We must needs build our trust in God; God's perfect will for our own self must be built within us...and daily.
To start building, we might imagine a possible less-than-wonderful oncoming event, say, that we run out of money in our old age, or Alzheimer's comes upon us, or war comes to our shores. Then we hold that possibility till our heart starts to stutter, till dread is hovering at the edge of consciousness.
How long does it take to begin our prayer to God? More important, are we thinking, "Please don't let this happen," or words to that effect? Or are our thoughts, "Thank you, Father, thy will, not mine, be done?"
And if they are the latter, do we really mean them? Or are they "should" words...as in, we're saying "thank you" and thinking, "I should say 'thank you,' but how can I welcome what I do not want?" Or "How can I welcome God's will, not mine, when if this is God's will it is unwelcome...and unwelcome to any sane person?"
There it is. The entire answer to our fear, to our inability to trust God's will, is right there in that one word, "thinking."
Trying to wrap our mind around the ways of God will always short sheet God.
I suspect detaching from our reasoning mind is difficult because our conscious mind can't grasp the concept...we see detaching with nothing to replace it...fourth dimensional consciousness is just a concept to our reasoning mind.
It is our personal reliance on God's will that opens us to fourth dimensional consciousness...which even then is not guaranteed. That, too, rests in God's perfect will.
Thus our ever and always need for still more spiritual growth...now.
Thank you.
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