Messages & Miracles~ACIM~Lesson 24

Good Morning ♡ as I take a deep breath in of appreciation. And a cup of Chai. I relax and go within. I give Gratitude with each breath I take. and I begin my day. Today, I am reflecting on how I have learned to listen; listen to the sounds, and hear; I hear the messages that I receive, and trust. This is what has been most important; to cleanse away the judgment, the doubt, and the ego, and to trust that what I am hearing is what is required of me.  I learned much more of the acceptance of this over the past weekend; pause and reflect inward, ask for the messages, and receive. Prior to each reading I ask only, to be shown the message of what the person most needs to learn in their life to move them forward.

With this in mind, I did a reading for a family member yesterday, as she is going through a difficult time in her life.  Today she seemed especially sad and I wanted to help. When the Hummingbird showed itself to me, I suggested that she go out and find something with a Hummingbird on it, as a reminder to herself of the changes within and her strength to persevere. Most importantly, as a reminder of the joy and happiness that await her. She text me later in the evening to let me know that upon arriving home, her roommate approached her with a journal that she had been working on. She told her that she had messed the picture and asked my friend if she would like to have it. ♡the picture was a Hummingbird♡

The Universe comes together for us, always, to bring us forward, and to remind us that we are loved. Synchronicity♡ What we put out, we receive back to us.

 Today's Lesson~ A Course in Miracle♡ Lesson 24

I do not perceive my own best interests.

In no situation that arises do you realize the outcome that would make you happy. (Which is why so often we hear the offering, 'Ask in the highest and best interest of self and all involved). So with this in mind, you have no guide to appropriate action, and no way of judging the result. What you do is determined by your perception of the situation. What we are learning is that perception is wrong.  It is inevitable, then, that you will not serve your own best interests. Yet they are your only goal in any situation which is correctly perceived. Otherwise, you will not recognize what they are.

If you realized that you do not perceive your own best interests, you could be taught what they are. But in the presence of your conviction that you do know what they are, you cannot learn. The idea for today is a step toward opening your mind so that learning can begin.

The exercises for today require much more honesty than you are accustomed to using. A few subjects, honestly, are carefully considered in each of the five practice periods which should be undertaken today. Two minutes are suggested for each of the mind-searching periods which the exercises involve.

The practice periods should begin with repeating today's idea, followed by searching the mind, with closed eyes, for unresolved situations about which you are currently concerned. The emphasis should be on uncovering the outcome you want. You will quickly realize that you have a number of goals in mind as part of the desired outcome, and also that these goals are on different levels and often conflict.

In applying the idea for today, name each situation that occurs to you, and then enumerate carefully as many goals as possible that you would like to be met in its resolution.

The form of each application should be roughly as follows:

In the situation involving ______, I would like ______ to happen, and ______ to happen,. . . .and so on.

Try to cover as many different kinds of outcomes as may honestly occur to you, even if some of them
do not appear to be directly related to the situation, or even to be inherent in it at all.

If these exercises are done properly, you will quickly recognize that you are making a large number of demands of the situation which have nothing to do with it. You will also recognize that many of your goals are contradictory, that you have no unified outcome in mind, and that you must experience disappointment in connection with some of your goals, however the situation turns out.

After covering the list of as many hoped-for goals as possible, for each unresolved situation that crosses your mind say to yourself:

'I do not perceive my own best interests in this situation'  . . . and go on to the next one.

This course allows us to start at the very beginning, to restructure our mind and to allow it the freedom to fly! Beauty, Love, & Peace, Lori-Lynn