad dreams.

With each step that I choose for Love is a step closer to my acceptance of forgiveness. In each moment of letting go of of my false perceptions am I closer to waking from the dream of separation. With every pause and willingness to let go of a cherished belief will I be nearer to awaken at Home. Giving up foolish dreams is not a sacrifice! The totality of Love is the truth, and Love keeps calling me to wake up.

I breath deeply now
I can relax now and open my eyes
I am a Thought of Love
And that will never change ——— inspired from Susan McCullen song

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Being Wrong

I thought I knew what I know, but I was wrong.

I thought that I was separate, but I was wrong.

I thought I was persecuted, but I was wrong.

I thought I was worthless, but I was wrong.

The Truth of who I am, what I am, where I am, is not of this world.

I am a holy, innocent, loving Child of God. Made by Him and Like Him in all Ways.
He made my worth, and keeps it safe. In Him I am whole, complete, without flaw or failing, without despair, remorse or guilt. I do abide in Him as His Spirit abides in me and guides me without fail through all the days, minutes and hours of my dream life.

My only purpose is to learn to listen to Him and accept His Guidance, as the only thing I want.

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Feeling Safe = Love

In my past I had not felt very successful with practicing Wb lesson 121, in seeing the little spark of light in some person from my past.

I had been asking H.S. to teach me how to forgive. And one night as I lay in bed, I had been remembering how as a child, I felt that my Grandfather gave me unconditional love, and he accepted the love I returned to him. Spirit had me focus on those feelings of love, and how safe I’d felt. Then came the encouragement to give that love to those I thought had hurt or harmed me in any way.            I found it so easy to do—any face that came to me, or any thought of failure, I extended love to. I was filled with gratitude and thankfulness. Any shred of judgment was erased, and I was free.

Now when I notice a thought of judgment pop into my mind, I silently send love to that image or idea. I ask Holy Spirit to help me accept the truth in my mind. Now I recognize the feeling of relief when I have let go of a false idea that was condemning me.

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A Call For Love

I am grateful to remember that any villainous act or insane action is only a call for Love.
If I/we don’t agree with another person, or make judgments about situations, I have chosen to follow the ego’s agenda. If I choose, I can remember that what I perceive as

outside

is a projection of my own thoughts. With judgements about the world and the people that populate it, I keep myself trapped in my illusion.

When I choose to see villainous acts and insane decisions as the call for Love, for help and healing, I have invited the Light to return to my mind and theirs. The villain is crying for help and begging for love and to feel worthy of Love. The insane decisions are screaming for healing/love, of feeling the innocence that is their birthright (born as a Thought of God).  The split mind has no remembrance of Love nor the truth. Everyone’s calling for love, everyone is worthy and deserving of Love. That is God’s Will.

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