III. Littleness versus Magnitude, P 3
3 There is a deep responsibility you owe yourself, and one you must learn to remember all the time. The lesson may seem hard at first, but you will learn to love it when you realize that it is true and is but a tribute to your power. You who have sought and found littleness, remember this: Every decision you make stems from what you think you are, and represents the value that you put upon yourself. Believe the little can content you, and by limiting yourself you will not be satisfied. For your function is not little, and it is only by finding your function and fulfilling it that you can escape from littleness.
Journal
“You who have sought and found littleness, remember this: Every decision you make stems from what you think you are, and represents the value that you put upon yourself.”
What do I think I am? I used to think I was this body/personality that I go by as Myron. So all decisions I made stemmed from that idea of who I was. When I was young and I decided to party to excess, it was because I thought it would enhance my standing with others my age. And I thought it would make life more fun and exciting for me. I made those decisions based on the idea that I was not enough as I was and needed the enhancement. I thought I needed something else in my life because what I had was not fulfilling.
Later in this life, I thought that I would feel fulfilled if I had children, and then I looked for fulfillment in my job and a steadily rising income. I thought I won when I did better than others. I thought that would give me more standing among my peers. All this time, I thought I was Myron and though I was learning differently, it had not really permeated my being and had not trickled down to my everyday behavior. So many of my decisions were still focused on the idea that I was the body/personality of Myron and, thus, on what would be best for that one based on what was know at the time.
Finally, I began to absorb what I was learning about my true nature. I was no longer completely convinced that I was a body/personality and more and more I accepted that I was something else altogether, something not even related to the body and her personality. As I continued to practice what I was learning, I began to identify with this something else more than I related to Myron. In my mind, I began to refer to Myron as “she” instead of “me”. I began to make decisions based on self as spirit rather than on what would enhance her ego image. In the past, the value I placed on Myron was pretty low, and it needed constant bolstering. My value now is not based on Myron, but on me as an expression of God.
“For your function is not little, and it is only by finding your function and fulfilling it that you can escape from littleness.”
Now, I recognize my value as an extension of God and my decisions are most often based on what needs to be done to completely undo the ego for all of the Sonship. This is my true function. I came here with this function in mind, knowing this is what I wanted to do. But on arriving, I opened my eyes with no idea who I was or why I was here. It has taken me this long to recover my memory and to realize my true purpose. Now when I say “I” I refer to self as I exist in reality, or at least to my clearest memory of self. Knowing my function now, which is not little, I am escaping from littleness, and every day I reawaken a bit more to my grandeur.
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