Welcome back to another round of the Word of the Week until
the Christmas close down. I hope you all
have been keeping well and more importantly, inspired to your greatness.
There is a lesson in the book A Course in Miracles that I
have had to repeat frequently of late and this is what I wish to share with you
today.
I can be hurt by NOTHING but my THOUGHTS
Just let this sentence marinate for a minute in your mind
and repeat it again. I know from personal
experience that my thoughts, my internal dialogue and my judgements that arise
about others are all contained within this sentence. This reminds me that I and only I create my
own anxieties, my own negative feelings and my bouts of victimisation. All of my thoughts that I construct create the
feelings that I feel and thus keep me in an illusion that I have no control
over my thoughts whatsoever. This
statement reminds me that I am the author, architect, director and indeed the
star of my own movie called life and it boils down to a simple question that I
can ask myself.
“Do I wish to
continue this particular thought and the associated feelings or am I willing to
choose again?” It is as simple as
that. In asking myself this question, I
give power back to me and not the ego.
For in truth we actually believe that we have no control
over our feelings, which are instigated by our thoughts, which we alone
create. Further, when you are in the
midst of a particularly negative spiral it can make you feel as if it is an impossibility
to pull yourself out of it. You feel as
if you have absolutely no control over the situation and literally submit to
the tirade of the ego’s onslaught of negativity. For the past few days, this has been my own
test, where I could feel bouts of negativity and anger seep into my mind and
have me act out in very unskilful ways.
This particular onslaught felt very determined to shake me
off my seat of peace and tranquillity, so I reached into my trusted toolkit and
first gave my thoughts to my inner guide for healing. A simple statement of,“I
give this situation to my inner guide to heal,” is all that I said, then I
moved out of the own way to let my miracle mind set do its work.
When I say move out of the way it means to let go of that
thought process and trust that your inner guide (your spiritual big Self) has
the strength, which you might find lacking, to change your mind to one of a
much higher vibration.
I am pleased to report that I am definitely back on
track. This exercise helps you to build
that much needed trust in your Big Self as well as a reminder that ALL your
solutions come from within.
Have an empowering weekend.
Nameste
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