KNOW IT OR NOT, GOD LIVES WITHIN

I love that, know it or not, God lives within me.

The trouble with running our attack minds over and over, setting another straight, is that we can think of such great put-downs. No mater how "good" we act then, those put-downs never leave...we just keep building on that first one, going for better, meaner, more cutting ones. We get ourselves stuck and curse our own darkness, calling it by that other one's name.

The good news/bad news is there is relief...only it is in inviting the slings and arrows of the other...welcoming those just as we welcome praise for they are all the same. Meaning, of no significance whatsoever. It's just that the ugly stays longer...like an oyster building its pearl, we give it 100% of our attention, tending it as if it were our child. Its name is resentment.

Without sincerely seeking help from our higher power, we can expect no release. And sincerely seeking help does not mean just asking God to relieve us of the bondage of self. It means seeking first to realize our Source, our Soul, the Father within us. For, according to Joel Goldsmith, 'The Spirit of God realized in consciousness has a way of searching out just the right place, the right person, the right way, or the right activity and of bringing it into our experience."  ("The Heart of Mysticism" at p. 958)

There is the secret of the Sermon on the Mount: By God's grace, turning from self for the benefit of others. Do that and live resentment free...I am told.

Know it or not, God lives within.

Thank you.