Due to the fact that we are asleep to who we are, we exist with a consciousness of lack, limitation and need. With this belief in lack and need, we look out into the world and see those that have, and those that have-not. Armed with this belief, we walk in the world as separate beings with separate needs, and special reasons about why we are in lack and need. Experiences of lack and need are not caused by anything but our belief in it. As long as I hold onto this belief, I will continue to create the same experiences year-after-year, all the while wondering what I’m doing wrong.
While lack and limitation seem to be imposed on us by forces beyond our control, the truth is that lack exists only in our thoughts. We want to resist this truth because it seems so obvious that the cause is “out there”. Ultimately, however, it is liberating to realize that lack exists only in my mind, because the only thing I have the power to change is my mind!
Recently, as I was once again tempted to listen to the voice of lack and limitation, Holy Spirit urged me to look at my belief in lack. Of course being in my mind, HS is privy to all my thoughts and so, spoke directly to me about particular thoughts regarding not only my life, but also the thoughts I have about people and conditions in the world.
Spirit speaks:
“When those thoughts of lack and limitation come to mind, whether they have to do with your life or what you see in the world, immediately recognize them as stemming from a belief in lack, limitation and need. As long as you hold onto this belief, you will continue to create experiences of lack, limitation and need. Be willing to let go of this belief and give it to Me. I will correct it very gently and lead you home to Love.”
What seemed to be new in this conversation was the idea that I had a “belief” in lack and limitation. For fun, I looked up the definition of “belief”: “a habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing.” How very interesting. A belief in lack is simply a habit of putting my trust in the world instead of God.
All I am being asked to do is give my willingness to let my beliefs be corrected. I am finding this to be so exciting as I begin to see how everything that’s been plaguing me is really offering me the perfect opportunity to see what I have been holding on to. As I practice watching my thoughts, the scales are beginning to fall from my eyes. Yes, I was blind, but now I see.
Lack exists only in my thoughts.
Instead of lamenting my circumstances, it is exciting to discover that they can be used by Love to teach me that I am Love. When I am willing to let everything be used for this purpose, then everything in my experience becomes an opportunity to simply extend the Love that I am.
When my purpose is only to extend Love, then I find the peace of God, no matter what is going on in my life. Today, I am willing to use my mind differently. Today, I am willing to use my mind to pray:
Holy Spirit,
I am willing to let go of my belief
in lack, limitation and need.
Today, I am willing to
Surrender to the truth
that I am unlimited,
and I am free.
I let go,
and let You
heal my mind.
I rest in gratitude for all the self-created experiences of lack and limitation because they have served to teach me so much about trust – trust in God, trust in my Self, and trust in the healing process.
I am free to experience lack and limitation for as long as I want to, and I am free to experience freedom, whenever I choose to do so. I have spent many years creating lack and limitation experiences, and now, I am willing to choose again. I am willing to live joyously from the desire to know myself as God created me, unlimited and free!
As you go about your life this week, may you rest in this thought from The Song of Prayer:
The secret of true prayer is to forget the things you think you need. In prayer you overlook your specific needs as you see them, and let them go into God’s Hands. There they become your gifts to God, as you would have no other gods before his Love. It is to Love you go in prayer. Prayer is an offering; a giving up of yourself to be at one with Love.
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This audio was recorded to an internet audience on 1/9/11 and is 49 min.
Letting go of the Belief in Lack
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