Please read and contemplate today’s commentary in the same way that you read and contemplate the Thoughts of Awakening.
~Commentary on Attachment~
Precious is an idea that may speak of “fondness” to you. It may speak of “treasure.” But I say to you, some of what you treasure most you do not think of fondly. Some of what you treasure most you seem to hate, dislike, resist or deny.
Do not be afraid to admit that an idea is precious, whether it seems to be an idea you are fond of or an idea you dislike. If it is an idea you cannot easily let go of, it is an idea that is precious to you. Accepting that the idea is precious to you will help you question its value. In questioning its value, you open to awareness that knows how to judge the precious as precious and the seeming precious as having no value at all.
~From our Holy Spirit
Thoughts of Awakening # 321
An idea in the mind
is just an idea.
It is nothing more
and nothing less.
If an idea is given attention
it will become manifest
in one form or another,
but manifest does not make it
more than an idea.
You are beyond ideas
even though ideas may seem to be manifest
as you.
Let go of ideas
and their manifestation will drop away,
but you still are.
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, 316-322 including the Commentary on False Perception (Day 317) and the Commentary on Attachment (Day 321).
- Read the following messages from The Teaching of Inner Ramana: The Mind that Thinks it is Lord, A Contract for Awakening, Pain and Purification, The Grace of the Guru, Full-Time Inquiry for Self. There is no reading on days 317 and 321.
*If you don’t already have it, order The Seven Steps to Awakening. That will be our text for Year 3.
