It is impossible to see two worlds.
I love how PRACTICAL and SIMPLE these lessons are. It’s impossible to see two worlds. You “think” you see a world, but it is just false projection. There is a real world that is there for you to see – a world where there is only love – and you will see what you choose to look upon.
It is impossible to see two worlds.
While you see love, it is impossible to see hate.
While you see a solution, it is impossible to see a problem.
While you see joy, it is impossible to see depression.
It’s impossible to see two things at once.
John, in the bible (John 1:10) says of Jesus: “He was in the world, and the world was made by him, but the world knew him not.”
See that?
This is about Jesus AND it is about you.
Jesus was in the world. He made the world. But the world knew him not.
You are in the world. You made the world. But the world knows you not!
Jesus says (John 9:5): “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
Then Jesus speaks to God, about you … you who follow him. It’s in John, Chapter 17.
It is John writing about what Jesus has to say about you – about being in the world – so you’ll want to read it.
It’s about you, and it’s for you.
It is Jesus saying he has finished his work on earth, he has glorified God, he did the work that was given him to do, and now he is going to the Father, and now he is asking God to take care of us (you and me), his followers, that we may continue to glorify God.
Here in John 17, Jesus acknowledges that God gave him helpers from “out of the world” which is you and me.
Here is Jesus’ prayer: “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. As thou (God) has sent me (Jesus) into the world, even so have I (Jesus) sent them (me & you) into the world.”
“I pray not that you (God) should take them out of the world, but that thou shall keep them from evil.”
You will just totally love this: John 17
Jesus is saying the world did not know him, but he knew God, and we who follow him also know God.
You are not from here. This world is not your home. This world is not where you belong. You come from God.
In you is a memory that knows this is true.
This is about you:
John 15:19: “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own; but ye are not of the world, but I (Jesus) have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.”
You have been chosen by Jesus, from out of the world.
He brought you into the world, that you would follow him and speak his word and demonstrate God’s love.
Now do you see why there is no need for you to suffer?
You are not a body. You are not from here. You were sent by God. You are not affected by worldly laws. The laws of the world – sickness, pain, suffering, death – cannot touch you, unless you choose to believe in them.
IT IS YOUR CHOICE WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.
Sickness will disappear as you take your rightful place as Savior, as you you begin shining your light to others.
You were brought into the world that you would fulfill a function for God. You were chosen to do this. But the moment you landed in a body as a baby, you forget the instructions entirely. And everything since that moment has been more layers of darkness, clouding that memory even more.
But you were sent here to demonstrate Gods’ Love. Jesus chose you to do this.
And now I am reminding you.
I was sent with instructions to help you. I am a teacher of teachers.
You came here with a mighty function. All your life you’ve been wandering around, knowing you have some purpose to find, some function to fulfill, but for THE LIFE OF YOU you could not remember what it was. Kinda like misplacing your glasses, or knowing you’re forgetting something.
So I’m just reminding you that you were chosen by Jesus. You are a teacher of God, sent in by God, and it’s time for you to remember.
You are “in the world, but not of it.”
And this is today’s lesson: It is impossible to see two worlds.
Please read Lesson 130 some time today.
You are the light of the world. It’s time to shine it.
Beyond this world there is a world I want.
“This is the thought that follows from the one we practiced yesterday. You cannot stop with the idea the world is worthless, for unless you see that there is something else to hope for, you will only be depressed.”
“Our emphasis is not on giving up the world but on EXCHANGING it for what is far more satisfying, filled with joy, and capable of offering you peace.”
Isn’t that great?
Here’s something to practice:
“It might be worth a little time to think once more about the value of the world.”
The world you see is:
1. merciless, indeed.
2. unstable
3. cruel
4. unconcerned with you
5. quick to avenge
6. pitiless with hate.
At this point, you are probably protesting!
I kicked & screamed & railed against this lesson for many years. My resistance was enormous. I said: NO! THERE IS LOTS OF GOOD HERE IN THE WORLD! THERE IS BEAUTY AND KINDNESS AND LOVE.
no.
