Facilitated by Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert, & Connie Poole
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A universal assembly for true discernment
Regina Dawn Akers guides a group of committed students who would like to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy and love.
The reading tonight was from The Transparency of Things by Rupert Spira, p. 102-108
Homework for the upcoming week:
Homework Assignment A: Practice daily meditation for 30-60 minutes each day. Practice the “Loving All” Method.
Homework Assignment B: Thoughts of Awakening, 78-84.
Homework Assignment C: Read NTI Luke Chapters 14-19.
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 77
Hour Meditation Thoughts of Awakening Quote 77
From within the stillness
you are aware
of the one unifying field.
Stand within this awareness
as that
of which you are aware.
Be the unifying field itself,
and you bring the gift of peace
to the peacemakers of the world.
~ From our Holy Spirit
Let’s start with a review of some previous learning:
Seeing through the mind – Everything that you see and experience, you see and experience through the filter of your mind, meaning your mind at your current vibrational level. As you rise in vibration, you still see through the filter of the mind, but how you see changes because the mind is different at a higher vibration. The mind is simply thought, so as thoughts change, perception changes too.
Judgment – When the ego-mind judges, it compares, and then favors or rejects. Although humans tend to think that their own personal judgment is sensible, it is actually low vibration distorted thinking. It causes the sense of separation and conflict.
Today’s reading invites us to notice how we feel as we look at the world, and then notice that how we feel is based on judgments in the mind. (That is, the decision to favor or reject.) For example:
In other words, the way I feel comes from my judgment. This is always true, and there is never a situation when this isn’t true.
This is good news. It means that if I inquire into thought, see ego-based judgment for what it is and let go of it, my perception and my experience will improve.
The challenge is that most people believe their judgments are right.
When we hold onto the idea that our judgments are right, we resist the opportunity to rise in vibration. In order to get beyond the defense of “I’m right,” we need to be willing to see that our judgments are merely low vibration thinking and nothing more than that.
When we see that our judgments are the cause our own unhappiness and they block our ability to see unity consciousness, we discover the willingness to let go of them, because they are obstacles to what we want most of all.
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 76
Hour Meditation Thoughts of Awakening Quote 76
I am the stillness,
and the stillness is one
in you.
Listen to the stillness
and all that it contains,
and you know the magnitude
that we are.
~ From our Holy Spirit
Two days ago, our reading shared a list of ways our mind resists truth. Let’s review that list:
As our tip said yesterday, we do well to notice how our mind resists truth. Have you noticed any of these patterns of resistance in your mind?
Today’s reading asks us not to worry about our progress on the spiritual path, because worry is also resistance. It is safe to say that all low vibration thinking is resistance. Remember, resistance is the attraction to your current vibrational level. Resistance resists rising in vibration. It is the desire to remain the same.
Instead of worrying about our progress on the spiritual path, today’s reading recommends simplifying the way we see the spiritual path. It says that we only have two experiences on the spiritual path—resistance and willingness—and then it asks us to let go of resistance and choose willingness at every opportunity.
Here’s an example of how that might look:
Imagine you work for a company that has been purchased by another company, and you’ve just been notified that you will be laid off in six weeks, because the new management is eliminating your department. They have offered you a severance package worth six months pay or a job in another department at 80% of your current salary. Within two weeks, you need to let them know which option you will accept.
A situation like this can lead to worry, problem-solution thinking, and confusion regarding what to do. Most people would think that type of thinking is normal under these circumstances, but most people do not have a desire for truth-realization. Staying at the same vibrational level is normal for most people.
In your case, it’s important to notice the situation has triggered resistance thinking. This is an opportunity to choose new habits instead of reverting to old conditioning.
What new habits might be useful?
See this situation as an opportunity to heal the mind of low vibration thinking, and be grateful for the opportunity to heal. If there is excessive fear or worry, rest-accept-trust is a good first step. When a sense of peace, trust or well-being returns, inquire into your thoughts to become aware of the hidden messages in them. Once you’ve seen and let go of low vibration thought patterns, accept that the future is unknown. Realize its okay that you don’t know how things will work out. With faith, abide as the observer of your own life. Stay tuned in for present moment intuition. Trust that you will know what to do at the appropriate time, and until then you do not need to know.
Life triggers lots of opportunities to cling to our old habits—our old ways of thinking and being. Each opportunity to cling to old habits is also an opportunity to choose new habits. The new habits are spiritual practices, such as: