"Trials are but lessons that you failed to learn
presented once again, so where you made a faulty choice before
you can now make a better one, and thus escape all pain that
what you chose before has brought to you.
In every difficulty, all distress, and each perplexity
Christ calls to you and gently says, 'My brother, choose again.'"
- A Course in Miracles
Make it easy on yourself Miracle Worker - slow down and pay more kind attention to what is right in front of you in your now. This does not mean that you cannot make plans for later today, tomorrow, or next week if that is the wisdom that comes forth. But what We are wanting to remind you of in this moment is how many of your mistakes come from not PAYING ATTENTION in your now. Paying more gentle attention in your now allows you to see a lesson arising in the moment so that the Holy Instant expands leaving a wonderful gap between stimulus and response. In THAT gap, you can make a better more Conscious choice from love instead of fear.
Remember that your unique curriculum is not at random. YOU very carefully chose it yourself at another level and now it is time to learn it - and you CAN learn it joyously if you are WILLING to let go of your ego attachments - not get rid of them, but simply observe them and CHOOSE not to invest there. This happens one thought at a time, one moment at a time, one choice at a time. Also remember, you are an EXCELLENT student and have made tremendous progress this time around. Keep this in your heart and KNOW the Truth of it. Do NOT let the ego steal your joy over some story that you are a terrible student who cannot learn the lesson before you.
Do not become frustrated when lessons are repeated over and over again at times. At this point in your learning it is rarely because you made a terrible choice the last time but rather only that there is still room for improvement. Once a toddler reaches the point where she is no longer falling down while walking, she continues to improve for many years and can be not merely a functional walker but quite graceful and elegant if done with thoughtfulness and CONSCIOUSNESS. At first, it may be "self-consciousness" and self-doubt, but with enough positive reinforcement and practice, it becomes effortless and natural.
Take some time with us today and in the coming days to go inside and reflect with Spirit, not with ego. Look to see where you have made progress in your "better choices" and look to see where you would like to learn to make better choices. Make love, peace and joy your goals in this. These are the kinds of choices that are "better" - the ones that lead to more love, peace and joy in your daily walk. Love for self and for others - remember it is "love your neighbor AS yourself."
"My treasure house is full, and angels watch
its open doors that not one gift is lost,
and only more are added.
Let me come to where my treasures are,
and enter in where I am truly welcome
and at home, among the gifts
that God has given me."
- A Course in Miracles
Come! Come to the treasure house and RECEIVE YOUR gifts today. We bow down to welcome you with love and happy service to the One Who has filled this space and Who gives all Life so abundantly. There is nothing you need do to earn these precious treasures - or they would not be gifts. They await your recognition that they have already been given. Too often you are asking, asking, asking for what has already been given.
Yet here your gifts are already carefully placed, in the Treasure House Within. Yes, all the peace, the Power, the joy, the love, wholeness, wisdom, direction and so much more await your recognition and the courage and boldness to actually activate and USE what has been given. Healing the sick, raising the dead, pulling coins from the mouths of fishes, manna falling from the sky - greater things than these are possible to anyone who is willing to mentally step away from the endless droning and humming of the physical world to enter the the Realm that is hidden just behind the Mists.
At this time in your history, the veil between realities is quite thin, which means there has never been a more auspicious time to demonstrate to yourself that you are under no laws but God's. Think of something while you are within the Treasure House and it appears, whether you call it bad or good. Therefore, fill your mind with visions of the world you want to create for yourself and you have immediately begun activating the building blocks of your own reality. Your Consciousness animates matter and a withdrawal of Consciousness causes the collapse of matter into other forms.
Whatever is good, true and lovely - think on these things today - activate them and know that they are a part of the gifts in your own Treasure House waiting for you to open, use and enjoy. Practice being a gracious receiver today for it honors the Giver of the gifts.
"The problem is not one of concentration;
it is the belief that no one, including yourself,
is worth consistent effort."
- A Course in Miracles
Where you fall down is where you will have to get up. You cannot fall down at the bottom of the mountain, but stand up at the peak. The journey happens one patient methodical, often boring, step at a time. This is very difficult for a generation geared toward instant gratification and the desire for applause at every step forward. When you were a toddler you received praise and applause for every step forward, even when you fell down on your butt.