This world is a slaughterhouse.
The faster you can accept this, the faster you will transform.
Stop being spiritual. Stop being your idea of helpful. Stop being nice with a smiling face. Stop with all the hugging, kissing, and hand-holding.
Stop trying to set up scenerios that make you feel good. Stop with the groups. Stop with the positive affirmations. Stop reorganizing your life every time you feel uncomfortable.
Let yourself be uncomfortable. Let yourself be angry. Be confused. Be upset.
Here is the last step.
“NOW IS THE LAST STEP CERTAIN; NOW YOU STAND AN INSTANT’S SPACE AWAY FROM TIMELESSNESS.”
Whatever you do, don’t make any exceptions. Don’t make a list of all the ways the world is good. This will only delay your progress.
There are many points in the journey where you simply must trust the teacher. Trust me. Trust Jesus’ words in A Course in Miracles.
Trust that when Jesus says there is no value here in the world that it is true. There is nothing here. No hope of happiness. No joy. No peace. There is only pain, suffering, loss and death.
And all those tiny glimpses that you get of tremendous joy, peace and love … that is a step into eternity. In those moments, you are not in the world anymore!
You are in the other world. The real world. Heaven.
And it appears like you are still here, but you are not.
You will see other people around you still suffering – still trapped in the world – but you will be out of it, above it, in Heaven, in the other world.
From this place, you can call “other tortured minds to you” (healing them by your own recognition of truth) but it is impossible to do while you are still trapped in the world, in your own nightmare.
You must get out of the nightmare. It’s time to wake up.
“Beyond this world there is a world I want. I choose to see that world instead of this, for here is nothing that I really want.”
Thanks Al. This one is for you.
This is me and my sisters and my dad on the mountaintop in New Hampshire. That’s me in ponytails:
The world I see holds nothing that I want.
I woke up thinking that I wanted to write a post today about how a few years ago, yesterday’s lesson – THE WORLD I SEE HOLDS NOTHING THAT I WANT – really pissed me off. I made a decision that the lesson absolutely did not apply to me. I believed there was much goodness in the world, much beauty, a tremendous amount of love, and that everything was the Love of God and that everyone was the Son of God, and we were all One.
Well, this kind of thinking kept me in hell for a very very very long time.
I was saying like a parrot “there is only love” meanwhile I was in pain. I covered this pain with smiles and joy because I thought I was supposed to show the world how happy and helpful I was. I thought being an advanced teacher of God was about looking at everything with light, seeing only the Christ in everyone, and looking past darkness.
But in the quietness of my own heart, I knew that I was a fraud and liar.
I was not happy all the time.
I was not experiencing miracles all the time.
I kept thinking I should focus on the positive and eliminate the negative.
It was like being an actress – putting on a happy face – and it was exhausting!
I had made a decision that some sentences in A Course in Miracles did not apply to me. I decided that I knew what was going on in my own transformation – that I knew what was best for me – and that some of the lessons were written for “other people” who did not know God, and who needed transformation, but that definitely I was more advanced and could bypass many of the sentences in the lessons.
Who’s laughing now????
I am!
I was thinking of writing all this, and I open my email box this morning to a great honest letter which I would like to post here, because I have a feeling a lot of people feel this way. I know I did. This letters expresses beautifully all that I want to share.
Here it is:
Hi Lisa,
I wanted to discuss the basic statement of this lesson, “The World I see holds nothing that I want. …nothing… that seems to give you joy.” I have mixed feelings about this statement. While I agree completely with the part about letting go of the desire for specific outcomes and attachment to acquiring material possessions, I find that I need a different wording for these attitudes in order to be able to agree with them.
You see, I am committed to embracing my Oneness with everything. In fact, when I am in that moment of Oneness, I experience ecstasy. I am at peace and content in a way that cannot be expressed adequately. I find that to feel this joy I must release negative attitudes about all sorts of things that it is spiritually fashionable to reject. When I am in that moment, I feel a connection with our world and a love for it that is not compatible with the language of rejection which is used to propose the sort of releasing which is part of embracing the flow of Spirit. I do believe in embracing the flow of Spirit; it’s just the language used to teach the process that I find uncomfortable.
