Lesson 110. I am as God created me.
If I am as God created me and the illusions of fear and evil and misery and death do not exist, then I must be something other than what my perceptions have led me to believe. Either the illusory world in which health turns to sickness and death consumes life and fear replaces love isn’t real (my truth) and/or I am not this body-mind-personality that seems to experience what this lesson says has not occurred.
This lesson goes on to say, “If you are as God created you, then there has been no separation of your mind from His, no split between your mind and other minds, and only unity within your own.” Doesn’t this speak to Awareness? If Awareness is what we are, we must be omnipresent, present everywhere at the same time. The lesson supports this by saying, “The healing power of today’s idea is limitless. It is the birthplace of all miracles, the great restorer of truth to the awareness of the world.”
Today we are asked to give five minutes an hour to realize our truth; to let go of our worship of false idols and false images like the concepts and roles and ideas we believe about ourselves. Everything is a concept until it is a direct experience. A direct experience can be brought about through Self-Inquiry. Self-Inquiry is simply LOOKING to see what you are. “Then, with [the statement I am as God created me] firmly in your mind, [we will] try to discover the Self Who is the holy Son of God Himself” (Awareness). In addition, pay attention to those thoughts that tell you who you are. Those thoughts make the “graven image” that replace/hide the Son of God.
Below are some Self-Inquiry tips provided by Regina, as well as, a link to a reading that Regina shared of “The Untethered Soul,” which focused on Self-Inquiry. The Self-Inquiry part begins about 1 hour and 20 minutes into the teaching.
~ Listen to a sound in your environment & then ask, “Who hears this?” Turn attention to become aware of you, the awareness that hears.
~ If you find you were lost in thought, ask, “Who sees this thought?” Turn attention to become aware of you, the one who is aware of thought.
~ Notice the constant change that occurs in the mind, in emotions and/or in the sensations in the body, and then ask, “What is constant? What is not changing?” Turn attention to become aware of you, that which is constant and unchanging while everything else is changing.
~ Allow yourself to remember a much earlier time in your life, and then ask “What is the ‘I’ that was present then that is also present and completely unchanged now?” In this inquiry, the key is that the ‘I’ you seek is completely unchanged. Your body changed; your mind changed (opinions, education, etc). What is the same and is you?
I recommend practicing Self-inquiry during your 5-minute meditation breaks today. You could practice with different questions during different breaks. Which questions work best for you? Feel free to use other methods of Self-inquiry that you may have heard of. For example Mooji asks, “Can the seer be seen?”
Here is the link to the audio.
