A New Way to See

Choice of My Thinking

I share with you a train of thoughts that came to me this morning. I trust that by sharing these words, I am giving what has been given to me. Thank you, Readers, for giving me the opportunity.

Today’s lesson is: “I am not the victim of the world I see.”
How I would love to accept this idea as wholly true! It would be very helpful to remember that if I have victim thoughts, they can only be coming from the little, false mind. They (seemingly) come from a part of my mind, but that part is not real. Only my belief in it gives it a reality, yet it is always a dream reality.

I have chosen the circumstances that cause me to experience feelings of stress, failure or despair. These situations that I have made up are a way for me to choose again, and to give the hidden thoughts and beliefs over to Holy Spirit for healing. If I did not experience the dark thoughts, then I would not look for help from the true Teacher that is within me. I would go on thinking that my dream experience was hunky-dory. I would not be practicing on waking up, or letting go of the illusory world I think I “see” outside of me.

As I experience the chaos of the ego thinking, I learn that I really want something else, like peace, joy or love. I need a slogan to help remind me of what I really want in place of illusions. I am reminded of the old V-8 juice commercial, “I could have had a V-8.” My slogan would be: “I could have love instead of this!” As I allow Holy Spirit’s healing thoughts to replace the mistaken thoughts of separateness, I come to realize my wholly loving nature, my true Self. If I am wholly loving, then I must be extending and receiving love. It seems that most of the time, I am not aware of the extension of love, nor of being immersed in Love. Even in my quiet times, I am not often fully aware of Love’s Presence. There must still be a block within my mind to this truth. “I” may think that it is still necessary to hide from Love.

“I am not the victim of the world I see” means that I am choosing the thoughts, and the experience that seems to happen to me. If I feel unaware of Love, then I have subconsciously chosen the unawareness. That block to Love, seems to protect me, seems to keep me safe. But what it really does, is to keep me in my own prison, in my own insanity. The good news is that Holy Spirit will take me step by step as I am willing to give up the hidden thoughts that once seemed to protect me. He shows me that those thoughts are not what I really want, that deep within me is the desire to return to truth, peace and Love. I am ever grateful for this Inner Teacher, and His perfect correction for my delusional thoughts. I am thankful for the healing and love that I receive when I give my fearful thoughts over to Him.

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