Lesson 45 – God is the Mind

Posted on February 16, 2012 by predencia

‘God is the mind with which I think.’

Today’s idea holds the key to what your real thoughts are. They are nothing that you think you think, just as nothing that you think you see is related to vision in any way. There is no relationship between what is real and what you think is real. Nothing that you think are your real thoughts resemble your real thoughts in any respect. Nothing that you think you see bears any resemblance tho what vision will show you.
You think with the Mind of God. Therefore you share your thoughts with Him, as he shares His with you. They are the same thoughts , because they are thought by the same Mind. Where, then, are your real thoughts? Today we will attempt to reach them.
The three 5 minute practice periods will take the same general form as yesterday’s idea. We will attempt to leave the unreal and seek for the real. We will deny the world in favour of truth. And we will also try to remember that we cannot fail in doing what He would have us do. Begin the exercise by repeating the idea to yourself with closed eyes. Then spend a fairly short period thinking a few relevant thoughts of your own, keeping the idea in mind. After you’ve added 4 or 5 thoughts of your own idea repeat it again and tell yourself gently
‘My real thoughts are in my mind. I would like to find them.’
Take a minute or two to repeat the idea throughout the day.
When I read today’s lesson (and this is only a small fraction of it) I really felt I needed a degree in gobbledygook, but I kept reminding myself that I didn’t have to understand it, I just had to do the exercises. Interestingly, as the day went on, and I had to remind myself on a number of occasions that God is the Mind with which I think, I found myself questioning whether God would be bothered with some of the thoughts I was thinking. Would he let petty irritations go or would he give them valuable time? Would he let thoughts about insecurities occupy valuable space in His mind. Gradually I became more and more aware of when I was thinking ungodly thoughts, and let them slide on out of my mind. Two things happened as a result. 1) I let things go that I couldn’t do anything about, and 2) I took action on things I’d been putting off for a while. There is still so much rubbish getting in the way of me being a pure channel. I hope today’s exercise helped to clear some of it away.
Other things that happened today. I reached the 200 page mark in the new novel, 50,000 words. I’m really enjoying it now.
Discovered Dare to Love in being featured in The Nation newspaper in Barbados over the next three weeks. Hope my friends have saved me a copy of the papers.
I went to see a friend tonight who was watching a programme on childbirth while dressing her Maltipoo dog Luka in his Christmas hoodie and booties. I think she’s ready for a baby
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Lesson 44 – God is my light

Posted on February 15, 2012 by predencia

‘God is the light in which I see.’

Today we are continuing the idea from yesterday, adding another dimension to it. You cannot see in darkness, and you cannot make light. You can make darkness and then think you see in it, but light reflects life, and is therefore an aspect of creation. In order to see, you must recognise that light is within, not without. You do not see outside yourself, nor is the equipment for seeing outside you. An essential part of this equipment is the light that makes seeing possible. It is with you always, making vision possible in every circumstance.
Today we are going to attempt to reach that light with three 3-5 minute practice periods, similar to that used yesterday. Begin by repeating the idea with your eyes open, then close them and repeat the idea several times. Then try to sink into your mind letting go of every interference and intrusion by quietly sinking past them. Try to observe your passing thoughts without involvement, and slip quietly by them. If you are doing the exercise correctly you should experience some sense of relaxation, and even a feeling that you are approaching, if not actually entering into light.
The lessons are getting longer and more abstract, they are the beginnings of meditation and our connection to the light source. I’ve been doing ascension meditations alongside ACIM and feeling the benefits. I was more calm today (in fact someone at rehearsal tonight told Roger he thought I had a very calming influence on the group), even though there was plenty I could have been upset about. However, I focused on the things I can be grateful for. A great session with Lord Leon today, he showed me his estate documents and his change of name by deed poll, now that he’s been accepted into Lorddom. His dad rang to ask me what it felt like being the son of a Lord. I laughed for a full minute. We did the new Usain Bolt Fass Class which nearly wiped me out!
Read from Dare to Love at the WWB Valentine evening at The Coffee Lounge. Sold the five books I took with me – could have sold more if I had brought more. It’s the first public reading I’ve done from it. (See pic) It was very well received. The whole evening was absolutely splendid (ate a few more chocs than I should have done, but it is Valentine after all. No card this year. Not even e ones. I reflected on how, once upon a dark time ago, this would have upset me. In the light, none of this matters. Nice if it happens, OK if it doesn’t.
Rehearsal went really well – everyone has stepped up their game. I’m feeling more confident now, as is Roger.
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Lesson 43 – God is my Source

Posted on February 13, 2012 by predencia

‘God is my Source. I cannot see apart from Him.’

