A universal assembly for true discernment
Please read and contemplate quotes #761-764 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. Here is the last quote:
Limitless is this ignorance with countless branches in all directions; it cannot come to an end by any means other than Self-knowledge.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
I am in God.
God is in me.
God is all.
All is God.
When you fully accept this truth, there is nothing you will not accept in peace.
Job accepted the sores that covered his body from head to toe, because he saw that even the sores are from God.
Peace Pilgrim accepted nearly freezing to death at night on a deserted road in Arizona, because physical death is merely a transition in God.
Job and Peace Pilgrim could not be separated from God. Nothing was a curse for them. Every situation was a reminder of their love for God (truth).
That is true perception.
If that is not how you see, then there are misperceptions in your mind that can be healed.
Today’s reading says:
“Everything that you see, and the way in which you see it, is a reflection of your feelings and your beliefs about you.”
The “you” in this sentence is inclusive. It includes the body-mind-personality that you identify with as your self, and it also includes everyone and everything.
For example, if you see someone in politics as arrogant, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you see your personality as arrogant. You may never have had that thought about yourself. However, it does mean that arrogance is a belief in your mind. You believe some people are better than others, and you believe that some people can see themselves as higher on that scale of better and lesser than they actually are. Without these ideas, you could never see anyone as arrogant. You can only see someone as arrogant if you believe in worthy and unworthy or better and less than.
Every false belief that you carry in your mind is reflected back to you through your way of seeing the world, which includes but is not limited to your way of seeing the body-mind-personality that you identify with.
The entire world, including your body-mind-personality and everything else in the world, is like one big mirror. You are consciousness looking in the mirror. By looking in the mirror and noticing how you feel about what you see, you discover the beliefs and misperceptions that are hidden in your mind.
Today’s reading recommends that you use the mirror of manifestation to uncover every false belief, so it can be healed.
Again, let me emphasize that people often misunderstand this process of uncovering false beliefs. They think, for example, that if I see that person as one who takes advantage of others, that means I (this body-mind-personality) take advantage of others. That may not be true. Taking advantage of others may not be part of the script for the body-mind-personality that you identify with. It may be extremely shy and meek. However, if you feel that someone is taking advantage of others and have some sense of judgment about that, it means there are beliefs in your mind that allow you to see that perception in the way that you do. You believe in separation, autonomy, right, wrong and victimization. Without these core beliefs, you could never see one person taking advantage of another.
In order to discover what you believe, notice how you feel about everything that comes into your awareness in the world. Whenever you are not entirely at peace with what you see, practice inquiry to discover what you believe.
Note: The next tip will be available tomorrow morning after 3:50am ET at this link.
The true I rests within
the stillness deep.
The true I
lives and breathes
in God
as God
Known.
Stillness is truth.
Non-stillness is distraction
or reflection.
In reflection, there is peace.
In distraction, there is looking
for what seems not to be,
yet it exists.
A mere whisper:
“Be still
and know.”
~From our Holy Spirit
This is the second installment of the Sounds of Awakening program which featured Rev. Yolanda, Jackie Greggs, and Nirmal Chandraratna and their amazing music. Yolanda’s first guest was Jackie Greggs who was with us for the debut of this program and said yes to blessing us with her musical talents once again. You can discover more about Jackie’s music here: ReverbNation.com/jackiegreggsvocalist.
Rev. Yolanda’s second guest was Nirmal Chandraratna, a New York City-based composer and facilitator with a passion for nurturing connection to spirit, the community, and to one’s deeper Self. For the program, Nirmal blessed us with his kirtan and playing the cello. For more information about Nirmal, you can visit his website: https://NirmalC.com.
If you would like a sneak peek at Rev. Yolanda’s music, visit https://Yolanda.net/audio
Day 310 AssignmentThis evening (or tomorrow morning):
Watch the following 36-minute video.
Tomorrow:
Please read and contemplate quotes #757-760 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. Here is the last quote:
They are tempted away from the path of order and wisdom by their own vanities and desires.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
Today’s reading says:
The time has come to release misperception.
The primary misperception that needs to be released is the idea that you are a body-mind-personality, or even an individual soul-mind, that is separate or distinct from all-that-is. However, there are other misperceptions too, which all stem from that one primary misperception.
I once went on vacation with my mom. Her religious affiliation is Christian. She feels at home in a Baptist or Methodist church. Over our vacation, a couple of situations arose that might have caused anxiety in many people, but it didn’t cause anxiety for mom. She simply whispered to herself, “I am in God, and God is in me,” and then shifted to a state of surrender, peace and joy. I thought it was beautiful.
I am in God.
God is in me.
God is all.
All is God.
That is the essence of truth. That is the essence of the truth that Job and Peace Pilgrim knew and lived. That is the essence of true perception.
Note: The next tip will be available tomorrow morning after 3:50am ET at this link.
Light is a symbol
for that which shines
from within stillness,
which is absence of fear.
Stillness is peace,
because stillness is absence
of all that isn’t real.
Therefore, you can trust stillness,
because stillness is truth,
and truth cannot deceive.
~From our Holy Spirit
All there is, is What Is. Just as it is.
Realize there is no separation.
Then there is peace that is beyond understanding.
Perfect Brilliant Stillness.
Beyond the individual self.
Stop focusing on words and concepts.
Look where the pointers point!
Be still.
Realize Perfect Brilliant Stillness.
Just as it is.
This enlightening book study, which isn’t a book study at all, is led by Regina Dawn Akers.
Kate shares her experience, poetry, and life with us as she goes about the business of giving up her ideas about herself and the world on her journey toward purification and awakening. Kate shares with wisdom and humor and allows us a glimpse into the beautiful and sometimes messy blossoming of life examined with an eye on Truth.
Weekly Sunday Gathering with Rev. Regina Dawn AkersTitle: “When the Ego Gets Vicious”
Description: A Course in Miracles says, “The ego is therefore capable of suspiciousness at best and viciousness at worst,” and that the ego is “particularly likely to attack you when you react lovingly…” In this weekly gathering, Rev. Regina Dawn Akers shared on the topic of ego backlash and the viciousness that can show up when we “react lovingly.” She shared also what causes ego backlash and what we can do about it when the ego gets vicious.
Reading: Rev. Nyki Dobson read excerpts from The Holy Spirit’s Interpretation of the New Testament (NTI) Acts, Chapters 7 & 8.
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Michael DeForbes led our Sunday morning meditation. Michael is a student of Helen Hamilton. His guided meditations are based on the direct path, which is an integral part of our teachings here at Awakening Together.
Enjoy this powerful, deep meditation into ever-present peace and the now of the Noumenon which had the theme of embracing all aspects of the self.