As for the part about this world not having anything that I want, I woke this morning and went outside in the early hours. The moisture on the grass was wonderful. The air felt good. The early morning pink/salmon light that suffused the sky through the trees was so luminous that I felt a rush of joy and wanted to embrace the whole world right then. I know that this could well be entirely an illusion, in fact it probably is, but I am profoundly grateful for whoever designed it and for designing me with the ability to respond to it. It may all be gone tomorrow, but I believe that if I do not embrace the world in those moments I have disrespected a gift from God. I’m pretty sure that these sort of transcendent experiences were not intended to be the target of the lesson, but if I take the wording literally I would have to include them.
The only reason that I’m even bringing it up is because we are learning so much in recent times about how our body takes things literally. How our mind is so influenced by the words that we use. For me, I cannot embrace the way the course worded parts of this particular lesson, but I believe the lesson is really good.
Here is my response:
The world I see holds nothing that I want.
This lesson will positively disrupt your human fear-based thought system if you do not resist it, and if you have a little willingness to entertain the idea that it could be true.
“The world you see holds nothing that you need to offer you; nothing that you can use in any way, no anything at all that seems to give you joy.”
This lesson is the OPPOSITE of the way you have been taught to think, since the day you were born into time & space.
Think about it. The mass majority of people spend their entire lives thinking about something in the future will make them happy. They think there is something – that is not contained in this very moment – that will bring them joy.
Think about all the ways you do this:
You think you’ll be happy when the weekend comes, or when summer vacation arrives, or when you get a new job, or more money, or a new relationship, or when circumstances are different, better, changed.
OR … perhaps you are satisfied with the work you do, the life you have made, your children, your home, your relationships.
But be honest.
This isn’t a test, and this isn’t something I need to know about, but be honest. Isn’t there one small little corner of your mind that still dreams of a different life?
Everyone does it. I do it.
They dream about a different spouse, or living in a different location, or making more money, or having more free time, or creating a better body – one that is more beautiful or healthier.
But look at it. Every time you get the thing you want, your mind is already racing ahead to the next event. You are never wholly satisfied.
Why is this??
Because the world you see holds nothing that you want.
There is NOTHING here in the world that can satisfy you, except for temporarily and then it turns to dust.
“The only purpose worthy of your mind this world contains is that you pass it by, without delaying to perceive some hope where there is none. Be you deceived no more. The world you see holds nothing that you want.”
Today, as an experiment, I want you to think about all the things you want. List them down on paper. Write down your goals.
Now look at this list, and find what you really want. There are clues in your list that will show you what you really want. Maybe you want more freedom, more peace, more joy, or more love. Your list of goals contains clues.
What you will quickly realize is that the things you are genuinely searching for are actually not found in the world at all. Beyond the form of what you think you want is what you really want: freedom, peace, joy and love. These are experiences which are not in this world, in things or events. THEY ARE IN YOU.
The world you see holds nothing that you want.
Everything you want is contained in you … in this moment. It’s not in the world. It’s in you.
To give you an example, I want to be on Oprah for her next webcast in fall 2008. Every week that I’ve watched her with Eckhart Tolle, I get excited when she speaks. I think “That’s exactly what I want to do. I want to sit with Oprah, live in front of the whole world, and talk about God.”
I become a happy little kid just thinking about it.
So I take this “goal” as an example and I search for clues in it.
What do I want?
I want to inspire people. I want to make people happy. I want to extend the light of Heaven to the farthest corners of the world. I want to offer a new way of thinking to the sad, the sick, the lonely and the afraid.
I want to inspire the most amount of people in the shortest amount of time.
My own life has been transformed by “training my mind in a systematic way to a different perception of everyone and everything in the world” and I want to share it with others.
The other day the Master Teacher said to me: “you don’t really have grievance any more do you?”
No, I do not.
What a joyous occasion!