But those days are long over now. You are not spiritual babies anymore. This means you must be your own cheering section instead of your own critic. We are here to cheer you on, but often you want another HUMAN to notice and give you a pat on the back - which is looking to the outside for validation. It's lovely when it happens, but to count on it is just another ego addiction. Progress is made during the mundane boring times of life when no one is watching; showing up at the meditation mat, at the gym, cleaning out the garage, making the better food choices, doing your mirror work, saying something kind and real instead of snarky, doing your affirmations in the car instead of having imaginary arguments or worried fantasies. All of these are appointments you make with yourself and far too often humans tend to cancel appointments with the self at the drop of a hat in order to keep a far less important appointment with someone else, or with the TV, or with a negative whining conversation.
We are not talking about "putting yourself first" because that is an entirely ego concept of "either or." This is precisely the kind of finite limited thinking the ego specializes in. Remember, Our NEW thoughts have to do with the elasticity of time and space - limitless possibilities. You don't have to know HOW right now. First, make the committment and THEN the possibilities begin to emerge. It's NOT the other way around.
REMOVE guilt and shoulds from this process entirely. They are of NO value whatsoever and are also ego tools which will only delay progress. Know that you will make mistakes and fall down - so what? You simply stand up right where you fell down and then take the next step. No shame. No blame.
Consider the amount of time that an Olympic athlete spends in boring daily workouts compared to the time spent standing on a pedestel with a medal on her chest. You must become your own daily cheering section and give yourself a medal every time you show up for your appointments with yourself. The best way to do this is to begin to savor and enjoy even the "boring" moments of life. Tell yourself a better story and CHOOSE to enjoy the journey instead of telling yourself that it's hard, that you don't like it, that it's taking too long, that no one appreciates your efforts, that you're going to fail anyhow, that it's selfish to be doing this . . . and on into infinity.
Tell yourself, "I enjoy the process of positive change. I can do this. There is no hurry about any of this. I am learning as I go. I am worth showing up for. Small changes are still changes. I am going in the right direction now."
You ARE worth the effort. We can tell you that forever and a day, but YOU are the one who needs to begin to say it to yourself. And if you are not yet in that place, go ahead and act as if you believe it by showing up and playing the part of a person who does. Yes, PRETEND. And if you play pretend long enough, it will start to feel true, and then it WILL be true.
"I have saved all your kindnesses and every loving
thought you ever had. I have purified them of the errors
that hid their light, and kept them for you in
their own perfect radiance."
- A Course in Miracles
It's time for you to rest in the comfort of the Holy Spirit for a season. The ego has an endless drive toward complication and mental gymnastics. Truth is far simpler than all of that. Return to the Source, to the root where you can gather up the nourishment and spiritual food that you need in order to bear good fruit in due season.
For now, all you need do is focus on kindness as the major part of your spiritual practice. Humans have for so long confused love with affection and sentimentality that it is far easier for you to understand that love is an ACTIVE Force, not a feeling, if you will follow Our instruction to merely focus on BEING KIND. Begin at home, with yourself, each morning. Feed, dress and bathe yourself with ultimate kindness and attention. Then, let it ripple out from there.
As much as we tease you, We also want to remind you that We have observed that humans are inherently kind, generous and truly giving. It is the indistinguishable spark of the Spirit within that is actually dominant even on your dense Earth plane. Yes, dominant, or you would not have the billions of humans living on the Earth today. So, We are encouraging you to KNOW this and connect with this Truth which is rarely shown on your news channels. Peace IS dominant, but fear has a much more aggressive marketing campaign. Lies need defending and a PR machine to keep the ball in play. Eternal Truth needs no defense, and the only campaign Truth has is "listen, learn and DO."
And this season, let your DOing be primarily a simple mantra of "BE KIND." Keep it nice and simple this season of your life by fasting from fearful strategies while you return to the simplicity of Source Energy by knowing that if you forget everything else, you CAN remember to put kindness first.
"I am not a body. I am free."
