RDA: Holy Spirit, sometimes it seems as if our love of A Course in Miracles and our desire to awaken separates us from the ones we love and live with. There seems to be a perception on their part and on ours that we ignore them in favor of Course-related activities. What would you share regarding this concern?
Spiritual Intuition: A Course in Miracles is a guide to Love, but the course is not Love Itself. Love comes from the awareness and acceptance of the Truth and Joy of Oneness.
RDA: When the ones we live with do not seem to share our desire to be aware of this truth . . . It seems that we have to choose between living in the world with them and consistently working on forgiving the world with You. What can you share with us?
Spiritual Intuition: Stillness holds the answer that you seek. When you feel torn between loved ones in the world and the Love of God, you have forgotten the peace of stillness. To feel torn between any seeming [set of] options is to view the situation through the ego, through the belief in separateness and separate wills.
RDA: Yes, that’s clear. But in the moments that I feel torn, separate wills do appear to be real. How can I let my perspective be changed?
Spiritual Intuition: Your answer is stillness. When you are experiencing through the ego, you are experiencing through the belief in separate wills. When you do this, separate wills seem very real indeed. There is no reason to deny that your experience is your experience. Such denial would be fear, and that would not be helpful.
When you seem faced with the experience of separate wills, know that you are having that experience because you are using the filter of the ego. Then, be willing to put the filter of the ego aside. Be completely willing to take your mind into silence. Let go of all thoughts that tell you that you know anything about the situation. Realize that any knowledge you think you have about the situation is “knowledge” that you learned through the ego. Therefore, its purpose is to support the ego. Then, remember your purpose and let all prior-learned knowledge go.
Let Me say that again: Let all prior-learned knowledge go. Notice that I did not make any exception in that statement.
When you have done this, your mind will be still. Then ask Me in complete humility, “What am I to do now?” The answer will come to you. You may also feel a strong temptation to doubt the answer that comes. The temptation to doubt comes from the belief that you are separate from Me. Do not listen to the temptation to doubt. Listen to what you heard first within the stillness. Give your faith and gratitude to that thought, for that is your answer.
RDA: This is truly great. Thank you. But, I have one more question. The work described above sounds like it will take time. Sometimes, I seem to need to make a decision very quickly. For example, I could have someone seeking help and expressing concerns to me on the phone while Jasmine is pulling on my arm and asking me to hang up and spend time with her. How do I find stillness among the hectic, pressure-filled noise?
Spiritual Intuition: Remember quickly that “hectic, pressure-filled noise” is a perception, and accept that it is nothing more than that. Then ask, “What is the answer now?” That will be enough. Trust the answer that comes. It is the best for everyone.
