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A friend asked me how I know that the messages I receive are
from the Holy Spirit, and not from the ego. I didn’t know how to
answer that at first. It bothered me for awhile and so I decided to
ask the Holy Spirit about it. He reminded me that God always answers
with love. He always answers for the benefit of everyone, and His
answer always brings peace.
He reminded me that I also know the kind of message I get from the
ego. It is always about separation. It always leads to chaos, to
anger, fear and guilt. He then reminded me that there are only two
voices. I am hearing the one I want to hear.
It was a good reminder. Hearing the Voice for God is not a special
occasion. It is not for some people and not for others. It is a
perfectly natural phenomenon. The Holy Spirit speaks to us all the
time; if we are not hearing Him it is because we are choosing to
hear the ego instead.
The best way to become accustomed to hearing this Voice is to ask a
question and practice listening. I started learning I could do this
through my study at
Pathways of Light® . I improved my ability to listen when I read,
“The Journey That Never Was”
by DavidPaul and Candace Doyle.
Recently I began using the
“Illumination Journal” by Paul and Deb Phelps. This has been so
helpful to me as I practice listening, because each day you are
called to receive a message from the Holy Spirit.
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My Daily Lesson
Since I began using
The Illumination Journal, my study of the daily lessons is
so much richer. It is my intention this year to do my lessons on line and share them with you. I invite you to share with me. I know that if we join in this process, we will all be much further along than if we had done them alone. I also invite you to visit Rev Deb and Paul at their Daily Lesson site.
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WORKBOOK LESSON ARCHIVE SUMMARY
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Mon Jan 01, 2007
Lesson 1
Nothing I see in this room [on this street, from this window,
in this place] means anything.
Now look slowly around you, and practice applying this idea very specifically to whatever you see:
This table does not mean anything.
This chair does not mean anything.
This hand does not mean anything.
This foot does not mean anything.
This pen does not mean anything.
Then look farther away from your immediate area, and apply the idea to a wider range:
That door does not mean anything.
This body does not mean anything.
This lamp does not mean anything.
This sign does not mean anything.
This shadow does not mean anything.
Notice that these statements are not arranged in any order, and make no allowance for differences in the kinds of things to which they are applied. That is the purpose of the exercise. The statement should merely be applied to anything you see. As you practice the idea for the day, use it totally indiscriminately. Do not attempt to apply it to everything you see, for these exercises should not become ritualistic. Only be sure that nothing you see is specifically excluded. One thing is like another as far as the application of the idea is concerned.
My Journaling
This is like erasing the chalk board. Nothing I see means anything. I set aside all I think I know. I am a blank slate on which the truth can be written.
Everyday I am faced with multiple decisions. If I think I know what anything means, I will rely on my thinking mind to make decisions. What is in the thinking mind? Only what I put there, bits and pieces from the past, all of it based on faulty ego thinking. If I make my decisions based on this information, I guarantee the future will be the same as the past. However, if I choose to recognize that I know nothing, I can ask the Holy Spirit for help. I will make no decisions on my own.
My message from the Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit: Don't worry about what you forget to do during the day. Don't be concerned about what you are learning or how it should happen. Just allow me to work in you. You have the right idea, and you have the desire. That is all you need. Just practice as I tell you, and do the best you can. Do not judge what you do or what you fail to do.
The thinking mind insists on meaning and thinks it must be the one who decides on the meaning, and so it feels anxiety at the thought of not knowing the meaning. Notice this anxiety and give it to Me. As you learn to withdraw all of the meaning you have given the world, you will be wonderfully surprised at how beautiful it is.
Me: Thank you, Holy Spirit, for this reassurance. Always in the past I have been very upset when I failed to live up to my expectations as I did the lessons. This time I will release my idea of what a good job looks like. And yes, even after all this time I do feel some anxiety as I think of withdrawing all meaning from my world. Aah, did I say MY world? Perhaps that is the root of the fear. I thought it stemmed from a fear that giving up meaning would leave me in chaos, but maybe I resist giving up my self –created world.
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Tue Jan 02, 2007
Lesson 2
I have given everything I see in this room
[on this street, from this window, in this place]
all the meaning that it has for me.
The exercises with this idea are the same as those for the first one. Begin with the things that are near you, and apply the idea to whatever your glance rests on. Then increase the range outward. Turn your head so that you include whatever is on either side. If possible, turn around and apply the idea to what was behind you. Remain as indiscriminate as possible in selecting subjects for its application, do not concentrate on anything in particular, and do not attempt to include everything you see in a given area, or you will introduce strain.
Merely glance easily and fairly quickly around you, trying to avoid selection by size, brightness, color, material, or relative importance to you. Take the subjects simply as you see them. Try to apply the exercise with equal ease to a body or a button, a fly or a floor, an arm or an apple. The sole criterion for applying the idea to anything is merely that your eyes have lighted on it. Make no attempt to include anything particular, but be sure that nothing is specifically excluded.
My journaling
First I learned that nothing has any meaning of itself, then I learned that the meaning I thought it had was given by me. As I glanced at my cereal I thought about the meaning I gave it. I realized the meaning changed depending on what I was telling myself about it. First I told myself that it was healthy and supported my body in a good way. Another time, I told myself that it was not so healthy for me because it was processed so much. Then another time it went back to being healthy because it was non-fat, then it was an unwelcome addition to my diet because it had so many carbs.
I see that not only do I give it meaning, my meaning shifts and changes and is undependable. This is true of everything I think I understand. I recognize how unproductive it is for me to judge anything because my judgment is based on unreliable and changing meaning.
My message from Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit brought to mind a person I had judged. As I thought about him my mind sifted through all the ways I am judging him as wrong. Suddenly my attention returned to the lesson for today and I realized that I had given this person all the meaning he has for me. So all the things I don’t like about him, or that make me uncomfortable, come from me, not from him.
Me: Holy Spirit, thank you for that insight. I recognize that I have written meaning on this person, and I erase that meaning. I wait for you to write Your meaning there. I recognize that this person is symbolic of everything. I am deeply grateful to You as You gently correct my errors.
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