Expectations in relationships can block us from the truth. Relationships mirror your consciousness; they are based on desire and future expectations. When these expectations, such as the desire for companionship, are not met, we feel discomfort. The journey to peace is a journey into consciousness in which layers of expectations and beliefs are uncovered and exposed. As we feel, and look closely at, our discomfort, we can come to see that guilt runs deep beneath it. The way to find completion is to find and follow your inner calling.
Beliefs and Concepts
Reading Meaning into Form
Reading meaning into form can be a huge block to love’s presence. The second lesson in “A Course in Miracles” is, “I have given everything I see all the meaning it has for me.” (W-2) The ego reads different meanings into everything and judges certain things as good or worthy and others as bad or unworthy. To the Holy Spirit all things are the same because they’re all used for the same purpose: forgiveness! Jesus teaches us that everything is of the mind. By tracing our perception of the world back into the beliefs we hold about it, we can see that we’ve got it all backwards and we really don’t know what anything is for without the Holy Spirit’s vision.
The Holy Spirit Is in My Mind
The Holy Spirit is in our mind and there is a way of seeing the world with the Holy Spirit, which is non-judgment. The Holy Spirit is the remembrance of God/the Presence in our mind that does not see error.
I Do Not Know!
The Awakening process is humbling until you reach the state of complete non-judgment: “I do not know what this is and I will not use my past learning to judge it. I am going to accept it as it is.” Pristine innocence. Forgiveness is only necessary when there has been judgment. David Hoffmeister tells the story of being humbled as he took the journey of using the ACIM daily lessons. The floor seems to drop out from beneath you.
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From Linear Time to Divine Providence
Time and space are not absolute, but subjective and relative, two aspects of the same projected error which can only be transcended in the Holy Instant. Until this point of transcendence, the spiritual journey can seem disorienting and tumultuous. Its end is inevitable though, for we are destined to remember our true identity as the Christ, at one with God and all of Creation. Jesus is continually calling us out of the thinking of the world in order to join him in this experience, and when we align our mind with his, we literally need take thought for nothing. Everything else—the housing, the food, the finances, the relationships—will all be handled in our devotion to his one purpose and plan. Thus is the experience of Divine Providence.
Inner Peace = World Peace
The world is an outward picture of an inward condition. The world is a projection of trying to hold on to both love and fear. Everything emanates from consciousness. While we believe in the world we will seem to experience a world outside of ourselves. Perfect love casts out fear. If we come to find the peace in ourselves, the world we picture will be peace-full.
Our Perceptual Problem
The ego made the world. All miscreation comes from the belief in separation from God. Forgive the belief in separation. See that you have a perceptual problem. You have had a major break with reality, which is psychosis. If you’ve ever noticed the thought, “I feel crazy sometimes, what’s wrong with me?” then you are becoming aware of the insanity! You are hallucinating. Pray to the Holy Spirit to show you, convince you, of the truth.
Spiritual Vision
The body’s eyes do not see. The first 10 lessons of “A Course in Miracles” lay out this idea very clearly and springboard into the grandaddy of all ideas, “God is in everything I see because God is in my mind.” (W-29) Of course, God isn’t in the table as I see it. Yet the practical element, while I still believe I see through the body’s eyes, is seeing the purpose the table holds along with all the universe: to know I am one with Source. The Holy Spirit equalizes all the images of the world and shows me their sameness so I can be steady and at peace. When I see differences, I am blind. Coming into spiritual vision, I start to see sameness and my mind begins to loosen from the inability to judge. The result is truly peace.
Outward Picture of an Inward Condition
There are no people “out there.” The body is a projector, not a receiver. The body is part of the projection. The mind is where the distortions are. There is only one mind dreaming. Everything starts and ends in consciousness. When you clear the mind of distortions you see a new fantastic world.