Today, we return to NTI Romans. To me, today’s reading is very exciting, because it very clearly lays out one simple thing we can do to reverse the declaration that makes illusion seem real.

On Day 138, we learned about a wish, which created the creative principle, which in turn makes everything in manifestation. We also learned that the creative principle is the judgment, decision or declaration that something is real.

Today’s reading says:

Remember that everything you experience, every person, every place and circumstance, is a thought within the mind of you. And each judgment keeps the veil of illusion alive, which hides You from you.

“You” is not the person that you think you are. “You” is consciousness, which is what you actually are. When you judge someone or something, you are not a person thinking meaningless judgmental thoughts. You are consciousness utilizing the creative principle to generate another appearance based on the very same energy that is embedded within your judgment. That’s why your judgment “keeps the veil of illusion alive.” And within that veil, you appear to be a person in a world instead of the consciousness that you are.

The world is referred to as an illusion, because it is consciousness appearing as something other than consciousness. Since it is consciousness appearing as many different things, “nothing is at it seems.”

Why does consciousness appear as many different things, some of which cause extreme suffering in the world?

As we learned on Day 138, it is because you had a wish:

What if nothing was as it is?
What if I could make something completely different,
and make it whatever I want?
What would that be like?

If you look very carefully at judgment, you will notice that judgment, which is the creative principal, is actually an extension of that wish. For example, if I judge someone as too slow, I am wishing that one was faster, which is “something completely different” and not “as it is.” If I judge someone as rude, I am wishing that one acted “completely different” and that the situation was not “as it is.”

In other words, just as consciousness extends itself to create the many appearances of manifestation, the wish extends itself to create the creative principle. Each time we judge something, we are literally keeping the illusion that we judge alive.

It’s clear that we do not want the illusion, because we are judging it, but our judgment keeps it going. So, what are we to do?

Our reading says:

In that way, the only judgment that can be applied is that it is what it is.

“It is what it is,” also known as acceptance, is the only judgment, decision or declaration that undoes illusion.

If the waitress is moving slowly, it is what it is.

If the cashier is impolite, it is what it is.

“It is what it is” is a decision to accept the experience exactly as it is, including how you feel about it, without wishing it to be different.

If you examine “it is what it is” very carefully, you will notice it is The Loving All Method. In other words, the practice that reverses the declaration that makes consciousness appear as many things is a practice that we’ve been practicing for more than a year now:

The Loving All Method

It’s a little reminiscent of the scene from the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy discovered that the pair of ruby slippers, which she’d been wearing all along, was the tool she needed to awaken from the dream and return home. Here are two short videos that depict that scene from the movie. I recommend watching these brief videos before starting today’s reading, because the videos capture the essence of the reading perfectly:

Please read and contemplate the following commentary in the same way that you read and contemplate the Thought of Awakening. The commentaries are designed to enrich your understanding of the Thoughts of Awakening.

~Commentary on Discernment~

Not acting for “me” is acting for all, because whenever “me” is absent, all is there.

One role of the mind is discernment. The mind was not made without the ability to discern. This is the height of knowing within the mind of man.

Discernment is a skill that is perfected through practice. Discernment tunes in to a pitch that is beyond the communication of mind and informs mind of the source based on its pitch.

Once the source of communication has been identified, true communication is known. This is the height of knowing within the mind of man.

~From our Holy Spirit

Please read and contemplate the following commentary in the same way that you read and contemplate the Thought of Awakening. The commentaries are designed to enrich your understanding of the Thoughts of Awakening.

~Commentary on Fear~

You fear the idea of surrender, because you see it as unknown. You see surrender as unknown, because you see it as a place without you.

Know that nothing could be further from the truth.

The mind that tells stories is not you, although it has captured your attention. The spirit that is calm is your truth, although you are afraid of looking there.

Go within the calm. Take time to recognize your Self there. Then when you return to the stories, they will have less meaning for you, because you will know you have been to the place of calm, and you were at home there.