Lesson 353
My eyes, my tongue, my hands, my feet today
Have but one purpose; to be given Christ
To use to bless the world with miracles.
Father, I give all that is mine today to Christ, to use in any way that best will serve the purpose that I share with Him. Nothing is mine alone, for He and I have joined in purpose. Thus has learning come almost to its appointed end. A while I work with Him to serve His purpose. Then I lose myself in my Identity, and recognize that Christ is but my Self.
Journal
I love this lesson, too. I feel for the first time ever that my desire and my understanding of this is in perfect alignment. I do give myself, all of myself today to His use. It doesn’t feel like a sacrifice, actually, quite the opposite. It brings me so much joy just to think of it. My life is never so pleasant as when I surrender it to Him.
Sentence five, on the other hand, is not quite the same for me. I am not in complete alignment with this yet. I do want it, but it doesn’t seem imminent to me. But what do I know? I just surrender the whole thing. All will unfold as it is meant to and always in my best interest.
Regina’s Tips
Regina starts by pointing out a common error. It is sometimes thought that our individual successes with ego save the world. It is important that we understand this more completely and I think Regina says it very well.
Regina says:
However, let’s look closely at what our special theme says:
We are the bringers of salvation. We accept our part as saviors of the world, which through our joint forgiveness is redeemed.
Since the ego is the cause of all suffering, all suffering must end when the self-centered ego ends. However, the self-centered ego is not in the mind of one individual alone. The self-centered ego is in the mind of humankind. It is our “joint forgiveness” that could result in the reflection this scripture points to.
We each need to participate in our individual awakening, because humankind’s “joint forgiveness” appears to happen one individual at a time. As an analogy, let’s imagine the individuals in humankind as cells in one brain, the brain of humankind. As healing and awakening spreads through the brain, individual brain cells are renewed and freed of cancerous darkness. When the healing has spread through the entire brain, healing and renewal are complete.
As individuals, we are each like a cell in the symbolic brain of humankind. We have been called to the spiritual path, because it is our turn to be healed and renewed as part of the broader awakening. However, the awakening isn’t complete until all cells have been healed and renewed. As long as ego remains in some cells within the mind of humankind, the projection that comes from the mind will continue to include appearances that come from the ego.
Past Entries
As I practice today’s lesson, I do not see myself doing anything different from what I did yesterday. And yet, it takes what I do out of the category of the ordinary. It is not just another day at the office, so to speak, but rather every day at the office is of great significance. The gratitude I feel bubbles over and I am one moment in tears, and the next I am laughing.
I have not come close to recognizing myself as Christ on a regular day to day basis, but still, my life has changed profoundly in the last few years. I was awakened from a sound sleep by the noise of two people having a loud and violent fight. It scared me badly for a moment as my mind wrestled with the idea of someone in my house having a fight. Then I awoke enough to remember that I am not home, but in a hotel.
So here I am in the middle of the night, wide awake. My first thought is that I will not be able to go back to sleep and tomorrow is going to be difficult day. But I know this is simply an automatic ego response and I know I don’t need to believe that thought. My next thought is to question what it is for and to ask how I might be helpful in this moment.
I notice there is no thought of being angry at the people who woke me. I am not interested in blaming them for what is happening in my dream. In a bit I realize what had just happened and feel deep gratitude that turning to God is such an ingrained habit these days. No it is not always my first response, but it is always my response sooner or later and mostly sooner. It is also an opportunity to heal the anger and reactivity within myself, and so to allow myself to be a channel for God’s healing love to those who are expressing that anger and reactivity in this moment. Thank you, God.
Holy Spirit, I set my intention today to be of service to the awakening. Whatever happens in the dream I choose You as my teacher. I ask that You show me what it really means, and show me how I might use it to bless.
2015
This morning, reading the lesson, I am again overwhelmed with gratitude. I always feel emotional when I think about being a channel for Spirit, letting Him use me to awaken us all. But this morning I was drawn to these sentences.
A while I work with Him to serve His purpose. Then I lose myself in my Identity, and recognize that Christ is but my Self.
So right now I am at that stage where I am learning to let go of the desire to run my life separate from Spirit. I am allowing the self-will and self-identity to fall away as I welcome the healing of my mind. This is going to lead to a complete loss of the “me” I have been so attached to, and a complete relinquishment of the idea of a separate will, a separate me.
It has been a long time coming, but it must be closer. I have learned that this is not something to dread or be afraid of. In fact, I long for it. I can even begin to imagine it, and before I could not. I used to think I would have to sacrifice everything to give God what He wants, and now I think that I will sacrifice nothing to be what I am. I am going to relinquish pain and suffering for joy and peace. I am going to let go of self will for Divine Will.
When does this happen? How does it happen? I don’t know. Today, I will be God’s teacher. I will be the hands and feet of Christ so I can be used for the awakening. I will notice any resistance so I can let it go. I will learn surrender on a deeper level than before and be glad of it. Today, I will be available to Christ. One day soon, I will know I am Christ.