Course Note #98: I am in Need of Nothing but the Truth

I woke up this morning feeling somewhat stagnant.  For fun I looked the word up in the dictionary and it means, “not flowing”.  Yes, in my feelings of stagnation I had stepped out of the flow of letting all things be exactly as they are.

            I was able to see this while writing in my journal this morning – instead of letting things be as they are I was writing about frustrations and limitations that I have imposed on myself.  Let go and Let God came to mind. 

What does it mean to “let go”?  And just what am I supposed to let go of?  As I meditated on this question, these thoughts came:

To let go is to recognize that the past is over.  It can touch me not.

To let go is to place the future into the hands of God.

To let go is to step back and let Love lead the way.

To let go is to recognize that I am in need of nothing but the Truth.

To let go is to let all things be exactly as they are.

To let go is to give no thought to worldly concerns.

To let go is to give no thought to my needs, wants or desires.

            Seems like a lot of stuff to let go of but really, it’s very simple.  It all boils down to letting go of thoughts about me, myself and I.  Thoughts about myself are mired in material conditions and appearances.  All thoughts about myself keep me stuck in lack, limitation and fear.  While mired in such thoughts, I cannot hear the Voice of my true Self, which speaks only of my Worth.

            How do we practice letting go of worldly concerns, or our desires to do, be or achieve?  How do we practice listening to the voice of Truth?  It does come down to watching our thoughts. 

A clue that I am thinking about myself is feelings of fear, lack and limitation, or feelings of inadequacy or unworthiness.  Once I am aware of the thoughts that facilitate these feelings, I don’t need to struggle with them or resist them – I can choose to let them go and rest in the thought that I am in need of nothing but the truth. 

The practice of letting go is done daily, hourly and even moment-by-moment.  I feel the call to vigilantly practice letting go of personal desires, wants and needs.  I feel the call to let go of false beliefs that have been creating my life experiences.  These false desires and beliefs are the sickness in my mind.  The antidote to this mental sickness is:

I am in need of nothing but the truth.

As we watch our thoughts and recognize that they stem from false beliefs, and then recognize that these beliefs stem from false desires, we begin to see how we continually create life experiences that we do not want – but that we do want.

            See that’s the paradox, we may think that we don’t want the experiences in form that we have, ah…but we do.  And when we don’t, we will be vigilant to watch our thoughts so that we can learn to create anew.

            Ask yourself this question: Do I want to continue to create the same experiences of lack, limitation, unworthiness and fear that I have created for decades, or do I want to begin to create from truth?

           

            “Bow your head and check your heart’s desire.  Do you wish to be deceived?  Do you wish to see what you have wished to see, or do you wish to see the truth?  When you no longer wish to see that which is not there, you shall see That Which Is.”  (NTI Luke 24: 13-35)

Willingness is everything. 

Holy Spirit,

I am willing to know myself as God created me.

I am willing to know myself as unlimited and free.

I am willing to let go of my belief in lack,

limitation and unworthiness.

I am willing to let go,

 and let God do a mighty work in and through me.

Amen.

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In today’s “Oh My God, I’m Free!” session

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