Regina’s Tip for Lesson 39
If this was an aerobics class, lessons 1-38 were the aerobic warm-up; we were increasing intensity to get our heart rate up into the aerobic zone. Now our heart rate is in the aerobic zone, and it’s time to throw ourselves whole-heartedly into the aerobic activity.
Of course, we aren’t here to burn off fat or calories. We are here to burn off ego.
As you begin lesson 39, start by remembering how important healing or awakening is to you. Find your motivation. Realize your excitement about giving yourself fully to today’s workbook lesson. Your motivation and excitement will come from the heart, not the mind.
Once you are aware of how valuable this goal is to you, create a plan for accomplishing today’s longer practice periods. Set a stretch goal—aim to do more than the minimum—but do not set a goal that is beyond what is reasonable for you and your schedule. The ‘over-achiever’ aspect of mind can be the ego defending itself by setting you up for a sense of failure. Pay attention to intuition as you create your practice plan for the day.
Determine how many longer practice sessions fit in your schedule. Determine how long each practice session will be. Schedule each practice session for a specific time of day. Write the practice plan on a piece of paper or note it in your phone and carry it with you throughout the day. If you find it helpful, set an alarm to remind you when it’s time to practice.
Here’s an example of a practice plan for today’s lesson:
- 10-minute practice after reading the lesson and the tip
- 5-minute practice in the parked car before walking into work
- 10-minute practice during my lunch break
- 5-minute practice in the parked car before driving home from work
- 10-minute practice after supper
- 5-minute practice before bed
Take advantage of the flexibility in the instructions for today’s longer practice periods to spend a minute or two resting with the lesson, allowing related thoughts to come into your mind. For example, here are some related thoughts that came to me:
There is peace in my holiness.
My holiness is rest.
My holiness is love.
My holiness is joy.
My holiness is present.
My holiness is real.
This week I have found myself coining a new term, “divine greediness.” Divine greediness is the right use of greed. See if you can be divinely greedy today by embracing the shorter practices as enthusiastically as you would embrace someone handing you a gold coin three, four, or more times each hour.
Think about how exciting that would be!
And then realize your salvation is worth more than gold and practice each hour with divine greediness.
Homework for this week
- Homework Assignment A: Workbook Lessons 36-42.
- Homework Assignment B: Read NTI Luke, Chapter 9 (p 144-146) and NTI Galatians (p 327-338).
- Homework Assignment C: Nondual Awakening Meditation – Where am I? by Gary Weber, which is a video in the Gentle Healing Playlist: Click Here to Watch
