A universal assembly for true discernment
Anne Blanchard shares her experience of purification and awakening, unfiltered and as it happens. Raw, reflective, brave, and infused with clarity, Anne’s open honesty inspires us all to dive deep into the spiritual journey instead of simply skimming the surface. She continues to share deeply from various non-dual teachings and teachers.
Revs. Glen Ganaway and Yolanda Mapes, who are interfaith ministers, share a delightful, funny and inspiring hour of A Course in Miracles. Come join in on the fun, the laughs, and the music while unlearning the ego through the lessons and chapters of ACIM. You can find out more about the Mighty Companions on their website: www.themightycompanions.com
Day 340 AssignmentThis evening (or tomorrow morning):
Listen to this audio teaching from NTI Ephesians 4 starting at 19:50. It will take 22 minutes to listen to the rest of the audio.
Tomorrow:
Please read quote #852 and the introduction to Step Five in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. Here is the introduction to Step Five:
Be inspired, encouraged, and motivated to:
1. Make and maintain the decision to bring the imposter self and all suffering to its final end and thus remain forever in infinite-awareness-love-bliss.
2. Actually practice all seven steps.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
Yesterday we learned that we transcend the temptations that occur during the seventh step to awakening by learning to make choices with inner intuition. This is hard for most humans, because most humans make decisions through judgment.
Today, we are going to learn more about judgment. By examining judgment carefully, we will learn to notice it more easily in ourselves. Then, when we notice we are making a decision by using judgment, we can drop our judgment, empty our mind, and ask within for intuitive guidance.
Today, you will use the tip differently. The tip will guide you through the reading and through a journaling experience. See today’s tip as a teacher who is telling you what to do when. As you complete each step, return to the tip to find out what you are to do next.
When NTI says, “The beast that comes out of the sea is your judgment against your Self,” it means it is your judgment against consciousness. Whenever you judge anything, you judge consciousness, because all things are made of consciousness.
Most people can let go of judgment in some situations, but very few people are willing to let go of judgment in all situations. However, whenever we rely on judgment, we identify with the mind as “me,” because we believe its thoughts are “my thoughts.” That means whenever we judge anything, we believe we are a person and we do not see ourselves as consciousness.
Therefore, as we learned in NTI Romans 2, judgment is the “building block of illusion.” Through judgment, we believe that we are what we are not.
You are about to do a journaling exercise. In this exercise, you will ask for a right-minded interpretation of the verses you are about to read from the Bible. As you read, realize that the beast is Self-judgment, which is judging anything since everything is consciousness. So, when the Bible says, “The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies,” it means that Self-judgment is not limited. It is not limited regarding what it judges or how it judges.
If you look at the judgments in your mind, you will see this is true. Self-judgment is very active and very creative.
Before going to the journaling exercise, let’s review how to open up to right-minded interpretation:
Step back.
Detach from what your mind thinks.
Look at the whole as it is.
Feel within for intuition.
NTI says that the second beast is guilt, and guilt supports judgment. In other words, as long as you believe in guilt (wrong), you believe you need judgment. You think judgment keeps you safe and provides guidance on how to be good and worthy.
In order to let go of judgment, you also have to let go of the belief in guilt. When this happens, right and wrong or good and bad are replaced with a way of seeing that is often described as, “Everything is just happening.” Manifestation is seen as unfolding based on what consciousness believes, but it is not seen as good or bad, right or wrong. It’s just a reflection of beliefs.
This is how Jesus saw when he said:
“Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”
It is as we learned through NTI Acts 3: Ignorance is not guilt. It is a call for knowledge.
“What am I?”
is a question of discernment.
By asking it often,
one remembers what
I am.
~From our Holy Spirit
In this program, Paul through the vehicle of Satsang and repetition will be helping us to let go of misidentification and recognize Being Consciousness as our Truth.
Paul suggests repetition through Satsangs is helpful. It is an example of how the dreamING repurposes another programming element, repetition. What was used to (mis)identify, becomes instead a helpful undoing within the dreaming of that identification. The helpfulness of the Message is recognized in what Paul calls “traveling lighter.” In the surrender of an assumed need to escape/improve, the ever-present reality of consciousness already now/here becomes where our interest stays. Being consciousness in contact (in/as/through sensory experiencING), we appreciate being “successful” – already, as that Reality.
You can also learn more about Paul on his website www.zenbitchslap.com or his YouTube channel under the same title (Zen Bitchslap).
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During our time together, we will explore what it takes to live from an open, undefended heart. Naturally, any true exploration of living from the heart necessarily entails taking a deep and sustained look at what prevents us from keeping our hearts open. Grounded in the knowledge that the essence of us, our true nature, is the very lovingness within us all, we will explore how to recognize and release egoic energies by cultivating open-hearted awareness practices which support us in directly experiencing our true Self. By leaning into willingness, steeped in self-honesty, and with a consistent dash of courage, we endeavor to open to whatever life brings, as it brings it, that is, on life’s terms. In so doing, we trust that everything – absolutely everything – is here for us to use for healing, for purification, and for learning to live from the heart. We look forward to supporting each other in our individual explorations of how we truly embrace the entirety of this show we call life.
Please note: it may be necessary to download the audio to listen to it fully.
Day 339 AssignmentThis evening (or tomorrow morning):
Listen to the first 19:50 minutes of this audio teaching from NTI Ephesians 4. You will listen to the rest of the audio tomorrow.
Tomorrow:
Please read quotes 848-851 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. Here is the last quote:
When dispassion and longing for Freedom are strong, then restfulness and the other graces will bear fruit.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
Yesterday we learned that the seventh step to awakening can occur over a long period of time and can look like everyday life. Today’s reading provides guidance about how to transcend the temptations that occur during the seventh step. That guidance is to make choices carefully. That means we need to live reflectively, learning to always check in with inner intuition before making any choice in our daily life.
Before reading today’s reading in NTI, please read Revelation 12:1-6 in the Bible.
Peace is the guidance of truth.
Fear is the guidance of falsehood.
When you look without and feel fear,
do not judge the situation as misguided.
Your thoughts are not coming from peace.
Your thoughts are the error.
Surrender the error.
Return to peace now.
It is always available,
always with you.
Peace is the Voice of your truth.
~From our Holy Spirit
