Day 95: I am one Self, united with my Creator.

Today's lesson in A Course in Miracles emphasizes the importance of repeating these meditations frequently throughout the day (the workbook suggests 5 minutes every waking hour for this series of lessons).  This is so that we may re-train our minds to think correctly, as we have been brainwashed by a faulty way of thinking prevalent in the world which we now live.

The meditation for today is quite beautiful, summing up a great deal of what we have already learned in the Course.  Repetition of it would do us well:

I am one Self, united with my Creator, at one with every aspect of creation, and limitless in power and in peace.

Marianne Williamson, one of my spiritual mentors and a present-day teacher of A Course in Miracles, tells us frequently in her lectures, "God has only one begotten Son, and we're all it."  This is the meaning behind "I am one Self."  There is only one of us here - each is a reflection of the other.  I am you are me are we are all.  We are One with each other, One with God, and One with all individuated Aspects of Divinity - from the birds to the trees to the grains of sand on the ocean floor.  We all belong to One Field of Energy, which we call God.  With this knowledge, once it's had the chance to really sink in, we have the ability to harness incredible power and incredible peace.

Imagine the power of this entire planet in your fingertips.  You could have it.  And you do.  We all have access to it.  But to use it, we must also recognize that it is a shared power.  It is not a power that takes away or separates any single creation from another.  It is a power that gives endlessly, for the Power of God is Creation.  It is an Eternal Gift.  It is a peaceful power, for it could never harm.  It could never attack.  It could never play favorites.  It is not a power defined by competition, but by Unity.

These concepts, of course, are initially difficult to grasp.  We must exercise our minds just as we exercise our bodies, in order to sharpen our awareness.  These concepts are of the invisible world, which we can only tap into if we are thinking at a higher level than the physical world which we inhabit.  It is well worth the challenge to comprehend these ideas, for by doing so we will yield a more joyful, more peaceful, and more fulfilling way of life.  What could be more important than that?

Until tomorrow,
Journeyman