Perception is not an attribute of God. His is the realm of knowledge. Yet He has created the Holy Spirit as the Mediator between perception and knowledge. Without this link with God, perception would have replaced knowledge forever in your mind. With this link with God, perception will become so changed and purified that it will lead to knowledge. That is its function as the Holy Spirit sees it. Therefore, that is its function in truth.
Three 5 minute practice periods are required today, morning, night and somewhere in between that feels right. Repeat the idea, first with things ‘God is my Source. I cannot see this desk apart from him’ etc. Then with closed eyes allow thoughts of the idea to occur.
I read the first part of this lesson three times and it still didn’t make any sense. Reading further in didn’t help my understanding either. It was one of those lessons mentioned at the beginning of the text where you are encouraged to carry out the actions, even if the words don’t make sense. Gradually, as I repeated the main idea throughout the day, I began to get a sense that, if I am part of God, I cannot see apart from Him. It began to make sense. I can’t be separated from my Source, I cannot see apart from Him. It became less and less of a brain teaser.
I had an interesting discussion with my personal trainer this morning – in between the punishing arms and upper body work I was doing – about eating the right food for the part of the world you were born in. Apparently we are genetically predisposed to survive on the food grown locally. For instance, wheat is not a native food of Jamaica but corn is, as is yam, bananas etc. He’s into eating seasonally, steering clear of processed foods, and eating for fuel and well being. All this because I sent him a food diary in which I was honest about the amount of coffee cake I was eating (it was just that one week – honest)
I could have had a much better photo shoot without the coffee cake. But all told, it wasn’t too bad. (See pic above)
Writing slow so far, only a few hundred word today, but by the time I finished at 3 am last night I was up to just over 44,000 words. Aiming to get past 46,000 before hitting the pillow tonight.
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Lesson 42 – God is my strength

Posted on February 13, 2012 by predencia

‘God is my strength. Vision is his gift’

The idea for today combines two very powerful thoughts, both of major importance. It also sets forth a cause and effect relationship that explains why you cannot fail in your efforts to achieve the goal of the course. You will see because it is the Will of God. It is His strength, not your own, that gives you power. And it is His gift, rather than your own, that offers vision to you.
God is indeed your strength, and what he gives is truly given. This means that you can receive it any time and anywhere, where ever you are, and in whatever circumstances you find yourself. Your passage through time and space is not at random. You cannot but be in the right place at the right time. Such is the strength of God, Such are his gifts.
he idea for the day is a beginning step to bringing thoughts together, and teaching you that you are studying a unified thought system in which nothing is lacking that is needed, and nothing is included that is contradictory or irrelevant.
Two practice periods today, morning and night. Look about you and slowly repeat the idea, then close your eyes and allow thoughts relating to the idea to surface, don’t force them, and if your mind wanders open your eyes again and begin again. Five minutes as close to waking and five minutes just before going to sleep should suffice, as well as frequent repetition of the idea throughout the day.
I’ve written a lot of text for today’s lesson because it contains two very powerful statements for me. One that I had grasped from the first time (the lack of randomness) and one that hit me between the eyes today, (nothing is lacking) because, although I understood it on an intellectual level, today it went in on an intuitive level.
You see, I’ve been griping about the things I don’t have, a publicist, a manager, enough time, enough money etc, and about the things that I was having to deal with instead of being able to devote more time to writing. Nothing is lacking that is needed. I have everything I need, and if I don’t have it, its because I don’t need it at this point. Nothing in my life is contradictory or irrelevant. Nothing. It’s all necessary, all of it, for my growth. Everything I saw today, every conversation I had, everything I did I applied this idea to. Boy, oh boy, did it give me a different perspective on things. I had a much more peaceful day than I otherwise could have had, even when my son, for whom I’d cooked a birthday meal, was the only one who didn’t show up!!
Writing went well today, just passed 43,000 words, 170 pages. Just over 100 more pages to go.
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Lesson 41 – God my travelling companion

Posted on February 11, 2012 by predencia

‘God goes with me wherever I go.’

