A New Way to See

Innocent Victim Role

Dear Everyone, these thoughts surfaced to my awareness today.

My desire and decision to be happy seems to have vanished. It’s easier to play the innocent victim role, then to be mindful of the errant thoughts that are not true.
Why do I choose pain and punishment over peace and joy?

Only because I believe that I am unworthy and guilty of attacking God, so I deserve punishment and attack. This feels very heavy to me, it makes it difficult to breath deeply.
It is my own thoughts that attack me, it is my guilt thoughts that make punisment seem justified. Is it really worth protecting my “story” from the light of Truth?
Do I cherish my story so much that I shun the truth of Love? I am insane indeed!! And I allow the insane mind to run the show, drive the bus, make the choices. This I can change.

I change this direction by choosing for Love. I watch my thoughts and do not attach to them or take them seriously.
I watch the thoughts and remind myself that “these thoughts I do not want.”
I ask the Holy Spirit to replace attack and guilt thoughts with Love’s thoughts. I choose to practice mindfulness over and over again,
till the practice becomes a habit, so ingrained that it is second nature to me.
Doing this practice is better use for time then what the ego made time for. Eventually that “new” habit will be my first nature, which is my only nature.

Holy Spirit, I give this day to you ~~~ Guide me in every instant and do not allow a dark thought to go unobserved.
I give all meaningless thoughts to you.  Thank you very much.  amen.

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More Meaningless Thoughts

Dear Everyone, these thoughts came to mind recently .....

I do not perceive my own best interests.   
While I think that I am a body, I can not perceive my own best interests, for the body has only to do with belief in separation. The body has many goals that perpetuate the idea of separation, while the “goal” of Spirit is to extend love and nothing else.

To know peace is to extend love. The little mind cannot have peace as it pursues many different goals. It will be confused and distracted as it tries to achieve many outcomes to one goal. As it does not perceive it’s own best interests, it does not realize there is only one goal, only one choice that will bring contentment and happiness, peace and love. Being the ego, the little mind never wants peace that leads to love and happiness, as this would lead to it’s undoing.

The thoughts I seem to think without Love, are meaningless. The thoughts I think with Love are true. The meanings that I hate, the beliefs that “make” me guilty, the judging and condemning, all are things that I project because I don’t want them to be of me. I mistakenly think that those thoughts are me, but this is not true. I am not an insane idea, I am not a separated thought floating about aimlessly in an oblivious universe. I am as God/Love created me. I have pushed this memory so far down in my mind, that from my current perspective, I cannot fathom what that is like.

H.S., I asked earlier that my mind be wholly healed today—I would accept your guidance now and always. I would give up every unloving thought and have in its place the extension of Love.
I am willing to release all that is unlike Love, I am willing to be corrected and healed.
I am willing to give up my insane dream of grievances and vengeance.  Thank You very much. amen.

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