surrendering positionality

To continue with last weeks quote:

"The resistance to emotion-free clarity is the consequence of the ego's reluctance to give up its narcissistic role of self-importance as judge and arbiter of worth and morality.The ego pretends to be pious and secretly feeds on its 'holier than thou' attitude, which is the energy it absorbs and prizes.  It fears it will diminish in worth, value and self-importance if it surrenders positionality and thus become only a servant of God instead of being God in its own secret estimation."  (Transcending Levels of Consciousness, p. 219)

This passage puts the ego into perspective and describes it in such an unflattering way that it makes me want to move into surrendering positionality.  I can see the holier than thou attitude in my thoughts a times and it is nice to know that there is a way out...

acceptance, a path towards peace

A quote from David Hawkins about acceptance and letting go of judgments:

"While it is obvious that there are many elements and forces in the world that are deleterious to human life and happiness, it is not  necessary to hate or demonize them but instead to merely make appropriate allowances and avoid them.  Thus, what was formerly demonized now appears to be more like bad weather, a tidal wave, or a force or nature to be reckoned with but not hated.  Life survives not by hating lightning but by avoiding where it is likely to strike...By relinquishing emotionalized judgmentalism, the way is clear to enter into harmony and peacefulness as a consequence of the decrease of the pressure of emotionality."  (Transcending Levels of Consciousness, p. 217-218)

"I am Love and I am loved"

Michelle Longo O'Donnell says this often in  "The God that We Have Created; The Basic Cause of All Disease"

I am Love and life loves me.

That is all I really need to know.

To paraphrase Michelle:

There is no need to use human effort to get our needs met because "It is the Fathers good pleasure to give us the Kingdom."  It is not a matter or being worthy or unworthy.  I am Love and I am loved not because of anything that I have done or not done.  I am Love and I am loved because I am an expression of the Divine.  My life is an expression of God,  Since God created us out of Itself, why would God ever want to express Itself in anyway that is not perfect Love, Peace and Joy?  Anything else that is showing up in our experience is an area of darkness that is awaiting the light.

Michelle suggests that the reason we experience disease, lack, limitation etc is because we are holding onto a sense of unworthiness and an idea of God as judgmental, conditional, punishing, revengeful.  A Course in Miracles basically says the same thing.

It is hard to wrap one's head around the idea that we are completely and unconditionally worthy of pure Love, Peace, and Joy just because we are alive.  It can be difficult to completely Surrender to the Divine and Trust that we will be loved, cared for, protected, guided, and blessed with Grace. However, Surrender is exactly what we must do if we want to move into a new way of Being.

We must Surrender our judgments, fears, resentments, hurts and limiting beliefs about ourselves and others.  We must see beyond the ways that human beings often show up, and know that a Higher Truth and a Higher experience are possible.

There is an ocean of love waiting for us.  As the musician Kirtana sings "Leave the world of mind (i.e., human effort) like sandals by the shore."  Relax and let go and you will experience love as you have never imagined.  

Easter week intentions

Easter represents the dying off of the old and the birth of new life.  During this Easter week I ask myself what am I being asked to let go of?  As I have sat with this question I recognize areas of my life where I have been holding onto expectations and trying to make things happen through the efforts of my ego.  I also see how peace arises when I quiet my mind and focus on the stillness within.

When I truly accept 'what is happening now' and let go of trying to make things different, it is as if I have put down my weapons and shields and I become more accessible to Spirit.  This is when transformation happens.  This is when I find clarity, direction, and harmony...through the effort of Spirit not through my effort.

During this Holy week I will continue to notice when I am caught up in expectations, desires, planning and efforting versus when I am in a state of open receptivity to what is showing up.  As I move into acceptance I will rest in the knowing that I am being taken care of and loved and nurtured by Divine Goodness and Grace.

I am in this world but I am not of this world therefore my good comes not through human effort but through Divine Will.  I can let go and allow the new life that God intends for me to take root.

Sweet Blessings during this Easter week!