The mind training of A Course in Miracles works!
All problems disappear. All grievance disappear. Life becomes effortless.
There is an absolute guaranteed way out of sickness, sadness, lonely, confusion, and doubt … and it doesn’t take time … and it’s not difficult … and when you let these things go, you are catapulted into a world where there is only love.
I want to shout it from a mountaintop!
But then I remember: the world is contained in my mind. THE MOST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME IS THIS MOMENT!!!! The world is a construct of my own making. I reach (inspire, help) “the world” by realizing the world is in my mind. It’s not out there. It’s in me. And it’s here & now.
I’m laughing out loud!
I’ve got the whole world in my hands!
This photo puts things in perspective. What could you possibly want/need from a place that is this small????????????
LOL.
I love this blog. I wake up thinking one thing, and as I write, I am reminded of the truth. I am reminded of how small this world is. I am restored to grace, love, joy, and freedom.
The world I see holds nothing that I want.
There is no love but God’s.
Love does not change.
Look around yourself and you will see this is NOT the condition of the world. You see people all the time getting divorced, breaking up, saying “I don’t love you anymore” and “I don’t know if I ever loved you.”
Then there is the thinking that you can’t tell strangers you love them, because you don’t know them yet.
Would you care to look at the insanity of this? Look how everyone tiptoes around.
We wait to “get to know someone first” before deciding if we love them.
Then we wait some more to decide if we should tell them.
It’s a big game based on fear. Should I say it first? Should I wait till they say it first? What if I get hurt? What if I’m rejected? What if they don’t love me back?
Most people think that expressing “I love you” binds them to a prison house of obligations and commitments, and they prefer to remain “free” so they remain flippant and non-committal.
Don’t reveal too much!
This is the condition of the world.
Don’t trust strangers!
Guard your heart!
Don’t let anyone too close! You’ll only get hurt!
Wouldn’t it be great just to be in a state of love, all the time? With no worries, no cares and no fear.
Wouldn’t it be great to not be afraid?
There is only one kind of love, and it does not change. It does not altar. “It has no separate parts and no degrees; no kinds nor levels, no divergencies and no distinctions.”
LOVE IS ONE.
Jesus’ commandment is to love yourself, your neighbor, your enemy and God.
Are you doing this?
Love’s meaning is obscure to anyone who thinks that love can change.
So this lesson is very simple. Do you think love can change?
For if you do, then love’s meaning is obscure to you.
Love does not change.
When you say “I don’t love them anymore” or “they don’t love me anymore” … then you have no idea what love is. Love’s meaning is obscure to you.
Love is what you are.
Love is what everything is.
“No course who’s purpose is to teach you to remember what you really are could fail to emphasize that there can never be a difference in what you really are and what love is.”
What you are is what God is … and here is the meaning of love.
Whatever ideas you have about love, be willing to re-evaluate those ideas.
Do you believe that:
1. You once had love and lost it
2. You’ll never find love
3. You are unlovable
Just look at your ideas, and be willing to see things differently. Love is everywhere. You can’t lose love. You can’t fall out of love. You can’t grow more deeply in love as the years pass.
LOVE IS.
GOD IS.
This is a new day.
You can let down the wall you have constructed to protect yourself.
You don’t have to be afraid.
As an experiment, test this out with people. Tell them you love them. Tell total strangers you love them. This will upset your “balanced” equilibrium. I guarantee it. It will probably shock your system, and most likely will shock their system too.
But the world needs a shock! You need a shock!
I remember one time someone saying “this is brain washing!” and the person responded, with a laugh, saying: EXACTLY ! MY BRAIN NEEDS A GOOD WASH!
This is the transformation. You begin to move out of your comfort zone. You begin to move your energy. You let your wall of protection crumble. You open your heart. You open your arms. You let love in. You send it out. You invite people in. You stop being afraid.
I can warn you ahead of time: this experiment (of being love, extending love, telling people you love them) will initially shock you and others.
But in the process, it will short-circuit your heavy body, and begin to undo your tightly-wound fear-based thought system.
