Sickness is the ego’s fragmented perception focusing on the body, on form. There is no cure at the form level because the ego is an impossible cause. Give up searching at the form level and become clueless. Forgiveness provides the healing. God is true causation. The miracle lifts you up to the healing found in the mind.
True Joy
Facing Discomfort
Allow the darkness to come up. Don’t distract away from discomfort and it will disappear in the light. It is all a reflection of thought. Nothing in the world can stop you from being happy.
Manifesting is Impossible
Manifesting is wanting more of form, more illusion, more of the past. Spirit is not a “manifester.” You do not have the power to manifest. Jesus in “A Course in Miracles” says, “Strictly speaking this is impossible.” (T-8.VIII.7:2)
What of Worldly Joy
Worldly joy comes and worldly joy goes. The Holy Spirit utilizes all things the dreaming mind has made, including emotion. Nevertheless, the Holy Spirit knows these states and emotions are not the complete peace of God, and so He reminds us not to get caught in the trap of chasing niceties. They will be given when needed and go again when their usefulness is complete.
Extending
Extending is generally seen as communication. The ego defines communication as using words, or nonverbal signs, to communicate between one body and another. Yet when you align with purpose, the Holy Spirit will help refine this horizontal communication into “Aha!” moments of vertical communion with God. The Holy Spirit can give you ideas for avenues of extending. The more you give yourself over to them, you will experience a “glowy” heart-bursting feeling that will transfer to other areas. It is giving a single purpose to all perceptions, unifying perception. That is what forgiveness is.
Letting Go of Specialness
Specialness is all we’ve known, and the painful part is exposing it. There is seemingly a lot of heartbreak in this unconscious belief in loss. But as you go through it and get deeper into your purpose, you realize you will only be content with a happiness that is everlasting, that won’t go away. Having the constant purpose of forgiveness will unify your perception and stabilize your emotions. You have to go through the darkness to the light. When that intense emotion of specialness is coming up, and you look at it so you can release it, it really has a different purpose.
Romantic Relationships vs. Holy Relationships
When we try to compare romantic relationships vs. holy relationships, we have to be willing to expose everything and be true to ourselves. Romantic relationships are based on mutual need-fulfillment, on the “getting” mechanism. It keeps us in a closed state of mind, cut off from the greater love. Holy relationships are undefined, guided, and collaborative. Personal differences are set aside. They are dedicated to a higher purpose and are intensely joyful.
A Cause for Rejoicing
It is time for rejoicing. Without the ego, there is only Oneness in the Quantum Field. This sounds boring to the ego, but in fact it is the natural state of a mind at peace. Contrarily, the ego plays a hoax on the separated mind, enrolling it with “shared agreements” about the external world, which can never be real. As we pass through the final thought systems that make us question if there is light at the end of the tunnel, it seems to require a sort of “blind faith,” and the ego would have us live the same mistakes over and over without questioning them. But as we relax into a life without worldly ambitions, there is great rejoicing in the kingdom. It is a cause for rejoicing.
Indulgence and Repression
Let’s move beyond the two extremes of indulgence and repression. Is there another way? David Hoffmeister, “A Course in Miracles” teacher, discusses the practical way of exposing and releasing the thoughts that surface in awareness as the mind undergoes the forgiveness process. Helena offers her practical experience and examples and David illustrates the metaphysics and the forgiveness process with practical metaphors.
Let Spirit Speak through You
Ego defenses minimize guilt without letting it go. People-pleasing is diluted guilt. There is another way. Follow guidance to authentically say “yes” and “no” from your heart, from your joy. Let Spirit speak through you. Spiritual companions will come to you.