Chapter One p. 40-46

Last week we explored an essential element of this book “I Am Word through my being.” etc.

At least two huge events are happening here: what we are doing through this kind of affirmation is we are 1) acknowledging a Truth that already exists AND 2) we are raising our own frequency/vibrational level to resonate with this Truth.

We are literally and energetically changing our thinking and therefore changing the results of our thinking.

I think some people were a little freaked out with that prayer/directive on p. 44.

I came across an article that went into this idea in more detail, and I feel it made the teaching more gentle and natural.

The body is a miracle of organization and intelligence in which life is continually renewed and energy continually replenished so that the total organism can continue to live.

Sleeping involves part of this renewal, and is a process through which the higher vibrations of light are permitted greater access to the physical body because the emotional and mental components of personality that are often limiting factors in the awake state are no longer present while one sleeps. Although dreaming produces mental and emotional content and therefore creates emotional states, the content of these is part of the sleep state itself and not a barrier to the energies that would restore, heal, and rejuvenate.

The quality of sleeping has a great deal to do with the amount of restoration that can take place. Deep sleep produces not only different brainwave patterns, but also permits a greater influx of light energy into the cells and tissues so that toxins can be removed and greater energy can be infused on a cellular level. This does not happen in any kind of conscious way. It happens because of the nature of the human body which has never truly been separated from the higher realms of light, despite one's waking experience. At night, this body rejoins its higher counterparts that are the non-physical energy bodies, and a more seamless union of different aspects of one's being takes place than can normally occur during daytime functioning.

The infusion of light is not the only thing that can occur during sleep, however. It is also possible for a soul to decide to continue their experiences with other realms while they sleep or to receive teachings from Beings with whom they have had an ongoing soul relationship. Such nighttime experiences are not unusual even if not recalled, and many people benefit during the daytime from learning acquired at night which is unknown to them, but which occurs to their conscious mind as insight or inspiration later on. Much of this insight has taken place during the sleep state, when access to one's own higher intelligence as well as to the help and teachings of others, can infuse the mind and the understanding and be held there till such time as the conscious mind can retrieve the information or inspiration.

Much healing is possible at night, including healing of sleep disturbances as well. If there is a possibility for one in need of healing to relax, and instead of trying to sleep, rather to try to enter an intermediate 'twilight' zone of being partly asleep and partly awake, it is possible to rest in this state and to gain much of the nourishment from the upper realms that one would normally gain during deeper sleep. Healing of other kinds is also possible, for the relationship with the spiritual realms continues whether one perceives it to be so or not, indeed, whether one seeks it or not, and helpers of all kinds are available when called upon to help address problems, both emotional and physical, that may be troubling during the day.

The capacity to enter a deeper state of sleep is one that needs to be appreciated as part of the extraordinary complexity and beauty of the way the human body has been fashioned, for there is a self-maintaining function built into the body itself which renews itself, heals itself, and restores a sufficient amount of energy after it has been depleted so that the body can remain in a viable state for experiencing life within the physical realm for many years. As more light becomes present on earth and infuses the cellular structure of people's bodies, this capacity for renewal and sustenance will become much more available, and many of the ailments that are currently produced by insufficient energy or insufficient life-force will disappear in the presence of greater light.     from Julie Redstone

http://www.worldblessings.com

Please know, nothing is done without your choosing. This text is never suggesting that you are giving your power away in any form. AND choices are not always made consciously. This shouldn't be a surprise. Just take a look at all the unconscious choices, the automatic ones, you make everyday.

As you are walking this path you can also begin to become aware of the spiritual choices you are making—again, not always conscious. You might find yourself avoiding an activity that might have produced anger or fear. You might find yourself shifting your focus from judgment to compassion. These are choices your soul/your Spirit are making, and as we become more ware of our soul’s power we can begin to make those choices more conscious.

More than anything else this text is encouraging us to realize the power of our choices, open up our consciousness and to work with and accept help when offered.

In an older language we would have called this “cooperation with grace.” 

A few years ago, I think I would have been more skeptical and cynical, but I truly believe today that we do have the opportunity to transform in some remarkable ways.

In a few sermons I’ve asked the question, “Would you ever speak to another present he way you speak to yourself?” and , of course, most of us would answer with a resounding “NO!”

So here is one the lessons in last week's reading. 

Your words to yourself create energy, and that energy affects you in all areas of your life—physical, metal, emotional, spiritual, and relational.

When you take a feeling/idea/belief/life situation, and say, "I am Word through (this feeling, etc.)" I am doing both those actions mentioned above: (1) acknowledging a Truth that already exists AND 2) we are raising our own frequency/vibrational level to resonate with this Truth.)

EXAMPLE: If I was to realize I am angry, and I were to consciously say to myself:

“Word I am Word through the anger I am feeling.” Even though it sounds a little nuts—here is what is happening: 1) I am acknowledging and taking responsibility for my feeling; 2) by “Wording” it I am literally changing the frequency of my anger so that it it might transform—into compassion, love, peace, etc.

Again we are claiming the power of the Christ Consciousness to  transform any form of negativity or lack into something positive. 

Now this last section for this week is wonderfully powerful. It would almost be like a magician showing up at your door and asking you if you would like to change the past. and this is what we are doing.

I would encourage you to make a copy of this prayer, make it available and say it again and again and again.

“I am Word through this memory, and I am Word through any manifestations and any belief systems that were created through this memory that are no longer in alignment with my highest good. I am now choosing to release any patterns of failure or ridicule or belief in comfort to be attained through ridicule or failure that may have been created through this situation and through this time. I am Word through this memory and all that it has begotten me. Word I am Word through this intention. Word I am Word.”

We will continue on this theme of healing the past next week.

Be well

Stay well

May all beings be at peace

May all being she free of suffering

Gerry