- A Course in Miracles
We want to remind you that your body is merely a projection of your state of mind. It is changing all the time as a reflection of some aspect of your Consciousness. And so it is time for NEW THOUGHTS to arise to supplant your old limiting ideas and beliefs about the body.
It is easiest to begin this by allowing Us to download the "Regeneration Program" into your Consciousness as soon as possible. It's really quite a simple download and We can do it while your body slumbers at night. All you need to do is get in bed, close your eyes, take some easy compassionate breaths and say, "I am now traveling to Source Headquarters. You may begin the download of the Regeneration Program as soon as I fall asleep." We will handle all the rest of it. We do the prep work of starting to erase old erroneous thoughts about aging, disease, family genetics, and so on and then We will easily download all the new systems.
Keep in mind, the Consciousness of your planet is shifting and many of you will live over 100 Earth years in these bodies, but only if you have the BELIEF system that allows it to be so. Your body is already changing all the time and the body you are living in now is NOT old at all - none of it was here a decade ago. It is all new material. The body is in a constant state of metamorphosis as old cells die and are released and new ones come into being. Your body is ALWAYS young and youthful - ALWAYS. But your Consciousness programs it to create new cells that look and act old - BECAUSE OF YOUR BELIEF THAT AGING IS INEVITABLE.
The Regeneration Program is a "fix" for that because it keeps you creating new cells that are vital, energetic, strong, youthful and able. This is a fix to your DNA longevity programming and it can also erase and dump old genetic programming geared toward disease and decline. YOUR part after the download is to begin to REMEMBER and DAILY AFFIRM that you and your body are friends, not enemies, and that it knows how to repair, rejuevanate, regenerate and that it is coded to be a useful vessel for as long as your Spirit chooses to use it. NEVER speak negatively about your body because your body takes it as an ORDER to DO whatever you are saying about it. SPEAK ONLY LOVE about your body and BELIEVE only the very best about it. It will reward you with good health, energy, vitality and congenial companionship.
"If thou canst believe, all things are possible
to him that believeth."
- Mark 9:23
Thoughts rise and fall in your awareness in a constant flow all through the day and night. A dizzying amount of those thoughts may be extremely negative, stressful or fearful. That in itself does not matter. It is only the thoughts that you BELIEVE that have a real and lasting effect on you and your life.
You may talk a good metaphysical game or go around spouting 12 step mottos all day long, but there is nothing quite so cheap as talk. What REALLY matters, what really creates the harvest in your life, is what you are BELIEVING deep in the quiet of your own soul and in your own mind.
And ultimately, it must be PERSONAL. What do YOU believe is possible for YOU? If you believe that miracles are possible for others, that your children can have a wonderful future, that certain people have the talent, background and courage to live a successful life, but you have somehow excluded yourself from that reality, then IT IS DONE UNTO YOU AS YOU BELIEVE and you yourself have sealed the doors by which you might have stepped into God's greater Will for you.
Do you believe it is too late for you? Have you stopped dreaming? Have you died before your time? The word repent means to turn around. There may be areas of your life where you need to repent - to turn around. It starts with thought. It is true that the journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. Anyone can take a single step, and then another, and then another. Even if you have legs that do not move, that no longer work, you can take a single step in Consciousness, in attitude, in willingness.
What do you BELIEVE is possible for you? Find out. Investigate. Look inside and ask the questions. And know that whatever you believe is possible . . . that is just your starting point. With God, all things are possible and you can begin to expand beyond those self-imposed limitations right now.
You can start this week by practicing this little exercise of saying to yourself, "I am starting to believe _____________________." Just keep filling in the blank, over and over and over again. It's yoga for the mind. And if even that is too big a step for you, start with "I WANT to believe that ________________." This can be the bridge that then carries you to STARTING to believe which then leads to the actual believing. You CAN start from wherever you are, right here, right now.
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you:
not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid."
- John 14:27
Too often you waste your energy and time praying for that which is already yours. You are too focused on getting rather than receiving. Much of what you want to get you already have, but you have not done what is necessary to ACCEPT it. The box remains wrapped up off in the corner, rather than being opened and used as it was intended.
