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Audio & Homework – Week 39 Gentle Healing Group with Regina, 10/3/17
Regina Dawn Akers guides a group of committed students who would like to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy and love.
The reading tonight was In the World But Not of It by Gina Lake, pages 51-56. (Stop at “Moving Into Presence”.)
Homework for the upcoming week:
Homework Assignment A: Workbook lessons 257-263. Practice daily awareness-watching-awareness, Loving Consciousness or Abandon Release Method meditation for 20-40 minutes each day. Practice the “Loving All” Method.
Homework Assignment B: Read A Course in Miracles, Chapter 31, Section 6 & 7, Recognizing the Spirit & The Savior’s Vision.
Oct. 3 ~ Daily Contemplation ~ Lesson 256
God is the only goal I have today.
The way to God is through forgiveness here. There is no other way. If sin had not been cherished by the mind, what need would there have been to find the way to where you are? Who would still be uncertain? Who could be unsure of who he is? And who would yet remain asleep, in heavy clouds of doubt about the holiness of him whom God created sinless? Here we can but dream. But we can dream we have forgiven him in whom all sin remains impossible, and it is this we choose to dream today. God is our goal; forgiveness is the means by which our minds return to Him at last.
And so, our Father, would we come to You in Your appointed way. We have no goal except to hear Your Voice, and find the way Your sacred Word has pointed out to us.
Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 256
What is Sin?
Since we have been with this special theme, we have replaced the word “sin” with “insanity,” with “My ideas of right and wrong, good and bad, what should be and what should not be,” with “judgment,” and with “duality.” As we read our special theme today, let’s replace the word sin with “ignorance.” In this case, “ignorance” is defined as ignoring the truth.
For example, “Ignorance is insanity.” Or, “Ignoring the truth is insanity. It is the means by which the mind is driven mad, and seeks to let illusions take the place of truth.”
After you have read the special theme using “ignorance” or “ignoring truth,” please return to my tip for today.
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Ignorance is accomplished through outward focus. We ignore truth when we give all of our attention to thoughts and to the world.
Let’s read the special theme again. This time, replace the word “sin” with “outward focus.”
For example, “Outward focus gave the body eyes, …” and “Outward focus is the home of all illusions, which but stand for things imagined, issuing from thoughts that are untrue.”
After you have read the special theme using “outward focus” in place of “sin,” please return to my tip, and we will look at today’s lesson.
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God is the only goal I have today.
Today’s lesson also uses the word, “sin.”
If sin had not been cherished by the mind, what need would there have been to find the way to where you are?
If insanity had not been cherished by the mind, what need would there have been to find the way to where you are?
If ideas of right and wrong, good and bad, what should be and what should not be had not been cherished by the mind, what need would there have been to find the way to where you are?
If judgment had not been cherished by the mind, what need would there have been to find the way to where you are?
If duality had not been cherished by the mind, what need would there have been to find the way to where you are?
If ignorance had not been cherished by the mind, what need would there have been to find the way to where you are?
If ignoring truth had not been cherished by the mind, what need would there have been to find the way to where you are?
If outward focus had not been cherished by the mind, what need would there have been to find the way to where you are?
It’s important to look at all of these alternative terms, because “sin” typically implies guilt to most people. It reinforces the false idea that something is inherently wrong with me, which reinforces the idea of separation.
However, as we consider alternative terms, we see that there is a habit that has been formed. It is the habit of ignoring our true Self, focusing outward, and believing our thoughts’ judgments regarding everything the body senses. We also see that the body, as the sensing organ, reinforces this habit of looking outward, a habit that has been cherished by the mind.
When we see the problem clearly, we can also see the solution.
If ignoring the truth, focusing outward and believing the mind’s judgments is the problem, then paying attention to truth, focusing inward and ignoring the mind’s judgments is the solution.
Said another way, awareness-watching-awareness meditation, surrendering to intuition and the Loving All Method are the solutions to insanity.
Today is a day to put special attention on changing our goal. The mind has cherished ignorance. Today, we direct the mind to cherish truth instead. The mind is capable of cherishing truth, but we need to take the lead by teaching the mind new habits and by reminding the mind to attend to those new habits.
