I know that it is for me to make sense of it all. I can't just ignore it, not see it, or pretend that it doesn't exist. It does become increasingly more difficult when I am so saddened over by such events that call out in desperation. This morning I questioned myself, 'Have the issues become too large? Do I believe that love will heal all? Do I see love as the answer? Do I think that love can change experiences in a radical moment?
I do. Me and my rose-coloured glasses always have. I can't say I know how, but I can say that I do believe so. We've never given it a chance. I am not sure if we ever will; or at least we won't until we begin to face, see, and then change our priorities. In a BIG Universal way. My place of Utopia. Alas, but really, it is not perfection that I am seeking. It is a state of constant growth, learning, discovering, & experiencing.
Today, this had led my heart to Charleston. What is remembered, lives on in the hearts of their families & the many lives they have touched♡ These are names of the fallen in Charleston:
Cynthia Hurd, 54; Susie Jackson, 87; Ethel Lance, 70; Clementa Pinckney, 41; Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 45; Tywanza Sanders, 26; DePayne Middleton-Doctor, 49; Myra Thompson, 59 and Daniel Simmons, 74.
These souls and others, have died for us. Blessed be. I often think this thought when a senseless massacre happens. They have died for us. Because it seems that too many have forgotten that we need to learn. That's what is happening time and time again, the lessons are not acknowledged or learned. We fight about the lesson, so we never move towards the solution. We are brought back to it again.
And let it begin with me. So with this, I bring it into real time, to what is happening today in my world; my choices, my awareness, my teachings. To do so, from a place of unconditional love, compassion & understanding. To ask now and always, 'What would Love do?' To then, as I move throughout the day and as I do so, to not to get caught up in the drama that we can face every day. The little things that are not important. There are so many. I continually remind myself of who I am, what I want, and where I want to go. And to choose, in every moment, to stay true to me. True to all that is ever changing. True to my Spirit. That's all that I can do. That's all any of us can do. And that is BIG.
Some may argue that this is not easy. People pose this to me often in my readings. I concur, it is not always easy. That's because we see what we have to give up who we really aren't (but have learned to find comfort in this, as it is what we know), to find who we truly are (and face ridicule and unease... so we see & fear). We take what others do and project personally, when it really is not. The only experience that is personal, is the one that we give to ourselves. Once we discover truly who we are and accept this, the ridicule and the unease don't matter. We stop living our lives for others and begin to live life for ourselves, in our own light. This is the opportunity.
See through the eyes of love, honesty, and blessings♡ through the eyes of God♡ the God within♡ and see the world with a whole new awareness. And then bless the world with your light.
A Course in Miracles~ Lesson 37~ My holiness blesses the world.
I am adding an interject at this point, after writing this. For me, this is the first instance in doing this, in writing this out, that has caused me a certain stress. Deep breath. I do know why and it is for me to overcome. I thought that I had, but apparently not completely. With that, I continue on....
This idea contains the first glimmerings of your true function in the world, or why you are here. Your purpose is to see the world through your own holiness. Thus are you and the world blessed together.
We must see ourselves in this light, we are all made in the image of God. No one loses; nothing is taken away from anyone; everyone gains through this oly vision. It signifies the end of sacrifice because it offers everyone his full due. And he is entitled to everything because it is his birthright.
Those who see themselves as whole make no demands.
Our holiness is the salvation of the world. It lets you teach the world that it is one with you, not by preaching to it, not by telling it anything, but merely by your quiet recognition that in your holiness are all things blessed along with you. All the while recognizing that this is the rite of everyone.
Today's four longer exercise periods, each to involve three to five minutes of practice, begin with the repetition of the idea for today, followed by a minute or so of looking about you as you apply the idea to whatever you see:
My holiness blesses this chair
My holiness blesses that window
My holiness blesses this body.
Then close your eyes and apply the idea to any person who occurs to you, using his name and saying:
My holiness blesses you, [name].
You may continue the practice period with your eyes closed; you may open your eyes again and apply the idea for today to your outer world if you so desire; you may alternate between applying the idea to what you see around you and to those who are in your thoughts; or you may use any combination of these two phases of application that you prefer.
The practice period should conclude with a repetition of the idea with your eyes closed, and another, following immediately, with your eyes open. The shorter exercises consist of repeating the idea as often as you can. It is particularly helpful to apply it silently to anyone you meet, using his name as you do so. It is essential to use the idea if anyone seems to cause an adverse reaction in you. Offer him the blessing of your holiness immediately, that you may learn to keep it in your own awareness.
Let there be peace within, Lori-Lynn
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