Review lessons:
The light has come.
I am under no laws but God’s.
Everything is shifting. Be patient. Practice. Trust. Laugh. Be grateful. And don’t be worried if things start falling apart. It’s part of the process. Often it appears like things are getting worse (when you are expecting miracles) but in fact: a space is being cleared. So don’t be concerned. Let everything shift. Accept the “good” and the “bad” as perfection, and don’t judge what is occurring.
If you are not seeing results, don’t worry about it. Just keep going. Don’t turn back. Straight ahead. Pray. Ask. Talk to God. Sing. Dance. Rejoice. Fall apart. Cry. Listen to music. Read. Write. Run. Lie on the bed. Take a bath. Relax.
You asked to be changed (transformed) and the tendency always is that once a shift begins to occur, a lot of people tend to get scared and try to find stability and comfort by returning to their old habits and ways. They try to hold things together, clinging for dear life for something familiar. But remember: you asked for this. You asked for a change to occur … you asked for a miracle … and now that a change is actually occurring: you should be very happy.
When it looks like you are about to lose your house, your job, your relationship, your health: BE HAPPY. You are moving out of your old life and into something brand new.
Don’t be afraid. There is nothing to fear.
My experience is that when you are in a transition period, it can take the appearance of looking like a complete & absolute failure. You’ll think you’ve made the biggest mistake in the universe in starting on this journey in the first place.
Now is the time for trust. “Trust will solve all your problems now.”
It’s working because God’s plan is accomplished and you cannot fail.
It might not be taking the form that you thought it would take, but it’s working.
The light has come.
Thank you for this post, it is exactly where i am at.
ditto
hey man,
i think that’s my kelly who posted that comment. i am here to say “she’s not lyin.”
great post lisa.
lee
“i feel the earth move under my feet, i feel the sky tumblen down.” carol king
Perfect timing for this message. Thank you, Lisa.
AMEN!
I remember when I first ended up in AA. Someone told me if you don’t drink and go to meetings, you won’t get drunk. That was like some kind of deep, complex, profound cosmic revelation to me at the time, in my condition. LOL duh!
The same kinda thing dawned on me when me I came to ACIM – without change, there could be no transformation. duh! The good news, I think, is that ACIM describes Reality as ‘changeless’. So, if I do the math…nothing Real can change. I think somewhere in The Course it says something like awakening is a game that happy children play, the Happy Dream. When I start to take things seriously, I’ve forgotten something pretty important.
Seems to me though, that one way to ’see’ the unreality of ‘the world’ is to look at the fact that change itself is so thoroughgoing ‘here’ (change is the very structure of a world that’s made of time) that there is no unchanging thing we can point to as change itself. If that makes sense.
Fear isn’t an issue unless I am either guilty or fearful of an experience of fear and try to think or behave it away, or deny it. That is, if I don’t forgive, don’t admit that I’m mistaken. That’s the ‘double bind.’ Fear can be an great healer though, if I am not afraid to stand still and burn in its cleansing fire for a moment! For me, all fear is the fear of death. If I extrapolate any fear out to its ultimate and logical conclusion, it always leads to the fear of death. One practice is to let it kill me. That’s a fast, nonconceptual and visceral way to find out that there is no death and the world I see is a dream!
Lisa,
I don’t know if you remember me. I used to read and post & I bought your book. I kind of fell off the wagon with regard to studying but have been reading here again this year. I love how you post these daily lessons! This has been soooo helpful for me, I can’t tell you. Also, I’ve been keeping a journal. Finally I feel like I’m starting to GET IT.
Anyway, just wanted to tell you that your book and blog have really helped me. Lots of love to you.
Hi Lisa! Of course I remember you … Perfect Flapper! I am happy to see you here. Welcome!
EJ – Great post. this reminds me … I totally forget … today is my 7 year sobriety anniversary! March 28, 2001. Amazing. I remember that I used to be seriously afraid for myself that I would never be able to quit drinking – I tried thousands of times to quit – so it’s a real miracle to see how radically different my life is now. So grateful.
Hi Lisa Natoli
Happy anniversary ya old drunk!
It was important for me to hear “you can NOT drink”. Up until then I was always being told “you can’t drink.” Just a slight ‘turn of the head’ maybe, but replacing a negative, willful admonition with the possibility of a positive action made all the difference in my being able to take responsibility, be open minded, and allowed me access to a singleness of purpose that the 12 step program entails.
A lot like the Course saying “you can change your mind”.
luv ya