In NTI Galatians 1, Jesus said:
I am the Way and the Life. I come to you on this day to clear up your confusion, … It is nothing and can be easily laid aside when you see the simplicity of love as I offer it to you.
Today’s reading tells us:
… the simple way to know love and extend love within the world is to:
Focus on your willingness …
Willingness is the state of wanting to awaken to truth and being mentally, emotionally, and spiritually ready to do it, even if learning must occur in the process.
Willingness is the birth (the beginning) of awakening.
The opposite of willingness is resistance. Therefore, resistance can be defined as not wanting to awaken to truth. Another way to say that is:
Resistance is attachment to the world.
NTI Galatians 4 pointed out that the world is a false god. Therefore, the question that we need to ask ourselves is this:
Which do I prefer, a false god or the supreme and ultimate reality?
NTI Galatians comes to us as the voice of Jesus. It harnesses the essence of his experience as a human who awakened to truth. Based on his experience, belief in the world is a primary obstacle to truth. Willingness to transcend the world is the key to awakening.
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. ~ John 16:33 (NIV)
Thoughts of Awakening # 194
One insists that stories are true
when one focuses on them,
talks about them,
thinks about them
and reacts to them.
How does one not
insist that stories are true?
One focuses on the Heart.
One remembers reality.
One lets the story be meaningless,
and enjoys the wonder of the moment
as it is given.
One becomes child-like,
and lets himself be moved
by an invisible hand
that is just like the wind.
~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, 190-196
- Read NTI Galatians 2-6
- The reading shared on Tuesday night was from The Transparency of Things by Rupert Spira, 194-199 Consciousness Is Freedom Itself (part 1).
