It is time to wake up, time to wake up from our hypnotic state. Listen, listen to the still quiet voice within. Listen to the voice that only speaks the language of Love. Follow the course that the still quiet voice puts before you, and you will lead a peaceful life.
What you do comes from what you think. You cannot separate yourself from the truth by giving autonomy to behavior. This is controlled by me automatically as soon as you place what you think under my guidance. Whenever you are afraid, it is a sure sign that you have allowed your mind to miscreate or… Continue reading Fear is a Lack of Love
I love how the Spirit teaches, always loving, which means without judgment. Spirit never says “I’ve told you that 1000 times.” Spirit will say something as if it is the first correction. I have had a couple of experiences or aha moments recently. A friend was waiting patiently for a response to an email in… Continue reading Aha Moments
Growing up Catholic, I was terrified of my judgment after death. Because of that fear I became stagnant. What if I leave the Catholic Church? What would happen if I left the church? Worse yet, what if I started observing a religion that was not Christian? I was starting to think for myself but was terrified of the wrong decision. I did believe that Jesus was my teacher, my guide, my love, and my friend, but now I did not see him as the only Son. Talk about terror. What if I was wrong?
I can not begin to tell you how much guilt I carried for years. By holding onto my guilt, I didn’t realize I not only harmed myself, but those around me. Many moons ago, I would tell one of my kids that I was proud of them because they had come so far and thought that statement was a compliment. Instead, they felt I was holding them in the past.
Where do I diminish my love? Well, like I said, I brought the past into the present. That left no room for a miracle. Where do I accentuate it? Living in the past, I had no time to accentuate love. The holidays can help us to pierce layers of pain, so the love can shine but we have to let go of the past. Without that, there is no room for the present. To get to the root of the pain, I had to let go of the fear and allow myself to feel the pain.
It is amazing how often I have let the ego take control. I mean, it should be a no-brainer. Peace, Joy, Love, Guilt, Fear, or Shame. A major source of the ego’s off-balanced state is its lack of discrimination between the body and the thoughts of God/Source. So, when the ego runs the show, I leave the peace that surpasses all understanding. No wonder Paul said: I do what I don’t want and don’t do what I do want.
For years, I tried fixing others because I wanted to feel better. I would think, “If they were better, I would feel better.” I would then hear a buzzer go off in my head telling me that iI missed the mark. The mark, I have learned, is not about fixing others—it is about fixing ourselves.
I would like to take some time on the parable of the prodigal son from the gospel of Luke in the Bible. When I read this now, it is like there is a story under the story. Reading the parables today, I realize the process of their awakening took many years.
These definitions do not even come close to the peace that is spoken about here. Both of these definitions have something to do with an outer experience which leads you to be in a peaceful state. The peace I am talking about is a peace you experience within disturbance, within a battle.
Theresa Contaxis 