Here are the links to my blog posts for the lessons we are reviewing today:
Day 105: God's peace and joy are mine.
Day 106: Let me be still and listen to the truth.
How many times have you heard, "Take a deep breath" when someone is advising you to calm down? There's a reason for this. Taking a breath gives us a moment of pause. It is a temporary distraction from our life's distractions. In actuality, taking that moment just to take in some air is not a distraction at all, but a brief return to Truth. It allows us to regain our senses, for in the heat of our life's distractions, we have circumvented the truth and become caught up in the illusions of our physical lives.
By simply breathing in an out for just a minute, or just a few seconds even, we become still. And it is in this stillness that we are able to listen to the Truth.
The Truth of our being, of course, is that we are extensions of God. We are creative beings, endowed with the ability to create by our own One Creator. As we are inevitably and infinitely connected to our Creator, whatever He experiences, so shall we. But we must be open to it. Since we are creative beings ourselves and have been given free will by God, we have the choice to remain in alignment to receive His Gifts or to shun them and follow a darker path.
Choosing to go down the dim road is a decision to live in illusion, for by doing so we are ignoring Who We Really Are. We are stepping out of True Reality when we decide to turn our backs on our inner-light and the Light of Origin which created us. But no matter how determined we are to look away and deny its existence, the Light is still there.
In the midst of the Light there is Joy and Peace, for there is only Love. Remember, we are extensions of God, so what is His is ours. All we need to do to experience this truth is stop looking away.
This may not always seem to be the case. Tragedy in this world can appear so overbearing, so all-encompassing, that we sometimes see no way out. But this is where stillness is so crucial. No matter where we are, no matter what situation we find ourselves, we can always stop, close our eyes, and take a deep breath to realign ourselves with the peace and joy and light residing within. Nothing - no person and no circumstance - can take that away from us. This is the infallible perfection of God's design. This is our True Home. And like Dorothy clicking her heels, we can take a moment, take a breath, and return Home to the loving arms of our Creator whenever we choose.
So breathe with me...
Until tomorrow,
Journeyman
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