Carrie
2011-04-04 17:28:53 UTC
"Light and joy and peace abide in me."
You think you are the home of evil, darkness and sin. You think if anyone
could see the truth about you he would be repelled, recoiling from you as if
from a poisonous snake. You think if what is true about you were revealed
to you, you would be struck with horror so intense that you would rush to
death by your own hand, living on after seeing this being impossible.
These are beliefs so firmly fixed that it is difficult to help you see that
they are based on nothing. That you have made mistakes is obvious. That
you have sought salvation in strange ways; have been deceived, deceiving and
afraid of foolish fantasies and savage dreams; and have bowed down to idols
made of dust, all this is true by what you now believe.
Today we question this, not from the point of view of what you think, but
from a very different reference point, from which such idle thoughts are
meaningless. These thoughts are not according to God's Will. These weird
beliefs He does not share with you. This is enough to prove that they are
wrong, but you do not perceive that this is so.
Why would you not be overjoyed to be assured that all the evil that you
think you did was never done; that all your "sins" are nothing; that you are
as pure and holy as you were created, and that light and joy and peace abide
in you? Your image of yourself cannot withstand the Will of God. You think
that this is death, but it is life. You think you are destroyed, but you
are saved.
The self you made is not the Son of God. Therefore, this self does not
exist at all. And anything it seems to do and think means nothing. It is
neither bad nor good. It is unreal, and nothing more than that. It does
not battle with the Son of God. It does not hurt him nor attack his peace.
it has not changed creation, nor reduced eternal sinlessness to sin and love
to hate. What power can this self you made possess, when it would
contradict the Will of God?
Your sinlessness is guaranteed by God. Over and over this must be repeated,
until it is accepted. It is true. Your sinlessness is guaranteed by God.
Nothing can touch it, nor can change what God created as eternal. The self
you made, evil and full of sin, is meaningless. Your sinlessness is
guaranteed by God, and light and joy and peace abide in you.
Salvation requires the acceptance of but one thought; you are as God created
you, not what you made of yourself. Whatever evil you may think you did,
you are as God created you. Whatever mistakes you made, the truth about you
is unchanged. Creation is eternal and unalterable. Your sinlessness is
guaranteed by God. You are and will forever be exactly as you were created.
Light and joy and peace abide in you because God put them there.
In our longer exercise periods today, which would be most profitable if done
for the first five minutes of every waking hour, we will begin by stating
the truth about our creation:
"Light and joy and peace abide in me. My sinlessness is guaranteed by
God."
Then put away your foolish self-images, and spend the rest of the practice
period in trying to experience what God has given you, in place of what you
have decreed for yourself.
You are what God created, or what you made. One Self is true; the other is
not there. Try to experience the unity of your One Self. Try to appreciate
its holiness and the love from which It was created. Try not to interfere
with the Self Which God created as you by hiding Its majesty behind the tiny
idols of evil and sinfulness you have made to replace It. Let It come into
Its own. Here you are; This is you. And light and joy and peace abide in
you because this is so.
You may not be willing or even able to use the first five minutes of each
hour for these exercises. Try, however, to do so when you can. At least
remember to repeat these thoughts each hour:
"Light and joy and peace abide in me. My sinlessness is guaranteed by
God."
Then try to devote at least a minute or so to closing your eyes and
realizing that this is a statement of the truth about you.
If a situation arises that seems to be disturbing, quickly dispel the
illusion of fear by repeating these thoughts again. Should you be tempted
to become angry with someone, tell him silently:
"Light and joy and peace abide in you. Your sinlessness is guaranteed by
God."
You can do much for the world's salvation today. You can do much today to
bring you closer to the part in salvation which God has assigned to you.
And you can do much today to bring the conviction to your mind that the idea
for the day is true indeed.
You think you are the home of evil, darkness and sin. You think if anyone
could see the truth about you he would be repelled, recoiling from you as if
from a poisonous snake. You think if what is true about you were revealed
to you, you would be struck with horror so intense that you would rush to
death by your own hand, living on after seeing this being impossible.
These are beliefs so firmly fixed that it is difficult to help you see that
they are based on nothing. That you have made mistakes is obvious. That
you have sought salvation in strange ways; have been deceived, deceiving and
afraid of foolish fantasies and savage dreams; and have bowed down to idols
made of dust, all this is true by what you now believe.
Today we question this, not from the point of view of what you think, but
from a very different reference point, from which such idle thoughts are
meaningless. These thoughts are not according to God's Will. These weird
beliefs He does not share with you. This is enough to prove that they are
wrong, but you do not perceive that this is so.
Why would you not be overjoyed to be assured that all the evil that you
think you did was never done; that all your "sins" are nothing; that you are
as pure and holy as you were created, and that light and joy and peace abide
in you? Your image of yourself cannot withstand the Will of God. You think
that this is death, but it is life. You think you are destroyed, but you
are saved.
The self you made is not the Son of God. Therefore, this self does not
exist at all. And anything it seems to do and think means nothing. It is
neither bad nor good. It is unreal, and nothing more than that. It does
not battle with the Son of God. It does not hurt him nor attack his peace.
it has not changed creation, nor reduced eternal sinlessness to sin and love
to hate. What power can this self you made possess, when it would
contradict the Will of God?
Your sinlessness is guaranteed by God. Over and over this must be repeated,
until it is accepted. It is true. Your sinlessness is guaranteed by God.
Nothing can touch it, nor can change what God created as eternal. The self
you made, evil and full of sin, is meaningless. Your sinlessness is
guaranteed by God, and light and joy and peace abide in you.
Salvation requires the acceptance of but one thought; you are as God created
you, not what you made of yourself. Whatever evil you may think you did,
you are as God created you. Whatever mistakes you made, the truth about you
is unchanged. Creation is eternal and unalterable. Your sinlessness is
guaranteed by God. You are and will forever be exactly as you were created.
Light and joy and peace abide in you because God put them there.
In our longer exercise periods today, which would be most profitable if done
for the first five minutes of every waking hour, we will begin by stating
the truth about our creation:
"Light and joy and peace abide in me. My sinlessness is guaranteed by
God."
Then put away your foolish self-images, and spend the rest of the practice
period in trying to experience what God has given you, in place of what you
have decreed for yourself.
You are what God created, or what you made. One Self is true; the other is
not there. Try to experience the unity of your One Self. Try to appreciate
its holiness and the love from which It was created. Try not to interfere
with the Self Which God created as you by hiding Its majesty behind the tiny
idols of evil and sinfulness you have made to replace It. Let It come into
Its own. Here you are; This is you. And light and joy and peace abide in
you because this is so.
You may not be willing or even able to use the first five minutes of each
hour for these exercises. Try, however, to do so when you can. At least
remember to repeat these thoughts each hour:
"Light and joy and peace abide in me. My sinlessness is guaranteed by
God."
Then try to devote at least a minute or so to closing your eyes and
realizing that this is a statement of the truth about you.
If a situation arises that seems to be disturbing, quickly dispel the
illusion of fear by repeating these thoughts again. Should you be tempted
to become angry with someone, tell him silently:
"Light and joy and peace abide in you. Your sinlessness is guaranteed by
God."
You can do much for the world's salvation today. You can do much today to
bring you closer to the part in salvation which God has assigned to you.
And you can do much today to bring the conviction to your mind that the idea
for the day is true indeed.