Day 107: Truth will correct all errors in my mind.
Day 108: To give and to receive are one in truth.
Piggybacking on one of the ideas we reviewed yesterday, Let me be still and listen to the truth, we are reminded today that when we take a moment to be calm, to stop the mad thoughts of our minds and be still, we are in a position to allow our way of thinking to be corrected. We are in the position to realign ourselves with Truth and our Creator.
Through stillness, we will find Truth, and through Truth, we will heal our minds. Furthermore, when we give ourselves the space to be at peace, we will receive Peace. Peace is a correcting power. In Peace, the errors in our minds will be healed.
Have I lost you yet? Let's simplify:
Stillness = Peace = Truth = Healing/Correction
Giving Stillness (to ourselves) = Receiving Peace (for ourselves) = finding Truth = Healing/Correction
Healing our minds, of course, is the process of our own salvation. By doing so, we inevitably help others to heal their way of thinking. By residing in Peace, we give Peace. In giving Peace, we receive Peace, for giving and receiving are the same.
Let's get a little less theoretical and a little more "real" so we can truly understand these concepts:
Today was a rough day for me. It was a rough day, yet a glorious day. (I'm beginning to sound like Charles Dickens - "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.") All day I had been hopeful that I would be called back for a role on a television show (did I ever mention that I am an actor?), and for the past several months, my financial security has become less and less... well, secure. As a result, I have been relying on administrative temp work, which has been very minimal. Today, however, I booked a role - not the role I'd been gunning for on TV, but the role of "Receptionist" at an office an hour away with artificial lighting and no windows and a computer keyboard with a jammed letter "A" - a aaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaa.
And that's exactly how I was feeling inside: "Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!" The angst of waiting for that phone call from my agent or manager about the acting job was excruciating, and during lunch, I finally decided that I just needed to surrender it. I gave it my all at the audition. I know I'm good, and I performed the role well, but the fact that I hadn't heard anything yet meant the chances I landed a callback were dwindling fast. I had to let it go.
Much easier said than done. I returned after lunch to my creatively-defunct office job, and by the end of the day, I knew that if I hadn't gotten a call yet, it wasn't going to happen. When I got home, I broke down. "Why," I said to my partner, "after all this hard work I'm putting into what I really love to do, am I still finding myself working in an office? Why am I going broke when I know I have the skill to really excel at what I've been put on earth for? - to act, to write, to teach." While I let it all out, he just listened and held me close. And in that stillness, I heard the Truth. As I gave myself over to God and acknowledged the hurt I was feeling in that moment, the answer came to me: The office work I've recently been doing is temporary. The effort I've been putting into my acting and writing and teaching aspirations, though results may not yet be apparent, has not been all for naught. Giving and receiving are the same. I will receive back that which I put out into the world. The error in my mind in that moment was the belief that I wouldn't.
In the stillness, which I was only able to achieve after acknowledging my sorrow and moving through it (as opposed to avoiding it), I was able to See. I was able to recognize that over the last six months, I have been setting myself up to live my dreams, when prior to that I wasn't. Prior to that, I was working full-time in an office position (which was not temp work), in order to have the financial security I desired. I left this position because I wasn't happy. Though I had money, I was not rich, for what good is money when you don't have happiness? So I decided to leave my job and focus solely on my creative work.
What I realized tonight is that this shift in my life will require time in order for my dreams and aspirations to manifest. I need to travel through the darkness, the falsehoods I was living previously, in order to reach the Truth. I'm already doing what I need to do. I've already made the shift to live my life the way I really want to live it. But it will take some time for the world around me to catch up, to reflect that inner shift. It will take some time before I reach the destination along the path I have set myself on. The more focused and vigilant I remain on this path, the more I set into motion the great things which will occur. The reward is on its way...
There is a prize out there for each and every one of us, awaiting to be given as long as we are open to receiving it. Some of us are on our way to realizing our greatest dreams, already following the path of our truth. Some of us have veered off track, but our prize is still there, simply waiting until we change course.
If you are not joyful, if you are not at peace, if you find yourself restricted and unable to extend love to others; then you may need to make a shift in your life. Start by giving yourself the space to be still. The Truth will address all your woes, and you will know which new direction you are to take. Stay the course. Don't give up. It is necessary to travel through the darkness we have made in order to reach the Light. As long as we stay on track, we will change the course of our lives. We will receive all that we have given. And we will reside in Peace, in Joy and in Love for eternity.
Godspeed to you on your own journey. May you be blessed with Vision and guided by Light.
Until tomorrow,
Journeyman
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