A Course In Miracles (T-19.IV.C.i.11:8-10)

The process of forgiveness is an amazingly transformative and liberating tool we each have at our disposal. I’ve been finding that it does diffuse the emotional charge of the moment and almost resets the point of view to one of understanding that everything is totally neutral. It is our reaction to what we think we are seeing that causes the grief, upset, guilt…etc

A lot of my old beliefs about things are being shaken up due to this new perspective on the world and myself as a part of it.

Here’s to Forgiveness!

How do you know this is the experience you need?

Because this is the experience you are having at this moment.”

~ Eckhart Tolle

“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.” - Mahatma Gandhi

“The heart that loves is always young.” - Greek Proverb

Timely: Definitely as this new year arrives I feel (and observe around me) the need for truth. Personal truth, Global truths…any and all. I feel the need to shed more of the facades that I have comfortably lived behind for such a long time. I also recognize in others that they are doing the same. Others are reacting to those around them doing this “Why are all these people acting like this towards me?”. Things like that.  There is a new energy in 2008 (1/1/1) without a doubt and I think many are feeling it and processing it whether they consciously realize it or not.  Peace.

There are times in our lives that lend themselves to starting something new. The beginning of a new year, finishing school, leaving a job, or changing homes—these all are times that turn our minds to fresh starts. Their advantage is that they bring with them the energy of that event, creating a tide of change around them that we can ride to our next shoreline. But we can choose to start anew anytime. In any moment we can decide that a bad day or a relationship that’s gotten off on the wrong foot can be started again. It is a mental shift that allows us to clean the slate and approach anything with fresh eyes, and we can make that choice at any time.

Starting new is most powerful when we focus our attention to what we are choosing to create. Giving all of our attention to the unwanted aspects of our lives allows what we resist to persist. We need to remember to leave enough room in the process of new beginnings to be kind to ourselves, because it takes time to become accustomed to anything new, no matter how much we like it. There is no need to get down on ourselves if we don’t reach our new goals instantly. Instead, we acknowledge the forward motion and choose to reset and start again, knowing that with each choice we learn, grow, and move forward.

Making the choice to start anew has its own energy—it’s a promise made to you. The forward momentum creates a sort of vacuum behind it, pulling toward you all you need to help you continue moving in your chosen direction. Once the journey has begun, it may take unexpected turns, but it never really ends. Like cycles in nature, there are periods of obvious growth and periods of dormancy that signal a time of waiting for the right moment to burst forth. Each time we choose to start anew we dedicate ourselves to becoming the best we are able to be.