{"id":24464,"date":"2017-09-13T01:50:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T07:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/?p=24464"},"modified":"2017-09-07T07:32:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T13:32:44","slug":"tips-regina-lesson-236","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-236\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 236"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please take time this morning to read, \u201cWhat is Salvation,\u201d to contemplate Lesson 236, and to spend time in meditation. If you have 30-minutes for meditation and would like a gentle audio to guide you, I recommend this meditation by Michael Langford and Karen Worth:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/direct-path-meditation-practice-instruction-description-n-with-tip-10\/\">AWA Description N<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>I rule my mind, which I alone must rule.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Teachings of Inner Ramana<\/em> says, \u201cMind is like a tool that must be used if one is to experience this world in any way. Mind is the tool of perception. Perception can only be experienced through mind. But this is not the same as saying that mind controls perception or that one must listen to the chattering or problems and solutions of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The human mind is an incredible thing. It is also an integral part of the experience of human. This really stood out to me when I saw the movie, <em>Jungle Book<\/em>. The boy, Mowgli, thought differently than his animal friends did. His mind thought of tools that would help solve everyday challenges, like getting honey from a beehive without being stung. Some of his animal caretakers thought his human contraptions were foolish, until he was able to devise a way to rescue a baby elephant from a large hole that it had fallen into. That\u2019s when the other animals accepted the usefulness of the human mind.<\/p>\n<p>The human mind has value. The problem isn\u2019t the human mind. It\u2019s a neutral tool. The problem is that we\u2019ve forgotten what we are. We aren\u2019t the mind, and we certainly aren\u2019t slaves to the mind\u2019s chatter. We are awareness-life-presence.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just as Michael Langford has written in <em>The Most Direct Means to Eternal Bliss<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cAs an example for clarification, you could view thinking and memory as something like a computer program.\u00a0Within that computer program is a virus.\u00a0The virus is called the \u2018I thought\u2019.\u00a0The virus controls the program. The I thought controls all thinking.\u00a0The virus pretends to be your self. The I thought pretends to be your self. The virus creates tremendous sorrow and suffering. The I thought creates tremendous sorrow and suffering.\u00a0None of the sorrow or suffering is needed.\u00a0What is needed is to delete the virus that pretends to be \u2018I\u2019. What is needed is to delete the imposter self.\u00a0\u201c<\/p>\n<p>In other words, we need to remember what we are and what the mind is. It is a tool available for our use, but it is not our ruler.<\/p>\n<p>Reflect frequently today on what you are and what the mind is. Notice when you are using the mind (just like you use a computer), and when you are allowing the mind to use you.<\/p>\n<p>When you notice that you are allowing the mind to use you, step back into your Self. Remember your Self. You are primary to the mind. Abide as your Self.<\/p>\n<p>If you need help shifting from identification with the mind to Self-realization, rest the mind and let help come to you. Help will come from the \u201cThought of peace\u201d which \u201cwas given to God\u2019s Son the instant that his mind had thought of war. There was no need for such a Thought before, \u2026 But when the mind is split there is a need of healing. So the Thought that has the power to heal the split became a part of every fragment of the mind that still was one, \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you have time for a second meditation today, you might enjoy this meditation:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/respecting-humanness-meditation-by-rev-regina-dawn-akers\/\">Respecting Humanness<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please take time this morning to read, \u201cWhat is Salvation,\u201d to contemplate Lesson 236, and to spend time in meditation. If you have 30-minutes for meditation and would like a gentle audio to guide you, I recommend this meditation by Michael Langford and Karen Worth: AWA Description N I rule my mind, which I alone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,88],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-gentlehealing","7":"category-sidebar","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 236 - Awakening Together<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-236\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 236 - Awakening Together\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Please take time this morning to read, \u201cWhat is Salvation,\u201d to contemplate Lesson 236, and to spend time in meditation. If you have 30-minutes for meditation and would like a gentle audio to guide you, I recommend this meditation by Michael Langford and Karen Worth: AWA Description N I rule my mind, which I alone [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-236\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Awakening Together\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-13T07:50:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Regina Dawn Akers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Regina Dawn Akers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/tips-regina-lesson-236\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/tips-regina-lesson-236\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Regina Dawn Akers\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22a152cf9b50b13a60939f05de0db1f6\"},\"headline\":\"Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 236\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-13T07:50:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/tips-regina-lesson-236\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":595,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"GentleHealingTips-Year1\",\"Sidebar\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/tips-regina-lesson-236\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/tips-regina-lesson-236\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 236 - Awakening Together\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-13T07:50:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/tips-regina-lesson-236\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/tips-regina-lesson-236\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/tips-regina-lesson-236\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 236\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Awakening Together\",\"description\":\"A universal assembly for true discernment\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Awakening Together\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/AT-Home-Section-SanctuarySchedule.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/07\\\/AT-Home-Section-SanctuarySchedule.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":640,\"caption\":\"Awakening Together\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/22a152cf9b50b13a60939f05de0db1f6\",\"name\":\"Regina Dawn Akers\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f1d412264c95dce24496b01f80b64316252257f4e303d4f552a46df66afe51de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f1d412264c95dce24496b01f80b64316252257f4e303d4f552a46df66afe51de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f1d412264c95dce24496b01f80b64316252257f4e303d4f552a46df66afe51de?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Regina Dawn Akers\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/reginadawnakers.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awakening-together.org\\\/dev2\\\/author\\\/red3awngak7ersina\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 236 - Awakening Together","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-236\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 236 - Awakening Together","og_description":"Please take time this morning to read, \u201cWhat is Salvation,\u201d to contemplate Lesson 236, and to spend time in meditation. If you have 30-minutes for meditation and would like a gentle audio to guide you, I recommend this meditation by Michael Langford and Karen Worth: AWA Description N I rule my mind, which I alone [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-236\/","og_site_name":"Awakening Together","article_published_time":"2017-09-13T07:50:02+00:00","author":"Regina Dawn Akers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Regina Dawn Akers","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-236\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-236\/"},"author":{"name":"Regina Dawn Akers","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#\/schema\/person\/22a152cf9b50b13a60939f05de0db1f6"},"headline":"Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 236","datePublished":"2017-09-13T07:50:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-236\/"},"wordCount":595,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#organization"},"articleSection":["GentleHealingTips-Year1","Sidebar"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-236\/","url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-236\/","name":"Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 236 - Awakening Together","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-09-13T07:50:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-236\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-236\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/tips-regina-lesson-236\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 236"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#website","url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/","name":"Awakening Together","description":"A universal assembly for true discernment","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#organization","name":"Awakening Together","url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AT-Home-Section-SanctuarySchedule.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/AT-Home-Section-SanctuarySchedule.jpg","width":640,"height":640,"caption":"Awakening Together"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/#\/schema\/person\/22a152cf9b50b13a60939f05de0db1f6","name":"Regina Dawn Akers","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1d412264c95dce24496b01f80b64316252257f4e303d4f552a46df66afe51de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1d412264c95dce24496b01f80b64316252257f4e303d4f552a46df66afe51de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1d412264c95dce24496b01f80b64316252257f4e303d4f552a46df66afe51de?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Regina Dawn Akers"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/reginadawnakers.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/author\/red3awngak7ersina\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24465,"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24464\/revisions\/24465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}