Note: If desired, watch all of Acts 6 from the Visual Bible movie, Acts.
In today’s reading, the Holy Spirit invites us to ask it any questions we have as we move through the awakening process. Many of you are already journaling with inner spiritual wisdom and asking it your questions. If you haven’t started this process, now is a good time to begin. If you are afraid, realize that fear comes from guilt or unworthiness, and by listening to fear you continue to believe you are guilty or unworthy.
Place fear aside and ask your questions through journaling. If nothing comes, leave the question open in your mind and go on with your day. You may be surprised to find that the answer will come to you later in the day or the next day. The answer may pop into your mind when you aren’t looking for it. It may come through a song, a teaching that you hear, a book that you read, something a friend says or in any other way. If you ask your question and remain open for the answer, it will come.
Today’s reading also addresses what I used to call “ego attacks.” As we move forward with purification, which is letting go of ideas and beliefs that the ego is attached to, the ego rebels. Although the ego can get quite loud, ego attacks are nothing to be afraid of.
An ego attack is like a child throwing a temper tantrum. When my daughter was about two years old and started throwing temper tantrums, I decided to ignore them. She would lie in the floor screaming, crying, kicking her legs and flailing her arms. I simply continued with my chores, stepping right over her if I needed to. Temper-tantrums didn’t last long with Jasmine, because I didn’t give them energy. She didn’t get anything from me by throwing a temper-tantrum, so she gave up on that tactic.
The same strategy works with the ego. Let it throw its tempter tantrums, but don’t give them any attention. Don’t fear them. Don’t fight them. Don’t believe them. Just go on with your day or get into a resting position and practice rest-accept-trust. The less power you give the ego attack, the less power it has to rebel with.
Note: It may be helpful to review the tip from Day 100.
Thoughts of Awakening # 113
Rest in whatever happens today,
in whatever you seem to see or experience on the outside,
and in whatever you seem to see or experience within.
Rest today, and let it be.
Observe it, but make no decisions about it.
Let innocent perception guide your way of seeing.
~From our Holy Spirit
Homework for this week
- Practice daily meditation for 30-60 minutes each day.
- Practice the “Loving All” Method.
- Thoughts of Awakening, 113-119
- Read NTI Acts Chapters 6-11
- The reading shared on Tuesday night was from The Transparency of Things by Rupert Spira, p. 137-142 or for Kindle users the Chapter titled Time Never Happens.
- Exercise: Close your eyes, quiet down and spend some time watching for the birth of your next thought. Look for the gap before the thought arises.
