Sunday, October 11, 2009

LESSON TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR

Lesson 284:

I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt…

This is the great gift of accepting the miracle, yes?

Once we see through the disguises of the ego’s emergency death threats and realize that the thing all hurt, grief and pain have in common, is that they are false ideas about an anticipated situation we fear~ which also is false.

Now we begin to instantly see the next step…

We can elect to change a thought that hurts to one of forgiveness… Understanding rests in the knowing that the Holy Spirit has got it wired for the return to love which brings immediate peace…

I’ll tell you what, capitalizing on this gift; changing my mind ~ being willing to see things differently ~ reaching for the thought that feels better or even offers some relief has truly been a life-saver for me. And I mean this quite literally. I saw pretty quickly that the ‘mind-changing skill was worthy of practicing, honing and mastering…

I have received so many miracles as a result.

For instance, taking responsibility of changing my thought so I wouldn’t be in pain gave me a sense of accountability and integrity and lessened the desire to blame someone or situation for my circumstances… Additionally, the more I did this, the more I wanted that experience of feeling in my integrity and 100% responsible.

Quite naturally, I saw that forgiveness was the obvious avenue for the quickest investment in my happiness.

This made me all the more willing to look more deeply into my core belief structure which brought these things about, serving them up as opportunities for happiness-by-way-of-forgiveness lesson accountability…

This blessing helped me to see that the script is written. And inevitably that the problem has been answered by the Atonement.

My changing my thoughts from fear to ones that allow love to express itself, joins me with everyone and every thing…

This is my part…

In recognition of this, I can easily have faith in my brothers, that they, too are doing their part perfectly also…

I am so very grateful that I elect to change all thoughts that are not the truth of what I am and you are… and let the Holy Spirit handle the details…

Father, what You have given cannot hurt, so grief and pain must be impossible. Let me not fail to trust in You today, accepting but the joyous as Your gifts; accepting but the joyous as the truth.

Thank you ~ I love you

No comments:

Post a Comment