"Now we begin to reach the goal this course has set."
We have graduated, after a fashion. “Words will mean little now . . . For now we seek direct experience of truth alone.” Remember I said that last time through the Workbook, this is where I got stuck? This time, I know why. Holy Spirit sent teachers with Joel Goldsmith’s words to explain the “how” to my sticky brain. We’re in for a wonderful ride!
We start with focus on forgiveness, and we’re going to “experience” a lot. For now, I want to leave you with wise words of experience from two Facebook friends more eloquent than I. First, a beautiful example of forgiveness by way of remembering to laugh, from Myron Jones:
“Yesterday, while I was distracted by my need to see my problems as caused by something outside me, I couldn’t forgive. I was trying to hold two completely opposing thoughts . . . I was trying to forgive and at the same time, judge. This morning all I wanted was forgiveness, and suddenly I was laughing at my obstinacy of yesterday. What seemed impossible yesterday, today simply is.”
And here, a simple equation of forgiveness by Priscilla Patsy Kapoor: “If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.” And now, we wait, “and expect our Father to reveal Himself, as He promised.” You are the receptacle; how much Heaven can you hold? Lesson 221.
I’m not sure if I got Ramtha’s words right but I think he said that Heaven is smaller and or closer than a mustard seed. Well, following the amount of knowingness I have learned/experienced, (with more to come) I know I am Peace. I know I am energy/light. I know that without the body, I still go on. From ACIM, I’ve learned that I’m not even here. So, when I contemplate on things such as sending rain to drought stricken areas, shelter, food and clean water to all people, I have to know who I’m talking about that sends such things, and it is, as you say, beyond words. I have to have gone beyond forgiveness, beyond trying to change, beyond the need to ‘try’ anything. I have to KNOW that the Father within me is who takes care of all it all. I, Maya, have to step aside and allow him to do the work as the God is really all that is. Personality and body do not exist.
This is the downfall of the masses, and one where I feel overwhelmed to have been taught this truth because all past emotional drama can be gone in a nanosecond when we start behaving like a God.
So today I ask my Father to take over, beyond this body I can touch with my senses and please send what I have asked for in your name. Send Peace to all Souls so we can wrap this up soon.
The only one he cannot help is a closed mind.
I’m happy for you that you have found the missing piece via Joel Goldsmith. It’s like Ramtha says, “when the student is ready, the teacher comes.”
(I believe I got off track of today’s lesson, sorry).
It’s a wonderful track; we’ll take it!
These coming lessons are more and more about exactly what you say: realizing Who we are and the Work we can do with the Power that is given us. Ramtha, Joel, Jesus are all telling us the same thing: “Though I have looked high and low, I have found You within me all along.”
I personally see the world as being perfect. There is nothing that is not perfect.