It is my contention that we find it hard to believe we are on the right track going in the right direction when the blocks that slow or stop our spiritual growth seem so real. They seem so real because they hurt. It is a hard lesson learning that hurt does not necessarily indicate wrong. When we stumble or fall, it hurts so deeply we think this cannot be right. But it is the hurt, the very suffering, that is our gold for the very reason that that is what assures us we are in need of our Father.
We detach our thoughts from the hurt with a simple "thank you," which lifts our thoughts to our Father... our reasoning mind is refocused on God and the things of God, and God's will manifests.
Our freedom from self begins when we realize our hurt as the claws of our ego-victory mind holding to its self-determined objectives. Ego has very sharp talons...God has a greater emery board.
Of course, none of this is possible without a consciousness of good, the why of our daily meditation and quiet time.
The most important step is the attainment of the consciousness of good, and then [all good] unfolds as an aftermath. -- Joel Goldsmith, "The Heart of Mysticism," p. 1231
Thank you.
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