The Holy Spirit speaks through me today.
“The Holy Spirit needs my voice today, that all the world may listen to Your Voice, and hear Your Word through me. I am resolved to let Your speak through me, for I would use no use but Yours, and have no thoughts which are apart from Yours, for only Yours are true.”
I would be savior to the world I made.
That’s nice, huh?
I would be savior to the world I made.
In recognition that this world is my own doing, then I will allow it to be undone through me.
So in order to let the Holy Spirit speak THROUGH me, first I have to become aware that he is speaking TO me. I must recognize that there is a Voice in my own head, in my own thoughts, that is slightly different than the usual mind-chatter of fear, planning, striving, doing and worrying.
What is this Voice saying to me right now? It’s talking about movement and energy and it’s telling me that I don’t have much time to write and that I have to get in the shower quickly and get going.
LOL.
The Voice (which is my own thoughts) is not telling me any insider secrets or spiritual gems.
I have come to discover that this Voice is NOT a booming, holier-than-thou, shout it from the highest mountain kind of voice. It doesn’t preach. It doesn’t command.
It inspires me, and moves me to action.
This Voice speaks to me as a friend who cares about me and who wants only what is best for me.
“We teach today what we would learn, and that alone.”
I’m not one of those teachers that acts as if the Holy Spirit is separate from me. You have probably already noticed this. I write from my heart. I speak from my own mind – I AM MYSELF – knowing that this is what the Holy Spirit is.
The Holy Spirit is not separate.
I used to do the whole Question and Answer thing where I would ask the Holy Spirit a question, and then listen to His answer. But that was years ago and I don’t do that anymore. For purposes of today’s lesson, I can talk about it, but I would like to add in here that the whole Q & A thing is what separation is. So be careful you don’t get trapped in the whole channeling thing.
The Holy Spirit is what you are.
There are some people that mistakenly think some people are able to download the Holy Spirit better than others, and then they flock to that individual as if they can learn something from them. Be careful not to make idols of other people!
The Holy Spirit is in you! He’s speaking to you.
Remember that A Course in Miracles is called “mind-training.” You are training your mind in a systematic way to start to listen and to hear this still small voice, which has been with you since time began.
There are two words that I love in the Introduction to the Workbook Lessons: total transfer.
Total Transfer.
This means that when you first start out you have limited beliefs about yourself as a separate body in a world of separation. Then through practice and willingness, something extraordinary happens! Total transfer! You become the Christ!
When something is changed totally, it means there is not a trace of anything else that remains.
And for now, I am running late. I will come back later and talk about this idea in my head of energy and movement. I have been thinking how it’s good to choose a small goal and make a commitment to it, and let that be your god for a day or a week or a month to observe how energy works. Most people when they choose a goal, they choose something big … and usually it’s so overwhelming that the energy never moves at all. But when you choose a small goal, you will instantly begin to observe energy moving.
I’ve been thinking that you use (waste) more energy in doing nothing (sitting in a chair, waiting for divine inspiration), than you do when participating in physical work.
For example, a runner who does not run wastes more energy “not running” than he does when he actually puts on his shoes and goes running. Then he is moving with his natural energy, and this action actually gives him more energy.
I know when I don’t write I feel physically exhausted. But when I do write it might seem like I’m using a lot of energy (as if I’m doing something that would tire me out) but in fact it gives me an additional burst of energy, more than if I had done nothing.
So, I am thinking that today, if you care to see this is action: I want you to pick a small goal. Make it a tiny goal. Perhaps it’s some part of a larger goal. For example, if you have an idea you want to lose 30 pounds, then instead decide you will lose 2 pounds. I want you to see how the energy starts to move.
These are the thoughts that are coming into my head.
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Great thoughts Lisa!!! Do come back, there is much to share today!!!!! Listening to the “small voice” not so much waiting to hear, just hearing it, since it is always there, is what the course is all about, thats where the mind training comes in…to hear…be still, and know the difference between, the chatter in the mind, and the love within
that speaks!!! The energy I feel does need to be moved…and relocated, for newness of space and action does speak much louder/meaningful than words!! Love, Debi