It’s like in the movie The Matrix where they rebuild Neo. They rewire him. But first … he is UNPLUGGED from the matrix.
And so it is with you … you must be unplugged from your usual routine and habitual way of thinking.
This is your transformation and the transformation of the world.
Love is the strongest vibration of all. It restores and renews all things.
You might think: “I can’t say I love you, people will think I’m weird.”
But think about love as a vibration of energy, and then you won’t be so afraid to use it.
Being in a state of love will begin to send new synapses to different parts of your body. It rebuilds your cells. It kills sickness. It will heal you and others.
Last night on Oprah’s webcast, Eckhart Tolle says that getting in touch with the Source slows down the aging process, and he’s absolutely correct.
Love is the most potent substance of all, and it’s free!!!
It’s better than any amount of cosmetic surgery or creams. It heals you from within, and extend outward, healing everything around you.
I had fun going through my baby books the other day to find birthday photos of me & Lori. I was amazed to find this dance photo of me. That’s me lost in prayer, far far away, with the bright blue eyeshadow. I didn’t think I had a God connection as a child, but check this out: 
I’m totally lost in God. Off in some whole other place.
All that I give is given to myself.
Every single lesson in A Course in Miracles is an opportunity to practice.
I encourage you to move beyond READING and to begin TO PRACTICE what the lessons are asking of you, because then you will see that they are true.
I want you to have an experience. This Course is true. There is only love.
Miracles are your natural inheritance.
Miracles are teaching devices for demonstrating it is as blessed to give as to receive. They simultaneously increase the strength of the giver and supply strength to the receiver.
If you want a lot, give a lot.
If you want love, give love.
If you want joy, give joy.
If you want appreciation, give appreciation.
I know a lot of people who say “I don’t have anything to give” because they equate giving with money.
But you have a tremendous amount to give!
Right in this moment – while you think you have nothing to give – you have everything to give!
Every single time I give, I get back 500% times more than I gave. This is “the secret” which is no secret at all. Everything is energy. You’ll begin to witness “miracles” when you begin to move that energy.
Just give it away!
Stir up your stagnated space. Move that energy! Reach out and call someone. Send a letter. Express kindness. Forgive a grievance. Clean out your email box. Pack up old junk and give it to Goodwill. Your junk is someone else’s treasure. Open up a space in your life for something new to occur.
This is something I want you to see with your own eyes.
This is a different kind of giving. It requires nothing in return. It does not give in hopes of getting. That is the thinking of the world.
This is a great experiment.
Have you ever been forgiven by someone? Even if only quietly? Most people have had this experience. You know you have done something wrong, and the person you have wronged gently extends their hand and offers you a smile, showing you that your mistakes have been forgotten.
Have you ever been the recipient of a gift like this???
It is the most unbelievable spectacular feeling in the world!
Mostly you can’t believe it!
You think someone is going to sit you down and give you a lecture about all the ways you have screwed up. You think someone is going to blame you, or tell you what a disappointment you are.
But instead … they tell you how much they appreciate you and love you.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For a moment (or maybe for a very long time), this kind of action will startle you to your core. It will throw you entirely off balance … because you were expecting judgment and instead you received love. You were expecting condemnation and you received kindness.
You were expecting a lecture on responsibility and instead the person smiles upon you, showing you that all if forgiven and forgotten.
I know everyone reading this has experienced a person/situation like this.
Knowing how GREAT it feels to be the receiver of this kind of gift, wouldn’t it be great to be that kind of person????
The kind of person that forgives and forgets.
The kind of person who offers kindness, love and joy.
No one likes a person who lectures on behavior. No one likes to receive judgment or condemnation … so then why would you give it?
Everyone wants to be loved. Everyone wants to be appreciated.
So, as an experiment, start giving what you want to receive.
“Be willing to be taught. Be glad to hear the Voice of truth and healing speak to you, and you will understand the words He speaks, and recognize he speaks other words to you.”
You have a goal today.