PEACE IS ALREADY YOURS. You will never have one bit more peace than you have right now in this very moment. ALL the peace in the entire Cosmos has already been given to you, but you cannot know this when you are not activating it within you. If through your thoughts and attention you are activating the vibrational frequencies of fear, worry, dread, confusion, scarcity, grief, hope and hopelessness, anger, attack, defensiveness and all the other lower vibrations of the ego-dominated worldview . . . well, you've left your gift of PEACE sitting off in the corner gathering dust. Remember, getting and receiving are two different things entirely. There is much that you have "gotten" and not yet received.
Today, right now, and ALWAYS for that matter, you have the opportunity to activate the Peace that has been given you. But you must STOP your frantic searching and flailing and allow your mind to grow quiet and still. You must learn to become a gracious receiver - one who not only "gets" but who then receives and uses what has been given. If you choose, today can be a day in which you walk the world AS a beacon of Divine Light unto the world. As you activate, extend and share the Peace that has been given you, it becomes stronger and more alive within you. What glorifies the Creator is the USE of the gifts given. Additionally, to whom much has been given and used, much MORE is given. DO NOT HOARD MANNA! We do not waste energy endowing gifts on those who are not yet using what We've already given. USE UP what you have and more will continue to flow in! The branch that does not bear fruit is CUT OFF and cast into the garbage. Please be a branch that is bearing fruit through the ACCEPTANCE, ACTIVATION and USE of all the gifts of God.
Here is a way to begin - take a deep breath, let your thoughts slow down, relax the mind and body - then turn within and say, "Father Mother God, I accept and receive your gifts now and it is my intention to use them with joy and gratitude for myself and for those who come into my circle of Consciousness today. Help me to make joyful use of Your gifts to me today."
Then, simply bless all those who cross your path or your mind today whether you believe they deserve it or not. Imagine that you are scattering and sowing seeds of Light all across your path today and that these seeds transform all that they touch. As you do so you are literally extending Peace, and what you extend, you strengthen within yourself. ACCEPT what has already been given dear Miracle Worker. We have much more to give once you begin to make better use of what you already have. THIS is a very auspicious day for you if you will allow it to be so. We are SO happy for you and so ready to Help you. The gift has already been given - what will you make of it today?
"This is an insane world, and do not underestimate the extent of it's insanity.
There is no area of your perception that it has not touched, and your dream
IS sacred to you. That is why God placed the Holy Spirit in you,
where you placed the dream."
A Course in Miracles
Aren't you glad to know that the world you see is insane? You should be. If you take the world of your TV news seriously and try to understand the insanity of it, YOU will drive yourself crazy. That world cannot be understood, figured out or fixed. It is not the real world and those who expend so much of their energy trying to repair the illusion only end up enraged and deeply depressed. Many misguided "spiritual teachers" have walked the planet in great sadness, trying to teach salvation. If that is not insane, what is?
Only joyful love heals, and it is the purpose of His Course to heal your mind of the belief that the world of illusions can bring you either happiness or sorrow. Remember, enligntenment is a recognition, not a change. It recognizes Truth and Reality even in the midst of an insane world of illusions. And enlightenment without JOY, is not enlightenment at all. Guilt and fear over the world you see is the evidence that the ego has managed to make you forget about the Love that heals all illusions.
It is true that when you help another, you are growing closer to your own Divine nature, but it must be non-attached giving that does not attempt to "fix" but rather only to share - and how can you share someting you do not have? The Holy Spirit IS here with you now and will guide you as much as you will allow so that you can save time and avoid suffering. A suffering worried savior is no help whatsoever. YOU must be happy in order to extend happiness. YOU must be sane in order to extend sanity. YOU must BE aware of Love in order to extend Love.
YOUR Joy, peace and happiness today is what you have to offer in order to reveal the real world that exists just beyond the mists. There is much to be happy about, much to celebrate, much to honor, much to praise. Start there by invoking that which brings the most joyful vibrations to your own Consciousness. This will function as a Lighthouse for those who are ready to find and accept the Love that heals. That's all - simply shine your own Light and more and more you will find that the insane world of illusions has no power over you. Today is YOUR day of freedom, sanity, peace and Joy!
