Hello Dear Friends,
On the NTI Discussion Group, we are discussing answers to the following question:
Today is the fourth day of this discussion. As I wrote today’s answer to the question, I felt to also share the answer with you. If you would like to read this post, please click here.
In Love,
Regina
Hello My Dear Friends,
In November, the Holy Spirit taught me to see that there is no such thing as attack. It was a beautiful teaching that has turned out to be somewhat of a classic. One line from that teaching has become particularly helpful to many. Holy Spirit said:
I was teaching the other night when someone quoted this line from Holy Spirit. I smiled and said, “I wish I had that on a Tshirt.” ~ha ha~ Sometimes when we ask, Holy Spirit gives us much, much more than we ask for.
A friend has created an internet store. Her products are based on A Course in Miracles. Many products contain the ‘Love is’ quote from Holy Spirit. There are several products available…Tshirts, bags, mugs and more. It’s a delightful product line. To see everything, go to InTheNickOfTime.
If you would like to read the original teaching from Holy Spirit that contained the ‘Love is” quote, click here.
I recommend listening to the recorded teaching. It’s really helpful. Click on the audio dated 11-24-06 on this page of www.miraclescenter.us.
Note: The ‘Love is’ statement is not a part of NTI, so it is not a copyrighted statement.
You can also find ACIM and NTI products at GodnMe Creations. To see the NTI products, use the navigation menu on the left-hand side of the page.
With Love,
Regina
Hello Dear Friends,
A few months ago, I was inspired to write about the right-minded view of cancer. If you would like to read that, click here.
I have recently realized that we all have cancer. Our cancer takes many different forms, of course. For some of us it is the cancer that we call cancer, but for others it is different. It may be a different illness. It may be hatred for our body type. It may be hatred for our job or life circumstance. It doesn’t matter what it is. If it is something in our experience that we are not accepting in love, it is our cancer.
With this realization, my mind has been brought back to the writing on the right-minded view of cancer. I found that I am not fully accepting that writing. The feeling that blocked full acceptance of the writing could best be described as hatred for things or circumstances that I don’t want. It could also be called a strong desire to have things different than they are. Because of this hatred/wish, it is very difficult to accept the idea of accepting cancer.
I knew I needed help with this…accepting that which I seem to not want. Then yesterday evening I was reading from Chapter 1 in The Way of Mastery, and I saw the answer stated clearly in only a few words:
In that instant my mind shifted. I found myself able to accept and love that which I could not accept and love an instant before. It was amazing. Everything was the same, everything was love and nothing in form was permanent or frightening. It was all moving in an ebb and flow of creation. All perfect. All the same fundamental energy.
I found that my mind did not need to accept cancer, because cancer is not real. My mind only needed to look at every form and recognize it for the fundamental energy that it is. I was able to bless everything for what it truly is and accept the temporary modification that it seems to be now. I was able to look beyond the illusion to truth and feel grateful for truth.
Of course, I had to share this experience with you because I know that accepting and loving that which we do not want is challenging. But I found that when we look beyond the temporary modification to the fundamental energy that is, love springs forth from within us naturally.
With Love,
Regina
Hello My Dear Friends,
My current lesson has become crystal clear, which is great. Now I can focus all of my willingness on learning it.
As you all know, Holy Spirit has led me to teach about desire and to read about desire (through The Way of Mastery. I’ve also seen a lot of desires in my mind lately. Yesterday morning, after I made my post about desire, I went for a walk. While walking, Holy Spirit talked to me more about desire.
Holy Spirit pointed out for me that “form happens.” In other words, I am experiencing myself in a world of form so I will experience form. I will experience changes in my body. I will experience relationships. And Holy Spirit reminded me that because of my purpose, everything that is brought to me in form is brought to me through Him. It can all be accepted in love and trust. Nothing is to be resisted. Holy Spirit also reminded me that I am not to become attached to anything in form, nor are my desires to be focused on form. I am to let my desires remain focused on purpose and content (level of mind) while allowing the impermanence of form to move in and out of my experience.
For example, since June 1 I have lost my appetite. I seem to have no desire for food at all and I am eating very little. When I noticed this change, I accepted it easily. But Holy Spirit pointed out that I am not to become attached to this current eating guidance. When I am guided
into another way of eating, I must accept it just as easily. I am not to become attached to the form. I allow the form in acceptance and remain attached only to purpose and “wanting what the Holy Spirit wants.”
