Wisdom at Your Fingertips
“Now let a new perception come to me.” It is not like: what you see is how it really is. No, what you see is a reflection of what you are keeping active inside. And what you are keeping active inside is entirely up to you to decide. You are at the steering wheel. You
“I am in need of nothing but the truth.” The images projected by the thoughts of the ego mind clamor and vie for your attention. They seem to demand all kinds of things as long as you believe they are true. But they’re not. They are a mirage, a smoke-screen, that obscures the joyful, lovely
“I am not a body. I am free.” From a physiological perspective the body renews itself completely in a cycle of seven years. You know this rationally. You readily and gladly accept that your identity is not one of the bodies you have used over the years. For if it were you would have changed
“I am among the ministers of God.” A minister serves those they come into contact with, and a minister of God does exactly that. This holds for everybody all the time. Everyone is a minister of God. Creation uses all of its extensions to serve and minister to all the other extensions. All things speak
“The power of decision is my own.” If this statement, as well as the first paragraphs of the text, sounds a bit daunting to you, think of it this way: You are able to direct your attention this way or that. You have the ability to determine what you focus on; you can choose. When
The following statements are given for review: My mind holds only what I think with God. (137) “When I am healed I am not healed alone.” (138) “Heaven is the decision I must make.” Healing is realizing the presence of the Light within, only Light. Then the Light can flow through you into extension and
“Only salvation can be said to cure.“ Salvation is the release from a misunderstanding about your identity and the feelings of inadequacy, estrangement and guilt that that misunderstanding has been causing in the mind. It is about focus. You were created part of Creation; you move with it and expand with it. It is happening,
“Beyond this world there is a world I want.“ This thought links up with the closing statement of yesterday’s contribution: “As you progress in freeing your mind from erroneous thoughts you will increasingly get glimpses of the real world when you witness Love, Freedom, Joy and Beauty connecting and expressing in ways that surpass mere
The following thoughts are given for review: (97) “I am spirit.“ (98) “I will accept my part in God’s plan for salvation.“ Creation is an idea and you are part of that idea. The true nature of that idea is loving, light and willing. Your focus on the images you think you see in the
“My part is essential to God’s plan for salvation.“ The text states (par.6): Today we will attempt to understand joy is our function here. (….) You are God’s messenger today. You bring His happiness to all you look upon; His peace to everyone who looks on you and sees His message in your happy face.