In today’s reading, Jesus is arrested and taken to the high priest’s compound for trial. When you read today’s story, pay attention to how the apostles react to this event.
- Some apostles imagine what will happen next, and then they run off, reacting to their own imaginations.
- One apostle stays in the garden seeking guidance in quiet.
- Judas realizes that he has made a mistake, and he believes he’s guilty for it.
- Peter realizes that he has made a mistake, and he seeks guidance from the inner teacher.
The reactions listed in #1 and #3 are egoic reactions. They come from identifying with thought and identifying with emotions.
The reactions listed in #2 and #4 are healing. Using the language of The Code, they are choices that raise one’s vibration. (Reference the tip for Day 53.)
In #2, the apostle stayed quiet and sought guidance instead of believing his imagination and acting from it. In #4, Peter made a mistake. When that mistake became apparent to him, he went within and sought clarity.
The contrast between #1 and #2 teaches us how to respond when a fearful situation arises in our life. The contrast between #3 and #4 teaches us how to respond when we see our own mistakes.
I recommend contemplating these contrasts. This contemplation will help us make choices that follow the examples set in #2 and #4. Those types of choices raise our vibration, and then higher choices become available to us.
I know nothing,
and so I cannot lead.
I can only follow.
The choice I have is clear.
I can follow the one
that thinks it knows,
but does not.
Or I can follow the one
that knows
and loves all things.
This is the choice that is mine.
I must choose which voice to follow.
The voice I choose,
is the voice that I will hear.
~An affirmation of awakening
given to us by our Holy Spirit
