You cannot read today’s reading from the idea, “I am a person,” and understand it. “I” cannot mean “me and not others.” “I” must mean consciousness, and it must include all things in manifestation as “I,” or the meaning in today’s reading will be lost.
For example, today’s reading says:
The world that you see comes from the thoughts that you think.
That doesn’t mean, “Hey, Regina. The world that you see comes from the thoughts you think.”
Regina is a character. That sentence speaks to consciousness, and consciousness experiences itself as each character.
We are one consciousness, and the world appearance comes from us as one consciousness.
Before reading today, take a few minutes to contemplate one consciousness. Realize you are not the character you identify with. You are consciousness. Everyone and everything is one consciousness, and you are that.
Don’t think about this idea. Just be with it. As today’s reading says:
The thinking mind cannot follow this thought because the thinking mind believes in separation, …
If any part of today’s reading is not clear to you, ask inner wisdom for clarity.
Thoughts of Awakening # 263
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
Homework for this week
- Practice daily meditation for 30-60 minutes each day.
- Practice the “Loving All” Method.
- Thoughts of Awakening, 260-266
- Read Commentary on True Practice on day 260, NTI 1 John 1-5 and NTI 2 John
