LESSON 102
I share God’s Will for happiness for me.
“You do not want to suffer.”
I understand that God does not want me to suffer and I do not want to suffer. Our wills are aligned, and in this, I am dedicated to knowing that this is my will and I have no will opposite it. I don’t need to be further convinced. What is helpful, I think, is the meditative experience and the consistent reminder. I have accepted pain and suffering for so very long that it seems natural. I need to become aware of when I am doing this and I need my decision to become the only decision I make in this regard.
Regina’s Tip
If you want the world to be a happier more secure place, offer it a happier more secure person. Give what you want to see by being what you want to see.
In Chapter 15 of “The Untethered Soul,” Michael Singer wrote:
“[Unconditional happiness] leads you to absolute transcendence because any part of your being that would add a condition to your commitment to happiness has to go. … You have to transcend the personal, and as you do, you will naturally awaken to the higher aspects of your being.”
What is it that you think unhappiness will get you?
Will people start acting the way you want them to act?
Will people give you attention that you want?
Will God grant your wishes like a genie?
Will your thoughts quit coming?
Will you quit making mistakes?
Will your health get better?
Will someone love you?
My Thoughts
Reading today’s tips helps me to see more value in Langford’s Loving All Method in which I choose to love everything just as it is. This is to emotionally love. I might also change things if that is appropriate, but while it is happening I have a choice about how I feel about it. I can choose to love it and that would be closer to acting from my Self, and makes more sense than arguing against something that cannot at this moment be changed. If it is happening, it is too late to change it.
I have one thing that triggers unhappiness in me consistently and that is weight gain. Maybe I think being unhappy will spur me on to do a better job controlling my weight. Or maybe I am afraid that if I am not unhappy about it, I will just keep gaining weight. I think I will try an experiment. I am going to weigh myself and then I am going to spend the week being happy with the idea of weight. I already know that being unhappy does not help me control my weight. I am going to test whether or not being happy makes things worse.
The only other thing in my life that brings consistent unhappiness is when I think about my son being endangered. I know that my happiness would not make this worse and that it would actually make it better. I know that being unhappy about this makes no sense at all. I still find it difficult to tear myself away from that story, but I keep making the effort and it is much easier to come back from the story than it used to be.
As I think about this, I realize that I think my suffering for my son is proof that I love him and am a good mom. It is the way my mom expressed love for us and it has become a limiting mental habit for me, a way of thinking that I have released, but not completely. It’s on its way out, though, and quickly is my preference.
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