If you have 30 minutes for meditation today, I recommend this meditation:
If you have time for two meditations today, and you would like to try a different meditation the second time you meditate, I recommend this meditation for later in the day:
10-2-17 ~ Regina & ‘I Am That’ – Behind the ‘I am” Presence
Regina Dawn Akers read and shared from her contemplation of Conversation #1, The Sense of ‘I am’ from I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.
Satsang with Igor Kufayev on Sunday, 10/8/17
Rev. Jay McCormick will interview Igor Kufayev for Awakening Together’s monthly Satsang on Sunday, October 8 at 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT.
About Igor:
An artist, Advaita Tantra Teacher and founder of the Flowing Wakefulness Foundation, for over a decade Igor Kufayev has been serving as a conduit of transmission for awakening towards the new era of heart-centered consciousness. Speaking from direct realization of Oneness he inspires all seekers of truth to recognize the fullest potential present in human birth. Many have been touched by grace and awakened in his presence as he continues working towards building global community to serve as a container for exploring possibilities for alternative, consciousness-based culture.
He travels extensively offering gatherings and retreats for the seekers of truth worldwide, at the present mainly in North America and Europe. He lives with his partner, Amrita Ma Devi, their two children, girl Ramana and boy Keahnu.
How to Attend Online:
You can attend this event in our online Sanctuary and interact with Igor during the 90-minute Satsang.
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Listen Live on Internet Radio:
You can listen to this event live through Awakening Together’s Internet Broadcast, commonly known as Awakening Together Radio.
Oct. 2 ~ Daily Contemplation ~ Lesson 255
This day I choose to spend in perfect peace.
It does not seem to me that I can choose to have but peace today. And yet, my God assures me that His Son is like Himself. Let me this day have faith in Him Who says I am God’s Son. And let the peace I choose be mine today bear witness to the truth of what He says. God’s Son can have no cares, and must remain forever in the peace of Heaven. In His Name, I give today to finding what my Father wills for me, accepting it as mine, and giving it to all my Father’s Sons, along with me.
And so, my Father, would I pass this day with You. Your Son has not forgotten You. The peace You gave him still is in his mind, and it is there I choose to spend today.
Tips from Regina ~ Lesson 255
What is Sin?
Our special theme says:
Sin is the home of all illusions, which but stand for things imagined, issuing from thoughts that are untrue. They are ‘proof’ that what has no reality is real.
Yesterday we replaced “sin” with “My ideas of right and wrong, good and bad, what should be and what should not be.”
My ideas of right and wrong, good and bad, what should be and what should not be are the home of all illusions, which but stand for things imagined, issuing from thoughts that are untrue. They are ‘proof’ that what has no reality is real.
NTI calls these ideas “judgment.”
Judgment is the home of all illusions, which but stand for things imagined, issuing from thoughts that are untrue. They are ‘proof’ that what has no reality is real.
Gina Lake calls these ideas “duality.”
Duality is the home of all illusions, which but stand for things imagined, issuing from thoughts that are untrue. They are ‘proof’ that what has no reality is real.
Today, we continue to notice our judgments or ideas of duality. We remember that these ideas feed the ego, make illusion and hide truth. We choose to disregard these ideas as mistaken, limited or unwanted and to practice the Loving All Method instead.
This day I choose to spend in perfect peace.
If we do not believe ideas of duality, and we practice the Loving All Method with everything that comes into our consciousness today, we will spend the day in perfect peace. This is entirely possible today.
If you find that you are not at peace at some point today, look at the thoughts that are in your mind, and ask yourself these questions:
Is there a thought of duality (judgment) in the mind now?
What is it?
Am I willing to see that idea as mistaken, limited and/or unwanted?
Am I willing to practice the Loving All Method now?
If you have 30 minutes for meditation today, I recommend this meditation:
If you only have 20 minutes for meditation today or if you have 20 minutes later in the day for a second meditation, I recommend this guided meditation by AHAM and Karen Worth again today:
10-1-17 ~ Satsang with Craig Holliday ~ “Choosing a Life Divine”
More Information about Craig:
10/1/17 – Experience Your Perfect Soul ~ pages 118 – 123
Kathy Smith explores the quotes from Experience Your Perfect Soul and shares from her contemplation of them.
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