Realizing God's Will Is Oneness

Listening to The Perfect Teacher

I am in a week of listening to Holy Spirit, a time dedicated to being alert and listening for His presence.  I desire nothing more than to come to the rock solid awareness of His presence in my mind, a faith unskakable in Him and His guidance.

I find a faith strong in Holy Spirit, but a faith less strong in myself to hear His voice.  Questions of doubt arise.  Am I listening well enough, long enough, in the right way to really hear the quiet answer?  Is the thought arising in my mind truly from the Holy Spirit?  Often I feel great peace but am not aware of any particular guidance to do anything regarding my spiritual path.  It is generally at these times that I question my listening skills.  After all, if I am asking what and how I could truly be helpful, doesn’t Holy spfirit always answer?

I remember a circumstance almost 12 years ago when I had a similar time in my life.  I was seeking an answer about the purpose of my life, some direction, some vision for it.  I sat with God every morning just listening for an answer.  Morning after morning I sat quietly listening, sometimes for half an hour, frequently longer, on occasion up to two hours.  I came to feel great peace, but I never heard any answer, any thoughts or words to guide me while I sat open to all the endless possibilities that God might have in mind for me to do.  I realize now that I was sitting in a state of willingness to accept God’s perfect plan for me.

Although there was no “answer” that I heard in words, after almost a year of listening my life did begin to change.  A path had been set in which a serious spiritual journey began, and which continues to unfold.  And so, although I heard no words of guidance during this year long ago, I look back on it as a wonderful time in my life.  I sometimes marvel at my complete willingness and trust to continue listening day after day to the quiet of my mind in which I heard no answer I understood to be an answer.

Today I again am in a time of listening, deep and profound listening.  Now I have even more confidence that God has a perfect plan for me that it is unfolding.  I listen for guidance and direction as to its unfoldment.  Similarly to long ago, there are no ready and quick answers given me.  There is peace, great peace, and a feeling of unity with Holy Spirit.  I am again practicing patience and understanding that Holy Spirit’s answers can take some time to unfold.  What I am receiving, I believe, is healing of my mind.  A healing that makes further answers possible.

I recognize that is what I received before, mind healing to begin to change the course of my life.  At that time I began a journey that led me out of the practice of law and into a life of serving God more directly.  Now that I am serving God as directly as I can, I still realize that I have need for mind healing.  It is my ongoing journey.  The course asks us to be vigilant for God, ever listening to the Voice for God.  The Voice for God must know when I am in need of healing to better hear God’s perfect plan for me.

I suspect that this week of concentrated listening will turn into a longer period of time.  I am willing to listen to the answers the Holy Spirit gives me to questions that I do not even know to ask, all in perfect order.  I am most willing to listen even though the Holy Spirit’s answers don’t seem apparent to me.  I accept my occasional doubts, but continue to listen nonetheless.  Where else would I go to find the truth?  The answer, of course, is nowhere else.  Holy Spirit is always the answer, whether we recognize the answer or not.

Today I remain a listener to the One Who knows and Who always shares in the perfect way for us.  All we need do is trust.  So, today, I trust that God’s perfect plan is unfolding and I am being healed so that I may recognize and accept its truth and beauty for me.  I am grateful to be listening to the Holy Spirit, The Perfect Teacher.

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