Today’s idea will eventually overcome completely the sense of loneliness and abandonment all the separated ones experience. Depression is an inevitable consequence of separation. So are anxiety, worry, a deep sense of helplessness, misery, suffering and intense fear of loss.
Deep within you is everything that is perfect, ready to radiate through you and out into the world. You can never be alone because the Source of all life goes with you wherever you go. Nothing can destroy your peace of mind because God goes with you wherever you go.
Only one practice period in the morning. Five minutes to repeat the idea slowly, then make no effort to think of anything. Just sit and let your mind go blank. After five minutes repeat the idea, and frequently throughout the day.
Most of my day was taken up with a photo shoot at the IKON STUDIO in Birmingham. Got some great pictures. In all that hustle and bustle and total attention on me it was great to be reminded that God is with me constantly.
I had to phone a friend as soon as I saw the highlighted line above, because last night, in the wee hours of the morning, we’d been discussion how lonely this spiritual journey can be. I had to tell her that we were forgetting that loneliness is a belief in our Source deserting us. I will never, ever, again talk about being lonely. I am who I am meant to be with, and when no other physical being is present, I am exclusively with God. How can I possible miss anyone when I have that kind of presence with me?
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Lesson 40 – I am blessed

Posted on February 10, 2012 by predencia

‘I am blessed as a Son of God’
Today we will begin to assert some of the happy things to which you are entitled, being what you are. No long practice periods are required today but very frequent short ones are necessary, the exercises take little time and no effort. Repeat the idea every ten minutes, and then add several of the attributes you associate with being the Son of God, applying them to yourself. E.G
‘I am blessed as a Son of God. I am happy, peaceful, loving, contended, calm, quiet, assured, confident etc, etc. If you’re pressed for time just telling yourself you are blessed as a Son of God will do.
This is the essence of living in the attitude of gratitude. Such frequent reminders of the fact that I am blessed, and having to find ways in which I’m blessed reminded me, almost on a minute by minute basis, what an amazing life I have, and what an amazing person I am. It reminded me that I am so much more than what I have. Although there was a strong pull at times to describe myself by what I have, I stayed with the ‘I am’ statements. It is a subtle but very powerful difference. I found myself repeating the soul mantra – I am the soul, I am the light Divine, I am love, I am will, I am fixed design. Also the violet flame decree, I AM a being of violet fire, I AM the purity God desires. I AM statements are so powerful, can take you to great heights when said in the positive and can bring you right down when said in the negative.
Life was not without its challenges today, but my I AM gratitude statements helped me meet each one with a smile. This lesson was a welcomed one, such a gift.
On another note. I wrote for nearly six hours last night, forcing myself to leave the keyboard at 3 a.m, as I knew I had a busy day today. Tonight I watched a Caroline Myss lecture on YOUTUBE in which she asked the question ‘if you could achieve amazing things by being invisible, or could have vast material wealth by being visible, which would you choose.’ The answer will indicate whether one is being driven by the ego or the soul.
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Lesson 39 – Giving what you’ve got

Posted on February 10, 2012 by predencia

‘My holiness is my salvation’
If guilt is hell, what is its opposite?
We have already said that your holiness is the salvation of the world. What about your own salvation? You cannot give what you do not have. A saviour must be saved, how else can he teach salvation. Today’s exercises will apply to you, recognising that your salvation is crucial to the salvation of the world. As you apply the exercises to your world, the whole world stands to benefit.
Another four periods of 5 minutes today. Begin by repeating today’s idea to yourself with your eyes closed. Then search your mind for unloving thoughts in whatever form they appear, uneasiness, depression, anger, fear, worry, attack, insecurity and so on. Apply the idea for today to each unloving thought you find.
‘My unloving thoughts about….are keeping me in hell. My holiness is my salvation.’
At the end repeat the idea in its original form.
‘If guilt is hell, what is its opposite.’
This is the lesson that first introduced me to the idea that you cannot give what you haven’t got. As a result of understanding this, I stopped telling people I loved them until I could feel that love for myself. It’s also the lesson that first brought home to me that all I ever need do is work on myself, because as I heal, the world heals too.
I spent most of today working on my websites. Each week it becomes a little less stressful. That could either be because I’m becoming more familiar with what I’m doing, or I’m thinking fewer unloving thoughts about myself, like how useless I am at technology.
During the practice periods I could not find many attack thoughts about myself or others. Could this be the beginnings of the return of the peace I felt on the first completion of the course? Maybe its a bit like muscle memory, when its done it once, it knows how to do it quicker next time.
I’ve been in full creative (writing) flow today. Can’t move my fingers quickly enough on the keyboard. The story has taken a surprising turn.
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Lesson 38 – I can do anything

Posted on February 8, 2012 by predencia

‘There is nothing my holiness cannot do.’

