II. The Invitation to Healing, P 2
2 Healing thus becomes a lesson in understanding; and the more you practice it the better teacher and learner you become. If you have denied truth, what better witnesses to its reality could you have than those who have been healed by it? But be sure to count yourself among them, for in your willingness to join them is your healing accomplished. Every miracle that you accomplish speaks to you of the Fatherhood of God. Every healing thought that you accept, either from your brother or in your own mind, teaches you that you are God’s Son. In every hurtful thought you hold, wherever you perceive it, lies the denial of God’s Fatherhood and of your Sonship.
Journal
Jesus says that the more I practice healing, the better teacher and learner I become. I do this in two ways. First, I learn from those who have gone before me. I think of the teachers I have followed and my heart swells in gratitude! There are some I followed consistently and over a period of time, and some who have inspired me from time to time. They are all equal in teaching, whether they helped me once, or many times.
I read what they say and am inspired, but that is not enough. I must use what they say in order for it to be helpful to me. I must use it and let it become what I do and think and become. Regina Dawn Akers has been helpful to me many, many times, but one that comes to me often is this. When I was in the middle of a virtual storm, a hurricane, and at the same time in an ego storm, I reached out to her.
She told me to let the storm pass. That is what storms do. I have used that advice often. I sit through the ego storm in patience and certainty that Holy Spirit is sitting with me and that healing is taking place. As a result, I am not fearful when I am in one of these storms. I know it will pass and when it does, I will be washed clean of the thoughts that caused it, and this changed perception is a miracle.
Recently I read some postings by Cate Grieves in which she talked about not compromising. She woke up through A Course in Miracles and she said that she did it because she refused to compromise. Every wrong-minded thought goes to Spirit for healing, no compromise in that. This has become my mantra as well. No compromise.
I have had a problem with a co-worker from time to time. In the past I have struggled with these relationships, not wanting to give up being right and holding tight to the belief that I am being unfairly treated. It has taken way too much suffering to get my attention in a way that led to healing.
Now I am fully involved in accepting the peace of God as my one goal. I refuse to compromise on that. I don’t care what proof the ego brings me that the other person is wrong; I only want the peace of God. If the ego brings me proof that my financial situation is deteriorating, I feel the echo of old beliefs and start to worry. Then I remember that the peace of God is everything I want. No compromise.
So I am both following others, accepting the gifts of their own healings. and I am practicing what I am learning and making it mine. Each changed perception is a healing that reminds me that God is my Father and I am His Son. I am very cognizant now that every hurtful thought leads me away from remembering who I am.
I sit in the stormy thoughts of darkness knowing that it will pass and with it, the damage those thoughts caused. I remember that looking at the thoughts with the Holy Spirit and asking for healing is my part, and I do not compromise on that. I allow the healing and in doing so I accept the Atonement for myself, which is my only function.
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