June 1, 2013 - My Decision

Photo by Aaron Springston

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson #152

“The power of decision is my own.”

A dear friend sends out a monthly newsletter. The focus of the latest one is how much he enjoyed a movie about Jackie Robinson. He tells us of how racial prejudice has changed since the days he was a child. While he acknowledges that its face has changed, he feels it is still prevalent, and perhaps worse. Today's topic addresses this in its expansive infinity: "The power of decision is my own."  The way I think about things can be changeable, but the way I really think about things, in my function as a reflection of God, is unchangeable. Basically the only decision I need make is whether to think in changeable, material beliefs or allow myself the freedom to think as God does. I know this can seem impossible, but it is certainly a worthy endeavor! My parents considered themselves to be free of prejudice. After all, my dad had married a Chicano girl from South Texas, and in 1931 this was tantamount to marrying outside of "your race", which wasn't often done. I'll always remember a day when I was around 10 years old and we riding in the car. My mom and dad were talking about Sammy Davis, Jr., a black man, marrying May Britt, a very white woman. I piped up and said, "I wouldn't mind marrying a black man". Dead silence ensued. Not another word was said until we got to our destination and my mom took me aside and told me never to say anything like that again. I didn't understand it then, and I don't understand it now. The difference is that now I have the option of making a decision to stand with Oneness as my only choice in Life. We are all the children of God. There is no decision to be made when you leave aside the strange human interpretations we have placed on everything in this world. So I will continue to strive to recognize what we have created in this illusive world, look through it to the other side, and live that as my reality. Namaste' to the World!

Mary Baker Eddy quote:

“The point for each one to decide is, whether it is mortal mind or immortal Mind that is causative. We should forsake the basis of matter for metaphysical Science and its divine Principle.”

Science & Health Page 195:11-14