Your holiness reverses all the laws of the world. It is beyond every restriction of time, space, distance and limits of any kind. Your holiness is totally unlimited in its power because it establishes you as a son of God, at one with the Mind of his Creator.
The purpose of today’s exercises is to begin to instill in you a sense that you have dominion over all things because of what you are.
Four 5 minute practice sessions. With eyes closed repeat the idea for today. Search your mind for any sense of loss or unhappiness. Identify the situation specifically, and also the name of the person concerned. Apply the idea like this:
In the situation involving…..in which I see myself, there is nothing that my holiness cannot do.
In the situation involving…..in which ….sees himself, there is nothing in my holiness cannot do.
This lesson completely blew me away today. When I first did the course I read the first sentence as ‘reverses all natural laws’ today I understood that it reverses all laws, natural and man made. It’s all part of cutting through illusion, the illusion of Legalese, the fact that laws are not about truth, but about who can create the greatest illusion of truth. I was on a high all day thinking about this.
I went happily off to my first ever visit to a Japanese restaurant. The Merchant L’aise in Nottingham, a Groupon Christmas gift. The deal included a cocktail each, and was the greatest test so far of my tee totalling 3 months. I opted for the mango breezer without the alcohol, which just tasted like mango juice. Andrew had the lychee pulp and vodka one, and seemed to thoroughly enjoy it. I restrained myself from even asking for a taste. I ordered salmon and onion rolls and was fully expecting something wrapped in pastry a la Chinese spring rolls. What a surprise and delight to have the tiny rolled salmon and rice rolls with a sauce in which to dip them. The inside out chicken wings were also beautifully crispy – where did the meat go? I’m all for exposed bones, but leave a bit of meat on.
My main sizzling vegetables were very Chinese style but the sauce wasn’t poured on till it came to the table and was delicious, Andrew’s chicken was a little bland. Service was great though. Main down side was the temperature of the restaurant. Even the young girls on a night out with large glasses of wine were wearing their coats.
Amazingly, when we got back to the car, we had a parking ticket. Another illusion?
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Lesson 37 – My glove is blessed

Posted on February 7, 2012 by predencia

‘My holiness blesses the world.’

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. No one loses; nothing is taken away from anyone; everyone gains through your holy vision. There is no other way in which the idea of sacrifice can be removed from the world’s thinking.
Four 5 minute practice sessions with alternating open and closed eyes, as for the previous lesson. Open eyes apply to things, closed eyes apply to people.
‘My holiness blesses this chair.’
‘My holiness blesses this glove.’
‘My holiness blesses this handbag.’
Closed eyes
‘My holiness blesses John.’
‘My holiness blesses, Jane.’ etc
Throughout the day, repeat the idea as often as you can. It is particularly helpful to apply it silently to anyone you meet, using his/her name as you do so. It is essential to use the idea if anyone seems to cause an adverse reaction in you.
 
The last part of this idea was the most helpful today. It was quite easy to bless inanimate object, my friends and family, and people who wronged me in the past. It was much more challenging to do it instantly, in the moment, though it was made slightly easier because of the constant repetition throughout the day. One friend came up almost hourly. He is most truly blessed today – no hard feelings.
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Lesson 36 – Envelopes

Posted on February 6, 2012 by predencia

‘My holiness envelopes everything I see.’

Today’s idea extends the idea for yesterday from the perciever to the perceived. You are holy because your mind is part of God’s. And because you are holy, your sight must be holy as well.
Four 3-5 minute practice periods are required. With closed eyes repeat the idea, then open eyes, look around and apply the idea specifically to what you see. Alternate open and closed eyes. Conclude with ‘my holiness envelopes everything I see.’
I had an intensely high vibration day today, which began with my hour long meditation, and increased with each practice period. Today, everything seemed possible. The play is taking shape nicely, as is my novel. Clients have had massive breakthroughs and I ate a chocolate bar without any feelings of guilt.
I was wrapped in a holy blanket all day. Another day like today please.

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