II. The Way to Remember God, P 5
5 Let us not save nightmares, for they are not fitting offerings for Christ, and so they are not fit gifts for you. Take off the covers and look at what you are afraid of. Only the anticipation will frighten you, for the reality of nothingness cannot be frightening. Let us not delay this, for your dream of hatred will not leave you without help, and Help is here. Learn to be quiet in the midst of turmoil, for quietness is the end of strife and this is the journey to peace. Look straight at every image that rises to delay you, for the goal is inevitable because it is eternal. The goal of love is but your right, and it belongs to you despite your dreams.
Journal
The ego mind is all about saving nightmares. This morning as I was doing Lesson 12, I am upset because I see a meaningless world, I wrote in my journal about how I used to be upset about the messiness of my life. (http://tinyurl.com/jnfkdsf) I would listen to the ego mind tell me I needed to stop being messy so that I will feel better. I needed to be more organized and get things done on time. Well, that had been my goal for most of my life and here I sit in my messy office. Very nearly sixty seven years has not been enough time to fix this problem.
I have stopped hiding under the covers where this problem is concerned. I have chosen to look right at it, and to see that my messy life is not what upsets me, but rather it is my thoughts about what that means. I had been giving it the meaning that I am not ok, that I am unworthy and vulnerable. With the Holy Spirit’s help, I have let go of this meaning, and I have found peace in my life.
Now I look at my messy desk and laugh. Then, instead of being anxious that something important, something urgent, is hiding under those piles of paper, I just ask the Holy Spirit what it is I should do now. What I have discovered is that if there is something to be done in the world, I will be told what it is. The thought to do a particular thing will just appear in my mind. I am learning to trust my life to His care.
The Holy Spirit is the Help given us by God. Before we dreamed of separation, we didn’t need Help, but now that we do, we are given that Help. I am learning to turn to Him in every situation. When I become anxious about anything, I get still for a moment and in that stillness I am inviting Help. As peace settles over me, I look at the perceived problem with my Helper and allow the solution to be given me. Often the only thing that I need to do, is realize that my thoughts are upsetting me, and allow the Holy Spirit to correct those thoughts.
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