“You who have so filled your mind with senseless wanderings and thoughts that think of nothing that is real, rejoice that there is a way to end this chaos. The world you see is chaos and nothing in it, including your thoughts, is trustworthy. (A Course of Love, 5.2)”
Affirmation: “I would turn aside from the chaos of this world.”
Reflections:
1 – Don’t “Resist” Chaos
It would be wrong to “resist” the chaos of this world, for in the resistance, the chaos becomes strong. The ego is strong in strife. We need merely to turn aside, gently, to say to ourselves that we long for harmony in our live, and that we choose to avoid chaos. Then love will work its blessing upon us.
2 – Ego
We cannot trust too much our own thoughts, for the ego has a toehold in us. The ego is always wrong, for it is a part of ourselves that seeks to live as though God were not real.
3 – God’s Action
And God is very real. We will know His love when we turn to Him in communion, and when He reaches down (metaphorically) and lifts us up in Awakening, we will be certain that the elevated Self of form has been our “journey without distance” (a quotation from ACIM).
4 – Awakening
This world is not trustworthy because this world is illusory. This world is a dream that we have bought into. And the best that we can hope, before Awakening comes, is to dream the happy dreams that the Holy Spirit brings (from the Workbook of A Course in Miracles). These happy dreams will prepare us further for the Awakening, an Awakening that will come to all of us, though the all-inclusive nature may be a very long time in the future. We are not to be disheartened by this wait, for God gives blessings to those of us who wait. His blessings are not limited to any few who believe in Him. His blessings are also for non-believers, for He would not leave anyone out.
5 – Commune with God
But there is great joy for those of us who commune with God, who communicate with Him. We have taught ourselves the most unnatural habit of not communicating with our Creator. And A Course in Miracles and A Course of Love would change all of this unfortunate thinking.
Prayer:
Dear Father/Mother,
Thank You for promising that You will finally reach down and lift me up to Awakening. This is Your choice, and I would be patient while I wait. May I do my part, in that I refuse to encourage egoic thinking just by turning aside from such thinking. I would not resist anything, because resistance makes the ego strong. The ego is strong in strife.
But the ego is powerless against me when I commune with You. As I live in the present moment, looking to You for guidance through my intuition, I am assured that this is all that You ask of me. Your guidance is all that I need, and if I stay true to it, then You will respond at the time You feel is best.
Amen.
MIRACLES EACH DAY 