P. 171-177. (quoted from the book are in bold print)
Create/Creation Active/Passive
We certainly play an active role in the reality we are creating, and there is also the necessity for surrender—the movement of putting our personality nature aside and allowing the Divine to work though us. In a cosmic sense, we are both creator and creation. Paradoxically we are actively involved in the process of surrender.
I have often grappled with that last sentence. Is it my ego that surrenders? It does not seem that way. I do not believe surrender is in the egos vocabulary and yet somehow or another surrender occurs and our divine nature takes over for a time. (In ACIM, there is made mention of an asset of self called the “Decider.”)
For most of us, this is a continuing process of surrendering the ego to allow our higher consciousness to flow through and then falling back into forgetfulness, becoming in enmeshed in our fears again until we become consciously aware that the ego has taken over again had we have become identified with our limited personality selves and we actively surrender again and again.
The act of witness as the True Self in alignment with truth as a vibrational force calls truth where it is seen. You are the vessel of it, not the director of it. Your attention itself is what claims it in truth, not your prescriptions for what it should be.
The less attached I am to my personality self which certainly includes my fears and all that I am attempting to protect–the less attached to I am, the easier it will be for these things to be let go of when I allow myself to be open to the energy of transformation. That sounds rather simplistic, but I believe it is still true. There are times in my life when all Spirit needs to do his give me a gentle nudge to the direction of higher vibration; there are other times when a tap on the shoulder is required; and there are other times when a kick in the butt is necessary. In my openness to the grace of transformation a gentle wave might be enough to wash away my clinging and my fears. At other times the transformational energy might need to be more forceful. So much depends on my state of awareness and my perception of truth.
The question was asked, “What is truth? Here we must draw a distinction between perception and knowing. Perception by its very nature is limited. It is not wrong, it is simply limited. Most often we do not realize this. We are like a person with blinders on who does not know they have blinders on. It is only when something or someone comes into our awareness that touches us beyond our normal scope of vision. It is only then, that we can drop our blinders, but we must also realize even with this partial awakening, our perception is still limited. Years ago I had an example of that when Margo and I were in Italy visiting the Sistine Chapel. I had in my mind and my imagination that marvelous image of the hand of God reaching out to the hand of Adam and giving him life. What I discovered as I looked up at the ceiling for the first time was that that particular image was only one of many panels that were part of this marvelous work. Without that experience, I could have spent the rest of my life thinking that my perception was the truth.
One of my favorite prayers is “Lord that I may see,” or put in another way asking myself what am I missing here?
“I see a new world before me. I see what was made in form being reclaimed in truth and aligned to the Source of all that is. And in this witnessing, I claim the song of love that all men may know what they are and love themselves and their fellows in the knowing of their truth. I say these words of my own free will. I am in change. I am changed as truth rises in me and resurrects all I witness in its name. I am here. I am here. I am here.”
We often speak of the kingdom and the perfection of love that exists in this realm. Two questions that appear in this section are ones that we have probably all has to ourselves. “Why is this not happening?” why is the kingdom seemingly not manifest, and the other is “Can it be manifest.
As a racial consciousness you are becoming aware that you have created a world based in fear. Although your intention was to protect yourself, your limited self, and what you considered to be your limited attachments, the intention itself was flawed. You fell into the trap, the lie, the illusion, that fear creates by stating, “Hold onto me and I will keep you safe.” Also, living in the identity of your limited self, you mistakenly thought that things of importance could be taken away from you. So in your creation of fear, even though its intention was protection, you did not realize that you continued to create more fear. Now you are living in a world where not only do the structures of fear seem to dominate, but they also seem to be true.
A reminder—the power of Love is Always more dominant than the power of fear. In fact, fear has no power. What you call the “power of fear” is its most deceptive illusion.
We have said so many times that the action of fear is to claim more fear, but what you don’t see is that the creations of man that were made in fear are also assuming responsibility for the same action. This is being countered by the action of God or the Divine Self as it knows you, as it is you.
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Hear these words: Fear is a lie and any form it’s taken is also a lie. Now can a lie be labeled as truth? Yes, it can. And here is the conflict that you are all going to face. There may be a very good intention outlined in something that has also manifested in a fearful way. You intend to have government to support the needs of the people. This can be a very productive thing. But if that government is operating in fear or seeking to establish itself in fear or rule over others, which is an action of fear, the identity of the government must be reknown in a truthful way for it to align to the new vibration that is here as you— and, we will add, in all men.
Although the message comes in different forms whatever truthful peace of spiritual literature or meditative prayer that you are involved with the message and its impact is the same. “There is only one divine truth and you are it.”
Thank you.
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