e-miracle Nr. 6
Dear friend, In my last e-miracle I wrote about 'Cause and Effect'. As I said, we spend most of our time and energy trying to fix the effect, and we forget all about the cause. So, now I think it is time to start examining the mind, which of course, is always the cause. I hope you enjoy, and I trust that you will find these writings helpful. Blessings, |
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The decision maker within us actually has only two choices in every moment. It can either choose the thought system of the Holy Spirit or the thought system of the ego. The thought system of the Holy Spirit is about love, while that of the ego is about fear. For simplicity we can say that all positive loving feelings can be put in the category of 'love', and all negative feelings in that of 'fear'. The ego can give us an infinite number of choices, but in reality we only have the two. A first step for most of us is to wake up to the fact that there is a 'decision maker' still alive within us, and that it does have these two choices. Once we remember this, we can start to practise choosing the thought system of the Holy Spirit over the ego's. ACIM always makes the journey of waking up very simple, but it never says that it is easy. It does take time and commitment and a lot of practice. Practising the lessons from ACIM can really help to make this journey easier. Gradually as we practise choosing the Holy Spirit's thought system, it starts to become a spontaneous reality. Practice makes perfect. As it becomes spontaneous we begin to experience lasting inner peace and a state of joy. Choosing with the Holy Spirit always brings peace. Choosing with the ego always brings pain. Which teacher do we want to listen to? When someone is feeling their pain, the most loving thing we can do for them is to remind them that they have just two choices. Then, when they are ready, invite them to choose for the Holy Spirit and against the ego. This is far better than endlessly examining all the choices of the ego.
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