The guidance I shared in yesterday’s tip said:
Letting go of [guilt and unworthiness] comes from the mind, since the belief that holds to the perception is in the mind. This is why I have been teaching you that the cause of guilt and unworthiness is not in the world or in anything that you experience. The only cause is belief in the mind. It’s important to remember that belief in nothing is nothing but belief.
Today’s reading reemphasizes that point.
Today’s reading likens the ‘I am bad’ belief to the busy mind. If you watch the busy mind carefully, you will find it is constantly judging you as less than your reality. The idea that you are less than your reality is the root of the ‘I am bad’ belief. Therefore, your busy mind is the cause of your sense of guilt, unworthiness, inadequacy and the like.
Today’s reading teaches a discernment practice. It asks us to “manage your mind” by using the practice it teaches. We can start by using the practice during meditation, during rest-accept-trust or anytime we want to sit quietly. However, once we are skilled at the practice, we can use it while we are active as well.
NTI 2 Thessalonians is a short section in NTI. However, what it teaches is powerful and incredibly useful. I recommend referring to NTI 2 Thessalonians frequently until you are free of the ‘I am bad’ belief completely.
Note: The next tip will be available tomorrow morning after 3:50am ET at this link.
Thoughts of Awakening # 224
The Heart is not the thought.
The Heart is beyond thought,
although the Heart can speak
through thought
when one desires to find
the Heart in form.
The Heart is that
which cannot be known with thought,
although its knowing
can be expressed in thought.
When looking for the Heart
put all thoughts aside.
Feel for that which communicates
when you move into a place
of patient and willing listening.
Listen as if you are listening
for the Voice of silence within the wind.
~From our Holy Spirit
