I. The Gifts of Fatherhood, P 8
8 Yet what you will you do not know. This is not strange when you realize that to deny is to “not know.” God’s Will is that you are His Son. By denying this you deny your own will, and therefore do not know what it is. You must ask what God’s Will is in everything, because it is yours. You do not know what it is, but the Holy Spirit remembers it for you. Ask Him, therefore, what God’s Will is for you, and He will tell you yours. It cannot be too often repeated that you do not know it. Whenever what the Holy Spirit tells you appears to be coercive, it is only because you have not recognized your will.
Journal
This paragraph makes perfect sense to me. God created us by extending Himself, so that we are exactly as God is. There is a passage in the Course that says God gave us all of Himself. This being true, we share His power, His creative ability, His Being, and His Will. God’s will is my will. I have become confused about this because I made a different will so that I could have a different experience. But that is not my true will, only a device to allow an experience.
The Holy Spirit remembers my true will for me and holds it in my mind so that I can have access to it when I am ready. Now that I am ready to awaken from this dream of separation and return to Reality, I ask the Holy Spirit what God’s Will is for me. When I first started doing this I was conflicted. The ego mind, that I was still very identified with, felt this request was coercive and it balked at the idea of giving up its own will in favor of another will.
Now I understand that I am not the ego, and I identify more with my spirit than this foreign thought system, so I don’t resist as hard or as often as I used to. Often I accept God’s Will completely and joyfully, and I have never once regretted that decision. On the other hand, the ego will has brought me pain and suffering nearly every time. I’m a slow learner, but I do learn. I want God’s Will and I want to recognize it as my own. This is the all-important step I must take. Now I am mastering that choice each time I feel some reluctance to give up a false belief. It is work, but it is good work.
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