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Thoughts of Awakening # 263

October 13, 2018 By Dawn Fernandez

Stillness is always present.
It is within and it is without.
It is the one reality,
always constant,
never wavering.

When one is not listening to stillness,
one is focused on illusion.
Illusion is not important.
With desire-stillness,
it can be put aside.

When one is listening to stillness,
one moves and functions within illusion,
but one has not forgotten constant-stillness.
Therefore, one is peaceful, happy, content,
and guided by stillness
as a representative of stillness
within the world.

~From our Holy Spirit

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Thoughts of Awakening # 262

October 12, 2018 By Dawn Fernandez

The mind wants to think,
but the Heart wants to be still.

The Heart knows that stillness
is the surety of God.
Thinking is the frantic-ness of illusion,
of play, or non-reality.

A step from frantic-mind
is desire-stillness.
Recognizing desire
leads to direct-experience.

Direct-experience of stillness
is knowing-surety of God.
It is lasting and always present,
because God is lasting
and always present.

~From our Holy Spirit

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Thoughts of Awakening # 261

October 11, 2018 By Dawn Fernandez

Inner stillness is inner-discernment.

Without stillness,
one cannot say, “I discern.”
For the “I” that has decided
is thinking.

Stillness is letting go of thinking.
It is letting go of problems,
and desires and acquired “knowledge”.
It is not-knowing and
it is surrender.

Through true stillness
helpful guidance emerges.
Helpful guidance
comes from discernment.

~From our Holy Spirit

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Thoughts of Awakening # 260

October 10, 2018 By Dawn Fernandez

Not believing ego is true practice.
True practice is the solution,
because belief in ego is the only problem.

This is why the answer can only be found within.
Although pointers are given without,
the problem and the answer are within.

To stay focused on without
is to look away from the problem
and the answer.

Look within and ask,
“What am I?”
This is a question of discernment.

True practice is taking this advice.

~From our Holy Spirit

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Thoughts of Awakening # 259

October 9, 2018 By Dawn Fernandez

Practice this today:

Ask, “What is my desire?”
Do not think that you know.
Listen for the answer,
and remember that.

Stay with the desire you are given,
and all will be well.

~From our Holy Spirit

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Thoughts of Awakening # 258

October 8, 2018 By Dawn Fernandez

Stillness is the quiet state of mind;
Only the Heart is speaking.

The Heart is not
the mind.
The Heart is not
what the mind imagines it to be.

The Heart is That
which you know
when you are not listening
to the oh-so-familiar mind.

~From our Holy Spirit

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Thoughts of Awakening # 257

October 7, 2018 By Dawn Fernandez

Let go of all learned “knowledge” now,
and be guided in trust
by the All.

This is how you become the true Servant.
Without realizing it,
without thinking or “knowing” anything,
you are guided by the Spirit in everyone,
and all needs are provided for
through you.

~From our Holy Spirit

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Thoughts of Awakening # 256

October 6, 2018 By Dawn Fernandez

You are always led from within,
and you are always answered from within.

When you say “thank you,”
direct your gratitude toward the Heart.
Allow a moment of silence
to follow your words.

Likewise, when you are angry or annoyed,
look inside for the cause.

You are always led from within,
so if there is an error that is causing you pain
the error can be found
and eradicated
by looking within.

~From our Holy Spirit

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Thoughts of Awakening # 255

October 5, 2018 By Dawn Fernandez

One cannot figure out
“What am I?”
One cannot know the answer
through thinking.

One can only see the thinking and say,
“Not that,”
while realizing the true answer
is beyond all thought,
inexpressible by words alone.

Knowledge is direct experience.
Direct experience is knowledge.

By asking “What am I?”
and accepting nothing less than knowledge,
you invite direct experience.

Have confidence.
Direct experience will answer.

~From our Holy Spirit

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Thoughts of Awakening # 254

October 4, 2018 By Dawn Fernandez

With hand or fingers
placed on the Heart,
wherever in the chest
or belly or throat
you perceive it to be…

With hand or fingers
placed on the Heart,
repeat in love,
“Only this.
Only this.
I want and need
only this.”

~From our Holy Spirit

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