As often as you can remind yourself you have a goal today; an aim which makes this day of special value to yourself and all your brothers. Do not let your mind forget this goal for long, but tell yourself:
All that I give is given to myself. The Help I need to learn that this is true is with me now. And I will trust in Him.
Then spend a quiet moment, opening your mind to His correction and His Love. And what you hear of Him you will believe, for what He gives will be received by you.”
I have posted today’s audio talk about Chapter 1.
It’s 90 minutes.
Just click the play button on the blue Talkshoe box in the right sidebar.
In quiet I receive God’s Word today.
Let this be a day of stillness and quiet listening.
I woke up this morning and my mind is in a flurry of frantic rush. It all feels very exciting. I have been receiving the most unbelievable amazing messages from people around the world who love Gorgeous for God.
I can feel myself getting lifted up and swept along – oh the possibilities! – oh the adventure! – oh the life I’ve dreamed of! – but then I catch myself and remind myself to do the lesson.
LISA! GOD FIRST! WORKBOOK LESSON FIRST! CALM DOWN!
And so I open the workbook and everything that I was thinking, planning, plotting, dreaming, wishing, hoping … it all disappears.
I am brought into the present moment.
I am brought to the altar to God.
Today’s lesson reminds me of some very important things:
Listen.
Stop.
Be still.
“No peace is possible until His Word is heard around the world; until your mind, in quiet listening, accepts the message that the world must hear to usher in a quiet time of peace.”
THIS WORLD WILL CHANGE THROUGH YOU.
But not if you are frantically hacking through it: blind, deaf and dumb.
I love this lesson. It restores me to sanity and grace. It is the perfect reminder that I am right where I am supposed to be – in the perfect place and time with everything unfolding exactly according to God’s Plan – and that the Holy Spirit will do His part if I do my part: which is to listen.
That’s all!
Be still. Be quiet. Listen.
“Only be quiet. You will need need no rule but this, to let your practicing today lift you above the thinking of the world, and free your vision from the body’s eyes. Only be still and listen. Be still a moment and remind yourself that you have a special purpose for this day; in quiet to receive the Word of God.”
I am over here laughing. It is practically impossible to wander too far off course if you have the willingness to open A Course in Miracles every day. Just make that commitment to open the book in the morning. Let it be your priority.
It will slice through all the other meaningless “petty thoughts” and “personal desires” and will remind you of the truth.
It will get you back on track.
And then, in that QUIET LISTENING the Holy Spirit will go out ahead of you and pave the way, so that the trip is easy and effortless.
Otherwise, your life just becomes a flurry of frantic activity.
Today’s lesson does NOT say anything about asking God what you should do. It does not mention anything about speaking to God. There is nothing in this lesson about talking. It says LISTEN.
Today, just listen. Today, just be quiet. Hear, holy Son of God, your Father speak.
“His Voice would give to you His holy Word, to spread across the world the tidings of salvation and the holy time of peace.”
“Let this day be a day of stillness and of quiet listening.”
Let me remember I am one with God.
i love this lesson because I love reminding myself to be remember God.
All day long it’s a constant dedication TO REMEMBER the truth, to remember I am one with God, to remember there is no world, to remember this is a dream, to remember that I’m not a body, to remember that I am the light of the world.
This is why it is called mind TRAINING. You are training your mind to think differently, and you do that by forcing yourself to remember. All day long you will have to get back on track. All day long you will notice that you are “off the mark” and then you will remember that you are training your mind to think with God.
I read that airplanes are off course 90% of the time during the flight, but the pilot’s job is to keep getting the plane back on track … until it arrives at its destination.
That’s it!
My job is to keep steering this ship back on track.
I recognize that I am worrying about something … I catch myself and get back on track, remembering that I am one with God.
I catch myself planning, obsessing, having a grievance, uncertain, doubtful, scared … and then I steer the plane back on course, remembering I am the light of the world.
I start thinking in terms of limitation, no money, nothing to give … and I catch myself and I realize that I have everything to give and that I can make a difference in someone’s life.
Simply by bringing myself back to the present moment, back to truth.
