VII. Attainment of the Real World, P 10
10 Praise, then, the Father for the perfect sanity of His most holy Son. Your Father knoweth that you have need of nothing. In Heaven this is so, for what could you need in eternity? In your world you do need things. It is a world of scarcity in which you find yourself because you are lacking. Yet can you find yourself in such a world? Without the Holy Spirit the answer would be no. Yet because of Him the answer is a joyous yes! As Mediator between the two worlds, He knows what you have need of and what will not hurt you. Ownership is a dangerous concept if it is left to you. The ego wants to have things for salvation, for possession is its law. Possession for its own sake is the ego’s fundamental creed, a basic cornerstone in the churches it builds to itself. And at its altar it demands you lay all of the things it bids you get, leaving you no joy in them.
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Jesus knows that in eternity we need nothing because we have and are everything, but in this world built on the idea of lack, there are things we need. If we give our needs to the Holy Spirit He will fulfill them in a way that will not hurt us. I live by this creed. I am fully convinced that I do not know what I need or even want. I have asked for things and received them and regretted my choices. I have been left unfulfilled. I still do that sometimes, but when I notice I am doing it, I change my mind quickly.
Regina Dawn Akers gave a class when The Secret was all the big rage. She talked about it, and how she was able to use the idea but in a way that was safe. Instead of telling Holy Spirit what she wanted, she asked Him what she wanted. This is what I try to do in all cases. When I succeed, I find myself with what I need for as long as I need it. I know I didn’t do anything except desire what was needed, and so I have no great attachment to it, or a fear of losing it.
My home is an example. I had the thought that I wanted to retire someday, and in fact that I would have to retire at some point, hopefully not too far away. Then I had the thought that I would never be able to do that if I kept paying rent that would be unaffordable in retirement. I also would like to live in a comfortable place in a nice neighborhood.
I’ve never had house envy and while I can appreciate a nice house, I don’t get excited about it, or long for it. So I didn’t have anything special in mind, and really, I couldn’t figure out how on earth I could buy a house of any kind. I didn’t have a down payment and that was important. Also it was late in life for me to be making this decision. How would I get it paid off in only a few years before retirement? I would just be in the same fix.
But the thought persisted and so I just gave the need to Holy Spirit.
Very soon, other thoughts began to surface and I followed each one as it came to me. Within a few months I was living in my own home. It meets all my needs and I am very comfortable here. Within the last three years I have paid it down and this month, I will pay it off. It is really miraculous when I think of that first thought that I should by a house and where I am now. It could have all gone so differently if I had listened to the ego objections.
Since all I did was follow directions and ignore ego, I don’t worry about the house. I needed something in the world, and Holy Spirit supplied it. I didn’t make it happen and so I don’t feel responsible for it. I have no particular fear about loss because the Power that provided once will provide again. I don’t feel attached to this form of provision. If I am to move again for some reason, I am ok with that, too.
The ego hates that. It wants to worry about hurricanes and flooding. It wants to worry about taxes and any other calamities it can come up with. But I am learning through this experience and others that I give my need to Holy Spirit and trust His judgment and His love, and I have done my part. Even if the solution does not seem to meet my expectations, I generally just wait to see how He has it all worked out. It might very well be that I was wrong about the purpose of what He provided and all will be enlightened in its time.
An example of that is my job. Everything changed at work quite suddenly and it threw me for a loop. But I did my best at each step to overcome my fear and allow the situation to unfold. At first it was hard to see this situation as another gift from Holy Spirit, something I needed and would appreciate. And yet, I have allowed relationships to be healed, to be made holy. I am so very pleased with everything that occurred.
I am learning to trust Love and to surrender to It. I am never disappointed when I do.
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