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Study of Manual for Teachers 7-9-12

7-9-12
4 We cannot make a definition for what the ego is, but we can say what it is not. And this is shown to us with perfect clarity. It is from this that we deduce all that the ego is. Look at its opposite and you can see the only answer that is meaningful.
5 The ego’s opposite in every way,-in origin, effect and consequence-we call a miracle. And here we find all that is not the ego in this world. Here is the ego’s opposite and here alone we look on what the ego was, for here we see all that it seemed to do, and cause and its effects must still be one.

While Jesus offers no definition for the ego, he tells us that it is the opposite of a miracle. The miracle is the way to God, and the ego is the way we defend against God. The miracle is the effect of Love and the ego is the effect of separation from Love. The miracle brings certainty, peace, and joy, where the ego brings only darkness, which appear as fear, guilt, anger, shame, jealousy and competition, sickness, suffering and death. The effect of the ego is insanity and the effect of the miracle is a return to sanity.

Each day as I, moment by moment, made my choice, I have seen the effects of those choices in my life. I have watched my life become more peaceful and happier as I more consistently chose God and therefore received the miracle of the healed mind. I protect my choice moment by moment as I continue to choose for God.

I used to think that a judgmental thought made me a judgmental person, and therefore a “bad” person, a person who needed to be fixed. Then I would worry the thought until it became the center of my attention and the proof I was still unworthy to be my Self. By the time I gave it over to the Holy Spirit, I was desperate to be rid of it, and went as humble supplicant in hope of relief. I learned to trust the process, but I held onto the belief that each new dark thought was proof I was still unworthy. That was the ego at work.

Now my attention is briefly caught by a dark thought and I remember that I am not my thoughts. They come to my attention and I realize I am not interested and they leave. I no longer feel guilty that I noticed a judgmental thought, just uninterested, or if I notice an attachment to it, I simply offer it to Holy Spirit and anticipate my healing. No fear. No guilt. No doubt. No confusion about who I am. That is the miracle.

My life is a miracle.

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