That’s A Course in Miracles.
You don’t try to be perfect. You simply begin to observe the way your mind thinks, to be aware of your thoughts, and to keep getting back on track.
BECAUSE YOU WILL BE OFF COURSE 90% OF THE TIME!
Don’t be concerned about it. You can still arrive at your destination, at the appointed time, even when you are 90% off course during the flight. Don’t worry about mistakes. Just keep heading in the direction you are going – towards God – and keep making corrections every time you wander slightly (or seriously) off the path.
Greetings!
Thanks to David – Fisher of Men – Fishman, I am back on paltalk.com every Sunday afternoon at 2pm EST. I will be discussing a chapter a week from A
course in Miracles.
The room is ACIM Gather.
If you are not already signed up, you need to download the free paltalk software in order to listen, talk, and type in questions.
Tomorrow is Chapter 1.
So if you have been wanting to read the text, or to refresh and read it again, now is the time. I am available for questions, guidance, and inspiration.
It would be great if you decide to participate to read the Chapter before the talk on Sunday, and then we can all join and share.
So, tomorrow is Chapter 1.
I hope to see you there.
You can listen to last Sunday’s broadcast which is an introduction to the 31 weeks – here on this website Gorgeous for God. it’s a talk from the Teachers Manual. Just click the blue Talkshoe box in the right sidebar.
If you are unable to make it on Sunday afternoon – no worries! – I will load the mp3 audio here … so you can listen anytime.
Great quote from the Gospel of Thomas, verse 2:
Jesus said:
“Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule over the All.
I love it! Here is the answer to all of you who continue to say: “But it’s not working, everything is falling apart, why am I not happy? I’m still troubled.”
Here is the answer! Just keep going a little further. One step beyond troubled is astonished, and then there is certainty. This reminds me that “troubled” is part of the journey. Rejoice! And be exceedingly glad!
To read the entire Gospel of Thomas – be astonished! – click here:
It’s a great read. EJ sent it to me as a birthday gift.
Here’s another great quote from Thomas:
His disciples said to him, “When will the kingdom come?”
<Jesus said,> “It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying ‘here it is’ or ‘there it is.’ Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it.”
Ha! I am over here laughing. This is too good. The Kingdom will not come by waiting for it. THERE IS NO PROCESS! It is here and now, spread out upon the earth and men do not see it.
I’m thrilled by this. Wow. Thank you again EJ.
I thank my Father for His Gifts to me.
Today let us be thankful.
Another great practical lesson that you can practice as an experiment.
Today:
1. Be grateful.
2. Give thanks to God, that He has not abandoned you, and that His Love forever will remain shining on you, forever without change.
3. Give thanks that you are changeless.
4. Give thanks you are saved.
5. Be glad you have a function to fulfill.
6. Be thankful that your value far transcends your meager gifts and petty judgments of the one whom God established as his Son
7. Smile on everyone you see
8. Walk with lightened footsteps as you go to do what is appointed you to do.
“We do not go alone. And we give thanks that in our solitude a Friend has come to speak the saving Word of God to us.”
And thanks to YOU for listening to Him.
Thanks be to you who heard, for you become the messenger who brings His Voice with you, and lets it echo round and round the world.
You are God’s messenger.
God gives thanks for you. Receive His thanks, and you will understand how lovingly he holds you in His Mind, how deep and limitless His care for you, how perfect is His gratitude to you.
God loves you!
Remember hourly to think of Him, and give Him thanks for everything He gave His Son – you – that he might rise above the world, remembering his Father and his Self.
Today’s my birthday.
My favorite day of the year. Better than Christmas. Better than Easter. I’m a twin, so birthdays were always a gigantic affair … Princesses for a Day … which somehow seems to have caught on in my brain, extending into my overall way of being.
I think every parent should treat their kids like Kings and Queens and Princes and Princesses … because it makes a huge difference.
And on a larger, grander scale: to start today to treat everyone like royalty.
It’s a great way to go through life.
