Thoughts of Awakening # 360

I disregard all thoughts
in favor of the wisdom of silence now.

~A thought of awakening

I remember a story Adyashanti told once. He had an awakening. When he told his teacher about the awakening, she said, “Good. You are a baby Buddha now.” ~ha ha~

Well, we are baby Messiahs, and like all babies, we need to be taught. That is how we are to see today’s reading. It is part of that teaching. Our role is to listen very carefully, and then put the teaching into practice.

Today’s message is very clear:

Thinking for yourself is not the way to understanding, …

We are to become reliant on the inner Teacher for understanding. Instead of being caught up in the happenings of the world, we are to ask the inner Teacher, “How is this helpful to me?” Or we could ask, “How shall I see this?” “What would you have me learn from this?” “How shall I understand this?” “What am I not seeing that I need to see?” Etcetera.

We are to go to the inner Teacher about everything that confuses us, upsets us, frightens us, or appears to cause guilt or a sense of unworthiness in us. Like a baby who knows nothing at all, let the inner Teacher teach right understanding of everything you experience.

Pay attention to the tips in today’s reading. There are only a few, but they are each very important. Consider today’s reading to be the first day of kindergarten for baby Messiahs. Imagine another young child sitting in your class with you, a little boy named Jesus. Notice how interested he is in the teaching. Notice how the teaching thrills him, and he eagerly takes in every word. Give yourself to the teaching just like he does. He’s a good role model.

Thoughts of Awakening # 14

Trust in Me and listen to My Voice, for it is but your Voice whispering from the memory of your Self.

You are not a prisoner in a world of pain and fear.

You are as God created you, now and forever.

Accept this truth in peace and joy.

Accept this truth in trust, and join with Me to bless the world with the light that is our glory.

~From our Holy Spirit

Rev. Helen Avery is an Awakening Together Ordained Minister. She shares weekly in our Sanctuary with a half-hour of heart-felt deep-diving into truth, love, and awareness. This candid sharing is a time when Helen explores different modalities and teachings with various non-dual teachers and how the real-life application of those particular teachings is currently showing up in her life. She shares experiences from her path of awakening including the demonstration of how to utilize these helpful processes and spiritual tools. In her most recent Awakening journey, she discusses radical truth and wisdom from teachers such as Mooji and Helen Hamilton.

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Thoughts of Awakening # 359

I stand at the threshold
of a doorway leading to … What?
Am I willing to be the unknown?

~A thought of awakening

Here is a story from the Bible:

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

“But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16: 13-19)

Today’s reading says, “You are Peter,” so let’s look at Peter in relation to the story told above and see what “You are Peter” means.

When Jesus asked the apostles who they thought he was, Peter said that Jesus was the Messiah. What does that mean? According to Dr. Leila Leah Bronner, a scholar of Jewish and Biblical studies, “the term referred to an ‘anointed one,’ a divinely chosen figure who would bring to fruition God’s plan for his people and for all humankind. The term also conjured up images of a future world filled with peace and divine tranquility. These two biblical ideas were elaborated upon in the post-biblical era.”

With that definition of Messiah, let’s imagine Peter’s answer to Jesus’ question in this way:

You are one in whom God’s plan for humankind is being fulfilled. Through you, peace and divine tranquility will be brought to all of the world.

Now, let’s imagine that the one listening to Peter is not identified with a body-personality-mind; it is unity consciousness. Unity consciousness responds:

Blessed are you, for this was not revealed to you by your body-personality-mind, but by inner spiritual knowing. And I tell you that you are a rock of faith to have trusted this knowing. On this rock I will build my assembly, and the ego will not overcome it. I now anoint you. I give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Follow your inner knowing, and it will lead you to know heaven, which is here now. But be aware that whatever you believe on earth is believed in heaven, because heaven is here now. And whatever you let go of on earth will be let go in heaven, because heaven is here now.

Jesus is often seen as The Messiah, the only anointed or chosen one. However, as soon as Jesus saw an inkling of inner intuition in another, and he saw that one trusting inner intuition enough to speak it, he anointed that one.

What does this mean?

It means that as soon as genuine spiritual intuition awakens in us, and as soon as we trust it enough to begin following it over the personality-mind, we are the Messiah, the one in whom God’s plan of awakening is being fulfilled.

This isn’t said to make anyone feel special. This is a great responsibility of humility, because it means we have awakened to the point of choice. We are no longer limited to only the personality-mind, a slave to its thoughts. We have awakened to spiritual intuition, so we are able to choose what we will trust and follow.

Thoughts of Awakening # 13

My own Holy Spirit is within me leading me and coaxing me as to where I want to go and what I want to do. Let me listen to my Holy Spirit, for it is my Self and it knows the depth of my only true desire. Amen.

~A prayer of awakening given to us by our Holy Spirit