To want to lead
is to want to remain independent.
This is also to choose conflict,
which is pain.
To willingly surrender into following
is to choose love
and harmony
and oneness.
This choice is peace.
~From our Holy Spirit
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Find a place where you will be undisturbed. If it is comfortable, put on headsets or earbuds. Relax, and enjoy this meditation.
Thoughts of Awakening Quote 206
Hour Meditation Thoughts of Awakening Quote 206
To want to lead
is to want to remain independent.
This is also to choose conflict,
which is pain.
To willingly surrender into following
is to choose love
and harmony
and oneness.
This choice is peace.
~ From our Holy Spirit
Please read and contemplate the following commentary in the same way that you read and contemplate the Thought of Awakening. The commentaries are designed to enrich your understanding of the Thoughts of Awakening.
~Commentary on Obedience~
I have asked for obedience, and this frightens you, but obedience is nothing to fear. In fact, if you look at this rationally you will see that you are always being obedient. It is just that you are being obedient to one voice or the other, but the choice not to be obedient is an illusion. In that, it is a choice in itself. It is a choice to believe illusion.
Obedience, which you cannot avoid, is sharing. It is the sharing of thought. And therefore, it is the creation of experience.
By being obedient to the thought that seems to be independent thought (or thinking), you create the illusion of independence. Yet because this idea is shared, it is an illusion. In the creation of this illusion, you also find the creation of all pain.
By being obedient to the Voice of true authority, you choose to listen to your own Voice of Love, which knows it is sharing and unbroken, and so it communicates the truer aspects of the flow.
I say that to listen is to love, because to listen is to know your own Heart. In knowing your own Heart, you know love, and so you are love, because your knowing isn’t hidden by illusion.
Obedience is a temporary measure, because the purpose of obedience is to retrain the mind to listen. Once listening becomes your natural joy…your pleasure…there will no longer be a need for the thought of obedience.
However, be wary of the idea that says you are independent and therefore no longer in need of obedience. Any thought that says you are independent is not the love of listening…the joy of connection…and so it isn’t the Voice of your Love.
~From our Holy Spirit
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Be still.
Be silent.
Listen without thought.
Creation is of mind,
so it matters where the mind dwells.
The mind may dwell with thinking,
which teaches one lesson,
or it may dwell with listening,
which teaches another.
Obedience is not to be feared.
It is to be embraced,
because obedience is merely
the retraining of the mind
to listen.
To listen is to love.
The creation of experience
comes from choices
made in the mind.
~From our Holy Spirit
Find a place where you will be undisturbed. If it is comfortable, put on headsets or earbuds. Relax, and enjoy this meditation.
Thoughts of Awakening Quote 205
Hour Meditation Thoughts of Awakening Quote 205
Be still.
Be silent.
Listen without thought.
Creation is of mind,
so it matters where the mind dwells.
The mind may dwell with thinking,
which teaches one lesson,
or it may dwell with listening,
which teaches another.
Obedience is not to be feared.
It is to be embraced,
because obedience is merely
the retraining of the mind
to listen.
To listen is to love.
The creation of experience
comes from choices
made in the mind.
~ From our Holy Spirit
Today’s reading is brief, but it is filled with wisdom that inspires us to make a firm commitment to the motive we have chosen. A firm commitment to our motive is a firm commitment to truth. It is a firm commitment to Self. It is a firm commitment to peace and to joy.
I recommend reading today’s reading slowly and contemplatively, preferably multiple times throughout the day. It’s a short reading, so it isn’t difficult to read it more than once. You could also write down some of your favorite sentences from today’s reading, carry them with you, and review them throughout the day.
Today is also a good day to review Chapter 15 from The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer.
Immerse yourself in today’s message in whatever way feels most guided for you.
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Regina Dawn Akers read and shared from her contemplation of Conversation #13, The Supreme, the Mind and the Body, from I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.
Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert shares with honesty and passion about the ups, downs, and all-around of the spiritual journey. Jacquelyn is transparent as she shares about the impersonal awakening process we all experience. She moves us with stories from her own journey, with direct insight from inner wisdom and with guidance from spiritual masters, both contemporary and legendary.
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Kathy Smith explores the quotes from Experience Your Perfect Soul and shares from her contemplation of them.
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On Sunday, August 12, at the quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors, the Board approved our plan to purchase 807 E. Field Street as the Awakening Together Retreat House. The Board also approved a new Retreat House Policy.
Our scheduled close date is August 27. We still have two milestones between now and the close date, which are obtaining insurance and the bank appraisal.
We will continue to keep you informed of our progress towards acquiring a new retreat house.