That’s Lori with the book and me in the background. That’s me in the second photo. And the rest of the photos, that’s me on the left, Lori on the right.
Bastiaan said: You still have that exact same expression that says “I’m not sure what’s going on here, let’s get to the core of this.”
LOL.
I’ll be filing this post under “Good for a laugh.”
I love the fruit pants.
“Forgiveness offers everything I want.”
Forgiveness is the answer.
If there is a problem or conflict in your life, forgiveness will solve it.
Forgiveness is the answer to all problems, all questions, all uncertainty.
It is the key that opens the door to Heaven.
You might think: “my problems don’t involve other people, so there is no one to forgive.”
Then forgive yourself!
For me, I went through a period of many years of seeing the light in everyone. Suddenly all conflict with “other people” disappeared. One day I realized I had great relationships with every single person I met. Everyone loved me and I loved everyone back. There was not a single person in my life that I felt needed correction, or who I had a grievance with. I had a willingness to be wrong about everything because “I’d rather be happy than right.”
So, there was no one to blame and no situations to fix, or go to therapy about.
All my relationships were peaceful.
And yet …
I was still in conflict.
I was still miserable.
I was still exhausted.
And that’s when I realized I hadn’t forgiven myself. I took all that conflict that I used to inflict on other people, and turned it inward onto myself.
I still felt guilty. I still felt shame. I felt that I was doing things wrong. That I wasn’t dedicated enough, wasn’t honest enough, wasn’t giving enough, wasn’t doing enough, wasn’t practicing the lessons perfectly, wasn’t generous enough.
I was very harsh on myself thinking I had to be a perfect little teacher of God.
My standards were very high, and I always fell short of my ideal of the way I thought I was supposed to be, and as a result I felt guilty and worthless.
Hating and judging yourself is EXACTLY THE SAME as hating and judging other people. It seems quieter – now you have the appearance of being a nice person – but the poison level is as potent and lethal.
In my opinion, it’s worse and more deadly.
Because now, you’re just letting it grow inside of you, trying to hide it, trying to cover it with smiles and nice words … but inside it’s growing like mold.
I believe this is the real reason people get sick: you’re poisoning yourself with attack thoughts.
All day long you beat yourself up, and then you wonder why you feel like hell.
You’re killing yourself!
And this is why you need forgiveness. In every situation, remember the importance of your role in salvation.
Now: I can just be myself.
I’ll be the first to admit: I make mistakes all the time. I’m a huge goof-ball. I don’t have my act together. I don’t always say the right thing, and I’m not always a little angel.
But I’m always myself. I dedicate myself to watching the way I think, and letting my thoughts be gently corrected when I am off the mark, when I am not thinking with God. I trust that this is sufficient.
I love this quote from A Course in Miracles, chapter 14, Section V:
“Your only calling here is to devote yourself, with active willingness, to the denial of guilt in all its forms.”
What purpose does guilt serve? What purpose does telling yourself “I’m a failure” serve?
Think about it. Get logical. Does telling yourself you are unworthy serve any purpose at all? Does it help anyone?
Once you make these teachings logical, it will become much easier for you.
You’ll see – and very quickly – that telling yourself you are sinful, fearful, worried, fat, worthless, is a total waste of time & energy. It serves no purpose at all. Zero.
Look at it. When you tell yourself you’ll never find love …what purpose does this serve?
It doesn’t do anything except make you feel bad.
Instead, you can decide today is the day you start thinking differently about yourself. You start living in the POSSIBILITY and the ANTICIPATION and the EXCITEMENT and the ADVENTURE.
You have two choices – boredom or adventure – so why not choose adventure?
How is this accomplished?
One word …
FORGIVENESS.
You forgive yourself for all your mistakes and failures.
You forgive yourself for the past.
You forgive all the cruel things you’ve said and done to yourself and others.
I’ve said this before: you hit the delete button on all your stories.
What have you got to lose?
Forgiveness offers everything you want.
Here is the answer! Do not turn away in aimless wandering again. Open your eyes today and look upon a happy world of safety and of peace.
Today all things you want are given you.
