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January-March, 2007

Healing Messages from Rev. Veronika Wilcox

by Rev. Veronika Wilcox

Steady Practice

Once I attended a master class for violin as a listener. The lecturer was a Russian violinist. He told the Australian students that the Russian students practised about twelve hours a day! Laughter was the answer.

It seemed too incredible to those students who seemed to practise only about three hours on an average. When I was a student I practised six hours a day for years.

Last Sunday I heard a very good cello student play beautifully. His whole life is focused on learning his instrument well so that he can express himself through it. This reminds me of spiritual practice. It seems to be little known that this too needs concentrated effort in order to have results, that is, that the Higher Self finds a purified vehicle in me to express Itself through me.

I just read The Russian Pilgrim. It is a wonderful story of dedication to the inward prayer of the heart. He started off by saying his short prayer a thousand times, then three thousand times and then six thousand times. What discipline! Yet this is not difficult if I thirst for the living waters — the presence of God in my life.

A Course in Miracles is also a training to replace wrong-mindedness with right-mindedness. And believe me this takes perseverance too. But it is worth it because peace and joy start to become steady guests instead of worry and stress. Amen.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

I have noticed that everyone I meet and everyone I know is very busy. I know that in this world it is looked upon as a virtue to be busy. My sons are busy, my friends are busy and even the spiritual minded friends are busy. I just love it how Jesus says for us to seek first the Kingdom of Heaven and that then the rest will be given unto us.

When I first decided to test this statement, I was amazed how well everything in my life fell into place. Trusting Jesus who lived all he taught, is the way to go for me. Believing that I can reverse this and say that I first need to attend to all my daily duties and then (maybe!) make time for God, is putting the cart before the horse. Will you also want to put Jesus’ advice to the test and be blessed? Amen.

Crossroad

I am standing in the middle of a crossroad. One goes into the past, the other one goes into the future. What am I to do? Where am I to go? There seems to be nothing else to choose from.

I watch my thoughts and notice that they are like two dogs on a leash. One pulls me back into the past. I tug at the leash to make it come back into the NOW. The other rushes off into the future to make me dream about the future. Again, I notice it and tug at the leash to make this dog come back into the NOW too. Why look for roads which either pull me back or take me away into dreamland? What is wrong with the NOW? Is it because it seems to be stationary?

I like to compare the NOW to a boat. The boat remains the same. It is comfortable and slowly moves along the current. I have the boat steered by Holy Spirit Who knows the way and I can relax and be assured that all is well in the NOW moment. Amen.

Blame

Whenever I notice that the blame game is going on in me, I know that it is ego using everybody and everything to blame them for my loss of peace and happiness. It can be husband, friend or the weather or anything else. The name doesn’t really matter.

The next step is to try to fix whatever is disturbing. I might even try prayer to get things to fit my way of thinking. Still no peace!

Then the bells ring and the memory of the truth returns. I need to go within to find the problem and the Answer.

The problem is now released and goes up into the Light and the Answer comes from above and is the peace of God which comes from acknowledging and accepting Oneness — the Atonement. Amen

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