Beloved One,
Thanks for writing. In the TV Interview you mention I simply put
feelings in perspective, for they are only part of the Awakening
experience. I emphasize that ego beliefs and thoughts must be
exposed and released for healing to occur. I have never said not to
feel the feelings as they arise, for this is a first step in true
healing.
Here are some passages from ACIM on the main web site that will be
helpful in Answering your e-mail:
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WATCH your mind carefully for any beliefs that hinder its
accomplishment, and step away from them. Judge how well you have
done this by your own feelings, for this is the one right use of
judgment. Judgment, like any other defense, can be used to attack or
protect; to hurt or to heal. The ego (satan) SHOULD be brought to
judgment and found wanting there. Without your own allegiance,
protection and love, the ego (satan) cannot exist. Let it be judged
truly and you must withdraw allegiance, protection and love from it.
As you survey your inner world, merely let whatever thoughts cross
your mind come into your awareness, each to be considered for a
moment, and then replaced by the next. Try not to establish any kind
of hierarchy among them.
WATCH them come and go as dispassionately as possible. Do not dwell
on any one in particular, but try to let the stream move on evenly
and calmly, without any special investment on your part.
WATCH the images your imagination presents to your awareness.
Search your mind for fear thoughts, anxiety- provoking
situations, "offending" personalities or events, or anything else
about which you are harboring unloving thoughts. Note them all
casually, repeating the idea for today slowly as you watch them
arise in your mind, and let each one go, to be replaced by the next.
WATCH your mind carefully to catch whatever thoughts cross it. Note
each one as it comes to you, with as little involvement or concern
as possible, dismissing each one by telling yourself: "This thought
reflects a goal that is preventing me from accepting my only
function."
For several minutes WATCH your mind and see, with your eyes closed,
the senseless world you think is real. Review the thoughts as well
which are compatible with such a world, and which you think are
true. Then let them go, and sink below them to the holy place where
they can enter not. There is a door beneath them in your mind, which
you could not completely lock to hide what lies beyond. Seek for
that door and find it. But before you try to open it, remind
yourself no one can fail who seeks to reach the truth.
We WATCH our thoughts, appealing silently to the Holy Spirit Who
sees the elements of truth in them. Let Him evaluate each thought
that comes to mind, remove the elements of dreams, and give them
back again as clear ideas that do not contradict the Will of God.
Give Him your thoughts, and He will give them back as miracles which
joyously proclaim the wholeness and the happiness God wills His Son,
as proof of His eternal Love. And as each thought is thus
transformed, it takes on healing power from the Mind Which saw the
truth in it, and failed to be deceived by what was falsely added.
All threads of fantasy are gone. And what remains is unified into a
perfect Thought that offers its perfection everywhere.
Realize that your forgiveness entitles you to vision. Understand
that the Holy Spirit never fails to give the gift of sight to the
forgiving. Believe He will not fail you now. You have forgiven the
world. He will be with you as you watch and wait. He will show you
what true vision sees. It is His Will, and you have joined with Him.
Wait patiently for Him. He will be there.
Close your eyes upon the world you see, and in the silent darkness
watch the lights that are not of this world light one by one, until
where one begins another ends loses all meaning as they blend in
one.
Watch with me, angels, watch with me today. Let all God's holy
Thoughts surround me, and be still with me while Heaven's Son is
born. Let earthly sounds be quiet, and the sights to which I am
accustomed disappear. Let Christ be welcomed where He is at home.
And let Him hear the sounds He understands, and see but sights that
show His Father's Love. Let Him no longer be a stranger here, for He
is born again in me today.
Today the lights of Heaven bend to you, to shine upon your eyelids
as you rest beyond the world of darkness. Here is light your eyes
can not behold. And yet your mind can see it plainly, and can
understand. A day of grace is given you today, and we give thanks.
Awareness of dreaming is Our real function in forgiveness. WATCH
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Hope to see you next March or April when Kirsten and I are in
Australia.
Love & Blessings,
David
