ACIM Workbook Lesson 89
Review: “I am entitled to miracles.”
and “Let miracles replace all grievances.”
[marsha's thoughts]
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| Aaron Happy in the Moment Photographer unknown |
At a recent meeting of our book club, we discussed a book which dealt with a young woman who had lived in foster care all her life. We talked about the "problems' which seem inherent in a child who is not loved unconditionally, who is perhaps abused in multitudes of ways. It's the general belief in this world that some things are too horrendous to get over; that we will be plagued with certain conditions forever, no matter what. On "The Dog Whisperer", which I have and will mention often in these writings, Cesar Milan tells us he rehabilitates dogs and trains people. I love hearing him talk of dogs living in the moment. When he is helping people understand a dog who seems maimed by past experiences in its life, he repeatedly tells the people that feeling sorry for the animal helps no one. Our thought and action hold animals (and people) in the same thought system which put them there in the first place! How can this be? The dog is hurting and we're being asked to deny that? Yes!! This is why we learn in the study of metaphysics that it is necessary to give up all beliefs -- not just those we deem to be "bad", but all material beliefs. By letting them go and replacing them with an openness of thought which allows us to hear the Truth of our Being, we experience the so-called miracle which is the natural order of Life. It may not seem logical to say that we can simply release feelings of fear and anger. They seem very real to us, but if we stop and examine them, do they have any purpose other than holding us where we are? One dog Cesar worked with had at one time slid on the floor into a glass door. The dog was now afraid to walk on any floor without a carpet. Upon investigation of its people's reactions, they immediately exacerbated the fears by petting and commiserating and talking about what a horrible experience it had been. They held the fear in thought by acts they thought of as compassion. What Cesar explains is that dogs live in the moment. Period. Unless they're held in that space by everyone around them. And so are we. How easy it is to replay unhappy circumstances and bring more into our experience by expectations of them. We tell ourselves that bad things come in threes, that this is a "bad day", that Murphy's Law is in effect (one of my personal pet peeves!). And we think we have no choice. Our pets are wonderful teachers for us. I'm so grateful for every experience which shows me the difference in belief and reality.
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“MIRACLE: That which is divinely natural, but must be learned humanly; a phenomenon of [the] Science [of the Christ].
