VII. Attainment of the Real World, P 12
12 Only the Holy Spirit knows what you need. For He will give you all things that do not block the way to light. And what else could you need? In time, He gives you all the things that you need have, and will renew them as long as you have need of them. He will take nothing from you as long as you have any need of it. And yet He knows that everything you need is temporary, and will but last until you step aside from all your needs and realize that all of them have been fulfilled. Therefore He has no investment in the things that He supplies, except to make certain that you will not use them on behalf of lingering in time. He knows that you are not at home there, and He wills no delay to wait upon your joyous homecoming.
Journal
There are some paths that emphasize how to manifest in this life what we want to have. I don’t have an issue with that. I have done so myself and I know how it is possible and I also know how and why we limit our ability to do so. But I am not very interested in this path. This section of A Course in Miracles is the reason I lost interest in using my time to consciously manifest what I think will make me happy. I do not know what I need or what will make me happy, but the Holy Spirit does know. He knows what I need, and He will supply my needs as long as I let Him. He will renew them as long as I need them, and he will take nothing from me as long as I have need of it.
With this promise, why would I try to figure out what I need and how long I need it? Why would I give any of my time to this fruitless effort? I have spent a lifetime proving that I really don’t know what I need. I did this through trial and error without realizing that was what I was doing. But I cannot help noticing the effects of my efforts, which were hit and miss at best. So I know I am not good at even deciding what I need and I also know that I have to work hard at getting what I think I need and then holding onto it. And then if what I thought I needed were no longer there, I would feel loss, even if I didn’t really need it anymore. It is a messy and unreliable method of achieving what I need.
What if I did this instead? What if I asked Holy Spirit what it is I need right now? Then, what if I simply accepted that what I needed would be provided? What if I never again worried about any need, and absolutely knew that each need would be met in perfect timing, in a way that would be most helpful to all involved, and that the need would be met as long as the need existed? What if I knew the way the need was met was so perfect that it could never hurt me. And what if I never had to be concerned that I would be given something that would keep me lingering in the illusion? How peaceful and calm my life would be! How happy I would be! And this is the promise that we are given in this paragraph.
So what is my part? Well, I can see that I would need to stop trying to decide what I need and how to get that need met. It cannot be done for me if I am doing it myself. I would have to trust Jesus. I would have to let go of any expectations I have about how this would unfold. I would have to trust that everything was occurring perfectly even if I didn’t understand it at the moment. I would have to give up the idea that I need to do it myself. I would have to give up the delusion that I have control and need to keep control. I would have to give up self-will in favor of Self-will. I can do all this but it takes awareness and practice. But, oh my, it would really be worth it!
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