To what am I giving my attention today?
To my mind?
To its stories?
To its worries and fears and concerns?
Or does my attention
follow my Heart?
Its quiet trust.
Its knowing.
Its peace.
Where am I?
What do I think I am?
Where is my attention?
~A corrective self-inquiry
given by Holy Spirit
Inner Teacher: The truth is that all thought rises out of the sense of “I” or because of the sense of “I” as a correction to this thought.
The state of true being precedes thought. Therefore, it is before thought, beyond thought and after thought. It is “no thought”. And it scares you….seems to be death or nothingness to you…because you are identified with thought.
This is why people struggle against this idea so much. They believe the idea, “I think, therefore I am”, which would mean that not to think would be to cease to exist. But this is not true. Thought springs forth from Existence. Existence is the birthplace of thought. Existence is not dependent on thought, and it never has been.
The idea “I decide” is an error. You choose to engage in the belief in thought, or you choose to observe thought without being engaged, or you choose to abide in Self completely and leave thought behind, but you do not decide what the thought will be.
Your choice is where, but not what. What is already in motion. But where you shall be while what does its thing is completely up to you, because the states of whereness are always available…always there for your choosing…no matter what is in the current moment.
This is why knowing your Heart is your only business. You do not decide what, so there is nothing about what that must be decided. You only choose where to be as what occurs, and where you want to be is not a question. You know where you want to be. Choose to be there, and you have complete alignment of will.
Be aware that the only choice is where, and make that choice in the moment according to the decision of the Heart.
Seek Self before you go to sleep at night.
Let the search for Self be the first thought when you awaken.
Inquire for the Self as you eat your meals.
Be aware of the Heart as your hands are working.
As you recline, contemplate the Self.
As you walk, carry your Heart with you.
Never let your attention stray from your love of Self
or your inquiry of it.
Let this be your one purpose,
and live life fully.
Inner Teacher: The highest spiritual state is Self-realization. Nothing else matters. The mind may try to tell you that there are outward symbols of this internal state, and if you cannot achieve the outward symbols you are not realized. When the mind begins speaking in this way, inquire, “Who is the ‘I’ that speaks?” It is not the Voice of Self-realized.
Self-realization is all that matters, because when Self is realized nothing else affects it. Illness does not affect it. Poverty does not cause it harm. Loss of a friendship is no loss at all. The realized Self is full…full enough that it may allow the outward symbols to be what they may, and it does not lose its awareness of Self. Therefore, it does not lose its knowledge and awareness of love.
Make all things about one thing. Make every thought and every experience an opportunity to be aware of Self. Make this your only purpose, and Self-realization shall certainly become your reward.
Let nothing distract you from this one goal. Hold Always to your practice. Seek the awareness of Self in all times and in all circumstances. Let finding Self be the only game that you play.
Seek Self before you go to sleep at night.
Let the search for Self be the first thought when you awaken.
Inquire for the Self as you eat your meals.
Be aware of the Heart as your hands are working.
As you recline, contemplate the Self.
As you walk, carry your Heart with you.
Never let your attention stray from your love of Self or your inquiry of it. Let this be your one purpose, and live life fully.
Ask only for Self, and awareness of Self shall be given.
Follow the Voice of the Heart.
It is Your Voice and My Voice
as one.
It speaks for You
as I speak for You.
Recognize its call,
and hurry there.
Inner Teacher: The teacher has come, and the teacher has come at the request of the student. Although the student did not consciously ask for this form of the teacher, this form has been given, because this form is a match to the Heart of the student.
Do not doubt that the teacher and student are one. The teacher merely speaks for the student, that she may see her own Heart more clearly.
It is as if I have come to abide in your Heart for a time. I have lit a campfire there and I sit by that fire singing the songs of the Heart. But that is only so you can hear yourself more clearly and recognize your Self above the chatter of the mind, so you may return to You there in the center of the Heart.
This is the Grace of the guru. I light a little fire to shine a light on your Home. But when you come, you light the chamber fully, for you are the Light that is Home.
“Abide in Me
as I abide in you”
is a call to abide
in the Heart.
To abide in the Heart
is to listen to the Heart.
(Not to the mind,
but to the silent glow of the Heart,
which has no ongoing commentary
about the world)
The Heart is still.
Listen to it,
and let the world be.
Be willing not to define anything.
Everything you see and experience now
comes through past definition.
It is as it is
because it was defined
to be that way.
Observe it as it is
and let it go.
Let the butterfly,
which came from the caterpillar,
transform into Light.
Set it free,
and you set you free.
This is non-attachment.
Recognize the truth
of this statement today:
“What I really want to do
is what my Heart guides me to do,
but because I listen to my mind,
I do not do it.
“I betray myself
and delay myself
by listening to a voice
that isn’t me.”
And then decide to listen differently.
Decide to listen to
and follow
the joyous Voice
of the Heart.
Hi Friends,
This morning a message came through me for a friend. The feeling that I had as this message came through was that Holy Spirit was pointing out a specific spiritual path and saying, “That one is yours, little one. You go that way.” I wrote the message and gave it to her, and I think it was very, very helpful. Maybe she was trying to follow us, and her path is a little different. Now she knows which way to go. Thank you, Holy Spirit.
After giving her message to her, this message came through me. There is a feeling that this message is for many of us, so I share it more broadly. (As an FYI, I will share the message for my friend next.)
Love, Regina
Message from inner Teacher: As you serve all of your brothers without judgment, you will see beyond the limits you have placed upon yourself. Most people choose limits, because their limits help them feel safe. They can live within the world they have defined. They can stay within their concept of “me”.
Letting go of “me” (or the “I” thought) also means letting go of all of the concepts and definitions that have been built up to uphold that thought of “I” or “me”.
People want to cling to a spiritual teaching for the same reason they want to cling to anything. It becomes a part of “I” or who “I” am.
Great masters are not limited in their teaching, because great masters do not listen to the limited mind. But a master’s teaching can be limited by those who want to take what they hear and put it in a box. They will hear part of the teaching, but not the whole, because part could fit in their box, but whole could not. This is how teaching becomes limited and the path becomes another part of the world used to support the individual concept of “I”.
Message for my friend:
“Falling in love with everything around you is a path of awakening.
“As you choose the path of love, you will notice inner-resistances to this path. You will notice little messages within that say, ‘I can’t love this’ or ‘I can’t love that.’ The resistances may seem strong as feelings in the body…as tension, or the messages may seem to be backed by thoughts that tell you why you can’t love or shouldn’t love that. But if you relax the body and let tension or emotions pass through, they will, just like a cloud passes through the sky. And if you want to love always, you can.
“Don’t listen to the judgments of the mind. Just ask the Heart, ‘How can I love here and now?’ The Heart will find a way. It will turn your eyes from what is not important, and your eyes will land on that which you can love. And so focus your inner-eyes on only that, and you let love pour through you. As you love that which you have been asked to love and let the rest go as unimportant, it is all healed. The outer fringes are transformed as the inner burns with the fire of love.
“Let love be your guide and be not afraid. This is the path of a healer.”