NAVIGATION 5

p. 212-220

Sorry for the delay; I am a little behind with my blogs so I am combining a couple of classes here.

Instead of trying to get rid of the dark, “bring in the light.” (p.213)

How simple and profound and how easily forgotten. So many of my struggles could be eliminated if I would remember that one.  Bringing in the light is  so much more helpful than trying to chase away the dark or endlessly spinning my wheels examining every negative thought that comes along.

Then there is probably one of the most important piece of our journey—self- forgiveness:

“I am Word through my belief that I may now be forgiven for anything real and imagined. And I now allow that aspect of myself that believes that he is outside of the light to be embraced by the light and transformed in the light of the Creator. I am Word through this intention. Word I am Word.”

As the guides continually teach so lovingly—this work is about experience—and here we are being instructed about the experience of forgiveness, beginning with ourselves.

I was reminded of something Marian Williamson teaches as a way of moving past negativity. Ask the question: “What thoughts am I thinking that God is not thinking?” and even more poignant, “What thoughts am I thinking about myself that God is not thinking.” 

As the guides spoke about damnation and it being a false belief, I recall listening to the Catholic priest, Fr. Richard Rohr, who was talking to a pretty literal audience, and he said, “You know as Catholics we are required to believe that there is a hell, but no one ever said we had to believe there is anyone there!” 

I love that!

“The more focused you are in your intention right now to become into alignment with your Christ Self, the more focus you have as a frequency and the higher you rise.”

Again, Awareness, willingness, intention, and PRACTICE!

You are a beam of light—you are not a body, not a mind, not a jumble of feelings—you are so much more than all of that. I’d suggest practicing that one. I am a bean of light at Kroger’s; I am beam of light at work, I am a beam of light listening to music; I am a beam of light cleaning the toilet!

We can continue to create and act out of a lower or a higher frequency, with our thinking our words, our actions. A great example of that is something similar to the the Buddhist recommendation for Right Speech—before saying anything ask yourself, “Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?” What  quiet world it would be.

One of the things I am so attracted to in this work is that it stays away from comparisons , judgment and arguments. So instead of suggesting that there is something wrong with a persona or an ego, or a limited sense of self, it suggests that this thinking and identification can change, be transformed.

Do you know that you are transforming? That the work you are doing, the reading, the Sunday gatherings, are all contributing to your growth, and the transformation of the planet. I really believe that and I am so grateful to all of you for being part of this.

Embrace yourself in newness. The ship has sailed it is reaching the farther shore. Old stuff is left behind. It no longer fits. It is no longer necessary.

In closing I would like to hare that marvelous line from the Crosby, Stills and Nash song Suite Judy Blue Eyes: “Don’t let the past remind us of what we are not now.”