The majority of our conversation was focused on relationships. Holy Spirit reminded me not to become attached to the form of my relationships. All relationships in my life serve the purpose of awakening now and Holy Spirit is leading each relationship in and out of my life and in and out of specific forms. My job is simply to know my guidance in the moment and go with that, without becoming attached to the form.
Once this lesson was given, the day seemed to be orchestrated perfectly to flush up the part of my mind that is not willing to be quite so surrendered…the part of the mind that would like to attach to form and make some decisions about what form will look like for me, at least in some cases. (For example, it would like to pick if I am skinny or fat and it would like to pick the closest male relationship in my life.)
To keep the story short, three men seemed to show up in my life yesterday, each with their own part to play. At the end of the day, I realized that I have no idea what is going to happen next. As one of these men expressed his love and his trust that we will be together always, I realized that I don’t know that. I also immediately felt sad and confused.
I don’t have to feel feelings like sadness and confusion long before I go to Holy Spirit and ask for help. Holy Spirit was very clear with me and very direct. “Everything is in My hands. Everything. You know this. By thinking you have any responsibility in the situation, you are thinking in error. You are thinking you are independent and in control. That is not the case. The flow of your life comes from Me now.”
Of course He was right. I was feeling responsible for possibly hurting someone and that is why I felt sad. I also wanted to know what is going to happen next and I knew I don’t know. The “I don’t know” plus my feeling of responsibility mixed together to create the feeling of confusion.
This is how love flushes up the ego. Love guides us to see that which is in our mind that must be seen and let go. If we choose to let it go as soon as we see it, we are the happy learner and live a very happy dream. But if we choose to struggle against the letting go for awhile,
the dream doesn’t seem to be quite so happy. It is all perfect though, because the process of awakening is, and awakening is all that is happening here.
I needed to see that part of my mind that wants control of form and wants to attach to form. That part of my mind needs to be let go. I need to remember my true desire and put all of my trust in Holy Spirit, then accept and allow everything that comes into experience while also allowing the flow of experience. The Buddhist term “impermanence” seems to be a word that is echoing in my mind now. As I except the beauty and purpose of this idea, I loosen my grip on form.
NTI Matthew, Chapter 16, verse 26 says:
This is where you must look at your thoughts and your desires. For if you desire anything of the world, you have lost your desire for Me. Do not be afraid of what you find in your search. You will find that you do desire the world, for it is your desire that brought you here. But in finding your desire, you can choose to let it go. And in this way, you choose again, releasing the future from the past that you may see differently now.
With Love,
Regina
Hello Dear Friends,
Desire has been on my mind a lot lately. Three things have brought desire to my attention:
1) I was guided to teach The Secret, Holy Spirit Style, which is all about focusing on desire.
2) I read The Way of Mastery, Chapter 4, which is about desire.
3) There have been strong desires in my mind lately.
The Way of Mastery teaches that we are not to judge our desires as good or bad. If I judge a desire within my mind as bad, I have just judged me as bad. That is clearly out of alignment with the innocence that Holy Spirit teaches. But if we do not judge our desires, how do we know which ones to follow and which ones to let go of?
First, I have to know what I truly want. I have to know which direction I want to walk in. When I am really clear on my truest desire, I can use discernment (instead of judgment) to feel if a specific desire is in harmony with my true desire or if it seems to be a distraction from it. When a specific desire shows up in my mind, I can join with my true desire, which is joining with Holy Spirit, and feel (discern) if the specific desire is in harmony with true desire. If it is, I follow that desire. If it isn’t, I let it go.
It’s important to realize that discernment does not come from the thinking mind. Whenever the thinking mind is engaged in the discernment process, confusion gets in. It’s easy to feel confusion, so its easy to know when to stop, rest and let that go.
Discernment comes from a knowing or intuition that is beyond thinking. It may not make sense to the thinking mind at all, and yet the answer given by discernment (Holy Spirit) is the right answer every time.
I mentioned that I have noticed some strong desires in my mind lately. I have found that some of these desires were in harmony with my true desire and some weren’t. I don’t think this is unusual when our purpose is awakening. When we have a purpose of awakening, desires are going to show up that lead us toward that purpose. These are the desires we want to follow. These desires are our guidance.
However, resistance is going to put some desires in our path too. These are the desires we want to let go of. But the good news is that the desires we let go of are also an important part of the spiritual path. These desires provide us with the opportunity to ‘choose again,’ which deepens our commitment to the true desire of awakening.
With Love,
Regina
Hello Dear Friends,
I would like to share a post with you from the NTI Discussion Group.
This post is the seventh in a series of posts that answer the question, “Why is faith needed in order to awaken?”
To read the post, click here.
With Love,
Regina