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July-September,  2023

Finding God Within

by Rev. Lynne Whitehill, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

One morning, as I woke up, I set the intention of feeling the oneness and peace of God within me for the day ahead. I was aware that I had a number of tasks to do, including going out for some shopping. I couldn’t decide what to prioritize and when I should do things so that my time was used most effectively. Then I remembered the practice of listening as described in Lesson 164.

Christ “…hears the sounds the senseless, busy world engenders, yet He hears them faintly. For beyond them all, He hears the song of Heaven and the Voice for God more clear, more meaningful, more near.” (W-pI.164.1:5-6)

I decided to first practice listening to the Song of Heaven. I didn’t hear anything specific but my mind became very quiet and still. I trusted that I would do whatever I was moved to do by Spirit and that would be sufficient in itself. It wasn’t necessary for me to micro-plan, hour by hour, the day ahead.

I sat to do some Course work in quiet and suddenly, from outside of my window, came the sound of heavy sawing and drilling. Workmen had started to cut down a tree next door. I recalled my intention for the day and this stopped me, just in time, from deciding that the noise shouldn’t be happening and was going to disturb my work. I was reminded that I could allow my brothers to do their work and let the noise be exactly what it was, because none of it had anything to do with my intention of feeling the oneness and peace of God in me unless that was what I wanted. I carried on with my writing and after an hour or so, I noticed that something seemed different; there was silence outside. I had forgotten all about the noise. It had simply become part of the background ambiance and I realized it hadn’t interfered with my peace at all.

Later, I went out for shopping and, in the store, I noticed a young boy who seemed absorbed in watching something near the check-out tills.

As I checked out my items, the same boy started running around the store, clearly in a panic, shouting frantically for his Mum. A few moments later I saw the person I assumed to be his Mum walking towards where he was being comforted by a lady who was trying to calm him down.

The last I saw of the boy was his face, showing bewilderment and doubt but maybe the beginning of comprehension that he hadn’t been abandoned.

The incident served as a reminder to me of how easily I can become absorbed with the minutiae of ‘Lynne’s life’ and quickly lose sight of what is real and true. Then, often something happens to disrupt the flow and life seems to descend into chaos until I remember God’s presence again.

I know that God could never forget or abandon His Son. His Voice, Holy Spirit, is always available to me, within my mind, ever loving, peaceful and ready to help. It can only be my forgetting or misperception that tells me otherwise. The moment I recognize this, I can call upon Holy Spirit to look at the chaos with me, knowing that calm will be restored to my mind when I am ready to accept it.

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